CSW and Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE) are calling for the release of four clergymen detained arbitrarily by the Eritrean authorities in separate incidents, despite belonging to Christian denominations that are permitted to operate in the country. On 15 October Abune Fikremariam Hagos, the first Bishop…
Over the last two years, the Ethiopian government under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has implemented a de-facto blockade of the Tigray region, preventing millions of Tigray residents from accessing critical life-saving medical and food supplies, and consigning millions to famine-like conditions. For the past year, the…
CSW and Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE) are concerned at the misreporting of events surrounding a counter protest by Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers against a pro-government gathering outside the Eritrean Embassy in London which was forcefully dispersed by police on 4 September. Those dispersed and…
Britain’s new policy proposal to send asylum seekers who have not arrived by legal routes to Rwanda in East Africa is unethical and probably illegal under international humanitarian law. Britain’s Home Secretary Priti Patel recently signed a deal to remove to Rwanda asylum-seekers arriving in Britain…
Eritrean refugees in Mai Aini and Adi Harush camps in Tigray region, Northern Ethiopia, are dying from hunger and hunger-related diseases. No food rations have been allowed to reach them for over two months. People are dying from starvation, and children particularly are dying from malnutrition-related illnesses. They…
News from Eritrean Refugees in Sudan indicates an organized campaign by local security personnel to arrest, imprison, and extract money from desperate and impoverished Eritrean refugees. Evidence is continuing to be received that, since mid-February 2022, police and soldiers have been rounding up Eritrean refugees in…
