Eritrea26 January 2007

On eve of African Union summit, UN secretary-general urged to intercede on behalf of press freedom in Eritrea

On the eve of the African Union summit on 29-30 January in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa, Reporters Without Borders today urged the new United Nations secretary-general, Ban Ki Moon, to make an official protest to the Eritrean government about the arbitrary imprisonment of journalists and the total absence of press freedom in Eritrea since 2001. 

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Human Rights Watch

World Report 2007: Eritrea

11/1/2007

Events of 2006

Since 2001 the government of President Isayas Afewerki has carried out an unremitting attack on democratic institutions and civil society in Eritrea by arresting political opponents, destroying the private press, and incarcerating anyone thought to challenge the government’s policies. Almost no civil society institutions survive but the assault continued in 2006 on religious practitioners, military service evaders, and staff of international agencies

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
 

Eritrea: Over 500 parents of conscripts arrested

21/12/2006

Resorting to collective punishment, the Eritrean government has arrested over 500 relatives, mostly parents, of young men and women who have either deserted the army or avoided conscription. Amnesty International strongly condemns these arbitrary detentions. The organisation calls upon the Eritrean authorities to either immediately release the individuals or charge them with recognisable criminal offences and try them within a reasonable time in full accordance with international standards for a fair trial.

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An Eritrean Journalist Safely Escapes to Ethiopia.

18 /12 /12006

Further exposing the severity of the Eritrean government’s crisis, informed sources in Ethiopia and Eritrea; have confirmed that the Voice of Americas stringer from Asmara Mr. Aklilu Solomon has managed to safely escape to Ethiopia

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200 Eritreans Protest outside the Eritrean Embassy in London

(London 08-12-04)  Nearly two hundred Eritreans gathered together protesting the Human Rights abuse that continues unabated in Eritrea. The protest organized by three UK based Human Rights organizations, to mark International Human Rights Day, was said, by many participants, to be a small token of solidarity with thousands of Eritreans who are unable to voice their plight.

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On 10^th December, the International Day of Human Rights

10/12/2006

Eritrea: An Unlimited Disrespect of the Spirit and Wording of the UDHR

The world celebrates on 10^th of December the Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Indeed, the UDHR is the founding document that established human rights standards and on which the subsequent development in this field is premised. On this occasion, Suwera Centre for Human Rights (SCHR) calls the attention of the international community to the serious violations of the spirit and wording of the UDHR in Eritrea, the member state in the

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Singer Freed

 

Published November 6, 2006

ASMARA, Eritrea -- Gospel singer Helen Berhane, who belonged to a banned evangelical church in Eritrea

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Public Statement

 

18 September 2006

Today is the fifth anniversary of the detentions without charge or trial of 11 former members of parliament, 10 journalists and hundreds of other men and women who were arrested in a crackdown on government critics calling for democratic reforms in September 2001.

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Eritrea
International Religious Freedom Report 2006
Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor

The Government severely restricts freedom of religion for groups that it
 has not registered, and infringes upon the independence of some registered groups. The constitution, written in 1997, provides for religious freedom; however, the constitution has not been implemented. Following a 2002 government decree that religious groups must register, the Government closed all religious facilities not belonging to the country's four principal religious institutions--the Eritrean Orthodox Church, the Roman Catholic Church, the Evangelical (Lutheran) Church of Eritrea, and Islam. The membership of these four religious groups comprises a significant majority of the population.

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On the memory of the twenty fourth of May:
Eritrea: an independent state … an oppressed people
26 May 2006

The extended and costly struggle for national independence has led to an independent state, however, the newly born state has fallen under the grip of a small political sect that has abducted the citizens’ of their rights to choose their rulers, change or even criticize them. The sect has striped the Eritrean citizens of their civil rights and restricted public freedoms.

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL
Public Statement

Today on Eritrean Independence Day, Amnesty International is making a new call to Eritrea's President Issayas Afewerki to make the coming 14th year of Eritrea's formal independence a year for the implementation of the human rights improvements urgently awaited by the international community, as well as many Eritreans in the country and abroad.

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Amnesty International Report 2006

Several thousand prisoners of conscience, many held because of their religious beliefs and others for political reasons, were in indefinite and incommunicado detention without charge or trial, some in secret locations. Many detainees were tortured or ill-treated, and large numbers were held in metal shipping containers or underground cells.

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Supporting Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2005 - 2006

In 2005, the Government of Eritrea’s record on human rights worsened as it further restricted basic freedoms. Religious freedom for congregations not registered with the Government was severely constrained, and the United States designated Eritrea as a Country of Particular Concern (CPC) for the second consecutive year.

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ERITREA: Country Reports on Human Rights Practices - 2005

Eritrea, with a population of approximately 4.4 million, is a one‑party state that became independent in 1993 when citizens voted for independence from Ethiopia.

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AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL URGENT ACTION APPEAL

Seventy-five military conscripts who are evangelical Christians were reportedly detained on 1 February at the main military training centre at Sawa near the western border with Sudan, for praying and reading bibles.

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Petition

Eitrean Anti Tyranny Global Solidairty

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF ERITREA

Eritrea’s efforts to achieve gender equality were hindered by deep-rooted traditional stereotypes and poverty, which was exacerbated by persistent droughts and the border conflict with Ethiopia, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women was told, as it took up the situation in that country in two meetings today.

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Human Rights Watch World Report 2006:
The Eritrean government’s tyranny became more ruthless

The Eritrean government’s tyranny became more ruthless in 2005. Rule by force and caprice remains the norm, as the government aggressively moves to intimidate the population and to isolate it from the outside world.

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Recommendations of the Seminar Organized by Suwera Centre about Human Rights State in Eritrea

The following are the recommendations of the seminar organized In 19/12/2005 at the national centre for peace and development, by Suwera center for human rights about The State of Human rights in Eritrea:

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Suwera centre organize a seminar about human rights state in Eritrea

In 19/12/2005 and at the national centre for peace and development, Suwera center for human rights held a seminar to discuss: The State of Human rights in Eritrea.

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