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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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WikiLeaks Exposes that Sanctions Imposed against Eritrea are politically motivated
Eritrean Center For Strategic Studies WikiLeaks Exposes that Sanctions Imposed against Eritrea are politically motivated to divert the attention from Ethiopia’s Occupation of Sovereign Eritrean territory, including the town of Badme. The Sanction was imposed on 23 December 2009, but the concerted and coordinated disinformation campaign started in 2006, way before the Somalia and Eritrea/Djibouti…
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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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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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Eritrea Press Statement:: UNHCR: Part of the Problem of Illegal Migration
Early this week, the Ethiopian spokesperson of the UNHCR Office in Addis Abeba announced that “6,200 Eritreans had crossed into Ethiopia” in the months of October and November. This news has been picked up by various news agencies to conjure up a non-existent image of Eritrea and/or as part and parcel of the smear campaigns…