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ዋሕዚ ስደት ንምግታእ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ምጉዕፃጽ

ብማሕበር ሓልዮት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኤርትራ ኣብ ጥሪ 2018፡ ጋዜጣ ሊብያ-ሄራልድ፡ ብምኽንያት ሓደ ዓመት ምኽፋት ኤምባሲ ጥልያን ኣብ ትሩብሊ ንኣምባሳደር ሚስተር ጂሰፐ ፐሮኒ ኣዘራሪባቶ። ኣብ ሊብያ፡ ክሳብ ሕጂ ካብ ኣህጉር ኤውሮጳ ኢጣልያ ጥራሕ እያ ኤምባሲ ከፊታ ዘላ። ካልኦት ኣብ 2011 ንኮሎኔል መዓመር ቀዛፊ ካብ ስልጣን ዝኣለየ ህዝባዊ…

Israel’s African Asylum Seekers: What Needs to be Done

(The Times of Israel, Irwin Cotler, February 8, 2018) Israel is home to nearly 40,000 African asylum seekers and migrants – of whom some 72 percent are Eritrean and 20 percent Sudanese – some of whom began to arrive as early as 2005. At the time,…

Prolonging a Miscarriage of Justice

It will soon be a year and a half of unjust imprisonment for Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe, the man extradited from Sudan in a disturbing case of mistaken identity during a high profile joint investigation by the British National Crime Agency (NCA), and the Italian Palermo magistrate.…

Europe Must End Deals Helping the Slave Trade

Since the time of Gaddafi in Libya, migrants who make their way to Europe crossing that country have been informing governments and NGOs about the abuses they suffered in desert camps before making their way across the Mediterranean. Since the time of Gaddafi, Europe (primarily Italy)…

ERITREA: Canadian Appeal Court Affirms Eritreans’ Slavery and Forced Labour Claims Can Proceed

(London, 21 November, 2017) British Columbia’s Court of Appeal today dismissed an appeal by Nevsun Resources Ltd., that sought to block a case brought against the company by three Eritrean refugees for the alleged used of forced labour at its Bisha mine in Eritrea. The three plaintiffs allege they were national service conscripts and that their labour was…

How the Human Rights Crisis in Eritrea Reached This Point

Eritrea gained independence from Ethiopia in 1991 after a devastating 30-year struggle. Human rights violations began almost immediately after independence, although many Eritreans were oblivious of the crimes committed in the early 90’s due to the euphoria that was still engulfing the new nation. Nevertheless, Eritreans…

Abandoning Human Rights to Curb Migration

During the last few months, Italy, backed by other European countries, has promoted a shift on migration policy by spearheading a tough approach aimed at blocking the flow of migrants coming from Libya. What is most worrisome about this approach, which is said to have the…