By Daniel Wedi Korbaria, It was a clumsy attempt by the UN’s “Commission of Inquiry” (COI) on Eritrea’s human rights situation, to make the world believe that its fantasy on Eritrea was reality, and that this “reality” is no longer a comedy but a tragedy. Suddenly, the “hearsay” has become indisputable facts, the witnesses of […]
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By Simon Keleta, In June 2015, Eritreans around the world read with astonishment that the Eritrean state was accused of slavery, rape, and crimes against humanity. Eritreans are the longtime witnesses and victims of some of the modern world’s worst atrocities. During the liberation struggle and the 1998-2000 war with Ethiopia, Eritreans were the victims […]
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By Andemariam Gebremichael, PhD Eritrea is once again subjected to the never ending onslaught by an unfettered three-person hung jury dubbed as “Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights” with the ultimate aim to bring the country to The Dodo Court, through a “supreme” venue in the enactment of injustice, which by any means of imagination […]
Continue ReadingBy E-SMART, THE conduct and presentation of Sheila Keetharuth, the UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea, over the last two years has been neither that of an independent expert, nor that of an impartial observer. She has instead been one of an activist that is publicly engaged in an anti-Eritrea campaign on and off the cameras. […]
Continue Reading” The security and developmental underpinnings of the National Military Service in Eritrea are too palpable to merit explanation. Indeed, when originally conceived and enacted in 1994 by the National Assembly, its aggregate duration was limited by law to 18 months. But the border war & Ethiopia’s occupation in breach of international law have caused its […]
Continue ReadingBy Dawit Ghebremedhin, On October 28 2013 the Cyrus R. Vance Center, a syndicate run by independent lawyers who want to enforce humanity notions throughout the world, held a briefing in New York City led by Ms. Sheila Keetharuth, a special rapporteur mandated by the UN Human Rights Council to report on human right issues […]
Continue ReadingUN rapporteur Keetharuth said she hasn’t considered sanctions on Eritrea “only” 1 year on the job when asked by Inner City Press why her report doesn’t mention impact of sanctions on the Eritrean people. By AP, A U.N. investigator on human rights in Eritrea says “alarming” abuses in the east African nation are spurring between […]
Continue ReadingBy Amanuel Biedemariam, It is hard to see or believe the UN as a warring entity for it is supposed to be the embodiment of neutrality, fairness, impartiality and judiciousness. It is supposed to be free from serving the agendas of one nation at the expense of another. The UN is not supposed to take […]
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