Treasury Sanctions Eritrean Military Leader in Connection with Serious Human Rights Abuse in Tigray

 https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0329 

G-7 Nations Call for Swift Withdrawal of Eritrean Troops from Tigray

G-7 foreign ministers have called for a “swift, unconditional and verifiable” withdrawal of Eritrean troops from Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region.

The ministers of the world’s leading economies gathered Friday f

Statement attributable to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on the situation of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia’s Tigray region

14 January 2021 

I remain extremely troubled by the humanitarian situation in the Tigray region of Ethiopia and its impact on civilians, in particular Eritrean refugees host

Eritrea: Conscription System’s Toll on Education

Spurs Dropouts and Exodus by Students, Teachers

 (Nairobi) – Eritrea’s use of secondary school to channel students into indefinite government service and its conscription of teachers subjects students an

OPEN LETTER TO THE ERITREAN HEAD OF STATE

Your Excellency, President Isaias Aferwerki:

We write to convey our most sincere congratulations upon your country’s normalization of diplomatic relations with Ethiopia. This is a development much appreciated by all Africans of goodwill.

We write to you in our ca

 2019 World Press Freedom Index – A cycle of fear

 Eritrea (up 1 at 178th) is third from last

The 2019 World Press Freedom Index compiled by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) shows how hatred of journalists has degenerated into violence, contributing to an increase in fear. The number of countries regarded as safe

View the Amnesty International Report 2017/18 for Eritrea

Eritrea 2017/2018

Thousands continued to flee Eritrea while the authorities severely restricted the right to leave the country. Indefinite mandatory national service continued to be imposed. Restrictions on the rights to freedom of expression and of religion remained. Arbitrary detentio