A Torture Survivor Drew These Pictures To Describe The Hell Eritrea Has Become

The Huffington Post  |  By Charlotte Alfred

 

In one small East African country, the rule of law has been replaced by the rule of fear. That was the conclusion of a yearlong investigation by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea, which released its report this week. The report lays out in horrifying detail the mass surveillance, torture, enslavement and disappearances under Eritrea’s totalitarian regime since that country gained independence from Ethiopia in the early 1990s. The U.N. investigators said systemic human rights abuses in Eritrea are on a scale rarely seen anywhere else in the world and may constitute crimes against humanity.
The U.N. panel, which was established in June 2014, was not able to enter Eritrea, so investigators based their 484-page report on 550 interviews and 160 written statements from people who had fled the country.

UN report uncov­ers Rape and Sex­ual Slav­ery of young female con­scripts in Eritrea

The UN Com­mis­sion of inquiry on Eritrea (COI) received a large num­ber of tes­ti­monies and sub­mis­sions relat­ing to the rape and sex­ual abuse of young women con­scripts in mil­i­tary train­ing cen­tres. Despite the large num­ber of tes­ti­monies report­ing sex­ual vio­lence within mil­i­tary train­ing, the Com­mis­sion con­sid­ers that it may have only par­tially uncov­ered the full extent of the sex­ual vio­lence suf­fered by women and girls in mil­i­tary train­ing due to the cul­tural bar­ri­ers and chal­lenges asso­ci­ated with speak­ing about sex­ual vio­lence.

In light of these fac­tors, the Com­mis­sion is of the view that rape and other forms of sex­ual vio­lence are per­pe­trated with fre­quency against women in the mil­i­tary train­ing cen­tres. The preva­lence of such abuse in Sawa and Wi’a in par­tic­u­lar is extremely high, but it is also found in other mil­i­tary train­ing centres.

ሰዲህኤ ኣብ ዝካፈሎም ኣህጕራዊ መጋባያታት ብዛዕባ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ጥራሕ ኢዩ ዝዛረብ

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ኣብ ዝካፈሎም ከም ናይ ኒያሚ፡ ላይፕዚግ፡ ስቶክሆልም፡ ቱኒስን ሮተርዳምን ዝኣመሰሉ መጋባእያታት ዘሕልፎም መልእኽትታት ብዛዕባ ነብሱ ዘይኰነስ፡ ብዛዕባ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ኢዩ ዝጣበቕ። ንኣብነት ምስ'ዚ ተታሓሒዙ ዘሎ ኣብ'ቲ ካብ 22-23 ግንቦት 2014 ኣብ ሮተርዳም፡ ሆላንድ እተጋብአ ዋዕላ ዝተዘርግሐ ኣብ ጥብቆ ዘሎ ጽሑፍ ተመልከት።
ኣብ ሮተርዳም ኣብ እተሰላሰለ ዋዕላ ገስጋሲ ምሕዝነት፡ ብኣባላት ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ ዝተጻሕፉ ይኹኑ ዝተዘርግሑ መልእኽትታት፡ ብዛዕባ ጸገማት ህዝብና ጥራሕ ኢዩ ዝገልጹ። መራሕቲ ናይ ልኡኻት፡ ኣካያዲትን ውሳኔታት እትነድፍ ሽማግለን ናይ ምምይይጥ ዓውደታትን (ዎርክሾፕ) ዘካየድዎም ኣኼባታት ብዛዕባ "ጾታዊ ማዕርነት" ዝብል ቴማ ኢዮም ዘትዮም። ኣብ'ዚ ኣኼባታት'ዚ ድማ፡ ኣባላት ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ፡ ብዛዕባ ኵነታት ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኤርትራን ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታትን ንምግላጽ ጽቡቕ ዕድል ረኺቦም ኢዮም።