Eritrea: RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN ERITREA AND THE ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

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Christian 50%, mostly Orthodox, Muslim 48%

In recent years however Eritrea has become a centre of religious persecution. The Jehovah‘s Witnesses have been persecuted since the early years of Eritrea‘s independence.
On 25 October 1994, in an executive order given to the then Minister of Internal Affairs, the state president imposed the following punishment against all Jehovah‘s Witnesses:
(1) They are prohibited to work in any government institution; if they are already working, they must be dismissed.
(2) No commercial license should be given to them; if they already have, it must be revoked. They should never be given any documentation such as travel and identity papers. Jehovah‘s Witnesses are probably the most abused religious minority since the country‘s independence in 1991.
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History: JW in Eritrea

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