{"id":1387,"date":"2026-10-29T06:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/?p=1387"},"modified":"2026-10-29T06:37:23","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:37:23","slug":"eritreas-role-in-un-human-rights-forum-draws-criticism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/29\/eritreas-role-in-un-human-rights-forum-draws-criticism\/","title":{"rendered":"Eritrea\u2019s\u00a0Role\u00a0in\u00a0UN\u00a0Human\u00a0Rights\u00a0Forum\u00a0Draws\u00a0Criticism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><br>Edmonton:<\/strong>&nbsp;Eritrea\u2019s role in chairing this year\u2019s Social Forum of the United Nations Human Rights Council has drawn criticism amid concerns over the country\u2019s human rights record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Habtom Zerai, charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires at Eritrea\u2019s permanent mission, has been appointed chair-rapporteur of the 2026 Social Forum, scheduled for Oct. 29 and 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eritrea\u2019s selection has prompted criticism over its authoritarian government and alleged human rights violations in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Critics have raised concerns about the absence of elections, rape and torture, forced labor, slavery, and the imprisonment of critics and journalists. Eritrea has also been described as the \u201cNorth Korea of Africa\u201d because of its political repression and human rights record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Eritrean government\u2019s response to the criticism was not included in the information available for this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Edmonton:&nbsp;Eritrea\u2019s role in chairing this year\u2019s Social Forum of the United Nations Human Rights Council has drawn criticism amid concerns over the country\u2019s human rights record. Habtom Zerai, charg\u00e9 d\u2019affaires at Eritrea\u2019s permanent mission, has been appointed chair-rapporteur of the 2026 Social Forum, scheduled for Oct. 29 and 30. Eritrea\u2019s selection has prompted criticism over its authoritarian government and alleged human rights violations in the country. Critics have raised concerns about the absence of elections, rape and torture, forced labor, slavery, and the imprisonment of critics and journalists. Eritrea has also been described as the \u201cNorth Korea of Africa\u201d because of its political repression and human rights record. The Eritrean government\u2019s response to the criticism was not included in the information available for this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1388,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_s2mail":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[146,67],"class_list":["post-1387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional","tag-eritrea","tag-human-rights"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1387"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1389,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1387\/revisions\/1389"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hornfrequency.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}