Professor Dan Connel in Sweden

2015-09-12 10:15:11 Written by  SESADU Published in English Articles Read 2197 times

Seminar Report

Today, Thursday September 10th 2015, Dan Connell has arrived in Sweden and has held a seminar at Uppsala University with students in the evening from 7,15 PM up to 9,20 PM

He presented his lecture by a brief historical analysis about the Eritrean political and liberation struggle before the independence and the current situation after the post independence Eritrea.

His main focus was on the Eritrean refugee crisis. His lecture was both in slides and analysis showing the desperate routs of the Eritrean refugees escaping from the suffocation of the brutal dictatorship in Eritrea. His presentation draws on the field research in Sudan, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Israel, South and Central America. The aim of the presentation was to draw international attention to the human rights situation in Eritrea and find out ways to deal with it.

Dan Connell is invited by the Swedish - Eritrean Partnership for Democracy and Development/ SESADU. On Saturday, 12th September 2015 he will be conducting seminar with Eritreans in Tensta Hall at 18.30Pm.

Last modified on Saturday, 12 September 2015 12:16