This refers to article by Keith Dovkants,Evening Standard dated on 4 june 2008.
The angel that fled her brutal homeland.

As a member of the Eritrean community in the UK, my gut reactions covers areas of alleged religious persecutions, forced conscriptions leading to some 1000 youths flea ding the borders of Eritrea, and allegations of Christians being forced into Islam. These are wild unsubstantiated allegations, without any bases and reality. Eritrea stands out as a progressive state in Africa, which would not entertain the idea of Aid. The Government of Eritrea has relentlessly pursued a policy of inward development base on self-reliance and hard work.

Constitutionally and in terms of the machinery of Government policy and practice, Eritrea is SECULAR STATE. Eritrea supports no particular religion and has no vested interest in persecuting anyone for their religion belief. Military conscript in-admittedly does take place. The idea is not to build up a larger standing army. It is a reserve of trained peoples in the face of constant threats and borders incursions by Ethiopia, which 1951 annexed Eritrea until a war of national liberation ended this illegal occupation. Modern Israel Russia, Turkey, China, and till recently Britain and other Europeans countries practice conscription.

I speak on behalf of many Eritreans who find the above article offensive and inaccurate. It is cheap journalistic opportunism, to use the sad tragic occasion of killing of a young Eritrean to propagate anti-Eritrea views. The alleged flow of Eritreans to the UK suggested, is exaggerated, and in any case does not fall outside of the general trend of migration from impoverished countries to reach ones. To use the tragic moments as a platform to castigate the Eritrea Government is an act of career opportunism and news sensationonalisation. By no means should the media use their weight and influence to fabricate total baseless and cycle of attacks against the Eritrean People and the Eritrean community in UK. This can only do damage to the reputations of publishers who allow such cheap garbage into their dailies. There is a feeling within the Eritrean community in London that a tragic event has being used by the media as an occasion to peddle their own views, thereby minimizing the tragic event.