TPLF Troubled by Renewed EU-Eritrea Relation

BY SERAWR Europe’s softening stand on Eritrea has sparked fear with in the TPLF, a minority clique now ruling Ethiopia, according to a report broadcasted last week by the Ethiopia Satellite Television, ESAT. The complete failing of the TPLF’s long standing policy against Eritrea that emanates from the border conflict and its own claim of […]

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Statement by Mr. Yemane Ghebreab at the Interactive Dialogue, UNGA 3rd Committee

Statement by Mr. Yemane Ghebreab at the Interactive Dialogue (UNGA, Third Committee, New York, 27 October 2016) Mr. President, Excellencies, Eritrea sees little value in entering into a polemic with the Special Rapporteur. We prefer an altogether different and positive approach. We wish to explain our situation, point to our modest achievements, describe our challenges, […]

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Quick Thoughts on Special Rapporteur Sheila Keetharuth Presentation to UN Assembly

By Aghade*, Listening to Special Rapporteur Ms. Sheila Keetharuth make her final presentation yesterday to UN Assembly’s 3rd Committee was very strange, to say the least. Leaving aside the politically motivated report that she predictably wheeled out, Ms. Keetharuth surprised us with her request for some sort of administrative power over Eritrea so that she […]

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UN Sclerosis and Role of NGOs at the Human Rights Council

By Sophia Tesfamariam, Eritrea has come full circle, and the events during the 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHCR) brought a lot of issues to a head. As I watched the proceedings, it dawned on me that words like “impartiality”, “politically motivated” and “bias” were meaningless, as each game (against the member […]

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The Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea is NOT “Dead” Yet

By Aghade*, Two weeks ago, Eritreans around the world celebrated soon after it was announced that the United Nations Human Rights Council (HRC) did not accept the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea (COIE) as something accurate and well researched. Now that the dust has settled and the anti-Eritrea groups and their sponsors […]

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