Category: Press Release

Refugee Camp in Tigray Attacked with Artillery

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Reports are coming through that one of the four refugee camps in Tigray province of Ethiopia, Adi Harush, has been bombarded with artillery by the Federal Government forces. It is reported that five refugees are dead and ten wounded.   Following a period of electoral and constitutional…

Eritrean Armed Forces Fighting Inside Tigray

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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…

Eritrea Interferes in Civil War in Tigray Region of Ethiopia

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A civil war within Ethiopia in which the Ethiopian army is advancing into the northern province of Tigray has been seriously escalated by the participation in hostilities of the neighbouring state of Eritrea, which has signed a peace agreement with Ethiopia.  In an apparent response to…

Military Offensive in Tigray Endangers Eritrean Refugees

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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 Applauds Settlement in Landmark Nevsun Resources Mining Case

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(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…

Ethiopian Premier Does Not Want to Know the Truth about Eritrea

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In a recent interview with an Ethiopian journalist, the Premier of Ethiopia was asked about reported plans by Eritrea and Ethiopia to attack the Tigray Region of Ethiopia. In his answer, the Ethiopian Prime Minister, Dr. Abiy Ahmed, denied the plan, and paid tributes to the Government of…

The UN Human Rights Council takes a Stand for Justice

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Despite opposition from states wishing to hide human right abuses, The UN Human Rights Council has renewed the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Human Rights in Eritrea for another year.  Yesterday, 16 July, 2020, at the 44th Session of the Human Rights Council, a resolution …