national service in eritrea slavery by another name

This briefing aims to highlight the Indefinite National Service as a core issue of human rights violation where conscripts are recruited forcefully and kept indefinitely against their will often working in construction and agricultural projects under slave like conditions. Contents 1. Background: Human Rights Violations in Eritrea 2

2. Introduction: Indefinite National Service Must Stop 3 3. Eritrea’s National Service: Indefinite Conscription and Forced Labour 4 4. Impacts of Eritrea’s national service 4 4.1 Impact on recruits 5 4.2 Implications for Eritrea 6

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The Italian daily, La Repubblica, reported and posted a shocking video in its website on 16 May 2014 showing bodies of the Lampedusa tragedy of last October scattered under the sea bed and inside the lower decks of the boat.
Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom, the chairman of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) sent a message to the EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso and the Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, expressing deep disappointment on the failure of Italy and EU and requesting them to give “the most basic human dignity to Eritrean victims of the Lampedusa tragedy” that claimed over 360 lives on 3 October 2013.
Sent on 19 May 2014, the EPDP Chairman’s message was also copied to 28 EU member states and Lady Catherine Ashton, the High-Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

ሓድነትና ኣደልዲልና ንሃገራዊ ድሕነት ንመርሽ

ዕለት 04-05-2014 ኣብ ከተማ ፊሊቦርግ ሃገረ ሲዊዘርላንድ ናይ ዝተፈላለዩ ኤርታዊ ዜጋታን ብርክት ዝበሉ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን ሰልፍታትን ሲቪላዊ ማሕበራትን ምንቅስቓሳትን ዝተረኽብዎ ፈላሚ ጉባኤ ኣክዪዱ። ኣብ ቀንዱ ጭርሖ ናይዚ ምትእኽኻብ “ሓድነትና ኣደልዲልና ንሃገራዊ ድሕነት ንመርሽ።”እዚ ጭርሖ እዚ፡ ኣብዚ ዘሎናዮ እዋን ጀሚሩ ብተግባር መሰረት እናሓዘ ንቕድሚት ክስጉም ዘለዎ እምበር ተንጠልጢሉ ብመብጻዓ ኣብ ሓሳብን ጭርሖታትን ሓሳባትን ተጻሒፉ ጥራሕ ዝፍጸም ኣይኮነን። ነዚ ንኩሉ ደላይ ፍትሒ አርትራዊ ዜጋ ኣብዚ እዋን እዚ ዝጠልቦ እቲ መገዲ ሓድነት መሰረት ዲሞክራሲያዊ ዓወት ምዃኑ ኢዩ ዝርዳእ። እታ ንሰለስተ ወርሒ መደባትን መንቀሊ ንድፊ ክትሕንጽጽ ኣብዚ ተመርኵሳ ንኹሉ ዝተወደበ ይኹን ዘይተወደበ ዝካፈሉሉ ጉባኤ ክተዳሉ ንግዚኡ ግን ነቲ ነዓኣ ዝመስላ ጥርናፈን ኣገዳሲ ዝተባህለ ተብግሶታት ክትወስድ ዝማሕጸና ናይ ከተማ ‘ኣረው’ ፈለማ ኣኼባኣ ኣካይዳ። እዚ ከኣ በቲ እዋናዊ ተረኽቦ ተበግሶታት ከም ናይ ላምፐድሳ ህልቂት ብምክትታልን ኣብ ዝካየድ ዝነብረ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣብ ሮማ ብምክፋል ዝተገብረ ኣወሃሃዲ ስራሓትን፣ ከምኡ እውን ናይ ሓውና ዶክተር ተወልደ ተስፋማርያም (ወዲ ቫካሮ) ሰሚናር ንምድላው ዘጓነፈ ጸገማት ተሳዒሩ ኣብ ከተማ ሱሉተርን ክካየድ ተኻኢሉ። እዚ ብወለንታዊ ዝስራሕ እኳ እንተኾነ ጽዑቅን ብዙሕን ኣኬባ ድሕሪ ምግባር እነሆ እዚ ናይ ሎሚ ኣኼባ ክጽውዒ በቒዑ ክብል ግዚያዊ ኣሰናዳኢ ሽማግለ ስፍሕ ዝበለ ቁጠባውን ማሕበራውን መግለጺ ኣቕሪቡ።