11 Christians arrested in Eritrea's latest 'cleansing'

4 November, 2010

Eritrea (MNN) ― The governor of the Southern Zone of Eritrea has ordered a crackdown on Christians living in his province.

As a result, Eritrean security officials rounded up Christians from the cities of Mendefera, Dekemharre and Dibarwa. Greg Musselman of Voice of the Martyrs Canada says, "Just when you start to think that perhaps the Eritrean government is going to relax the situation toward evangelical Christians, those hopes again are dashed."

Police also confiscated TVs, video players and other electronic equipment that belonged to the Christians. According to reports from International Christian Concern and Assist News, most of the detained belong to the Full Gospel Church, an evangelical church that was among those that were banned by Eritrean officials in 2002. the rest