Beschreibung:
Examines Eritrea's deprivation of human rights since independence and its transformation into a militarised "garrison state".
Introduction: The Eritrean African Garrison StateJudicial development in independent Eritrea: Legal pluralism and political containmentRule of law(lessness) in Eritrea: The special court and the judiciaryDemocratic curtailment in Eritrea: 'Never democracy, always control!'Obliterating civil society in Eritrea: Denying freedom of organisation and expressionThe Eritrean Gulag archipelago: Prison conditions, torture and extrajudicial killingsEveryday life of detention and disappearances in Eritrea: Vulnerable groups in a population under siegeMinority marginalisation in Eritrea: EPLF's politics of cultural superiorityDiversity diminished in Eritrea: Targeting the Kunama minority groupThe militarisation of Eritrean society: Omnipresent and neverending military serviceEritrea? Towards a transition?