1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 1999: Eritrea - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="wrARWTALDU"><a href="https://cpj.org/2000/03/attacks-on-the-press-1999-eritrea/">Attacks on the Press 1999: Eritrea</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2000/03/attacks-on-the-press-1999-eritrea/embed/#?secret=wrARWTALDU" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 1999: Eritrea” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="wrARWTALDU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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Since Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1991, neither the concept of press freedom nor the reality of a free press has made much headway, according to Eritrean journalists. Local media continued to be dominated by jingoistic coverage of the ongoing war with Ethiopia, which broke out in May 1998. Eritrea has one state newspaper…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260