This brief message has been received from inside Eritrea. “All families have been asked to hand in their children from…
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Tag: Conscription
Eritrea Busses Thousands of Students to Military Camp
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!
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?
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
“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
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
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
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
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
Eritrea May Alter Army Draft That Forced Thousands to Europe By Nizar Manek Source: Bloomberg, 3 September 2018 End of…
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