Event Brief
Writers demand proof of life for detained Eritrean authors
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 18, 2026 at 5:11 AM ET
Summary: More than 180 writers signed a letter to Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki calling for proof of life for 12 writers detained incommunicado since a 2001 crackdown on independent press. Nobel laureates Olga Tokarczuk and J.M. Coetzee joined other prominent authors in renewing the demand on 18 September, marking 25 years since the crackdown.
WHO: More than 180 writers, including Olga Tokarczuk and J.M. Coetzee
WHAT: Signed a letter demanding proof of life for 12 Eritrean writers detained incommunicado
WHEN: Sep 18, 2026
WHERE: Eritrea
WHY: The letter renews calls for information about 12 writers arrested in 2001 during a crackdown on the independent press.
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