source: Eritrea Hub
actor1: Police Forces of Eritrea (1993-)
actor2: Civilians (Eritrea)
location: Assab
notes: Around 15 May 2020 (month of), Eritrean police forces arrested dozens of fisherman and camel riders leading caravans carrying food to the Afar people near Assab (Debub Deb.Keih Bahri, Debubawi Keih Bahri). Local activists allege the arrests come within a greater context of lack of medical care, deliberate witholding of food and water supplies, and arrests all targeting the Afar ethnic minority.