Eritrea: Militia Rounding Up the Youth at Expo Festival

From Welcome to Asmarino Independent. Fri Aug 29 2014, 18:52:53

Starting from 14/8/2014 a small unit of EDF soldiers was deployed at the EXPO area for the Festival of EXPO which was to be hosted from 16 - 23 August of 2014.

The people had believed that they were there to provide security to the EXPO Festival but on 20/8/2014 EDF (their faces covered up) began rounding up youngsters with no passage paper in the Vicinity of the Expo. And the word spread quickly mainly among those expected to be part of the 28th round national service reporting at Sawa on the 5th of September 2014 but had chosen not to go to SAWA. .

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