ESAT NEWS (July 2, 2016) The UN Human Rights Council on Friday rejected a resolution to refer Eritrea to the Security Council, but instead passed “a watered-down” resolution against the East African country, according to reports. A UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea last month recommended that the human rights situation in that country be referred to the International Criminal ...

ESAT News (July 2, 2016) A local administrator in Aweday, East Hararge shot and killed three, two of them children as police opened fire on residents who had gathered for a fund raising event for two individuals whose businesses were gutted by fire. Residents of Aweday told ESAT that they were holding a fundraising for a barber shop and a ...