On International Human Rights Day (10th December), we expect to be celebrating all those freedoms established by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, including Articles 13 and 14—the rights to “leave one’s own country” and “to seek and enjoy asylum from persecution.” But NOT in Eritrea…
ERITREA: Refugees in Tigray Continue to Experience Hunger, Attacks, Mugging, Beatings and Abductions
Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE) has received credible reports from Eritrean eye-witnesses in Refugee Camps in Tigray of attacks, beatings and abductions by armed forces personnel. UNHCR officials at the highest level are expressing growing alarm at reports from refugees escaping from the camps to Sudan…
Eritrean Armed Forces Fighting Inside Tigray
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…
Military Offensive in Tigray Endangers Eritrean Refugees
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
(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…