Category: Testimonies

More punishment of the innocent

What kind of crime can a fifteen-year-old child Ciham, Ali Abdu, be guilty of to merit imprisonment incommunicado? The “crime” is that her father, Ali Abdu, the former Information Minister, defected to Australia in November 2012. Since December 2012, his daughter has been imprisoned by Isaias…

Elizabeth (Elsa) Chyrum: A woman of the year 2012

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We, at asmarino.com, would like to emphasize what a difference Elsa Chyrum has made this yea as a Human Rights Activist, to the cause of Eritrea’s human rights situation. Elsa has done a lot in helping refugees stranded in nowhere; in highlighting the lawlessness of the…

Appalling Work Conditions at Bisha-Nevsun Mining Project, Eritrea

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A few months ago, a number of workers from Bisha-Nevsun Project (owned by the Eritrean government and Canada’s Nevsun Resources Ltd.) have managed to escape to Ethiopia, and they are now living in one of the refugee camps located in Tigray. Two of them, Abadi Ghebremeskel…

Interview with an Ex-Prison-Guard

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Eyob Bahta Habtemariam, a man who credibly claims to have been a guard at the notorious Eiraeiro prison camp in the desert of Northern Red Sea province, in northeastern Eritrea, fled the country a year ago and found refuge in neighbouring Ethiopia. Elsa Chyrum, Director of Human…

Voice of Torture (Documentary)

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A documentary from HRCE of young Eritreans recollection of torture and suffering they experienced under the Eritrean government. A story of their determination for freedom and the price they had to pay to achieve it. Watch the documentary.

Sending Them to Their Death

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A. didn’t even think he was disobeying an order. “I’m taking them to the base,” he announced plainly on the radio to the company commander.  A. contacted his commander after he took into his vehicle a group of Africans that had crossed the border during the…

Sweden “legally bound” to Seek Dawit Isaak Release

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Lawyers and activists argued on Monday that Sweden and the EU are legally bound to work harder to secure the release of Dawit Isaak, an Eritrean-Swedish journalist who has been held in Asmara for nearly a decade without trial. “In our opinion, Sweden and the EU…

They shoot migrants, don’t they?

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Egypt, a state that over the past four years has allegedly shot and killed more than 80 African migrants trying to cross into Israel over the Sinai Desert border, became chair on Friday of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees executive committee, sparking criticism by human…

Escaping Eritrea

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In September 2001, Aaron Berhane made the heart-wrenching decision to escape Eritrea. He left behind his wife and young children, as well as his prestigious job as editor-in-chief of the country’s largest circulation newspaper, Setit. It was his work that left Aaron with no option but…