This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. ( Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources:  "Dawit Mesfin" –  news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (September 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this message) This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (September 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this message) A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject. It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly neutral point of view. Please discuss further on the talk page. (September 2017) ( Learn how and when to remove this message) ( Learn how and when to remove this message)

Dawit Mesfin (born 1956) is an Eritrean writer, researcher and political analyst who campaigns for human rights and democracy in Eritrea. He is a founding father of Awate.com, ^{[1][ failed verification]} a leading Eritrean website and served as a senior editor for Asmarino.com.^{[ citation needed]} He set up Voice of Liberty radio station,^{[ citation needed]} chaired diverse human rights and civil society groups focusing on Eritrea,^{[ citation needed]} and was principal director of Justice Africa,^{[ citation needed]} an international NGO with a special focus on the Horn of Africa, from 2011 to 2014.

His debut book, Woldeab Woldemariam: A Visionary Eritrean Patriot, A Biography documents the contribution made by a critically important figure in Eritrea's long history of asserting its identity as a nation. ^[2]

Dawit Mesfin writes regularly for various^{[ which?]} Eritrean websites and other^{[ which?]} news media. He currently lives in London.

• Dawit Mesfin's website