A planned side event is due to take place by Australian and Canadian mining companies at the Palais de Nations in Geneva on Thursday, 8 March 2018. Nevsun Mining Resources (Canada), Bisha Mine Share Company (40% owned by the Eritrean government and 60% by Nevsun), and…
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Eritrea: No Improvement in Detained Eritrean Patriarch’s Circumstances
Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) has been informed that there has been no significant improvement in the circumstances of the detained head of the Eritrean Tewahdo Orthodox Church, despite official attempts to give the impression of progress. His Holiness Abune Antonios has effectively been under house arrest…
UNHCR Concerned over Israel’s Refugee Relocation Proposals
(UNHCR, November 17, 2017) UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is seriously concerned by proposals announced yesterday by Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri and Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan. Under these proposals, Eritreans and Sudanese asylum-seekers and refugees would be compelled to accept relocation to countries in…