I think it's important that you understand that we are here as a committee, a human rights subcommittee, to defend Eritrean people. The regime is what we have some grave concerns about. I have a binder that's substantial in size, as you can see, and all of this is filled with witness testimony regarding human rights abuses that are tantamount to the worst in the world. You mentioned that there's a chronological bias, but you use a statement from 2005, from Mr. Axworthy, to justify why there's this regime that conscripts every citizen in the country to service, and often prolongs that service for as long as they choose, and even restricts access in and out of the country.
I have trouble with the whole notion that the security situation in Eritrea is why this lack of human rights is necessary. If anything, if you're talking about chronology, we have seen no evidence that there is a desire on the government's part to have some of these institutions rebuilt and begin to emerge again. How do you explain that?