national service

In what appeared to be a call to arms, it urged its supporters to "report for national service" and to use "all means available to regain their country and sovereignty".

Andrew Fyffe, from Govan Law Centre, runs the statutory national service which supports parents to appeal against local authority decisions on special schools.

Son made front page news in 2020 when he travelled back to his home country for compulsory national service.

The Fire Brigade Union says that is in addition to the loss of 1,200 firefighters' jobs since the single national service was created in 2013.

For many Eritreans, especially young people trapped in indefinite national service, which the authorities justify because of a series of conflicts and tense relations with its neighbours, daily life is a nightmare.