Decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples Rights on the Preliminary
Objection
Communication 428/12 - Dawit Isaak v Republic of Eritrea
Summary of the Complaint
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The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Secretariat)
received a Complaint on 29 October 2012 from Prisca Orsonneau, Jesus Alcala and Percy
Bratt (the Authors) representing Dawit Isaak (the Complainaiit)
ainst the State of Eritrea
(the Respondent State). The Complaint is submitted in, terms of Articles 55 and 56 of the
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frozen and assets confiscated.
It is alleged that ‘is latest reports indicate that the Complainant is being held at Eiraeiro
prison camp, 10 miles north of Asmara, along with a number of other detained journalists.
The Authors further allege that as of January 2010, the Complainant was being kept in
solitary confinement, in a tiny cell with no windows and was in very poor physical and
mental health.