Aster Yohannes
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Aster Yohannes is the wife of detained Eritrean politician Petros Solomon
. She is a veteran of Eritrean People's Liberation Front
(EPLF).
She has been in prison held in an undisclosed place by the Eritrean government since December 2003. She was detained by security personnel at Asmara International Airport in the capital Asmara
on 11 December 2003, when she returned after a three year period study at the University of Phoenix
in Arizona, USA. She had returned to Eritrea
with a newly issued Eritrean passport, to be with her four children aged between 6 and 13 at the time of her arrest. During her absence her children had been cared for by her mother.
Prior to her departure to Eritrea from the US, she was reportedly given assurances of safety by the then Eritrean Ambassador to the United States Girma Asmerom The Eritrean authorities have given no reason for her arrest or said where she is held. She has not been permitted to see her family. She has not been permitted to see her family. Amnesty International
fears she could be subjected to torture or ill-treatment, held in secret and detained for an indefinite period without charge or trial.
Petros Solomon
Petros Solomon is an Eritrean politician. He was an Eritrean People's Liberation Front commander during the Eritrean War of Independence, and following independence he served in several positions in the Cabinet, including Minister of Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs...
. She is a veteran of Eritrean People's Liberation Front
Eritrean People's Liberation Front
The Eritrean People's Liberation Front was an armed organization that fought for the independence of Eritrea from Ethiopia. It emerged in 1970 as an intellectual left-wing group that split from the Eritrean Liberation Front .-Background:...
(EPLF).
She has been in prison held in an undisclosed place by the Eritrean government since December 2003. She was detained by security personnel at Asmara International Airport in the capital Asmara
Asmara
Asmara is the capital city and largest settlement in Eritrea, home to a population of around 579,000 people...
on 11 December 2003, when she returned after a three year period study at the University of Phoenix
University of Phoenix
The University of Phoenix is a for-profit institution of higher learning. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Apollo Group Inc. which is publicly traded , an S&P 500 corporation based in Phoenix, Arizona...
in Arizona, USA. She had returned to Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...
with a newly issued Eritrean passport, to be with her four children aged between 6 and 13 at the time of her arrest. During her absence her children had been cared for by her mother.
Prior to her departure to Eritrea from the US, she was reportedly given assurances of safety by the then Eritrean Ambassador to the United States Girma Asmerom The Eritrean authorities have given no reason for her arrest or said where she is held. She has not been permitted to see her family. She has not been permitted to see her family. Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
fears she could be subjected to torture or ill-treatment, held in secret and detained for an indefinite period without charge or trial.
External links
- http://www.awate.com/portal/content/view/2635/6/ See Awate.com
- http://www.friendsofaster.org/ Friends of Aster