Elsa Chyrum
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Human Rights Activist
Joined March 2013
He fought bravely for Eritrea’s freedom. He dreamed of justice and dignity for his people. Yet for 34 years, Bitweded Abraha has been imprisoned without charge or trial—forgotten by the nation he helped to free. #JusticeForBitweded #Eritrea
34 years. No trial. No family visits. No justice. This is the story of Bitweded Abraha, Eritrea’s forgotten hero—imprisoned since 1991 for daring to dream of freedom and accountability. #FreeBitweded #Eritrea #HumanRights
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34 years. No trial. No family visits. No justice. This is the story of Bitweded Abraha, Eritrea’s forgotten hero—imprisoned since 1991 for daring to dream of freedom and accountability. #FreeBitweded #Eritrea #HumanRights
34 years of cruel imprisonment. On 6 Oct 1991, just months after Eritrea’s independence, freedom fighter Bitweded Abraha was arrested without trial. He gave his youth to liberate his country—then was silenced by it. 34 years later, he remains disappeared. #FreeBitweded #Eritrea
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His 34-year ordeal is a symbol of betrayal—a man who fought for freedom, crushed by the system he helped build. Silenced, forgotten, but not erased. We remember him. #JusticeForBitweded #Eritrea #HumanRights
Bitweded gave his youth and strength to Eritrea’s liberation. After 6 years behind bars, he was briefly released in 1997—only to be re-arrested and kept incommunicado ever since. No trial. No family contact. No freedom.
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Bitweded gave his youth and strength to Eritrea’s liberation. After 6 years behind bars, he was briefly released in 1997—only to be re-arrested and kept incommunicado ever since. No trial. No family contact. No freedom.
Today marks 34 years since the unjust imprisonment of Bitweded Abraha, one of Eritrea’s most courageous freedom fighters. He was arrested on 6 Oct 1991, just months after independence—without due process or trial. #FreeBitweded #Eritrea
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Today marks 34 years since the unjust imprisonment of Bitweded Abraha, one of Eritrea’s most courageous freedom fighters. He was arrested on 6 Oct 1991, just months after independence—without due process or trial. #FreeBitweded #Eritrea
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He fought bravely for Eritrea’s freedom. He dreamed of justice and dignity for his people. Yet for 34 years, Bitweded Abraha has been imprisoned without charge or trial, forgotten by the nation he helped to free. #JusticeForBitweded #Eritrea
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34 years of cruel imprisonment. On 6 Oct 1991, just months after Eritrea’s independence, freedom fighter Bitweded Abraha was arrested without trial. He gave his youth to liberate his country—then was silenced by it. 34 years later, he remains disappeared. #FreeBitweded #Eritrea
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The #UAE is arming #Ethiopia & pushing for #Eritrea's Port of Assab, using Abiy as a messenger. This is foreign interference & neo-colonialism. Africa must say NO to proxy wars. #HandsOffEritrea #HornOfAfrica @MohamedBinZayed @_AfricanUnion @AbiyAhmedAli @antonioguterres
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How can the African Union HQ remain in Addis Ababa if Ethiopia violates the AU Constitutive Act & African Charter? If #Ethiopia invades #Eritrea to seize Assab, AU credibility demands moving its HQ. #MoveAUHQ #NoWarOnEritrea @_AfricanUnion @AbiyAhmedAli @antonioguterres
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#Ethiopia threatens to invade #Eritrea & seize the Port of Assab. PM Abiy Ahmed calls landlocked status a “mistake” to be “corrected,” This illegal plan breaks AU & UN laws & risks war and disaster. #NoWarOnEritrea #HornOfAfrica @AbiyAhmedAli @_AfricanUnion @antonioguterres
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23 Years of Silence | #Eritrea On 18 Sept 2001, Eritrea imprisoned the G11, shut all independent media & jailed its journalists. They still remain disappeared. https://t.co/oRHqRf6PGl
#FreeEritrea #FreeAllPrisonersofConscience #EndImpunity
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On 18 Sept 2001, #Eritrea jailed independent journalists & shut all free media. Among them is Dawit Isaak — a Swedish-Eritrean journalist held incommunicado without trial for 23 years. Journalism Is Not a Crime — Free Eritrean Journalists! #FreeEritrea’s Press!
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23 Years of Silence | #Eritrea On 18 Sept 2001, Eritrea jailed 11 reformists (the G11) & shut all independent media. They remain disappeared; journalists like Dawit Isaak are still held. End impunity — free all prisoners of conscience. #FreeEritrea
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Urgent Appeal: Imminent Risk – Ethiopia Threatens Eritrea’s Sovereignty - Notably the Port of Assab. . https://t.co/dwxyNvmdWM
#Eritrea #Ethiopia @_AfricanUnion @antonioguterres @AbiyAhmedAli @UN_HRC
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Today, 31st July, 2025, marks the 24th anniversary of a turning point in my life, and the beginning of my lifelong struggle for justice in Eritrea. It is a day of remembrance, defiance, and renewed commitment, to justice, to truth, and to a free #Eritrea
https://t.co/Etp1MXTmDK
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24 Years Ago: The Beginning of the End of the University of Asmara July 31, 2001: Mr. Semere Kesete, the president of the student union of University of Asmara, was arrested at 7:45 AM from his home. At a graduation ceremony address, Mr. Semere Kesete had delivered a speech
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"ጽምዶ" ምስ ተጋሩ ክግበር ምስተሓሰበ፥ ኣብ ኤርትራ ተኣሲሮም ዝነበሩ ተጋሩ ኩሎም ተፈቲሖም። ልዕሊ 10000 ኤርትራውያን ናይ ሕልን እሱራት ግን ብዘይ ክሲ ብዘይ ፍርዲ ንዓመታትት ተኣሲሮም ኣለው። ኩሎም ናይ ሕልና እሱራትና ብቕጽበት ይፈትሑ! #Eritrea
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Transnational Repression Alert Online harassment, and Eritrean state interference has come to light involving Amanuel Gebrebrhan (Wedi Taba), an Eritrean YouTuber based in Norway, who is targeting Maebel Kiflay, a U.S., based Eritrean dissident. #Eritrea
https://t.co/ehhpZFO2Lq
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