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Several top Eritrean leaders have been reported to the police for crimes against humanity by a Swedish law firm, as a\u00a0new law took effect enabling such crimes committed anywhere else in the world to be prosecuted in Sweden.<\/p>\n

The report lists a series of alleged crimes including torture and kidnapping, and targets Eritrean President\u00a0Isaias Afewerki\u00a0and several of his ministers by name.<\/p>\n

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There is a lot of evidence from human rights groups, particularly about indefinite imprisonment without trial (in Eritrea).<\/p>\n

Percy Bratt, human rights lawyer<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n

“This is not only symbolic. We believe there are legal grounds to prosecute the people we have named,” human rights lawyer Percy Bratt told the AFP news agency on Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The legal move, the first of its kind in Sweden, was filed the same day that crimes against humanity were introduced into the Swedish penal code.<\/p>\n

The code enables judges to prosecute crimes regardless of where they have been committed or by whom.<\/p>\n

“There is a lot of evidence from human rights groups, particularly about indefinite imprisonment without trial (in Eritrea),” Bratt said.<\/p>\n

“There are also many Eritreans in Sweden who could give information about the conditions in the country in general.”<\/p>\n

According to the latest figures, 12,800 Eritreans live in Sweden, and the number of asylum seekers from the country keeps growing.<\/p>\n

Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak has been imprisoned in Eritrea since 2001, and 13 years on little is known of his fate.<\/p>\n

Bratt said that even if the case was taken on by the prosecutors, it could take years before criminal charges were laid, given the complexity of the allegations.<\/p>\n

Eritrea, with a population of five million and a size about the same as Britain, is one of the most isolated and secretive countries in the world.<\/p>\n

According to the United Nations, 4,000 Eritreans flee the country every month to escape ruthless repression, including unlimited forced labour for the government.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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