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Arbitrary arrests and detentions, harsh prison conditions, no freedom of religion or expression – there are many reasons why Eritreans come to Switzerland, says a UN authority.   “The economic situation is not very good in the sense that they don’t see any future for themselves in the country,” Sheila …

Journalist discusses how thousands of Eritreans flee their repressive country only to be tortured in Egypt’s Sinai. Fatma Naib Estefanos, a human rights activist, meets Eritrean refugees who were tortured in Sinai [Meron Estefanos/Al Jazeera] Mounting documentation of human rights violations in Eritrea – arbitrary arrests, torture of prisoners, forced …

Reporters Without Borders seeks funds to further its work on behalf of media workers in prison Roy Greenslade Reporters Without Borders (RWB), the Paris-based press freedom watchdog, has launched a fund-raising campaign based around the plight of jailed journalists in Eritrea, China and Saudi Arabia. The Eritrean prisoner is Dawit …

  Italian police said on Wednesday they had busted an Eritrean trafficking ring accused of smuggling migrants into Europe on perilous Mediterranean boat crossings, including one in which 244 people died. Nearly 800 migrants rescued off Italy (23 Nov 14) Migrants dice with death to reach Europe (21 Nov 14) …

A new report from the Danish Immigration Service, which announced that Eritreans will no longer receive blanket asylum from Denmark, has come under attack from immigration experts and humans rights groups. Reactions came on Monday after the Danish Justice Ministry stated last week that Eritreans arriving in Denmark after “fleeing …

The Danish Immigration Service’s fact-finding report on Eritrea has come under heavy fire in both Denmark and Eritrea and a key source in the report now says he was “misused” and quoted out of context. Denmark tightens restrictions on Eritreans(26 Nov 14) UN wants Denmark to drop refugee restrictions(17 Nov …

  After a major fact finding mission, Denmark will no longer give blanket asylum to Eritreans fleeing their country’s authoritarian rule. A massive increase in refugees from Eritrea earlier this year led Denmark to put a halt to asylum for Eritreans until the Danish Immigration Service (Udlændingestyrelsen) could evaluate the …

Asmara (HAN) November 24, 2014 – Public diplomacy and Regional Security and safety news. An Extra ordinary Ambassador Petros presents credentials to President Vladimir Putin of Russian federation. It will empower President Putin’s strategy to Protect Eritrean borders in the Horn of Africa. Ambassador Petros Tsegai, a hardliner Orthodox Christian, …

By Michael Gunn and Firat Kayakiran Nevsun Resources Ltd. (NSU), a takeover target which mines gold and copper in Eritrea, is being sued for alleged complicity in human-rights abuses at its operations in the African nation. The company denied the allegations. The suit filed yesterday by three plaintiffs in the …

Young people fleeing Eritrea as ‘open-ended’ national service, soaring food prices and poor job prospects bite, says UNHCR Mark Anderson The number of Eritreans seeking asylum in Europe has nearly tripled over the past year as mainly young refugees stream out of one of the world’s most secretive countries, fleeing …