21 year old Ciham Ali Ahmed hasn’t seen her family in 5 years. She’s been in detention in Eritrea since she was 15 years old.
Born in California, but raised in Eritrea, Ciham is a dual Eritrean and US national. In 2012 – aged just 15 – Ciham was arrested after attempting to cross from Eritrea into Sudan. Anyone caught crossing the border is usually imprisoned for approximately six months. But despite never being charged with any crime, Ciham has remained in detention for more than 5 years.
Ciham is in incommunicado detention– meaning her family hasn’t seen or heard from her in over five years. This is an enforced disappearance.
Outside of Eritrea, few people know about Ciham’s enforced disappearance. Global pressure could help free Ciham and re-unite her with her family.
The US Assistant Secretary of State for Africa, Tibor Nagy, has emphasized the importance of addressing Eritrea’s human rights violations as a necessary change for progress. Your signature could help persuade him to take action.
Please sign this petition, urging Tibor Nagy to urgently inquire and intervene into Ciham Ali Ahmed’s enforced disappearance and to call on the Eritrean government to release her immediately and unconditionally.
Link to sign Amnesty International petition is here:
14 Comments
Free Ciham Ali Ahmed and all prisoner in Eritrea
Unfair; this child is paying a heavy price because of her father point of view!
Please do ur best to realise Ciham.
Where is Ciham….. Free Ciham and all Eritreans prisoners.
Here i am for justice for Eritrrans.
This is yet another barbaric crime against Eritrean children and the Eritrean people at large, which must be stopped immediately.
it just breaks my heart that 15 years old has been heald in communicado for 6 years to pay for her father’s escape. In Eritrea prisoners are not tried in a court of law and they do not have visitation rights. Imagine a young girl locked in prison cell for 6 years. There is no any justification for this, but just brutality. Ciham must be released now!
Please help for the release of this young innocent girl .
thank you.
As innocent as she is, I wish and pray for her freedom.
“Walk on with hope in your heart, and you’ll never walk alone.”
Shah Rukh Khan
Free sihan.free all Eritrean prisonres.
I urgently recall to the government of eritrea to let Ciham free
Free Ciham!
Free Ciham Ali