Protest Vigil Held to Mark Eight Years of Religious Persecution in Eritrea

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It is to be remembered that the US Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) issued its latest report on Eritrea last month. The Commission's latest recommendations to the US State Department, the President and Congress was the strongest since the commission’s designation of the country as a serious violator of religious rights in 2003. In addition to economic sanctions against the Eritrean government, the report made recommendations for targeted sanctions, such as asset freezes and travel bans, against individuals and institutions identified as responsible for, or complicit in, serious human rights abuses, including, as appropriate, the President, the government-appointed administrator of the Orthodox Church of Eritrea, the security forces and their officers, and the ruling party and ruling party officials.