Day: June 19, 2016
PFDJ’s Eritrea: Neither Boots Nor Pushkin
[spider_facebook id=”4″]As widely reported, the UN Commission of Inquiry which was set up to investigate the human rights situation in Eritrea has last week announced that Eritrean authorities have committed crimes against humanity, which, inter alia, includes crimes of enslavement, unlawful imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture, persecution, rape and murder in a widespread and systematic manner…
Eritrea, Ethiopia Put Their War Masks On
[spider_facebook id=”4″]War logic has taken over Eritrean and Ethiopian leaders: the skirmish that ignited last weekend is careening towards a dangerous confrontation with war now all but inevitable–unless we all act. As we write this, Eritrea and Ethiopia are exchanging uninterrupted artillery fire across their border, each aiming to soften the positions of the other. Tension is…