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The reply of the Eritrean government to ACHPR's landmark ruling on Eritrea: a critical appraisalhttp://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-5311262006Mekonnen, DanielNgwena, CThis article assesses the official and most recent stance of the Eritrean government on the illegal detention of eleven prominent political personalities who remain behind bars since September 2001. The objective is to evaluate the unlawful detention pursuant to relevant Eritrean laws, namely: the 1993 "Interim Constitution" of Eritrea; the transitional codes of Eritrea which include the Penal, Criminal Procedure, Civil and Civil Procedure Codes; and other laws that amended and supplemented some of the above acts. The article critically examines the grounds which have led to the detention af the victims and analyses the lagality of such reasons according to operational Eritrean laws...human rightsEritreadetention whitout trialgovernanceLaw and Political ScienceengUniversity of the Free State, Law Facultyinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlejournalArticleapplication/pdfISSN: 0258-252Xhttp://archive.ugent.be/oai/oai:archive.ugent.be:5311262009-03-30T11:22:48Zhttp://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/