Admin l Wednesday, February 01, 2017
ERITREA – The hands of President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea are filled with the blood of Jehovah’s Witnesses who have died for inhuman treatment under incarceration for daring to serve God.
Under President Isaias Afwerki, at least 5 members of Jehovah’s Witnesses have died. They were arrested for unknown reason and kept in detention under condition only good enough to fall sick and die.
Misghina Gebretinsae and Yohannes Haile died in the Meitir prison, while Kahssay Mekonnen and Goitom Gebrekristos and Tsehaye Tesfamariam died after they were released.
“Tsehaye Tesfamariam died in Asmara on November 30, 2016. He was released from prison on September 10, 2015, because he was critically ill and did not receive proper medical care and treatment during his incarceration.
“On October 5, 2011, Mr. Tesfamariam and 24 other male Witnesses imprisoned at the Meitir Camp were placed in a half-buried metal building for special punishment until August 2012.
“After enduring through the intense summer heat with inadequate food and insufficient water, the health of several of them became critical ”, the JW.org said.
He was born in 1941 in Nefasit, Eritrea, and is survived by his wife, Hagosa Kebreab, whom he married in 1973. They had four daughters and three sons. He was baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in 1958.
