Unrest in Eritrea.(ENI)--Minority Christian groups in Eritrea are facing arbitrary arrests and detention The act of keeping back, restraining, or withholding, either accidentally or by design, a person or thing. Detention occurs whenever a police officer accosts an individual and restrains his or her freedom to walk away, or approaches and questions an individual, or stops an , according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. reports reaching Nairobi about the country in the horn of Africa Horn of Africa, peninsula, NE Africa, opposite the S Arabia Peninsula. Also known as the Somali Peninsula, it encompasses Somalia and E Ethiopia and is the easternmost extension of the continent, separating the Gulf of Aden from the Indian Ocean. . "Many have been persecuted. They have been arrested at worship, weddings and other functions," a source at the Association of Evangelicals of Africa told Ecumenical News International. The source, who requested anonymity, said Eritrea's leadership, which had its roots in socialist philosophy, felt threatened by a Christian revival said to be sweeping the country. Eritrean independent Pentecostal and Charismatic churches as well as Presbyterian, Assemblies of God and Methodist-linked churches are reported to be targeted. The British-based religious freedom group, Christian Solidarity Worldwide Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) is a human rights organization based in New Malden, Surrey specialising in religious freedom. CSW works on behalf of those persecuted for their Christian beliefs and promotes religious liberty for all. , has said that more than 100 children, aged between two and 18 years, attending Christian classes in Eritrea's capital, Asmara, were rounded up by police last February. Children younger than 14 were later released while the remaining group of 30 children were still being detained de·tain tr.v. de·tained, de·tain·ing, de·tains 1. To keep from proceeding; delay or retard. 2. To keep in custody or temporary confinement: , the group said. |
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