We hear the two day meeting that was supposed to get under way in Nairobi today has been called off…
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Category: United Nations Human Rights Commission
Time for the UN to reassess its relations with Eritrea
04 March 2020 A call for the UN to re-assess its relations with Eritrea From: Eritrea…
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UN decries lack of reform and widespread abuse in Eritrea
Source: VOA News By Lisa Schlein [Note: the full statement by the Special Rapporteur and the Eritrean reply are at…
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Egyptian police jail Eritreans protesting to the UN refugee agency
There are reports that the Egyptian police jailed 81 Eritrean protesters who were attempting to raise issues with the UNHCR…
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U.N. urges Eritrea to probe killings, missing detainees
GENEVA (Reuters) – Eritrea must investigate allegations of extrajudicial killings by its security forces and resolve the fate of…
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The appalling treatment of refugees in Libya: UN
Geneva/Tripoli, 20 December 2018 – Migrants and refugees are being subjected to “unimaginable horrors” from the moment they enter Libya,…
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UN evacuates 262 of nearly 60,000 refugees in Libya to Niger
Detainees Evacuated out of Libya but Resettlement Capacity Remains Inadequate 16th November 2018 | News Source: European Council on Refugees…
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Sheila Keetharuth – special rapporteur – presents her Human Rights report on Eritrea to UN
This is the final report she will make to the UN before being replaced by her successor. How little has…
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Latest report of the UN Special Rapporteur on human rights in Eritrea
Main findings The overall assessment of the Special Rapporteur regarding the situation on human rights in Eritrea remains grim: Eritrea’s…
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UN Appeals to Israel not to Deport African asylum seekers
Source: United Nations Israel: UN experts urge immediate halt of plans to deport Eritrean and Sudanese nationals GENEVA (1…
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