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Reliefweb
March 31, 2018
The function drew dignitaries from government, Honorable Ministers of the Government of State of Eritrea from various sectors, Ambassadors, and UN Agency Representatives. ... The Director General of Medical Services, Mr. Berhane Ghebretinsae presented on over view of the Eritrean health systems.
AllAfrica.com
March 29, 2018
Speaking at the launching ceremony, which was attended by high government officials as well as members of the diplomatic corps and representatives of international organizations in Eritrea, the Minister of Health, Ms. Amina Nurhussien, stated that Eritrea's 5-Year National Action Plan is aimed atÃâà...
africanews
March 29, 2018
Her several reports on human rights forcing young Eritreans to flee home due to compulsory national service and harsh economic conditions has often been dismissed by the government. She is head of a non-governmental organization, the Eritrean Initiative for Refugee Rights (EIRR), the group offersÃâà...
The Independent
March 28, 2018
An appeal to the Supreme Court last month suspended the operation. The government has until 2 April to provide more details of the programme. Deportations are expected to begin again shortly after. Gabriot, who first came to Israel illegally in 2008 after fleeing 11 years of military conscription in Eritrea,Ãâà...
Al-Arabiya
March 28, 2018
The Eritrean government released a statement accusing Qatar of sending Sudan three fighter planes to thwart a purported attack from Eritrea, and of secretly funding an Eritrean Islamist opposition office in an isolated area in Sudan. In the statement, the Eritrean government said that Qatar is fundingÃâà...
RFI
March 15, 2018
“The right to religious belief is something that is very much undermined and curtailed in Eritrea,” said Keetharuth, speaking by telephone from Geneva. ... “The pattern of arrests, detention without trial, etc is the modus operandi of the Eritrean government - it has been documented and recorded many timesÃâà...
Voice of America
March 14, 2018
The United Nations Human Rights Office is calling on the Eritrean government to immediately release all people who are arbitrarily detained and ensure they receive a fair trial. On Wednesday, a senior rights official updated the U.N. Human Rights Council on the prevailing rights situation in Eritrea.
Human Rights Watch
March 12, 2018
Council resolutions have urged Eritrea to end these practices and allow international and regional human rights bodies, including Special Rapporteurs, unhindered access to the country to monitor progress. Unfortunately, the Eritrean government has repeatedly ignored the Council's resolutions.
AllAfrica.com
March 8, 2018
In February, news began circulating on social media that Haile “Durue” Woldensae, a fighter in Eritrea's liberation struggle and the country's former ... The Eritrean government's last direct word on the G15 came in June 2016, when current Foreign Minister Osman Saleh said Woldensae and the other G15Ãâà...
African Arguments
March 7, 2018
This first occasion was when the well-known Eritrean figure was arrested last October. The 93-year-old had recently criticised a government decree to nationalise Al Diaa Islamic School, whose board he chaired. His detention was one of the triggers that prompted hundreds to take to Asmara's streets in anÃâà...
Voice of America
March 7, 2018
In February, news began circulating on social media that Haile “Durue” Woldensae, a fighter in Eritrea's liberation struggle and the country's former ... The Eritrean government's last direct word on the G15 came in June 2016, when current Foreign Minister Osman Saleh said Woldensae and the other G15Ãâà...
CBC.ca
March 6, 2018
Tesfamichael Abraha's home is a little Eritrean haven in the middle of Yellowknife's frozen sub-Arctic landscape. His son ... According to international non-governmental organization Human Rights Watch, thousands of Eritreans flee the country on a monthly basis to avoid government mandated indefiniteÃâà...
Vox
March 6, 2018
Hundreds of African migrants, mostly from Eritrea, protest against Israel's deportation policy in Jerusalem on January 26, 2017. Gali Tibbon/AFP/Getty Images. The stakes extend well beyond Tesfamariam and his community of Eritrean refugees. If Israel continues to deport Africans, it will be another sign ofÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 1, 2018
After Eritrea's independence, he served in several different governmental roles. ... throughout the war, most of the leading officials in the government had asked the president to convene regular meetings of the National Assembly and the Central Council, to assess the war and inform his ministers about hisÃâà...
Haaretz
February 26, 2018
The ministers were due to discuss how the state would deal with people whose asylum requests were denied based on their status as Eritrean deserters. The immigration panel made its decision two weeks ago contrary to both the state's position and the legal brief on which the Population, Immigration andÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 25, 2018
Simon Rezene, an interpreter and spokesperson for the East African Refugees group, estimates that more than half of the interpreters working with Italy's immigration services are hired by the Eritrean government. Estefanos puts that figure at 80 percent, across Europe. Human rights groups often compareÃâà...
africanews
February 8, 2018
The government reserves the right to extend length of service in periods of emergency. Each month as many as 5,000 people flee Eritrea according to U.N. figures, estimates the Eritrean government disputes. The government puts the population at about 3.6 million, while other estimates suggest it could beÃâà...
africanews
December 31, 1999
The internationally isolated government in Asmara has also expressed discontent about perceived close ties between Sudan and its geopolitical rival Ethiopia, even as Khartoum blames Eritrea for refusing its repeated efforts to mediate the conflict and create a regional cooperation area. “The MinistryÃâà...
africanews
December 31, 1999
In late October 2017, there was a report of rare protests in the Eritrean capital Asmara, leading the United States to issue a security alert to citizens in the country. ... At the time the trigger of the protest was said to be a resistance on the part of a community-funded school against government regulation.
Aljazeera.com
December 31, 1999
If I go back to my country, I am sure there will be imprisonment because I crossed the border illegally and I am active against the Eritrean regime and against ... "All of the men that fled from Eritrea, most of them were in the army ... even if the man fled from the army then the government came and they took orÃâà...