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Eritrean Journalist Dawit Isaak Jailed for 15 Years 'Still Alive

After nearly 15 years behind bars without trial or official charge, Eritrea's Foreign Affairs Minister Osman Saleh says that Dawit Isaak will only be sentenced when the government is ready to do so.

Mark Aldrich/The Gad About Town

Dawit Isaak has been imprisoned in Eritrea for his reporting on the administration of President Isaias Afwerki.

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