Sweden has ordered a diplomat from Eritrea’s embassy to leave the country within the next 48 hours.
“I can confirm that a foreign diplomat has been ordered to leave the country but I can’t go into the reasons,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Charlotta Ozaki Macías told the TT news agency. The ministry has a
The ministry has a policy of not revealing the nationality of diplomats ejected from Sweden.
A number of TT’s sources however were able to independently confirm that Sweden had given the first secretary at the Eritrean embassy just two days to leave.
A spokeswoman for the embassy declined to comment when reached by The Local.
One source, who asked not to be named, told TT: “It’s been in the works for a long time that an Eritrean diplomat was to be ejected.”
Sweden’s reasons for taking the unusual step are unclear.
Diplomats cannot be prosecuted if they commit a crime but they can be declared persona not grata and told to leave the country.
Many Swedish-Eritreans accuse the embassy of demanding they pay a two-percent exile tax. Failure to pay can result in the embassy refusing to give them ID documents or even harming their families in Eritrea, they say.
The embassy has also faced repeated accusations that it spies on Swedish-Eritreans who are critical of the country’s dictatorial regime.
In Sweden, the best-known such critic is Dawit Isaak, a Swedish-Eritrean journalist who has spent 13 years in an Eritrean jail without trial.
Source: The Local
robel September 5, 2014
Higi girim kone.
hinzi gedli September 5, 2014
Hji grm kone hji grm. the begining of the last. wow
Bilen September 5, 2014
Hji do yHaysh???
sussun September 5, 2014
well done thank you Sewden
ERITRAWIT September 5, 2014
FESHELE HGDEF MENDEF,
Betrey hakes thakek enber aytsber Jeganew ab thtey meret ms hewotom keberkum, hzbna tray shegren mekeran gerkumo N 23 amet.
yala akbwo nay sleya werekaktkum kale entay keyhlwekum wetrew ms feshelkewm.
samuel September 5, 2014
Betri Haki Bftsum aaytHakKn. TKetn deamber.
good day
MightyEmbasoyra September 5, 2014
This is very good news.
BTW, did you see the news on shabait?
“Asmara, 03 September 2014 –The 10th annual YPFDJ and PFDJ II conference in North America was conducted from August 28 to September 1 in Washington DC.”
What is PFDJ II? I never heard of it. Interesting.
John September 5, 2014
Why are you following shabait ?
Haqqi Nezareb September 5, 2014
Mighty,
Monkey (Yemane) might have categorize his satellite organizations by age:
PFDJ, >60 years ,
PFDJ II 50-60 years old
YPFDJ I (10-50) years old and
YPFDJ II (0-10) years kids
Tes September 5, 2014
excellent Sweden. well done!
wedi Forto September 5, 2014
Hiji grm!
Sweden has tried everything possible through silent diplomacy to convince the rogue regime that Dawit Isaac should be given a day in court or be released. Sweden finally seems to have learned that Nsu being as skunis as they come does not understand diplomacy.
This is the beginning. Total closure of the premise is the end game!
Hiji grm kone hiji grm!
michael tedla September 5, 2014
IT IS ABOUT TIME HGDF IS OVER THEY SHOULD BE ACOUNTABLE FOR THIR MURDRES MENTALITY. THESE ARE WELL PLANED EVIEL LEADERSHIP OF ESU THE COWARD.
Dan September 5, 2014
ስርዓት ህግደፍ ወዮድኣ ካብ ጌግኡ ዘይመሃር ኮይኑ እምበር በረኻዊ ስርዓት ኣብዚ ዘለናዮ ምዕቡል ዘመን ምስ ዓለም ከኺዶ ከምዘይክእል ብዙሕ ግዜ ተነጊርዎ እዩ ውጽኢቱ ድማ እዚ እንርእዮ ዘለና ፍንፉን ስርዓት ኮይኑ፡