Category: Press Release

Response to a Resolution Tabled by the Eritrean Government

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June 26, 2016March 21, 2017

To: The Representatives of Permanent Missions and of Observers states at the UN Human Rights Council, Geneva, Switzerland 20 June 2016 Re: Draft Resolution on the Human Rights Situation in Eritrea dated 15th June 2016

Enforced Labour of Conscripts at International Mining Sites in Eritrea

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June 16, 2016March 21, 2017

Human Rights Concern-Eritrea (HRCE) maintains without any reservations that enforced labour by Eritrean conscripts engaged under the compulsory National Service programme continues in internationally owned mines in Eritrea.

Renewed Fighting on the Ethiopian-Eritrean Border Raises Fears of Full Scale Hostility

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June 14, 2016March 21, 2017

On 12th June 2016, an outbreak of intense fighting was reported along the border areas between Eritrea and Ethiopia, raising the spectre of a fresh full-scale war breaking out. Troops from both countries have been involved in serious clashes. Local witnesses have confirmed the presence of…

U.N. Commission of Inquiry into Eritrea’s Human Rights Finds Evidence of Crimes Against Humanity

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June 10, 2016March 21, 2017

Human Rights Concern-Eritrea (HRCE) expresses its wholehearted support for the conclusions reached by the UN Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights in Eritrea (COIE) in its second report, which was launched on 8th June 2016. In particular, HRCE is concerned to emphasise and underline the prime…

Response to the Eritrean Government’s Letter on the COI’s Report Release

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June 8, 2016March 21, 2017

The Eritrean government sent a letter to the President and members of the Human Rights Council (HRC) on 30 May, 2016, urging them to be given “meaningful opportunity to study and respond to the allegations” brought forth by the Commission of Inquiry”. In the meantime, the…

Press Release: Eritrean Conscripts Still Subject to Forced Labour in the Bisha Mine; Nevsun Still Denies It

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April 7, 2016March 21, 2017

(London, April 7, 2016): On January 11, 2013, Nevsun Mining Resources Ltd. issued a press release in which the company stated that “In early 2009, within a few months of the start of mine construction, Nevsun became aware of allegations that a particular subcontractor, Segen Construction,…

More Shooting of Innocents Because Of Forced Conscription in Eritrea: Eleven Shot Dead in Asmara Including Woman And Child, Many Severely Wounded

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April 7, 2016March 21, 2017

(London, April 7, 2016) According to various credible sources, on Sunday 3 April 2016, Eritrean soldiers escorting 10-15 convoys of conscripts from a military training camp near to Akordet, to work as labourers in Assab, shot dead at least eleven people, including a woman and child,…

Eritrean Conscripts Are Not Slaves

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March 7, 2016March 21, 2017

Recently, the Information Minister of Eritrea, Mr Yemane Gebermeskel, confirmed that indefinite National Service is going to remain without fundamental change, but that the government is planning to increase the present very low wages paid to conscripts: Eritrea won’t shorten national service despite migration fears.

Security Council Adopts Resolution Extending Arms Embargoes Imposed on Somalia, Eritrea by Vote of 14 in Favour, 1 Abstention

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February 19, 2016March 21, 2017

The Security Council this morning extended the arms embargo on Somalia until 15 November 2016 while reaffirming the country’s sovereignty over its natural resources. It also reaffirmed the arms embargo on Eritrea.

How Much More Mistreatment Before Mr. Tesfagaber Haile Desta Can be Reunited with His Daughter?

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February 12, 2016March 21, 2017

A 52-year-old Eritrean former political prisoner, who fled his country after being tortured systematically, and who subsequently endured several beatings at the hands officers at the immigration and detention Centre in Brussels after seeking asylum there is currently sitting in a cold metal chair in an…

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