On the International Day of Reflection on the Rwanda Genocide, CSW and Human Rights Concern Eritrea are urging greater international action to end the ongoing violence in Ethiopia’s Tigray region, where credible information continues to emerge indicating that atrocity crimes may be underway.  In 1994 an…

It is now certain that Eritrea is forcing children, under-18-year-olds, into its military and sending them to fight on the front-line in the vicious war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia, in breach of international law on the treatment of minors in military conflict. Rodanim Yemane,…

In response to multiple reports of appalling massacres and widespread mass rape by Ethiopian and Eritrean military in the Tigray region, there have been calls for an urgent, full and independent investigation. The UN human rights chief, Michelle Bachelet, has reportedly agreed to a request by…

On 27th February, armed men entered Mai Aini refugee camp and terrorised the inhabitants all night. At about 1:20a.m. on 27th February 2021, armed men entered in Mai Aini refugee camp in Tigray and terrorised the refugees with gunshots. The militia harassed, attacked, robbed, and injured…

The State of Ethiopia has announced that it “plans to close two camps” in the north of province of Tigray, the Shimelba and Hitsats refugee camps. These camps housed more than 20,000 refugees, nearly all of them from Eritrea. The Head of the Ethiopian Agency for…

Ethiopian and Eritrean officials have repeatedly denied that Eritrean forces are operating in Tigray. However, these denials are contradicted by eyewitness accounts. So conspicuous are the Eritrean military in Tigray that Eritrean soldiers have even attended meetings in which humanitarian workers negotiated access to Tigray with…

The Ethiopian government claims the conflict in Tigray has ended. This is very far from the truth. Violence and war crimes against helpless Eritrean refugees continue on a massive scale. And the perpetrators have been clearly identified as Eritrean military personnel, who do not have the…

Eritrean Refugees in Hitsats Camp in Tigray have not received any food at all since the end of November 2020, because of the war in Tigray.  Many were forcibly returned to Eritrea by Eritrean military forces. The remaining refugees are desperate for food, and there is a…

Locked-Down Eritrean Population Facing Appalling Food Shortages Nearly 80 percent of the Eritrean population lives in the rural areas and depends on subsistent agriculture and  nomadic pastoralism.  Nearly 80 percent of the Eritrean population lives in the rural areas and depends on subsistent agriculture and nomadic pastoralism. …

Gradually, as the two-month-old war in Ethiopia unfolded, the evidence of the involvement of Eritrean Forces in the Tigray conflict has mounted. Despite attempts by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Government to restrict access to the war zone, news has filtered out. On Sunday, 20 December 2020…