Tag: Geneva
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Eritrea In Pictures: Geneva, Massawa, Asab
In a hall full to capacity, Eritrean demonstrators for justice assembled to plan the next steps for taking their movement forward. A day earlier, on August 31, a large crowd variously estimated at 2,000 to 3,000, had marched the streets of Geneva calling on the Government of Eritrea to lift the state of siege it…
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PFDJ’s Trial in the Streets of Geneva
For the second year in a row, a large gathering of Eritreans congregated in Geneva to voice their opinion on the issue of whether senior government and party officials in Eritrea are guilty of egregious crimes against the Eritrean people. The occasion is the ordinary session of the UN’s Human Rights Council whose Commission of…
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Two Videos: Pro & Anti-Government Forces Mobilize
The Commission of Inquiry’s (CoI) much anticipated report on human rights in Eritrea is expected to be provided to the Human Rights Council (HRC), which convenes in Geneva from June 13 to July 1st. As they did last year, the exiled Eritrean civil society–community-based organizations, youth and women groups, professional associations–and opposition parties are conducting…