To raise awareness of the human rights abuses that are taking place in Eritrea; to examine and debate how the human rights situation in the country might be improved; and to raise matters of concern with, and make representations to, government and other policy makers.
1. 29th anniversary of the Liberation of Eritrea on 24 May 2020
02/06/2020 - Early Day Motions
Found: congratulates the people of Eritrea on the 29th anniversary of the Liberation of Eritrea on 24 May 2020; understands
2. Trade and investment factsheets (partner names beginning with C to F)
12/02/2021 - Department for International Trade
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Found:
Eritrea
This factsheet provides the latest statistics on trade and investment between the UK and
3. Eritrea: doctors
21/03/2021 - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Found:
Guidance
Eritrea: doctors
List of English-speaking medical facilities and
4. Eritrea: prisoner pack
25/03/2021 - Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
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Found:
Guidance
Eritrea: prisoner pack
Explanation of the legal and prison system
5. Elite Bargains and Political Deals
15/06/2018 - Stabilisation Unit (SU)
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Found: and Political Deals Project
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Ethiopia
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Eritrea
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Richard Reid
1. Tigray Conflict
24/11/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea and as a patron of the Coalition for Genocide Response - Speech Link
2: Foreign Secretary to our ambassadors in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan, we are talking urgently to partners - Speech Link
3: partners in Ethiopia and across the regions. On Eritrea specifically, we continue to track the situation - Speech Link
2. Ethiopia: Northern Tigray Region
02/12/2020 - Lords Chamber
1: taken place with the Governments of Sudan and Eritrea over the support that could be given to refugees - Speech Link
3. Human Rights (Eritrea)
09/11/2015 - Commons Chamber
1: constituents and most fellow Britons, I knew little of Eritrea, its people or its Government. Conditions in the - Speech Link
2: Nations commission of inquiry on human rights in Eritrea, rather than the discredited report from the Danish - Speech Link
3: when applied to Eritrea under the rule of President Isaias Afwerki.Isaias’s Eritrea is regularly - Speech Link
4. Refugees: Eritrea
12/01/2016 - Lords Chamber
1: on an objective assessment of the situation in Eritrea using evidence from a range of sources, including - Speech Link
2: appalling situation of unaccompanied children from Eritrea who travel into and across Europe seeking sanctuary - Speech Link
3: special rapporteur’s report on the situation in Eritrea. In fact, it was the basis of the ongoing Article - Speech Link
5. Sudan
28/06/2018 - Grand Committee
1: corrupt than, for example, Libya, North Korea and Eritrea.Just over a month ago, Jeremiah Mamabolo - Speech Link
2: the Gergef reception centre on the border with Eritrea. The donors were able to speak with asylum seekers - Speech Link
asked by: Stephen Doughty
27/05/2020
... what assessment his Department has made of the location of 20 people arrested by the Eritrean security forces in November 2019 in the Mendefera and Adi Quala areas in the Southern Zone of the State of Eritrea. 2. Eritrea: Asylum
asked by: Stephen Doughty
27/05/2020
... what assessment her Department has made of the humanitarian situation of (a) Eritrean asylum seekers and (b) unaccompanied children who are being turned away from the Ethiopian border. 3. Eritrea: Prisoners
asked by: Harriett Baldwin
04/06/2020
... journalists and Aster Fissehatsion. 4. Eritrea: Detainees
asked by: John McDonnell
23/07/2020
... if he will make representations to the Government of Eritrea on reforming its policies that breach the human rights of (a) prisoners who have never been charged nor presented to a court of law but kept imprisoned without due legal process and incommunicado for decades and (b) other citizens. 5. Eritrea: Coronavirus
asked by: Harriett Baldwin
16/06/2020
... what assessment she has made of the (a) humanitarian situation and (b) food security in Eritrea as a result of that country's covid-19 response.
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Alevis , Immigration Detention , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Malawi , Nigeria , Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia , Sudan and South Sudan , Tamils , Thalassaemia
Autism , Disability , Friends of Syria , Parkrun , Performers' Alliance , Vegetarianism and Veganism
Ageing and Older People , British Museum , Ethiopia and Djibouti , Fair Business Banking , Financial Technology , Global Education , Social Enterprise , Sudan and South Sudan , United Nations , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , Women and Enterprise , Women and Work , Yemen
BBC , British Museum , Friends of Syria , International Conservation , Media Freedom , Museums , Theatre , Trade out of Poverty , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , United Nations Women , Veterans , West Midlands , Women and Enterprise , Women and Work
Albania , Armenia , Betting and Gaming , Cancer , Caribbean , Death Penalty , Estonia , Film and Production Industry , Georgia , Germany , Hong Kong , Kosovo , Lithuania , Maldives , Malta , Media , Opera , Romania , Space , Sudan and South Sudan , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Turkey , Ukraine , Uyghurs , Vietnam
British Council , Burma , Hong Kong , Hormone Pregnancy Tests , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Liverpool City Region , North Korea , Pakistan , Pakistani Minorities , Rohingya , Sudan and South Sudan , Tibet , Uyghurs
Sudan and South Sudan
Afghanistan , Armed Forces Covenant , Bahrain , Broadband and Digital Communication , Celtic Sea , Chalk Streams , Internet, Communications and Technology , South Western Railway , State Pension Inequality for Women , Sudan and South Sudan , University of Hull , Women, Peace and Security
Africa , Australia and New Zealand , Canada , Chalk Streams , Commonwealth , Ethiopia and Djibouti , Gibraltar , Infrastructure , Pacific Islands , Sudan and South Sudan , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , Zimbabwe
Flags and Heraldry , Kurdistan Region in Iraq , Sudan and South Sudan , Tunisia , Yemen
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Channel Islands , Charities and Volunteering , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Fairtrade , Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Heathrow Expansion and Regional Connectivity , Housing and Planning , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Isle of Man (Manx) , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , London's Planning and Built Environment , Mentoring , Parks and Green Spaces , Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative , Social Integration , South Western Railway , Sudan and South Sudan , Sustainable Resource , Textiles and Fashion , Trade Justice , Video Games and Esports , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Women in Parliament
Death Penalty , Ethiopia and Djibouti , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Sudan and South Sudan , United Nations , Yemen
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Kate Osamor MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6602.
Email: kate.osamor.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Jack Patterson. Tel: 07740 856 853
Email: pattersonj@parliament.uk
Benefits in Kind
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Jack Patterson (acting as a sole trader)
Jack Patterson is paid by Eritrea Focus to act as the group's secretariat. From : 08/01/2020 To : 07/01/2021
£6,001
No direct financial benefits are on record for the Eritrea APPG
Former APPG Officers
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David Drew
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Stroud
Joined: 13th February 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
Patrick Grady
Vice Chair
Scottish National Party - Glasgow North
Joined: 28th April 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Africa , CAFOD , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Colombia , Holy See , Malawi , United Nations , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Ann Clwyd
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Cynon Valley
Joined: 28th April 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Jeremy Lefroy
Vice Chair
Conservative - Former Member for Stafford
Joined: 28th April 2016Departed: 5th November 2019
Lord Bellingham
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 20th December 2017Departed: 5th November 2019
Caribbean
Nic Dakin
Vice Chair
Labour - Former Member for Scunthorpe
Joined: 20th December 2017Departed: 2nd January 2019
Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead
Co-Chair
Labour - Life peer
Joined: 28th April 2016Departed: 2nd May 2017
Matthew Pennycook
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour - Greenwich and Woolwich
Joined: 28th April 2016Departed: 29th March 2017