Authorities in Eritrea have released 36 Christians who had been in detention for their faith, on bail.
The prisoners are all from Christian Evangelical and Pentecostal denominations, 14 of whom have been in detention for the past four years in the Dahilik island and the remaining Twenty-two others arrested at end of last month.
In 2002 Eritrea introduced a new law that forbids all churches except for the Orthodox, Catholic and Lutheran denominations.
Since September 2020, the government has released over 48 prisoners who have spent years in detention, however, many christians are still incarcerated and others, routinely arrested for their faith.
The Eritrean government has accused and continues to accuse Pentecostal and Evangelical Christians of being instruments of foreign governments.
The country of Eritrea has been ruled by Isaias Afwerki since its independence from Ethiopia in 1993, with no elections, no parliament and a constitution that has never been enforced.
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