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Limitations on freedom of movement are just the tip of the iceberg in Eritrea – one the harshest dictatorships in the world. Yishai Halper One week later Israel grants entry to 3 African migrants trapped on border; other 18 sent to Egypt Gag order lifted Uganda will take in thousands …

Warning: this story contains disturbing imagery London: There is an “invisible catastrophe” in the Mediterranean: families who have lost their loved one beneath the waves and do not know where they are buried – or even if they are dead. A new report says many of the thousands of refugees …

By Joseph K. Grieboski, contributor As one of the world’s most oppressive regimes, the Eritrean government has committed extensive crimes against humanity over the past 25 years, according to a report released June 8 by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea. President Isaias Afwerki, in …

BY LAURA SECORUN PALETAPR  Every day all over the world, people cross borders in search of a better life. But you know things are truly bad back home when you need to seek refuge in Sudan. That’s precisely what more than 125,530 people have done — and the United Nations …

by GRAHAM PEEBLES Migration is a major political and social issue throughout Europe; in the UK it is a highly emotive matter, distorted by the rabid right wing media and irresponsible politicians. The numbers of asylum seekers (people fleeing conflict and persecution of one kind or another) arriving in the …

– Martin Plaut How many Eritreans have been given full recognition as refugees by the Israeli government? The answer – as far as I can discern – is just 4. Most refugees are detained as ‘infiltrators.’ This disgraceful treatment comes despite the world’s acceptance of the appalling human rights abuses in Eritrea, …

– Hamid Ibrahim Saleh Mahmoud’s peaceful life was shattered when he joined the fight for Eritrean independence. Four decades ago Saleh Mahmoud was a young man, tending to his crops and cattle in Hokat, a city in central Eritrea. He heard reports of battles between the Eritrean Liberation Front and …

  Eritrea, a small country in the horn of  Africa,  is hardly mentioned in the international media in spite of its appalling situation and the gross human right violations committed by the ruling regime led by president Isayass Afwerki. There was a feeling of great joy and high hopes amongst …

   Valerie Frank REPORTS ON ERITREA TEND TO ASK WHY SO MANY ARE FLEEING THE COUNTRY. THE MORE RELEVANT QUESTION IS: WHY ARE SO MANY FLEEING THE COUNTRY NOW? In one of the latest major media reports on the large numbers of refugees fleeing Eritrea, the BBC followed in the …

The Eritrean,  May 24 youth movement , a human right movement, held an evening of solidarity with the Eritrean patriotic artist Idriss Mohamed Ali on the 10th  anniversary of his detention by the Eritrean authorities. The evening was held on December 25, 2015 in the Egyptian capital Cairo under the …