29 days ago · Global
‘We demand the truth’: Olga Tokarczuk and JM Coetzee lead calls for proof of life of disappeared Eritrean writers
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a politics story. The Guardian World is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to Global. The first report grouped here was at 18 Sept 2026, 08:30 UTC. The headline in use is “‘We demand the truth’: Olga Tokarczuk and JM Coetzee lead calls for proof of life of disappeared Eritrean writers”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
More than 180 writers sign letter renewing calls for information on 12 authors detained incommunicado since 2001 crackdown on free speech by Isaias Afwerki More than 180 writers have signed a letter to Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki calling for proof of life for 12 writers arrested in 2001.
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