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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Tag: Human Rights
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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Tigray: U.S. maintains block on aid to Ethiopia security sector – discusses UN investigation of human rights crimes
Source: Reuters By Daphne Psaledakis WASHINGTON, March 12 (Reuters) – The State Department on Friday said Washington has decided not…
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British government: “Very few signs of progress on human rights” in Eritrea
Eritrea remains one of the FCO’s countries of human rights concern and,
both through multilateral fora and our Embassy in Asmara, we seek to raise human
rights concerns with the Government whenever possible. Since the peace agreement
with Ethiopia in September 2018 and the lifting of UN sanctions in November that year,
we have had some acknowledgement from the Eritrean Government of their willingness
to engage and a recognition that there is room for improvement in the area of human
rights especially around reform of national service. However, there have been very few
signs of progress so far.
The Country That’s Never Had an Election
Eritrea, a country of roughly 6 million people on the Horn of Africa, is one of the world’s most repressive…
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