Ruth Simon
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Ruth Simon, an Eritrea
n former correspondent for AFP
, was arrested April 1997 and later released in 1999, for her role in reporting incidents involving Eritreans in Sudan. It was reportedly taken as defamation by the president
. The president is said to ordered her detention personally.
Ruth Simon was also awarded a CPJ International Press Freedom Award in 1998, one of the two Eritreans to receive the award.
Eritrea
Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...
n former correspondent for AFP
Agence France-Presse
Agence France-Presse is a French news agency, the oldest one in the world, and one of the three largest with Associated Press and Reuters. It is also the largest French news agency. Currently, its CEO is Emmanuel Hoog and its news director Philippe Massonnet...
, was arrested April 1997 and later released in 1999, for her role in reporting incidents involving Eritreans in Sudan. It was reportedly taken as defamation by the president
President
A president is a leader of an organization, company, trade union, university, or country.Etymologically, a president is one who presides, who sits in leadership...
. The president is said to ordered her detention personally.
Ruth Simon was also awarded a CPJ International Press Freedom Award in 1998, one of the two Eritreans to receive the award.