No More EU Deals to Keep Migrants Out

By HRCE
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December 16, 2016March 20, 2017

(euractiv.com, Andrea Stocchiero, Jessica Poh-Janrell, December 11, 2016) The EU’s new partnership with Third World countries, modelled on the controversial Turkey deal, and trust funds to limit migration and return refugees to their home countries, have little safeguards for human rights, argue Jessica Poh-Janrell and Andrea Stocchiero…

Open Letter to Mr. Brian Hayes (MEP), Regarding the EU Relations with Eritrea

By HRCE
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December 8, 2016March 20, 2017

Dear Mr. Hayes, We note with considerable concern the meeting which you hosted at the European Parliament on Monday 28th November 2016 for an Eritrean delegation led by the country’s Information minister, Yemane Gebremeskel. We must take issue with you for a number of reasons: –

A National Team Without a Country

By HRCE
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May 23, 2014May 25, 2014

By JAMES MONTAGUE May 21, 2014 GORINCHEM, the Netherlands — The 18 Eritrean refugees arrived in this picturesque, blue-collar Dutch city 20 miles east of Rotterdam earlier this month looking for safety, security and, finally, after 18 months of fear and uncertainty in two refugee camps on…

Eritrea: UN expert warns about persisting human rights violations linked to the national service

By HRCE
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April 3, 2014April 3, 2014

GENEVA (31 March 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, today expressed deep concern about persisting human rights violations in the country in the context of the Eritrean national service. “National service dominates life in…

ERITREA: HUNGER STRIKE IN PROTEST AGAINST DETENTION OF 267 ERITREAN REFUGEES IN DJIBOUTI

By HRCE
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March 24, 2014March 24, 2014

Press Release English Version ERITREA: HUNGER STRIKE IN PROTEST AGAINST DETENTION OF 267 ERITREAN REFUGEES IN DJIBOUTI Geneva 24 March 2014: Elsa Chyrum, Director of Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE), is starting a hunger strike today outside the Djibouti Mission to the United Nations (UN) in…

March 8 – International Women’s Day

By HRCE
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March 8, 2014March 9, 2014

International Women’s Day, March 8 , is intended as a day of celebration for the economic and social achievements of women around the world, especially, as designated by the United Nations, in terms of political and human rights. Let us examine the human rights situation in…

Statement by Mr Osman Saleh, Minster of Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea

By HRCE
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March 4, 2014March 4, 2014

Statement by Mr Osman Saleh, Minster of Foreign Affairs of the State of Eritrea Presented at the High Level Segment 25th Session of the Human Right Council 3rd of March 2014 Geneva Mr. President, It is an honour and indeed a privilege to address the High…

Joint Press Release by Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE) & Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW)

By HRCE
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March 1, 2014March 4, 2014

To: Members of the Human Rights Council, Geneva London, 28 February 2014 Your Excellency, Re: Mr. Osman Saleh Mohammed’s speech during the High Level Segment at theHuman Rights Council (HRC) We have been made aware that Mr. Osman Saleh Mohammed, Eritrea’s Minster of Foreign Affairs, will…

Eritrea: Under International Scrutiny, Allow Independent Human Rights Monitoring

By HRCE
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February 9, 2014February 9, 2014

Press Release Eritrea: Under International Scrutiny, Allow Independent Human Rights Monitoring 4th February 2014 The Government of Eritrea should accept recommendations to cooperate fully with the United Nations human rights system, said Human Rights Concern-Eritrea, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project and…

PRESS RELEASE: Eritrean Refugee dies in Negad detention cerntre in Djibouti

By HRCE
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January 31, 2014January 31, 2014

Eritrean Refugee dies in Negad detention cerntre in Djibouti PRESS RELEASE 30th January 2014 Eritrean Refugee dies in Negad detention cerntre in Djibouti Thomas Haddish, a 21 -year-old Eritrean, died yesterday evening in Djibouti Negad Detention Centre. Having fled from Eritrea three years ago, fearing serious…

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