26 October 2026 Since 2023, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has repeatedly used Parliament, the media and other public platforms to describe sovereign access to the Red Sea as an existential national objective. Although Ethiopian officials maintain that they favour negotiation, the sustained campaign for sovereign…
International Action Needed to Prevent an All-Out War Between Ethiopia and Eritrea
9 October 2026 Human Rights Concern–Eritrea (HRCE) calls for urgent international action to prevent Ethiopia’s internal war from becoming an interstate war with Eritrea. Ethiopia’s allegation that Eritrea has launched an “all-out invasion” must be investigated independently. It must not become a pretext for an attack…
STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE REPORTED DEATH IN CUSTODY OF YORDANOS TEWELDEMEDHIN
8 October 2026 We are deeply shocked and outraged by reports that Yordanos Teweldemedhin, a 50-year-old Pentecostal Christian and mother of one from Keren, died in Eritrean custody on 28 September 2026. Information received from members of her family and religious-freedom advocates indicates that Yordanos had…
BITWEDED ABRAHA: 35 YEARS OF ARBITRARY
IMPRISONMENT AND PERSECUTION 6 October 2026 Human Rights Concern–Eritrea (HRCE) marks today with profound sorrow and outrage 35 years since the first arrest of Bitweded Abraha, one of the world’s longest-held political detainees in Eritrea. Bitweded Abraha, a veteran of Eritrea’s struggle for independence and former…
Re: Afar Region: Urgent Protection and Relocation Appeal for Eritrean Refugees
To the Urgent Attention of: Mr. Barham Salih (United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees) Ms. Teyiba Hassen (Director General of the Ethiopian Federal Refugees and Returnees Service) (RRS) Ms. Aissatou M. Ndiaye (UNHCR’s Representative in Ethiopia) Cc: Mr. David Karp (Assistant Representative Protection, UNHCR -Ethiopia) Dr.…
ESCALATING ETHIOPIA–ERITREA TENSIONS PLACE ERITREAN REFUGEES AND CIVILIANS AT GRAVE RISK
1 October 2026 HRCE calls for immediate protection, emergency preparedness and safe relocation where necessary London, 1 October 2026 — Human Rights Concern–Eritrea (HRCE) is gravely concerned about the rapidly deteriorating security situation in Ethiopia and the particular danger it poses to Eritrean refugees, asylum-seekers and other…
Urgent Appeal for The Protection and Possible Evacuation of Eritrean Refugees at Alemwach Refugee Camp, Dabat – Ethiopia
28 September 2026 To the Urgent Attention of:Mr. Barham Salih (UN High Commissioner for Refugees)Ms. Teyiba Hassen (Director General of the Ethiopian Federal Refugees and Returnees Service (RRS) Ms. Aissatou M. Ndiaye (UNHCR’s Representative in Ethiopia)Cc:Mr. David Karp (Assistant Representative Protection, UNHCR -Ethiopia)Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker (Special Rapporteur for the situation…
25 YEARS OF ENFORCED DISAPPEARANCE
ERITREA CONTINUES TO DEFY THREE AFRICAN COMMISSION DECISIONS 18 September 2026 Twenty-five years ago, on 18 September 2001, the Eritrean authorities arrested 11 former senior government officials and liberation veterans known as members of the G-15. Their alleged offence was peacefully calling for democratic reform, implementation…
ERITREA’S NEW CASH RESTRICTIONS
FINANCIAL CONTROL WITHOUT TRANSPARENCY OR ADEQUATE BANKING ACCESS Human Rights Concern–Eritrea (HRCE) condemns the opaque, coercive and deeply disruptive manner in which the Eritrean authorities have imposed further restrictions on citizens’ possession and use of their own money. In late June 2026, the Bank of Eritrea…
HRCE CONDEMNS MEHRAWIT MEBRAHTU AIBU’S REPEATED THREATS AND COERCIVE FINANCIAL DEMANDS AGAINST ERITREANS ABROAD
Human Rights Concern–Eritrea (HRCE) is gravely concerned by statements made during a recorded TikTok live broadcast by Ms Mehrawit Mebrahtu Aibu, also known as Monica Mebrahtu and Monicawit Hegdefawit, who resides in Norway. Speaking from Norway, Ms Aibu pressures Eritrean businesspeople and other members of the…