Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Over 100 Eritrean asylum seekers injured during clash with Israeli police in Tel Aviv.
Eritrean pro-democracy protesters in Tel Aviv chanting “no more dictator!”
An advocacy group for asylum seekers in Israel said the local Eritrean community asked the police to prevent the embassy’s event. “The police ignored their requests and now the the force fire live bullets at those who were forced to flee the cruel dictatorship in their country.” The group added that Eritrean embassies around the world have been persecuting asylum seekers but in most places, the celebrations of independence were canceled.
Dozens of people have been injured, including some from live gunfire, during clashes between Eritrean asylum seekers and Israeli police in Tel Aviv.
Stun grenades, tear gas and sponge-tipped bullets were used against hundreds of protesters.
The unrest was sparked after activists opposed to the Eritrean government said they asked Israeli authorities to cancel an embassy event on Saturday.
But protesters also clashed with supporters of the Eritrean regime.
Violent protests have popped up all over the world as Eritrea, one of the world’s most repressive countries, marks 30 years of independence with festivals held by Eritrea’s diaspora across Europe and North America. Earlier this year, Eritrea called anti-government protesters marching against these events”asylum scum.”
President Isaias Afwerki, 77, has led Eritrea since 1993, taking power after the country won independence from Ethiopia in a long guerrilla war. There have been no elections, there’s no free media and exit visas are required. Many young people are forced into military service with no end date, human rights groups and United Nations experts say.
The nation in the Horn of Africa has one of the world’s worst human rights records, and the asylum-seekers fear death if they were to return.
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