Identifier
Created
Classification
Origin
09ASMARA161
2009-05-19 09:42:00
CONFIDENTIAL
Embassy Asmara
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C O N F I D E N T I A L ASMARA 000161
FOR AF/E
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/17/2019
TAGS: ER PGOV PHUM
SUBJECT: ASTER YOHANNES CONTACTED IN JAIL
REF: ASMARA 131
Classified By: CDA Melinda Tabler-Stone for reason 1.4(d)
C O N F I D E N T I A L ASMARA 000161
FOR AF/E
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/17/2019
TAGS: ER PGOV PHUM
SUBJECT: ASTER YOHANNES CONTACTED IN JAIL
REF: ASMARA 131
Classified By: CDA Melinda Tabler-Stone for reason 1.4(d)
1. (C) Our recently freed USAID FSN (protect) said that in
the weeks prior to his April 17 release from prison, he had a
chance to talk with Aster Yohannes, wife of G-15 member
Petros Solomon. Aster, jailed since December 2003, said she
had been in good health but recently developed stomach
ulcers. She said she believed her husband was still alive
based on reports from an opposition radio broadcast
originating from Ethiopia. She had not heard from him
directly or through other prisoners.
2. (C) Background: Petros Solomon was part of the Group of 15
that petitioned Isaias in 2001 to implement the draft
constitution and was subsequently arrested on September 18,
2001. He has been held incommunicado since then. Aster
herself was taken into custody at the airport on December 11,
2003, when she returned to Eritrea having received GSE
assurances that she would not be arrested.
TABLER-STONE
FOR AF/E
E.O. 12958: DECL: 05/17/2019
TAGS: ER PGOV PHUM
SUBJECT: ASTER YOHANNES CONTACTED IN JAIL
REF: ASMARA 131
Classified By: CDA Melinda Tabler-Stone for reason 1.4(d)
1. (C) Our recently freed USAID FSN (protect) said that in
the weeks prior to his April 17 release from prison, he had a
chance to talk with Aster Yohannes, wife of G-15 member
Petros Solomon. Aster, jailed since December 2003, said she
had been in good health but recently developed stomach
ulcers. She said she believed her husband was still alive
based on reports from an opposition radio broadcast
originating from Ethiopia. She had not heard from him
directly or through other prisoners.
2. (C) Background: Petros Solomon was part of the Group of 15
that petitioned Isaias in 2001 to implement the draft
constitution and was subsequently arrested on September 18,
2001. He has been held incommunicado since then. Aster
herself was taken into custody at the airport on December 11,
2003, when she returned to Eritrea having received GSE
assurances that she would not be arrested.
TABLER-STONE