Human Rights Concern-Eritrea (HRCE) has received credible evidence that the Eritrean Armed forces including conscripts, have been sent to the Tigray region of Ethiopia and are engaged in heavy fighting with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Forces (TPLF), alongside the Ethiopian armed forces. The TPLF fought a…
Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, has ordered the military to confront the Tigrayan regional government because, he says, it attacked a military base; he has also cited months of “provocation and incitement”. Heavy fighting is reported to have broken out in Tigray —the Northernmost of 9 regional…
(Amnesty International, Oct 23, 2020) Canadian companies must take responsibility for human rights abuses abroad, says human rights organization Amnesty International is welcoming news that a group of Eritrean plaintiffs have reached an out-of-court settlement in a lawsuit against Canadian mining company, Nevsun Resources. The…
Evidence has emerged that the anti-Covid-19 strategies of Eritrean authorities are cutting off all food supplies for the Afar people and will lead to mass starvation unless immediately reversed. The Afar people live in South-Eastern Eritrea, on the southern tip, bordering the Red Sea – the region historically known…
