Somalia main sponsor UN HRC resolution on Eritrea
Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2014 11:16 pm
Vote on Draft Resolution A/HRC/26/L.6 - "Situation of human rights in Eritrea" - A/HRC/26/L.6, submitted by Somalia
39th Plenary Meeting 26th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council.
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39th Plenary Meeting 26th Regular Session of the Human Rights Council.
watch here: http://webtv.un.org/favicon.ico/watch/a ... 5563047001
The UN's Human Rights Council (HRC) has set up a commission of inquiry into Eritrea, seen as one of the world's most repressive states.
The three-member panel will report back in one year.
In a statement, the HRC condemned "widespread and systematic" human rights violations, including torture and other cruel punishments. Eritrea rejected the resolution.
Human rights groups have previously called the country a "giant prison".
Amnesty International last year said some 10,000 Eritreans had been imprisoned for political reasons since independence from Ethiopia in 1993. This was denied by the government.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-28053443
