On the 3 December 2019, four Eritrean men brutally attacked two Eritrean refugees in Tel Aviv, Israel. In attacks which were to all intents and purposes unprovoked, the two refugees were beaten and stabbed. One died two days later from his injuries, and the other is…
Eritrean Regime Supporters Assault Another Journalist in London
On Tuesday 26th November, Amanuel Eyasu, the founder of Assena Satellite TV, was attacked by Eritrean regime supporters at Putney Bridge Station, in London. He had been contacted by an Eritrean female residing in London who pretended to have information on the human rights situation in Eritrea; she suggested meeting at Putney Bridge Station…
Eritrea: Orthodox Churches Protest Patriarch’s Continued Imprisonment
The Eritrean Orthodox Church Tewahdo (EOC) has planned two peaceful demonstrations in the United States (US) calling for the release and reinstatement of the church’s legitimate leader, Patriarch Antonios, who has been under house arrest for over a decade. The first demonstration, organised by St Gabriel’s…
Eritrea’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Germany’s Ambassador to Eritrea
According to the tweet on 21st October 2019, by the Eritrean Information Minister, Yemane Gebremeskel, Eritrea’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Germany’s Ambassador to Eritrea, “to seek clarification/rectification of this incessant vitriol , which has nothing to do with objective journalism, by an outfit funded by the German Government,” apparently…
Eritrea: Government-Authorised Recruitment of Child Soldiers Confirmed by Escape of Sportsmen from Eritrean National Football Team
On 2nd October 2019, the Ugandan newspaper “Daily Monitor” reported that five (later corrected to four) players from Eritrea’s Under-20 football team had disappeared from their hotel in Jinja, whilst preparing to play in the CECAFA Challenge Cup. They were later reported to have applied for asylum in Uganda.…
Why Are Eritrea’s Sporting Heroes So Reluctant to Return Home?
Update (October 2, 2019): Five Players of Eritrea’s National Under-20 (U-20) football team have disappeared from their hotel in Jinja, Uganda ahead of the semi-finals of the on-going Council of East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) U-20 Challenge Cup. CECAFA U-20 Challenge Cup is set to…