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Eritrea Dismisses Crimes Against Humanity Claims as ‘Laughable’

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016TesfaNews21 Comments

By BBC, A UN inquiry has accused Eritrean of systematic crimes against humanity. The commission, which was not allowed to enter Eritrea, said it believed as many as 400,000 people were being enslaved, forcibly conscripted into the military. It also documented torture, rape, murder and forced disappearances and recommended an investigation by the International Criminal […]

What the UN Gets Wrong About Rights in Eritrea

June 8, 2016March 15, 2019TesfaNews13 Comments

By ASHISH KUMAR SEN A UN panel’s expected conclusion that crimes against humanity are being committed in Eritrea would be legally indefensible because of the flawed methodology in the compilation of the report and would further erode the credibility of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in Africa, said the Atlantic Council’s Bronwyn Bruton. The UN’s […]