eritreans in israel

Eritrean asylum seekers who oppose the regime in Eritrea and pro-regime activists clash with Israeli police in south Tel Aviv, September 2, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
How Eritrean regime agents persecute asylum seekers in Israel
Israeli authorities have long turned a blind eye to the threat Eritreans face from their own government, leaving the community desperate to protect itself.
By Guli Dolev-Hashiloni September 5, 2023
Protesters opposed to the deportation of Eritrean and Sudanese asylum seekers. (Haggai Matar)
Hundreds protest in Tel Aviv against the deportation of asylum seekers
The protest is the first of many planned to resist the government’s plan to deport 40,000 asylum seekers currently living in Israel. More than 200 people gathered at the Abraham Hostel in Tel Aviv on Saturday night for the first of many protests against the planned deportation of asylum seekers. The government recently announced that it intends to…
By Haggai Matar January 7, 2018
An Israeli soldier pepper sprays a restrained Palestinian activist at point blank range in a newly created protest village named Al Manatir on land belonging to the West Bank village of Burin, February 2, 2013. (Photo by: Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)
From protest villages to hunger strikes: A week in photos – January 31-February 6
This week: Palestinians erect a new West Bank protest village, show solidarity with hunger striking prisoners and demonstrate against the occupation, while a 61-year-old Israeli woman is evicted from her home and Eritrean asylum seekers call for an end to the dictatorial regime in their home country.                …
By Activestills February 7, 2013
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Asylum seeker to Israel: Probe claims Eritrean Embassy extorts refugees
By Isayas Teklebrhan I traveled to the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem on September 3, 2012 in order to submit the following letter, designed to expose the Eritrean dictatorial regime. When I arrived at the building, I explained to the security guards, that I am an Eritrean asylum seeker wishing to submit an open…
By +972 Magazine September 20, 2012
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