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Eritreans desire to migrate to Israel stifled
Āsmara :: Eritrea | 7 days ago
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Eritrean migrants protest Negev detention facility Photo: Ben Hartman There is a diminished desire among Eritrean asylum seekers to migrate to Israel recently, largely due to the new Egypt border fence and the threat of incarceration they face under
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The telephone, the new weapon of Eritreans in exile
Āsmara :: Eritrea | 13 days ago
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Rating In Summary The phone calls are a way of spreading dissent without putting those receiving the messages in danger, explains Kidane, a mother-of-three who is now settled in London. Galvanised by the Arab spring, Eritreans in exile in Europe are
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Eritrea: Activist Fights to Free Family From Sentence Without Trial
Āsmara :: Eritrea | 1 month ago
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London In Eritrea, President Isaias Afewerki's regime allows no political opposition. Rights groups estimate that between five and ten thousand Eriteans have been imprisoned for opposing the government, usually with indefinite sentences and without a
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Eritrea: Why Discontent Doesn't Necessarily Mean Change
Āsmara :: Eritrea | 1 month ago
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Ali Abdu Ahmed, Eritrea's former information minister, has not been seen in Eritrea since his trip to Europe in September 2012. This has generated rumours that he has defected from President Isaias Afewerki's regime and is seeking asylum abroad.
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AU commission to take up Swedish-Eritrean journalist?s case
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 2 months ago
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Media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, said on Wednesday that, the African Union's main human rights body has decided to investigate the case of imprisoned Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak. Eritrean authorities detained Isaak in September
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Eritrea?s president breaks silence over army mutiny incident
Addis Ababa :: Ethiopia | 3 months ago
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Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki on Friday spoke for first time about last month's mutiny incident in Asmara after remaining silent for three weeks. President of Eritrea, Isaias Afewerki (Getty) On 21 January around 200 mutinous soldiers with two
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Sudanese president heading to Eritrea tomorrow: report
Khartoum :: Sudan | 4 months ago
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The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir will fly to Eritrea on Saturday for talks with president Isaias Afewerki, according to a news report. Sudan's President Omer Hassan al-Bashir (R) meets Eritrea's President Isaias Afewerki (L) in Sudan's
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Eritreans in UK rally in support of army mutiny
London :: United Kingdom | 4 months ago
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Activists say that over 2,000 Eritreans including opposition politicians' held a demonstration in London on Tuesday seeking democratic change in one of the world's most politically repressive nations. Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki, who was been
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Eritrea calm after 'Asmara raid'
Āsmara :: Eritrea | 4 months ago
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Asmara calm after 'information ministry raid' EriTV was broadcasting an episode of the US science fiction show The X-Files on Tuesday Eritrea's capital is calm a day after mutinous soldiers reportedly stormed the information ministry, sources say,
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Calm returns to Eritrea after siege ends
Āsmara :: Eritrea | 4 months ago
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09 President Issaias Afeworki has ruled the Horn of Africa nation with an iron grip since independence in 1993 [AFP] Eritrea's government has said that all was calm in the capital Asmara a day after armed mutineers seized the information ministry,
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