location: Adi Kwala
notes: Security forces arrested and detained 122 Christians for worshiping in unregistered churches in the southern town of Adi Quala throughout May 2017. An evangelical mother arrested in this context died two months later, in early August 2017, while imprisoned at the Metkel Abiet camp, allegedly from torture and mistreatment. A new campaign of house-to-house arrests reportedly targeted Christians throughout Eritrea in May and June, with 177 Christians, along with 20 children, arrested in total. It is estimated that a total of 3,000 Christians are imprisoned in Eritrea in degrading and inhumane conditions.
target_text: location: Adi Kwala, fatalities: 1