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Written by Meron Estefanos
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Thursday, 03 July 2008 00:00 |
 Current mass media images of Eritrea’s youth center not on who they are or what they have accomplished but on what they are trying to escape and how. They appear in the press as draft evaders, illegal immigrants, asylum seekers and worse. In coverage of the homeland, they are the victims of road-blocks, round-ups and arbitrary house searches as the government tries to capture them for open-ended “national service.” To be caught is to face indefinite involuntary military conscription and servitude. To resist is to face imprisonment or death. To escape is to take on enormous costs and unimaginable risks. |
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Last Updated on Friday, 27 March 2009 15:36 |
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