By Alexandra Waldhorn Dawit Isaak, who left Sweden for Eritrea to help build the country's independent press -- and was imprisoned for his efforts - has been awarded the 50th anniversary Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 12, 2011 WASHINGTON – Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid, 47, a resident of Leesburg, Va., has been charged for his alleged role in a conspiracy to collect video and audio recordings and other information about individuals in
by ICER and EveryOne Group Tuesday, October 12 , 2011 For the attention of: Mr. António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Mrs. Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr. Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe The intervention group Rabit (Rapid Border Intervention Team) is part of
Michael Abraha – Addis Ababa The Eritrean government is trying hard these days to be loved and paid attention to. The tragedy is the system is incapable of understanding that it does not deserve anything of the sort. The US administration quietly rebuffed a letter dated
(Opening remarks prepared for an Eritrean Seminar, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 18 September 2011) by David Matas Many people here are neither Eritrean nor from the Horn of Africa. They do not speak the Tigrinya language. They know little of Eritrean culture. Eritrea is a
By Atika Shubert and Teo Kermeliotis, CNN Every week CNN International's African Voices highlights Africa's most engaging personalities, exploring the lives and passions of people who rarely open themselves up to the camera. (CNN) -- For years, all Hannah Pool knew was that her biological parents had
President Isaias in New York to Demand UN Respect His Rights, Denies Them to His People (New York) – Ten years after President Isaias Afewerki of Eritrea ordered the detention of 21 senior government members and journalists who criticized him, his government should release the detainees
There is no question the recent sudden visit of The Eritrean President to Uganda have caught people off guard. For supporters of the dictator the visit was hailed as diplomatic victory. That is not surprising since this was the first time in the last few years
Africa’s seven press freedom predators are Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, Eritrean President Issaias Afeworki, Equatorial Guinean President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, Rwandan President Paul Kagamé, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, Swaziland’s King Mswati III and Somalia’s Islamist militias (Al-Shabaab and Hizb-Al-Islam)
Dear Eritrean youth! Did you know that Eritrea under Isaias Afwerki?
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain warned Eritrea on Tuesday it would take “robust action” if it was not granted consular access to four UK nationals held in the African country since December.
Dear silent majority, first, I would like to congratulate you that your human right is respected because you don’t live in Eritrea under the thumbs of PFDJ. You are free to worship any GOD you want.
Do you really own “your” home – The conspiracy behind the Housing Bonds in Asmara.
The four Eritreans were caught about 5am on Wednesday, March 16 after UK Border Agency officials conducted a search of an Italian registered freight lorry with a Romanian Driver trying to enter Britain from the French port of Calais.
Hotline for Migrant Workers recently published a report entitled Trafficking, Slavery, Torture and Rape Victims among Asylum Seekers on their way to Israel
Now that the eyes of the world are on those who wish, as we Eritreans do, to depose the dictator, there has never been a better moment to demonstrate and protest publicly.
The deteriorating situation in Libya has not only caused the killing of thousands of protesting civilians but has also put the lives of transiting refugees in great danger.
ኣብ ኤርትራ ዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ንኽመጽእ ዝቃለሱ ኣብ ለንደን፡ ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ተጣበቕቲ ሰብኣውን ዲሞክራስያውን መሰላት፡ ኣብ ለንደን ፊት ኤምባሲ ኤርትራ፡ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ካብ ስልጣን ክወርድ ዝጠልብ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣካይዶም።
ኣብ ኤርትራ ዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ንኽመጽእ ዝቃለሱ ኣብ ለንደን፡ ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ተጣበቕቲ ሰብኣውን ዲሞክራስያውን መሰላት፡ ኣብ ለንደን ፊት ኤምባሲ ኤርትራ፡ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ካብ ስልጣን ክወርድ ዝጠልብ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣካይዶም።
We, Eritrean Community members in Sheffield, are issuing this short press Release following our successful demonstration to explain for all concerned people both Eritrean Citizens, and the United Kingdom people and government that we staged a protest a meeting called by the Eritrean Ambassador to the UK with Eritrean refugees residents of Sheffield.
For once, I will break my promise.
I vowed I would never write on personalities of other opposition members. I prefer PFDJ to be my topic. I can’t help but write this brief rejoinder after I read Ato Keleta Kidane message on the identity of the writer of ‘Alena.’ (which one? The newest –est one, at the time of publishing this article.)
Passed to the Telegraph by WikiLeaks 9:30PM GMT 31 Jan 2011
Overview
Looking around the world, there can be no doubt that countries differ dramatically in their quality of their governments. Great variation exists, no matter how one wish to define and measure government quality.
(AFP) JUBA, Sudan — The once sleepy south Sudan town of Juba that hopes to become the world’s newest national capital opted 97.5 percent for independence, preliminary results from a landmark vote showed Wednesday.
A man found injured near the body of a woman on Coventry’s ring road has been arrested on suspicion of murder.
Shlomit Sharvit
In special interview with Ynet Eritrean envoy blames Israel for recent immigration wave from Africa. ‘You should have deported the first one to arrive, now it is too late,’ he says
By Elias Kifle
The latest news that came out of Eritrea regarding Ethiopian resistance fighters sent shock waves through Ethiopian communities all over.
Bedouin smuggling gangs are holding over a hundred African migrants for ransom in the Sinai desert. BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes has had rare access to smugglers close to the Israeli border.
By Gavin Rabinowitz (AFP)
EILAT, Israel — Vika Duvinsky and her family are among the last Israelis living in a grim slum that locals call ‘Sing Sing’ after the notorious American prison. The rest are African migrants or asylum-seekers.
The government of Eritrea needs to act promptly to stop its rogue mid-ranking officers who are causing havoc among Ethiopian opposition groups if it is genuine about building a strong relationship with Ethiopians.
Around 250 Eritrean nationals have been held for months on the outskirts of a town in Sinai in purpose-built containers. Their captors are demanding payment of up to US$8,000 per person before releasing them, and are subjecting them to cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment.
Heated discussion among critics and supporters of PFDJ ensued at a private party, in the beginning of September 2010, in which the YPFDJ Denmark chairman, Senai Solommon Lemma, physically beat another Eritrean man, who openly spoke about the predicament and circumstances in today’s Eritrea.
Anyone with a history of crimes during the armed struggle or after the liberation should not be eligible to stand for any office post. This should apply to opposition leaders.
BY EAIM {AMARE GEBREMARIAM GEBRE} HISTORICAL PROSPECTIVE OF ERITREAN ORIGIN AND ENTITY
While the original inhabitants of Eritrea belonged to the Negroid race, it’s proximity to the Red Sea and Asiatic mainland’s has resulted in inflow of waves of Cushitic and Semitic migration groups from Nile valley and Arabian peninsula The Cushitic groups entered Eritrea from Nile valley area while the Semitic groups are the last additions.
L’Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, e la sua Facoltà di Scienze Politiche si macchiano di una grave offesa ai Diritti Umani del popolo eritreo, al rispetto tra gli uomini e alla memoria e ai valori di Altiero Spinelli, ospitando, nell’Aula a questi dedicata, il 29 ottobre 2010, il convegno “Eritrea – Esperienze italiane di cooperazione”.
There are still questions to be answered about EPLF fighters who were killd in suspicious circumstances. Some of them were very well-known in the earlier 1970s and mid -1980s.: Abraham Tewolde [1], Weldenkel Haile (Wedi-Haile), [2], Isayas Tewelde ( Wedi-Flansa), Fisehye Woldegebrel . and Ibrahim Afa .
Journalist Dawit Isaac has been in prison in
The Swedish crime writer went to
Employees of the Alameda County Social Services Agency were inspired at the annual United Nations Day program held on October 5th in