Human Rights Watch full report on Sawa and National Service

“They Are Making Us into Slaves, Not Educating Us” How Indefinite Conscription Restricts Young People’s Rights: Access to Education in…

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Interview: The Mass Exodus from Eritrea

Teachers and Students Flee Forced Conscription Audrey Wabwire Senior Press Officer East Africa, Human Rights Watch Satellite Imagery of the…

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Eritrea should permit access to United Nations Special Rapporteur - Human Rights Watch

There has been little evidence that oppression in Eritrea has subsided, other than that Eritreans now find it easier to…

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Eritrea: Diplomacy Changes, but Political Prisoners Remain

Source: Human Rights Watch October 3, 2018Video Video: Eritrea Imprisons Journalists and Government Officials. The recent arrest of Eritrea’s former…

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Eritrean and Ethiopian flags at talks

Eritrea-Ethiopia Peace Deal Offers Hope for Reform - Human Rights Watch

Eritrea Should Halt Indefinite Conscription Maria Burnett Director, East Africa and the Horn@MariaHRWAfrica Eritrea and Ethiopia resumed diplomatic and commercial…

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Ogaden torture centre

Interview: Years of Untold Suffering at Jail Ogaden Ethiopia’s Regional Special Police Tortured, Beat Detainees

Ethiopia’s Regional Special Police Tortured, Beat Detainees Audrey Wabwire East Africa Press Officer Human Rights Watch Felix Horne Senior Researcher,…

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Naima Ahmed Ibrahim, a popular poet, was sentenced to three years in prison for promoting unity of Somaliland with Somalia. She was released on May 7, 2018, following a presidential pardon after spending more than three months in detention.

Somaliland: Prosecutions Threaten Free Expression

Source: Human Rights Watch   (Nairobi, May 8, 2018) – A string of recent prosecutions in Somaliland targeting people who…

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