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…

Eritrean Journalits’ Hunger strike testimony

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‘The biggest prison for Journalists’ is a fitting label for PFDJ’s Eritrea. It is 9 years since the dozen Eritrean independent journalists have been detained; and their whereabouts is unknown. Soon after their detention, they went for a hunger strike demanding their case to be brought…

Eritrea: The Siege State

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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Eritrea has been deeply troubled since independence in 1991. Following the devastating war with Ethiopia (1998-2000), an authoritarian, militarised regime has further tightened political space, tolerating neither opposition nor dissent.

Refugee hopes to raise awareness of Eritrean plight

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Bereket Yohannes often lies awake at night in his East Kildonan home and wonders where his relatives are or if they’re even alive. His sister, Esther Yohannes, her husband, Petros Soloman, and their three children are among Eritrea’s many missing and unaccounted for citizens. “My brother-in-law…

URGENT ACTION: 200 Eritreans in Libya at Risk of Forced Return

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More than 200 Eritrean nationals in Libya are said to have been beaten and forcibly transferred from Misratah Detention Centre to Sabha Detention Centre, where conditions of detention are much poorer. They are now at risk of forcible return to Eritrea, where they would be at…

The Suffering of Eritrean Detainees in Libya Continues

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The Libyan authorities have released most of the detainees of Misrata and other detention centres into the streets of different cities. This may sound like good news but they have nothing with which to survive. They have no money, no food, no employment, no shelter, no…

U.S. should deter foreign mining in Eritrea-report (Reuters)

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NAIROBI, May 13 (Reuters) – Mining companies should be deterred from working in Eritrea and banned from raising capital or listing their securities in the United States due to Eritrea’s rights abuse record, a U.S.-commissioned report said.

Eritrean Refugees in Libya Held in Inhumane Conditions in a Single Cell

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Hundreds of Eritrean refugees who were transported in trucks “like cattle” from Misrata prison in Libya to Sabha detention centre, situated on the edge of the Sahara desert, are being held together in a single, dark and overcrowded cell. They have been given nothing to eat…

EU implements international restrictive measures against Eritrea

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1 March 2010, Brussels – The European Union implements international restrictive measures against Eritrea The Council of the European Union today adopted a decision11 (5534/10) imposing restrictive measures against Eritrea in line with the United Nations Security Council resolution (UNSCR) 1907 (2009).