Journalist discusses how thousands of Eritreans flee their repressive country only to be tortured in Egypt’s Sinai. Mounting documentation of human rights violations in Eritrea – arbitrary arrests, torture of prisoners, forced military service with appalling conditions – highlights why almost 5 percent of Eritrea’s population has fled the country in the past decade. The UN refugee…
Early day motion slams mining companies for using forced labour in collusion with repressive Eritrean government and adding to the country’s human exodus Western mining companies operating in Eritrea are reducing workers to “abject slavery” at their mines and worsening a human exodus that is driving more than 5,000 people out of the country every month, a…
USCIRF FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 20, 2015 WASHIGNTON, D.C. – This January marks the eighth anniversary of the illegal removal of Eritrean Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonios from his position as head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the country’s largest religious community. “The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) vehemently condemns the illegal removal from…
ካብ ቤት ጽሕፍት ወሃብ-ቃል መንግስቲ ኣሜሪካ መንግስቲ ኣሜሪካ ነቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ንሽዱሽተ ጋዜጠኛታት ንመፍታሕ ዝወሰዶ ስጉምቲ ዋላ እንተኣመጐሰ ብኣንጻሩ እቲ ምእሳር ኤርትራውያን ካብኦም ክሳብ ዓሰርተሸውዓት ዝበጽሑ ካልኦት ጋዜጠኛታት ዝርከብዎም ዜጋታት ይቕጽል ብምህላዉ ዘለዎ ዕቃበታት ገሊጹ። በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ነቶም ድሮ ኣሲርዎም ዘለዉ ዓሰርተሸውዓት ጋዜጠኛታት፣ ብሰንኪ ሃይማኖታዊ እምነታቶም ዝትኣስሩ፣ ጉጅለ ዓሰርተ ሓሙሽተ ከምኡ ድማ ካልኦት…
Written by Geeska Afrika Khartoum (HAN) February 10, 2015 – Public Diplomacy and Regional security news. President Isyas Afwerki told Eritrean people in 1992, “his government officials and EPLF leaders has vowed never to embezzle public funds”. The freedom fighter-politician told his EPLF followers that Eritrea deserved honest men like him and his team who would not squander…
JOHANNESBURG, 12 February 2014 (IRIN) – Since 2009, hundreds and possibly thousands of refugees, most of them Eritrean, have been kidnapped in eastern Sudan and sold to traffickers in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, where they are held and tortured until their relatives can raise tens of thousands of dollars in ransom money. According to a report…
ጋዜጣ ኤክስፕረሰን ንመራሕ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ ብዝምልከት ኣብቲ ብ 11 ሓምለ 2014 ንንባብ ዘብቅዖ ሕታሙ ሰፊሕ ሓተታ ኣቕሪቡ ኔሩ። እንሆ ትርጉም ሓተታ ብትግርኛ ንነበብትና ይቐርብ። እዚ ብኣዝዩ ክቱር ኣንነትን (narcissism) ተጠራጣሪ ምዃኑን ዝልለ መራሒ ኣዝዩ ጨካንን ብዝኾነ ነገር ብቐሊሉ ዝቑጣዕን እዩ። እዚ ንኤርትራዊ ሽወደናዊ ጋዜጠኛ ዳዊት ኢሳቕ ዝኣሰረ ውልቀመላኺ ብቅሩጽ ፍርሂ (paranoia) ዝሳቐ ኮይኑ…
An international tribunal in The Hague has ruled that Eritrea will have to pay Ethiopia millions of dollars in compensation for war damages. Both were ordered to pay each other damages for the 1998-2000 border war, but the verdict leaves Eritrea with $10m (£6m) more to pay. The ruling covers compensation for businesses and goods…
ኣብ ዘሀይግ ዝመደበሩ ዓለም ለኻዊ ቤት ፍርዲ ኤርትራ ነቲ ብሰበብ ውግእ ዶብ ዝስዓበ ዕንወት 10 ሚልዮን ዶላር ንኢትዮጵያ ክትክሕሳ ተበይኑ ኣሎ። እዚ ብይን ካሕሳ ነቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ቁጠባ፣ ንብረትን ገጠራትን ዝስዓበ ዕንወት ዘጠቓለለ እዩ። እዚ ገንዘባዊ ካሕሳ ነቲ ብናይ ኤርትራ ደብዳብ ኣብ ከተማ መቐለ ዝርከብ ትምህርቲ ቤት ዘጠቓለለ’ውን እዩ። ኤርትራ ነዚ ብይን ድሮ ከም ዝተቐበለቶ ኣፍሊጣ…
An international tribunal in The Hague has ruled that Eritrea will have to pay Ethiopia millions of dollars in compensation for war damages. Both were ordered to pay each other damages for the 1998-2000 border war, but the verdict leaves Eritrea with $10m (£6m) more to pay. The ruling covers compensation for businesses and goods…
