ኤርትራውያን ምሁራትን ክኢኣታትን፡ ብዛዕባ መጻኢት ኤርትራ ዝግደስ ትካል፡ ፖሊስን ምምርማርን መሰረት ንምንጻፍ ብ14 ነሃሰ 2021 ኣብ ከተማ  ዋሽንግተን ዲሲ ዓወደ መጽናዕቲ ኣካይዶም። እዞም 150 ዝኾኑ ኣብ ዋሽንግተን መእከቢ ኣዳራሽ ካቶሊካዊት ዩኒቨርስቲ ዝተራኸቡ፡ ድሕሪቲ ዓውደ መጽናዕቶም ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ  ኣውጺኦም። ናይዚ ዓወድ መጽናዕቲ ዓላማ ብዛዕባ ህልዊ ኩነታት ኤርትራን  ጽልዋኡ ኣብ ዞባ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃን ንምምይያጥ ምንባሩ ኣብቲ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ ተጠቒሱ። ብዛዕባ ድሕሪ ውድቀት ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝምልከት ኣቐዲምካ መደባት ምትላም ዝምልከት’ውን ቀንዲ ኣካል ናይቲ ኣብቲ ዓውደ መጽናዕቲ ዝተዘርበሉ ዛዕባታት ነይሩ። ኣብዚ ብኤርትራዊ ትካል ምምርማር ንፖሊስን እስትራተጀን ድሕሪ ውድቀት ግዝኣት ኢሳያስ  ዝተዳለወ ዓውደ-መጽናዕቲ እቶም 150 ምሁራትን ክኢላታትን ብኣካል ዝተሳተፉ ክኾኑ እንከለዉ፡ 5 ደርዘን ዝኾኑ ከኣ ብመንገዲ ዙም ተሳቲፎም። ብኣሸሓት ዝቑጸሩ ካለኦት ድማ ብዝተፈላለዩ መሕበራዊ መራኸብታት ካብ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካ ወጻኢ ከይተረፈ ከም ዝተሳተፍዎ እቲ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ ሓቢሩ።

ካብቶም ኣብዚ ዓውደ-መጽናዕቲ መጽናዕታዊ ጽሑፋት ብምቕራብ ኮነ ምይይጥ ብምክያድ ዝተሳተፉ፡ ፕሮፈሰር በረኸት ሃብተስላሴ ካብ ዩኒቨስርሲቲ ሰሜን ካሎሮና፡ ፕሮፈሰር ኪዳነ መንግስተኣብ ካብ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ፐንሲልቫኒያ፡ ፕሮፈሰር ኣርኣያ ደበሳይ ካብ 1970 ጀሚሮም ኣብ ኤርትራዊ ጉዳይ ንጡፍ ተሳቲፊ፡ ዶ/ር ሳባ ኪዳነ ናይ ማሶን ዩኒቨርሲቲ ምርቕትን ኣቶ ኑረዲን ዓብደልቃድር ካብ 1970ታት ጀሚሮም  ኣብ ማሕበረ ኮማዊ ንጥፈታት ህዝቦም ኣብ ምልዕዓል ናይ ነዊሕ ግዜ ተመኩሮ ዘለዎምን ከም ዝርከብዎም ካብቲ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ ምርዳእ ይከኣል።

እቶም ኣቕረብቲ ጽሑፋት ብዛዕባ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝርአ ዘሎ፡ ፖለቲካዊ ዘይምርግጋእ፡ ግርጭታትን ቁጠባዊ ውድቀትን፡ ገንዘባዊ ዘይህድኣት፡ ድሕንነት፡ ትሑት ትሕተ-ቅርጻ፡ ዝለዓለ ሸቕለተ-ኣልቦነት፡ ዋሕዚ ናብ ስደትን ሰብኣዊ ቅልውላውን፡ ግዱድ ውትህድርና፡ ጨካን ኣገባብ ማእሰርትን ስነ-ኣእሙራዊ ጸገማትን ዝምልከቱ ዝርዝራት ንምይይጥ ኣቕሪቦም። ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ ከኣ ናብ ደሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ኣብ ምስግጋር ከጋጥሙ ዝኽእሉ ብደሆታትን  ወተሃደራት ዝነበሩን ኣብ ስደት ዝጸንሑን ኤርትራዊ ዜጋታት ምስቲ ሕበረተሰብ ከም ዝውሃሃዱ ምኽኣልን ዝያዳ በዳህቲ ዛዕባታት ከም ዝኾኑ ጠቒሰምዎም።

እቶም ተሳተፍቲ ምሁራት ኣብቲ መድረኽ ከም ዝገለጽዎ፡ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ ኣብ ኤርትራ ቅቡል ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ከይትከል ዓንቂጹ ከም ዘሎ ጠቒሶም። ካብዚ ነቒሎም ከኣ ኣብ ኤርትራ ሰላማዊ ምስግጋር ናብ ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓትን እቲ ዝምስረት ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ዳግማይ ከይጭወን ምጥንቃቕ ከም ዘድሊ ኣዘኻኺሮም። ተሳተፍቲ ኣብ መጻኢ ንብልጽግና ኤርትራዊ ዜጋ ቀዳምነት ዝህቡ ኣካላት ብመንገዲ ምርጫ  ፈሊኻ ምፍላጥ ዘኽእል ኣገባብ ካብ ብሕጂ ክሕንጸጽ ከም ዝግባእ ኣስፊሮም።  ምስዚ ኣተሓሒዞም ንተሳትፎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ መስርሕ ምስግጋር ናብ ዲሞክራሲ ኣጉሊሖም ጠቒሰምዎ።

ካልእ ተሳተፍቲ ምሉእ ብምሉእ ዝተረዳድእሉ፡ ነዚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ኣብ ዞባና ጠንቂ ዘይምርድዳእ ኮይኑ ዘሎ ጉጅለ  ህግደፍ ንምብዳህ፡ ሓድነትን ውህደትን ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ፖለቲካውን ሲቪካውን ማሕበራቱን  ንምርግጋጽ ናይ ሓባር ኣበርክቶ ኣገዳሲ ምዃኑ እዩ። ነዚ ኣተግቢርካ  ናብ ሸቶ ንምብጻሕን ከኣ ሰፊሕ ስሙር ግንባር ወይ ጉባአ ምክያድ ከም ዘድሊ ተሳተፍቲ ኣስፊሮም።

ናይ ኤርትራ ኣገዳሲ ክሳዳዊ ኣቀማምጣን ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ምሁራት ኣብ ወጻኢ ምህላዎምን ንመጻኢ ቁጠባዊ ወፍሪ ኣብ ኤርትራ ኣብ ዞባና ሓጋዚ ስለ ዝኸውን፡ ድሕሪ ውድቀት እቲ ጉጅለ ቁጠባዊ ዋዕላ ምክያድ ከም ዘድሊ ኣዘኽኺሮም። እቲ ጉጅለ ምስ ጐረባብቲ ክፈጥሮ ዝጸንሐ ህውከት፡ ሓደ ብደሆ ኮይኑ፡ ነዚ ብዝምልከት ምስሊ ኤርትራ ንምዕራይ፡ ቀጻሊ ህንጸትን ምትእምማን ናይ ምፍጣር ስረሓት ንምትግባር ኤርትራውያን ምሁራት  ንሰላም፡ ጸጥታን ምርግጋእን ኣዞባ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ዝምልከት ኣስተዋጸኦ ከበርክቱ ትጽቢት ከም ዝግበረሎም ጠቒሶም።

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

ኣብ መፋርቕ ናይ 1880 ኤውሮጳውያን ገዛእቲ ከከም ዝጥዕሞም ንኣፍሪቃ ከም ስጋ ጉዚ ምስተመቓቐልዋ፡ ኤርትራ ብጽሒት ግዝኣት ጣልያን ኮይና። መግዛእቲ ኢጣልያ ግዝኣቱ ኣብ ምብራቕ ኣፍሪቃ ንምስፍሕፋሕ ንኣስመራ ከም ቀንዲ መንበሪ ከተምኡን መወንጨፊቱን ገይሩ መስረታ። ነዚ ዝገበሮ ብዋጋ ናይቶም ደቀባት ጉልበት ኢዩ ነይሩ። ናይ ሕርሻ መሬቶም መንዚዑ ጉልበቶም ምዝሚዙ ሰብኣዊ መሰላቶም ገፊፉ ግዙኣቱ ብምግባር ነይሩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምስቲ ኣብቲ እዋንቲ ዝነበሮ  ውሱን ዓቕሚ ንፋሽስታዊ መግዛእታዊ ምምሕዳር ኢጣልያ ብቐሊሉ ኣይረዓሞን። ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ቦታታት መጠኑን መልክዓቱን ዝፈላለ ይኹንምበር ተቓውሞ ኣርእዩ እዩ።

ድሕሪ መወዳእታ 2ይ ውግእ ዓለም ስዕረት ናይቲ ኢጣልያ ዝነበረቶ ወገን ምግጣሙ፡ ኤርትራ ሓያላት ሃገራት ስለ ዝዘረይዋ፡  ከምተን ካለኦት ኣብ ትሕቲ ኣርዑት መግዛእቲ ኤውሮጳውያን ዝጸንሓ ብቐጥታ ኣኽሊል ናጽነት ክትደፍእ ኣይከኣለትን። ብኣንጻሩ እቶም ናይ ምውሳን ስልጣን ዝነበሮም ሓያላት ሃገራት ኣብ ጉዳይ ሃገርና ኣብ ሕድሕዶም’ውን ምርድዳእ ምስ ሰኣኑ፡ ኤርትራ ካብ ድሌት ህዝባ ወጻኢ ን10 ዓመታት ኣብ ትሕቲ መጉዚትነት ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ ክትጸንሕ ተወሰነ።

ኤርትራ ኣብ ትሕቲ ምምሕዳር ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ ኣብ ዝወደቐትሉ ግዜ፡ “መጻኢ ዕድል ኤርትራ” ንምውሳን ኣዝዩ ጽዑቕ ፖለቲካዊ ላዕልን ታሕትን ተኻየደ። ምምሕዳር እንግሊዝ ምስ ኩሉቲ ጨቋንን ፈላሊኻ ግዛእ ኣመሓዳድራኣን  ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘየርብሕ ቁጠባዊ ፖሊሲኣን፡ መሰል ምውዳብን ሓሳብካ ምግላጽን ስለ ዘፍቀደት ኤርትራውያን ከከም ዝንባለኦም ተወዲቦም  መጻኢ ዕድል ሃገሮም ክውስኑ ተንቀሳቒሶም። እንተኾነ እተን ኣብቲ ግዜቲ ዝተፈጠራ ኤርትራዊ ፖለቲካዊ ማሕበራት ብሓፈሻ፡ ካብ ናይ ወጻኢ ሓይልታት ተጽዕኖ ብፍላይ ከኣ ካብ ኢድ ኣእታውነት መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ናጻ ሰለ ዘይነበራ መሰረታዊ ባህጊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣይተረጋገጸን። ኣብ መውዳእታ ከኣ እቲ ካብ ትጽቢት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ዝተደኰነ ፈደረሽን ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን እውን ሰንከልከል ክብል ምስ ጸንሐ፡ ብ14 ሕዳር 1962 ብኢደወነናዊ ውሳነ ንጉሰ ሃይለስላሴ ብወገዒ  ፈረሰ።

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ኩሉቲ ብሕቡእን ብግሁድን ናጽነቱ ንምውሓስ ዘካየዶ ፈተነታት ምስ መኸነን እቲ ካብ ድልየቱ ወጻኢ ዝተደኰነ ፈደረሽን እውን በቲ ዝወሰኖ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ከይተረፈ ተጠሊሙ ምስ ፈረሰን፡ ኣብ ቅድሚኡ“ንመግዛእቲ ክርዕም ወይ ድማ ካልእ ኣገባብ ቃልሲ ክኽተል”  ምርጫታት ቀረበሉ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ  ኣብ ትሕቲ መግዛእቲ ምንባር ስለ ዘይመረጸ፡ ከም መቐጸልታ ናይቲ ከካይዶ ዝጸንሐ ሕጋውን ፖለቲካውን መኸተ ንናጽነት፡ ካልእ ኣገባብ ተኸቲሉ ቃልሱ ክቕጽል ናይ ግድን ኮነ። በዚ መሰረት ከኣ ብ1961 ኣብ ሜዳ ኤርትራ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ተበሰረ። ምጅማር ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ወድዓዊ ኩነታትን ድሌት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ  ንናጽነትን ኣንቢቡ ኢዩ ተበጊሱ። ንኤርትራ ልክዕ ከምተን ኣብቲ እዋንቲ ናጽነተን ዘውሓሳ ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ ንምግባራ ዝዓለመ ነይሩ። ኣብቲ ፖለቲካዊ ቃልሲ ዝተመኮሩ ኤርትራውያን ሓርበኛታት ኣብ ውሽጥን ወጻእን ሓሲቦምን ምስቲ ዝነበረ ዓለማዊ ኩነታት ኣገናዚቦምን ምስ ዝተወሰነ በዓል ቤታዊ ሕጽረታት   ዝኣተዉዎ ምርጫ’ዩ  ነይሩ።

ቅድሚቲ ስዉእ ሓምድ እድሪስ ዓዋተ ዝመራሒኦም ብባሕቲ መስከረም 1961 ኣብ ሜዳ ኤርትራ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ምብሳሮም፡ ነዚ ብዝምልከት ኣብ ሃገር ግብጺ፡ ብ7 ሓምለ 1960፡ እድሪስ መሓመድ ኣደም፡ ጠሃ መሓመድ ኑር፡ ሰይድ መሓመድ ሑሴን፡ እድሪስ ዑስማን ገላዴዎስ፡ ሰይድ ኣሕመድ መሓመድ፡ መሓመድ ሳልሕ ሑመድ፡ ሱሌማን መሓመድ ኣሕመድ፡ ኣደም መሓመድ ዓልን ሑመድ ሰይድ ኣንታታን ዝርከብዎም ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ደረጃ ትምህርትን ስራሕን ዝነበሩ ንኣጀማምራ’ቲ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ኣብ ዝምልከት ተኣኪቦም  ምዝታዮምን ኣብቲ ዓመት ብ10 ሓምለ 11 ዝኣባላታ መሪሕነት ምምራጾምን ድማ፡   እቲ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ብሃንደበት ከም ዘይተጀመረ ዘረድእ እዩ።

ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከምቲ ገለ ወገናት ዝብልዎ ዕላማኡ እንታይ ምዃኑ ከይተረደአ ዝነቐለ ዘይኮነ፡ ኣብ 5 ጉዳያት ዘተኩር 14 ዓንቀጻት ዝሓዘ መበገሲ ሰነድ ከም ዝነበሮ ብዛዕባኡ ዓሚቕ መጽናዕቲ ዘካየዱ ተመራመርቲ ዘረጋገጽዎ እዩ። ኣብቲ መበገሲ ሰነድ፡ ሰውራ ንምሕያል ከከም ኩነታቱ ብግሁድን ብስዉርን ሰፊሕ ህዝባዊ ውደባ ምክያድ፡ ሓድነት እቲ ዝምስረት ሰውራን ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ምዕቃብን ጉዳይ ኤርትራ ኣብ ሕቡራት ሃገራትን ካለኦት ዝምልከቶም ኣካላትን ግንዛበ ክረክብ ጻዕሪ ምቕጻልን ዝብሉ፡ ኣይኮነንዶ ኣብቲ  እዋንቲ ሎሚ እውን ኣገዳስነቶም ህያው ዝኾኑ ሓሳባት ነይረምዎ። ከም ኣካል ናይዚ ሰነድዚ ተሳትፎ ኣብቲ ቃልሲ ንዝኾነ 18 ዓመትን  ካብኡ ንላዕልን ዝዕድሜኡ ኤርትራዊ ክፉት ምንባሩ ከኣ ክሳብ ክንደይ ኣህጉርዊ ሕጊ ውትህድርና ኣብ ግምት ዘእተወ  ከም ዝነበረ ዘመልክት እዩ።

ሰውራ ኤርትራ ብባሕቲ መስከረም 1961 ብመሪሕነት እቲ ብ1915 ተወሊዱ ብ1962 ዝተሰወአ ሓምድ እድሪስ ዓወተ ምስ ተበሰረ፡ ብዙሓት ወተሃደራዊ ተመኩሮ ዝነበሮም ኤርትራውያን ክኽተልዎ ግዜ ኣይወሰደሎምን። ኣብ ከባቢ ኣቑርደት ተወሊዱ፡ ብ1934 ኣብ ሱዳን ወተሃደር ዝኾነ፡ ኣቡ ርጀላ ነዚ ብዝምልከት ኣብ ሓደ ኣጋጣሚ ከም ዝገለጾ፡ ኣብ ወርሒ ለካቲት 1962 ንሱ ዝርከቦም 20 ሃብታም ወተሃደራዊ ተመኩሮ ዝነበሮም ኤርትራውያን ናብቲ ዕሸል ሰውራ ከም ዝተጸንበሩ ይገልጽ። እቲ ዋሕዚ ተሳትፎ ድሕሪኡ’ውን  ቀጺሉ።

እቲ ብኸምዚ ዝሃብተመ ሰውራ፡ ኣብቲ መስርሕ የጋጥሞ ንዝነበረ  ውሽጣዊ ምፍንጫላትን መግዛእታዊ ተጻብኦታትን በዲሁ፡ ናይ ኣእላፍ ጀጋኑ ህይወት ገቢሩ ድሕሪ ናይ 30 ዓመታት ናይ ቃልስን ዓወትን ጉዕዞ  ብ1991 ናጽነት ኤርትራ፡ ድሕሪኡ ከኣ ብ1993 ብመንገዲ ረፈረንደም ልኡላዊት ኤርትራ ኣውሒሱ። እዚ ዓውትዚ ናይቲ ቃልሲ ናይ መጀመርያ ምዕራፍ መዛዘሚ እምበር፡ ናይ መውዳእታ ኣይነበረን። ምኽንያቱ “ልኡላዊት ኤርትራ ከመይ ትመሓደር?” ዝብል መሰረታዊ ሕቶ ዝመለሰ ስለ ዘይነበረ። ብመሰረቱ እውን ናይቲ ቃልሲ መበገሲ ናይ ባዕዳውያን ገዛእቲ ኣብ ኤርትራዊ ኣካላዊ ህልውና ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ምረት ናይቲ ብኣታቶም ዝወርድ ዝነበረ ወጽዓ እዩ ነይሩ። ድሕሪ ናጽነት እውን ንኤርትራ መን ይምረሓያ ብዘየገድስ እቲ መግዛእታዊ ወጻዒ ኣተሓሳስባ ክሳብ ዘይተወገደ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ቃልሱ ክቕጽል ግድን ነይሩ። ስለዚ እዩ ከኣ ንምውጋድ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝግበር ቃልሲ ክቕጽል  ባህርያዊ ዝኸውን።

ባሕቲ መስከረም እዚ ን60 ዓመታት መልክዓቱ እንዳቀያየረ ጌና ዘይዓረፈ ዘሎ ቃልሲ በቲ ዝበለሐ መልክዑ ዝተጀመረላ ስለ ዝኾነት ክንዝክራ ግቡእ እዩ። ኣብቲ ዝኽራ ኣብ ጸልማት ኮይኖም ብርሃን ከም ዝመጽእ ተኣማሚኖም ቃልሲ ንዝጀመሩ ሓርበኛታትና ገድሎም ከነዝንቱ ግድን እዩ። እቲ ቀንዲ ቁምነገርና ግና “ንሳቶምስ ግቡኦም ፈጺሞም ኣረኩበሙና ንሕናኸ ናበይ ገጽና ኢና?” ዝብል ንቕድሚት ዘማዕዱ ሕቶ ምምላስ እዩ ክኸውን ዝግበኦ። እቶም ሓርበኛታት ግቡኦም ፈጺሞም ኣረኪቦም ስለ ዝሓለፉ ዘይተኸፍለ ዕዳ ዘብሎም ቅሱናት’ዮም። ንሕና ግና እቲ ሓላፍነት ጌና ኣብ እንግደዓና ስለ ዘሎ ሰብ ዕዳ ኢና። ንተካኢና ወለዶ ከነረክብ ባህርያዊ ስለዝኾነ፡ ኣብቲ ምርኽኻብ ድማ “እዚ ዓሚምና ኣለና ንስኻትኩም ከኣ መልእዎ” እንብለሉ ስራሕ ዝዓመምና ክንከውን ይግበኣና።  ኣብ ከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ታሪኻዊ ዕለት፡ መንእሰይ ወለዶ ተኸኣኢሉ፡ ተጸዋዊሩን ተመላሊኡን፡ ትርጉም ፍልልያዊ ሓድነት ተረዲኡ ብሓባር ዝቃለሰሉ ባህሊ ከነውርሶ  ግበኣና። ከምዚ ክንገብር እንተዘይበቒዕና ግና እቲ ዝትከኣና ወለዶ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ታሪኽ እውን ክተሓሳሰበና እዩ።

ናጻ ኤርትራ ነይሩ ድሌትና ባህግና

ብውዱብ ምንቅስቓስ ስለዝተቓወምና

ክሃድኑና ብሓይሊ ክቕንጽሉና

ብውዲት ብዓመጽ ጸኒሖም ክገዝኡና

ብሓደ መስከረም ጠበንጃ ኣልዒልና

ናይ ዕጠቕ ነጋሪት ተዅሲ ከፊትና።

ተዘከር ጅግና ሓምድ እድሪስ ዓዋተ

ጋንትኡ ወዲቡ ኣብ ጎቦ ኣዳል ዝኸተተ

ብሓደ መስከረም ተዅሲ ዝኸፈተ

ንቕሎ ሰውራ ብኤርትራዊ መኸተ

 ናብ ምሉእ ሃገራዊ ናጽነት ዝኣንፈተ።

ጓሶት ሃገርና ኣሕኦም ጠንጢኖም

ሓረስቶት ማሕረሶም ገዲፎም

ሰራሕተኛታት ናውቶም ደርብዮም

ተመሃሮ ማህደሮም ኣቐሚጦም

ወዶም ጓሎም ንናጽነት ሃገር ተሰሊፎም

ማእለያ ዘይብሉ መስዋእቲ ከፊሎም።

ብዝተናውሐ ውግእ ብተወፋይነት

ተጋዲልና ንሰላሳ ዓመታት

ተኸፊሉ መስዋእቲ ብኣሽሓት

ብህዝባዊ መኸተ መንዚዕና ናጽነት

ጨቢጥና’ወ ሃገራዊ ልዑላውነት።

ንጹር መደብ ዕዮ ሓንጺጽና

ከነረጋግጽ ኵሉ ዓይነት መሰላትና

ክንነብር ብሰላም ፍትሒ ብልጽግና

መግዛእቲ ተደምሲሱ ጨቢጥና ናጽነትና

ዓገብ’ዩ ብኢሳያስ ተጠሊምና

ስርዓት ምልኪ ሳዕሪሩ መሪሩ ጭቆና።

ሕቶና ኣይረኸበን ግቡእ መልሲ

ንሕሙም ስርዓት ኣለዎ ፈውሲ

ብህዝባዊ ማዕበል ካብ ሱሩ በንቋሲ

ክትካእ’ዩ ብፍትሓዊ ደሞክራሲ

ክንበጽሖ ናይ ግድን ብቐጻሊ ቃልሲ።

ጻውዒት ሓደ መስከረም ዝተቐበሉ

ንናጽነት ሃገር ሂወቶም ዝኸፈሉ

ተወጊኦም ኣካሎም ዝሰንከሉ

ንሓርነት ህዝቢ ዝቃለሱ ከይተሓለሉ

ሞያኦም ይዘከር ተሰኒዱ ተጸንቢሉ።

ባሕርና ብሂጎም ንዝምህዝዎ ናይ ፈጠራ ክትዓት

ኤርትራ ከም ኵለን ግዙኣት ሃገራት

ንጹር ዶባታ ስኑድ ኣብ ኣህጉራዊ ትካላት

ናጽነታ ብመስዋእቲ ደቃ ዘረጋገጸት

ህያው’ዩ ቲ’ቀያድን መወዳእታን ኣህጉራዊ ምስክርነት

ዋጋ-ዕዳጋ ዘይኣቱ ስጡም ልዑላውነት።

ሓድነትን ማዕርነትን ህዝብና ብብዙሕነት

ወከልቲ ህዝቢ ብደሞክራስዊ ምርጫታት

ይቑም ህዝባዊ ባይቶታት ኣብ ኩለን ዓድታት

ኣብ ኵሉ ከተማታት ወረዳታት ኣውራጃታት

ሃገራዊ ሓጋግን ፈጻምን ፈራድን ብቕዋማዊ ስርዓት

ዝምረጽ ካቢነ ሚኒስትራት ብሞያዊ ብቕዓት

እዚ’ዩ ነይሩ ናይ ሓደ መስከረም ዕላማታት።

ምስጢር ዓወትና፣ ሓሳብና ይስመር

ሓድነትና ከም ሓጺን ይትረር

ብህጹጽ ብዘይ ውዓል ሕደር

ስርዓት ምልክን መሓውራቱን ንስበር

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AUGUST 29, 2021  NEWSPOLITICAL PRISONERS

In the wake of the tragic failure of Eritrea’s 1998-2000 border war with Ethiopia, senior members of the Eritrean government began a campaign to bring about the democracy that the 30 year war of liberation had been fought for.

They formed the G-15: men and women who challenged President Isaias to give the Eritrean people the freedoms they had been promised. In dawn raids on 18 and 19 September 2001 the president’s notorious security forces rounded them up and jailed them. None have ever been taken before a court or convicted of any crime. They have rotted in prison ever since.

At the same time independent newspapers were closed and journalists arrested. The nightmare of repression which has hung over Eritrea ever since had begun.

Now, on the 20th anniversary of these terrible events, we recall those who have been in Eritrea’s jails ever since. Their families have been deprived of them; their friends have lost them. But they have never been forgotten. Nor has the flame of hope that they ignited – of a proud, free and democratic country.

We have profiles of these brave men and women – and will share them daily.


Germano Nati became a clandestine member of the ELF and was arrested by the Ethiopian security services and detained in Sembel Prison, Asmara. He was tortured; his finger and toe nails were pulled out with pincers, given electrical shocks to get him reveal ELF secrets. In 1975, he and some fellow inmates were freed from prison by a daring and heroic ELF operation.

Following his release from prison, Germano joined the EPLF and received military training and then assigned to the Department of Political Awareness – Research Branch, where he wrote articles in the Kunama language. Later he was assigned to the Department of Public Administration in Barka (now Gash Barka) and he worked hard to strengthen the participation of the Kunama people in the armed struggle, as well as helping to resolve conflicts between the Kunama and Nara ethnic groups on the one hand and the Kunama and Tigrinya on the other.

After independence in 1994, Germano was elected member of the PFDJ Central Committee and then a member of the Eritrean National Assembly. He was posted as Administrator of the Gash-Setit, Barka region. He, like most young people of his generation, had a vision that after Eritrea independence the country would be democratic, governed by a constitution and rule of law. They wanted to see the people freely and regularly elect their representatives, from local levels to the highest organs in government. He wanted them to enjoy press freedom, have the right to assembly, peaceful protest, organise and form political parties.

In September 2001, while working in Denkel province, he was arrested along with the G-15 for demanding change to create a democratic and constitutional administered Eritrea. They were taken to the infamous Ira-Iro prison and have not seen or heard since.

In an article published on Awate.com under the title ‘Release our fathers’, one of Germano’s children wrote ‘While many people chose to ignore the corruption and injustice they saw, you did not ignore it and spoke and opposed it openly. Wherever I go, I remember you, and you are always with me. I named my son after you.  I feel your spirit following me wherever I go. I know that you are human and will pass away as everyone will someday. You, and the other G-15 who signed the letter demanding President Isaias to convene a special meeting of the Eritrean National Assembly have been imprisoned and are wasting away in the solitary cells in the infamous Ira-Iro jail. I feel proud of you for I know that you will be proudly remembered forever. But I feel sorry for the loser, President Isaias Afwerki who ignored your just calls and demands. I know history will not remember nor forgive Isaias.’

AUGUST 29, 2021  NEWS

Press Release: Eritrea Scholars and Professionals Gather to Devise a Roadmap for the Country’s Future

Eritrean Research Institute for Policy and Strategy

Washington – More than 150 Eritreans gathered on August 14, 2021 at the Catholic University in the Eritrean Scholars and Professionals Workshop to discuss the current situation in Eritrea and its impact on the Horn of Africa, as well as begin planning for the time after the regime of Isaias Afwerki has ended.  The event, organized by the Eritrean Research Institute for Policy and Strategy (ERIPS), was attended by more than 150 scholars and professionals in person, five dozen participating on Zoom live and an untold number otherwise online, including those from outside the United States.

150 Eritreans gathered on August 14, 2021 at the Catholic University in the Eritrean Scholars and Professionals Workshop to discuss the current situation in Eritrea and its impact on the Horn of Africa,

Numerous scholars made presentations or participated in the discussions, such as Prof. Bereket Habte Selassie, a retired professor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill who is a leading scholar on African law and government; Professor Kidane Mengisteab, an African Studies professor at Pennsylvania State University who has conducted research on traditional institutions in African governance, Professor Araya Debessay, an active participant in the Eritrean affairs since 1974, Dr. Saba T. Kidane, a Ph.D. graduate of the George Mason University School for Conflict Analysis and Resolution, who is a conflict resolution expert and  Mr. Nureddin Abdulkadir who has served his country as an activist and community leader since the early 1970s.

The experts laid out the disastrous situation facing Eritrea at this time which includes political instability, conflicts and state collapse with a failed economy, financial instability, poverty, poor infrastructure, high unemployment, mass migration, refugee crisis, forced conscription, indiscriminate imprisonment and mental health problems that include post-traumatic stress disorder. Participants also highlighted the challenges of transitioning to a democratic governance and the imperatives of reintegrating soldiers and refugees back into the Eritrean society.

The Isaias regime has prevented the establishment of genuine democracy in Eritrea and has stunted its growth among succeeding generations. Therefore, participants called for the education of Eritreans on proper democratic discourse to ensure a smooth and stable transition and to prevent the democratic process from being hijacked once a new government is installed. Participants recommended that a process must be devised early on to identify qualified individuals through elections in their local communities whose main priority is the welfare of Eritrean citizens. They also highlighted approaches for encouraging mass participation in transitioning the country to democracy.

To successfully change the regime in Eritrea, which has not only caused the myriad of problems facing Eritrea itself but also the entire Horn of Africa region, the workshop consensus was that efforts must include building trust and cohesiveness among Eritreans, human and institutional capacity building, and united effort of all Eritrean political and civil society organizations for the primary goal of bringing swift and sustainable change in Eritrea. To effectively implement such a singular goal, participants called for a united front or congress.

The strategic location of the country and a vast number of Eritrean professionals in diaspora will aid Eritrea’s potential for being a hub of investments in the region.  However, because of Eritrea’s ruined economy under the current government, participants recommended that the fall of the regime should be followed by an Economic Forum with business leaders, investors, economists, and experts from international financial institutions such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the African Development Bank, etc. This can be a starting platform to adopt a solid policy for economic recovery and reconstruction of the country.

To recover from the negative impact in the region caused by the Isaias regime’s instigation and involvement in conflicts with its neighbors, participants recommended the formation of an alliance and collaboration with regional stakeholders to ensure peace, security and stability.  Participants further believe there must be work done on effective diplomacy with the United States, the European Union and other entities in the international community to secure peace in Eritrea and the Horn of Africa.

Participants of the workshop discussed in detail four highly important and timely topics in a roundtable format and presented their recommendations. The topics focused on the challenges and opportunities Eritrea will face post-PFDJ; the roles and responsibilities of Eritrean intellectuals in contributing towards the effort for political change; the challenges of reconstruction and social-economic developments; the mandate of Eritrean intellectuals in building trust and harmony amongst the Eritreans; and the need for Eritrean intellectuals in contributing towards peace, security and stability in the Horn of Africa. Participants of the workshop were also updated by ERIPS member Dr. Astier Alemseged about the Isaias regime’s refusal to collaborate with the WHO and the COVAX program and its refusal to the Eritrean public the protection that could be gained by the freely available CIOVD-19 vaccines. Participants of the workshop noted the atrocious and irresponsible acts of the Isaias regime as this is yet another harm it is inflicting to Eritreans.

ERIPS plans to take a leading role in furthering the discussions begun during this event to successfully press for bringing socio-economic and political change and to create an Eritrea that allow its more than five million people to enjoy justice, experience prosperity and exist peacefully and harmoniously with its neighbors.

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Saturday, 28 August 2021 21:36

Dimtsi Harnnet Sweden 28.08.2021

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First day of the European Union summit in Brussels. Photo: Reuters

UNITED NATIONS - U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the Security Council on Thursday that a conflict in Ethiopia has spread beyond the northern Tigray region and "a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding before our eyes."

Ethiopia has been embroiled in a conflict that flared nine months ago in Tigray and which has spread to other areas. The government has also struggled to contain other outbreaks of ethnic and political violence over land and resources.

Gunmen killed at least 150 people last week in western Ethiopia in an attack by an armed group against local residents, the state-appointed Ethiopian Human Rights Commission said on Thursday.

"Inflammatory rhetoric and ethnic profiling are tearing apart the social fabric of the country," Guterres told the 15-member Security Council. "All parties must immediately end hostilities without preconditions and seize that opportunity to negotiate a lasting ceasefire."

The United States called out the Ethiopian government for not responding positively to proposals for negotiations and instead publicly calling for the mobilization of militia; the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) for expanding its own military campaign into the Afar and Amhara regions; and neighboring Eritrean Defense Forces for re-entering Tigray.

"This is all gravely concerning to all of us. These developments are eroding the unity, the sovereignty, and the territorial integrity of the Ethiopian state," said Richard Mills, deputy U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

Guterres said more than two million people have been displaced in the conflict and millions more need aid, including food, water, shelter and health care, adding: "At least 400,000 people are living in famine-like conditions." REUTERS
Read more at https://www.todayonline.com/world/un-chief-says-social-fabric-ethiopia-being-torn-apart

When Abi Ahmed and his allies launched their war on the Tigray Region of Ethiopia last November, and committed violations against civilians, especially women and children, the international community demanded that they be stopped and the perpetrators held accountable, as did most of the Eritrean national opposition groups and individuals .

The main reason for the pressure to stop the war against Tigray, was the tools and methods that were being used, and the fear of genocide and ethnic cleansing of the population. After its military victory and regaining control of a large part of its land, the Tigray Defence Force (TDF) went on to launch attacks on the Amhara and Afar Regions, causing the displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians from their homes, and committing human rights violations. Now the TPLF are turning their attention to Eritrea.

The world's rejection of the war on Tigray does not mean authorising the TDF to terrorize civilians in other Regions within Ethiopia or threaten to invade another country. None of the justifications given by the Tigray leaders for attacking the Afar are acceptable. The Afar did not participate in the war against them, and even if they had participated, the reprisals would not be justifiable under international law.

I am convinced that the Tigray leadership wants to secede from Ethiopia. I am also convinced that the obstacle to the establishment of Tigray as an independent state is not only its need to obtain access to the wider world, but also the isolationist mentality of its leadership. Just as Afwerki erred in ignoring legal, political and humanitarian considerations by participating in the war on Tigray, the TPLF also ignores these considerations when they incite their army and citizens against Eritrea. I predict that doing so will not bring them any benefit but will turn them from victims into executioners.

The Tigray leadership claims that part of its territory is still occupied by the Amhara, but that is an internal dispute. The conflict between Eritrea and Ethiopia over the Badame border area, on the other hand, is an international dispute, over which an international authority has ruled in favour of Eritrea. The TPLF doesn’t recognize that decision and wants the international community to recognize the area belongs to their Region - based on a constitution that was drafted and approved when they were ruling Ethiopia.

International pressures to stop the war in northern Ethiopia are now beginning to focus on the Tigray leadership’s responsibilities. The UN Secretary-General's demand for an immediate ceasefire was a tacit rejection of the Tigrayan’s preconditions (such as resuming all services with immediate effect, releasing the region budget, the establishment of humanitarian corridors, releasing all political prisoners)   for a ceasefire. The international community knows that just as the Tigray leadership mobilized their people to defend themselves when they attacked, so could the leaders of the Regions attacked by the Tigrayans, and that this would lead to multiplying ethnic conflicts and chaos.

Afwerki made a grave mistake by participating in the Tigray war, but this does not mean it would be justifiable for the Tigray leadership to launch a war of revenge against Eritrea. Even if the Tigrayans caused the Eritrean regime to collapse, it does not mean that they would be able to control the whole country, or even a part of it. The chaos that a war against Eritrea could cause would affect the whole region, including Tigray, Sudan, the Red Sea and may be beyond

The war in Ethiopia must be stopped and the international community must put pressure on all parties to reach an immediate ceasefire and then settle all problems peacefully within the framework of national and international law.

by Yaseen Mohmad Abdalla

AUGUST 28, 2021  NEWS

In the wake of the tragic failure of Eritrea’s 1998-2000 border war with Ethiopia, senior members of the Eritrean government began a campaign to bring about the democracy that the 30 year war of liberation had been fought for.

They formed the G-15: men and women who challenged President Isaias to give the Eritrean people the freedoms they had been promised. In dawn raids on 18 and 19 September 2001 the president’s notorious security forces rounded them up and jailed them. None have ever been taken before a court or convicted of any crime. They have rotted in prison ever since.

At the same time independent newspapers were closed and journalists arrested. The nightmare of repression which has hung over Eritrea ever since had begun.

Now, on the 20th anniversary of these terrible events, we recall those who have been in Eritrea’s jails ever since. Their families have been deprived of them; their friends have lost them. But they have never been forgotten. Nor has the flame of hope that they ignited – of a proud, free and democratic country.

We have profiles of these brave men and women – and will share them daily.


Mahmoud Ahmed Sherifo

Mahmoud Ahmed Sherifo

In 1966 Mahmoud abandoned his schooling to join the ELF to fight for his country’s independence.  He was a prolific reader and his comrade, Ahmed Alqeisi, described Mahmoud as “a fighter who closely monitored current affairs and helped to established a people’s force”. Mahmoud spoke fluent Arabic, Tigrinya and Saho in addition to English. Mahmoud is one of the founding fathers of the EPLF that split from the ELF.

In 1977, Mahmoud was elected a member of the first organized political office in Sahel and led the information division. In 1987 he was re-elected member and led the Department of Public Administration. In 1979, he founded the Voice of the Masses radio that broadcasted in Tigrinya, Tigre, Afar, Arabic and Amharic. Mahmoud was a popular figure who coordinated programmes on air as well as a printing department that published magazines, textbooks, stimulators, and revolutionary literature.

As one of the fighters who opposed the leadership of ELF and formed the EPLF, Mahmoud reiterated his belief that the democratic weaknesses criticised in the ELF should not be repeated in EPLF, and he spent a lot of time trying to maintain the unity of the EPLF.

After independence, Mahmoud worked as a Minister of Foreign Affairs and in 1994 he was elected member of the Central Committee and the Eritrean National Council. Mahmoud was one of the G-15 leaders who demanded accountability and proper governance as well as the implementation of the constitution. On 18 September 2001, Mohamoud along with his G-15, including his wife Aster Fisihazion were arrested by the Eritrean security services and taken to the infamous Ila-Iro prison. They have not been seen or heard since.

Aster and Mohmoud’s son, Ibrahim, spends each September reflecting on his parents’ imprisonment 20 years ago and demanding for a peaceful democratic transition in Eritrea. Ibrahim knows the regime that imprisoned his parents is cruel but still lives in hope and writes on social media “the day I see the face of my parents again, will be the happiest day of my life.”

AUGUST 27, 2021 ERITREA HUB NEWS

 

 

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