[Ai] Asmarino Independent

CSW took part in a special hearing today urging the European Union to take urgent action over their policy on serious human rights violations in Eritrea.
 
Presentations on the dire situation of Eritrean refugees took place in the European Parliament this morning, hosted by Portuguese MEP, Ana Gomes. CSW, one of the co-organisers, presented an overview of the religious liberty situation in Eritrea, where over 2000 Christians are still detained without charge or trial in centres where human rights abuses occur routinely. CSW representative, Dr. Khataza Gondwe, explained how the Eritrean government has systematically targeted all religious groups, including Jehovah’s Witnesses, Evangelicals, Orthodox and Muslims. She called on EU officials to push for access to prisons and detention centres.

 (Aksum 14-09-08)- A Release-Eritrea delegation visiting Shimelba refugee camp in the North of Ethiopia has learnt that, inhabitants of the camp have been notified that they have been approved for resettlement in the United States of America. At the beginning of September 2008, the refugees estimated to be in their tens of thousands, were told of the decision from the United States by a representative of the UNHCR, who are going to be responsible for the administrative management of the resettlement programme.
The UNHCR estimate that the first cohort of refugees will be leaving for the US in January 2009 and it is anticipated that all those registered and approved for this resettlement programme will have been resettled within a year.

ኣብ ኬንያ ዝርከብ ናይ ኤርትራ ተዋህዶ ቤተ ክርስቲያን ኪዳነ ምሕረት ብኤምባሲ ኤርትራ ሰንበት 14 መስከረም 2008 ተዓጽዩ። መንግስቲ ህግደፍ ንምእዙዝ ኣባ ድዮስቆሮስ ብኣባላት ጸጥታ ክፍሊ ሃይማኖታዊ ጉዳያት ኣሰንዩ ንዝዓበየ ህውከት ንዕለት 20 መስከረም 2008 ናብ ናይሮቢ ከምዝልእኮም'ውን ተፈሊጡ ኣሎ።

ከም መቀጸልታ ናይቲ ኣብ ኩሉ ናይ ተዋህዶ ቤተ ክርስትያን ዝግበር ዘሎ ዕንወት፡ እቲ ዕሉል ዘርጊ ዮፍታሀ ቀሺ ዲመጥሮስ ኣብ ከተማ ናይሮቢ ንዝርከብ ቤተ ክርስትያን ኪዳነ ምሕረት ንምዕናው ብኣካል ናብ ናይሮቢ መጺኡ ምስ ኤምባሲ ጽዑቅ ርክባት ክገብር ድሕሪ ምቕናይ፡ ንሓሙስ (ቅዱስ ዮውሃንስ) መዓልቲ ንኩሎም ኣባላት ህግደፍ ወዲቡ፡ ነታ ቤተ ክርስትያን ንምዕናው፡ ንቀሺና ናብ ኣስመራ ወሲዱ ከእስሮምን ክጨውዮምን ዝከኣሎ ጻዕርታትን ርኹስ መደባትን ሓንጺጹ ይንቀሳቐስ ኣሎ።