CPJ displays 16 portraits of missing Eritrean journalists
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Dakaractu
The Committee to Protect Journalists has displayed 16 portraits of Eritrean journalists missing for several years in Nairobi. The installation, featuring portraits and empty chairs, was presented on the first day of AIJC 2026, according to Dakaractu.
The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) dedicated an installation on Tuesday 10 November to 16 missing Eritrean journalists during the first day of the African Investigative Journalism Conference (AIJC 2026), at the Edge Convention Centre in Nairobi, Dakaractu reports.
Eighteen empty chairs were placed on the podium, 16 of them bearing painted portraits and the names of the journalists. They include Dawit Isaak, Temesgen Ghebreyesus, Seyoum Tsehaye and Amanuel Asrat. These journalists, arrested at different times, notably in the early 2000s, remain unheard from by their families, according to the CPJ.
CPJ Executive Director Jodie Ginsberg presented the installation as a way of keeping their memory alive and drawing the attention of the journalism community to their situation. The CPJ had already called on 10 November for proof of life for the 16 Eritrean journalists.
