UN experts call on Ethiopia to stop deporting Eritreans
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A group of United Nations investigators and experts called on Ethiopia on Thursday to halt the deportation of Eritreans, as well as the arbitrary detention of Eritrean refugees, asylum seekers and migrants. The group, who make reports on rights issues on behalf of the UN, also condemned what they called the “summary expulsion […]
Snapshot: Jacarandah trees in Filfil, Eritrea
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Africa aid: Sudan deepens crisis as UN sees five million more needing aid
MAHAMAT RAMADANE, JOE BAVIER and EMMA FARGE, of Reuters, report on Africa’s growing humanitarian crisis…
Essay: Repression of women points to worsening religious freedom trends abroad
NURY TURKEL, co-founder of the Uyghur Human Rights Project and chair of the US Commission on International Religious Freedom, and Rabbi ABRAHAM COOPER, director of global social action for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, and vice chair of USCIRF, say that denying religious freedom and women’s rights go hand-in-hand…
Iran, 27 other countries critiqued by US watchdog for religious freedom violations
United StatesRNS A watchdog for global religious freedom has used its new annual report to call out the Iranian Government for targeting women’s rights protesters during demonstrations last year. The report also points out the country’s “decades-long campaign” against religious minorities. The US Commission on International Religious Freedom criticised Iran for repressing the religious rights […]
Explainer – Sudan’s conflict and what worries neighbours, the US and others
Reuters A conflict raging in Sudan is rattling neighbouring countries and worrying the United States and others for reasons ranging from concern about shared Nile waters and oil pipelines to the shape of a new government and a new humanitarian crisis in the making. Sudan, which relies heavily on foreign aid, is no stranger to conflict. But […]
Ethiopia and Eritrea deny US accusations of war crimes
Nairobi, KenyaReuters Ethiopia and Eritrea on Tuesday rejected a determination by the US State Department that their armies, along with all sides in the recently concluded conflict in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, had committed war crimes. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday that members of the Ethiopian National Defense Force, its allies […]
Russia isolated as UN marks one year of Ukraine war
United NationsReuters The United Nations overwhelmingly isolated Russia on Thursday, marking one year since Moscow invaded Ukraine by calling for a “comprehensive, just and lasting peace” and again demanding Moscow withdraw its troops and stop fighting. Just a day after China’s top diplomat visited Moscow and pledged a deeper partnership with Russia, Beijing abstained on […]
Christian persecution higher than ever as Open Doors’ World Watch List marks 30 years
United StatesRNS In the three decades since the religious liberty organisation Open Doors has been compiling its World Watch List of the 50 countries where Christians face the most persecution for their faith, that persecution has never been worse. That’s according to the 2023 World Watch List released in the US on Tuesday evening, which showed North […]
Essay: Within its own borders and beyond, the Eritrean regime cannot be trusted
ELLIS HEASLEY, of UK-based religious freedom advocacy CSW, looks at why Eritrea – and in particular its military forces – remains a cause for advocacy and prayer in 2023…