Asmarino or Asmarino Independent Media is an Eritrean diaspora news website [1] [2] created in 1997. [3]
Creation
Asmarino was created in 1997 by Tesfaledet, an Eritrean refugee living in the United States, after a visit to Eritrea in which he failed to convince officials of his proposals for internet development in Eritrea. [3] By 2010s, the website was widely seen as a major news site of the Eritrean diaspora. [2] [4] [5]
Points of view
The content of Asmarino tends to be critical of the Eritrean government, playing a "counterpart to the Eritrean state". [3]
Repression
In 2011, one of Asmarino's authors, Meron Estefanos, was threatened by Tedros Isaac with having her throat cut if she continued to report about his brother Dawit Isaac, who at the time had been imprisoned for ten years without charge or trial. [1]
References
- ^ a b "Journalists face threats in covering Isaac imprisonment". Committee to Protect Journalists. 2011-09-26. Archived from the original on 2023-04-09. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ a b "Eritrea: repression without borders" (PDF). Amnesty International. 2019-06-24. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ a b c Bernal, Victoria (2013). "Civil Society and Cyberspace: Reflections on Dehai, Asmarino, and Awate". Africa Today. 60 (2): 22. doi: 10.2979/africatoday.60.2.21. eISSN 1527-1978. ISSN 0001-9887. Archived from the original on 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Meron Estefanos". Oslo Freedom Forum. 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-06-11. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
- ^ "Eritrea releases at least 35 Christians from prison". World Watch Monitor. 2018-07-20. Archived from the original on 2021-03-21. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
