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Eritrean journalist recounts story of her imprisonment

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May 6, 2023

Eritrea is ranked as the worst country for press freedom in Africa. DW met Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu, a journalist and poet who was imprisoned and tortured in Eritrea for her work.

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