Paulos Tesfagiorgis’s biography, fact, career, awards, net worth and life story

Intro Eritrean activist
Is Professor
Educator
From Eritrea
Type Academia
Gender male
Birth

Eritrea, Eritrea

Paulos Tesfagiorgis is an Eritrean human rights activist. Fought for his people by establishing the only PFDJ licensed Regional Centre for Human Rights and Development in Eritrea. (The People’s Front for Democracy and Justice) Tesfagiorgis was also co-founder and head of the Eritrean Relief Association during the Eritrean war of independence.

Early career after independence

Following Eritrean independence Tesfagiorgis was appointed to the commission which drafted Eritrea’s constitution. The constitution was ratified in 1997. In 2002 Tesfagiorgis and 17 other Eritreans set up the “Citizens Initiative for the Salvation of Eritrea” (CISE)

Political views

In his Paper A Personal Observation, Tesfagiorgis explains his political views on “What Went Wrong?: The Eritrean People’s Liberation Front from Armed Opposition to State Governance”,and democracy.

He believes that only democratically elected governments have legitimacy, because they are always accountable to the people they govern. For this reason he also abstains from violence. He joined the UK based non partisan activist group Eritrea Focus in 2018 to promote non violent transition to democratic rule. https://www.eritrea-focus.org

Exile

From his exile in London, and later in South Africa,Tesfagiorgis has been working for the advocacy organisation Justice Africa, and has spent much time working for agreement among other Eritrean dissidents on a non-violent democratic alternative for Eritrea. He also abstains from violence. In June 2015 a United Nations Commission on Human Rights of Inquiry accused President Afwerki of systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations that may constitute crimes against humanity.

Education

He has a master’s degree in law from McGill University, Canada and has been a lecturer in law at the University of Asmara, Eritrea.

While he was a Faculty of Law at McGIII University, Montreal, October 1991 wrote his Thesis: “

Honors and awards

Paulos Tesfagiorgis was awarded the Thorolf Rafto Memorial Prize for 2003 for his work for human rights and democracy.

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