ELL Eritrean Lowland League

(ADDIS ABABA) – Two international right groups have urged the United Nations Human Rights Council, to pay very close attention to the human right violations allegedly committed in Eritrea. A general view of participants during the 29th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva on 3 July 2015 …

  Eritrea, a small country in the horn of  Africa,  is hardly mentioned in the international media in spite of its appalling situation and the gross human right violations committed by the ruling regime led by president Isayass Afwerki. There was a feeling of great joy and high hopes amongst …

By Klara Smits and Florence Tornincasa | IDN-InDepthNews Report   STRASBOURG (IDN) – The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on Eritrea, which sends a strong signal to the European Commission, the EU Council, member states and the Eritrean government that human rights violations in the country need to be …

SNEHA VAKHARIA Are you still an immigrant? Sulaiman Addonia pauses. Then massages his forehead with his fingers. “Wow. That’s a tough question. Give me a moment.” There’s a moment’s quiet, and we both listen to the ambient sounds of Barkha Dutt talking about her book on a stage on the …

– Indefinite Military Service and Forced Labor Arbitrary Arrest, Prolonged Detention, and Inhumane Conditions Freedom of Speech and Association Freedom of Religion Refugee Policy Key International Actors – -Two key developments in 2015 highlighted the consequences of President Isaias Afwerki’s authoritarian rule: the continuing flow of Eritreans escaping the country, …

London (Theguardian + DIPLOMAT.SO) – The Home Office is using misleading and biased information to decide the fate of Eritrean asylum seekers, an independent report has found, as its author claims the government distorted evidence to make it easier to reject them. The report, published on Friday, analysed two Country …

Report says Home Office guidance that it was safe to send Eritreans home is based largely on discredited Danish report Kate Lyons The Home Office is using misleading and biased information to decide the fate of Eritrean asylum seekers, an independent report has found, as its author claims the government …

   Valerie Frank REPORTS ON ERITREA TEND TO ASK WHY SO MANY ARE FLEEING THE COUNTRY. THE MORE RELEVANT QUESTION IS: WHY ARE SO MANY FLEEING THE COUNTRY NOW? In one of the latest major media reports on the large numbers of refugees fleeing Eritrea, the BBC followed in the …

Salem Solomon The conflict between Saudi Arabia and Houthi rebels in Yemen is drawing in participants from across the Red Sea. Eritrea last month officially announced its “readiness to support the initiative without reservations and to extend its contribution to the alliance” of Saudi Arabia and its Gulf state allies. …

The Eritrean,  May 24 youth movement , a human right movement, held an evening of solidarity with the Eritrean patriotic artist Idriss Mohamed Ali on the 10th  anniversary of his detention by the Eritrean authorities. The evening was held on December 25, 2015 in the Egyptian capital Cairo under the …