Arbitrary Punishments, Incommunicado Detention and Other Injustices Against the People of Kuazien are a Continuation of the Eritrean Regime’s Inhuman Actions

By HRCE
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September 17, 2020

Within Eritrean society, there exist questions of ownership of land that are frequently raised among people in villages and towns and which create some kinds of societal frictions. These questions are minor in nature and can easily be resolved through arbitration, with the help of village…

“Destination Unknown”: Enforced Disappearances in Eritrea

By HRCE
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September 1, 2020

Are you aware that In Eritrea, if the government so wishes, you may be arrested and just disappear without trace, without legal process and without anyone having any means of finding out what has happened to you? Eritrea remains an appallingly unsafe place for political dissenters…

Ethiopian Premier Does Not Want to Know the Truth about Eritrea

By HRCE
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July 31, 2020July 31, 2020

In a recent interview with an Ethiopian journalist, the Premier of Ethiopia was asked about reported plans by Eritrea and Ethiopia to attack the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. In his answer, the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, denied the plan, and paid tributes to the Government of…

The UN Human Rights Council takes a Stand for Justice

By HRCE
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July 17, 2020

Despite opposition from states wishing to hide human right abuses, The UN Human Rights Council has renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Eritrea for another year. Yesterday, 16 July, 2020, at the 44th Session of the Human Rights Council, a resolution …

Afar People Facing Mass Starvation because of Eritrean Government’s Policy

By HRCE
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July 15, 2020

Evidence has emerged that the anti-Covid-19 strategies of Eritrean authorities are cutting off all food supplies for the Afar people and will lead to mass starvation unless immediately reversed. The Afar people live in South-Eastern Eritrea, on the southern tip, bordering the Red Sea – the region historically known…

Eritrea: Raising an Alarm of Impending Disaster

By HRCE
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July 13, 2020July 16, 2020

What is happening in Eritrea during the COVID-19 outbreak? No one really knows. According to government “information”, the first case was confirmed on 21st March, and, to date, the total cases allegedly number 215, with no confirmed deaths. The world is used to hearing optimistic claims from…

A Day to Celebrate with All Our Hearts?

By HRCE
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May 30, 2020

On 24th May 2020, it will be 29 years since Eritrea gained its independence! Is this not, surely, a time for great rejoicing? With hard-won independence, we would expect, above all, this to be a day to celebrate Our Nation’s Freedom, Perhaps? Freedom of movement: Under normal…

Letter From Organisations: Extend the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea

By HRCE
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May 30, 2020May 30, 2020

To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council 5 May 2020 Extend the mandate of the UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea Excellencies, At the 41st session of the UN Human Rights Council (24 June-12 July 2019), the Council extended…

Coronavirus Poses Huge Threat to Prison Population in Eritrea

By HRCE
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April 17, 2020May 30, 2020

Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE) is deeply concerned that the very poor conditions in Eritrea’s prisons make them likely receptors for the spread of the Covid-19 infection, and a huge wave of the infection could spread rapidly through the whole prison complex. There is an…

Open letter to Mr. Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea – Re: Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Eritrean Penal System

By HRCE
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March 23, 2020

Dear President Isaias Afwereki, You may well have heard that Iran, suffering from a huge outbreak of coronavirus, has temporarily released 85,000 prisoners from its jails in order to cope effectively with the virus that has infected the country’s penal system, as well as the whole population.…

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