Author: HRCE

An Open Letter to Egyptian President, H.E. Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Re: Planned Forced Return of Two Refugees into Extreme Danger in Eritrea Your Excellency, We are writing to you most urgently about the cases of Eritrean refugees, Alem Tesfay Abraham and Kibrom Adhanom, who have been illegally detained at Al Qanater prison, Cairo, since 2012 and…

A Grim Anniversary

September 18th is for all Eritreans a date embedded in their consciousness, but not for the usual reasons that we remember a life-changing date and celebrate it. September 18th is a GRIM Anniversary, a dark date not to be celebrated, but remembered as the start of…

EGYPT: Two Vulnerable Eritreans in Imminent Danger of Forced Return to Eritrea

The Egyptian Immigration Authorities are planning to return two Eritrean Asylum-Seekers to their country of origin where they are certain to be imprisoned and likely to face tortured or might even be killed. Alem Tesfay Abraham and Kibrom Adhanom have been detained at Al Qanater prison…

ETHIOPIA SHOULD LIFT THE UNJUSTIFIED SUSPENSION OF 2 AID AGENCIES IN TIGRAY

On July 30th 2021, Ethiopia suspended the operations within its territory of two International Aid Groups, the Norwegian Refugee Council and Doctors Without Borders.  This startling intervention by Ethiopia’s government comes at a time when reliable international experts predict that hundreds of thousands of civilians in Tigray…

TIGRAY: Massacres of 1,900 People in Tigray Confirmed by Eye-Witness Report Which Implicates Eritrean Military. Withdrawal of Eritrean Forces from Tigray Seriously in Doubt

A recent authoritative research study by Ghent University in Belgium has revealed the extent of the massacres of civilians in Tigray since the conflict began in November 2020. The report identifies 151 massacres, in which over 1,900 were killed in cold blood.  The researchers state from eye-witness testimony that Eritrean soldiers…