TIMELINE: 6-Year Torture and Unjust Detention of Eritrean Journalist Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu

Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu was arrested by Eritrean authorities in 2009 following a raid on Radio Bana, an educational radio station where she worked. The military detained over 30 journalists and staff members during the raid. While most were released after four years, Yirgalem and five others endured six years of imprisonment without trial in one of Eritrea’s most notorious military prisons.