Another Christian has died in prison in Eritrea – after refusing to make the prison chief a cup of coffee.Hana Hagos Asgedom, 41, reportedly died at the Alla Military Camp near Decamhare town shortly after she was beaten with an iron rod for resisting the order. Mission Network News reports that a Christian would have interpreted this order as a sexual advance. The official cause of Hana's death was a heart attack.
The true extent of her suffering has become clearer. Hana, a member of Asabe Rhema Church, was held for three years at Wi'a Military Camp, near the Red Sea port of Massawa. Last year, she was moved to Alla, where she was forced to choose between renouncing her faith and being held in solitary confinement. Hana chose the latter.
She died on January 24, the eleventh Christian known to have died in custody in Eritrea since October 2006. It is feared many more such deaths may have gone undocumented'.
(Sources: Mission Network News, Open Doors)
