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 ...