afrol News, 6 May – Voices among the exiled opposition of Eritrea increasingly call for a Libya-style foreign intervention in the country, saying the situation is even worse in Eritrea.
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) and Human Rights Concern-Eritrea welcome the intervention by Pope Benedict XVI on behalf of refugees from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia and Sudan who are being held hostage in the Sinai Desert by people traffickers.
In Ethiopia, arrests and political trials of opposition party leaders, journalists and human rights defenders remain widespread, as do deaths of civilians at the hands of security forces.
In Ethiopia, arrests and political trials of opposition party leaders, journalists and human rights defenders remain widespread, as do deaths of civilians at the hands of security forces.