These two young Eritrans, of whom the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) can get information and many others to whom the ICRC has no access, are dying not because of natural causes but due to facing the denial of the most basic of human rights. This serious and serial tragedy is taking place not only as a consequence of brutal Ethiopian government actions but also as a result of unreasonable and irrational silence on the part of the international community. As a matter of fact, these deaths and the series of deaths that are to follow are to be expected as long as the unforgivable silence of the international community continues.

We, the National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students, realizing the unfair and unacceptable silence of the international community, call upon the international community to condemn and accompany their condemnation with serious action to stop the barbarous government of Ethiopia which gains satisfaction by killing innocent people. Not being part of the solution is being part of the problem. Enough is enough.

Executive Committee

National Union of Eritrean Youth and Students