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BREAKING: Eritrea extends conscription to 16 year olds; trained or untrained

March 28, 2021 Eritrea Hub Ethiopia, News, Tigray

This brief message has been received from inside Eritrea. “All families have been asked to hand in their children from…

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Sawa military camp from satellite

Eritrea Busses Thousands of Students to Military Camp

September 11, 2020 Martin Plaut News

Government Ignores its own Covid-19 Restrictions Source: Human Rights Watch Government Ignores its own Covid-19 Restrictions Laetitia Bader Director, Horn…

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Time to Act: End forced labour in Eritrea!

July 14, 2020 Eritrea Hub News

Divest from forced labor in Eritrea Source: Freedom United Call on foreign businesses and institutions to divest from forced labor…

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Eritrea’s forced labour funded with EU funds?

January 26, 2020 Martin Plaut News

Funded with EU funds? Source: Deutschlandfunk [Computer translation from German] The EU subsidizes a road construction project in Eritrea in…

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Human Rights Watch full report on Sawa and National Service

August 12, 2019 Martin Plaut Human Rights Watch, Reports

“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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BBC: Testimonies from SAWA conscripts – what indefinite National Service really means in Eritrea

August 12, 2019 Martin Plaut News

  First hand testimonies from young Eritreans.

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Eritrea’s Capital Is Lovely. But Scratch the Surface and You’ll Find a Terrifying Reality

August 5, 2019 Eritrea Hub News

Source: Haaretz “To break into the expected circle of silence, I’d been in contact earlier with representatives of the Eritrean…

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Eritrea: Round-ups increase as youths refuse to go to national service

August 2, 2019 Martin Plaut News

Source: BBC Tigrinya Service A new wave of round-ups of youth, so called ‘Giffas’, is under way in Eritrea. The…

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

March 17, 2019 Martin Plaut Human Rights Watch, News

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

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Eritrean government suggests smaller army, reform to conscription

September 3, 2018 Martin Plaut News

Eritrea May Alter Army Draft That Forced Thousands to Europe By Nizar Manek Source: Bloomberg, 3 September 2018 End of…

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