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Rare protest leaves 28 killed in Eritrea
[PRESSTV] Protests in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea...is run by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ), with about the amounts of democracy and justice you'd expect from a party with that name. National elections have been periodically scheduled and cancelled; none have ever been held in the country. The president, Isaias Afewerki, has been in office since independence in 1993 and will probably die there of old age... , have left at least 28 killed as people have reportedly become discontented with a government decision to take over control of an Islamic school.
Nasredin Ali, a front man for the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization, a group based in neighboring Æthiopia, said festivities began after people resisted to hand over to government forces control of a Moslem community school in Asmara. "Following the refusal to hand over the school, some 40 people were tossed in the clink Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! and this led to the massive protests," he said, adding that a tense atmosphere continued to dominate Asmara on Wednesday as people gathered to hold a funeral ceremony for those slain in the festivities. Ali even said that the Eritrean army was deploying troops to the city. Authorities denied there were fatalities with Information Minister Yemane Meskel saying police had managed to disperse without any casualty the "small demonstration by one school in Asmara." Posted by: Fred 2017-11-02 |
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