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Eritrean officials refuse letter calling for release of imprisoned Christian leaders
World - North Carolina
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August 22, 2025
Advocates gathered Thursday at the Embassy of the State of Eritrea in Washington, D.C., to protest the detention of seven Christian leaders in the African country. The men have been held for more than 20 years at the Wengel Mermera Criminal...
Eritrea: Seminar For Nationals In Hamburg
MENAFN
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August 22, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) Mr. Yohannes Woldu, Charge d'Affaires at the Eritrean Embassy in Germany, conducted a seminar for nationals residing in Hamburg on 17 August. Mr. Yohannes, highlighting the significance of such seminars in enhancing the...
Eritrea: Successful Cataract Surgery In Adi-Keih Hospital
MENAFN
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August 22, 2025
(MENAFN- African Press Organization) MENDEFERA, Eritrea, August 22, 2025/APO Group/ -- In collaboration with the Sudanese Albeser Ophthalmologists team, successful cataract surgery was performed on over 400 patients at Adi-Keih Hospital between 14...
Eritrean Embassy rejects petition calling for release of imprisoned Christian leaders
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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August 22, 2025
By Ryan Foley, Christian Post Reporter Friday, August 22, 2025 Religious freedom advocates protesting on behalf of detained Christian leaders in Eritrea walk to the Eritrean Embassy in Washington, D.C., Aug. 21, 2025. From left to right:...
Call to release Eritrean pastors held without charge for 21 years
Christian Today
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August 22, 2025
Asmara, the capital of Eritrea. (Photo: Getty/iStock) Friday is UN International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. In recognition of the day, Open Doors UK and a number of other charities have called...
Italian court condemns Rome for forcibly deporting Eritreans to Libya in 2009
The Libya Observer
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The Rome Court of Appeal upheld a lower court ruling, finding the Italian Ministry of Defense and the Prime Minister’s Office guilty for returning a number of Eritrean nationals to Libya in 2009 aboard the warship Orione. According to the Italian...
The Religion of Eritreanism in Exile
Awate
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August 21, 2025
Author’s Note: This essay is not a tactical critique of government or opposition, but an attempt to reframe how we think about Eritreanism itself. I argue that in exile, Eritrean identity has taken on the qualities of a religion (sustained by...
Eritrea has imprisoned 7 church leaders for decades without charges
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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August 19, 2025
Members of the Eritrean and Ethiopian Christian Orthodox community from Tel Aviv are dancing before a baptism ceremony in the waters of the Jordan River as part of the Epiphany celebrations at the Qasr al-Yahud baptismal site, located on the...
Nigel Farage to unveil ‘mass deportation’ plan and could revive Tories’ Rwanda deal
Yahoo Sports - Canada
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August 23, 2025
Nigel Farage is to publish plans for mass deportations of asylum seekers who come to the UK on small boats. His Reform UK party would seek to put these plans in place if it entered government. Arresting asylum seekers on arrival, automatic...
Farage says Reform UK would charter five deportation flights a day
Radio X
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Nigel Farage is to publish plans for mass deportations of asylum seekers who come to the UK on small boats which his Reform UK party would seek to put in place if it entered government. Listen to this article Arresting asylum seekers on arrival,...
Strategic Reversals: Abiy’s Miscalculation and the Tigray–Eritrea Realignment
Ethiopia Insight
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August 20, 2025
Bound by necessity rather than trust, these former foes now walk a delicate line—one that could check Abiy Ahmed’s aggression or plunge the Horn into another devastating war. In the volatile arena of Horn of Africa geopolitics, Tigray has...
Denver City Council to consider non-monetary disclosure ordinance
The Denver Gazette - Colorado
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An ordinance aiming to increase transparency when it comes to non-monetary legal settlements made by the Department of Public Safety returns to the City Council on Monday. If it passes, the ordinance would amend Article XVIII of Chapter 2 of the...
Farage says Reform UK would carry out ‘mass deportation’ of small boat arrivals
Express & Star
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August 22, 2025
Nigel Farage is to publish plans for mass deportations of asylum seekers who come to the UK on small boats which his Reform UK party would seek to put in place if it entered government. Arresting asylum seekers on arrival, automatic detention and...
Eritrea: Training On Material Management And Procurement
MENAFN
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August 18, 2025
(MENAFN- APO Group) The Ministry of Agriculture organized training for 62 of its members on material management, procurement, and transit management. The training was conducted at the Ministry's Regulatory Service Office in Villagio. The...
African Union urged to unite for International Humanitarian Law initiative
IOL
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August 19, 2025
African governments have been urged to join the Global Initiative to strengthen International Humanitarian Law (IHL), aimed at addressing the growing humanitarian crises caused by modern armed conflicts. The appeal was made during a high-level...
Alternative Eritrea: What If G-15 Had Evaded The Guillotine
Eritrea Digest
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August 19, 2025
Of all the “What If” books, my favorite is “The Man in the High Castle” by Philip K Dick. It explores an alternate world (actually, an alternate America) where the Axis Powers (Germany and Japan) had won World War II. People who live in this...
Ethiopia: Where Political Power Grows From the Barrel of a Gun
CovertAction Magazine
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August 19, 2025
[Source: bbc.com] There is a brutal civil war being waged in Ethiopia where political power grows from the barrel of a gun. On one side is the Western-backed corrupt, brutal regime of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, he who was bestowed the 2019 Nobel...
Worldwide campaign set for seven imprisoned Eritrean church leaders
Christian Daily International
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Seven Eritrean church leaders imprisoned without trial for more than 20 years. Voices4Justice In the nearly 21 years since two Orthodox priests were arbitrarily imprisoned in Eritrea, their wives have died. Neither the Rev. Gebremedhin...
Afghan Refugee Acceptance In UK Falls To 44%, Amnesty
MENAFN
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August 22, 2025
(MENAFN- Khaama Press) Amnesty International UK says asylum approvals for Afghans fell from 98% to 44%. The group warns new immigration laws are unfair, harmful, and undermine refugee protections. Amnesty International UK has warned that Britain's...
Lawyers' Rights Watch Canada updates on recent UN Human Rights Council session
Canadian Lawyer
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This statement lamented the harassment, threats, prosecution, and obstruction of lawyers advising Crimean Tatars, Ukrainians, and civil society actors in politically sensitive cases. The statement stressed that disciplinary bodies disbarred such...