A conference organised by Eritrea Focus has been held to consider some of the key issues facing the Eritrean nation…
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Tag: Human Rights
Eritrea: intensification of military conscription with the conflict in Tigray, according to a UN expert
Source: UN News UN Eritrea A young man in Eritrea works with wood to make furniture. Listen to the testimony…
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Report by UN Human Rights Rapporteur on Eritrea to the Human Rights Council
Source: United Nations A/HRC/50/20 6 May 2022 Human Rights Council Fiftieth session 13 June–8 July 2022 Agenda item 4 See full…
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Eritrea: Extend the UN Special Rapporteur mandate and enshrine his “benchmarks for progress”
To Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Geneva, Switzerland)20 May 2022 Excellencies,…
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UN: Probe in Ethiopia’s Tigray didn’t reach Axum massacre
The United Nations human rights chief says a highly awaited joint investigation into abuses in Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict was unable…
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UN Human Rights Office and Ethiopia Human Rights Commission report ready by 1 November 2021
“UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet will deliver an update to the UN Human Rights Council in…
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No, President Isaias, your values are not absolute
In an unusually angry article the Eritrean government – of course reflecting President Isaias’s views – argues that the United…
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Lord David Alton of Liverpool: A statement of gratitude and appreciation
People suffering oppression across the world, often silenced and ignored, have a real friend in Lord Alton. A member…
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Concerns about the impartiality and independence of the EHRC
To Daniel Bekele, Commissioner, Ethiopian Human Rights Commission Addis Ababa, Ethiopia March 18, 2021 Subject: concerns about the impartiality and independence…
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The Ethiopian Human Rights Roadmap: a feeble bulwark against atrocity crimes
Source: Ethiopia Insight 16 March, 2021 by Yohannes Eneyew Ayalew At a time when the country is confronting increasing atrocities, the…
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