Summary:-

The present report is submitted pursuant to Human Rights Council resolution 20/20.

It is based upon the initial observations of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human

rights in Eritrea and information gathered from a variety of other sources, including

Eritrean refugees interviewed during a field mission to neighbouring countries from 30

April to 9 May 2013. In the report, the Special Rapporteur provides an overview of the

most serious human rights concerns in Eritrea, including cases of extrajudicial killing,

enforced disappearance and incommunicado detention, arbitrary arrest and detention,

torture, inhumane prison conditions, indefinite national service, and lack of freedom of

expression and opinion, assembly, association, religious belief and movement. She

addresses a number of recommendations to Eritrea and the international community aimed

at improving respect for human rights in the country.

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