More than 100 people were injured in violent clashes in Tel Aviv between Eritrean government supporters celebrating an Eritrea Day event and opponents of President Isaias Afwerki.
JERUSALEM, Sept 2 (Reuters) - More than 100 people were injured in violent clashes in Tel Aviv between Eritrean government supporters celebrating an Eritrea Day event and opponents of President Isaias Afwerki.
Footage on social media showed Eritrean government supporters beating anti-government protesters with clubs.
Human rights groups have condemned his government as being highly repressive and the country is under U.S. and EU sanctions for alleged abuses.
“Why did we run from our country?,” one protester in Tel Aviv, Hagos Gavriot, told Reuters.
Reuters journalists saw men with head wounds and bloodied arms, some lying on the ground of a children’s playground.
About 25,500 Eritrean asylum seekers currently live in Israel, according to Assaf, an organization that aids refugees.
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JERUSALEM, Sept 2 (Reuters) - More than 100 people were injured in violent clashes in Tel Aviv between Eritrean government supporters celebrating an Eritrea Day event and opponents of President Isaias Afwerki.
Footage on social media showed Eritrean government supporters beating anti-government protesters with clubs.
Human rights groups have condemned his government as being highly repressive and the country is under U.S. and EU sanctions for alleged abuses.
“Why did we run from our country?,” one protester in Tel Aviv, Hagos Gavriot, told Reuters.
Reuters journalists saw men with head wounds and bloodied arms, some lying on the ground of a children’s playground.
About 25,500 Eritrean asylum seekers currently live in Israel, according to Assaf, an organization that aids refugees.
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