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Date: 01 Dec 2009
On the morning of 30 November 2009, the Working Group on the UPR examined the situation of human rights in Eritrea. Eritrea was represented by the Economic Advisor for the Ministry of National Development, Mr Girmai Abraham. The majority of African States participating in the discussion took the opportunity to praise Eritrea for its commitment to human rights and their achievements within their current reality. However, a number of other States expressed concern about the following issues:

Date: 01 Dec 2009
On the morning of 30 November 2009, the Working Group on the UPR examined the situation of human rights in Eritrea. Eritrea was represented by the Economic Advisor for the Ministry of National Development, Mr Girmai Abraham. The majority of African States participating in the discussion took the opportunity to praise Eritrea for its commitment to human rights and their achievements within their current reality. However, a number of other States expressed concern about the following issues:

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እቲ ዝነውሓን ዝመረረን ዕጥቃዊ ናይ ነጻነት ቃልሲ ኣብ ኣህጉርና ኣፍሪቃ ዘካየደ ህዝቢ ኢዩ።እዚ ንኣስታት ሓደ ክፍለ ዘመን ካብ ተቃውሞ መግዛእቲ ዘየዕረፈ ህዝቢ፡ንሰላሳ ዓመት ዘኣክል ምእንቲ መሰሉን ሰብእዊ ክብሩን ዘይተኣደነ መስዋእቲ ዝከፈለ ዝደመየን ዝቆሰለን ንክትገልጾ ቃላት ዘይርከቦ ምዑትን ቆራጽን ንዓለም መስተንክርን ዝኮነ ሓርበኛዊ ቂያ ዝፈጽመ ህዝቢ ኢዩ።

Michael Abraha                                                                                                  

The international community is on the verge of meting out a collective punishment on the Eritrean political and military leadership. The proposed UN sanctions will be the harshest ever imposed on an African nation in recent memory. The Eritrean government says it is not concerned.

Michael Abraha                                                                                                  

The international community is on the verge of meting out a collective punishment on the Eritrean political and military leadership. The proposed UN sanctions will be the harshest ever imposed on an African nation in recent memory. The Eritrean government says it is not concerned.

 Milkias Mihretab Yohannes

One of my worst days back in those terrible days in Asmara was Tuesday. Since my news paper was,  published every Wednesday, I have to go to the ministry of Information for approvals and pass the censorship test before going to the press, that is Tuesday(qursus Solus, “cursed Tuesday” as they said it in Tigrinya). Tuesday was the day me and my colleagues feel anxious, apprehensive even nervous as we don’t possibly know what the outcome and decisions  of the censor department might be.

 Milkias Mihretab Yohannes

One of my worst days back in those terrible days in Asmara was Tuesday. Since my news paper was,  published every Wednesday, I have to go to the ministry of Information for approvals and pass the censorship test before going to the press, that is Tuesday(qursus Solus, “cursed Tuesday” as they said it in Tigrinya). Tuesday was the day me and my colleagues feel anxious, apprehensive even nervous as we don’t possibly know what the outcome and decisions  of the censor department might be.

ሰርናዮ ስቕታ ሰጊርናዮ ከውታ፡ኣብ መበል ዒይስራን ሓሙሽተን ዓመት ምምስራት ሃማደኤ ከም ጭርሖ ዝተወስደ ፍሉይ ኣርእስቲ ኢዩ።እቲ ጭርሖ፡ምስ ህሉው ኩነታት ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ፍርቂ ኣካል ኅብረ ተሰብ ዝኾነ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ሕይወት ተራእዩ፡ካብ ፕሮፖጋንዳ ሓሊፉ ካልእ ክህልዎ ዝኽእል ኣይነበረን።

New York, November 25, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists honored four journalists with its 2009 International Press Freedom Awards in a ceremony Tuesday night that highlighted impunity in journalist murders, this week’s killings of Philippine journalists, and the Internet’s emerging role in press freedom. Anthony Lewis, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and founding CPJ board member, was honored with the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for lifetime achievement.

New York, November 25, 2009—The Committee to Protect Journalists honored four journalists with its 2009 International Press Freedom Awards in a ceremony Tuesday night that highlighted impunity in journalist murders, this week’s killings of Philippine journalists, and the Internet’s emerging role in press freedom. Anthony Lewis, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner and founding CPJ board member, was honored with the Burton Benjamin Memorial Award for lifetime achievement.