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Eritrea: Border Guards Kill Eritrean Migrants
Sudan Tribune, 22 August 2014
Eritrean border guards have allegedly shot dead 10 Eritreans citizens as they attempted to cross in to Ethiopia, a recent escapee told Sudan Tribune on Friday. Read more »
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Eritrea: Eritreans Flee Repression, Says UN Rapporteur
DW, 19 June 2014
Some 4,000 Eritreans flee their country each month because of government repression and military conscription, according to a UN investigator. Many arrived in Italy as boat… Read more »
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Eritrea: UN Rights Expert Urges Eritrean Government to End 'Widespread' Arbitrary Arrest
UN News, 6 May 2014
The Government of Eritrea needs to put an immediate end to the widespread practices of arbitrary arrest, ill-treatment and persecution, says an independent expert appointed by the… Read more »
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Eritrea: UN - Thousands Fleeing Eritrea in Desperation
VOA, 19 June 2014
A U.N. investigator reports about 4,000 Eritreans are fleeing the country every month to escape indefinite national service, arbitrary arrest and other persistent violations of… Read more »
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Eritrea: UN Human Rights Council - Interactive Dialogue With the Special Rapporteur On Eritrea
HRW, 18 June 2014
Human Rights Watch's research on Eritrea confirms many of the concerns raised in the Special Rapporteur's thorough report. The human rights situation in Eritrea remains dire, with… Read more »
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Eritrea: Eritrea Under Criticism At the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
Ethiopia Government, 5 February 2014
Eritrea has been undergoing its Universal Periodic Review, which all UN countries must undergo every four years, at the 18th Session of the UPR at the UN Human Rights Council in… Read more »
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Eritrea: Situation in Eritrea 'Desperately Bleak', UN Expert Warns
UN News, 24 October 2013
A United Nations expert today urged the international community to focus on the human rights situation in Eritrea which she said is extremely concerning with the most serious… Read more »
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Eritrea: A People Under Siege
Fahamu, 13 November 2013
The brutality of the repressive Eritrean government coupled with deep seated economic problems in the tiny country provide deep-seated reasons why Eritreans are a people under… Read more »
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Eritrea: Statement By EU High Representative Catherine Ashton On Political Prisoners in Eritrea
PR Newswire, 18 September 2013
The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission issued the following statement today: Read more »
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Africa: Five Things You Should Know About Disappearances
AI London, 30 August 2013
Every year in dozens of countries around the world, thousands of men, women and children are detained by state authorities for no reason, never to be seen again. They are the… Read more »
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Eritrea: Refugees Trapped in Middle
IPS, 22 June 2013
In February 2013, 20-year-old Mohamed*, like hundreds of thousands of other Eritreans, fled the brutal dictatorship in that East African nation in search of a better life in… Read more »