Eritrea: Prisoners of conscience held for a decade must be released

15 September 2011 Eleven prominent Eritrean politicians have been held incommunicado without charge for 10 years. The Eritrean authorities must immediately and unconditionally release 11 prominent politicians, including three former cabinet ministers, who have been held incommunicado without charge for 10 years, Amnesty International said today.The activists, all former members of the Central Council of the ruling People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) party, were arrested after calling for democratic reform.Together with four other members of parliament, they had formed the…

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