Order, please. We have enough members for a quorum.
This is the Subcommittee on International Human Rights of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development. Welcome to the subcommittee's 22nd meeting on this Tuesday, February 14, 2012, Valentine's Day.
We are continuing to look at the human rights situation in Eritrea, and we have two witnesses with us today.
We'll have two presentations, which means that we'll have perhaps a bit less time for questions than we might otherwise have. I'll tell you how long you have for each question once we're ready to go.
With that being said, our two witnesses today are Elizabeth Chyrum, who is the director of Human Rights Concern Eritrea. She has come all the way from London to be with us today. We also have Aaron Berhane, with Eritrean Human Rights Group Canada. He has come from Toronto to be with us today. I believe Ms. Chyrum will be giving the first presentation.
Ms. Chyrum, please feel free to begin.