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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…

Statement by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, after her visit to Tunisia and Malta (11 – 20 November 2013)

By HRCE
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November 25, 2013November 27, 2013

(GENEVA 25 November 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, expressed great concern about rampant human rights violations in Eritrea which caused hundreds of thousands to leave their country for an unknown and precarious future.

More punishment of the innocent

By site manager
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November 6, 2013October 14, 2014

What kind of crime can a fifteen-year-old child Ciham, Ali Abdu, be guilty of to merit imprisonment incommunicado? The “crime” is that her father, Ali Abdu, the former Information Minister, defected to Australia in November 2012. Since December 2012, his daughter has been imprisoned by Isaias…

Eritrea: Rapporteur highlights “most serious violations” during historic UN General assembly address

By HRCE
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October 24, 2013October 28, 2013

In her first “interactive dialogue” with the UN General Assembly, the UN Special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea urged the Eritrean government to ensure that its people are able to “live in dignity” and challenge human rights violations “without the threat of…

BOAT TRAGEDY: MORE ERITREANS DIE AS THEY TRY TO ESCAPE FROM AFEWERKI’S INHUMAN REGIME

By HRCE
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October 4, 2013April 4, 2016

It is in all the newspapers: ‘More than 100 dead in boat tragedy at gates of Europe’ is today’s headline in the Guardian. We read with mounting sadness as the death toll rises to 200, 300 or more feared dead. The dead are referred to as…

Dozens of Eritrean mutineers killed says army deserter

By HRCE
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October 1, 2013October 28, 2013

September 30, 2013 (SHIRE, ETHIOPIA) – An Eritrean soldier who recently fled to Ethiopia has alleged that many of the dissident soldiers who in January laid siege at the ministry of information building in the capital Asmara have been killed.

Eritrean Prisoners of War ————- Detained, For how long?

By HRCE
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July 3, 2013July 3, 2013

During the Eritrean – Djiboutian border conflict, that took place between 10 – 13 June 2008, there were Prisoners of War (POW) from both sides. The 19 Eritrean POW have been detained in Negad detention center in Djibouti. One of the POWs (see…

Eritrean diplomat ordered out of Canada after ‘tax’ on ex-pats

By HRCE
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May 30, 2013May 30, 2013

The head of the Eritrean Consulate in Toronto has been ordered to leave Canada in the wake of reports that said Semere Ghebremariam O. Micael has been involved in soliciting a “diaspora tax” from Eritreans in Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird issued a news release…

“Keep Eritrea under close scrutiny,” new UN Special Rapporteur urges international community

By HRCE
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May 20, 2013May 29, 2013

GENEVA (14 May 2013) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, today called on the international community to keep Eritrea under close scrutiny until meaningful change is evident in the country. “Blatant disrespect for human rights in…

We don’t force them: Eritrean diplomat insists consulate is not extorting money from citizens in Canada

By HRCE
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May 17, 2013May 29, 2013

The diplomat who represents Eritrea in Canada insisted Monday his office was not extorting money from expatriates but merely providing “information” to those who want to donate to the African regime. Mr. Micael said the 2% tax was Eritrean law. But he said the consulate in Toronto…

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