Eritrea 10 in the dark about their families
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Eritrea players at Kutwano Police Station PIC. KEAOGILE BONANG
Abane Ghebremestel of EMDHR told Mmegi that since he got contacts from the lawyers who had an opportunity to meet the players last week, he is still mapping a way to contact the relatives.
“Getting in touch with the families directly in Eritrea is very dangerous because any communications from Gaborone to Eritrea are likely monitored and we do not want to endanger the players lives,” he said.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...