Life Under PFDJ Introduction by the editor Mussie Hadgu has been relating to us his horrifying experience of Life under the PFDJ. In the first instalment of this series, he described the inhumane condition of Adersesr prison (otherwise known as Hadish Measker) near the border to Sudan, under…

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.

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…

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…

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…

Bitweded Abraha was born in Asmara (Edaga Hamus) in 1953 from his father Ato Abraha Asfaha and his mother Weizero Kidisti Teweldemedhin.

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, 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.