Eritrea: Uncertainty over release of journalist held for four years without charge

The International Federation of Journalists has called on the Eritrean Government to end uncertainty over the release of Dawit Isaac, reporter from the former weekly Setit, who had been locked away without trial and without access to his family and colleagues since the crackdown on the private media by Eritrean authorities in September 2001. Dawit Isaac was released from Karcheli Prison in the Eritrean capital of Asmara last weekend after more than four years in prison. However, he has not yet received permission to leave the country.