A Christian migrant from Eritrea shows a crucifix made of wood after she attended a Sunday mass at the makeshift church in The New Jungle near Calais, France, August 2, 2015. | (Photo: Reuters/Pascal Rossignol)
Seventy Christians from evangelical and orthodox backgrounds, including women, have been released from three prisons in Eritrea, some after being held without charge for more than a decade, according to the U.K.-based Christian Solidarity Worldwide.
In what could be an attempt to distract the attention of the international community from Eritrea’s role in the ongoing war in the Tigray region in neighboring Ethiopia, the Eritrean government last Monday released 21 female and 43 male prisoners from Mai Serwa and Adi Abeito prisons near the capital city of Asmara, CSW reported.