Eritrea - "Rule of Fear, Not Law"

"Citing an array of human rights violations on a scope and scale seldom witnessed elsewhere, the report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea describes a totalitarian state bent on controlling Eritreans through a vast security apparatus that has penetrated all levels of society. 'Information gathered through the pervasive control system is used in absolute arbitrariness to keep the population in a state of permanent anxiety,' the 500-page report says. 'It is not law that rules Eritreans - but fear.' - Press release, Office of UN High Commissioner on Human Rights

This new United Nations report, released on June 8 and scheduled to be presented to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on June 23, is a devastating and well-documented indictment, substantiating reports from multiple human rights organizations in recent years. The prospects of direct short-term effects on the ruling regime in Eritrea, or on the willingness of the international community to significantly increase pressure on the regime, are limited.

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