Eritrea
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- a new constitution was adopted on May 23, 1997, but has not yet been implemented
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- mixed system based on civil, customary, and Islamic law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- unicameral, National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Supreme Court, regional, sub-regional, and local courts.
RELIGIONS
Muslims, Copts, Catholics, and Protestants
From the country
- JANUARY 1, 2002EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and acts threatening State security are capital...
Murder and acts threatening State security are capital crimes
- OCTOBER 22, 2001EritreaDEATH PENALTY
European Union ambassadors pulled out of Eritrea in...
European Union ambassadors pulled out of Eritrea in protest at a crackdown on political dissent and a free press in that country
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2001EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Africa's youngest country, Eritrea, has launched a...
Africa's youngest country, Eritrea, has launched a clampdown on political reformists, students and journalists, according to campaigners
- SEPTEMBER 21, 2001EritreaDEATH PENALTY
11 former Eritrean government officials- Petros Solomon,...
11 former Eritrean government officials- Petros Solomon, Ogbe Abraha, Haile Woldetensae, Mahmud Ahmed Sheriffo, Berhane Ghebre Eghzabiher, Astier Feshatsion, Saleh Kekya, Hamid Himid, Estifanos Seyoum, Germano Nati and Beraki Ghebre Selassie - were arrest
- JANUARY 1, 2001EritreaDEATH PENALTY
The Revolutionary Council of the Eritrean Liberation...
The Revolutionary Council of the Eritrean Liberation Front said Eritrea had executed 260 activists, and abducted 65 others over the past eight years
- JANUARY 1, 2001EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and acts threatening State security are capital...
Murder and acts threatening State security are capital crimes
- SEPTEMBER 14, 2000EritreaDEATH PENALTY
The Sawrawi [Revolutionary] Democratic Front of Eritrea...
The Sawrawi [Revolutionary] Democratic Front of Eritrea [opposition group] said the EPLF [Eritrean People's Liberation Front]-led government executed 15 soldiers for allegedly retreating from the fighting that took place between the Ethiopian and Eritrean
- MAY 16, 2000EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Two Eritreans were executed in Saudi Arabia for stabbing...
Two Eritreans were executed in Saudi Arabia for stabbing to death a man who had accompanied them when they entered the kingdom illegally
- JANUARY 1, 2000EritreaDEATH PENALTY
The Revolutionary Council of the Eritrean Liberation...
The Revolutionary Council of the Eritrean Liberation Front said Eritrea had executed 260 activists, and abducted 65 others over the past eight years
- JANUARY 1, 2000EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Murder and acts threatening State security are capital...
Murder and acts threatening State security are capital crimes
- DECEMBER 1, 1999EritreaDEATH PENALTY
In December, the Eritrean Human Rights Organization...
In December, the Eritrean Human Rights Organization reported deterioration in free expression in Eritrea where confiscation of property and enforceable conscription of children and old men in the war are rife
- DECEMBER 1, 1999EritreaDEATH PENALTY
Also in December, Presidential Adviser Yemane Gebremeskel...
Also in December, Presidential Adviser Yemane Gebremeskel strongly rejected Ethiopian claims that its citizens in Eritrea were being denied freedom of movement