Eritrea
Eritrean Asylum Seekers Immigrate to Israel for Freedom but Find Themselves in an 'Open' Prison
Israel forces African asylum seekers to live in the Holot Open Detention Center, an inhospitable “open” prison that they can only leave for a few hours a day.
More Than 2,000 Migrants Rescued Off Italy in the Last Two Days
Italy picked up thousands of people off the coast of Sicily this week, all desperately attempting to flee North Africa.
Egyptian and Eritrean Officials Accused of Profiting Off Torture
An estimated $600 million in ransom has been paid to traffickers, who have abducted nearly 25,000 in Sudan or Eritrea since 2010.
Are Eritrean and Egyptian Officials Profiting from Torture?
According to trafficking victims and human rights groups, yes.
Europe Needs to Wake Up to the Boat Sinkings of Lampedusa
Why aren't we paying more attention to the plight of North African refugees off the Italian coast?
Israel Are Getting Rid of Their African Migrants by Including Them in Arms Deals
Want some guns to kill Africans? Here, take these Africans.
Eritrea Has Failed to Realize Its Revolutionary Dream
Once a revolution is over, how do you judge its success? Twenty years ago, Eritrea—in the northeast of Africa—became a legally independent nation, having won its de-facto independence from Ethiopia two years earlier, in 1991. But creating a free and...
The Mysterious and Depressing Case of Prisoner X
On Tuesday morning, the Australian news network ABC broadcast a story revealing the identity of the mysterious “Prisoner X” who died in solitary confinement in an Israeli prison in 2010. In fact, “Prisoner X” was the subject of a case so secret that...