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  • Eritrea June 21st 2016 Geneva Demonstration…#IStandWithEritrea

    Written by Billion Temesghen June 21st, 2016, despite the rain, the Place des Nations in Geneva, at the UN Headquarters, was home to more than 10,000 Eritreans and friends of Eritrea who came together from 81 different countries to rally in protest against the latest appalling report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights…

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  • Eritrea: Exposing the COIE’s Factual Errors and Deliberate “Mistakes”

    Written by Omer Abdelkarim On 08 June 2016 the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea (COIE) declared that it “has reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in Eritrea since 1991,” and recommended that the matter be sent to the United Nations Security Council for referral to the International…

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  • Challenging Assumptions: A Note on Recent Coverage of Eritrea

    Written by Dr. Fikrejesus Amahazion Last week, Eritrea Profile featured an interview with Mary Harper, Africa Editor for BBC World News. Harper recently spent several weeks in Eritrea covering the country’s Independence Day celebrations, and her analyses, both within her interview with Eritrea Profile as well as in other outlets, have been balanced, impartial, thoughtful,…

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  • Eritrea Press Statement: Response of the Government of Eritrea to the Report of the Commission of Enquiry

    Press Statement by H.E. Mr. Yemane Gebreab Presidential Adviser The State of Eritrea Geneva 8 June 2016 Preliminary Response of the Government of Eritrea to the Report of the Commission of Enquiry A three-person panel, called the “Commission of Inquiry” (COI), is campaigning to take yet another African country, this time Eritrea, to the International…

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  • BBC Reporter Mary Harper interviewed by Billion Temesghen: “No restrictions in terms of who, when and where to speak to”

    By Billion Temesghen The long standing not so pleasant narratives of Eritrea in mainstream media are often revived by visiting journalists, however, around this time, there seems to be signs of more nuanced reporting and among the few is our guest today, who’s being reporting and documenting from Eritrea for the past two weeks. We…

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  • Press Release: Eritrean Global Action Day Of Defiance

    PRESS RELEASE Eritreans in Europe, outraged by the recent assault on their people and country by the so-called Commission of Inquiry of the UN Human Rights Council, and standing for genuine human rights, are holding a protest rally in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday 22 June, 2015. The UN Commission of Inquiry for Human Rights in…

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  • “After the dust has settled, our horizon will still be there” Eritrean President Isaias

    It is to be recalled that President Isaias Afwerki conducted an interview with the national media outlets mainly focusing on domestic affairs in connection with the New Year on the 30th of December 2014. In the interview that was broadcast live through Eritrean Television and Dimtsi Hafash highlighting all-round national and regional developments, as well…

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  • Eritrea: “The Cuba of Africa”

    By T.J. Petrowski There exists in the Horn of Africa a small nation that few living in the West have heard of. A former Italian colony, Eritrea is only reported on in the mainstream media when the U.S. imposes further sanctions on this small country of six million, or when Hollywood makes a movie about…

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  • Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea On the Occasion of Human Rights Day

    Statement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs On the Occasion of Human Rights Day Event Organized by the EU Delegation in Eritrea Asmara, 10 December 2014 Honourable Ministers, Excellences Ambassador Christian, EU Delegation Representative in Eritrea Ms Christine, UN Resident Coordinator Ladies and Gentlemen It is a great honour to address this gathering representing the…

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  • Statement by Eritrea’s Foreign Minister at the EU-Horn of Africa Ministerial Conference on Migration and Human trafficking

    Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, On behalf of the people and government of Eritrea, I wish to thank the African Union, the European Union and the Italian Presidency for taking this timely initiative to address the critical issue of migration and the crime of human trafficking, which is profoundly affecting millions of people and nations throughout…

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