This is expected to continue into the election campaign he faces in Ethiopia next year.

Domestic rivals of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who equal if not outnumber his supporters in Ethiopia, say his crackdown on opponents is not appropriate for a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

His international critics say the peace he forged with neighboring President Isaias Afwerki has not improved the lives of Eritreans.

And they condemn Ahmed’s use of lethal force against protestors in Somalia and the hard line he takes on access to the Nile where Ethiopia is building a dam that will cut water to Sudan and Egypt downstream.

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Human Rights Watch lists violations that include enslavement of young people.

Isaias Afwerki used Eritrea’s  20 year war with Ethiopia to justify his oppression.

This includes indefinite conscription that amounts to the enforced labour of young people.

Parliament, political parties, an independent judiciary and a 1997 constitution are prohibited.

Government opponents are jailed without trial and held incommunicado.

Signing a peace deal with Ethiopia last year and re-establishing diplomatic relations with Djibouti have been hailed internationally.

But according to Human Rights Watch, they’ve not changed Afwerki’s  oppressive measures.

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