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Eritrean Refugees in Libya: Forced to Clear Land Mines

By HRCE
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March 20, 2013March 20, 2013

Human Rights Concern – Eritrea has received several disturbing reports from Libya concerning the abusive treatment of Eritrean refugees in that country: 1) 76 Eritrean refugees in Libya are being used to clear land mines in Sirte, the home town of the late Gaddafi. The refugees…

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…

Eritrea: Mining Investors Risk Use of Forced Labor

By HRCE
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January 18, 2013January 18, 2013

(Toronto) – International mining firms rushing to invest in Eritrea’s burgeoning minerals sector risk involvement in serious abuses unless they take strong preventive measures. The failure of the Vancouver-based company Nevsun Resources to ensure that forced labor would not be used during construction of its Eritrea…

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…

Elizabeth (Elsa) Chyrum: A woman of the year 2012

By HRCE
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January 12, 2013January 12, 2013

We, at asmarino.com, would like to emphasize what a difference Elsa Chyrum has made this yea as a Human Rights Activist, to the cause of Eritrea’s human rights situation. Elsa has done a lot in helping refugees stranded in nowhere; in highlighting the lawlessness of the…

Eritrean Website Honours An Eritrean Human Rights Activist

By HRCE
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January 12, 2013June 6, 2013

Elsa Chyrum, Director of Human Rights Concern- Eritrea, and a prominent human rights activist and advocate for Eritrean refugees all over the world, has been chosen as Woman of the Year 2012 by one of the main Eritrean websites, asmarino.com. The website notes that she has done much to…

Eritrean Refugees and POWs in Djibouti

By HRCE
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October 19, 2012January 12, 2013

Elizabeth Chyrum, on behalf of Human Rights Concern Eritrea, visited Djibouti between 8th and 12th October 2012. While there, on 11th October, she was able to visit Eritrean detainees, refugees and prisoners of war with the assistance of Mr Ibrahim Rayaleh, Secretaire Executive of ONARS, a…

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