ASMARA, Eritrea — Eritrea is again persecuting officially recognized religious bodies with the arrest in late April of five Christians set to be ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Open Doors announced May 1 that security officials in the capital, Asmara, arrested Petros Yosief, Bemnet Tesfay, Aklilu Tesfay, Ermias Hadgu and Aron Mehretu. In 2005, Eritrean authorities cracked down on…
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