Category: News

UN Calls for Release of Arbitrarily Arrested in Eritrea

By HRCE
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March 15, 2018March 19, 2018

GENEVA — The United Nations Human Rights Office is calling on the Eritrean government to immediately release all people who are arbitrarily detained and ensure they receive a fair trial. On Wednesday, a senior rights official updated the U.N. Human Rights Council on the prevailing rights situation in Eritrea.…

Eritrean Government Demands Ransoms from Refugees for Detained Family Members

By HRCE
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February 5, 2018February 5, 2018

Sources have notified Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE) that their family members are being held for ransom by the Eritrean authorities after attempting to cross the border to join their loved ones. A number of desperate Eritreans in the diaspora have contacted HRCE, informing us…

Nevsun’s Bid to Have Human Rights Case Moved to Eritrea Dismissed by B.C. Court

By HRCE
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November 28, 2017

(CIM-Magazine, Kelsey Rolfe, November 22, 2017) Lawsuit against Nevsun Resources alleging company violated international forced labour norms will go ahead in B.C. court The British Columbia Court of Appeals dismissed a claim from Nevsun Resources to have a human rights case against it moved to Eritrea, where…

Threat of Expulsion Hangs over Thousands of Eritreans Who Sought Refuge in Israel and the US

By HRCE
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November 27, 2017November 27, 2017

(The Conversation, Martin Plaut, November 23, 2017) Bahabolom must be one of the luckiest men alive. Now in Switzerland, granted refugee status, and studying French and German, his extraordinary journey nearly cost him his life. “I was like a football – kicked from one country to…

Canadian Firm to Face Historic Legal Case over Alleged Labour Abuses in Eritrea

By HRCE
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November 27, 2017

(The Guardian, Ashifa Kassam, November 23, 2017) Appeals court rules against mining company Nevsun Resources, clearing way for workers to have claims of human rights violations heard in Canadian court. A Canadian mining company has lost its bid to block a lawsuit accusing it of human…

Why Must Eritreans be Crushed into Silence?

By HRCE
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November 23, 2017

On October 31st 2017, a student-led protest in the capital of Eritrea was met with gunfire, after the demonstrators gathered in the streets of Asmara to demand the opening of their school which had been forcibly closed. They were primarily students of the Al Diaa Islamic School – a…

Appeal court confirms slave labour lawsuit against Canadian mining company can go to trial

By HRCE
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November 22, 2017

(CCIJ, Vancouver, BC, Canada, November 21, 2017) British Columbia’s highest court today rejected an appeal by Vancouver-based Nevsun Resources Limited (TSX: NSU / NYSE MKT: NSU) that sought to dismiss a lawsuit brought by Eritreanswho allege they were forced to work at Nevsun’s Bisha Mine. The ruling by…

Reuters: Nevsun Loses Bid to Stop Canadian Lawsuit over Forced Labor Claims in Africa Mine

By HRCE
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November 22, 2017

(Reuters, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Nov 21) – Nevsun Resources Ltd lost its bid to have a Canadian court throw out a lawsuit by Eritreans workers who say they were forced to work at its mine in East Africa, according to an appeals court judgment released on…

Eritrean Children Arrested, Tortured and Hospitalised in the Aftermath of Protests

By HRCE
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November 15, 2017

The student demonstration of October 31st 2017 in Asmara, the capital city prompted an exaggerated and violent reaction by the government, which ordered soldiers to shoot at the civilians (an order which seems to have been ignored). The immediate round-ups were not the only ones conducted,…

Gunfire in the Center of Asmara – Casualties Unknown

By HRCE
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November 3, 2017

A student demonstration has been met with gunfire outside the President’s Office in Asmara, various online news avenues and commentators have reported. The demonstration was staged in response to the Eritrean government’s closure and interference with the Al Diaa Islamic School in the Akria district in…

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