New UN report details litany of human rights violations, ‘rule by fear’ in Eritrea

Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea Sheila B. Keetharuth. UN Photo/Amanda Voisard 8 June 2015 – Amid “systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations,” the human rights situation in Eritrea has degenerated into a climate of fear in which dissent is stifled and large swathes of the population are subjected to […]

Eritrea ruled by fear, not law, UN says 8 June 2015 From the sectionAfrica

  An estimated 5,000 Eritreans flee every month, often attempting to cross the Mediterranean Eritrea’s government may have committed crimes against humanity, including a shoot-to-kill policy on its borders, a UN investigation says. “It is not law that rules Eritreans – but fear,” says the report, which details extrajudicial killings, sexual slavery and enforced labour. […]

Eritrea president targeted by new Swedish law

President Afewerki and several ministers targeted by Swedish crimes against humanity law [Reuters] Several top Eritrean leaders have been reported to the police for crimes against humanity by a Swedish law firm, as a new law took effect enabling such crimes committed anywhere else in the world to be prosecuted in Sweden. The report lists a […]

OHCHR – Press Conference (Geneva, 8 June 2015) 8 Jun 2015 – Subject: The release of the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea

    OHCHR – Press Conference (Geneva, 8 June 2015) 8 Jun 2015 – Subject: The release of the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea Speaker: Sheila B. Keetharuth, Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea

Norway-Eritrea return agreement implausible, NOAS says Published on Sunday, 7th June, 2015 at 13:24 under the news category, by Michael Sandelson

Norwegian Organisation for Asylum Seekers Secretary General Anne-Magrit Austenå makes her comments in a week that saw Progress Party (FrP) Justice Ministry officials visit the African country.   What is your view regarding a return agreement with Eritrea? “A return agreement with Eritrea is impossible. There will be strong political opposition to a return agreement […]

Backlash grows as Italy migrant arrivals top 50,000 By Angus MacKinnon5 hours ago

.   Rome (AFP) – Italy’s wealthy North vowed Sunday that it would refuse to accommodate any more migrants as thousands more were rescued in the Mediterranean by a multinational flotilla of ships. As another frantic weekend of rescues unfolded, nearly 6,000 people were plucked to safety from packed fishing boats and rubber dinghies off […]

Backlash grows as Italy migrant arrivals top 50,000 By Angus MACKINNON1 hour ago

. Rome (AFP) – Italy’s wealthy North vowed Sunday that it would refuse to accommodate any more migrants as thousands more were rescued in the Mediterranean by a multinational flotilla of ships. As another frantic weekend of rescues unfolded, at least 4,000 people were plucked to safety from packed fishing boats and rubber dinghies off […]