By Red Sea Fisher, THIS piece is the first in a series of articles on the “The Traffic Racket.” The series will look into the shocking evidence of a smuggling and trafficking network facilitated by human rights activists working with refugee agencies, state governments and officials, NGOs and international bodies to smuggle Eritreans, particularly children, […]
Continue Readingብ ግዱሳት ተጸናጸንቲ እከይ ዉዲታት፣ “እዚ ጥፍኣትን ቅዝፈትን 400 ስደተኛታት ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት፡ ልዕሊ ዝኾነ ይኹን ሰብ ንዓይ የሕመንን ይትንክፈንን፡ ምክንያቱ: እዞም ቆልዑ እዚኦም ጌና ካብ ኤርትራ ቅድሚ ምውጾኦም ጀሚሮም፡ ምሳይ ዘለዎም ርክብ ጥቡቕ ኢዩ ነይሩ። ኣብዚ ሕጂ እዋን ከኣ፡ ዝያዳ ኩነታቶም ንኽፈልጥ፡ ንቐንዲ መሳርሕተይ ዝኾነ ንዓብደልረዛቕ፡ ምሉእ ስም ዝርዝራቶም ሓቲተዮ ኣረኪቡኒ ስለ ዘሎ፡ ንኹነታቶም ኣመልኪቱ […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, The European Parliament today passed a resolution calling for coordinated regional action to tackle human trafficking in Sinai. Parliament states its “deep concern” regarding the reported cases of human trafficking in Sinai and “condemns the terrible abuses to which the victims are subjected”.
Continue ReadingBy Alula Abraha, The first of a four part series of seminars on “Eritrea” has just concluded. It was rather a seminar on mythical and imagined Eritrea. It was more of an Eritrea-bashing performance played by Dan Connell as a lead actor and the notorious Martin Plaut as a supporting actor. There were also a […]
Continue ReadingBy Madote, Aaron Maasho, who is a controversial Ethiopian journalist working for the Reuters news agency in Addis Ababa, recently wrote a false article about Zersenay Tadese, after an unverified Twitter account pretending to be him, said his relative was held captive in Sinai for ransom. Although Aaron deleted his article within a few hours of publishing […]
Continue Reading“We would rather Die in Eritrea than be imprisoned forever in Israel” Eritrean Returnees By Ilan Lior (Haaretz), Israel flew 14 Eritreans back to their home country on Sunday, human rights organizations say. According to reports, 14 Eritrean nationals who had been held at the Saharonim detention facility in southern Israel were flown to Eritrea via […]
Continue ReadingBy SinaiNow, Egyptian Anti-Human Trafficking Task Forces stormed a building in the city of Rafah, northern Sinai, and freed three Ethiopian children and their parents who were being held captive inside a small store with their wrists and legs shackled together with iron chains. Their Ethiopian kidnappers fled and are still at large. A spokesperson […]
Continue ReadingBy State Department, The U.S. State Department has released the 2013 Trafficking in Persons Report yesterday (19). During the release, Secretary John Kerry said, “When we help countries to prosecute traffickers, we are strengthening the rule of law. When we bring victims out of exploitation, we are helping to create more stable and productive communities. When […]
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