Eritrea
2026
STATUSAbolitionist de facto
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
- 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
- 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