Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE) raises serious concern regarding a troubling development involving alleged coordinated online harassment within the Eritrean diaspora. It has come to our attention that Merhawit Mebrahtu Aibu (also known as Monicawit Hegdefawit), an Eritrean government supporter residing in Norway, has reportedly…
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Urgent Protection Alert: Mass Arrests, Alleged Torture and deportation Risks for Eritrean Refugees in Egypt
London, 23 February, 2026 — Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE) is deeply alarmed by escalating reports of mass arrests, alleged torture, sexual violence, and deportation risks facing Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt since 10 January 2026. Based on testimonies, documentation, and photographic evidence…
Eritrean Asylum Seekers in Egypt Face Arbitrary Arrest, Abuse, and Forced Deportation
Eritrean asylum seekers in Egypt are facing a rapidly deteriorating human rights crisis, marked by widespread arbitrary arrests, detention, abuse, and forced deportations to Eritrea. These practices constitute clear violations of international refugee and human rights law. Consistently, Eritrean refugees have been rounded up from streets,…
Exposing the Eritrean Government’s Insincerity and Manipulation
In the Case of Eritrean- Swedish Journalist Dawit Isaak For more than twenty-four years, the Eritrean government has deliberately deceived, manipulated, and obstructed all efforts to resolve the case of journalist and Swedish citizen Dawit Isaak, who has been imprisoned incommunicado since September 2001 without charge,…
23 Years of Silence: Eritrean Authorities Must End Impunity, and Release All Prisoners of Conscience
On this day, 18 September, we mark 23 years since Eritrea’s government arrested the G11 reformists, eleven senior government officials who had called for democratic reforms, and shut down all independent newspapers in the country. The G11 were eleven senior government officials, including former ministers, ambassadors, and military…
Transnational Repression Alert
Eritrea’s Domestic Reprisals Against Family of Diaspora Dissident Amplified by Norway-Based Government Supporter in Online Smear Campaign Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE) strongly condemns a recent and deeply disturbing act of transnational repression involving the Eritrean regime’s targeting of a U.S.-based Eritrean dissident. In retaliation for his outspoken criticism…