The African Garrison State - Human Rights & Political Development in Eritrea Revised and Updated

Examines Eritrea's deprivation of human rights since independence and its transformation into a militarised "garrison state", updated to include the recent UN Commission of Inquiry and the new geopolitical dynamics.

List of contents

Introduction: The Eritrean African garrison state
Judicial development in independent Eritrea: Legal pluralism and political containment
Rule of law(lessness) in Eritrea: The special court and the judiciary
Democratic curtailment in Eritrea: 'Never democracy, always control!'
Obliterating civil society in Eritrea: Denying freedom of organisation and expression
The Eritrean Gulag archipelago: Prison conditions, torture and extrajudicial killings
Everyday life of detention and disappearances in Eritrea: Vulnerable groups in a population under siege
Minority marginalisation in Eritrea: EPLF's politics of cultural superiority
Diversity diminished in Eritrea: Targeting the Kunama minority group
The militarisation of Eritrean society: Omnipresent and neverending military service
Eritrea? Towards a transition?
Postscript: Eritrea - renewed international engagement to sustain control at home

About the author

Kjetil Tronvoll, Daniel R. Mekonnen

Product details

• Authors: Daniel R Mekonnen, Daniel R. Mekonnen, Kjetil Tronvoll
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.06.2017
• EAN: 9781847011671
• ISBN: 978-1-84701-167-1
• No. of pages: 232
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 228 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 341 g
• Series: Eastern Africa
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education