Ten years ago, on 18 September 2001, the entire world's eyes were still turned to New York, the target of Al Qaeda's devastating attacks the previous week. In Asmara, the Eritrean government took advantage of this distraction to launch a brutal political purge.
"To the international community's indifference, several ministers and former generals and all the newspaper editors were thrown in jail in the space of a week," Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard said.
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