Written by HRWPRESS RELEASE Shortly before this submission was filed, Eritrea and Ethiopia jointly agreed to end the “state of war” between them. (Joint Declaration, Jun. 9, 2018). Assuming they carry out their pledges, the countries’ intention to open “a new era of peace and friendship” will benefit the entire region. It is less certain…
ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝትኣስሩ ብዝቐልጠፈ ክፈትሕን ናብ ናጻ ፍርዲ ቤት ከቕርቦም ጸዊዑ ኣሎ። ላዕለዋይ በዓል ስልጣን ሰብኣዊ መሰላት፡ ብዛዕባ ኩነታት ኤርትራ ሎሚ ንቤት ምኽሪ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ሕቡራት መብርሂ ኣቕሪቡ ኣሎ። ሂዩማን ራይትስ ዋችን ኣምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናልን ንኤርትራ ካብተን ጨቆንቲ ሃገራት ሓንቲ እያ ክብሉ ንዓመታት ክኸሱ ጸኒሖም ኢዮም። እዞም ተሓለቕቲ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኣብ ኤርትራ…
ዓዲ እንታይ ማለትዩ? ዓዲ መሰረት ወድ ሰብ እዩ። ካብዚ ተላዒሎም ቀዳሞት “ሰብ ኣብ ዓዱ፡ እኽሊንከ! ኣብ ዓውዱ” ኢሎም ይምስሉ። ቀደም ደቂ ዓዲ ከመይ ኢሎም ከም ዝመሓደሩ ምስ እንዝክር! ሕጂ ኣብ ምብምንታይ ሃለዋት ወይስ ኣብ ምንታይ ደረጃ ከምዘለና ከነማዛዝን ንኸእል። እምበኣር፡ ዓዲ እንታይ ትሕዝቶ ኣለዋ? ዓዲ ዝነኣሰት ሓምሳ (50) ገባር ይሃልዋ ንበል። ሓንቲ ዓዲ ክትባሃል ናይ…
Written by: ReutersThe top US diplomat for Africa welcomed a rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea but said concerns over Eritrea’s human rights record hindered co-operation with Washington. The leaders of Ethiopia and Eritrea re-opened crossing points on their shared border for the first time in 20 years on Tuesday, raising hopes of reduced tensions in…
After signing an historic peace deal with Ethiopia, and receiving unprecedented levels of positive media coverage, Eritrea applied for a seat at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC). With strong support from the likes of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), this Horn of Africa country which has repeatedly been classified as “not free” by Freedom House,…
Written by: VOAIn signing a historic peace deal with Ethiopia and cooperation agreements with Djibouti and Somalia earlier this year, long-isolated Eritrea gained fresh opportunities to re-emerge on the world stage. Eritrea, however, now faces renewed pressure from human rights groups, which want the government to release or account for thousands of political prisoners it…
Written by: HRWPRESS RELEASE The recent arrest of Eritrea’s former finance minister is a troubling sign that repressive tactics continue despite changes in Eritrea’s diplomatic engagements. Human Rights Watch released a video about Eritrean political prisoners including 21 senior government officials and journalists detained in 2001 after they criticized President Isaias Afewerki. (Nairobi) –…
As Eritrea undergoes its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) by the United Nations Human Rights Council, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplores the lack of any significant progress on press freedom and calls on the Eritrean authorities to allow all journalists held arbitrarily since 2001 to receive visits. It is only in the last two years that…
Written: by BBC NewsSaturday’s visit of Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki to Addis Ababa, the capital of its neighbour Ethiopia, is a remarkable turnaround for the 72-year-old independence leader who has been isolated diplomatically and seen as secretive and paranoid. A few weeks ago, Ethiopia and Eritrea were enemies, as they had been for…
By African ArgumentsIn barely the blink of an eye, Eritrea’s unpredictable president has completely reversed his rhetoric of the past two decades. In just a few weeks, relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea have not just shifted dramatically but – in many ways – turned upside down. For two decades, President Isaias Afwerki had demonised Ethiopia, seeing it as an…