29 September 2014 (UN News Center) – Amid forced conscription, extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances, the human rights situation in Eritrea continues to remain “dire,” a United Nations independent expert warned, adding that a new Commission of Inquiry would help “pave the way” to accountability.
Category: Announcement
Human Rights Council President appoints Members of Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea
(26 September 2014) : The President of the Human Rights Council, Ambassador Baudelaire Ndong Ella (Gabon), announced today the appointment of Mike Smith of Australia and Victor Dankwa of Ghana who will join Sheila B. Keetharuth, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea,…
Human Rights Council Creates Mandate on Persons with Disabilities and Establishes Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea
Extends Mandates on Belarus, Eritrea and Human Rights and Transnational Corporations The Human Rights Council this morning adopted eight texts in which it created a Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities and established a commission of inquiry on Eritrea. The Council extended the…
Eritrea: HRC Must Establish a Commission of Inquiry
25 June 2014 We the undersigned are writing to call on the UN’s Human Rights Council to establish a Commission of Inquiry on the human rights situation in Eritrea given the ongoing gross and systematic human rights violations being committed by the government of Eritrea against…
African Asylum Seekers in Israel Strike/Protest Against Israel’s Unjust New Immigration Law and Policy
Please distribute widely London (5 January 2013): Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE) stands in solidarity with our African brothers and sisters who are currently holding a protest against Israel’s unjust new immigration law and policy.
Mrs. Elsa Chyrum attended the Seventh Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders
Elsa Chyrum speaking at the Seventh Dublin Platform for Human Rights Defenders, 10 October 2013, Dublin, Ireland. “Human Rights Defenders are people who, individually or collectively, work peacefully on behalf of others to promote and defend internationally recognised human rights”.
BOAT TRAGEDY: MORE ERITREANS DIE AS THEY TRY TO ESCAPE FROM AFEWERKI’S INHUMAN REGIME
It is in all the newspapers: ‘More than 100 dead in boat tragedy at gates of Europe’ is today’s headline in the Guardian. We read with mounting sadness as the death toll rises to 200, 300 or more feared dead. The dead are referred to as…
Eritrean diplomat ordered out of Canada after ‘tax’ on ex-pats
The head of the Eritrean Consulate in Toronto has been ordered to leave Canada in the wake of reports that said Semere Ghebremariam O. Micael has been involved in soliciting a “diaspora tax” from Eritreans in Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued a news release…
African Civil Society calls for AU action on Eritrea
To: Ministers of Foreign Affairs in Africa CC: Permanent Representatives to the African Union; Permanent Representatives of African States to the UN Human Rights Council 21st May 2013 RE: African Civil Society Call for Action on Human Rights Situation in Eritrea EXCELLENCIES, We, the undersigned representatives…
“Keep Eritrea under close scrutiny,” new UN Special Rapporteur urges international community
GENEVA (14 May 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, today called on the international community to keep Eritrea under close scrutiny until meaningful change is evident in the country. “Blatant disrespect for human rights in…
Letter to King Abdalla Bib Abdulaziz Ale Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
To: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdalla Bib Abdulaziz Ale Saud, May God protect him Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Your Majesty, Re: Eritreans who are on their way to be deported to their country As Eritreans, whose country is related to the beloved…
Open Letter to Hon William Hague on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea
Dear Mr Hague, My name is Elizabeth Chyrum and I am the Director of Human Rights Concern – Eritrea, a London based Human Rights organisation that promotes and protects the human rights of Eritrean inside Eritrea and in diaspora. I am writing to you as we…
Eritrean Refugees in Libya: Forced to Clear Land Mines
Human Rights Concern – Eritrea has received several disturbing reports from Libya concerning the abusive treatment of Eritrean refugees in that country: 1) 76 Eritrean refugees in Libya are being used to clear land mines in Sirte, the home town of the late Gaddafi. The refugees…
Human Rights Activists to Speak at Eritrean Community Center
The Eritrean Community Center, which was founded in 2000 with help from Milton resident and teacher Ruth Worrede, will host two internationally-known human rights activists on Saturday, January 19. The free event at the community center, 590 Shawmut Ave., Roxbury, will begin at 4 p.m. and…
Eritrean Refugees and POWs in Djibouti
Elizabeth Chyrum, on behalf of Human Rights Concern Eritrea, visited Djibouti between 8th and 12th October 2012. While there, on 11th October, she was able to visit Eritrean detainees, refugees and prisoners of war with the assistance of Mr Ibrahim Rayaleh, Secretaire Executive of ONARS, a…