Category Archives: North America

Voice of Asena – New York Demostration 25th September, 2011

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Eritreans who are preparing to stage a grand demonstration tomorrow in New York to condemn the PFDJ regime and call the UN to press on its sanctions against the dictator have unleashed their initial strike by organising a powerful protest today 25th September, in front of the hall booked by … more

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Eritrean Activists to Protest Isaias Afwerki in New York

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September 21, 2011 – Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change (EYSC), a world-wide network of pro-democracy Eritreans, today announced that it will join several advocacy groups to denounce Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki during his New York visit to attend the United Nations General Assembly. Plans are underway for protest demonstrations to … more

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Hidmona’- Eritrean- Canadians Human Rights Group of Manitoba to Host seminar in Commemoration of Decades of Incommunicado Detention of Eritreans

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EYSC Launches Petition to Free Eritrea’s Political Prisoners

August 20, 2011 – Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change (EYSC), a world-wide network of pro-democracy Eritreans, today announced the launching of a month-long petition drive to release all of Eritrea’s prisoners of conscience.

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Eritrean Youth Global Movement (EYGM) to hold a seminar in Seattle, Wa

Eritrean Youth Global Movement (EYGM) will hold a seminar in Seattle, Wa August 20th, 2011.

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Eritrean Youth Global Movement (EYGM) to hold a seminar in Seattle, Wa

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Bay Area Eritreans try to keep the faith amid religious, political schisms

By Matt O’Brien – Contra Costa Times OAKLAND — The schism began the day police officers rushed to the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church expecting to break up a fight.

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New immigration interviews ordered for Eritreans grilled by suspicious visa officer

By Carol Sanders, Winnipeg Free Press WINNIPEG – A group of Eritrean refugees rejected by an untrained visa officer in Cairo who quizzed them on the Holy Spirit are getting another interview and chance to come to Canada.

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‘Lonely without me’ an Eritrean refugee publishes his own book

  A new autobiography book is published by an Eritrean refugee author J. W. Habtom that incorporates his journey into five continents in search of home.

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Eritrean Catholics in Seattle Protest Right Violation

Members of the Eritrean Catholic Church in Seattle today protested that the right of their people in Eritrea to freely practice their faith is severely encroached by that nation’s Government.

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