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[Tolpuddle Martyr]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/crimes-humanity-eritrea-1991-160608100250646.html

That's disturbing, why haven't I heard of this before?

I wonder what the proportion of brown third world lives lost vs first world lives lost is needed to generate interest by the media?

[Art Vandelay]

It's Africa. If anything, it'll be newsworthy when one of these countries stops being a miserable hellhole.

[Katsuro]

I have to be honest, I've never even heard of this country never mind the terrible things happening there.  I suspect many others haven't heard of it either, probably including some journalists, so there's probably an extra layer of "meh who cares" thinking as to why this isn't more widely reported than you get with other African countries.

[Ultimate Paragon]

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/06/crimes-humanity-eritrea-1991-160608100250646.html

That's disturbing, why haven't I heard of this before?

If I had to guess, it's because most Westerners have never heard of it.