Isaias Afewerki

Throughout the world, human rights are viewed in many different ways. While some individuals take their rights for granted or view them as privileges, others view them as nonexistent. The reason people view them as nonexistent is because often times their human rights are violated by unfair economic structures and corrupt government systems. In order to best understand human rights, one must focus on the base that forms all of them, and that base is freedom of expression. When citizens are given

The piece of cloth that waves in every school, government building, and stadium holds extreme significance for many. The echoes of being the land of the free and home of the brave seem to be invisibly engraved within every star and stripe. However, the promises of freedom that are established during a country’s eager beginnings rarely come into play in the manner in which they are intended. Flags are meant to be a representation of the ideals of a free country; however, flags are often a facade for

in Eretria. The documentary is prepared and presented by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Fifth Estate in February 2016. The film meshes well with the unfortunate miseries that civilians have to endure under the aristocratic regime of President Isaias Afwerki. The film is incredibly mind boggling and captivating in disclosing felonious activities by the Nevsun in collaboration with the Eritrea’s government. The film attempts to portray how compromised cooperation between private firms and aristocratic

Dealing with a Dictator. Directed by Mark Kelley. 2016. In the documentary, “Dealing with a Dictator”, Mark Kelley, the director, tries to uncover a Canadian mining company name Nevsun. Nevsun is a company that has invested money in a country called Eritrea which is located in Africa. Eritrea is a country rich in minerals such as gold, copper, bronze, silver, etc. Nevsun invested in Eritrea by digging a mine to obtain minerals and make business in Canada. As shown in the documentary, one of the

I chose the country of Eritrea as my World History project because I read about it in a book a few years ago. Eritrea is located in Eastern Africa and is surrounded by Sudan to the west, Ethiopia to the south, and Djibouti to the southeast. Saudi Arabia and Yemen surrounds the country as well, along with the Red Sea to the north. Eritrea is one of the highest landmasses on the continent of Africa, heights reaching 2,350 meters (or 700 ft) in the city of Asmara. The mountain, Emba Soira, is the

appreciating freedom, and having an understanding of our culture. The quote by Mark Twain, “History doesn’t repeat itself, but it does rhyme”, correctly describes history in one sentence. There happens to be many instances that history “rhymes.” Isaias Afewerki is the acting president of Eritrea, and happens to be a modern day dictator. Eritrea’s government has limited their religions to three denominations of Christianity and one of Islam. Two dictators that

Report To me Freedom of Speech is being able to say what you want, whenever you want but these days everything has become politically correct. I will explain to you what freedom of speech actually is, to what extent it is allowed, and the limits of it both online and in different countries. The definition of Freedom of Speech is the power or right to express one's opinions without censorship, restraint, or legal penalty. When freedom of speech allowed and to what extent? Freedom is speech is

Conscious of the Ignorance “Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity,” said Martin Luther King Jr. in his book, Strength to Love in 1963 (Forbes, 2015). George Orwell’s novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four, first published in 1949, states “Ignorance is strength” (Orwell, p. 26). Orwell prophesied in his novel a world in which there is permanent war, ignorance is worshipped, and freedom is seen as oppression. George Orwell’s prediction in Nineteen Eighty-Four

Located in the northeast corner of Africa, and is made up of 48,000 square miles of land, is a country once filled with happy people is now struggling to find it’s why back to success. Eritrea was once a country of beauty, and strength but it suffered losses at its borders Sudan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. Although it may look like a great country on the outside, the country’s economy struggles. Roads and railways were destroyed, alliances were broken, and many people left to flee from the mess that