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Seyoum Tsehaye

Seyoum Tsehaye was born in Tukul in 1952 from his father Tsehaye Woldemariam and his mother Roma Solomon. His father was the owner of Bar Da’Osta at Campobollo in Asmara.

Eritrea: A Nation in Crisis: Land Expropriation

The land proclamation that the government had issued in 1994 puts land under government ownership and introduces a shift of land ownership from the “desa” tenure system to permanent private ownership to promote sustainable land use and conservation and protection of land, as it is believed…

Torture, Suffering and Imprisonment (Life Under PFDJ)

On March 2009, we received a hefty report (about 34 pages long) on the prison condition in Eritrea as experienced by one man. The report was too detailed that we felt that it would endanger the writer, even though he wanted us to post it as…

A Testimony of Wia prison – presented through Elsa Chyrum

The following Tigrigna testimony was published on September 10th, 2005. ግዚኡ ኣብ መፋርቅ ሓምለ 2001 እዩ ዝነበረ። ኮሚቴ ተማህሮ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ነቲ ብሚንስቲሪ ትምህርቲ ዝወጸ ኩሉ ተማሃራይ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ናብ ማእቶት ክኽይድ ከምዘለዎ ዝሕብር መጸዋዕታ ሕጊ ብዝመልኦ ኣገባብ ይቃወሙ ነበሩ። ነጥቢ ብነጥቢ ብምቅራብ ነቲ ጻውዒት ክኽውን ከምዘይክእል ናብ…

Abie Seyoum’s Plea

June 6, 2013 Eritrea: Voices of victims call for greater pressure from international and regional mechanisms Geneva, 6 June 2013: Human Rights Concern – Eritrea with Article 19, Amnesty International, Civicus, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Network Project, Human Rights Watch…

Me’aza Petros

Me’aza Petros, a 16 year old daughter of two political prisoners detained incommunicado. Petros Solomon (ex-Minister of Maritime Resources detained since September 18th, 2001) and Aster Yohannes (detained since December 11th, 2003. Above is a picture of Me’aza’s parents, in happier times. Meaza Petros’s moving testimony.

Members of the Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea Announced

BREAKING NEWS: Members of the Commission of Inquiry to investigate all alleged violations of human rights in Eritrea have been announced. They are: Mr, Mike Smith (Australia), Ms, Sheila B. Keetharuth (Mauritius) and Professor Victor Dankwa (Ghana)