''Asmarino'' or ''Asmarino Independent Media'' is an
Eritrea
Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...
n diaspora news website
created in 1997.
Creation
''Asmarino'' was created in 1997 by Tesfaledet, an Eritrean refugee living in the
United States
The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...
, after a visit to Eritrea in which he failed to convince officials of his proposals for internet development in Eritrea.
By 2010s, the website was widely seen as a major news site of the Eritrean diaspora.
Points of view
The content of ''Asmarino'' tends to be critical of the Eritrean government, playing a "counterpart to the Eritrean state".
Repression
In 2011, one of ''Asmarino's'' authors,
Meron Estefanos
Meron Estefanos (born 6 January 1975) is a Swedish-Eritrean human rights activist and journalist. She first became known in the Eritrean refugee community in 2011 for helping people who had been kidnapped and tortured by human traffickers on th ...
, was threatened by Tedros Isaac with having her throat cut if she continued to report about his brother Dawit Isaac, who at the time had been imprisoned for ten years without charge or trial.
References
External links
*{{official website
Mass media in Eritrea