6 The Eritrean Gulag Archipelago Prison Conditions, Torture and Extrajudicial Killings

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Acronyms and Abbreviations viii
4. Preface ix
5. Map 1 Provinces, Main Towns and Ethno-linguistic Groups of Eritrea x
6. 1 Introduction: The Eritrean Garrison State 1
7. 2 Judicial Development in Independent Eritrea: Legal Pluralism and Political Containment 22
8. 3 Rule of Law(lessness): The Special Court and the Judiciary 44
9. 4 Democratic Curtailment: ‘Never Democracy, Always Control!’ 56
10. 5 Obliterating Civil Society: Denying Freedom of Organisation and Expression 75
11. 6 The Eritrean Gulag Archipelago Prison Conditions, Torture and Extrajudicial Killings 92
12. 7 Everyday Life of Detention and Disappearances: Vulnerable Groups in a Population Under Siege 107
13. 8 Minority Marginalisation: EPLF’s Policies of ‘Cultural Superiority’ 128
14. 9 Diversity Diminished: Targeting the Kunama Minority Group 144
15. 10 The Militarisation of Eritrean Society: Omnipresent and Never-Ending Military Service 165
16. 11 Eritrea: Towards a Transition? 184
17. Bibliography 195
18. Index 204