Human Rights in Eritrea 1955, Modern Law Review 1955 Vol 18, pp. 484-486, article by Clarence Smith
The idea of the citizen having any rights against the authorities
being a startling innovation in Eritrea, resort to the Supreme Court
in defence of constitutional rights has been rare, but five cases
have arisen in the first two and a half years of self-government.
The earliest case, decided in August, 1953, concerned the “right
to freedom of opinion and expression,” a newspaper having been
suppressed by the withdrawal of its licence to print just before the
persons concerned had been acquitted of a criminal charge of
seditious libel. Under an Italian law no one could print without
a licence, and the court held that this provision was constitutional
as a means of raising revenue and of keeping the authorities
informed of the existence and locality of printing presses; but
that it was unconstitutional as a means of controlling the press,
and that the withdrawal of the licence for this purpose was therefore
unlawful.
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/j.1468-2230.1955.tb00316.x
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Thanks to Prof. Kjetil Tronvoll for making me aware of the article
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