By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - Eritrea may escape censure by the U.N. Security Council over its human rights record after the U.N. Human Rights Council passed a watered-down resolution against the African state on Friday. A U.N. investigation set up by the Human Rights Council said

By Joseph K. Grieboski, contributor As one of the world's most oppressive regimes, the Eritrean government has committed extensive crimes against humanity over the past 25 years, according to a report released June 8 by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea.

Journalist Abraham T. Zere has been identified as a 'security threat', and watched his colleagues go to prison. Now exiled in the USA, he reveals the dangers facing writers in the "world's most censored country". In early 2016, journalists and staff members who held key positions

Fetsum: The ultimate destination of the dictator: Either the tube Or the graveyard I dedicate this article to beautiful Hanna Petros Solomon, my symbol of endurance and survival under extreme conditions of life. Watching this beautiful daughter of our freedom fighters that perished under the brutal

After the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights from the United Nations it is time the world knows what is really going on in Eritrea and something has to be done for the poor people instead of them being send back to

by Reuters Monday, 27 June 2016 10:23 GMT Shipment of 1,100 tonnes of sorghum for South Sudan through country's main Massawa port is first cargo to land in Eritrea since 2006 * Eritrean port takes first U.N. shipment in a decade * Sorghum shipment destined for South Sudan * "Another

Salem Solomon/voa June 25, 2016 9:12 AM This week, thousands of Eritreans gathered in Geneva, Switzerland, to both support and protest a new U.N. report alleging that the leaders of the Eritrean government have committed crimes against humanity. Elsewhere, hundreds of Eritrean refugees gathered outside African Union headquarters

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Hundreds of Eritrean refugees and dissidents in Ethiopia demonstrated Thursday against alleged human rights abuses committed by their government back home, expressing support for a new U.N. commission report that accuses the government of crimes against humanity, including enslavement, rape and

Some 2,000 asylum seekers from Eritrea protested Tuesday in Israel, demanding the European Union moves to try senior members of the Eritrean government for crimes against humanity. Rallying outside the EU's representative office in Ramat Gan, they called for the EU to adopt a recent UN

FOCUS NEWSLETTER: Tuesday 21 June 2016 As many of you will be aware, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea published its report on 8 June. The report accuses the regime of systematic crimes against humanity and calls for these to be investigated