ELL Eritrean Lowland League

The Eritrean Dictatorial Regime Targets “Al Diaa Islamic School” Background: The school was established in 1969 with donations from the local Muslim community in Asmara to serve the educational needs of their children with special emphasis on Arabic and Islamic Studies in addition to the standard curriculum taught in other …

A packed international conference took place in Brussels by Connection e.V., PRO ASYL, EMDHR, WRI, Eritrean Law Society and EEPA (23.10.2017) There are “reasonable grounds to believe crimes against humanity are taking place”, stated  Sheila Keetharuth, UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, at a major high-ranking …

Netanyahu on African ‘infiltrators’: We will return south Tel Aviv to Israelis Israel seeking to get around court ruling and go on coercing refugees into deportation African asylum seekers can be deported to countries like Rwanda and Uganda, Israel’s top court rules Interior Minister Arye Dery said Sunday that he …

:  Martin Plaut Three hours of shelling are reported to have taken place across the Eritrea-Ethiopian border today (Wednesday). The clash was apparently sparked off when Eritrean troops opened fire on about 40 refugees attempting to flee from Eritrea to Ethiopia. The Ethiopian military retaliated, sparking off the fighting in …

Statement on the violations of human rights by the dictatorial regime in Eritrea Submitted by ELL to the 35th session of the Human Rights Council meeting in June 2017 – Geneva   Mr. President of the Council of Human Rights,Representatives of States and human rights organizations and civil society organizations, …

Date: 14/05/2017Author: Martin Plaut In August 2006, while I was working for the BBC, I received reports that aid provided to Eritrea by the European Union (EU) was being sold by the Eritrean government, and the proceeds used for government work programmes. The European Commission’s ambassador to Eritrea, Geert Heikens, …

60th Ordinary Session of the Africa Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights Niamey, Niger Public Session Item 4: Human Rights Situation in Africa Delivered by Mr. Hassan Shire. Madame Chairperson, distinguished Commissioners, State Delegates, representatives of NHRIs and NGOs. Madame Chairperson, DefendDefenders would like to congratulate the African Commission on …

Author  John R Campbell, Reader in the Anthropology of Africa and Law, SOAS, University of London Regardless of international concerns, Eritrea continues to pursue a policy of indefinite military conscription that compels the young and the old to serve their country while paying them a pittance. Eritreans are continuing to …

“Like concentration camps” – the Libyan detention centres favoured by the EU By  Martin Plaut0 Comments The European Union is so determined to halt the flight of Africans through Libya that it is willing to turn a blind eye to the appalling conditions of the detention centres in which refugees are …

EU prevention policy puts Eritreans at risk of imprisonment, torture and death Despite mounting evidence of inhumane treatment faced by Eritreans, both within and outside Eritrea, the EU is doing all it can to prevent them from reaching its shores, says a new report published today by Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors …