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Human Rights Watch refused to provide copy of its Eritrea report to mining
company
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Not surprisingly, in an effort to thwart Eritrea's nascent mining industry,
Human Rights Watch (HRW) has produced yet another damning document on
Eritrea and has chosen to circulate it in the western press before allowing
Eritrea or the parties mentioned to provide responses. The timing is
curious as it was just last month that the 2nd very successful Investors
Conference was held in Eritrea. HRW's intentions are transparent.
HRW's anti-Eritrea campaigns have mimicked and run side by side with that
of Eritrea's enemies for the last 12 years. From attempting to strangulate
Eritrea's economy, to maligning and vilifying Eritrea's leadership, to
unprecedented interference in Eritrea's sovereign affairs, HRW has
disproportionately focused on condemnations of Eritrea and its 12-year long
publications related to Eritrea have lacked balance and credibility.
HRW has no presence in Eritrea and none of its members have visited Eritrea
and has relied on dubious sources such as Elsa Chyrum and other notorious
Eritrean quislings working closely with the minority regime in Ethiopia for
its information about Eritrea.
My sources tell me that the Report is filled with accusations against
Eritrea's budding national companies and mining companies operating in
Eritrea. Unable to convince the UN Security Council to impose crippling
economic sanctions against the mining industry in 2010, Eritrea's enemies
are hoping to use the UN Human Rights Council to advance that agenda. It is
yet another futile attempt that will only expose the hypocrisy and
duplicity of the UN system and undermine its credibility and relevance in
future endeavors in the region'
HRW and its sponsors are denying the people of Eritrea their right to
development. After working for over 12 years to deny Eritrea humanitarian
and development aid, it sure seems hypocritical to now feign concern for
the people of Eritrea for having to work harder to achieve their dreams and
aspirations on their own. It is not human rights that HRW is concerned
about, rather, it is yet another politically motivated attempt to interfere
in the internal affairs of Eritrea using human rights as a pretext.
With thousands of Eritreans in the Diaspora,with varying backgrounds and
credentials, it is interesting that HRW chooses to rely on a handful of
disgruntled runaway criminals, military deserters, asylum seekers and self
serving 'bandwagon human rights activists for its information.
This report that will be published shortly (after the expected media
blitz). It will be summarily rejected by all peace loving Eritreans and
will end up like all previous HRW reports-in file #13-the trash!!!
Sophia T.
Received on Fri Jan 11 2013 - 13:04:53 EST
