Genocide happens when warning signs are not heeded. The world looks away, refusing to believe that mass ethnic killing is…
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Genocide happens when warning signs are not heeded. The world looks away, refusing to believe that mass ethnic killing is…
Read moreSource: David Alton All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea re-established in Parliament Mar 30, 2021 | Featured parliamentary activity David Alton speaking at…
Read more“The UK has been consistent, alongside the UN and international partners including the US, in calling for the protection of…
Read moreSource: UK Parliament – House of Lords – Lord Alton Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office,…
Read moreSource: Lord David Alton Government Questioned Today about massacre at Axum in Tigray, and allegations of crimes against humanity. In…
Read moreSource: Parliamentary Question by Lord Alton Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following…
Read moreJames Duddridge MP Minister for Africa Carol Monaghan MP House of Commons London SW1A 0AA www.gov.uk/fcdo Our ref: MC2020/26495 Ethiopia-Tigray-Crisis-Response-James-Durridge-MP…
Read more“There are multiple credible reports that there are Eritreans fighting in Tigray” Source: Lord David Alton In a recent meeting…
Read moreSource: Lord Alton War In Tigray: Peers today pressed for access to be given to Tigray to assess allegations of…
Read moreEritrea 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.