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Professor Van Reisen wins proceedings Eritrean
February 10, 2016
Tilburg professor Mirjam van Reisen has won a lawsuit that was filed against her by the Eritrean Meseret Bahlbi. The judge in Amsterdam rejected his claim on correcting statements Reisen had made in an interview with BNR.
The plaintiff is a former chairman of the youth movement of the only political party allowed in Eritrea. His brother and sister work as an interpreter for the Immigration and Naturalization Service. They translate interviews with Eritreans seeking asylum in the Netherlands.
Dictatorship
Van Reisen, Professor of International Relations, said in the interview that she is concerned that the IND working with interpreters who are closely involved with the dictatorial regime in Eritrea. If asylum seekers discover that the interpreters have ties to the regime to which they have fled, according to Van Reisen undermines their confidence in the Dutch government. She called Bahlbi, the plaintiff in this case, moreover, the central intelligence of Eritrea in the Netherlands.
The court dismissed the claim for rectification. The statements are, according to him within the freedom of expression and be sufficiently supported by the facts.
(Software translation)
Received on Wed Feb 10 2016 - 12:44:18 EST