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Soon after independence efforts were made to differentiate between the civilian police and the military. We have all seen that with time all such pretence has been abandoned and we have all seen how uniform a civilian police can be easily interchanged for that of a soldier. Consequently it is …

Children and human rights  Many street children, who have no family, are taken into the military system even though they may be well below 18 years of age. That these children are then trained as soldiers, that they become hardened soldiers often used to carry out nefarious acts. In post …

Anti-immigration sentiment highlighted after 25,000 rally in support of far-right Pegida movement on night of murder It was 8pm on Monday when Khaled Idris Bahray told his seven flatmates he was popping out to buy some cigarettes from the Netto supermarket about 100 metres away from his flat in a …

December 22, 2014 (ADDIS ABABA) – Two Eritrean rebel groups on Monday said they have killed 7 Eritrean intelligence agents in an attack they jointly carried out on a military camp in the southern part of the country. The rebel groups – the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) and …

 The Ethiopian Defense Ministry said in a statement that an Ethiopian helicopter – that has disappeared since Friday – was forced to land in neighboring Eritrea World Bulletin/News Desk Ethiopia on Monday accused what it described as the “agents” of the regime in Eritrea of hijacking an Ethiopian helicopter. The …

(Brussels, December 17, 2014) – A Danish immigration report on Eritrea that suggests changing refugee policy for Eritrean asylum seekers is deeply flawed. Denmark and other European governments should await the outcome of the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea, established in June 2014, before considering any major policy …

Arbitrary arrests and detentions, harsh prison conditions, no freedom of religion or expression – there are many reasons why Eritreans come to Switzerland, says a UN authority.   “The economic situation is not very good in the sense that they don’t see any future for themselves in the country,” Sheila …

Journalist discusses how thousands of Eritreans flee their repressive country only to be tortured in Egypt’s Sinai. Fatma Naib Estefanos, a human rights activist, meets Eritrean refugees who were tortured in Sinai [Meron Estefanos/Al Jazeera] Mounting documentation of human rights violations in Eritrea – arbitrary arrests, torture of prisoners, forced …

Reporters Without Borders seeks funds to further its work on behalf of media workers in prison Roy Greenslade Reporters Without Borders (RWB), the Paris-based press freedom watchdog, has launched a fund-raising campaign based around the plight of jailed journalists in Eritrea, China and Saudi Arabia. The Eritrean prisoner is Dawit …

One in every 50 migrants who try to reach Europe across the Mediterranean Sea will die on the journey. What is so terrible in their home countries to force people into such a desperate voyage? According to the UN High Commission for Refugees, around 165,000 refugees made the Mediterranean Sea …