2001年5月，厄立特里亚15名高级政治人物签署公开信，要求实施国家宪法并举行选举1。四个月后的9月18日凌晨，安全部队逮捕了其中11名高级官员1。包括曾任国防部长、外交部长以及渔业部长的彼得罗斯·所罗门在内，这些被称为"G-15"的政治人物遭监禁至今，25年间无人获释1。
被捕者被关押在Ela-Ero监狱和Karshelli监狱，期间未经审判、无法与亲属联系1。其中彼得罗斯·所罗门的妻子阿斯特·约翰内斯于2003年12月11日在阿斯玛拉国际机场失踪1。BBC采访的两名被捕者的成年子女现居国外，他们表示对父母的生死状况一无所知1。联合国及国际人权组织已将G-15成员列为良心犯，呼吁予以释放1。
现年80岁的厄立特里亚总统伊萨亚斯于2001年9月下令实施了这次逮捕行动1。虽然该国在1997年批准了宪法，但至今仍未付诸实施，也从未举行过选举1。
Twenty-five years after their arrest, a group of Eritrean political prisoners remains detained without trial, their fates unknown to their families scattered abroad. In May 2001, 15 senior political figures, collectively known as the G-15, signed an open letter demanding the implementation of a national constitution and the holding of elections. 1 On September 18, 2001, Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki ordered the arrest of 11 senior officials from this group. 1 The detainees, including former Defence Minister, Foreign Minister, and later Fisheries Minister Petros Solomon, have been held incommunicado in facilities such as Ela-Ero and Karshelli prisons, with no access to legal representation or family contact. 1
The crackdown has devastated families of the imprisoned. The wife of one detainee, Aster Johannes, disappeared at Asmara International Airport on December 11, 2003, compounding the anguish of relatives now living in exile. 1 Adult children of the prisoners have spoken to international media from abroad, expressing desperation over not knowing whether their parents are even alive. 1 The detention has been condemned by the United Nations and human rights organizations, which classify the G-15 members as prisoners of conscience and have repeatedly called for their release. 1 Meanwhile, President Isaias, now 80 years old, has never implemented the 1997-approved constitution or conducted any national elections. 1
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