Eritrea and the Human Rights Council: six years of membership, six years of scrutiny

By extending the mandate of the Special Rapporteur on Eritrea, the UN Human Rights Council made sure that the country’s six-year membership in the Council (2019-2024) did not deter, but rather came with enhanced, international scrutiny. DefendDefenders welcomes this deci­sion, which nullifies attempts by human rights…

ኣብ እስራኤል ብዝነብሩ ተቓወምቲ ይኹን ደገፍቲ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ዝፍጸም ክትራን፥ ምምንዛዕ ቴለፎን፥ ማህረምትን ቅትለትን ብቕጽበት ደው ክብል ኣለዎ!

ኣብ እስራኤል ዝነብሩ ኤርትራውያን ሓተትቲ ዑቕባ፥ ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ስርዓት ዝቃወሙ ወይ ዝድግፉ፡ ንኻልኦት ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ጽርግያ ደው እንዳበሉ፥ ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ፡  ስርዓት ትቃወሙ ዲኹም ትድግፍ ኢሎም ይሓቱ፡ ቴለፎኖም ከረክቡዎም ይሓቱ፥ እንተ ኣቢዮም ድማ ይቕጥቕጡዎም፣ ብኻራሩ ይውግኡዎም ወይ ይቕተሉዎም። ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ስርዓት…

Urgent Appeal: Eritrean Refugees Held for Ransom in Tigray, Ethiopia

Eritreans escaping their homeland’s oppressive regime and seeking refuge in Ethiopia’s Tigray region are falling victim to kidnappings for ransom. Disturbingly, the perpetrators are not only demanding payment from the victims’ families but are also reselling the individuals to other criminals, perpetuating a distressing cycle of…

A Story You Will Not Read in the Eritrean Media

Reporters Without Borders compile a list every year of which countries have the most press freedom and which have the least.* This year, Norway is Number 1. You can write the truth in Norwegian newspapers, and tell it on the news, and online, without fear of…

Eritrea’s Diplomatic Missions are Instruments of Extortion and Intimidation

Over the past decade, hundreds of thousands of Eritreans have fled to escape from severe human rights violations amounting to crimes against humanity, as has been documented by the UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea.  Eritreans continue to flee indefinite military conscription, religious persecution, and political repression,…