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…
Written by AFPWhile Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was praised for efforts to end years of bitter tension with Eritrea in his Nobel Peace Prize award last week, his Eritrean partner in the peace-making has conspicuously failed to offer his congratulations. Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki was acknowledged for accepting Abiy’s peace offer in the Norwegian…
Written by AllAfricaThe long-dormant border crossings re-opened with such fanfare between Eritrea and Ethiopia last year as a symbol of warming relations are all now closed – but that isn’t stopping a steady flow of Eritrean refugees from fleeing across the heavily militarised frontier. According to the UN’s refugee agency, UNHCR, around 300 people continue…
Written by AllAfricaThe German Foreign Ministry has defended the importance of press freedom after Berlin’s ambassador to Eritrea was summoned over DW’s media coverage of the country. Eritrea says it is being misrepresented. The Eritrean foreign ministry summoned Germany’s ambassador to its offices earlier this week over DW’s reporting on the country. Eritrean Information Minister…
written by HRWEritrea remains a one-man dictatorship under President Isaias Afewerki, now in his 26th year in power. It has no legislature, no independent civil society organizations or media outlets, and no independent judiciary. The government restricts religious freedoms, banning all but four groups. Every Eritrean must serve an indeterminate period of “national…
