ESAT News (June 16, 2016) A rights group on Wednesday releases a damning detailed account of the brutality of the Ethiopian regime against its own citizens, who simply demanded their rights in peaceful protests. “Over 400 people are estimated to have been killed, thousands injured, tens of thousands arrested, and hundreds, likely more, have been victims of enforced disappearances,” ...

  ESAT News (June 16, 2016) Eritrea said on Thursday that its forces killed more than 200 Ethiopian regime forces and wounded over 300 others. The Eritrean Ministry of Information said in statement that “the attack by the TPLF regime on Sunday was quashed on Monday (13 June) morning entailing heavy losses to its troops.” “TPLF troops were compelled to ...

ESAT News (June 16, 2016) The European Union Vice President for Human Rights Federica Mogherini called for inclusiveness, accountability and open dialogue in Ethiopia at a meeting in Brussels with the country’s Prime Minister, Hailemariam Desalegn. The EU is one of the top donors to the regime that rely on foreign aid for its yearly budget.  Mogherini also expressed readiness ...

ESAT News (June 15, 2016) Two Generals serving life sentences on trumped up charges by the tyrannical regime in Ethiopia have reportedly been hospitalized after they were brutally beaten by prison police. Gen. Tefera Mamo and Gen. Asaminew Tsige were accused of being members of the then Ginbot 7, now Patriotic Ginbot 7 for Unity and Democracy, and accused of ...

ESAT News (June 15, 2016) Eritrea’s Ambassador to the UN, Girma Asmerom said on Wednesday that the world should condemn the military aggression by the TPLF regime in Ethiopia. Speaking to ESAT, the Ambassador said Eritrea has filed its formal complaints to the UN Security Council and is waiting to hear from the world’s governing body. Ambassador Asmerom said the ...

  ESAT News (June 14, 2016) Police attacked prisoners at the notorious Kilinto prison and one person was reportedly killed in the attack. Kilinto is one of the many prisons where the regime put political opponents behind bars. The reason for the attack is not yet known but sources told ESAT that a prisoner known only by his first name, ...

  ESAT News (June 14, 2016) Eritrea said on Tuesday that it has repulsed an attack by the Ethiopian regime on the Tsorena front. The statement by the Ministry of Information of Eritrea said the attack on Sunday (June 12, 2016) has been repulsed “with TPLF troops sustaining heavy causalities.” The statement further said that growing opposition against TPLF by ...

  ESAT News (June 13, 2016) Regime forces detained 40 people in Dabat, north Gonder following protest by residents of the town over an electric transformer that the authorities have removed and tried to relocate to Tigray. Tensions remained high after residents repossessed the transformer and burnt down the heavy duty truck that was carrying the transformer, which provided electricity ...

    ESAT News (June 13, 2016) Eritrea and the Ethiopian regime labeled accusations against each other after what appeared to be a skirmish on the heavily militarized border on Sunday. Both sides accused the other of launching an attack on the Tsorena front. Details of the skirmish on Sunday is scanty but the spokesperson for the Ethiopian regime, Getachew ...

ESAT News (June 10, 2016) Eritrea said on Thursday that the United States and the Ethiopian regime were behind the damning report on human rights by the UN Commission of Inquiry which the east African country strongly believe was politically motivated. In an exclusive interview with Sisay Agena of ESAT, presidential advisor and head of political affairs, Yemane Gebreab said ...