Author: HRCE

Sending Them to Their Death

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A. didn’t even think he was disobeying an order. “I’m taking them to the base,” he announced plainly on the radio to the company commander.  A. contacted his commander after he took into his vehicle a group of Africans that had crossed the border during the…

NGOs Issue Joint Appeal on Behalf of Refugees Held Hostage in Sinai Desert

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Agenzia Habeshia, EveryOne Group, Human Rights Concern Eritrea and Christian Solidarity Worldwide today sent a joint appeal to the UN, the EU, the British, the Italian and the Egyptian governments for urgent intervention in the plight of refugees from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Sudan and Somalia who are…

Sweden “legally bound” to Seek Dawit Isaak Release

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Lawyers and activists argued on Monday that Sweden and the EU are legally bound to work harder to secure the release of Dawit Isaak, an Eritrean-Swedish journalist who has been held in Asmara for nearly a decade without trial. “In our opinion, Sweden and the EU…

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ONCE again Africa’s worthiest and perhaps happiest countries, according to Mo Ibrahim’s latest measure of all-round governance, scrutinising data gathered for last year, are offshore. Mauritius is the runaway winner, followed by the Seychelles in second place and Cape Verde fourth (see table). On the African…

They shoot migrants, don’t they?

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Egypt, a state that over the past four years has allegedly shot and killed more than 80 African migrants trying to cross into Israel over the Sinai Desert border, became chair on Friday of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees executive committee, sparking criticism by human…