NGOs Issue Joint Appeal on Behalf of Refugees Held Hostage in Sinai Desert

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Agenzia Habeshia, EveryOne Group, Human Rights Concern Eritrea and Christian Solidarity Worldwide today sent a joint appeal to the UN, the EU, the British, the Italian and the Egyptian governments for urgent intervention in the plight of refugees from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia who are…

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…

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ONCE again Africa’s worthiest and perhaps happiest countries, according to Mo Ibrahim’s latest measure of all-round governance, scrutinising data gathered for last year, are offshore. Mauritius is the runaway winner, followed by the Seychelles in second place and Cape Verde fourth (see table). On the African…

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…

President Isaias Afwerki’s interview with Swedish Journalist Donald Bostrom

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Three days ago Finally, three days after the scheduled time, but Aftonbladet envoy Donald Bostrom an interview with Eritrean president Issay Afwerki. But something new about Dawit Isaak did not arrive. His health is just out of fashion and no subject for discussion, let the President…

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…