The local central-Alameda County Group 612 has 10 to 15 active members and has adopted Petros Solomon as their primary prisoner of conscience. Solomon, a former senior government official in Eritrea, has been held incommunicado without charge or trial since 2001, when he was part of a group that wrote a letter criticizing Eritrea's only political party.

Awate Editor:  RSF's report is generally accurate and we thank them for their diligence.  However, there is one mistake in the report:  Eri-TV's Ahmed Bahja is not in prison.  He was arrested briefly and then released.  For additional information, refer to an article that appeared at Awate.com that explains his arrest and subsequent release.