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Mass Arrests of Tigrayans and Eritrean Refugees in Ethiopia

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There are an increasing number of reports of Tigrayans being rounded up in Addis Ababa and other parts of Ethiopia. The Ethiopian police have confirmed the arrests of “many people”. Although Ethiopia denies it, there are fears that Tigrayans are being ethnically targeted. Many Eritrean refugees…

Eritrea: Nothing Has Changed

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ERITREA: How did a new nation’s hopes and expectations for freedom and democracy come to be so brutally dashed? And why do we particularly remember this deprivation each year on 18th September? At the end of the war with Ethiopia, a group of Eritrean academics and…

Coronavirus Poses Huge Threat to Prison Population in Eritrea

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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…

Shadow Report to the CEDAW Committee by Human Rights Concern -Eritrea (HRCE)

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CEDAW 75th Session February 2020 Country Under Review: Eritrea SHADOW REPORT TO THE CEDAW COMMITTEE BY HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERN-ERITREA (HRCE) 1. Introduction Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE) is an Eritrean-led non-political human rights organization, located outside the country, which researches, reports and campaigns on violations of…

Seven Members of the Eritrean National Football Team Have Sought Asylum in Uganda

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On 22nd December 2019, it was reported in the Ugandan digital media Ducor Sports that seven Eritrean football players had not returned home from Uganda after the Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations’ (CECAFA) Senior Challenge Cup game finished. They were supposed to take the flight back to…

Telling the Truth is Not Popular with the Eritrean Government

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In a world where the slogan “fake news” is shouted loudly and frequently without any evidence or critical analysis, independent presentation of the truth has become a rare and precious commodity –one that is hard to come by in countries such as Eritrea. So, it is…