{"id":263,"date":"2020-11-09T19:12:46","date_gmt":"2020-11-09T19:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.munkhafadat.net\/?p=263"},"modified":"2021-11-11T10:56:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T10:56:12","slug":"5-human-rights-crises-in-eritrea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.munkhafadat.net\/index.php\/2020\/11\/09\/5-human-rights-crises-in-eritrea\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Human Rights Crises in Eritrea"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article__deck article__deck--no-border page-pad mod\">\n<div class=\"flex-wrap\">\n<h1 class=\"article__hed\">500,000 Refugees, \u2018Slavery-like\u2019 Compulsory Service, No National Elections, Border Conflicts &amp; Secret Prisons: 5 Human Rights Crises in Eritrea<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-pad mod flex-wrap\">\n<div class=\"article__copy article__main article__copy--fea-image\">\n<div class=\"article__post-container\">\n<div class=\"article__post-content\">\n<div class=\"page-meta page-meta--article\">\n<div class=\"page-meta__inner\">\n<div class=\"article__pubdate small-caps-copy\">MAY 4, 2021<\/div>\n<div class=\"page-meta__attribution\"><span class=\"page-meta__by\">by <\/span><a class=\"page-meta__item-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/person\/lila-hassan\/\">Lila Hassan<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Isolated from the world by President Isaias Afwerki\u2019s 30-year authoritarian rule, the east African nation of Eritrea remains intentionally unknown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s impossible, or very difficult, to get an accurate picture, because the government has closed the country so effectively that even those who have successfully fled the country are afraid to speak publicly, out of fear for what could happen to their families,\u201d said Adotei Akwei, an Amnesty International deputy director who specializes in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In the new FRONTLINE documentary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/film\/escaping-eritrea\/\"><em>Escaping Eritrea<\/em><\/a>, filmmaker\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/article\/escaping-eritrea-doc-evan-williams-eritreans-secret-footage-prisons\/\">Evan Williams<\/a>\u00a0explores the human rights landscape of one of the world\u2019s most repressive regimes, from compulsory conscription to the ongoing exodus of refugees. The Eritrean government declined to respond to FRONTLINE, other than to say they\u2019d seen many fabricated stories before. Here is an introduction to five of Eritrea\u2019s biggest human rights crises.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/frontline\/article\/5-human-rights-crises-in-eritrea\/\">FRONTLINE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>500,000 Refugees, \u2018Slavery-like\u2019 Compulsory Service, No National Elections, Border Conflicts &amp; Secret Prisons: 5 Human Rights Crises in Eritrea MAY 4, 2021 by Lila Hassan Isolated from the world by President Isaias Afwerki\u2019s 30-year authoritarian rule, the east African nation of Eritrea remains intentionally unknown. \u201cIt\u2019s impossible, or very difficult, to get an accurate picture, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[38],"class_list":["post-263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-human-rights","tag-5-human-rights-crises-in-eritrea"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>5 Human Rights Crises in Eritrea -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/en.munkhafadat.net\/index.php\/2020\/11\/09\/5-human-rights-crises-in-eritrea\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Human Rights Crises in Eritrea -\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"500,000 Refugees, \u2018Slavery-like\u2019 Compulsory Service, No National Elections, Border Conflicts &amp; 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