Author: HRCE

UN Calls for Release of Arbitrarily Arrested in Eritrea

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GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Office is calling on the Eritrean government to immediately release all people who are arbitrarily detained and ensure they receive a fair trial. On Wednesday, a senior rights official updated the U.N. Human Rights Council on the prevailing rights situation in Eritrea.…

Death in Custody and Mass Arrests in Eritrea Continue

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Death in custody and indiscriminate mass arrests continue in Eritrea, as the ruling regime suppresses the population by means of further abuses. Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE) condemns these ongoing atrocities and is concerned that they are so frequent as to appear normal and acceptable. Sheikh…

ዋሕዚ ስደት ንምግታእ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ምጉዕፃጽ

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ብማሕበር ሓልዮት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኤርትራ ኣብ ጥሪ 2018፡ ጋዜጣ ሊብያ-ሄራልድ፡ ብምኽንያት ሓደ ዓመት ምኽፋት ኤምባሲ ጥልያን ኣብ ትሩብሊ ንኣምባሳደር ሚስተር ጂሰፐ ፐሮኒ ኣዘራሪባቶ። ኣብ ሊብያ፡ ክሳብ ሕጂ ካብ ኣህጉር ኤውሮጳ ኢጣልያ ጥራሕ እያ ኤምባሲ ከፊታ ዘላ። ካልኦት ኣብ 2011 ንኮሎኔል መዓመር ቀዛፊ ካብ ስልጣን ዝኣለየ ህዝባዊ…

Israel’s African Asylum Seekers: What Needs to be Done

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(The Times of Israel, Irwin Cotler, February 8, 2018) Israel is home to nearly 40,000 African asylum seekers and migrants – of whom some 72 percent are Eritrean and 20 percent Sudanese – some of whom began to arrive as early as 2005. At the time,…

Eritrean Government Demands Ransoms from Refugees for Detained Family Members

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Sources have notified Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE) that their family members are being held for ransom by the Eritrean authorities after attempting to cross the border to join their loved ones. A number of desperate Eritreans in the diaspora have contacted HRCE, informing us…

An Open Letter to Pilots of Ethiopian Airlines Concerning the Proposed Transportation of Eritrean and East African Refugees and Asylum-Seekers from Israel to Rwanda and Uganda

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Most respected pilots of Ethiopian Airlines, You may be aware that the Government of Israel has declared its intention to forcibly repatriate or transfer all African refugees and asylum-seekers presently in Israel to their countries of origin or to East African countries such as Uganda and…

An Open Letter to the Pilots of El AL Airline Who Have Refused to Enforce the Israeli Government Policy of Flying Eritrean Refugees to Countries in East Africa Where Their Lives Would be Endangered

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Most Respected Pilots of EL Al Airline, May we express our admiration and full support for your principled stand against the Israeli Government decision to expel asylum seekers and refugees from Israel and forcibly repatriate them to African countries where their lives will be in great…

Refugees Are Not Infiltrators, Don’t Jail or Deport Them

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Human Rights Concern-Eritrea (HRCE) is seriously concerned at reports that, by the end of March 2018, Eritrean asylum-seekers will be deported from Israel to Eritrea, or to equally dangerous situations in Rwanda or Uganda, from which they may well be forcibly returned to their country of…