Singer freed from prison in Eritrea

Published November 6, 2006

ASMARA, Eritrea -- Gospel singer Helen Berhane, who belonged to a banned evangelical church in Eritrea, has been released after more than two years in detention, a human-rights group said.Berhane was released in late October, according to a statement issued Friday by Amnesty International. Berhane had just put out an album when she was arrested in the capital, Asmara, in May 2004, the group said."She spent most of her detention in inhuman and degrading conditions inside a metal shipping container, which was used as a prison cell," the statement said. "The authorities reportedly tortured her many times to make her recant her faith

 

 

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