''Asmarino'' or ''Asmarino Independent Media'' is an
Eritrea
Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...
n diaspora news website
created in 1997.
Creation
''Asmarino'' was created in 1997 by Tesfaledet, an Eritrean refugee living in the
United States
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, after a visit to Eritrea in which he failed to convince officials of his proposals for internet development in Eritrea.
By 2010s, the website was widely seen as a major news site of the Eritrean diaspora.
Points of view
The content of ''Asmarino'' tends to be critical of the Eritrean government, playing a "counterpart to the Eritrean state".
Repression
In 2011, one of ''Asmarino's'' authors,
Meron Estefanos, was threatened by Tedros Isaac with having her throat cut if she continued to report about his brother Dawit Isaac, who at the time had been imprisoned for ten years without charge or trial.
References
External links
*{{official website
Mass media in Eritrea