Ruth Simon

Ruth Simon
Ruth Simon
Born	c. 1962
Nationality	CPJ International Press Freedom Award (1998)

Ruth Simon (born c. 1962^[1]) is an Eritrean journalist.

Early life

Simon worked with the Eritrean People's Liberation Front during the Eritrean War of Independence, heading its secret publications. She also served as editor-in-chief of the Association for the Reintegration of Eritrean Women Guerrilla Fighters magazine Bana.^[2]

After the war, she was arrested on 25 April 1997 by the Eritrean government while working as a correspondent for

Isaias Afewerki that Eritrean soldiers were fighting together with Sudanese rebel groups. The People's Front for Democracy and Justice, Afewerki's party, released a statement the day after her report calling it a "gross distortion" and stating that Eritrean forces were not participating in the Second Sudanese Civil War.^[2] Simon was the first journalist to be arrested in Eritrea since its independence four years before.^[1]

Simon was held without trial until May 1998, when Afewerki announced that the reporter would face trial and that Eritrea would sue AFP for spreading false information through a "so-called agent".

CPJ International Press Freedom Award in absentia, the first Eritrean to win the award.^[1] On 29 December 1998, Simon was released without ever having been tried.^[1]

Simon is divorced and has three children.[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "CPJ Welcomes Release of Eritrean Journalist Ruth Simon". The Committee to Protect Journalists. 29 December 1998. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "1998 Press Freedom Awards - Simon". Committee to Protect Journalists. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
^ "Eritrea detains journalist". The Independent. Reuters. 13 June 1997. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2012.(subscription required)
^ "Journalist remains in detention". International Freedom of Expression Exchange. 29 April 1998. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

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[CPJ2-1] "CPJ Welcomes Release of Eritrean Journalist Ruth Simon". The Committee to Protect Journalists. 29 December 1998. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[CPJ-2] "1998 Press Freedom Awards - Simon". Committee to Protect Journalists. Archived from the original on 3 September 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

[3] "Eritrea detains journalist". The Independent. Reuters. 13 June 1997. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2012.(subscription required)

[4] "Journalist remains in detention". International Freedom of Expression Exchange. 29 April 1998. Archived from the original on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 26 August 2012.

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