My name is Elsa Chyrum, and I am an Eritrean human rights activist, and a Director of Human Rights Concern – Eritrea, a London based NGO which advocates for the rights of all Eritreans. I would like first to congratulate the African Studies Programme at the…
Eritrea: UN expert warns about persisting human rights violations linked to the national service
GENEVA (31 March 2014) – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, today expressed deep concern about persisting human rights violations in the country in the context of the Eritrean national service. “National service dominates life in…
Eritrea: Under International Scrutiny, Allow Independent Human Rights Monitoring
Press Release Eritrea: Under International Scrutiny, Allow Independent Human Rights Monitoring 4th February 2014 The Government of Eritrea should accept recommendations to cooperate fully with the United Nations human rights system, said Human Rights Concern-Eritrea, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project and…
PRESS RELEASE: Eritrean Refugee dies in Negad detention cerntre in Djibouti
Eritrean Refugee dies in Negad detention cerntre in Djibouti PRESS RELEASE 30th January 2014 Eritrean Refugee dies in Negad detention cerntre in Djibouti Thomas Haddish, a 21 -year-old Eritrean, died yesterday evening in Djibouti Negad Detention Centre. Having fled from Eritrea three years ago, fearing serious…
Responses by Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE) to the Eritrean National Report
Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights of – Eritrea National Report Submitted to the Human Rights Council by Government of Eritrea (GoE) Nov. 2013 http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G13/185/01/PDF/G1318501.pdf?OpenElement V. Progress on UPR Recommendations A. Rights of the Child: Follow-up to 2009 UPR Recommendations: Implementation: The GoE accepted the recommendation…