Israeli troops have violently clashed with Eritrean refugees, using live fire and stun grenades against the demonstrators who were protesting against the government in the East African nation.
Some 160 people were injured, some of the critically. Many others were arrested. The violence broke out around an event organized by the Eritrean embassy to mark Revolution Day, which commemorates the start of the Eritrean War of Independence against Ethiopia in 1961. President Isaias Afwerki has ruled since Eritrea gained independence in 1993. Human rights groups have condemned his government as being highly repressive. Eritreans make up the majority of the more than 30-thousand African asylum-seekers in Israel. The Tel Aviv regime has been under fire by rights groups for racism and discrimination against non-white individuals.