FILE PHOTO: A old Fiat car drives along a street in Eritrea's capital Asmara, February 20, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya/File Photo
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Eritrean authorities detained hundreds of perceived opponents this month after a school director who defied government orders died in custody, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
Most of those arrested were males and some were as young as 13, Sheila B. Keetharuth, the U.N.'s Special Rapporteur for human rights in Eritrea told a U.N. Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva.
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