Eritrea Arrests of Christians Increasing

9/25/2025  (VOM)

Christian missionaries report that arrests of Christians in Eritrea have increased in 2025 with very few releases of current prisoners. Since Jan. 1, 2025, there have been over 200 new arrests, putting the total number of Christian prisoners in the country around 550. This is the highest it has been in over five years. The conditions inside these “prisons” are some of the harshest in the world as Christian prisoners are provided meager rations and held in shipping containers in extreme desert conditions for years. Some prisoners, like Dr. Tecleab Menghisteab and Dr. Kiflu Gebremeskel, have been imprisoned in Eritrea for more than 20 years.

Please pray…

• Pray for God’s peace to be with Christian prisoners in Eritrea and with their families, and pray for their release.

• Pray that the Lord would strengthen and encourage Dr. Tecleab Menghisteab and Dr. Kiflu Gebremeskel in the midst of their very long imprisonment.

• Pray that Christian prisoners will be able to encourage one another and have fellowship in some way during their imprisonment.