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The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) issued a press release on Monday calling for the release of thousands of people arbitrarily detained in Eritrea.
The release states there are believed to be over 10,000 people arbitrarily detained in Eritrea, including politicians, journalists, priests and students. The OHCHR acknowledged the “encouraging development” that the Eritrean government released 13 individuals earlier in December who had been detained for almost two decades. However, the office recognized that many still remain imprisoned, including the G11.
The G11, sometimes known as the G-15, is a group of 11 former politicians who called for democratic reforms to the Eritrean government in 2001. They addressed an open letter to the president, Isaias Afwerki, who has held the office since 1993, with the support of several journalists. They were subsequently imprisoned without trial as well as incommunicado, meaning they are held without communication to the outside world including their families. To this day, they remain unfound. Amnesty International marks this event as the point in time at which the government dismantled the free press in the country. This imprisonment falls against the backdrop of globally condemned human rights violations in Eritrea.
Human Rights Watch reported that Eritrea handles political cases extrajudicially by indefinitely detaining individuals, without trial, and denying them basic rights. Detention sites, including the Mai Serwa prison, house detainees in metal shipping containers without basic needs, often leading to their illness and death. On a broader scale, the US Department of State found in its country report on Human Rights that the government has engaged in unlawful killings, government corruption, and forced disappearances.
The UN has consistently noted the human rights abuses in Eritrea. The OHCHR stated it “stands ready to continue its engagement with the Eritrean authorities” to reach compliance with human rights law.
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The release states there are believed to be over 10,000 people arbitrarily detained in Eritrea, including politicians, journalists, priests and students. The OHCHR acknowledged the “encouraging development” that the Eritrean government released 13 individuals earlier in December who had been detained for almost two decades. However, the office recognized that many still remain imprisoned, including the G11.
The G11, sometimes known as the G-15, is a group of 11 former politicians who called for democratic reforms to the Eritrean government in 2001. They addressed an open letter to the president, Isaias Afwerki, who has held the office since 1993, with the support of several journalists. They were subsequently imprisoned without trial as well as incommunicado, meaning they are held without communication to the outside world including their families. To this day, they remain unfound. Amnesty International marks this event as the point in time at which the government dismantled the free press in the country. This imprisonment falls against the backdrop of globally condemned human rights violations in Eritrea.
Human Rights Watch reported that Eritrea handles political cases extrajudicially by indefinitely detaining individuals, without trial, and denying them basic rights. Detention sites, including the Mai Serwa prison, house detainees in metal shipping containers without basic needs, often leading to their illness and death. On a broader scale, the US Department of State found in its country report on Human Rights that the government has engaged in unlawful killings, government corruption, and forced disappearances.
The UN has consistently noted the human rights abuses in Eritrea. The OHCHR stated it “stands ready to continue its engagement with the Eritrean authorities” to reach compliance with human rights law.
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