Tag Archives: Politics of Eritrea
The Eritrean government is still collecting taxes from expatriates in Canada to bankroll its military regime, despite being warned by the Department of Foreign Affairs to stop, a human rights group alleges. New documents appear to show the Consulate General … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Pan African News
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Tagged Canada, David Matas, Eritrea, Eritrean Government, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Eritrea, toronto, United Nations Security Council
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The international community must keep Eritrea under “close scrutiny”, an independent United Nations expert said today, stressing the need to fundamentally transform the East African nation’s “current culture of rights denial.” “Blatant disrespect for human rights in Eritrea is unacceptable,” … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Djibouti, Eritrea, eritrean, Ethiopia, Human rights, Human rights in Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, Keetharuth, Politics of Eritrea, Special Rapporteur
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The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, will carry out an official visit to Ethiopia and Djibouti from 30 April to 9 May 2013 to collect information directly from Eritrean refugees on … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Human rights, Human rights in Eritrea, Politics of Eritrea, Special Rapporteur, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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A Response to Allegations Made against Me by Red Sea Fisher This is a brief explanation prompted by what has been said lately about me in a certain blog known as Red Sea Fisher, ostensibly administered by Eritrean government apologists. … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, eritrean, Human rights in Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, International Business Times, Politics of Eritrea, Sinai Peninsula, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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Press Release: OHCHR UN expert to assess human rights situation in Eritrea through neighbouring countries Banjul, – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Beedwantee Keetharuth, today regretted that the Eritrean Government continues to deny … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Banjul, Eritrea, Eritrean Government, Human rights in Eritrea, Indepth Africa Magazine, Mauritius, Politics of Eritrea, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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By Aaron Berhane When is the Vancouver-based mining company, Nevsun Resources Ltd., going to do business ethically? When will it admit to knowing about its gross human rights violations in Eritrea? The Eritrean Canadian Human Rights Group testified at an … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Op-ed
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Tagged Amnesty International, British Columbia, Eritrea, Human rights, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Minister of International Trade, Nevsun Resources, Politics of Eritrea
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A couple of months ago I had a two weeks’ vacation in Ethiopia. Since I can’t go to my country of origin i.e Eritrea, I am becoming a regular visitor to what I now call ‘my second home’ Ethiopia. Growing … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, ethiopia addis ababa, ethiopia latest news, Ethiopian, ethiopian news, Ethiopians, IndepthAfrica, indepthindepthafrica, Kinfe Abraham, latest ethiopian news, news ethiopia, Politics of Eritrea, Sudan
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ICER International Commission on Eritrean Refugees ICER STATEMENT MARC H 4, 2013 Volume 1, Number 1 STATEMENT FROM ICER The President of Eritrea’s Letter on Human Trafficking to The Secretary General of the UN We note that a letter signed … read more »
Posted in Article, Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Eritrea, Eritrean Government, Government, Human trafficking, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Eritrea, Protocol to Prevent Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons especially Women and Children, United Nations, United States
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By: Carol Sanders A group of Winnipeggers is trying to prevent a U.S. woman who made incendiary remarks such as “evil” Jews from entering Canada again. “I don’t know how the Canadian border agency would let this woman come again,” … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Canada, David Matas, Eritrea, eritrean indepthafrica, Isaias Afewerki, Israel, Politics of Eritrea, United Nations, Winnipeg
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Arson investigations have been launched into three fires that broke out near Stockholm in the early hours of Monday morning in three separate locations, all of which house organizations that sympathize with the regime in Eritrea. All the fires broke … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Eritrea, eritrea africa, Eritrea-Ethiopia, eritrean, Högdalen, Husby, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Politics of Eritrea, Stockholm, Sweden
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An international human rights group is accusing the Eritrean government of using forced labor to construct a gold mine it jointly owns with a Canadian company worth billions of dollars. Human Rights Watch said in a report Tuesday that workers … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea
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Tagged Bisha, Canada, Eritrea, Eritrea news, eritrean news, Human rights, Human Rights Watch, IndepthAfrica, Nevsun Resources, Politics of Eritrea, Unfree labour
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Eritrean Afar nationals have held their first Diaspora Conference in Sweden calling on the international community to intervene to end worsening atrocities committed by the regime in Asmara. The Conference which was held in Uppsala under the theme, ‘Towards Political, … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Addis Ababa, Asmara, Eritrea, Eritrea news, Eritrean Afar refugees in Ethiopia’s Afar, Eritrean Government, eritrean news, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Politics of Eritrea, Red Sea, Sudan Tribune
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Handout A Jan 2013 handout photo of a truck at Nevsun’s Bisha mine in Eritrea. When the Vancouver-based miner initiated construction of Bisha in late 2008, the government ordered the miner to enlist a state-controlled contractor called Segen Construction for … read more »
Posted in Business, East Africa, Economy, Eritrea
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Tagged Asmara, Bisha, erirea news, erirean news, Eritrea, IndepthAfrica, Nevsun, Nevsun Resources, Politics of Eritrea, Segen, Vancouver
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Paris — The newly appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Beedwantee Keetharuth, urged the Eritrean Government to cooperate with an international mandate to provide “an objective, fair and impartial picture” of the human rights … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea
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Tagged Eritrea, eritrean news, Ethiopia, Human rights, IndepthAfrica, Isaias Afewerki, Politics of Eritrea, Red Sea, United Nations, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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The newly-appointed United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Beedwantee Keetharuth, on Friday urged the Eritrean authorities to cooperate with her mandate, as required by the UN Human Rights Council. “I hope that the Eritrean Government … read more »
Posted in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Press Releases
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Tagged Eritrea, Eritrean Government, eritrean news, Geneva, Human rights, London, Politics of Eritrea, Special Rapporteur, United Nations Special Rapporteur
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Military conscription in Eritrea is leaving the Church understaffed – as seminarians and other Church workers are forced to join the army. A source in Eritrea – who requested anonymity, fearing reprisals for speaking out – has told Aid to … read more »
Posted in Djibouti, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Catholic, Catholic Church, Christian, Eritrea, eritrean, eritrean news, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Orthodox, Politics of Eritrea
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November 25, 2012 by benim
Asfeha Fesehaya Eritrean Asfeha Fesehaya has lived in the presbytery of St Catherine’s parish in Birmingham for the past seven months. Here, the parish priest of St Catherine’s, Columban Jim Fleming, presents the case for him to be granted asylum … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Amnesty International, Eritrea, Eritrean Government, eritrean news, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Israel, Israeli government, Politics of Eritrea, Sudan
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November 25, 2012 by benim
By: Carol Sanders Daniel Awshek (left) and Ghezae Hagos say seeking pro-government cash from refugees is inappropriate. They thought coming to Canada would free them from the oppressive Eritrean regime, but many new Winnipeggers are being squeezed for money by … read more »
Posted in East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Canada, Eritrea, Eritrean Defence Forces, Eritrean Government, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, Politics of Eritrea, Ronald K. McMullen, Winnipeg
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Samuel Negusse “The church must be the guide and the critic of the State and never its tool.” writes Dr Martin Luther King Jr, outraged by the silence of many churches regarding racial injustice of his time. The church, or … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Christian, Christianity, Egypt, Eritrea, Eritrean Government, IndepthAfrica, Martin Luther King, People's Front for Democracy and Justice, Politics of Eritrea
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In the Cabbagetown alleyway once soaked with rain and stained with blood, mourners shed tears and whispered prayers in Tigrinya for the ghost they called Nicky. Few, if any, knew Nighisti Semret, the middle-aged Eritrean refugee so brutally, mysteriously, stabbed … read more »
By Getahune Bekele Described as the late fuehrer Meles Zenawi’s lap dog and a pathological anti- Ethiopianism, Bereket Simeon, have caused a massive controversy by openly denouncing Africa’s biggest post colonial ethnic cleansing campaign of 1998, committed by himself and … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Getahune Bekele
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Tagged Dutch, Eritrea, Ethiopia, ethiopian news, Gebru Asrat, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Politics of Eritrea, Seyoum Mesfin
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Amanuel Hidrat Our struggle, instead belting with reassuring chorus to the weight, is indeed ram-shackled and directed into all wrong targets as if we are thrown into an elbow-throwing arena of political punditry. We lacked brotherhood and sisterhood that foster … read more »
Posted in Article, Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somali, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Geopolitics, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Isaias, Politics, Politics of Eritrea
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Eritrean community members residing in Houston City, USA, voiced readiness to demonstrate staunch resistance against anti-Eritrea agendas and back up the national development drive. They made the pledge at a meeting they conducted recently. The citizens conducted extensive discussion as … read more »
In spite of the tenor of your comment, I recognize your questions. I will approach them in order, since your made a number of questions (and accusations) which are either problematic, or require a nuanced discussion. Have I thought they … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Asmara, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, Eritrean Government, Government, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica news, National Service, Politics of Eritrea, United Nations
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The Eritrean regime has a habit of selective reading of texts to fit them into its own bizarre worldview. This approach was in full view in the latest letter written by Eritrea’s Foreign Minister to the United Nations Security Council … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somali
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Tagged Al-Shabaab, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, indepthafricva, Politics of Eritrea, Somalia, United Nations, United Nations Security Council
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Gedab News Although Eritrea has been ruled under an undeclared state of emergency for 14 years, recent developments lend credence to the view that the Eritrean regime is cracking under the pressure: two Eritrean pilots defected to Saudi Arabia; the … read more »
Two military Eritrean pilots on Tuesday defected with their airplane to the Saudi Arabia and were they are being kept in secret locations, A French radio reported. According to Radio France International (RFI), the two pilots, fled Eritrea with a … read more »
Posted in Eritrea
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Tagged Asmara, Defection, Eritrea, Eritrean Air Force, IndepthAfrica, indepthafrica africa news, IndepthAfrica world news, Isaias Afewerki, Politics of Eritrea, Radio France Internationale, Saudi Arabia
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Many Eritreans who have taken refuge in Canada have complained for years that the Eritrean government has continued to try and force them to contribute to the government funds through its 2 percent ‘Diaspora tax’ and a national defence levy … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea
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Tagged Asmara, Canada, Eritrea, Eritrean Government, Horn of Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, Netherlands, Politics of Eritrea, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
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EDJE Communique in response to Qernelios Esman’s statement against Martyr Hamid Idris Awate On 1st September 2012, while patriotic Eritreans all over the world were celebrating the 51st anniversary of the day the Eritrean armed struggle for independence was launched, … read more »
Posted in Article, Eritrea, Ethiopia
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Tagged Democracy, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ethiopian National Defense Force, IndepthAfrica, Meles Zenawi, Politics of Eritrea, Warfare and Conflict
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Fessahaye Mebrahtu The Arab Revolution that caught the rest of the world by surprise is too close for the Eritrean regime to ignore. The regime’s muted reaction when the revolutions were blazing shows that PFDJ was following the situation nervously … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea
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Tagged Arab Spring, Demographics of Eritrea, Eritrea, Gadhafi, IndepthAfrica, Isaias, People's Front for Democracy and Justice, Politics of Eritrea, Syria
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