Category: Articles

Letter to King Abdalla Bib Abdulaziz Ale Saud, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

By HRCE
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May 14, 2013May 14, 2013

To: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdalla Bib Abdulaziz Ale Saud, May God protect him Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Your Majesty, Re: Eritreans who are on their way to be deported to their country As Eritreans, whose country is related to the beloved…

Open Letter to Hon William Hague on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea

By HRCE
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April 26, 2013April 26, 2013

Dear Mr Hague, My name is Elizabeth Chyrum and I am the Director of Human Rights Concern – Eritrea, a London based Human Rights organisation that promotes and protects the human rights of Eritrean inside Eritrea and in diaspora. I am writing to you as we…

Eritrean Refugees and POWs in Djibouti – 2nd Visit

By HRCE
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April 11, 2013April 11, 2013

Following her October 2012 visit, Elizabeth Chyrum, the Director of Human Rights Concern – Eritrea visited Djibouti between 24 March to 01 April 2013 . Her second visit was more focused on addressing the suffering of the Eritrean refugees at Negad detention centre from Tuberculosis (TB),…

International Women’s Day, March 8

By HRCE
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March 8, 2013March 9, 2013

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.

Elizabeth Chyrum, Director of HRCE, meets His Excellency Mr Joachim Gauck, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, in Geneva

By HRCE
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March 2, 2013March 5, 2013

Ms Chyrum was one of five Human Rights defenders who attended a meeting with the German President. The others were representatives from Sri Lanka, Tunisia, Kazakhstan and North Korea who had gathered to discuss the human rights situations in their respective countries with Mr Gauck, himself…

Sudan Blames Foreigners For Human-Trafficking Proliferation

By HRCE
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February 17, 2013February 17, 2013

The controversy over human trafficking in eastern Sudan has escalated, raising concerns with the state and throughout society. A minister accused “a mafia” from an Arab tribe and Yemeni and Egyptian individuals of being involved in the trafficking. Unrelatedly, the security situation in some areas in…

Eritreans Risk Organ Harvesting and Death to be Free

By HRCE
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January 28, 2013February 16, 2013

I heard Elsa Chyrum, founder of Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE) in London, speak at the Eritrean Community Center in Boston on January 19, 2013 about the human trafficking of Eritrean refugees in Africa and the Middle East. Horrifying. This is a transcription of Ms. Chyrum’s…

Speech by Elsa Chyrum at Dr Martin Luther King’s Birthday Celebration

By HRCE
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January 21, 2013February 16, 2013

Dear brothers and sisters, We have come here today to celebrate and remember the life of a fine Minster, a leader in America’s civil rights movement, a symbol of protest for racial justice, a husband, a father and a Nobel Peace Prize winner, Dr Martin Luther…

Hear No Evil: Forced Labor and Corporate Responsibility in Eritrea’s Mining Sector

By HRCE
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January 17, 2013January 17, 2013

Summary Eritrea is a pariah state. Its government has pursued a path of crushing political repression at home and a belligerent foreign policy, earning few friends. The country has been under United Nations sanctions since 2009 because its government has supported Islamist fighters in Somalia. Eritrea’s…

PERSEVERANCE, NOT PROPAGANDA

By HRCE
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July 14, 2012January 12, 2013

First of all, let me say how overjoyed I am by the United Nations’ Human Rights Council’s decision at the Twentieth Session on July 6th to adopt the resolution A/HRC/20/L.19, which, amongst other things, provides for the establishment of a Special Rapporteur to Eritrea for the…

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