A United Nations investigation into human rights in Eritrea found “very clear patterns” of violations, and an absence of rule of law, on Monday.
The chairman of the investigative team, Mike Smith, told the UN Human Rights Council, that “Most Eritreans have no hope for their future,” stating,
“Detention is an ordinary fact of life, experienced by an inordinate number of individuals men and women, old and young, including children.”
The UN refugee agency UNHCR says that about 357,000 had fled Eritrea by July 2014, reports Reuters.
Commenting on the processes of data collection forth interim report, Mr Smith, said,
“While we continue to travel to collect testimonies and to go through information gathered to corroborate individual cases and incidents… we can already report on very clear patterns of human rights violations and on our systemic understanding of them.”
The chairman of the investigative team, Mike Smith, told the UN Human Rights Council, that “Most Eritreans have no hope for their future,” stating,
“Detention is an ordinary fact of life, experienced by an inordinate number of individuals men and women, old and young, including children.”
The UN refugee agency UNHCR says that about 357,000 had fled Eritrea by July 2014, reports Reuters.
Commenting on the processes of data collection forth interim report, Mr Smith, said,
“While we continue to travel to collect testimonies and to go through information gathered to corroborate individual cases and incidents… we can already report on very clear patterns of human rights violations and on our systemic understanding of them.”