Arcinfo.ch: Thousands of Eritreans demonstrate in Geneva against UN

From: Berhane Habtemariam <Berhane.Habtemariam_at_gmx.de_at_dehai.org>
Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2016 19:15:08 +0200
 
 

Thousands of Eritreans demonstrate in Geneva against UN

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http://www.arcinfo.ch/articles/suisse/des-milliers-d-erythreens-manifestent-a-geneve-contre-l-onu-548147
 
The demonstrators were 10,000 according to organizers and from 3000 to 4000 according to police.
The demonstrators were 10,000 according to organizers and from 3000 to 4000 according to police.
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 06/21/2016, 5:25 p.m.  

 
 

HUMAN RIGHTS - Venus of many European countries and even Canada, thousands of Eritreans protested Tuesday in Geneva against the UN and the conclusions of the inquiry Commission that Eritrea remains responsible for crimes against humanity that must be addressed by the international criminal Court (ICC).

"Stop" to want "regime change" in Eritrea . Several thousand citizens of this country protested Tuesday at the Place des Nations against the UN and the conclusions of the Commission on Eritrea .

The demonstrators were 10,000 according to organizers and from 3000 to 4000 according to police. They came from many European countries and even Canada, while the Council of Human Rights was addressing the Board of Inquiry report.

A document which one of the organizers denounced the bias. A protester reminded her of "lies". And to challenge Ethiopia with Eritrea which is still officially at war. If the country stops its policy of opposition to Eritrea, "we will take care of us," said the ats that pro-government official on the issue of human rights.

In early June, the Commission of Inquiry had unveiled its report in which it considered that Eritrea remains responsible for crimes against humanity that must be addressed by the International Criminal Court (ICC). She mentions slavery, enforced disappearances, torture, discrimination or extrajudicial executions.

Leaders and members of the security forces targeted

This second document of the Commission, launched in 2014 by the Council of Human Rights, also target arbitrary detentions and sexual violence. A first report was published in June 2015.

The absence of democratic institutions in Eritrea contributed to a "climate of impunity" for crimes against humanity, stressed the Commission President Mike Smith. He estimated 300 to 400,000 the number of people enslaved.

"These crimes still take place now," he recalled. The report attributes to the leaders at the state and highest level of the single party, but especially the security forces and senior military officials.

 
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