The Eritrean authorities have released on bail 36 prisoners who had been in detention because of their faith.
Sources said 14 of the released prisoners have been in detention for the past four years in the Dahilik Island.
Twenty-two others arrested at end of last month have also been freed on bail.
According to a report monitored on BBC, the prisoners are all from Christian Evangelical and Pentecostal denominations.
In 2002 Eritrea introduced a new law that forbids all churches except for the Orthodox, Catholic and Lutheran denominations.
Sunni Islam is also officially recognised.
In September 2020, the Eritrean government released more than 20 prisoners who had been detained for years.
In December, the authorities also released 28 members of the Jehovah’s Witnesses after they had served long prison terms.
