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. 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
2. 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
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. Country policy and information note: national service and illegal exit, Eritrea, July 2018
17/09/2021 - UK Visas and Immigration
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Found: ........
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Eritrea / Ethiopia relations
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5. 20 years of limits on press and freedom of expression in Eritrea
15/09/2021 - Early Day Motions
Found: anniversary of the decision by the Government of Eritrea to ban all independent media outlets in the country
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. Ethiopia: Tigray Region
22/11/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: has taken on an international character, with Eritrea effectively involved in fighting in Ethiopia against - Speech Link
2: representations from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea, which I co-chair, about torture, rape and starvation - Speech Link
4. Ethiopia
15/06/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: that the special rapporteur on human rights in Eritrea has been unable to get into the country. What are - Speech Link
2: co-chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea, which will be addressed this afternoon by the - Speech Link
5. Tigray Conflict: Axum
09/03/2021 - Lords Chamber
1: trying to negotiate peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea a decade ago are dismayed by the fact that they - Speech Link
asked by: Neil Coyle
22/07/2021
... (c) students and (d) other human rights defenders in Eritrea who have been detained since the September 2001 Government crackdown. 2. Asylum: Eritrea
asked by: Neil Coyle
26/07/2021
... what assessment her Department has made of the reasons for Eritreans seeking asylum in the UK since 2019; and what assessment her Department has made of the change in the level of asylum applications from Eritreans between 2019 and 2021. 3. Eritrea: Sanctions
asked by: Tim Farron
07/12/2021
... what steps her Department has taken to ensure that Eritrean (a) individuals and (b) organisations who have had sanctions recently imposed on them by the US Treasury do not relocate to the UK. 4. Eritrea: Sanctions
asked by: Tim Farron
07/12/2021
... what steps her Department has taken to ensure that Eritrean individuals and organisations who have had sanctions recently imposed on them by the US Treasury do not relocate to the UK. 5. Eritrea: Christianity
asked by: Lord Patten
07/12/2021
...To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the freedom of religion for Christians in Eritrea.
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Burma , Conception to Age Two - First 1001 Days , Dying Well , Haiti , 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 , War Crimes
Africa , CAFOD , Chagos (British Indian Ocean Territory) , Colombia , Extreme Poverty , Holy See , Malawi , Street Children , War Crimes , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Art, Craft and Design in Education , Arts and Heritage , Craft , University of Hull
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Burma , Digital Skills , Hydrogen , Sudan and South Sudan , Uyghurs , Women and Work , Yemen
Air Pollution , Airport Communities , Queen’s Platinum Jubilee 2022 , Rule of Law , Transport Safety
Christianity in the Holy Land , Democracy and Human Rights in the Gulf , Extreme Poverty , Falkland Islands , Faroe Islands , Friends of Syria , Greenland , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Lawyers and Judges at Risk Globally , Mongolia , Polar Regions , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Cancer , Christians in Parliament , Dark Skies , Dying Well , Eating Disorders , Farming , Hospitality and Tourism , Listed Properties , Migration , National Parks , Night Time Economy , Outdoor Learning , Radiotherapy , Safeguarding in Faith Communities , Special Educational Needs and Disabilities , Uplands and Hill Farming
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
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Burma , Channel Islands , Charities and Volunteering , Côte d’Ivoire , Cycling and Walking , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Financial Resilience , Funerals and Bereavement , Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity , Infant Feeding and Inequalities , Isle of Man (Manx) , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Leasehold and Commonhold Reform , Loan Charge and Taxpayer Fairness , Mentoring , Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME) , Parks and Green Spaces , Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative , South Western Railway , Sustainable Resource , Trade Justice , Video Games and Esports , Water, Sanitation and Hygiene , Women in Parliament , Youth Employment
Contact Details
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Fiona Bruce MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 7042.
Email: fiona.bruce.mp@parliament.uk
Public Enquiry Point:
Madeleine Crowther. Tel: 07703 549 167
Email: appgoneritrea@outlook.com
Benefits in Kind
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Madeleine Crowther (acting as a sole trader)
Madeleine Crowther is paid by Eritrea Focus to act as the group's secretariat. From : 08/01/2021 To : 07/01/2022
£4,501
8 Jan 2020
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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Kate Osamor
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Edmonton
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Africa , Alevis , Black Maternal Health , Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic Business Owners , Immigration Detention , Knife Crime and Violence Reduction , Kurdistan in Turkey and Syria , Libya , Nigeria , No Recourse to Public Funds , Thalassaemia , Turks and Caicos Islands , Yoga in Society
Harriett Baldwin
Vice Chair
Conservative - West Worcestershire
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Africa , Ageing and Older People , British Museum , Commonwealth Games , Crypto and Digital Assets , Ethiopia and Djibouti , Fair Business Banking , Financial Technology , Global Education , Social Enterprise , Sudan and South Sudan , Sustainable Finance , United Nations , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , United Nations Women , Women and Enterprise , Women and Work , Yemen
Action on Conflict and Global Britain , Africa , BBC , British Museum , Domestic Violence and Abuse , Friends of Syria , Fruit, Vegetables and Horticulture , International Conservation , Media Freedom , Midlands Engine , Museums , Theatre , Trade and Export Promotion , Trade out of Poverty , United Nations Global Goals for Sustainable Development , United Nations Women , Visual Arts , Wilton Park , Women and Enterprise
Mark Pritchard
Vice Chair
Conservative - The Wrekin
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Albania , Betting and Gaming , Caribbean , Death Penalty , Estonia , Film and Production Industry , Georgia , Germany , Jordan , Kosovo , Media , Opera , Romania , Tennis , Tidy Britain , Turkey , Ukraine , United Arab Emirates , Uyghurs , Vietnam
Lord Bishop of Salisbury
Vice Chair
Bishops - Bishops
Joined: 7th August 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Stephen Doughty
Vice Chair
Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Armed Forces , Climate Change , Global Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT+) Rights , HIV and AIDS , Immigration Detention , Pacific Islands , Somaliland
Flick Drummond
Vice Chair
Conservative - Meon Valley
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Afghanistan , Armed Forces Covenant , Bahrain , British Council , Broadband and Digital Communication , Celtic Sea , Internet, Communications and Technology , Liver Disease and Liver Cancer , South Western Railway , United Nations Women , University of Hull , Veterans , Women, Peace and Security
Philip Hollobone
Vice Chair
Conservative - Kettering
Joined: 24th February 2020Departed: 10th March 2021
Baroness Anelay of St Johns
Vice Chair
Conservative - Life peer
Joined: 27th January 2021Departed: 10th March 2021
Death Penalty , Ethiopia and Djibouti , International Freedom of Religion or Belief , Street Children , Sudan and South Sudan , United Nations , Yemen
David Drew
Chair & Registered Contact
Labour (Co-op) - Former Member for Stroud
Joined: 13th February 2019Departed: 5th November 2019
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
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
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