ERITREA

INTERSOS was active in Eritrea from 2000 to 2003.

INTERSOS' work in Eritrea centered around response to the needs of the civilian population and of internally displaced persons. In its four years in Eritrea, INTERSOS managed camps and rehabilitated water systems, as well as supported the return process of Eritrean refugees from Sudan. INTERSOS' office in Eritrea was closed in 2003, following a political decision by the Council to denounce the human rights situation in the country, which was deteriorating daily. In a dictatorship with no space for political debate, no freedom of press and opinion, with militarised local administrations, and endless abuses on the population deprived of the most basic rights, INTERSOS found it difficult to support continued work in Eritrea. INTERSOS supported the aspiration for independence of the Eritrean people in the Seventies: with even more strength we denounce the degradation of human rights in the country.