Crimes Against Humanity Committed in Eritrea, UN Commission Says
- Officials in country accused of enslavement, torture, rape
- Crimes seen as steps to deter Eritrea’s people from opposition
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Eritrean officials have committed crimes against humanity, including enslavement, rape and murder, across the Horn of Africa country over the past quarter-century, a United Nations commission said.
The crimes were committed in locations including detention facilities and military training camps as part of a campaign to snuff out opposition ever since they took control of the territory in 1991, according to a report by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea released Wednesday.