You live in countries where freedom is not just a word, but a right protected by law. You enjoy the fruits of democracy, the right to speak, vote, organise, and protest without fear. You benefit from healthcare, education, justice, and the dignity of citizenship. Yet, from…

Reporters Without Borders compile a list every year of which countries have the most press freedom and which have the least.* This year, Norway is Number 1. You can write the truth in Norwegian newspapers, and tell it on the news, and online, without fear of…

On 24th May 2022, it will be 31 years since Eritrea gained its independence! Is this not, surely, a time for great rejoicing? With hard-won independence, we would expect this, above all, to be a day to celebrate…a nation’s freedom, perhaps? Sadly, it remains at present…

On July 23rd 2020, officials of the UN Human Rights Council sent a memorandum to the Government of Egypt questioning the long-term detention without charge or trial of two Eritrean refugees in a prison for criminals. Because of enforced conscription of all Eritreans of 18 years…

Are you aware that In Eritrea, if the government so wishes, you may be arrested and just disappear without trace, without legal process and without anyone having any means of finding out what has happened to you? Eritrea remains an appallingly unsafe place for political dissenters…