Category: Letters

Open letter to Member States of the United Nations General Assembly

Dear members of the UN General Assembly, We are writing to you with a sense of considerable urgency to raise the issue of Eritrea’s possible future membership of the UN Human Rights Council. We understand that the Eritrean government has submitted an application to be elected…

An Open Letter to Pilots of Ethiopian Airlines Concerning the Proposed Transportation of Eritrean and East African Refugees and Asylum-Seekers from Israel to Rwanda and Uganda

Most respected pilots of Ethiopian Airlines, You may be aware that the Government of Israel has declared its intention to forcibly repatriate or transfer all African refugees and asylum-seekers presently in Israel to their countries of origin or to East African countries such as Uganda and…

An Open Letter to the Pilots of El AL Airline Who Have Refused to Enforce the Israeli Government Policy of Flying Eritrean Refugees to Countries in East Africa Where Their Lives Would be Endangered

Most Respected Pilots of EL Al Airline, May we express our admiration and full support for your principled stand against the Israeli Government decision to expel asylum seekers and refugees from Israel and forcibly repatriate them to African countries where their lives will be in great…

Open Letter to Mr. Marco Minniti, Italian Minister of Interior

Cc:       Mr. Andrea Orlando – Italian Minister of Justice; The office of the National Crime Agency (U.K.); Prince Zeid bin Ra’ad Zeid al-Hussein is the current United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Ms. Faith Pansy Tlakula (Chairperson of the African Commission on Human and…

700 Eritreans Threatened with Forcible Deportation from the USA

We have become aware of the directive by the United States Department of Homeland Security on September 13, 2017 to expedite the deportation of approximately 700 Eritreans from U.S.A. back to Eritrea.  Those 700 individuals– many or most of them believed to be law-abiding residents –…