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British government: “Very few signs of progress on human rights” in Eritrea

Eritrea remains one of the FCO’s countries of human rights concern and,
both through multilateral fora and our Embassy in Asmara, we seek to raise human
rights concerns with the Government whenever possible. Since the peace agreement
with Ethiopia in September 2018 and the lifting of UN sanctions in November that year,
we have had some acknowledgement from the Eritrean Government of their willingness
to engage and a recognition that there is room for improvement in the area of human
rights especially around reform of national service. However, there have been very few
signs of progress so far.

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Supreme Court President (Emeritus) Meir Shamgar.November 20 2008. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

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The death of one of the Jewish fighters imprisoned in Eritrea during WW2

Meir Shamgar, former president of Israel’s Supreme Court, has died at the age of 94. He is one of the…

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