Nations panel investigating Eritrea says it has found “very clear patterns” of human rights violations and a total absence of the rule of law in the country. The chairman of the U.N. commission of inquiry addressed the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Monday. Mike Smith said under …
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UN human rights expert meets with Eritrean refugees
UN human rights expert meets with Eritrean refugees and migrants in Belgium GENEVA (9 March 2015) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, today started an official visit to Belgium (9-11 March) to collect first-hand information from Eritrean refugees and migrants …
Read More »Eritrea’s record on women’s rights to face scrutiny by UN Committee
GENEVA, 21 February 2015 / PRN Africa / — Eritrea’s record on women’s rights will be examined by the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) on Thursday 26 February in meetings that will be webcast live. Eritrea is one of the 188 States parties to the …
Read More »West Chester man documents plight of Eritrean refugees
By Natalie Smith For Main Line Suburban Life The Eritrean Exodus follows the path of the refugees from Eritrea to Israel. This is one of the villages in Ethiopia the refugees typically pass through. (Photo courtesy Chris Cotter) It started because Chris Cotter knew he had to be more than …
Read More »A REPRIEVE FOR ERITREAN ASYLUM SEEKER IN ISRAEL
For “Adam”, a 31-year-old asylum seeker in Israel who fled Eritrea after being incarcerated and tortured for leaving military service without permission, life has been filled with uncertainty almost as long as he can remember. While crossing the Sinai Desert, Adam was taken for ransom by Bedouin smugglers; he suffered …
Read More »Djibouti, Ethiopia accuse Eritrea of undermining stabilit
Eritrea has been accused of destabilizing peace and security in the region. World Bulletin / News Desk Djibouti and Ethiopia on Saturday accused Eritrea of undermining regional stability. “Eritrea is destabilizing peace and security in the countries of the region, including Djibouti,” Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh told a joint …
Read More »Migrants abused by French police –Human Rights Watch
PARIS, France — Human Rights Watch on Tuesday condemned police abuse of migrants living in makeshift camps in France’s northern port city of Calais, from where they hope to cross to Britain.The organization also slammed the slow response of the French government to the poor living conditions of the migrants, …
Read More »Prisons, Military Camps, Schools: how Eritrea is Transformed in a big Lager
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 …
Read More »Eritrea, the forced recruitment of street children: how to kill a generation
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 …
Read More »Killing of Eritrean refugee in Dresden exposes racial tensions in Germany
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 …
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