Ref.No. RSADO-155/2026 , 17 June 2026

Open Letter of Support

To: The President of the United Nations Human Rights Council

       Member and Observer States of the United Nations Human Rights Council

       The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

        International Human Rights Organizations

        Regional and International Partners, Geneva, Switzerland


Subject: Support for the Report of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea Presented to the 62nd Session of the Human Rights Council (15 June–10 July 2026)


The Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) expresses its strong support for the annual report presented by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Eritrea, H.E. Mr. Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, during the 62nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.

RSADO welcomes the Special Rapporteur’s continued efforts to independently monitor, document, and report on the grave and persistent human rights violations occurring in Eritrea. The report provides an important and credible assessment of the ongoing human rights crisis and highlights the Eritrean Government’s systematic repression, including its increasingly documented practice of transnational repression targeting Eritrean citizens, refugees, asylum seekers, human rights defenders, journalists, and political activists residing abroad.

As an organization representing the Red Sea Afar people of Eritrea, RSADO has consistently documented serious violations committed against Afar communities, including arbitrary detention, enforced disappearances, restrictions on freedom of movement, denial of cultural and linguistic rights, confiscation of traditional lands, forced displacement, and exclusion from meaningful political participation.

These violations occur within a broader context of impunity and the absence of independent judicial institutions capable of providing effective remedies. The findings contained in the Special Rapporteur’s report are consistent with the experiences and testimonies gathered from Red Sea Afar victims, community leaders, and human rights defenders over many years. The report further confirms the urgent need for sustained international scrutiny and accountability mechanisms.