Hundreds of Eritreans demonstrate in front of the African Union headquarters in Ethiopia, in support of a UN Inquiry report and asking for measures to be taken against Eritrea, in 2015 [File: Nichole ...

Ahead of the UN Human Rights Council’s 56th session (18 June-12 July 2024), we, the undersigned Eritrean, African, and internatio­nal non-governmental organisations, are writing to urge your ...

(RNS) — Thirty years after Eritrea revoked the citizenship of Jehovah’s Witnesses, international human rights experts are condemning the nation’s persecution of the religious group and advocating for ...

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Eritrea’s foreign ministry is calling accusations by a U.N. commission that its government is responsible for systematic and widespread human rights violations and possible ...

Eritrea has punished the family members of thousands of alleged draft evaders during a conscription drive intended to bolster its military campaign in neighboring Ethiopia, Human Rights Watch said on ...

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW), a human rights organization which specializes in religious freedom and works on behalf of those persecuted for their religious beliefs, says Eritrea’s abuses ...

After more than two months in detention in Eritrea, Bishop Fikremariam Hagos Tsalim and Father Mehereteab Stefanos have been released, several sources reported Thursday. The 52-year-old bishop heads ...

Asmara: Eritrea on Tuesday dismissed what it called "indecent hyperbole" in a U.N. human rights report that described alleged extrajudicial killings, torture and sexual slavery in the secretive Horn ...

ASMARA, March 22 (Reuters) - Eritrea on Saturday rejected accusations by the U.S. State Department of gross human rights violations in the Red Sea state, saying Washington should apply the same ...

GENEVA -The United Nations Human Rights Council on Friday rejected a bid by Eritrea to end the mandate of a U.N. expert investigating alleged abuses in the country, in a relief to Western diplomats ...