Written by VOAA U.N. investigator is condemning an Eritrean crackdown on fundamental freedoms and religious practice in a new report, as well as the country’s harsh, indefinite military service and widespread abuse. Hopes that Eritrea, which has been accused of human-rights abuses, would institute reforms after it signed a historic peace agreement with…
Written by VallAfricaHuman Rights Council 26 February 2020 The Human Rights Council this afternoon held separate interactive dialogues on the report of the High Commissioner for Human Rights on ensuring accountability for all violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory, and on the oral update of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of…
Written by VallAfricaMedia lobby group Reporters Without Borders/Sweden wants Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki to explain the continued incarceration of journalist Dawit Isaak and his colleagues. They have been held since 2001. In a letter to the Eritrean leader, signed by board member Björn Tunbäck, the group reminds President Isaias of the case before the African…
BY OROMO SCHOLARS AND PROFESSIONALS Mr. Isaias Afwerki,President of Eritrea …
Written by HRW The COVID-19 pandemic poses serious risks to prisoners in Eritrea. Unsanitary and inhumane conditions of detention in many countries place detainees at an especially high risk for contracting the disease. Human Rights Watch has documented how thousands of prisoners are held in overcrowded places of detention with inadequate food, water, and medical…
Written by Selam Kidane & Martin PlautSince the historic accord last year, the border has closed again and little has changed. Patience among Eritreans is wearing thin. A year ago today, Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrived in the Eritrea capital of Asmara. Eritreans lined the streets, ecstatic to greet the leader of the country…
Written by BBCኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ከባቢታት ኤርትራ ጽዑቕ ግፋ ክካየድ ከምዝቐነየን ገና ይቕጽል ከም ዘሎን ምንጭታት ካብ ኤርትራ ገሊጾም። እቲ ግፋ፡ ኣብ ከረን፡ ሓጋዝ ኣቑርደት ከምኡ’ውን ኣብ ካልእ ከባቢታት ኤርትራ ከምዝተኻየደ ናይ ዓይኒ መሰኻኽር ገሊጾም። ሰራዊት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ፡ ነፈሲ ወከፍ ኣባይቲ እናፈተሹን ኣብ ጎደናታት ንዝረኸቡዎም መንእሰያትን ይገፉ ምህላዎም እቲ ምንጭታት ይሕብር። ኣብ ሓጋዝ ብኣማኢት ዝቑጸሩ ሰራዊት…
OCP News Service – 20/7/19 Asmara-Eritrea: Patriarch Abune Antonios of Eritrea is falsely expelled from the Church by a group of top bishops. They have blindly accused him of heresy. This move is part of the ongoing authoritarian propaganda programs by the Eritrean government. The Patriarch is already under house arrest since 2007. Abune Antonios is…
Written by BBCዳይሬክተር ኢምግሬሽን ኖርወይ፡ ብምድንጋር ዑቕባ ዝረኽቡ ስደተኛታት ንምቅላዕ ዝሕግዝ ኣሰራርሓ ከተኣታቱን ንሕቶ ዑቕባ ኤርትራውያን ደጊሙ ክርእይን ሚኒስተር ፍትሒ እታ ሃገር ሓቲቱ። እቲ ጉዳይ ኣብታ ሃገር ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ሻቕሎት ፈጢሩ ኣሎ። እዚ ኣብ መራኸቢ ብዙሃን ኣዘራራቢ ኮይኑ ዘሎ ዛዕባ፡ ነቲ ሕጊ ናይ ስደተኛታት ናይታ ሃገርን፡ ሕቶ ዑቕበኦም ቅቡል ክንሱ ኣንጻር እቲ ዑቕባ ንኽረኽቡ ዝቐረብዎ…
Written by BBC ኤርትራ ብሳንሱር (መመያ) ኣብ ዓለምና ቅድሚት እትስራዕ ሃገር ምዃና ኮሚተ ንድሕነት ጋዜጠኛታት፡ ሲፒጄ፡ ኣብ ዘውጽኦ ሓድሽ ጸብጻብ ኣፍሊጡ። ሚኒስተር ዜና ኤርትራ ኣቶ የማነ ገብረመስቀል ግን ንጸብጻብ ሲፒጄ ኣመልኪቱ ብትዊትር ኣብ ዝሃቦ መልሲ፡ ኣልጀዚራን ሲፒጄን ብዘይ እኹል መጽናዕቲ ንኤርትራ ‘ካብ ሓበሬታ ዕጽውቲ እያ’ ምባሎም ሓሶት እዩ ኢሉ። እቲ ንነጻነት ፕረስ ዝጣበቕ…