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Fri 04 Apr 2009Former torture victim urges EU to withhold €122m Eritrean aid
A FORMER Eritrean torture victim Helen Berhane last night added her voice to mounting international pressure on the EU to withhold a proposed €122 million development aid package to Eritrea, one of the world’s 10 poorest countries.
Providing a rare insider’s account of conditions within Eritrea, where the government exercises total control of the media, Ms Berhane questioned the wisdom of the EU’s diplomatic approach to Eritrea, granting aid with few or no conditions attached, and without accountability or monitoring structures in place.
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