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ERITREA hit back yesterday after a UN commission said it should be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for human rights abuses.
The commission of inquiry said the government of the Horn of Africa country has made no progress on most violations that it first alleged a year ago, including the enslavement of up to 400,000 people.
“The crimes of enslavement, imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture, persecution, rape, murder and other inhumane acts have been committed as part of a widespread, systematic campaign against the civilian population since 1991,” when Eritrea seceded from Ethiopia, commission chair Mike Smith told reporters.
ANSELM ELDERGILL looks at the legality of the wars in the Middle East and the means used to fight them. It is said that truth is the first casualty of war, so what is the truth with regard to the legality of America’s and Israel’s wars in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon?
NORMA AUSTIN HART reports from a conference on on the rights of women prisoners in the Scottish criminal justice system
MAISSON HASSAN highlights how amid bombed-out cities and collapsing hospitals, women-led initiatives are keeping communities alive
