ASMARA, ERITREA (Worthy News)– There was uncertainty Tuesday, March 5, about the situation of 125 Eritrean Christians who were “beaten and detained” in western Eritrea as part of a new government campaign against Christians worshiping outside the state-backed churches, rights investigators said.

At least 85 of them were arrested over the last week, said Open Doors, a major Christian advocacy and aid group. Among them are 45 men and women who were arrested February 27 for worshiping “outside the Orthodox, Catholic and Evangelical Lutheran Churches,” the group said.

All of those detained since January are members of an evangelical denomination in the south-western town of Barentu, according to Open Doors investigators.

“Open Doors understands that police arrested these church members from homes and workplaces during broad

daylight and then marched them through town to the police station while beating them,” the group said.

Eritrea’s autocratic President Isaias Afewerki has denied wrongdoing.

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