DANIEL MEKONNEN
Media Appearances
Daniel’s opinion and interviews have been widely featured in a multitude of media outlets, such as Al-Jazeera, BBC, Boston’s NPR News, De Standaard, Deutsche Welle, Die Wochenzeitung, Global Journalist, Haaretz, International Business Times, IRIN News, Klassekampen, Neue Luzerner Zeitung, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, New Europe, Radio France International, Radio RaBe Bern, Russia Today, SBS Australia, Swiss Radio and Television (French, German and Italian Services), The Guardian, Tages-Anzeiger, Tempo Afric TV, TRT World, Tribune de Genève, Zofinger Tagblatt, and Voice of America. This is in addition to various appearances he made in Eritrean-diaspora media outlets.
The following are some examples of Daniel’s media appearances, interviews and speaking engagements in international media outlets and/or international forums:










- Interview with Radio France International, 9 June 2015, http://www.rfi.fr/afrique/20150609-erythree-onu-rapport-peur-terreur-torture-sheila-keetharuth
- Interview with the Swiss National TV (German), Rundschau Program, 30 August 2017, https://www.srf.ch/play/tv/rundschau/video/gold-deal-mit-eritrea?id=a7f475ef-f9e9-44ba-85ce-a4e330a5d0ac
- Interview with Tribune de Genève, 23 February 2016, http://www.tdg.ch/monde/erythree-prison-trompez/story/11795357
- Interview with Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 7 August 2016, https://www.nzz.ch/gesellschaft/aktuelle-themen/daniel-mekonnen-aus-eritrea-die-empoerung-eines-verbannten-ld.109154
- Interviews with Swiss National Radio (Germany), 17 March 2016, https://www.srf.ch/sendungen/srf-4-aktuell/es-ist-beleidigend-zu-sagen-es-seien-wirtschaftliche-gruende
- Interviews with Swiss National Radio (Germany), 9 March 2016, http://www.srf.ch/play/radio/echo-der-zeit/audio/ein-sicherer-ort-fuer-verfolgte-kulturschaffende?id=58669d46-af79-400d-b475-44900173c15b
- Interview with IRIN, Eritrea rights report prompts protection rethink, 10 June 2015, http://www.irinnews.org/report/101619/eritrea-rights-report-prompts-protection-rethink
- Interview with Boston’s NPR News (90.9 WBUR), 17 September 2015, http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2015/09/17/eritreans-migrants-europe
- Interview with The Guardian, 27 June 2014, http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2014/jun/27/norway-deport-eritrean-migrants-asylum-seekers-immigration