The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRD-Net) established in November 2005, to support and act in solidarity with human right defender organizations from Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Somaliland, Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda, presented the Eritrean Ambassador to Kenya on 30 October 2006 with a petition on behalf of 16 journalists detained in Eritrea since 2001. Read the petition letter below.
30th October 2006
To: Eritrean President, His Excellency Isaias Afewerke Office of the President P.O. Box 257 Asmara Eritrea
Thru: The Eritrean Ambassador to Kenya
Your Excellency,
RE: ERITREAN JOURNALISTS UNDER CONTINUED DETENTION -EHAHRD-Net CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Human rights defenders from Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia and Somaliland, Sudan including Southern Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania, comprising the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network (EHAHRD-Net) and working to protect the rights of over 220 million people within the sub-region, are very concerned about the continued detention of journalists in your country for now over five years. 
