188 writers demand proof of life for 12 Eritrean writers held since 2001

188 writers including Nobel laureates Olga Tokarczuk and J.M. Coetzee signed a letter dated 18 September to Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki calling for immediate, verified proof of life for 12 writers held incommunicado since 2001. The appeal, marking 25 years since Eritrea's crackdown on the independent press, names poet Amanuel Asrat and journalist Dawit Isaak among the disappeared.