This year, supporters and opponents of the Eritrean regime have clashed repeatedly in different parts of Europe.
In the Danish capital, Copenhagen, 55 people have been arrested as a result of the unrest at the Eritrean party, the country’s public broadcaster DR tells.
This year, supporters and opponents of the Eritrean regime have clashed repeatedly in different parts of Europe.
At the beginning of August, a thousand protesters attacked an Eritrean cultural event in Stockholm. At that time, more than 50 people were injured in the violence and more than a hundred were arrested.
This year, in addition to Sweden and Denmark, there have been unrest related to Eritrea in at least Israel, Norway, Germany and Canada.
In recent years, hundreds of thousands of Eritreans have fled from the African country also known as North Korea, where an autocratic president With Isaias Afwerk and this administration has a tight grip on the citizens.
International human rights organizations and according to the UN, Eritrea has no freedom of speech, functioning democratic institutions, free media or judiciary. Civil society is non-existent.
Research Committee under the UN reported in 2016 that the Eritrean authorities had committed crimes against humanity. According to the committee, the state enslaves, kidnaps, tortures and murders its citizens systematically and on a large scale.
German Deutsche Wellen according to the unrest seen in the world is due to the fact that the organizers of events celebrating Eritrean culture often have direct connections to the Afwerk administration.