Mining Company on Trial for Human Rights Abuses Appears to Lobby at the Human Rights Council (HRC)

By HRCE
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June 26, 2018

(Geneva: 26 June 2018) Nevsun Mining Resources Ltd, based in Canada is cur rently facing a lawsuit initiated by more than 80 Eritrean plaintiffs, who contend they were victims of forced labour, human rights abuses and crimes against humanity at the company’s Bisha Mine in Eritrea. Bisha Mine is owned 60-per-cent…

Open letter to Honorable Dr. Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minster of Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

By HRCE
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June 22, 2018June 22, 2018

Your Excellency, First of all, please kindly allow us to express our appreciation for the constant efforts of your government, the EPRDF and the National Assembly which we recognize as an effort geared at ensuring peace and stability both within Ethiopian borders and around the Horn…

Why Does Eritrea Pretend to Respect and Implement the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights?

By HRCE
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May 30, 2018

Eritrea acceded to the African Charter of Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in 1999. Since then, the Eritrean Government missed 8 previous reporting deadlines. This year, the Eritrean Government surprised everybody by submitting a report for the period from 1999 to 2016, a 17-year period since…

A Submission on the Initial Report of the Government of Eritrea (1999 -2016)

By HRCE
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April 25, 2018

Read the full report here

The Truth about Voluntary Repatriation of Eritrean Refugees to Africa from Israel

By HRCE
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April 5, 2018

Israel wishes the world to believe that Eritrean asylum seekers in Israel are being offered a voluntary option of a guaranteed safe return to a friendly country in East Africa, all agreed and paid for by Israel. According to the Israel ministry of Interior, 4,500 Eritrean…

An Open letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, About Your Government’s Policies Towards African Asylum-Seekers in Israel

By HRCE
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April 4, 2018

Dear Mr. Netanyahu, The announcement your office made on 2 April 2018, which was followed by a press conference to the press by yourself, about the agreement you signed with the United Nation High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), as to resettling African refugees in countries in…

House Democrats Urge Israel to Release Jailed African Asylum Seekers

By HRCE
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April 2, 2018

(Jewish Telegraphic Agency, March 29, 2018) A Democratic congressional delegation that met this week with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the release of African asylum seekers being held in an Israeli prison. In a letter Tuesday that originated in the office of House Democratic leader…

Standing with African Migrants, Former IDF Fighters Recall Their ‘hell’

By HRCE
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April 2, 2018

After suppressing traumatic memories for years, soldiers who greeted asylum seekers in Israel after their long journey in the deserts of Africa have decided to share their experiences; ‘While I was on guard duty, I saw the Egyptians placing them in a row and executing them,’…

Israel Reaches Deal With UN to Deport Asylum Seekers to West, Not Africa

By HRCE
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April 2, 2018April 4, 2018

Netanyahu says Canada, Germany, Italy among countries to take in asylum seekers ■ Israel will deport 16,250 refugees to West, grant 16,250 temporary residency status Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Canada, Germany and Italy are among the Western countries that will take in asylum…

UNHCR and Israel Sign Agreement to Find Solutions for Eritreans and Sudanese

By HRCE
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April 2, 2018April 4, 2018

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and the State of Israel today signed a Framework of Common Understanding to promote solutions for thousands of Eritreans and Sudanese living in Israel. A joint working group will be set up with a series of objectives and a timetable to…

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