By Elias Deseret | Associated Press, More than a dozen rights groups have written to the U.N. Human Rights Council urging an immediate halt to “excessive” use of force by Ethiopian security forces. The letter dated Thursday also calls for an independent investigation into the reported killings of hundreds of people in Ethiopia’s Amhara and […]
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Statement by HE Mr. Yemane Ghebreab, Head of Delegation During the Interactive Dialogue with the Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea 32nd Session of the UN Human Rights Council 21 June 2016, Geneva Mr. President, Excellencies, Colleagues, Yesterday, June 20th, was a day of remembrance and rededication in Eritrea and among Eritrean communities abroad. The people […]
Continue ReadingBy ESMART, The Eritrean Global Movement Against Unjust Sanctions (ESMART) is submitting this document because it had hoped to engage, the Special Rapporteur for Human Rights in Eritrea, as an independent fact finder, so that she can adhere to a higher standard of investigation, despite early signs to the contrary. We had expected the employment in […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, Eritrea and Canada deny entry for UN Special rapporteurs to their respective countries citing legality and due process of their appointment. Ms. Beedwantee Keetharuth, special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, have been heard complaining on the media about Asmara’s refusal to let her in to the country inorder to assess […]
Continue ReadingBy TesfaNews, Eritrea won comfortably a seat on a powerful UN committee that addresses budgetary and administrative matters. The Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) is a subsidiary organ of the United Nation that oversees spending at the United Nations. The tight race among five African candidates for the two African seats on […]
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