Human rights in Eritrea are poor. Eritrea is a one-party state in which national legislative elections have been repeatedly postponed, the judiciary is weak, and constitutional provisions protecting individual freedom have yet to be fully implemented. Security forces are responsible for unlawful killings. Arbitrary arrest and detentions continue, and an unknown number of people have been detained without charge for their political activism. Freedom of speech and the press are severely constrained while freedom of assembly, association, movement, and religion also are restricted. List of Heads of State of Eritrea (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) Political Affiliations See also Eritrea Heads of Government of Eritrea Provincial Heads of Eritrea Lists of incumbents Categories: Lists of office-holders | Eritrea ... U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki shake hands in Eritrea Isaias Afewerki (born 2 February 1945) is the first president of Eritrea. ... The Eritrean Cabinet of Ministers, are headed by the President of Eritrea, Isaias Afwerki, and run the day to day operations of the Government of Eritrea. ... The National Assembly (Hagerawi Baito) has 104 members, 60 members appointed and 44 members representing the members of the Central Committee of the Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice. ... Political parties in Eritrea lists political parties in Eritrea, however, in view of the fact that there are no legal Eritrean political parties, listed below are illegal parties: Eritrean Liberation Front led by Woldeyesus Ammar (known as Wedi Ammar) Eritrean National Alliance led by Hiruy Tedla (former national assemblys... The Peoples Front for Democracy and Justice is the only legal Eritrean political party. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... The High Court of Eritrea is the final court of appeal in Eritrea and the highest court in the Eritrean judicial hierarchy. ... The Regional Courts of Eritrea are an intermediate system of courts of appeal in Eritrea. ... The Community Courts of Eritrea are the foundation of the judicial system in Eritrea. ... The Special Court of Eritrea is a parallel court to the traditional judicial hierarchy. ... Map of Eritrea At the time of Independence in 1993 Eritrea was arranged into ten provinces. ... The Regional Administrators of Eritrea are appointed centrally by the President of Eritrea. ... Please wikify (format) this article as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Lower Regional Assemblies are in each of Eritreas six zones. ... Eritrea is a member in good standing of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). ... The Algiers Agreement was an agreement between the governments of Eritrea and Ethiopia signed on December 12, 2000, at Algiers, Algeria to end the Eritrean-Ethiopian War, a border war fought by the two countries from 1998 to 2000. ... In 1998 net official foreign aid to Eritrea was US$135. ... The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea (UNMEE) was originally formed to monitor a ceasefire in the border war that began in 1998 between Ethiopia and Eritrea. ... Eritrea is a comparatively young country with tense relations some of its neighbours, especially Ethiopia. ... Information on politics by country is available for every country, including both de jure and de facto independent states, inhabited dependent territories, as well as areas of special sovereignty. ... A single-party state or one-party system or single-party system is a type of party system and form of government where only a single political party dominates the government and no opposition parties are allowed. ... Arbitrary arrest and detention, or (AAD), is the arrest and detention of an individual in a case in which there is no likelihood or evidence that he or she committed a crime against legal statute, or where there has been no proper due process of law. ... This article is about the general concept. ...

Eritrean government officials and NGO representatives have participated in numerous public meetings and dialogues. In these sessions they have answered questions as fundamental as, "What are human rights?", "Who determines what are human rights?", and "What should take precedence, human or communal rights?".^[1]

In Regional Assemblies and religious circles, Eritreans themselves speak out continuously against the use of female circumcision. They cite health concerns and individual freedom as being of primary concern when they say this. Furthermore they beseech rural people to cast away this ancient cultural practice.^[2][3]

References

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External links

• Censorship in Eritrea - IFEX