Mr. Yves Daccord Director-General International Committee of the Red Cross Geneva Switzerland Via email C.c: Mr. Meyrat Thierry Head of regional delegation International Committee of the Red Cross Nairobi Kenya Via email Dear Mr. Daccord, Re: 19 Eritrean Prisoners of War still detained in Negad Detention…
Date: 8 September 2017 Human Rights Concern-Eritrea is seriously troubled by reports that 30 young Eritrean asylum-seekers were deported from Sudan to Eritrea on August 29th2017, on the grounds of illegal entry into Sudan. HRCE is deeply concerned that they were returned despite grave danger of imprisonment, torture and serious maltreatment. UNHCR…
Published in Migros Magazin on July 11th 2017, in Switzerland. The interview was conducted in Dutch, translated to English by Annelies Djellal-Müller of GiveaHand.ch Dear Migros Magazin, Your recent article (11th July, 2017) which took the form of an interview with Hans-Ulrich Stauffer about his recent…
Reliable reports have indicated that the rightful patriarch of the Eritrean Orthodox Church, His Holiness Abune Antonios, has been moved to a different accommodation, apparently a ‘better’ building. The situation of the patriarch has not changed however: he is still under house arrest guarded by government…
In a recent Africa Express[1] article by an Italian journalist Massimo Alberizzi about the attack on Yemane Gebreab (the Eritrean president’s advisor) and Fessehazion Petros (the Eritrean ambassador in Rome), the author condemns the attack whilst highlighting that it is the inhumane practices of the Eritrean government itself that precipitated this outburst of violence. The two men were attacked in the…
European Parliament Resolution on Eritrea European Parliament resolution of 6 July 2017 on Eritrea, notably the cases of Abune Antonios and Dawit Isaak (2017/2755(RSP)) The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Eritrea, in particular that of 15 September 2011 on Eritrea: the case…
