Eritrea’s context needs to be respected to ensure the genuine protection of the human rights of the Eritrean people BY RUBY SANDHU Any intelligent, meaningful engagement in the 21st century with a sovereign state can only occur first by understanding its context and hence a nation’s motivation. Engagement otherwise, especially when utilizing just the lens […]
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By Embassy Media, On the occasion of the 14th Anniversary of the international ruling made by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, British-Eritreans and Friends of Eritrea held a demonstration in London on Monday 12th December 2016 outside the office of the Prime Minster, No. 10 Downing Street.
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By Aghade*, After watching Friday’s bizarre question and answer session with Special Rapporteur Ms. Sheila Keetharuth, I am obliged to call out her deceptive response to an explicit question from the Inner City Press journalist, Mr. Mathew Russel Lee. For the record, the session was arranged following Ms. Keetharuth’s oral presentation to the UN Assembly’s […]
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By TesfaNews, The British government has published a new 285-page report that challenges the existing narrative of most Eritrean migrants, the UN and pro-migrant NGOs that their home country Eritrea mistreats them when they return. Past British as well as Danish reports had contradicted the general narrative on the issue, but both reports were called into […]
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By Aghade*, On July 1, 2016, we learned that the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) did not accept the report of the Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea (COIE). The Commission asked the HRC to vote on its recommendations that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) refer Eritrea to the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged […]
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By Prof. Tesfay Aradom, Eritrea has appeared twice in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process, accepted 92 recommendations and is actively working to implement them. It has established fruitful cooperation with the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Additionally, it has invited a number of thematic mandate holders to visit the country“. This […]
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BY BEREKET KIDANE, A European ambassador posted to Asmara recently told the BBC that President Isaias Afewerki was the only African leader who cares about his people. Eritreans have always known that and that is why they continue to stand by him.
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By UN News, A United Nations-mandated human rights inquiry panel today welcomed a resolution that brings justice for the “people of Eritrea” who have suffered gross human rights violations over the past 25 years “a step closer” to being realized. The resolution, passed without a vote by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) on the […]
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