Tag: crimes against humanity
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PLO Lumumba in Asmara, Eritrea
On April 29-30, Eritrea’s Ministry of Justice hosted a conference at Hotel Asmara Palace entitled “Values & Justice” purportedly to integrate “Eritrean values” to its legal framework. We will save why this is “purportedly” and not real for later, but for now we will address the address given by one of the invited guests: Professor…
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Hilton Hotels Hosting Event for Group Accused of Committing Crimes Against Humanity
PRESS RELEASE Hilton Hotels hosting event for group accused of committing crimes against humanity Eritrean Americans are urging Hilton Hotel to cancel an event it is hosting for representatives of one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world, the PFDJ, Eritrea’s ruling party. The event is set to take place at the Hilton Houston…
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Eritrea Sanctions: When Belligerence Is Confused For Resilience
The Eritrean government (which is to say: President Isaias Afwerki) is terrible at many things but it is great at weaving a narrative. Thus, to this day, many people, including many who consider themselves well-read, would say that the reason the UN imposed resolution 1907 on Eritrea in 2009 is because (a) it was fed…
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Why Eritrean Govt’s Diplomacy Will Always Fail
The job duty of a foreign mission anywhere in the world is this: to represent the interest of their country to the host country. This requires meeting with government officials of the host country, i.e., diplomacy; meeting with the non-governmental sector of the host country, i.e., public diplomacy; and helping fellow compatriots in the host…
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Eritrea This Week 20160612
[spider_facebook id=”4″]There were two Eritrean headlines this week: (1) the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea (CoI-E) published its report based on its 12-month inquiry and it said that it found that crimes committed by Eritrean officials constitute “crimes against humanity”; (2) Eritrea and Ethiopia had a military clash along their common border.…