ኢሳያስን ጭፍርኡን ዝጸልኡዋ ነገር እንተልያ ሓድነት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኢያ

ኣባላት ሰዲህኤ ካብ ውሽጢ ሃገር

ኣባላት ሰዲህኤ ካብ ውሽጢ ሃገር

ሓድነት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣንጻር ጃንዳ ህግደፍ: ብውሽጢ ይኹን ብደገ፡ ብዓይነት ይኹን ብዓቐን፡ እንዳ ተመሓየሸን እንዳዓበየን ይኸይድ ኣሎ።

 

ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ኢሳያስን ጭፍርኡን፡ መሬት ከም ዕንቊ እንዳጸበበቶም ኢያ ዘላ። እቲ ጉዳይ ናይ ሞትን ሂወትን ጉዳይ እንዳኮኖም ይኸይድ ስለ ዘሎ፡ ነዚ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ምዕባለታት ንምፍሻል ብዙሕ ማእለማታት ከም ዝገብሩ ክንግጥሞም ኣገዳሲ ኢዩ። ናይ ወዲ ኤፍሬም ዑደት ኣብ ስዊድንን ካልኦት ሃገራትን ንባዕሉ ሓደ ካብቲ ማእለማታትን ሸርሒታትን ነዚ ናይ ሓድነት መስርሕ ንምዕንቃፍ’ዩ።

Senior military officers kidnap and hold to ransom youngsters, and many are sold on to human traffickers, according to report

Senior military officers kidnap and hold to ransom youngsters, and many are sold on to human traffickers, according to report

• Martin Plaut
• theguardian.com,Wednesday 4 December 2013 00.01 GMT

A Bedouin guards an Eritrean, who is to be smuggled into Israel, in an area close to the Egyptian-Israeli border. Photograph: Asmaa Waguih/Reuters

Eritrean youths are being kidnapped by senior military officers, smuggled into Sudan and held to ransom, according to a report by Dutch and Swedish researchers. The captives are threatened with being sold to people traffickers if they do not raise tens of thousands of dollars. Some are freed if they raise the ransoms. Others are sold on to Bedouin traffickers in Sinai, even after money has changed hands, only to be tortured to extract further cash from their relatives.

Basing their findings on interviews with 230

ስረስ ይተዓጠቕ ደኣ!!!

Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 November 2013 01:31ኣባላት ሰዲህኤ ክብ ውሽጢ ሃገር20 November 2013

ኣባላት ሰዲህኤ ካብ ውሽጢ ሃገር 

እዚ ዕቡድ ውልቀ መላኺ፡ ሰብ መሲሉ፡ ንዓመታት ህዝቢ ኣገሪሁ ኢዩ። ከም ሳዕቤን ከኣ፡ እኒሀ ህዝቢ ከም ደቂ ዛግራ ፋሕ-ብትን ኣትዩዎ ኣደዳ ዝተፈላለየ ሞትን ስቅያትን ኮይኑ። ሃገርና፡ ኣፍሪቃዊት ሰሜን ኮርያ ወጺኡዋ፡ ስማ ተደዊኑ፡ መስሓቕ ሸራፋት ኮይና።

መንነትና ከይተሓተትና “ኤርትራዊ ኢየ” ክንብል ንህንጠ ዝነበርና፡ ሎሚ ግን ተሓቲትና ብዘይ መልሲ ክንዘሎ ወይ ደባቢስና “ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃዊ ኢየ” ክንብል ጀሚርና ኣሎና። ብሰንኪ’ዚ ዕቡድ ስሱዕ ውልቀ-መላኺ!!!

ህዝቢ ብቅኑዕ ልቡ ሃገሩ ክሃንጽ ፋሕተርተር ክብል፡ ንሱ ብመደብ ከዕኑ፡ ተረባሪብና። ብሰንኪ’ዚ ዕቡድ ውልቀመላኺ ንነዊሕ ኣብ ሓንቲ ቦታ ጋም-ማን ክንብል ጸኒሕና፡ ሎሚ ግና ንድሕሪት ንሕምበብ ኣሎና። ስራሕ ዝብሃል ኣብ መላእ ሃገር የለን፡ ብልሽውና ዳርጋ ዘይፍለጥ ዝነበረ ሎሚ ኣዝዩ ሳዕሪሩ መትሓዚ ተሳኢኑዎ። ንገብሮ ጠፊኡና። ዘበን ውራውራ ነብስኻ ኣይተዕብራ ኢዩ ኮይኑ ዘሎ ነገራት።

Eritrea. Voices of Torture. (English version)

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Lampedusa disaster: Why men flee Eritrea

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ኤርትራውያን ዘጋጠመ መቕዘፍቲ ዘስዓቦ ሓዘንን ሕርቃንን ኤርትራውያን ኣብ መዓስከራት ስደተኛታት ኢትዮጵያ ናብ ናዕቢ ከምዝተሰጋገረ ምንጭታት ካብቲ ቦታ ሓቢኣብ ላምፐዱዛ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣማኢት ሮም።  

ኣብ ገምገም ባሕሪ ላምፐዱዛ፣ ብ3 ጥቅምቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣማኢት ኤርትራውያን ዘጋጠመ መቕዘፍቲ፣ ኣብ መዓስከራት ስደተኛታት ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዘስዓቦ ሓዘንን ሕርቃንን ናብ ናዕቢ ድሕሪ ምስግጋሩ ፖሊስ ቶኽሲ ብምኽፋቶም ናይ 4 ስደተኛታት መውጋእቲ ከምዘጋጠመ ምንጭታት ካብቲ ቦታ ሓቢሮም።
እቲ ትማሊ 6 ጥቅምቲ ማይ ዓይኒ ኣብ ዝተባህለ መዓስከር ዘጋጠመ ናዕቢ መጀመርያ ብዝኽሪ ሽምዓ ናይቶም ግዳያት እዩ ጀሚሩ።

ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ፡ ብዛዕባ'ቶም ኣብ ማእከላይ ባሕሪ ዝጥሕሉ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ በቲ ኣብ ገማግም ባሕሪ ዘጋጥም ዘሎ ዝተደጋገመ ህልቂት ናይ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ዝተሰምዖ ከቢድ ሓዘን ይገልጽ። ንወለድን ቤተሰብን ናይ ዝሞቱ ዜጋታት ድማ ናይ ጽንዓት መልእኽቱ የመሓላልፍ።

ሎሚ ዕለት 3 ጥቅምቲ 2013 ሓሙሽተ ሚኢቲ ኤርትራውያንን ሶማልያውያንን ስደተኛታት ዝጓዓዙላ ዝነበሩ ጃልባ ኣብ ገማግም ባሕሪ ኢጣልያ፡ ጥቃ ደሴት ላምፓዱሳ ምስ በጽሐት ብዘጋጠመ ባርዕ ከምዝጠሓለትን፡ ክሳብ ሕጂ 133 ስደተኛታት ከምዝሞቱን ተፈሊጡ ኣሎ። ብሰኑይ 30 ጥቅምቲ ከኣ፡ 13 ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ኣብ ገማግም ሲቺልያ፡ ጥቃ ደሴት ራጉሳ ከምዝጠሓሉ ዝዝከር ኢዩ።

እዚ ኣቖንዛዊ ተረኽቦታት እናጋጠመ ክኸይድ እንከሎ ስቕ ኢልካ ምርኣይ ስለዘይከኣል፡ ነቶም ጠንቅታት ናይ'ዚ ህልቂት'ዚ ዝዀኑ ዘለዉ ምኽንያታትን ኣካላትን ኣነጺርና ብትሪ ክንቃለሶም ይግባእ።

ነዚ ስቅያት'ዚ ናብ መደምደምታ ንምብጻሕ፡ ነቲ መስረታዊ ጠንቂ ናይ'ዚ ስደት'ዚ ዝኸውን ዘሎ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ምልጋስ ኢዩ። ስለ'ዚ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ፈተውቱን ነዚ ስርዓት'ዚ ንምውዳቕ ተሓባቢሮም ብዕቱብነት ክሰርሑ ንጽውዕ። ኣብ ርእሲኡ ከኣ፡ እቶም ንውልቃዊ ረብሓታቶም ክብሉ ኣብ ንግድ ናይ ስደተኛታት ዝሳተፉ ዘለዉ ገበነኛታት ኤርትራውያን ይኹን ወጻእተኛታት በብዘለናዮን ብዘለና ዓቕምታትን ኣብ ምብዳሆም ዜግነታዊ ሓላፍነትና ምዃኑ ከነዘኻኽር ንፈቱ።

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3 ጥቅምቲ 2013

dyp sorg for alle Eritreere

ሰልፊ ዲምክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጨንፈር ኖርወይ ብ15 መስከረም 2013 ዕዉት ጨንፈራዊ ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ. ኣብቲ ኣኼባ ብርክት ዝበሉ ኣጀንዳታት ቀሪቦም ተዘትይሎም:: ስምረት ተቃውሞና ብደረጃ ዓለምን፣ ኤውሮጳን፣ ከባቢናን ዝብል ኣርእስቲ ካብ ዝቀረቡ ኣጀንዳታት ኰይኑ ብኣኼበኛታት ሰፊሕን ዓሚቍን ዘተን ክትዕን ዝተኻየደሉ:: ተሳተፊቲ ኣኼባ ስኒትን ውህደትን ዝጐደሎ ደምበ ተቃውሞናን ቓልስታቱን ይትረፍስ ብዓወት ሽትኡ ክወቕዕ፣ ፈልከት ኢሉ ሓደ ስጉምቲ ንቅድሚት ክስጉም እኳ ከምዘይከኣለ ብሓባር ኣስሚሮምሉ:: ብዘይካዚ ውን፣ ኣኼበኛታት እቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ብብዝሕን ብተደገጋምን ክካየድ ዝጸንሐ ናይ ሓድነትን ስምረትን ፈተነታት ቅንዕናን ሃገራውነትን ዘሰነዮ ሓያል ሰረት ስለዘየንጸፉ፣ ኣብ ክንዱኡ ኣብ ውድድርን ቅድድምን ዘድሃቡ ብምንባሮም ትጽቢት ውጹዕ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከርውዩ ከምዘይተረኽቡ ገምጊሞም::

People smugglers 'target Eritrean asylum seekers'

 

Last Updated on Thursday, 22 August 2013 05:42 Written by Beyene Weldegiorgis, SBS Thursday, 22 August 2013 05:24

• Asylum seekers from Eritrea and Sudan await processing at the Italian port of Siracusa.

An SBS investigation has found asylum-seekers from Eritrea, in the Horn of Africa, are paying people-smugglers thousands of dollars to get them to Australia.

By

Beyene Weldegiorgis, SBS

Many thousands of Eritreans have been fleeing their country in recent years.

United Nations officials have said it's a result of brutal government repression, including extra-judicial killings, disappearances, and torture.

Many of those fleeing are young people wanting to evade what seems like their country's endless national military service.

ክኢላታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ኤርትራ ንናይ ሶማል ናይ ውግእ ጐይቶት ትምውል ኣላ ኢሎም

ትርጕም፡- ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰዲህኤ
ክኢልታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣብ ዘቕረብዎ ጸብጻብ፡ ኤርትራ፡ ርግኣት ናይ’ታ ብግርጭት ተዋሒጣ ዘላ ሶማል ንምዝራግ፡ ንሓደ ካብ’ቶም ምስ ጥሩፋት እስላማውያን ምትእስሳር ዘለዎም ጐይቶት ናይ ውግእን ንዑስባት ፖለቲከኛታት ትምውል ኣላ ዝብል ኢዩ።
ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ሕንፍሽፍሽ ናይ ሶማል ይኹን ምስ’ቶም ንመንግስቲ ሶማል ንምዕላው ዝቃለሱ ዘለው ኣልሸባብ ዝዀነ ይኹን ዝምድና ከምዘይብላ’ያ ክትገልጽ ጸኒሓን ዘላን። ካብ’ዚ ተበጊሳ ድማ፡ እቲ ኣብ ልዕሊኣ ተነቢሩ ዘሎ ማዕቀብ ክለዓል ክትሓትት ምጽናሓ ዝፈለጥ ኢዩ።
እዚ ሕጂ ብክኢላታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ናብ’ታ ንሶማልን ኤርትራን እተከታተል ጕጅለ (Monitoring Group) ዝቐረበ ሓድሽ ጸብጻብ ግን፡ ነቲ ብመንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝውሃብ ኣሉታታት ኣብ ጥርጣረ ዘእትዎን ነቲ ማዕቀብ ከለዓል ዘየኽእሎን ጭብጥታት ኣለዎ።
“እታ ንጕዳይ ሶማልን ኤርትራን ትከታተል ጕጅለ፡ ኣብ መንጐ ኣስመራን ሞቓድሾን ዝምድናታት እናደልደለ ይኸይድ ከምዘሎ ዝሕብሩ ጸብጻባት ይመጽእዋ ከምዘለዉ። ከምኡ’ውን፡ ኤርትራ፡ ምስ ቤት ጽሕፈት ፕረሲደንት ሶማልን ገለ ካብ’ቶም ጸየቕቲ ውልቀሰባትን ዝምድና ዘለዎም ሶማልያውያን ፖለቲካውያን መሳርሕቲ ረኺባ ከም ዘላ ጭብጥታት ኣሎና” ትብል እታ ጕጅለ ናብ ሮይተርስ ኣብ ዘመሓላለፈቶ ጸብጻብ።

ኣብ ኦስሎ ዕዉት ጨንፈራዊ ኣኼባ ተኻዪዱ

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጨንፈር ኖርወይ ብዕለት 13 ሰኔ 2013 ዕዉት ጨንፈራዊ ኣኼባ ኣብ ኦስሎ ኣካዪዱ:: ኣብዚ ብርክት ዝበሉ ሓድስትን ገዳይምን ኣባላት ሰልፊ ዝተረኽቡሉ ኣኼባ ተጋባእቲ ናይ ቀዳማይ መንፈቅ ዓመት ጉዕዞ ጨንፈርን ዓወታቱን ድኽመታቱን ገምጊሞም:: ብሽማገለ ጨንፈር ዝተዳለወ ናይ 6 ኣዋርሕ ሰብኣውን ማላውን ጸብጻብት ድሕሪ ምስማዕ እውን ምብራህ ዘድልዮም ነጥብታት ብምሕታት መብርሂ ረኺቦም::

ብምቅጻል ኣባላት ካብ ቀሪቡ ዝነበረ ኣጀንዳታት ሕብረትን ሓድነትን ኤርትራዊ ደምበ ተቃውሞ ብደረጀ ዓለምን ብደረጃ ኦስሎን ብኸመይ ክረጋገጽ ይከኣል ኣብ ዝብሉ ነጥብታት ነዊሕ ግዜ ብምህላኽ ሰፊሕን ርሱንን ክትዓት ኣካዪዶም::

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ሓድነት ሓይሊ ኢዩ

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ሓድነት ሓይሊ ምዃኑ ንምርዳእ፡ ንዓና ንኤርትራውያን ተመኵሮና እኹል ስለዝዀነ፡ ካልእ ኣብነታት ምጥቃስ ብዙሕ ኣድላዪነት የብሉን። ብሰንኪ፡ ስእነት ሓድነት፡ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ብፈደራላዊ ውዕል ተቘሪንና፤ ብሳላ ሓደ ኰይና እተቓለስና ድማ፡ ነቲ ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ ብወተሃደራዊ ሓይሉ ኣብ ካልኣይ ደረጃ ዝስራዕ ሰራዊት ኢትዮጵያን ደገፍቱ ዝዀኑ ሓያላት መንግስታትን ስዒርና ናጽነትና ክንጓናጸፍ ክኢልና ኢና።

እዚ ክንብል ከለና ግን፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ናይ መበቆል፡ ቋንቋ፡ ባህሊ ….ወዘተ ዘለዎ ብዙሕነት ረሲዕና ኣይኰናን። እትረፍ’ዶ ህዝቢ፡ ክልተ ውልቀሰባት ውን፡ ሓደ ክዀኑ (the same) ከምዘይክእሉ ርዱእ ኢዩ። ደቂ ሰባት፡ ከም ሰባት ክውለዱ ከለዉ ማዕረ (equal) ኢዮም። ሓደ ግን ክዀኑ ኣይክእሉን ኢዮም። ስለ’ዚ፡ ብዛዕባ ሓድነት ክንዛረብ እንከሎና፡ ንሓባራዊ ህይወት ዘይጻረር፡ ሓድነት ናይ ራእይ፡ ሓድነት ናይ ረብሓ፡ ሓድነት ናይ ታሪኽን ካልእ ከምኡ ዝኣመሰሉ ነገራትን ዘጠቓልል ኢዩ ክኸውን።

ንደቂ ሰባት: ማዕረ (equal) ምግባሮም ቅዱስ ዕላማ ኢዩ። ሓደ (the same)ንምግባሮም ዝግበር ዝዀነ ይኹን ፈተና ግን ክዕወት ኣይክእልን ኢዩ። ብዙሓት መንግስታት፡ ካብ’ዚ ግጉይ መንቀሊ ስለዝተበገሱ ኢዮም ወዲቖም። ሂትለር ንኣብነት ንዓለም፡ ዘይመልክዓ ሂቦማ ወይ ኣመራሲሖማ ንዝብሎም ዓሌታት ከጽንት ፈቲኑ፡ ናይ’ቶም ብሉጻት ወይ ጽሩያት ዝብሎም ዓሌት (ኣርያን) ዓለም ክገብራ ስለዝተበገሰ ኢዩ ፈሺሉ። ደቂ ሰባት፡ ብሕብሪ፡ ብባህሊ፡ ብቋንቋ ዝተፈላለዩ ኢዮም። ነዚ፡ ፍልልያት’ዚ ምቕባልን ምኽባርን፡ ንፍልልያት ከም ጸጋ ወሲድካ ካብኡ ምምሃርን፡ ነዚ ፍልልያት’ዚ ብምውህሃድ ስምርቲ፡ ሓያልን ብልጽግትን ሃገር ምህናጽን ኢዩ፡ ናይ ዲሞክራስያውያን ሓይልታት ዕላማ ክኸውን ዘለዎ።

ዊንስተን ቸርቺል፡ ብዛዕባ ሓድነት ክዛረብ እንከሎ፡ “ናይ ውሽጥኻ ጸላኢ እንተዘይኰይኑ፡ ናይ ግዳም ኣይጐድኣካን’ዩ” ይብል ነበረ። ህዝብና ውን፡ “ፈጣሪ፡ ካብ ፈተውተይ ደኣ ሓልወኒ እምበር፡ ካብ ጸላእተይስ ባዕለይ ኣለኹ” ዝብል ፍሉጥ ምስላ ኣለዎ ኢዩ። እዚ ኵሉ ዝሕብሮ፡ ውሽጣዊ ሃለዋትካ ወሳኒ ምዃኑ ኢዩ። ውሽጣዊ ሓድነት እንተልዩካ፡ ካብ ግዳም ዝመጽእ ሓይሊ ክስዕረካ ወይ ክኸፋፍለካ ኣይክእልን ኢዩ። ስለ’ዚ ከኣ’ዩ ሓድነት ሓይሊ ኢዩ ዝብሃል።

Eritrea's forgotten prisons exposed

(VG) Eritrea har sperret inne minst 10.000 politiske fanger og mange soner under horrible forhold, ifølge Amnesty.

Menneskerettighetsorganisasjonen har gitt ut en rapport om forholdene i Eritrea i forbindelse med at det fredag var 20 år siden verdenssamfunnet anerkjente Eritrea som en selvstendig nasjon. Her kommer det fram at minst 10.000 mennesker er fengslet av politiske grunner, blant dem den svensk-eritreiske journalisten Dawit Isaak som ble pågrepet i 2001.

Rapporten «Twenty years of independence, but still no freedom» beskriver i detalj hvordan regimekritikere, journalister, religiøse minoriteter, desertører og personer som har unndratt seg militærtjeneste, personer som forsøker å flykte fra landet, samt returnerte asylsøkere, blir arrestert og fengslet uten tiltale.

- Under president Isaias Afewerki, som har styrt de siste 20 årene, har situasjonen gått fra vondt til verre for store deler av den eritreiske befolkningen. Det er skremmende å se hvordan han har greid å bygge opp et system der ingen kan føle seg trygge. De fleste lever i frykt for politisk forfølgelse, vilkårlig fengsling og tortur, sier Gerald Kador Folkvord, rådgiver i Amnesty International i Norge.

LES HELE RAPPORTEN HER (PDF-fil)

LEVER HAN? Den svensk-eritreiske journalisten Dawit Isaak ble arrestert i 2001 etter å ha skrevet kritiske artikler om det sittende regimet i Eritrea. Ingen vet sikkert om han fremdeles er i live. Foto: SCANPIX

Underjordiske celler

Eritrean regime brutality

Escape From An Eritrean Prison

Eritrea's human rights record has long faced international criticism. Located in the Horn of Africa, the country is home to five million people, but so closed to the outside world that individual stories tend to come almost exclusively from those who have fled.
Kidane Isaac was just 18 when he says Eritrean authorities arrested him for an unspecified crime. It's possible he was suspected of planning to desert military service. Thousands of Eritreans flee the country every month, many of them teenagers, to escape the mandatory and indefinite military conscription.
Isaac was eventually taken to a remote prison, where he says he was confined with dozens of other prisoners in a shipping container with metal walls that amplified the hot desert days and freezing desert nights.
"The food was two lumps of bread a day," he said. "Into the night I could hear cries of people being tortured."

Eritrea's human rights record has been widely criticized under President Isaias Afwerki,

Sweden halts deportations to Eritrea

The move comes following an email sent on Thursday to all police authorities in Sweden to not forcibly deport people to Eritrea."From what I understand the Migration Board is planning to stop these type of forced deportations. That's why we've made this decision," Sören Clerton, head of the border control unit with Sweden's National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) told the TT news agency.Clerton added that police have had talks with both the Migration Board and human rights group Amnesty about the situation in Eritrea.According to Amnesty, Sweden is the only country in Europe that has continued to deport people to Eritrea in recent years."It's a real problem that Sweden has made a faulty assessment of the risks in

Eritrean female pilot seeks political asylum in the Kingdom

JAZAN — An Eritrean female flight lieutenant, who entered the Kingdom two weeks ago to fly back a military Eritrean airplane that landed earlier in the Kingdom, told Saudi authorities that she did not want to go back to Eritrea, according Jazan Emir’s Office spokesman Ali Zala, Al-Hayat daily reported.
Zala said the lady is a staff member of the Eritrean air forces and was sent by her government to fly back the airplane which an Eritrean pilot flew to the Kingdom earlier and landed at King Abdullah Regional Airport. The pilot and his co-pilot wanted the Kingdom to give them political asylum and authorities took necessary measures at the time.
“When the lady entered Jazan, she immediately expressed her desire to seek political asylum in the Kingdom or facilitate the procedures of her moving to the country where her father lives.”
Her request is being considered by authorities, Zala added

Eritrea / Human rights: UN rights expert to gather first-hand information from Eritrean refugees

GENEVA, 25 April 2013 / PRNewswire Africa / - The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, will carry out an official visit to Ethiopia and Djibouti from 30 April to 9 May 2013 to collect information directly from Eritrean refugees on the human rights situation in their country.
“Due to lack of access to Eritrea, I will engage with all others concerned by human rights in Eritrea, including those who consider themselves to be victims of alleged human rights violations, human rights defenders and other civil society actors,” Ms. Keetharuth said.
“In my first field mission, I will gather first-hand information from Eritrean refugees who have fled to neighbouring countries,” explained the rights expert, while expressing her appreciation that neighbouring Ethiopia and Djibouti have agreed to provide her access to the Eritrean refugee population residing in those two countries.
Since her appointment in November 2012, the Special Rapporteur has made

UN expert to assess human rights situation in Eritrea

Friday, 12 April 2013, 9:56 am Press Release: OHCHR

UN expert to assess human rights situation in Eritrea through neighbouring countries
Banjul, 11 April 2013– The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Eritrea, Beedwantee Keetharuth, today regretted that the Eritrean Government continues to deny her access to assess the situation of human rights in the country, and announced she will undertake a mission to neighbouring countries to talk to Eritrean refugees.
“I have urged the Eritrean authorities to cooperate with my mandate, as required by the UN Human Rights Council,” Ms. Keetharuth said during the 53rd session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) in Banjul, The Gambia, where she held an ad-hoc meeting with the delegation of Eritrea in the margins of the event.

Support for Nonviolent Struggle for Change Gaining Ground in Eritrean Political

, 14 April 2013 21:48
Even though there are a variety of choices to change a system, different people give different answers on the reliability and effectiveness of each method. Recent developments in our world helped us to evaluate the different methods of changing a system in theory and in practice. We see the following methods of change: through peaceful popular uprising, armed struggle, by coup d’état or through an invasion by another country. Keep in mind that each of the above avenues has its own weaknesses and strengths. Therefore, after examining and evaluating every stated way of struggle, EPDP convincingly chose the nonviolent avenue and early on included it in its political documents.
EPDP advocacy for basically nonviolent democratic struggle did not start because of the popular eruption in the Middle East and North Africa. Rather, those uprisings underscored the power of that method. Thus we observe today that this method is making inroads within the Eritrean opposition. This positive development encourages us to highlight and speak up for the peaceful road we chose.

Saudi Arabia, Case Rahwa Gebrekristos: don't deport her to Eritrea

Saudi Arabia, Case Rahwa Gebrekristos: don't deport her to Eritrea

Written by EYSC and EveryOne Group

URGENT ACTION REQUIRED

to:

King of Saudi Arabia

Government of saudi Arabia

United Nation High Commissioner for Refugees

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

European parliament

European Commission

Council of Europe

Civil Society

We have just been informed that Ms Rahwa Gebrekristos, a female Eritrean pilot arrived in Saudi Arabia today, March, 31, 2013 after being sent by the Eritrean regime to take back a plane that belongs to Eritrea. On arrival Ms Gebrekristos refused to undertake the job she was sent to do, instead she applied for political asylum in the country.

ታሪኽ ሓራ ኤርትራ፡ ታሪኽ መስዋእቲ እዩ’ሞ፡ ኤርትራውያን ናጻ ክኸኑ ግድን’ዩ

ታሪኽ ሓራ ኤርትራ፡ ታሪኽ መስዋእቲ እዩ’ሞ፡ ኤርትራውያን ናጻ ክኸኑ ግድን’ዩ

Last Updated on Monday, 18 March 2013 22:25 Written by ሓውኹም ሃይለ ወልዱ Monday, 18 March 2013 22:18

ካልኣይ ክፋል፡-

“በየናይ መዓቀኒ?!” ክበሃል ዘይሰምዐዶ ይህልወና ይኸውን? እወ መንዩ እቲ ዓቃኒ? ወይ ዓያሪ? ዝገርምኮ’ዩ!? ብየናይ መዓቀኒ እሞ’ዩ ክኸውን ዝድለ? ኣብ ሓደ ኣጋጣሚ ኣብ ቲቪ-ኤረ ሓደ መግለጺ ሰሚዐ። “ኣብዚ ህሉው ዘሎ ዓለምለኻዊ ቁጠባዊ ቅልውላው፡ ኣሜሪካውያን ቁርስና ንግደፍዶ ወይስ ንብላዕ? ኢሎም ኣብ ሓድ-ሕዶም ዝማጐቱሉ እዋናት ኢና ንርከብ ዘሎና።” ከኣ’ዩ ዝብል። ወዮ ደኣ ክኢላ ቁጠባ ብዘይምዃነይ ብዙሕ ክብል እንተዘይተገብኣኒ፡ ኣብ ኤውሮጳ ዝነብርን ኤርትራዊ ኤውሮጳዊ ብምዃነይን፡ መንብሮይ ምስ መንብሮ ኣሜሪካውያን ምምስሳል ስለ ዘሎዎን፡ እዚ ብዘይምቑጽጻርን እንተገደደ ገደድ ባዕላዊ ሕልናዊ ገደብ ዝኸልአ ዝሩግ ሓበረታ

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Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change-North America: Makes Change of Leadership

Posted on March 11, 2013 by assenna

The Board of Directors at Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change North America (EYSC-NA) would like to let know members of this vibrant group and all change seekers that we have decided to make change of leadership to prevent any catastrophic damage to the organization.
On Saturday March 2, 2013 the board of directors conducted an Emergency meeting and decided to demote the current chairman of EYSC-NA, Mr. Daniel G.Mikael from his position.
According to the Bylaws of EYSC board of directors has the highest power in the organization and the executive board executes on decisions made by the board of directors, and oversees and implements the daily activities of

ENDF Condemns Repeated PFDJ Terrorist Acts, Urges UK to Refuse Visa to Eritrean Official

ENDF Condemns Repeated PFDJ Terrorist Acts, Urges UK to Refuse Visa to Eritrean Official

Last Updated on Monday, 04 March 2013 08:45 Written by The Coordinating Committee of the Eritrean National Democratic Forces (CC/ENDF) Monday, 04 March 2013 08:42

At its regular meeting held on Sunday 24^th February 2013 The Coordinating Committee of the Eritrean National Democratic Forces (CC/ENDF) condemned the kidnapping attempt against its member, Mr. Assefaw Berhe, on Friday 22 February 2013 while on his way to join a pro-democracy rally organised by the Eritrean community in London. All indications so far show that the culprits were agents of the Eritrean regime.
The Coordinating Committee noted with concern the new development and resolved to raise the matter with the appropriate authoriries in the UK to ensure that gangs associated with the PFDJ regime are not allowed to intimidate pro-democracy Eritreans living in the UK and elsewhere in the free world.

መንግስታዊ ፈነወ ቲቪ ሽወደን ካናል 2 ምልካዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ብኣስገዳድ ንዝኽፈል 2% ቀረጽ ጠጠው ክብል ይሓትት

መንግስታዊ ፈነወ ቲቪ ሽወደን ካናል 2 ምልካዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ብኣስገዳድ ንዝኽፈል 2% ቀረጽ ጠጠው ክብል ይሓትት

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ሎሚ ዕለት 24 ለካቲት 2013፡ ብኣቆጻጽራ ግዜ ማእከላይ ኤውሮጳ ልክዕ ሰዓት 21¹⁵ መንስግታዊ ትካል ፈነወ ቲቪ ካናል 2፡ ብዛዕባ’ቲ ካብ ኤርትራውያን ዝመበቆሎም ነበርቲ ሃገር ሽወደን ብኣስገዳድን ምፍርራሕን ዝኽፈል ቀረጽ ዓመታዊ እቶት ኤርትራውያን ተዘሪብሉ።

ኣብ’ዚ ናይ ፈነወ መደብ ርእይቶእም ሓሳቦምን ካብ ዝሃቡ፡ኣቶ ረዘነ ተስፋጽዮን ኣባል መሪሕነት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሓደ ነበረ። ኣቶ ረዘነ ተስፋጽዮን ኣብ’ቲ ንካናል2 ዝሃቦ መግለጺ፡ ኣብ መጀመሪያ ድሕሪ ናይ ነዊሕ ብረታዊ ተጋድሎ ነጻ ዝዀነት ኤርትራ ብድርኺት ፍቕር ሃገር፡ ንህንጸት ሃገርን ህዝብን ተባሂሉ ዝኸፈል ከም ምንባሩ ብሰነድ ዝተሰነየ ምስክርነቱ ኣቕሪቡ።

ቀጺላ ተጣባቒት ሰብኣዊ መሰል ስደተኛታት ሓፍትና ሜሮን እስቲፋኖስ፡ ኣብ ትሕቲ ጃኬቱ ሕብእቲ ካሜራ ዝሓዘ መንእሰይ ኣብ ውሽጢ ቤት ጽሕፈት ኤምባሳድር ኤርትራ ስቶክሆልም ብምእታው ነቲ ናይ 2% ሕንቅል ሕንቕሊተይ ዝተጋለጸሉ ሰነድ ዝተሓባበረት እያ። ሜሮን እስቲፋኖስ እቲ ብምልካዊ ስርዓት ህ.ግ.ዲ.ፍ ዝግበር ዘይፍትሓዊ ምዃኑ ብምርኢት ተንቀሳቓሲ ፊልም ምስ’ቲ መደብ ተሓባቢራ።

ሳልሳይ ኣባል ሊበራል ህዝባዊ ሰልፊ፡ ኣባል ባይቶ ሽወደን ሪካርድ ማልም ዝተባህለ፡ እዚ ብኣስገዳድን ብምርዓድን ምፍርራሕን 2% ንምእካብ ዝኻየድ ዘሎ ናይ ማፍያ ስራሕ ንእለቱ ጠጠው ክብል ዘለዎ’ዩ ኢሉ። ሚኒስተር ሪካርድ እዚ ጉዳይ ብመንግስቲ ሽወደን ክሳብ ሕጂ ጠጠው ክብል ዘይምኽኣሉ መረዳእታ ክህብሉ ዘይከኣለ ምዃኑ ገሊጹ።

ኣብ መወዳእታ ዝቀረበት ወኪል ኣህጉራዊ ማሕበር ኣመንስቲ ኣደ መንብር ኣብ ሽወደን እያ። ኣደ መንበር ኣመንስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል ኣብ ዘረብኣ፡ እቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሓተቲ ዕቍባ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ዘይተኣደነ ምፍርራሕን ራዕድን፡ መንግስቲ ሽወደን ጠጠው ከብሎ ግዱድ’ዩ በለት። ብዘይክኡ እቲ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ብውድብ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ዝተበየነ እገዳ’ውን እንተዀነ ከም ቆዋሚት ኣባል ሃገር መጠን ብቀጥታ ንመንግስቲ ሽወደን ዝምልከት ስለ ዝዀነ ብዘይወዓል ሕደር ኣብ ግብሪ ክውዕል ዝነበሮ ናይ እገዳ ብይን’ዩ በለት። ንኣብነት ኣብ ካልኦት ሃገራት ከም መንግስቲ ካናዳ ቅጽነታዊ ግብረ መልሲ ብምሃብ፡ 2% ጠጠው ናይ ምባሉ ስጉምቲ ብምውሳድ ነዚ ጉዳይ’ዚ ምዕለቢ ተረኺብሉ ክትብል ተወሳኺ መግለጺ ሂባትሉ።

The Revolution Was Televised

The Revolution Was Televised

Last Updated on Saturday, 23 February 2013 19:22 Written by IndepthAfrica Saturday, 23 February 2013 19:19

Though Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki claimed on February 11 that the Eritrean military’s takeover of the information ministry was nothing to worry about, very few people in the region believed him. On January 21 a force of 200 to 300 Eritrean soldiers, backed up by armored vehicles, surrounded the information ministry headquarters in Asmara. The soldiers told the director general of Eritrean state television to broadcast a demand that all political prisoners be freed. The broadcast was made and then the state television went off the air for the rest of the day. One source claimed that the broadcast statement included a demand that the 1997 constitution be implemented. Exiled Eritrean opposition groups (most of them have a presence in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa) have been claiming for several years that discontent in the Eritrean military was growing and that there are increasing demands within the military for economic and political reform. Since the January 21 incident in Asmara, the exile groups have said the information ministry incident proved their claim beyond doubt. Initially several exile groups called the incident a mutiny and the first stage of a revolt against Isaias and his regime. The soldiers, however, returned to their barracks. Their leaders did not call for the removal of Isaias. One source reported that the dissident soldiers were enlisted personnel led by mid-level officers. No senior officers were overtly involved, though since the incident there are reports that a handful of generals have told Isaias that Eritrea’s economic situation is a disaster and that reform is necessary. One

Forto 21 Oslo demonstration 15.2.2013.

Forto 21 Oslo demonstration 15.2.2013.

Action alert: Eritrean asylum seekers to be deported

From the young activists in Israel with Amnesty International, an urgent appeal to Diaspora Jews who remember the times when we were refugees:

STOP THE DEPORTATION OF 25 ERITREAN ASLYUM SEEKERS FROM ISRAEL TO ERITREA OR UGANDA
“Your Only Way Out of the Israeli Prison is to Uganda or Eritrea” — Immigration Authorities to Eritrean Asylum Seekers detained in Saharonim Prison
25 Eritrean asylum seekers are in imminent danger of being deported back to Eritrea from Saharonim detention center in Israel. Israeli authorities in the facility told the asylum seekers that the only way they would ever get of the Israeli prison would be to go to Eritrea or Uganda. These individuals are currently being held under the Anti-Infiltration Law which mandates their automatic detention for a minimum of three years without trial.
Being released as an asylum seeker or refugee is impossible as prisoners lack access to the forms the Ministry of Interior requires to begin the RSD process. Therefore, after months of detention, many individuals have signed forms saying they want to go to Uganda and a very few have signed saying they want to go to Eritrea.
News reaching human rights groups over the last few days make it seem that even individuals who had signed to go to Uganda are now in the process of being deported to Eritrea. We are unsure exactly when/if the deportations will take place, but we do fear that it could happen over the next week

New Initiative, New Beginning, for Coordinated Struggle

At the end of its meeting on January 27, 2013, the Executive Committee of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) underlined that the political cloud hanging over our people can be cleared only when the fragmented opposition organizations are willing to coordinate with one another. EPDP hopes that the past bickering of the political organizations is by now a lesson learned that can give way to a conducive ground for a new phase for coordinated struggle. Based on that expectation, Executive Committee designated a Standing Committee headed by Party Chairman that to conduct dialogue in spurring a new phase for coordinated struggle among the political and civic organizations. With this gesture, the EPDP leadership called upon the concerned parties to break free from the road blocks of the past and show their readiness for renewed commitment for coordinated struggle.

ዓቢ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣብ ከተማ ኦስሎ: 15 የካቲት 2013

ብዕለት 15.02.2013፡ ኣብ ከተማ ኦስሎ፡ ሃገረ-ኖርወይ፡ ብዓይነቱ ዝተፈልየ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ይግበር ስለ ዘሎ፡ ኩሉ ደላዪ ፍትሕን ለውጢን፡ ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ተላዒሉ ዘሎ ሰራዊት ደገፉ ክገልጽን፡ ኣብ ሱዳንን ግብጽን ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ዝወርድ ዘሎ ኢሰብኣዊ ግፍዒ ዓገብ ክብልን ብኽብሪ ይዕደም።

ኣብ ኦስሎን ከባቢ ኦስሎን ዝርከቡ ኩላቶም ደለይቲ ለውጢ ኤርትራውያን፡ ኦስሎ ስርሒት-2013 እትበሃል ናይ ሓባር ኮሚቴ ብምቛም፡ ብዓይነቱ ዝተፈልየ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ የዳልዉ ኣለዉ። እዛ ኮሚቴ’ዚኣ ካብ ማሕበራትን ግለ-ሰባትን ዝቖመት ኮይና፡ ነዚ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ’ዚ ምዕዋት ኢዩ ዕላማኣ።

በዚ ኣጋጣሚ፡ ኦስሎ ስርሒት-2013፡ ነዚ ፍሉይ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ’ዚ ከተዐውት፡ ኣሎ ዝበሃል ምድላዋት ትገብር ከምዘላ ክትሕብር ትፈቱ። ኣብ ርሑቕ ሃገራት እትርከቡ ግዱሳት ዜጋታት ብሞራል ክትሕግዙ፡ ኣብ ሃገረ-ኖርወይን ጐረባብቲ ሃገራት ኤውሮጳን እትቕመጡ ከኣ ብኣካል ክትጽንበሩ ዕድመ ትገብረልኩም ኣላ።

ካብቶም ዝቃልሑ እዋናውያን ጭርሖታት እዞም ዝስዕቡ ምጥቃስ ይከኣል፡-

Ø ቅዋም ኣብ ግብሪ ይወዓል!

Ø Stop human trafficking

Ø እሱራት ይፈትሑ!

Ø Protect the rights of refugees

ኣዳላዊት ኮሚቴ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ

ሳላ ፈንቅል ሰሚሩላ ኣስመራ፡ ሳላ ፎርቶ ባጽዕ ተማሒራ

ሳላ ፈንቅል ሰሚሩላ ኣስመራ፡ ሳላ ፎርቶ ባጽዕ ተማሒራ

Posted on February 12, 2013 by assenna

ብ1990፡ ወደብና ምጽዋዕ፡ በቶም ቅያ ስርሒት ፈንቅል ዝሰርሑ ምዑታት ተጋደልቲ ህዝባዊ ሰራዊት ሓርነት ኤርትራ ካብ ስርዓት ደርግ ሓራ ኣብ ዝኾነትሉ እዋን፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ባና ናጽነት ርእዩ ዘይተርፍ ዓወቱ ከቋምት ከሎ፡ ስርዓት ደርግ በንጻሩ ማሕነቕቲ ጎሮርኡ ተኣሚኑ ክንሱ ነቲ ዘይተርፍ ዕለተ ውድቀቱ ከናውሕ ናይ ጻዕረሞት ክርክር ኣየቋረጸን። ድሕሪ 23 ዓመት ድማ፡ ሎሚ፡ ነቲ ካብ መግዛእቲ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ክላቐቕ ሃንቀው ዝብል ዘሎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ስርሒት ፎርቶ ተመሳሳሊ ፍናን ኣስኒቓቶ ‘ላ። ሽዑ፡ እቲ ንባጽዕ ዘሐረረ ስርሒት ፈንቅል፡ ቅድመ ኩነት ሓርነት ኣስመራ እንተነይሩ፡ ሎሚ ዘበን ድማ፡ ስርሒት ፎርቶ ቅድመ ኩነት ሓርነት ባጽዕ ኮይኑ ‘ሎ። እቲ ብስስዐ ስልጣን ዝዓበደ ኢሳይያስ፡ ብስርሒት ፎርቶ ስለዝረዓደ ካብቲ ጥልመት ሰማእታት ሰሊና ከየሰከፎን ከየሕፈሮን ኣብ ልዕሊ’ቲ ጨው ዝበልዖ መቓብሮም ኣራጢጡ፡ ዓመት መጸ ብብድዐ ዘስምዖ ዝነበረ መደረ ዓጀውጀው ንፈለማ ግዜ ቦዅሩ። እቲ ናይ ቀደም ኵናት፡ እዚ ናይ ሎሚ ተቓውሞ ብምዃኑ ንገለ ገርሀኛታት እዚ ክልቲኡ ፍጻሜታት ምናልባት ዘይጋጠም ክመስሎም ይኽእል ይኸውን። ኣተኵሮና ግን እቲ ኣገባብ ዘይኮነስ እቲ ውጽኢት እዩ። ክልቲኦም ንዓመጽቲ መልእኽቲ ስዕረት ዘርድኡ፡ ነቲ ውጹዕ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ተስፋ ዓወት ዘበሰሩ ኣጋጣሚታት እዮም።
ውልቀመላኺ ኢሳይያስ፡ ኣብ ድሮ ስርሒት ፈንቅል፡ ከምቲ ተቐበልቱ ከሀንጢ ብዘቕጸልጽል መጠረዚ ተሸፊኑ ዝቕመጥ ህያብ ልደት፡ ያኢ ዘረብኡ ክሰምዕ ሃረር ዝብል ህዝቢ ተሪፉዎ ከምዘሎ፡ ኣብ ሓንቲ ካብተን ንንቡር መዓልታት ስርሑ ተኪኤን ዘለዋ ናይ ዝርጋን መዓልታት ዝተላዕለት፡

Eritrea’s president says no fear of unrest after army mutiny

Eritrea’s president says no fear of unrest after army mutiny

Posted on February 12, 2013 by assenna

By Aaron Maasho
(Reuters) – Eritrea’s President Isaias Afewerki sought on Monday to calm fears of unrest, and in his first reaction to the storming of the information ministry ago by dissident troops three weeks, blamed “bankrupt enemies” for being behind the attack.
Eritrean soldiers, backed by tanks, took over the ministry on January 21 and obliged the director general of state television to appeal for all political prisoners to be freed.
Calm soon returned in the capital, but Eritrean opposition activists in neighbouring Ethiopia say there is growing dissent within the army, Africa’s second biggest, over economic hardship.
The incident sparked protests by exiled Eritreans in Europe, who briefly occupied embassies in London, Rome and other cities last month to express support for the mutinous soldiers.
Isaias said his administration had chosen to remain silent to avoid “serving the ploys of bankrupt enemy quarters”.
“Entertain no worry at all, as there was, and does not exist, any reason for being apprehensive,” the information ministry website quoted him as saying on Monday

Eritrean demonstration in Milano-italia on 30th January 2013

A Glimpse into a Mysterious African Dictatorship: Is Eritrea on the Verge? Read more: http://world.time.com/2013/01/27/a-glimpse-into-a-mysterious-african-dictatorship-is-eritrea-on-the-verge/#ixzz2JAeZhAUP

Eritrea made a rare foray into international headlines on Monday Jan. 21, as news agencies and social media sites disseminated speculation of a coup attempt. Reliable information on events in Asmara is hard to come by, however, with the tiny East African nation being one of the world’s least open societies and allowing no independent journalists to operate. One signal that all was not well in the Eritrean capital, however, was the fact that the state television service, which is broadcast from inside the headquarters of the Ministry of Information, went off the air for several minutes — for the first time since its creation in 1993.
Although reports of what took place vary wildly, accounts by opposition figures and dissidents claim that the channel’s leading news presenter appeared on air and read out a brief statement calling for a change of the 1997 constitution and release of political prisoners — estimated by Human Rights Watch to number between 5,000 and 10,000.

ERITRAN-TORONTONIANS IN SUPPORT OF THE JANUARY 21st GLORIOUS MOVEMENT: (Press Release)

January 28, 2013

Eritrean-Canadians in Toronto and its surrounding held an extensive meeting on Sunday, January 27, 2013 to register a noble position in history by welcoming and paying homage to the heroes of January 21^st, considering the glorious occupation of the Ministry of Information and the radio and television stations it houses a measure taken in the right direction, heralding a march of history that will achieve the aspirations of our people. The participants included members of political parties, civic organizations and independent Eritrean nationalists, constituting all national forces that trust change is at the corner and that our National Defence Forces,

ቅልዕቲ ደብዳበ፡- ሰዲህኤ፡ ንኣኼበኛታት መበል 50 ዓመት መራሕቲ ኣፍሪቃ፡ ኣፍሪቃዊ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ከኽብሩን ህዝባዊ ቻርተር ክትግብሩን ጸዊዑ

Monday, 28 January 2013 19:50

ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ነቶም ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ኣኼባ ዘካይዱ ዘለዉ መራሕቲ ኣፍሪቃ፡ ነቲ ብ1981 ዘጽደቕዎ ንኣፍሪቃዊ ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን ህዝባዊ ቻርተርን ዝምልከት ስምምዓት ከኽብሩን ክትግብሩን ጸዊዑ። ምስ’ዚ ብምትእስሳር፡ ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ኵነታት ኣቓልቦ ክገብርሉ ውን ኣተሓሳሲቡ።

እታ ብኣጋጣሚ መበል 50 ዓመት ጽንብል ምምስራት ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ እተጻሕፈት ቅልዕቲ ደብዳበ፡ ንኣፍሪቃዊ ሕብረትን ኮሚሽናቱን ነቲ ኣብ ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ ግዝኣተ-ሕጊ ንምስፋን ዘጽደቖም ውዕላትን ዝዘርግሕዎ ኣዋጃትን እንተላይ ነቲ ኣብ ትሕቲ ጨቋኒ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ዝነብር ዘሎ 6 ሚልዮን ህዝቢ ዝምልከት ምዃኑ ተዘኻኽር ኢያ።

እቲ ናብ ኵሎም ተሳተፍቲ መበል 50 ዓመት ኣኼባ መራሕቲ ኣፍሪቃ ዝተላእከ ደብዳብ ትሕዝቶኡ ከም’ዚ ዝስዕብ ኢዩ።

ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ንደገፍ ምንቅስቓስ ሰራዊት 21 ጥሪ

ንሕና ደለይቲ ሓርነትን ፍትሕን ተቐማጦ በይ ኤርያ ነቶም አብ ዕለት 21 ጥሪ 2013 አብ ፎርቶ አንጻር ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ደው ንዝበሉ ሙዑታት አባላአት ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ ደገፍና ንኽንገልጽ ሰፊሕ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ አዳሊና ንርከብ። ስለዚ ኩሉኹም ነበርቲ ኦክላንድ፡ ሳን ፍራንሲስኮ፡ ሳን ሆዘ፡ ሳክራመንቶ፡ ሳንታ ሮዛ ወዘተ አብዚ ታሪኻዊ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ንኽትሳተፉ ንዕድም። ንሓበሬታ ነዚ ዝስዕብ ፖስተር ተወከሱ።
ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ዝግበረሉ ዕለት 4 ለካቲት 2013

We Bay Area freedom and justice loving Eritreans are organizing a mass demonstration to support our heroic Eritrean troops who rise against the dictatorship in Eritrea on Monday the 21st January 2013 In Forto. We invite all Eritreans from Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento, Santa Rosa etc to come and participate in this historic demonstration. For general info please check the poster.

The demonstration will be held on February 4,2013

2 ወተሃደራውያን መራሕቲ ምንቅስቓስ 21 ጥርን 2 ዓበይቲ ሰበስልጣን መንግስትን ተኣሲሮም

Written by ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰዲህኤ

ንቀጽሪ ሚኒስትሪ ዜና ኤርትራ ሒዞም ዝውዓሉ ኣባላት ምንቅስቓስ 21 ጥሪ፡ ነቶም ሓለፍትን ሰራሕተኛታትን እቲ ቤት ጽሕፈት ብናጻ ለቒቖም ነናብ ዝመጽዎ ቦታታት ምስ ተመልሱ፡ ገበነኛ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ከም ኣመሉ ናይ ማእሰርትን ምስጓግን ተግባራት ከካይድ ጀሚሩ ኣሎ። ክሳብ ሕጂ በቲ ስርዓት ተታሒዞም ዘለዉ ድማ፡

1. ኮለነል ሳልሕ ዑስማን
2. ኮለነል ስዒድ ዓሊ ሓጃይ (ወድ ዓሊ)
3. ዓብደላ ጃብር፡- ሓላፊ ውድባዊ ጕዳያት ህግዲፍ
4. ሙስጣፋ ኑርሑሴን፡- ኣመሓዳሪ ዞባ ደቡብ

ኢዮም።

ኮለነል ስዒድ ዓሊ ሓጃይ (ወድ ዓሊ) ተቐቲሉ ዝብል ዘይተረጋገጸ ሓበሬታ ውን ኣሎ።

Human Traffickers Kidnap 8 Refugees from UNHCR Camp at Shagarab; Incident Provokes Serious Conflict

On 22 January 2013, armed Rashaida tribemen entered and kidnapped 8 Eritrean refugees, seven of them women and a man.
Angered camp residents tried to confront the Rashaida tribesmen around the region. However, the armed Rashaida started random shooting. The desperate refugees continued to fight back with stones and sticks. The incident claimed a still unknown number of casualties on both sides.
A while later, armed Rashaida tribesmen from the Mestura and Menkut localities started moving towards the refugee camp riding 60 vehicles. Sudanese security and army members in the region arrived on time to stop the raiders.
The UNHCR-sponsored refugee reception camp of Shagarab, located on the Eritrea-Sudan border, has three divisions called Camp North, Camp Center and Camp South. Refugees are usually kidnapped while trying to move between the three divisions of the large camp.

It is to be recalled that the Shagrab camp was visited by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Mr. Antonio Guterres a year ago on 12 January 2012.

Voice of Assenna: Change is Coming to Eritrea

The 'Arab Spring' Arrives in Eritrea

BRUSSELS (IDN) - Arab Spring has arrived in the Horn of Africa. Young people have been campaigning for the last year, inspired by events in Tunisia and Egypt, phoning households in the country that has been in the grip of its leader Isaias Afewerki since independence from neighbouring Ethiopia in 1991.
The young campaigners were asking citizens to stay home on Friday afternoons to protest against the dictatorship. The country has been in clutch of fear, while journalists, church leaders, writers, politicians and ordinary citizens have been locked up in jails. The country even scores below North Korea in terms of press freedom.
Since Monday, January 21, a mutiny has gripped the country as some hundred soldiers occupied the Ministry of Information, and subsequently the airport and the Central Bank. The newsreader read out that a constitution would be introduced and that political prisoners would be released.
The mutiny follows in the aftermath of high officials deserting the 66-year old leader, the latest being the feared Minister of Information, Ali Abdu, who recently sought political asylum in Canada. The coup seems to meet little resistance; local diplomats reported that shops were open and that everything was quiet in the streets. Telephone lines were open. So far it looks like a smooth transition.
Eritrea became independent in 1991 after a 30-year war against Ethiopia, but in 1998 war broke out again between the two countries. In 2001, just a day after 9/11 several critics of President Afewerki were locked up, they were never released and never brought into a court room. A prominent prisoner is Dawit Isac, a journalist – writer whose release has been demanded by a worldwide campaign. Following the crack-down those who had the means to leave the country left.
In recent years the population impoverished further and drought and hunger drove many to flee, despite a shoot-to-kill policy at the border. Human traffickers made use of the vulnerability of these refugees, as they were sold on and ended up in torture camps in the Sinai desert. Torture included burning, hanging, whipping and rape while ransoms were demanded of up to US$ 50.000. Relatives collecting the ransoms for the hostages would sell all their belongings, but could never be sure that they would see their relative alive again.
The UN and independent research concluded that the government of Eritrea itself was complicit with the human trafficking. The population has become increasingly desperate. It is therefore not a surprise that a transition is now being forced. Afewerki spent most of his time abroad as he is reportedly ill. His archenemy Meles, President of Ethiopia, died in 2012 in a hospital in Brussels.
Question
The question is, will the coup succeed? It is likely that it will. Firstly, Eritreans are not likely to oppose a transition, as they have suffered economic collapse and drought in recent years. Secondly, Afewerki has no friends among its neighbours, who are in fact likely to quietly support a transition. Moreover, the U.S. and the 27-nation European Union (EU) have become increasingly irritated with the support of Afewerki to Al Shabaab in Somalia and to the piracy in the Gulf of Aden. Eritrea is a very strategic military location that is certainly of interest to the West.
In the unlikely event that the claim for a transition is contested by factions of the military the international community will demand that Eritrea implements the constitution, frees political prisoners and establishes a transitional government with broad representation. And hence our view that the Arab Spring has finally reached the Horn of Africa, throwing its shadow further into the African continent.
*Prof. Dr. Mirjam van Reisen, professor International Social Responsibility at the Tilburg University, is author of 'Human Trafficking in the Sinai: Refugees between life and death', Wolf Legal Publishers, 2012. She is founding director of the Europe External Policy Advisors (EEPA) in Brussels and member of the International Commission on Eritrean Refugees (ICER). IDN Viewpoints reflect opinions of respective writers, which are not necessarily shared by the InDepthNews editorial board. [IDN-InDepthNews – January 21, 2013]

Possible failed coup attempt in Eritrea

More than 100 dissident soldiers stormed the Ministry of Information in the small East African nation of Eritrea on Monday and read a statement on state TV saying the country's 1997 constitution would be put into force, two Eritrea experts said.
The soldiers held all of the ministry workers - including the daughter of the president - in a single room, said Leonard Vincent, author of the book "The Eritreans" and co-founder of a Paris-based Eritrean radio station. The soldiers' broadcast on state TV said the country's 1997 constitution would be reinstated and all political prisoners freed, but the broadcast was cut off after only two sentences were read and the signal has been off air the rest of the day, Vincent said.
By late afternoon there were indications the soldiers' attempt would fail. A military tank sat in front of the Ministry of Information but the streets of the capital, Asmara, were quiet, and no shots had been fired, said a Western diplomat in Eritrea who wasn't authorized to be identified by name.
Vincent stopped short of calling it a coup d'etat and said it wasn't immediately clear if the action was a well-organized coup attempt or what he called a "kamikaze crash."
Later Monday government soldiers surrounded the ministry, an indication the action by the dissident soldiers had failed, said Martin Plaut, a fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies in Britain.
"It looks like it's an isolated attempt by some soldiers who are completely frustrated by what is going on. But it wasn't done in a coordinated manner," Plaut said. "They did seize the television station, they did manage to put this broadcast out, but the government is still functioning calmly. There is nothing on the streets."
Eritrea is an oppressive and politically isolated neighbor of Ethiopia and Sudan situated on the Red Sea that broke off from Ethiopia in the 1990s. The U.S. government's relations with Eritrea became strained in 2001 as a result of a government crackdown against political dissidents, the closing of the independent press and limits on civil liberties, conditions that the State Department says have "persisted to this day."

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Isaias Afworki has ruled the country as president and head of the military since 1993.
If the power grab attempt by the dissident soldiers fails, they are likely in for severe punishments, Vincent and Plaut said.
"People call it the North Korea of Africa and that is accurate, so you either win or you're dead, and I think these people are dead," Plaut said. "One can't be absolutely sure but that's what it looks like."

ዝኣደሙ ወተሃደራት ኤርትራ፡ ንቤት ጽሕፈት ሚኒስትሪ ዜና ኣብ ትሕቲ ቍጽጽሮም ኣእትዮም

ዝኣደሙ ወተሃደራት ኤርትራ፡ ንቤት ጽሕፈት ሚኒስትሪ ዜና ኣብ ትሕቲ ቍጽጽሮም ኣእትዮም

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ብኽልተ ድሩዓት መኻይን ዝተሰነዩ ክሳብ 200 ዝግመቱ ወተሃደራት ኤርትራ፡ ሎሚ ሰኑይ ዕለት 21 ጥሪ 2013 ነቲ ኣብ ፎርቶ ዝርከብ ቤት ጽሕፈት ሚኒስትሪ ዜና ኤርትራ ኣብ ትሕቲ ቍጽጽሮን ከምዘእተውዎ ተሓቢሩ።

እቶም ወተሃደራት ነቶም ኣብኡ ዝጸንሕዎም ሓለፍቲ እቲ ሚኒስትሪ ኣብ ሓደ ውሱን ክፋል ናይ’ቲ ህንጻ ሒዞምዎም ኣለዉ። ኣብ’ዚ ቀረባ እዋን ኣብ’ቲ ሚኒስትሪ ክትሰርሕ ዝተመደበት ኤልሳ ኢሳያስ፡ ጓሉ ንፕረሲደንት ኢሳያስ፡ ካብ’ቶም ኣብ ቍጽጽር ዝውዓሉ ሰራሕተኛታት ምዃና ውን ተገሊጹ።

ጋዜጠኛ ኣስመላሽ ኣብርሃ በቶም ዝኣደሙ ወተሃደራት ተገዲዱ፡ ቅዋም ኣብ ግብሪ ክውዕል ኢዩ፣ ናይ ፖለቲካን ስግረ ዶብ እሱራትን ክፍትሑ ኢዮም ዝብል መግለጺ ብተለቪዥን ድሕሪ ምሃቡ፡ ኤሪቲቪ፡ ድምጺ ሓፋሽ፡ ረድዮ ዛራን ካብ ፈነወ ውጻኢ ኰይነን ምጽንሐን ተፈሊጡ ኣሎ።

ኣብ ኣስመራ ይኹን ወጻኢ ካብ ኣስመራ እቲ ኵነታት ህዱእ ከምዘሎ’ዩ ዝተፈላለዩ ናይ ኤርትራውያንን ወጻእተኛታትን ምንጪታት ክሕብሩ ጸኒሖም።

ድሒሩ ዝመጸ ሓበሬታ፡ ደገፍቲ ናይ’ቲ ስርዓት ዝዀኑ ወተሃደራት፡ ነቶም ኣድመኛታት ኣኽቢቦምዎም ኣለዉ ዝብል ኢዩ። ከምኡ’ውን፡ ኤሪቲቪ ንቡር ፈነወኣ ጀሚራ ኣላ።