Good afternoon. I welcome everyone to meeting No. 68 of the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development, on Thursday February the 14th, which is also Valentine's Day.
We are televised today, so don't do anything you wouldn't want your mother to see. Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), we are continuing our study into the human rights situation in Eritrea, a study that has revealed some fascinating testimony so far.
Felix Horne, who is a researcher on the Horn of Africa for Human Rights Watch, is our witness today, and this promises to be a very interesting meeting indeed.
Mr. Horne, please feel free to begin. As you know, we'd like you to keep your testimony around 10 minutes. It's not a firm deadline, but that allows us to allow maximum time for interaction with the members of the committee, given the constraints that we face on our time.