The European Union (EU) has imposed sanctions on the Eritrean government’s National Security Office (NSO), accusing it of seriously violating human rights – including extra-judicial killings, torture, arbitrary arrests, and enforced disappearances among many others.
The EU however declined to give details of what type of sanctions will be imposed or why now.
Reuters news agency reports that the NSO will face an asset freeze in the EU.
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The NSO is headed by Major General Abraha Kassa and is under the supervision of President Isaias Afwerki’s office, the EU said in a statement.
Eritrea is a one-party state led by President Isaias Afwerki since its independence in 1993.
AFRICA TODAY NEWS, NEW YORK