DECEMBER 16, 2020  ETHIOPIANEWS

“There are multiple credible reports that there are Eritreans fighting in Tigray”

Source: Lord David Alton

In a recent meeting with senior members of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Parliamentarians were briefed on recent developments in Tigray

Dec 16, 2020

The Government of Ethiopia has confirmed that it shot at a UN convoy.

Following concerns expressed in the House of Lords about the plight of people being caught up in the horrors of war, Parliamentarians who have been following events in Tigray and Ethiopia have been asking some searching questions of the UK Government and the international community.

In a recent meeting with senior members of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, Members of the Lords and Commons were told the following points:

  • There are multiple credible reports that there are Eritreans fighting in Tigray.
  • There are credible and deeply concerning reports that refugees have been abducted and/or returned to Eritrea.
  • China (despite their position on non-interference in internal affairs) share concerns about the potential impact of the Tigray conflict on wider Ethiopian and regional stability. This is due to significant investments in the country, including Tigray.
  • There is a growing international consensus that any involvement by regional parties would have a dangerous impact on regional stability.
  • The Government of Ethiopia (GoE) has confirmed that it shot at a UN convoy but the UN hasn’t commented. The GoE now want the UN to travel in armed convoys but the UN haven’t agreed to that as yet.
  • It is probable that there have been atrocities committed on both sides.
  • There is a possibility that the TPLF engage in a protracted insurgency.
  • Both Eritrea and Amhara are currently occupying land in Tigray. That Amhara and Eritrea have moved into areas of Tigray increases the risks of popular support among Tigrayans.
  • While the expectation is that federal Ethiopia holds together, protracted ethnic conflict within Ethiopia  – in and beyond Tigray – means that disintegration cannot be discounted.
  • The Ethiopian Government have stopped humanitarian aid from reaching their own people.
  • An additional £5 million has been made available by HMG to Sudan to assist with the refugee crisis.

ሎሚ መዓልቲ ኣብዚ ንርከብ ዘሎና፡ ነቲ ናይ ሎሚ 10 ዓመት ናብ ናይ ዘልኣለም መዕረፊ ዘፋነናዮ ጂግና ሓውናን ብጻይናን ስዉእ ስዩም ዑቕባሚካኤል ንምዝካር ኢዩ። 10 ዓመታት፡ ብሰዓታት ብመዓልታት ብሰሙናት ብኣዋርሕ ክንቆጽሮ ከሎና ነዊሕ ኢዩ ዝመስል፣ እንተኾነ ግን ስራሓቱን ኣሰራት ቃልሱን ኣማዕዲዩ ዝጥምት ኣተሓሳስባኡን ኣብ ናይ ሎሚ ሃለዋትና ዓቢ ቦታ ሒዙ ስለዘሎ ትማሊ ኮይኑ ኢዩ ዝስመዓና። ኣብ ስዩም ዘሎና ዝኽሪታት ዘይሃስስ፡ ወትሩ ሓዲሽ ኢዩ። ንክቡራት ስድራ ቤት ስዉእ ስዩም፡ ነዚ መዓልቲ ዝኽሪ 10 ዓመት ኣዳሊዮም፡ ንሃገራዊ ኣበርክቶ ስዩም ከነኽብርን ሂያው ክንገብርን ዘኽኣሉና ምስጋና ይብጻሓዮም። 

ቅድሚ ዓሰርተ ዓመት፡ ካብዚ ቦታ ዚ ንሓርበኛ ስዉእ ስዩም፡ ንዑኡ ዝግባእ ክብሪ ሂብና ኢና ኣፋኒናዮ። ኣብቲ መዓልቲቲ ሆላንዳውያን ባዕላቶም ከምዝገልጽዎ ንሓያለይ ዓመታት ከምኡ ዝኣመሰለ በረድ ክወርድ ርእዮም ከምዘይፈልጡ ኢዩ። መሬት ኩሉ ብበረድ ሻሽ መሲሉ ኣስከሬን ሓርበኛ ስዩም ብሞተር ዝዝውሩ ፖሊስ ተዓጂቡ ኔሩ ኣብ መካነ-መቓብር ዝበጽሐ። ካብ ሙሉእ ሃገራት ኤውሮጳን ካብ ሰሜን ኣመሪካን ኢትዮጵያን ዝመጹ ፈተውቱን ቤተሰቡን ናይ መጨረስታ ሰላምታ ሂበሞ። ብወሓይዝ ንብዓት ጠልቅየን ዝነበራ ኣዒንታትና ንምቕባሉ ዘይከኣላ ሬሳ ጅግና እናረእያ፡ ብከቢድ ጓህን ሓዘንን ዝተመልአ ልብና፡ ነመስግነካ ስለ እቲ ጽንዓትካ  እናበልና ኢና ኣፋኒናዮ። ምፍናው ጥራይ ውን ኣይነበረን፡ ኣገዳሲ መልእኽቲ ተመሓላሊፉ ኢዩ - ንሕና ኤርትራውያን፡ ክርስትያንና ኣስላምና፡ ኣበየናይ ፖለቲካዊ ውድብ፡ ማሕበር ኔርና ብዘየገድስ ንኣበርክቶ ሓርበኛ ስዩም ኣብ ሃገራዉን ዲሞክራስያውን ቃልሲ ብልቢ ከምዝኣመንናሉን፡ ዓቢ ኣኽብሮት ኣብ ልዕሊ ስዉእና ከም ዝነበረናን ዘመስከርናሉ መዓልቲ ኢዩ ውን ኔሩ።

ሓርበኛ ስዉእ ስዩም ዕቕባሚካኤል ሓሚመ፡ ደኺመ ዘይፈልጥ ዘይስልኪ ተስፋ ዘይቆርጽ ንህዝቢ ነፍሱ ዘወፈየ ተጋዳላይ ኢዩ ኔሩ። ብጻይ ስዩም ቅድም ምእንቲ ናጽነት፡ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ድማ ምእንቲ ሰላም፡ ፍትሒ፡ ዲሞክራስን ምኽባር ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን ብተወፋይነትን ጽንዓትን ተቓሊሱ።፡ ሓርበኛ ተጋዳላይ ስዩም ኣብቲ ካብ ንእስነቱ ጀሚሩ ክሳብ ዕለተ-መስዋእቱ፡ ዘየቋረጸ ናይ ቃልሲ ዋሕዚ፡ ኣብ እምነቱ ብዝነበሮ ጽንዓት፡ ኣርሒቑ ኣብ ምጥማት፡ ንዝኣምነሉ ተሪሩ ኣብ ምምካት፡ ሰሪሑ ዘይደክም ጻዕረኛ ብሩህ መጻኢ ተስፋ ምምዕዳው፡ ተወፋይነት፡ ገለ ኣብነታት ካብ መለለይ ጠባዩ ምዃነን ኣረጋጊጹ ኢዩ። ስዉእ ስዩም ኣብ መትከላት ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ ዝነበሮ እምነት ተሪር ኔሩ ኢዩ። እዚ መትከላትዚ ኣብ ዝተጋህሰሉ እዋናትን ምፍንጫላት ኣብ ዝተኸስተሉ መድረኻትን ግምባር ቀደም ኮይኑ ተቓሊሱ ኢዩ። ጽኑዕን ውፉይን ሓላዋይ መትከላት ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ ኔሩ ክበሃል ዝከኣል ኢዩ። ስዩም ሓያል መካቲ- እቲ ዝበልሐ ጫፍ ኣብ ምምካት ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኔሩ።  ስዩም ናይ ሓደ ሰብ ስራሕ ጥራይ ዓሚሙ ዝኸይድ ኣይነበረን። ኣብ ዝኾነ ውድባዊ ስራሕ ኣትዩ ከድምዕ ዘኽእሎ ብቕዓታት ኔርዎ። ስዩም ብዙሕ መሊኹ ዝዛረበሉ ቋንቋታት ስለዝነበሮ ሙሉእ ዕጥቂ ዝወነነ ፖለቲካዊ መራሕን ዲፕሎማትን ኢዩ ኔሩ። ሓያል መዳራይ  ሓያል ጸሓፋይ ሓያል ገጣማይ ሓያል ጎስጓሳይን ወዳባይን ክኸውን ተዓዲሉ ኔሩ። በቲ ካልእ ሸነኽ ድማ ስዩም ተዋዛያይ፡ መስሓቕ ብዕላል ኣውዒሉ ዘሕድር ኢዩ ኒሩ። መደረታቱ፡ ጸብጻባቱ ክንዲ ኣየናይ ይንውሑ ብዘየገድስ፡ ፍሉይ ኣቀራርባን ዝሕውሰሎም ጣዕምታትን ስለ ዘለዎም ክሳብ ዝውድኡ መሰጥትን ኣዘናጋዕትን ኮይኖም ኢዮም ዝቕጽሉ ኔሮም።

ሓርበኛ ስዩም፡ ንነዊሕ ዓመታት ዝተቓለሰሉ ዲሞክራስያዊ ራእይ ከውን ከይገበረ ኢዩ ኣብ ዘይእዋኑ ተቖጽዩ። ኣብ ነዊሕ ዓመታት ቃልሱ ዘኻዕበቶ ተመክሮን፡ ሓያል ጻዕሪ እናገበረ ብርእሰ-ኩስኮሳ ዘማዕበሎ ፍልጠትን ብቑዕ መራሒ ናይዚ እዋንዚ ክኸውን ኣብቂዕዎ ኔሩ ኢዩ። እዚ ብቕዓትዚ ኣብ ዝወነነሉ እዋን ምስውኡ ድማ ኢዩ፡ ንመስዋእቱ ዝያዳ ኣሕዛኒ ዝገብሮ።

 ስዩም መን ኔሩ

ስዩም ጥሪ 1946 ካብ ኣብኡ ሰርጊንቲ ዑቕባሚካኤል ራእሱ ካብ ኣዲኡ ወ/ ሂወት ባህታ ኣብ ወረዳ ሸውዓተ ደቂ-ድግና ተወሊዱ ኣብ ኣስመራ ድማ ዓቢዩ።

ናይ መባእታውን ማእከላይን ደረጃታት ትምህርቱ ኣብ ስታውያንን ኣብ ፕሪንቺፐን ተማሂሩ፡ ናይ ማእከላይ ደረጃ ትምህርቱ ድማ ኣብ ልኡል መኮነን ካብ 1961-1965 ተኸታቲሉ።

ስዩም ጌና ብንእሽትኡ ከሎ ርሱን ፍቕሪ ሃገር ስለዝሓደሮ፡ ናይ ካልኣይ ደረጃ ተመሃራይ እንከሎ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ጉዳይ ሃገር ክሳተፍ ጀሚሩ። በዚ መሰረት ሓደን ቀንድን ካብቶም ብሕቡእ ማሕበር ምንቅስቓስ ተመሃሮ ዝጀመሩን ዝመርሑ ዝነበሩን መንእሰያት ነይሩ። ኣብዚ ታሪኻዊ እዋን ምስ ስዩም ኣብቲ ምንቅስቓስ ካብ ዝሳተፉ ዝነበሩ ናይ ሓደ ቤት-ምህርቲ ተመሃሮ፡ ወልደዳዊት ተመስገን፡ ሃይለ ወልደትንስኤ (ድሩዕ) ሚካኤል ጋብር፡ ወልደሱስ ዓማር፡ ሙሴ ተስፋሚካኤል፡ ኢሰያስ ኣፈወርቂ፡ ዓብደልራሕማን ሓሰን ምህሪ፡ ገረዝጊሀር ተወልደን ዓብደላ ሓሰንን ከምኡ ውን ካልኦት ይርክብዎም።

ስዉእ ስዩም፡  ብ1965 ናብ ሚዳ ቃልሲ ወጺኡ ኣብ ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ ተሰሊፉ። ንስተወሰነ ግዜ ኣብ ሜዳ ድሕሪ ምጽንሑ ድማ፡ ኣብ ናይ ከተማታት ውሽጣዊ ስርርዕ ምእንቲ ክሰርሕ ምስ ስዉእ ወልደዳዊት ተመስገን መምሪሒታት ሒዙ ብሕቡእ ናብ ከተማ ኣስመራ ብነሓሰ 1965 ኣተወ። ኣብ ናይ ከተማ ውሽጣዊ ስርርዕ ዝነኣድ ስራሓት ከምዝፈጸመ ካብ ሽዑ ጀሚሮም ብቐረባ ዝፈልጥዎ ብጾት ይምስክሩሉ። ስዉእ ስዩም ኣብ ውሽጢ ከተማ ገድላዊ ስራሑ እናካየደ ከሎ፡ ምስጢራዊ ምንቅስቓሱ ብጸላኢ ስለ ዝተፈልጠ፡ ብሓይልታት ጸጥታ ባዕዳዊ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ምስ ናይ ቃልሲ ብጻዩ፡ ስዉእ ወልደዳዊት ተመስገንን ካልኦት ናይ ውሽጢ ከተማ ተሓባበርትን ተኣስረ። ስዩምን ወልደዳዊትን ንዝሰርዕወን ሚስጢራዊ ጉጅለታት ንከቃልዑ ብመርመርቲ ቢት ማእሰርቲ ከቢድ መርመራ ተኻይድሎም።  እንተኾነ ግን፡ንኹሉ ስቓይ ተጻዊሮም ንዝሰርዕወን ሚስጢራዊ ጉጅለታትን ምስኦም ተኣሲሮም ንዝነበሩን ንምድሓን በይኖም ሓላፍነት ወሰዱ። በዚ ምኽኒያት ከኣ ድሕሪ ማእሰርቶም ዝነበረ ስርርዓት ከይተናወጸ ገድላዊ ስራሑ ክቕጽል ከኣለ።

ስዉእ ስዩም ኣብ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ብዝካየደሉ ዝነበረ ኣሰቃቒ መርመራታት ኣይረዓደን ኣይተጻዕደን። ብኣንጻሩ ግን፡ እቲ ኩሉ ኣብ ልዕሊኡ ዝካየድ ዝነበረ ኣሰቃቒ ተግባራት ንሃገራዊ ስምዒቱ ኣንሃሮ። ኣብ ዕላምኡ ንዝነበሮ እምነት ኣደልደሎን ኣበርትዖን። ኣብ ቤትማእሰርቲ ኮይኑ ነቲ ቃልሲ ምስ ብጾቱ ቀጸሎ። ብዝተፈላለየ ምኽኒያት ተሓቢሶም ንዝመጹ ዝነበሩ መንእሰያት ኣብ ቃልሲ ሃገር ክሳተፉ ከምዝኽእሉ እገብር ነበረ። ኣብ ውሽጢዚ ናይ ዓሰርተ ዓመታት ናይ ማእሰርቲ ግዜ ንኣስታት 25,000 ዝኾኑ ተኣሲሮም ዝመጹ ዜጋታት ሃገራዊ ምንቕቓሕ ምስ ብጾቱ ኮይኑ ከካይድ ከኣለ። ቤት ማእሰርቲ ንስዩም ሓዲሽ ናይ ቃልሲ ቦታ ኮነሉ። ስዩም ሓደ መዓልቲ ካብቲ ቀይድዎ ዝነበረ ናይ ጸላኢ መቑሕ ስዒሩ ከምዝወጽእ ይፈልጥ ብምንባሩ፡ ነዚ ክዉን ንምግባር ምስ ኣብ ግዳም ዝነበሩ ናይ ቃልሲ ብጾቱን፡ ኣብ ሓለዋ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ተዋፊሮም ዝነበሩ ሃገራውያን ጥንቁቕ ዝምድና እናገበረ ጻዕርታት የካይድ ነበረ። በዚ መሰረት ድማ ጻዕርታቱን ሕልሙን ጋህዲ ኮይኑ፡ ሓይልታት ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ፡ በቲ ንሱ ኣብ ውሽጢ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ኮይኑ፡ ዓቢ ግደ ዝተጻወተሉ ስርሒት፡ ብ12 የካቲት 1975 ኣብ ሓደ ሰዓት ኣብ ኣብያተ ማእሰርቲ ኣስመራን ዓዲዃላን ስዩምን ወልደዳዊትን ሃይለ ድሩዕን ዝርከብዎም ከባቢ 1000 ዝኾኑ እሱራት ብሙሉኦም ሓራ ኮኑ።

ስዉእ ስዩም፡ ካብ ማሰርቲ ተሳሒሉን በሊሑን ኢዩ ወጺኡ። ብዘይካቲ ዘማዕበሎን ዘስፍሖን ፖለቲካዊ ፍልጠቱ፡ ብዙሕ ቋንቋታት ውን መሊኹ ክዛረብ ይኽእል ኔሩ። ኣብ ልዕሊቶም ኣብ ትምህርቲ ዓለም ከሎ ዝተማህሮም ጣልያን፡ እንግሊዝ ኣምሓርኛ ኣብ ውጢቲ ቤት ማሰርቲ ኮይኑ ብሓርኮትኮቱ ዝተማህሮም ቋንቋታት ድማ ፈረንሳይ፡ ስፓንያ ዓረብኛ ኔሮም።

ስውእ ስዩም፡ ንዓሰርተ ዓመታት ኣብ ሕማቕ ናይ ማእሰርቲ ኩነታት ጸኒሑ ምስ ወጸ፡ ከም ሰብ ዕረፍቲ መድለዮ ኔሩ፡ ቤተ-ሰቡ ክርኢ መድለዮ ኔሩ። ኣብ ቅድሚ ስዉእ ስዩም ግን፡ እቲ ኣብ ቀዳማይ ቦታ ዝስራዕ ቃልሲ ንሃገርን ህዝብን ኢዩ ኔሩ። (ኣብ ሙሉእ ቃልሲ ሂወቱ ነዚ ኣስራርዓዚ ከይቀየሮ ብመስዋእቲ ተፈልዩ።) ከምኡ ስለዝነበረ ድማ፡ ብቀጥታ ኣብ ሃገራዊ ስራሑ ተጸሚዱ። ኣብቲ ብ1975 ዝተኻየደ 2ይ ሃገራዊ ጉባኤ ናይ ተሓኤ ድሕሪ ምስታፉ፡ ኣብ ኣውራጃ ኣከለጉዛይ ከም ፖለቲካዊ ወኪል ተመዲቡ ክሰርሕ ሓዲሽ ምዕራፍ ናይ ቃልሲ ጀሚሩ። ድሕሪዚ ድማ ከም ኣቦ መንበረ ሃገራዊ ማሕበር ሓረስቶት ኤርትራ ኮይኑ ሰሪሑ። ስዉእ ስዩም ኣብዚ ከም ኣቦ መበር ሓረስቶት ኮይኑ ዝሰርሓሉ እዋን፡ ኣብ ሓረስቶት ኤርትራ ዘለዎ ተገዳስነትን ሓልዮትን ምስ ተራእየ ኢዩ “ሓረስታይ” ዝብል ቅጽል ስም ክጠብቆ ዝኸኣለ። እወ ስዩም ብሓቂ ተጣባቓይ ውጹዓት ሓረስቶት ኤርትራ ኢዩ ኔሩ።

ስዉእ ስዩም ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ቤት-ጽሕፈታት ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርታራ-ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ላዕለዋይ ሓላፍነት ሒዙ ሰሪሑ ኢዩ። ከም ሓላፊ ኣህጉራዊ ጉዳያት ቤት-ጽሕፈት ኮይኑ ኣብ ዝሰርሓሉ ግዚያት፡ መትከላትን ዓላማታትን ውድቡ ምስ ዓለም ምልላይ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ፡ ነቲ ኣብ ሃገርና ብዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ዝፍጸም ዝነበር ግህሰታት ሰብኣውን ደሞክራስያውን መሰላት ኣብ ምቅላዕ ዓቢ ግደ ዝተጻወተ ሓርበኛ ኢዩ ኔሩ።

ሓርበኛ ስዩም፡ ካብ 2002 ክሳብ ዕለተ-መስዋእቱ፡ ከም ኣቦ-መንበር ተሓኤ-ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ኮይኑ መሪሕ ግደኡ ተጻዊቱ። ኣብ ዝነበራ መጨረስታ ኣዋርሕ ናይ ቃልሲ ሂወቱ፡ ነቲ ናይ ዓወት ስትራቲጅና ኢሉ ዝጽውዖ ዝነበረ ናይ ውድቡ (ሰውራዊ ባይቶ) መደባት ሒዙ ብጻዕቂ ተንቀሳቒሱ። እቲ ናይ ዓወት ስትራተጂ ኣብ ኣርባዕተ መዳያት ዘትኮረ ኔሩ፡

ኣብ ውሽጣዊ ውድባዊ መዳይ 2. ኣብ ጉዳይ ደምበ ተቓዉሞ 3. ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ 4. ኣብ መዳይ ዲፕሎማሲ

ኣብ ውሽጣዊ ውድባዊ መዳይ፡ ኩነታት እቲ ውድብ ክሕደስን፡ ኣወዳድብኡ ድማ ነቲ መድረኽ ቃልሲ ብዝሰማማዕ ኣገባብ ናብ ፓርቲ ክሰጋገርን፡ ስዉእ ስዩም  ብዕቱብ ሰሪሕሉ።

ኣብ ደምበ ተቓዉሞ፡ ንክህልወካ ዝኽእል ፍልልያት ኣወንዚፍካ ብእትሰማማዓሉ ጉዳያት ሓቢርካ ምስራሕን፡ ንእትወስዶም ውሳኔታት ድማ እኹል መጽናዕቲ ጌርካ ክትበጽሖም ከሎኻ ኣተኣማማኒ ክኸውን ከምዝኽእል ይርኢ ኔሩ። ነቲ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ እዋን ዝፍጠር ዝነበረ ዘይምርድዳእ ኣብ ደምበ ተቓውሞ፡ ብህዱእ መንፈስን ዕቱብ ኣቀራርባን ክፍታሕ ኣለዎ ካብ ዝብል ጽኑዕ እምነት ነቒሉ ተበግሶታት ይወስድ ኔሩ ኢዩ።

ብዘይ ተሳትፎ ህዝቢ ካብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ፡ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ክወደቕ ከም ዘይክእል ብምእማን፡ ስራሕ ውድብ ናብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ዘትኮረ ክኸውን መደባት ሓንጺጹ ንምዕዋቱ ይሰርሓሉ ኔሩ።

ብጻይ ስዩም ቃልሲ እቲ ዝመርሖ ውድብ ኮነ ህልውና ደምበ ተቓዉሞ ኣብ ሓደ ውሱን ኩርናዕ ተደሪቱ ንከይተርፍ ድኻሙን ጻዕሩን ከይጸብጸበ፡ ኣብ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ፡ ኤውሮጳን ኣዉስትራሊያን ዝያዳ ድማ ኣብ ጎረባብቲ ሃገራት ተደጋጋሚ ዑደታት ብምክያድ ዕዉት ዲፕሎማስያዊ ስራሓት ፈጺሙ ኢዩ። ምስ ጎረባብቲ ሃገራት ኣብ ሕድሕድ ምክብባር ዝተሰረተ ጽቡቕ ዝምድና ዋሕስ ናይ ሰላምን ሓባራዊ ዕብየትን ምዃኑ ኣጸቢቑ ስለዝኣመነ፡ ነዚ ጽቡቕ ዝምድናዚ ንምህናጽ ካብ ቀንዲ ተታሒዝዎም ዝነበሩ ጉዳያት ኢዮም ኒሮም። ኣብዚ ዝተመርኮሰ ዝርርባት ምስ ጠቕላይ ሚኒስተር ኢትዮጵያ ነብስሄር ኣቶ መለስ ዜናዊ ንምክያድ ተደጋጋሚ ርክባት ተገይሩ ኢዩ።

ስዉእ ስዩም ዑቕባሚካኤል ኣብ መወዳእታ ሰሙን ናይ ሕዳር 2005 ናይ ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ላዕለዋይ ልኡኽ መሪሑ ንውድባዊ ስራሓት ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ከይድሉ ኣብ ዝነበረ እዋን ኢዩ ብዕለት 17 ታሕሳስ ንውሑዳት ሰዓታት ድሕሪ ምሕማም ካብዛ ዓለም ተፈልዩ። ቁልጡፍ ዝግባእ ሕክምና እንተዝረክብ ክጸንሕ ምኽኣለ ኔሩ። ብዕለት 16 ታሕሳስ 2005  ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ስዩም ኣብ ቤት ጽሕፈት ውድቡ ነይሩ። ኣብዚ ዕለትዚ ምስ ብጾቱ ኣብ ቤት ጽሕፈት ብሓባር ተመሲሑ። ኣጋ ሰዓት 3፡30 ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ናብ ሆቴሉ ከዕርፍ ከይዱ። ክኸይድ እንከሎ፡ ጸኒሐ እንተመጺአ ክንራኸብ ኢና ተዘይመጺአ ድማ ጽባሕ ንግሆ የራኽበና ኢሉ ተፋንዩ ከይዱ። እንተኾነ ኣቐዲሙ’ውን ሰውነተይ ይኸብደኒ ኣሎ ይብል ስለ ዝነበረ ምሸት ኣይተመልሰን። እቶም ብጾት እውን ኣቀዲሙ ሓቢሩዎም  ስለ ዝነበረ ብዘይ ምምጻኡ ብዙሕ ኣይተሻቐሉን።

ንጽባሒቱ ቀዳም ዕለት 17 ታሕሳስ ከባቢ ስዓት ሸውዓተ ናይ ንግሆ የሕምሞ ከም ዝነበረ፡ ቁሪቁሪ የብሎን ኣብ ኣፍልቡ ድማ ሸቕሸቕታ ይስምዖ ከምዝነበረ ንብጾቱ ገሊጽሎም። እዚ ድሕሪ ምስማዕ ብጾቱ ግዜ ከይወሰዱ ናብ ሕክምና ክወስድዎ ይውስኑ፡ ሓደ ካብኦም ድማ ሒዝዎ ይኸይድ። ኣብ ቀረባኦም ዝነበረ ሕክምና ምስ በጽሑ፡ ቅድሚ ሰዓት ሸሞንተ ናይ ንግሆ ስለዝነበረ ምዱባት ሓካይም ክረኽቡ ኣይከኣሉን። ክሳብ ሰዓት ኣኺሉ ሓካይም ዝመጹ ሓደ ኣብቲ ክሊኒክ ዝሓደረ ክኢላ ንግዜኡ ቃንዛ ዘዕግስ መርፍእ  ንስዩም ወጊእዎ። እቲ ቃንዛ ውን ሃዲእሉ ኔሩ።

ሰዓት 8፡15 ናይ ንግሆ ኣቢሉ ይኸውን ሓኪም መጺኡ። ንስዩም እናመርመሮ ከሎ፡ እቲ ሓኪም ብኹነታት ስዩም ከም ዝሰንበደ ካብ ገጹ ይንበብ ነይሩ። እቲ ሓኪም መሳርሒታት እንዳቐያየረ ምስ ረኣዮ ክብደት ናይቲ ሕማም ተገንዚቡ ናብ ሆስፒታል ቤተ ዛታ ብኣምቡላንስ ከም ዝኸይድ ገበረ።

ኣብቲ ሆስፒታል ከይዱ ውን ሓካይም ንስዩም ከድሕንሉ ዝኽእሉ ክእለትን መሳርሕን ኣይነበሮምን። ኣብ ከባቢ ሰዓት 10 ናይ ንግሆ ልቢ ስዩም ስራሓ ከምዘቋረጸት ንብጾቱ ተነግሮም። ብከምዚ ድማ፡ እቲ ዕረፍቲ ዝበሃል ኣብ ሂወቱ ዘይፈልጥ ዝነበረ ስዩም ንዘልኣለም ዕረፍቲ ወሰደ።

ዜና መስዋእቲ ስዩም ምስ ተሰምዐ ዝኣመነ መቃልስቱ ኣይነበረን። ሽዑ እቲ ድሮኡ ዝነበረ መዓልቲ ክጎይ ዝረኣዮ ሰብ ከመይ ኢሉ ክኣምን? እቲ ንምዕዋት ሰላምን ፍትሕን ዲሞክራስን ዝገብሮ ዝነበረ ጉያ ብሕማም ዲዩ ብድኻም ፈጺሙ ክንኪ ኣይተራእየን። ንብጾቱ ወይ ንስድራ-ቤቱ ይጽላእኒ ኣሎ ወይ ይደኽመኒ ኣሎ ኣይበለን። እቲ ሓቂ ግን፡ ስዩም ከም ሰብ፡ ስጋ ኣዳም ዝለበሰ፡ ኣይሓምምን ኣይደክምን ኔሩ ማለት ኣይኮነን። እንታይ ደኣ እቲ ሓሚመ ደኺመ ኢሉ ምዕራፍን ናብ ሓኪም ምኻድን ግዜ ናይ ቃልሲ ምብኻን ገይሩ ይርድኦ ስለዝነበረ ኢዩ። ኣብታ መወዳእታ መዓልቲ ናብ ሆስፒታል ተሰኒፉ ምስ ከደ ገለ ደቓይቕ ጥራይ ንክስዋእ ተሪፈንኦ ኣብ ዝነበረሉ እዋን፡ እቲ ኣትይዎ ዝነበረ ሆስፒታል ናይ ግሊ ምዃኑ ምስተረድአ “እዚ ድኣ ዋግኡ ክበዝሓና እንድዩ ናብ ዝሓሰረ ሕክምና ዘይትወስዱኒ” ኢሉ ምሕታቱ ቅድሚ ነብሱ ኣብቲ ቃልሲ ዘለዎ ሓልዮት ኢዩ ኣርእዩ። መስዋእት ስዩም ብምድግጋም ምስ ተነግርና ጥራይ ኢና ብሓዘን ስምባደን ተቐቢልናዮ። ኩሉ እቲ ንቓልሲ ብቐረባ ዝከታተል ዝነበረ ሰብ፡ እቲ ብኣመራርሓ ስዩም ጋህዲ ክኸውን ኢዩ ኢሉ ዝኣምነሉ ዝነበረ ለውጢታት ኣብቲ ውድብ ስንክልና ከየጋጥሞ ስግኣታቱ ገሊጹ ኢዩ ። እንተኾነ ግን ሕድሪ ዘይጠልሙ ብጾቱ፡ ነቲ ብጻዮምን መራሒኦምን ዝገደፎ ሃጓፍ ንምምላእ ንዝዓበየ ተወፋይነት ነብሶም ቀረቡ። ዓሰርተታት ኣሽሓት ዶላራት ዝረኽቡሉ ዝነበሩ ርቡሕን ልዑልን ስራሓት ገዲፎም ኣብቲ ቃልሲ ብሙሉእ ግዜኦም ተጸሚዶም ነቲ መስመር ቃልሲ ቀጸልዎ።

ኣስከሬን ሓርብኛ ስዩም ጉዕዞኡ ናብ ሆላንድ ቅድሚ ምጅማሩ፡ ናይ መፋነዊ መደብ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ዕለት 19  ተሰሪዑ ።  ኣብዚ ሓጺር ታሪኽ ህይወት ሓርበኛ ስዩም ዑቕባሚካኤል ዝተነበሉን ንሓርበኝነቱ ዝገልጽ ግጥምታት ዝቐረበሉን ናይ ፈነወ ስነ-ስርዓት፡ ሓያሎ፡ ቤተሰቡን ፈተውቱን፡ መራሕትን ኣባላትን ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት ኤርትራ፡ ኤርትራውያን ነበርቲ ኣዲስ ኣበባን ኢትዮጵያውያንን ተሳቲፎም። ብወገን መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ኣቶ ስብሓት ነጋ ካብ ኢህወደግ፡ ኣንበሳድር ሱሌማን ካብ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሚኒስተር፡ ኣንበሳደር ሃይለኪሮስ ገሰሰ ናይ ሽዑ ኣንበሳደር ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ቻይና፡ ኣቶ ሕቡር ገብረኪዳን ሓላፊ ቤት ጽሕፈት ምትሕብባር ፎረም ሰንዓን ካለኦትን ይርከብዎም። ኣስከሬን ስዩም ዕለት 20 ታሕሳስ ኣብ ሆላንድ ኣትዩ። ዕለት 30/12/2005 ድም ብክብሪ ኣብ ፍላርዲንገን ከባቢ ሮተርዳም ሓመድ ኣዳም ለቢሱ።

እዚ ንልዕሊ ኣርብዓ ዓመታት፡ ኩሉ ውልቃዊ ረብሓታት ራሕሪሑ ምእንቲ ህዝብን ሃገርን ዝተቓለሰ ሓርበኛ፡ ሕልሚታቱ ብጋህዲ ክርኢን ብፍረ ቃልሱ ክሕጎስን ዝግብኦ ኢዩ ኔሩ። እንተወሓደ ውን ሓመድ ናይታ ንጽቡቓ ከርተት ዝበለላ ሃገር ክለብስ ኢዩ ዝግብኦ ዝነበረ። ነዚ ከይረኣዮ ይሕለፍ ምበር ከም ስዩም ዝኣመሰለ ተቓላሳይ ንህዝቡ ምበር ንነብሱ ዘይሓስብ ፍጥረት፡ እቲ ንዓመታት ዝተቓልሰሉ ሓቀኛ ዕላማ ንሱ ተዘይፈጸሞ ብድሕሪኡ ዝፍጽሙዎ ተቓለስቲ ከምዘለዉ እናኣመነ ኢዩ ተቓሊሱ። ከም እምነቱ ድማ እቶም ነቲ ንሱን ከምኡ ዝኣመሰሉ ተቓለስትን ዝተኸልዎ ፈልሲ፡ ኮስኲሶም ዘዐምብብዎን ኣብ ፍረ ዘብጽሕዎን ተቓለስቲ እናዓበዩን እናሰፍሑን ይኸዱ ኣለዉ። መንእሰያት ዝሳተፍዎ ቃልሲ ክኸውን ካብ ቀንዲ ድሌታትን ጻዕሪታትን ናይ ስዩም ዝነበረ እንሆ ሰሚሩ መንእሰያትና ኣብ ጉዳይ ሃገሮም ይነጥፉ ኣለው።

ኣብ መደምደምታ ክበሃል ዝከኣል፡ ሓርበኛ ስዩም ንሙሉእ ሂወቱ ኣብ ቃልሲ ክውፈ ዝኸኣለ ንዕኡ ዘወፈይዎ ስድራቤት ስለ ዝነበሩ ኢዮም። ኣብ ክንዲ ናይ በይኖም ዝኸውን ንህዝቢን ሃገርን ክኸውን ስለዝፈቐዱ ኢዮም። ኩሎም ደቂ ስዩም ዓቢ ዋጋ ከፊሎም ኢዮም ብፍላይ ድማ፡ እቶም ዓበይቲ ደቁ ኣይዳ ስዩምን ጳውሎስ ስዩምን ምስ ኣዲኦም ወይ/ ኣዝመራ ሃይለ ኣብቲ ናይ ኣቡኦም ሓገዝ ክረኽብሉ ዝግባእ ዝነበረ እዋን በይኖም ኮይኖም ሂወቶም ምምርሖም ዓቢ መስዋእቲ ምኽፋል ኢዩ ኔሩ። እዚ ብስድራ ቤት ስዩም ዝተኸፍለ ዋጋ፡ ንቓልሲ ዝተኸፍለ ዋጋ ኢዩ። ከምቲ ቅድሚ 10 ዓመት ንስዉእ ስዩም ከነፋንዎ ከሎና ነመስግነካ ስለ ጽንዓትካ ዝበልናዮ፡ ንኩሎም ደቁ ውን ኩሉ ኪኢሎም ነቦኦም ጸኒዑ ክቃለስ ምግባሮም ዓቢ ምስጋና ይብጻሓዮም። ኣቦኦም ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብዝገበሮ ሙያ ዘይበርስ ውርሻ ገዲፍሎም ብምኻዱ ሕቡናትን ሕጉሳትን ኮይኖም ክነብሩ ዝተዓደሉ ኤርትራውያን ኢዮም።

ነዚ መዓልቲ፡ ብኣጋጣሚ መበል 10 ዓመት መስዋእት ጂግና ስዉእ ስዩም ዕቕባሚካኤል ክንዝክሮ ከሎና፡ ንኹሎም ኣብቲ ነዊሕ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንዝተሰዉኡ ውን ብልቢ እናሓሰብና ኢና። ብፍላይ ውን ነቶም ምስ ስዩም ቀረባ ናይ ቃልሲ ዝምድና ዝነበሮም፡ ኣብቲ ቃልሲ ዓበይቲ ኣስተዋጽኦታት ዝገበሩ ድሒሮም ኣሰሩ ዝተኸተሉ ላዕለዎት ሓርበኛታት መራሕቲ፡ ስዉእ ኣሕመድ ናስር፡ ስዉእ ዓብደላ ኢድሪስ፡ ስዉእ ዶር/ በየነ ኪዳነ ንሃገሮምን ህዝቦምን ብዝገበርዎ ሙያ ካብ ዝኽሪታትና ዘይፍለዩ ኢዮም።  

ስዉኣትና ንዘልኣለም ተኸቢሮም ይንበሩ!

ኣሰፋው በርሀ

 

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As we, old comrades-in-struggle of Patriot Seyoum Ogbamichael (Harestai) solemnly mark today, 17 December 2017, the 12th year  of his sudden and untimely passing away in a poorly-equipped Addis Ababa hospital, we do remember him for so many vividly memorable deeds and events, some of them resonating well with the Akriya of 31 October 2017. Martyr Seyoum was present with his schoolmates at a meeting of student demonstrators in Akriya 55 years ago!! And, ironically, those schoolmates of Seyoum included Eritrea's autocrat,  Isaias Afeworki, who is today against everything that his generation dreamt of.

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Seyoum's  schoolmates in May 1962 included: Woldedawit,

Michael Ghaber, Mussie Tesfamichael, Haile  and Isaias.

As every genuine patriot worth his/her salt would confirm it - and forgetting the bla bla of revisionists of history and facts - Akriya was always a hotbed  of nationalist politics inside Asmara, and a hiding place for  freedom fighters. Even Martyr Seyoum Harestai  spent a couple of nights in an ELF urban hideout rented inside Akriya in August 1965 upon his (and Woldedawit Temesghen's) return to the city to organize people. (This writer, who attended the Mai Anbessa meeting of 55 years ago, also had the honour of spending a night with the two ELF fighters in Akriya precisely 52 years ago). Hajji Mussa M. Nur, co-organizer with Martyr Tuku Yihdego and group of the ELM/Mahber-Shewate demonstration over a year earlier, and who provided shelter and logistics to heroic Saeed Hussein and his ELF Fedayeen team for the successful airport operation of 1963, was for sure in Asmara/Akriya in May 1962 and was no doubt proud of what the young students were doing. One would hope he will survive the PFDJ prison of today and tell us how he would compare the 31 October 2017 demonstration with the demonstration of May 1962!  

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Ustaz Beshir School/Akriya-inspired demonstration of 31 October 2017 and the

Prince Mekonnen SecondarySchool-initiated demo of May 1962

 had similar  messages: Natsinet/Harnet Delina, Hagizuna!

Sadly, we are in a period forcing one to say with absolute certainty that our Asmara of the 1960s was better in many ways than Isaias Afeworki's Asmara of 2017 where a 93-year-old grandfather, Hajji Mussa, is incarcerated simply because his speech allegedly "incited" students to try to demonstrate in a nation that has been obliged to delete the word "demonstration" from its dictionary. 

For the sake of the new generation that may know very little about Seyoum Harestai and his era of student militancy, who are a tiny minority today, I will write a few more lines about who he was and why he was at that the Mai Anbessa/Akriya meeting of students way back in May 1962!!

Seyoum Harestai

Seyoum Ogbamichael, one of Eritrea's strong-willed generation of freedom fighters, died on 17 December 2005 at the age of 59 reportedly of heart failure while serving as chairman of the Eritrean Liberation Front - Revolutionary Council (ELF-RC) and while discussing issues related to the formation of the present-day EPDP. Seyoum joined the armed struggle in March 1965 following a big student demonstration and after six months returned to Asmara clandestinely to give organizational shape to  urban sympathizer of the nationalist cause. On 31 August 1965, Seyoum and Woldedawit were arrested by the Ethiopian security while meeting people in a hiding place near Kidane Mihret at a tailor's shop of a son of Akriya, Siraj Ahmed, the martyr of Barentu in 1978. 

Between their arrest in August 1965 and February 1975, Seyoum and Woldedawit spent ten years in prison until the ELF liberated them together with other 1,000 Adi Qualla prisoners. Seyoum was at one time chairman of the General Union of Eritrean Peasants during which he led ELF's land distribution plan to landless peasants, and thus earned the nick-name of "Seyoum Harestai." Needless to say, he was among those patriots who were denied the return back home after liberation in 1991. When he died while on mission in Addis, his remains were brought to Europe for burial in the Netherlands.

Now Back to the Story of Demonstrations..

In Eritrea's pre-liberation era, what became impossible after 1991 was to some extent possible and safe. During Emperor Haile Selassie's reign in the 1960s, people did not face what EPLF freedom fighters faced in 1993 when they  asked for minimum rights for daily survival. Student protesters in the 1960s were not shot at or killed like what happened to the disabled EPLF veterans in 1994 for voicing for attention and minimum care. Nor were prisoners of that era condemned to "detention until death", as UN's Sheila Keetharuth would put it, bringing to one's mind the situation of G-11 prisoners and many of their likes who are languishing in regime dungeons for decades without a day at court.

Ethiopia's or any alien occupier's abuses and absolute denial of rights could have been considered normal, and not normal by a government of independent Eritrea. But PFDJ's lawless Eritrea is not a normal state. As noted, PFDJ is against almost everything that Seyoum Harestai and his generation's demonstrators stood for.

Student demonstrations were frequent in the Asmara of the '60s, but those demonstrators did not at any time face death intimidations in the form of massive live gunshots as what happened on 31 October 2017 for very simple demands: the right to continue their normal school life started way back in 1967.

On the other hand, Asmara demonstrators of half a century ago raised much bigger political issues than the demands of the attempted demonstration of last October that started from Akriya. The issues raised by the Asmara demonstrators of May 1962 were challenges to the Eritrean Assembly and to  the Emperor of Ethiopia.

As my references show, the Eritrean Assembly was to meet in the third week of May 1962 to resume discussion started the previous year about one 1 million birr grant by the Emperor to cover a deficit in the Eritrean Government budget of 18 million birr for the year 1960/61. Some members of the assembly, the like of Misghina Gebrezghi and Estifanos of (Decamere), were rejecting the Emperor's grant. They were arguing that Ethiopia had to pay to the Eritrean Government the sum of 72 million birr  as unpaid arrears in  the form of customs and federal levies. Seyoum Harestai and schoolmates in the then Prince Mekonnen Secondary School believed and hoped - understandably, quite naively - that their demonstration during the Assembly's meeting would influence the 68 Eritrean legislators towards changing the status of Eritrea, including the return of young students'  favourite Blue Flag that was lowered down in the autumn of 1958.

They were big, big demands by student demonstrators! Yet, no live shots were directed to intimidate Seyoum and his co-demonstrators of 23 May 1962 who passed  running near the Eritrean Assembly building in the then  'combishtato' (Campo Citato),  singing 'we ask freedom, help us' - Tigrilgna:

                   Natsinet Delina,

                   Hagizuna"!

Again, unlike what happened on 31 October 2017, there was no single gunshot heard that day 55 years ago except the threats of horse-riding police (Bolis Abay) carrying black rubber sticks. Some students were, for sure arrested, but the rest of them were scattered to northern directions, up to Akria and Biet Giorghis.

Mai Anbessa Meeting of Student Demonstrators

The issue for the next day's demonstration was the demand for the release of detained students. To organize it, students agreed to meet at short distance north of Akriya.  We later learned that the location of the meeting place was called Mai Anbessa.

My classmate Seyoum and I were among those who attended that meeting at which a few students made "speeches" encouraging each other against the police threats and their use of the rubber batons. I vividly recall that one of the speakers at Mai Anbessa  was a girl by the name of Minnia (whose name I retained for always because she carried the name of my sister). Seyoum, the latter-day eloquent orator, was not among the speakers; instead, it was me, whose Tigrigna was still Kerenite that counted among those who said something related to the demonstration. After a while, policemen were seen heading towards the meeting place brandishing their rubble sticks - no guns!! For sure, there were police beatings. Many took shelter in Akriya homes while others continued the run towards city Centre, making sort of a successful second-day "running demonstration",  and partly achieving  the objective of Mai Anbessa gathering. On the fourth day (or may be the fifth day), all students previously detained were released.

Naturally, the May 1962 demonstration did not bring immediate changes - and of course no restoration of the Blue Flag ... kkkkk.... yet, that event sent its big message across the land!!

Together with the student demonstrations of those years, including the remarkable March 1965 demonstration in the city and later beyond it, the May 1962 chant of demonstrators calling the people for action - Natsinet Delina, Hagizuna -  was gradually  received well and influenced many citizens' nationalist awareness. Young students started joining the liberation struggle, as Seyoum and Woldedawit did in early 1965.

They say that no one can stop an idea whose time has come. A momentous start or re-start can be initiated by anyone, anywhere - say by Seyoum and his schoolmates in  May 1962, or by the young Akriya boys and girls of 31 October 2017 from Ustaz Beshir Private School.

Today's call from Ustaz Beshir School is Harnet Delina, Hagizuna. And it is  loud and clear. This renewed message for action will gradually but surely reach every corner of the nation, including Eritrea's hapless diaspora dispersed all over the globe. This new momentum from student demonstrators in Asmara will hopefully realize the much deferred dreams of so many Eritrean generations.

Thank you Akriya of the old good days of Seyoum and his generation that helped awaken thousands for national struggle, and thank you Akriya of today - Akriya of Hajji Mussa M. Nur,  Akriya of so many great patriots of this nation with unfulfilled dreams.

May your soul rest in peace, Seyoum, and May Hajji Mussa and co-prisoners survive their ordeal in PFDJ prisons and be able to see the realization of the deferred drams of our countless martyrs, both fighters and civilians!!

ከምቲ ወለድና “ንዝገበረልካ ግበረሉ ወይ ንገረሉ” ዝብልዎ፡ ነቶም ሕድሪ ኣረኪበሙና ዝሓለፉ ሓርበኛታት ክንዝክሮምን ሕድሮም ክንዕቅብን ናይ ግድን እዩ። ሰማእታትና፡ ዋላኳ ብሕልና ወትሩ ምሳና እንተኾኑ፡ ብፍላይ ኣብ ከም ዕለተ-መስዋእቶም ዝኣመሰሉ ኣገደስቲ ኣጋጣምታት ክንዝክሮም ግቡእ እዩ። ትርጉም ናይ ምዝካሮም ከኣ ንሳቶም ዝጀመርዎ ቃልሲ ኣብ ሸቶኡ ንምብጻሕ ቃልና ንምሕዳስዩ። ካብ ንእስነቱ ጀሚሩ ምእንቲ  ሃገርን ህዝብን ኤርትራ ካብ ዝተበጀዉ ኤርትራውያን ሓርበኛታት ሓደ ስዉእ ስዩም ዑቕባሚካኤል (ሓረስታይ) እዩ። እነሆ ከኣ ካብ ዝስዋእ 15 ዓመት (17 ታሕሳት 2005-17 ታሕሳስ 2020) ኮይኑ። ስዉእ ስዩም ዑቕባሚካኤል ብ24 ጥሪ 1946 ካብ ወላዲኡ ሰርጌንት ዑቕባሚካኤል ራእሱን ወላዲቱ ወይዘሮ፡ ህይወት ባህታን ኣብታ በራኽ ዓዲ ሓሰር የልቦ’ዩ ተወሊዱ። ሓርበኛ ስዩም ዕድሚኡ ንትምህርቲ ምስ በጸሐ፡ ኣብ ከተማ ኣስመራ ሰታውያን መባእታዊ ትምህርቱ ጀሚሩ። ኣብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ፕረንችፐ ማእከላይ ደረጃ ቤት ትምህርቲ ትምህርቱ ምስ ወደአ፡ 2ይ ደረጃ ትምህርቱ ፈጺሙ፡ ትምህርቱ ከኣ ኣብ ናይ ሽዑ 2ይ ደረጃ ቤት ትምህርቲ ልኡል መኮነን ቀጺሉ።

ሓርበኛ ስዩም ዑ/ሚካኤል ራእሱ ጉዳይ ሃገር ድቃስ ከሊእዎ፡ ኩሉ ገዲፉ ኣብ ጉዳይ ሃገር ተጸሚዱ። ኣብዚ ምስጢራዊ ሃገራዊ ጉዳይ ናይ ምስትብሃሉ ተበግሰኡ በይኑ ኣይነበረን። ወልደዳዊት ተመስገን፡ ሃይለ ወልደሚካኤል (ድሩዕ)፡ ሚካኤል ጋብር፡ ወልደየሱስ ዓማር፡ ሙሴ ተስፋሚካኤል፡ ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ፡ ዓብደልራሕማን ሓሰን፡ ገብረእግዝኣብሄር ተወልደ፡ ዓብደላ ሓሰንን ካለኦትን ምስኡ ነይሮም። ስዩም ኣብ ጉዳይ ሃገር ተባዕ፡ ኣብ መሃዝነት ከኣ ተወዳዳሪ ኣይነበሮን። ስዩም ብዘይካቲ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ሜዳ ዝኸፈሎ ክቡር ዋጋ ብሰንኪ ፖለቲካዊ ተሳትፎኡ 10 ዓመት ዝተኣስረን ብሳላ ንሱ እውን ዘበርከተሉ ሓርበኛዊ ስርሒት ተሓኤ ካብ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ዓዲዃላ ካብ ዝወጹ ኤርትራውያን ባእታታት ቅድሚት ዝስራዕ እዩ።

ብዛዕባ ሓርበኝነትን ሃገራውነትን’ዚ ብ17 ታሕሳስ ተሰዊኡ ብ30 ታሕሳስ 2020 ኣብ ሃገር ሆላንድ ሓመድ ኣዳም ዝለበሰ  ስዩም ዑቕባሚካኤል ኣብ ግዜ መስዋእቱን ድሕሪኡ ኣብ ዝነበሩ ኣጋጣምታትን ብዛዕባኡ ካብ ዝተባህሉን  ካብ  ዝተጻሕፉን ምእንቲ ዝኽሩ ከነስፍር ኢና።

15 Years DB 1db

 

ስዩም ዑቕባሚካኤል (ሓረስታይኣብተን ናይ መወዳእታ ሰዓታት

(ዝኽሪ መበል 15 ዓመት)

16 ታሕሳስ 2005  ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ቅድሚ 15 ዓመታት ስዩም ዑቕባሚካኤል ናይ ሽዑ ኣቦመንበር ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ-ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ኣብ ቤት ጽሐት ውድቡ ነይሩ። ስዩም ኣቐዲሙ ብ27 ሕዳር 2005 ብውድባዊ ስራሕ ናብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ መጺኡ ዮርዳኖስ ኣብ ዝበሃል ሆቴል እዩ ዝድቅስ ነይሩ። ኣብዚ ዕለትዚ ምስ ብጾቱ ኣብ ቤት ጽሕፈት ብሓባር ተመሲሑ ኣጋ ሰዓት 3፡30 ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ናብ ሆቴሉ ከዕርፍ ከይዱ። ክኸይድ እንከሎ፡ ጸኒሐ እንተመጺአ ክንራኸብ ኢና ተዘይመጺአ ድማ ጽባሕ ንግሆ የራኽበና” ኢሉ ተፋንዩና ከይዱ። እንተኾነ ኣቐዲሙ’ውን “ሰውነተይ ይኸብደኒ ኣሎ” ይብል ስለ ዝነበረ ምሸት ኣይተመልሰናን። ንሕና እውን ኣቀዲሙ ሓቢሩና ስለ ዝነበረ ብዘይምምጻኡ ብዙሕ ኣይተሻቐልናን።

ንጽባሒቱ ቀዳም እዩ ነይሩ። ካብ ቤት ጽሕፈት ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ናብቲ ምስ ውድባት ብሓባር ንሰርሓሉ ዝነበርና ቤት ጽሕፈት ኤርትራዊ ደሞክራሲያዊ ኪዳን ንምኻድ እንዳተሰባሸብኩ፡ ስዩም ደዊሉ ንኽመጾ ሓቲቱኒ። ሰዓት 7 ንግሆ እዩ  ነይሩ። ቤት ጽሕፈትና ናብቲ ንሱ ዝነበሮ ሆቴል ቀረባ ስለ ዝነበረ፡ ናብቲ ሆቴል ቀልጢፈ በጺሐ። ምስኡ ናብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ መጺኡ ምስ ዝነበረ ኣቶ መንግስተብ ኣስመሮም ድማ ኣብቲ ስዩም ዝነበሮ ክፍሊ ተራኺብና። ስዩም ካብቲ ዓራት ወሪዱ፡ ኮበርታ ደሪቡ ኣብ ወንበር ኮፍ ኢሉ ጸኒሑና። ከም ዝሓመመ ድማ ነጊሩና። ከመይ ከም ዝገብሮ ክነግረና እንከሎ  ቁሪቁሪ የብለኒ፡ ኣብ ከባቢ ልበይውን ውግኣት ይስመዓኒ፡ ክሕሸኒ ኢለ ተተሓጸብኩ ድማ መሊሱ ገዲዱኒ ኢሉና። ግዜ ከይወሰድና ናብ ሕክምና ክንከይድ ወሲና ድማ ኣነ ሒዘዮ፡ ኣብ ቦሌ ሳይ ኣብ ዝበሃል ህንጻ ናብ እትርከብ ኣቀዲምና ብማዕዶ ናብ እንፈልጣ ክሊኒክ ከይድና። እንተኾነ እዛ ክሊኒክ ተዓጽያ ጸኒሓትና። በታ ዝሓዝናያ ታክሲ ድማ ኣብ መስመር ቀንዲ ጐደና ቦሌ ኦለፒያ ኣብ ዝበሃል ቦታ፡ ጥቓ ናይ ሽዑ ቤት ጽሕፈትና ናብ እትርከብ ክሊኒክ ቤተዛታ ከይድና። ንግሆ ብምዃኑ መካይን ስለ ዘይበዘሓ ቀልጢፍና ኣቲና። እንተኾነ ሰዓት 8 ስለ ዘይኣኸለ ምዱባት ሓካይም ክንረክብ ኣይከኣልናን። ክሳብ ሰዓት ኣኺሉ ሓካይም ዝመጹ ሓደ ኣብቲ ክሊኒክ ተረኛ ዝሓደረ ክኢላ ንግዜኡ ቃንዛ ዘዕግስ መርፍእ  ንስዩም ወጊእዎ።

ሓኪም እንዳተጸበና፡ ንስዩም እቲ ዝተወገኦ መርፍእ ጠቒምዎ እንተኾይኑ ሓቲተዮ።እወ ደሓን እየ። ግና ሓኪምስ ደንጉዩና ጋና ድዩ ሰዓት ኢሉ መሊሱለይ። ሰዓት 8፡15 ናይ ንግሆ ኣቢሉ ይኸውን ሓኪም መጺኡ። ኣብቲ ክሊኒክ ቀዲመሙና ዝበጽሑ ሕሙማት ስለ ዘይነበሩ ቅድሚ ኩሉ ስዩም ተራእዩ። ኣነ እውን ምስኡ ነይረ። እቲ ሓኪም ብኲነታት ስዩም ከም ዝሰንበደ ካብ ገጹ ይንበብ ነይሩ። ኣነ እውን ወዮ ነቲ ሕማም ኣቕሊለ ዝርእዮ ዝነበኩ እንዳተቐየረ ብውሽጠይ ክፈርሕ ጀመርኩ። እቲ ሓኪም መሳርሒታት እንዳቐያየረ ክርእዮ ምስ ጸነሓ፡ ካብቲ ዝነበሮ ክፍሊ ኮረር ብዝብል መንበር ናብ ካልእ ክፍሊ ወሲድዎ። ካብዚ ጀሚረን እንተን ከይደን ዘይርብርባ ዝነበራ ኣእጋር ስዩም ስራሐን ኣቋረጻ። ፍርሐይ ድማ ማዕረ እቲ ቅልጡፍ ምቅይያር ኣብ ኩነታት ስዩም እንዳዓረገ መጸ። ቁሩብ ጽንሕ ኢሉ ድማ እቲ ሓኪም ንእሽቶ ወረቐት ጽሒፉ ሂቡ፡ ብኣንቡላንስ ካብ ክሊኒክ ቤተዛታ ኣብ ከባቢ ስታድየም ናብ ዝርከብ ሆስፒታል ቤተዛታ ብህጹጽ ክንከይድ ምዃና ስግኣትን ፍርሕን ብዝጸለዎ ቃላት ነጊሩኒ። እዚ ዝኸውን ዘሎ ኣብ ጐረቤት ናይ ሽዑ ቤት ጽሕፈት ሰውራዊ ባይቶ እዩ ኢለ ኣለኹ። ኣነ ኣብዚ ሰዓትዚ ንግሆ ሒዘዮ ዝወጻእኩ ገንዘብ ስለ ዝወዳእኩዎ፡ ናብ ሆስፒታል ቤተዛታ ቅድሚ ምኻድና ብጉያ ናብ ቤት ጽሕፈት ከይድ ገንዘብ ሒዘ መጺአ፡ ስዩም ኣብ ዓራት ደቂሱ ሳልሳይና መራሕ መኪና፡ ሓያል ናይ ኣሕልፉኒ ድምጺ ጥሩንባ ብእተስምዕ ኣንቡላንስ ናብቲ ሆስፒታል ጉዕዞ ጀሚርና።

ኣብ ጉዕዞና ስዩም ከመይ ኣለኻ ኢለ ሓቲተዮ። በቲ ምዑዝ ኣዘራርባኡ ድማ እዋእ ደሓን እየ፡ እንተኾነ እታ ሸቕሸቕ ተብለንስ ኣየቋረጸትንኢሉኒ። ድሕሪኡ ካልእ ዘረባ ወሲኸ ከየድክሞ ዘረኣ ኣይወሰኽኩን። ኣነ ብውሽጠይ በይነይ ይዛረብ ነይረ። ስዩም እውን ከምኡ። እቲ ንኸዶ ርሑቕ ስለ ዘይነበረ ከኣ ቀልጢፍና ኣቲና። ነቲ ድምጺ ጥሩንባ ዝሰምዑ ናይቲ ሆስፒታል ሰረሕተኛታት መጺኦም ሓጊዘሙኒ፡ ንስዩም ካብታ ኣንቡላስን ኣውሪድና ኣብቲ ናይ ህጹጽ ረዲአት ክፍሊ ኣብ ዓራት ብጐቦ ኣደቂስናዮ ቅድሚ ሓኪም ምምጻኡ ስዩም እዚ ሆስፒታል ናይ መንግስቲ ድዩ ናይ ብሕቲ?” ኢሉ ሓቲቱኒ። ኣነ ድማ  ናይ ግሊ እዩ ኢለ መሊሰሉ። ቀጺሉ  እሞ ወጻኢ ደኣ ክበዝሓና እንድዩ፡ ……… ናብ ሕስር ዝበለ መንግስታዊ ሆስፒታል ዘይንኸይድ ኢሉኒ። ኣነ ድማ እዚ ናይ ሕጂ ኩነታትካ ንርኣዮ እሞ እዚ ትብሎ ዘለኻ ደሓር ተረኣናዮ እዩ ዝሓይሽ ኢለ ምስ መለስኩሉ፡ ድሕሪኡ ዘረባ ኣይቀጸልናን፡ ምኽንያቱ እታ ካብ ክሊኒክ ዝተዋህበትኒ ወረቐት ምስ በጽሓቶ ቀልጢፉ ዝመጸ ዶ/ር ዮናስ  ስለ ዘቋረጸና። ዶ/ር ዮናስ ቅድሚ ስራሕ ምጅማሩ ካብቲ ክፍሊ ክወጽእ ኣዚዙኒ ወጺኣ። ድሕሪ እዚ ምስ ስዩም እነሆ ብኣካል ንሓዋሩ ተፈላሊና።

ዶ/ር ዮናስ ንስዩም ምስ ረኣዮ ብዝሃቦም ምልክት ብቕጽበት ኩሎም ናይቲ ሆስፒታል ሓካይም እንዳጐየዩ ናብታ ስዩም ዝነበራ ናይ ቅልጡፍ ረድኤት ክፍሊ ክኣትዉ ተዓዚበ። ወዮ ኣብ ቀረባ ዝጸንሐ ፍርሐይ ድማ ናብ ስንባደ ተቐይሩ። ንሕማም ሰጊረስ ብዛዕባ ሞት ክሓስብ ጀሚረ። በቲ ኣጸቢቆም ዘይዓጸውዎ ናይ መስኮት መጋረጃ ድማ ኩሎም እቶም ሓካይም ክኸብዎ ተዓዚበ። ካብቲ ምንቅስቓሳቶም ድማ ብውሕዱ ስዩም ትንፋስ ከም ዝሓጸሮ ተገንዘብኩ። ድሕሪ ዝተወሰነ ደቓይቕ፡ ከባቢ ሰዓት 10 ናይ ንግሆ ኣቢሉ ይኸውን ሕጂ ስሞም ዘይዝክሮ ናይቲ ሆስፒታል ሕክማናዊ ዳይረክቶር “ቤተሰብ ኣቶ ስዩም ዑቕባሚካኤል” ኢሎም ጸውዑ። ኣነን ናይ ስዩም ናይ ቀረባን ናይ ነዊሕ ግዜን ዓርኪ ኣቶ ገብራይ ገብረ እየሱስን ኮን ደኾን ተስፋ ንረክብ ብዝብል ትጽቢት ቀልጢፍና ቀረብናዮም። ዝሃቡና ሓበሬታ ግና ኣቶ ስዩም ልቦም ስረሓ ኣቋሪጻ እያ። ናይ እግዚኣብሄር ደገፍ ተተወሲኽዎ ሓካይም ህይወቶም ንምድሓን ይቃለሱ ኣለዉ ዝብል ቀዳማይ ደረጃ መርድእ ነገሩና።

ኣቶ ገብራይ ነቶም ሓኪም ናብ ዝሓሸ ሕክምና ዋላ ናብ ወጻኢ ምውሳድከ ኣይከኣልን?” ኢሉ ሓቲትዎም። እቶም ሓኪም ድማ ወዮ ኲነታት ኣበይ በጺሑ ከምዘሎ ስለ ዝፈልጡ ንሱ ሕጂ ዝግበር ኣይኮነን ኢሎም መሊሰሙልና። ድሕሪዚ በብውሽጥና ድሕሪ ሞት ጥዕና ቅበጽ ኢልና። ደፊርና ግና ስዩም ክመውት እዩ ኢልና ክንዛረብ ኣይከኣልናን። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ፡ ኣሕዋት ገብሪህይወት ጸጋይ፡  ጅምዕ ኣሕመድ፡ መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮምን ተኽላይ ተስፋጋብርን ብቕደም ተኸተል ናብቲ ሆስፒታል መጺኦምና ኣለዉ። እንደጋና ከባቢ ሰዓት 11፡30 ረፋድ እቶም ናይቲ ሆስፒታል ላዕለዋይ ሓላፊ ዶክተር ነዓይ ጸዊዖም “እዚኣ ኣብ ክፍሊ ገንዘብ ከፊልካ ምጻእ’ሞ ቅብሊት ሒዝካ ተመለስ” ኢሎም ናይ 194 ብር መእዘዚ ሂቡሙኒ።  ከፊለ ቅብሊት ሒዘሎም ምስ ተመለስኩ በቲ ጭንቅና እንዳተጨነቑ እምበኣር ጻዕርና ኣይሰመረንኣቶ ስዩም ዓሪፎም እዮም  ኢሎም ኣርዲአሙኒ። በዚ ድማ ናይ መወዳእታ ናይ ስዩም ቃላትን ናይ ስዩም ዕረፍትን ቀዳማይ ሰማዒ ክኸውን ክኢለ። ብኡንብኡ ድማ ነቶም ኣብኡ ምሳይ ብስግኣት ተዋሒጦም ዝነበሩ ኣቐዲመ ኣስማቶም ዝዘርዘርኩዎ ኣሕዋት  ኣርዳእኩዎም። ጸሓይ እቲ ባህርያዊ ብርሃን ናይ ምልጋስ ተግባራ ኣይቀየረትን። ንዓና ግና ንዝተወሰነ ግዜ ጸልሚቱና። ንደገን ንውሽጥን ድማ ከም ሕሱም ነቢዕና።

ድሕሪ እዚ ብጉዳይ ስዩም ዘይኮነስ ብዛዕባ ኣስከሬኑ ክንሓስብ ተገዲድና። ስዩም ድማ ድሮ ብዛዕብኡ እንዳተዛረብና ናብ ዘይዛረብ ኣይግዳዱ ተቐይሩ። ነናትና ስረሓት ክንሰርሕ ተቐሲብና። ገሌና ንላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ሰውራዊ ባይቶ፡ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ  ኤምባሲ ሆላንድን ዝምልከቶም ኣካላት መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ ምሕባር ተዋፊርና። ገሌና ድማ ኣብ ምውጋን ኣስከሬን ናይቲ ሽዑ ዝተፈልየና ሓርበኛ ተጸሚድና። በዚ መሰረት ቅድሚ ኣበይን ብኸመይ ይቕበር ዝምልከት ውሳነ  ምፍላጥና ኣስከሬኑ ክምርመር ናይ ግድን ስለ ዝነበረ፡ ገብረ እግዚኣብሄር ካብ ዝበሃል ትካል ኣስከሬን ኣትጸውር መኪናን ሳጹንን ኣምጺእና ናይ ኣስከሬን ይመርመረልና ጥርዓን ናብ ፖሊስ ኣቕሪብና ናብ ሚነሊክ ሆስፒታል ወሲድናዮ። ዕለቱ  ቀዳም ስለ ዝነበረ ከኣ ሰኑይ ክንምለስ ቆጸራ ወሲድና። ንስዩም ምስ ከዛርብዎን ከዛርቦምን ዘይክእል ኣስከሬናት ገዲፍናዮ ተመሊስና። እዚ ኩሉ ወዲእና ከባቢ ሰዓት 3 ድሕሪ ቀትሪ ኣብ ቤት ጽሕፈትና ተኣኪብና። ኣብዚ ኣኼባና ሓዘና ክኢልና፡ ነብስና ከፋፊልና ክንዓሞ ብዛዕባ ዝግበኣና ስረሓት ወሲና። ሰኑይ ንግሆ፡ ገሌና ጉዳይ መርመራ ኣስከሬን ክንከታተል፡ ገሌና ብዛዕባ ኣስከሬን ናብ ሆላንድ ዝጐዓዘሉ ኣገባብ፡ ምስ ናይታ ሃገር ኤምባሲ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባን ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ናይ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሚኒስትርን ርክባት ክንገብር ዝተረፍና ድማ ኣብ ቤት ጽሕፈት ኮይና ገጾም ክኸድኑ ንዝመጹ ኣጋይሽ ክንቅበል ተሰማሚዕና።

ሰኑይ 19 ታሕሳስ 2005 ምስ ኮነ እቶም ጉዳይ ኣስከሬን ንከታተል፡ ንጉዕዞ ብዘኽእል ኣገባብ ብኩባዊት ክኢላ ኣመርሚርና፡ ንናይ ርሑቕ ጉዕዞ ዝምጥን ሳጹን ገዚእና ነቲ ኣስከሬን መዝሓሊ ናብ ዘለዎ ሆስፒታል ሓያት ወሲድና ዓቂብናዮ። እቶም ኣብ ካልእ ስረሓት ዝተዋፈሩ ኣሕዋት እውን ብተመሳሳሊ ስረሓቶም ኣሰላሲሎም። ኣስከሬን ሰሉስ 20 ታሕሳስ 2005 ካብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ናብ ሆላንድ ክጉዓዝ ከም ዝኽእል ርግጸኛታት ምስ ኮይና ድማ ኣብ ነፋሪት መንገዲ ኣየር ኢትዮጵያ ቦታ ኣትሒዝና።

ቅድሚ ኣስከሬን ጉዕዞ ናብ ሆላንድ ምጅማሩ፡ ሆስፒታል ሓያት ኣዳራሽ ፈቒዱልና ናይ መፋነዊ ፕሮግራም ሰሪዕና። ኣብዚ ሓጺር ታሪኽ ህይወት ሓርበኛ ስዩም ዑቕባሚካኤል ዝተነበሉን ንሓርበኝነቱ ዝገልጽ ግጥምታት ዝቐረበሉን ናይ ፈነወ ስነ-ስርዓት ንስዩም ዝምጥን እኳ እንተዘይነበረ፡ ሓያሎ፡ ቤተሰቡን ፈተውቱን፡ መራሕትን ኣባላትን ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት ኤርትራ፡ ኤርትራውያን ነበርቲ ኣዲስ ኣበባን ኢትዮጵያውያንን ተሳቲፎም። ብወገን መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ኣቶ ስብሓት ነጋ ካብ ኢህወደግ፡ ኣንበሳድር ሱሌማን ካብ ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ሚኒስተር፡ ኣንበሳደር ሃይለኪሮስ ገሰሰ ናይ ሽዑ ኣንበሳደር ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ቻይና፡ ኣቶ ሕቡር ገብረኪዳን ሓላፊ ቤት ጽሕፈት ምትሕብባር ሰንዓ ፎረምን ካለኦትን ይርከብዎም።

ድሕሪ እዚ ምሸት በዚ ዕለት እዚ ክሳብ ሰዓት 10 ናይ ምሸት ኣብ ዝነበረ ግዜ ኣስከሬን ሓርበኛ ስዩም ዑቕባሚካእል ናብ ሆላንድ ብኣድራሻ በዓልቲ ቤቱ ወይዘሮ ኣዝመራ ሃይለ ኣፋኒና ናይ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ሓዘና ዓጺና።

ደበሳይ በየነ

December 16, 2020

Mr. Filippo Grandi
High Commissioner
United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,

Geneva, Switzerland




On behalf of the undersigned Eritrean Political Forces (EPF), we are writing this open letter to you to express our grave concerns about the physical security, dignity and the wellbeing of Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers in the Tigray region and other parts of Ethiopia.

For the last two decades, Eritreans have been fleeing persecution, human rights violations, and oppression in search of safety, protection, freedom, security, and sanctuary within and outside the East African sub-region. During the last three difficult decades in Eritrea, Ethiopia generously offered safety, protection, security, and shelter to more than 173,000 Eritreans with the hope of returning to Eritrea when the killing, imprisonment and gross human rights violation that caused them to flee their country ceases to exist. Unfortunately, more than half of these vulnerable refugees were hosted and protected in the Tigray Region which has recently become a war zone.

Ever since November 4,2020, when the Federal Ethiopian Forces launched military offensive in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia, refugees, the most vulnerable people, have been caught in the crossfire where they have been subjected to killing, abduction and humiliation by the Eritrean forces. It is important to note that, an unjustifiable repatriation of war-escapees to the war zone by the Ethiopian government without protection, security, food, or medical supplies has added to the misery and risk to the lives of the refugees in a major way.

These unprecedented acts of human rights violations that continues to take place in the Tigray Region in particular, is a major violation of international law, International Conventions and Norms; the UN Convention of 1951 and the 1967 Protocol, the principle of non-refoulment and the 1948 UN Declaration of human rights.

There are confirmed reports that around 10,000 Eritrean refugees have been kidnapped from the refugee camps in the Tigray Region by soldiers of the Eritrean Government; and they were forcibly returned to Eritrea; where they would face persecution, indefinite imprisonment without due process, torture, and death. Many of the refugees were wounded in the conflict, four are confirmed to have died in Glass Hospital, Eritrea.

Although Eritrean refugees are still stranded in the conflict zone, many traumatized refugees had managed to flee from the Tigray Region in search of safety in Gondar and Addis Ababa. Sadly, the Ethiopian government has been rounding them up and forcibly returning them to the war zone, where their lives, and safety will be at risk. This is an unprecedented dereliction of the Ethiopian government’s legal duty, and moral failure to safeguard the vulnerable who sought refuge under its jurisdiction.  

Therefore, we hereby express our genuine concern about the abduction, killings, and the serious violation of the rights of refugees by repatriating refugees to the war zone that has exposed the Eritrean refugees and asylum-seekers to grave danger and insecurity.

We, therefore, hereby call upon the Ethiopian government to abide by International Law and International Conventions and Norms by respecting the rights of the refugees, and by ensuring the protection and safety of refugees in the Tigray Region and in Ethiopia in general. As you know, the Principle of Non-refoulment is central to the 1951 UN Convention and the 1967 Protocol.

We also call upon the Refugee Agency and the international community to act with the highest levels of urgency to pressure the Ethiopian Government and offer an alternative safe zone to ensure safety, security, and dignity of Eritrean refugees.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Official Representatives

  1. Eritrean National Council for Democratic Change (ENCDC)
  2. Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO)
  3. United Eritreans for Justice (UEJ)
  4. Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP)
  5. Eritrean National Front (ENF)
  6. Organization Unity for Democratic Change (UDJ)
  7. Eritrean National Salvation Front-Hidri (ENSF-Hidri)

   This Letter has been copied to the Following government leaders of countries and Organizations:

  • Mr. Abiy Ahmed,  Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  • Mr. Joseph R. Biden, President-elect of the United States of America
  • Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission
  • Ms. Ursula von der Leyen, President of European Commission
  • Mr. Josep Borrell Fontelles, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of European Commission
  • Mr. Kebede Chane, Director General of ARRA
  • Ms. Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
  • Mr. Mohammed Abdelsalam Babiker, Special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights in Eritrea
  • Mr. Antonio Vitorino, Director General of the International Organization for Migration

DECEMBER 16, 2020  ETHIOPIANEWS

The delay appears intended to reinforce the EU’s request for a response from Ethiopian authorities over the bloc’s calls for aid to be allowed into Tigray, where five weeks of war have led to a humanitarian crisis.

The prime minister’s spokeswoman directed requests for comment to the Finance Ministry, which did not immediately respond.

There was no immediate response to a request for comment from the bloc in Brussels.

The document says “postponing those three budget support disbursements aims at creating political space to assess the current situation and request a response with regard to the EU’s concerns notably related to” humanitarian access, cessation of hostilities and media access.

War between Ethiopian federal forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) broke out on Nov. 4. The conflict is thought to have killed thousands and displaced more than 950,000 people, according to United Nations estimates, about 50,000 of them into Sudan.

Western nations view Ethiopia as an ally in a volatile region, especially against al Qaeda-linked Islamist militants al Shabaab in neighbouring Somalia. The conflict poses a policy dilemma for Western governments amid reports that civilians have been targeted by both sides, and as many aid groups complain they cannot access the region more than two weeks after the government declared the end of its military operation.

The 27-nation EU is also calling for a cessation of hostilities, investigations into human rights abuses during the conflict, and for journalists to be allowed to visit the region, according to the document, which was authenticated by a senior diplomatic official in Addis Ababa.

The value of EU development assistance to Ethiopia has averaged an estimated 214 million euros per year, according to the bloc’s website.

Phone connections to Mekelle, Tigray’s regional capital, were restored earlier this week and residents told Reuters that food prices are sky high and there is very little running water.

Reuters has been unable to reach residents in other towns, but reports of food shortages and looting are beginning to trickle into Mekelle.

DECEMBER 15, 2020  ETHIOPIANEWS

Source: House of Lords

Ethiopia: Armed Conflict – Question by Lord David Alton

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Ethiopia about (1) reports of atrocities against Tigrayans, and (2) ensuring that civilians are protected.

Asked 30 November 2020

The UK is concerned by the violence between federal and regional forces in the Tigray region and the risk it poses to civilians, and by reports of ethnically-motivated attacks both within Tigray and elsewhere in Ethiopia. We are gravely concerned over allegations of atrocities and violations; we call for transparency and accountability to be delivered for such incidents. We have repeatedly called for civilians to be protected, including in conversations with both parties to the conflict. The UK’s longstanding position is that determining whether a situation amounts to genocide is an issue for competent national and international courts, not governments: our focus is on seeing an end to violence. We will continue to track the situation and to raise with the Government of Ethiopia and regional leaders these concerns, our concerns about civilian deaths and casualties, and the importance of respect for human rights.

This question is grouped with 1 other question:
HL10842
 

DECEMBER 15, 2020  ETHIOPIANEWS

Source: Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE)

14 December 2020

Eye-witness testimony is emerging confirming reports that the Eritrean military are entering refugee camps in Tigray, attacking Eritrean refugees, and forcibly returning large numbers of them to Eritrea. Many of these refugees were deliberately shot and seriously injured, and are recovering in hospitals in Eritrea, where they have been taken against their will. 

A constitutional dispute between the leaders of the Northern province of Tigray, The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) and the Federal Government of Ethiopia escalated into full-scale war last month when Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent the Federal army into Tigray to impose a State of Emergency. Federal troops now occupy the province’s towns and capital city. All communications have been severed within Tigray, so no news channels are open and roads are closed to all traffic except the military.

Eritrean refugees in Adi Harush camp are living in terror, since armed people have been entering the camp, harassing them and taking their belongings.

From Hitsats camp eye-witnesses report that towards the end of November about 10-armed people came into camp and started shooting at random. Many people were shot; some are seriously injured, and some died. The injured were loaded into trucks and forcibly returned to Eritrea. Several of the injured were hospitalised in Barentu hospital in Eritrea.  Two died from their injuries, while 32 others are still receiving treatment in the hospital. Other refugees who sustained serious injuries from gunfire at Hitsats camp were taken to Glass Military hospital in Keren, Eritrea.

Several sources in Eritrea have confirmed that refugees from Tigray continue to be forcibly returned by Eritrean soldiers and brought to different parts of the country since the war started.Refugees who have been rounded up by Eritrean soldiers from the camps in Tigray (possibly from Hitsats and Shimelba) are arriving in considerable numbers. On Thursday, 10th December, five large “dumper” or “tipper” trucks full of refugees were brought back to Eritrea, again escorted by soldiers. Three of these trucks full of refugees were taken to Shambuko, and subsequently two of the vehicles were taken to Shilalo. The refugees are presently being detained there.

Elizabeth Chyrum, Director of Human Rights Concern-Eritrea, commented: –                                    

“There is now no doubt that the Eritrean military are not only present in Tigray but have been allowed a free hand by the Ethiopian authorities to do whatever they wish with Eritrean refugees in Tigray, including forcibly returning them to the very country they fled from in fear of their lives.

What is being perpetrated against Eritrean refugees in Tigray is a crime on a massive scale. The Eritrean military’s unacknowledged presence in Tigray is part of a criminal conspiracy to forcibly repatriate Eritrean refugees to the country they fled from, where imprisonment, torture and possible death await them, as the UN Commission of Inquiry into Human Rights in Eritrea bore witness. Such forcible return of helpless refugees utterly violatesfundamental principles of international refugee treaties, including the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees and the 1967 Protocol on Non-Refoulement.

The international community MUST take notice of this imminent threat and recognise the very real danger to all Eritreans in Ethiopia. They MUST NOT be forcibly returned (or “refouled”) to the country from which they fled because of persecution.  

It is vital that UN Member states warn the government of Ethiopia that it is complicit in criminal acts by the military forces of Eritrea in Tigray.  

The government of Ethiopia must be reminded of its international legal duty to protect all who claim sanctuary in its territory and its urgent obligation to provide food and medical care to the remaining refugees in the camps in Tigray, who are now threatened with death from starvation unless the government of Ethiopia takes immediate action to ensure food and supplies reach them.”

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Tuesday, 15 December 2020 02:46

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ወግሐ ጸብሐ ኣብ ኤሪትራን ኢትይጵያን ዘጋጥምን ዝውሰድን ዘሎ ተረኽቦታት ክንሰምዕን ርእይቶታትና ከነቐምጥን ጸኒሕና። ተቓውሞና ተወዳዲቡን ሓቢሩን ኣብ ውጽኢት ከርኢ ዝኽእል ዕማማት ዝኣቱ፤ በቢ ኮም ተኣኻኺቡ፤ ነቲ ሕቶ ዘየድልዮ ናይ ኣብ ሓደ ምምጻእ ስጉምቲ ንክ ወስዱ ጊዜ ይወስድ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ ንስኻ እቶ ንስኻ የለኻን እናተባህለ ኣብ ጊዜ ዝበልዕን፥ ኣብ ካልእ ከተስግል ዝገብርን ምምላስ ይስማዕ። ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት ሰሚረን ሓንቲ ትመርሐን ኣካል ኣብ ክንዲ ዘቑማን ንተቓውሞ ኣብ ክንዲ ዝመርሓን፥ ሽማግለታት ብምውጻእ ንጥርኑፍ ኣመራርሓ ዘይጥዕም መገዲ ሒዘን ይርከባ። ኣብ ምሉእ ደምበ ተቓውሞ፥ መን ተቓዋማይ መን ናይ ውሽጢ ኣርበኛ ምዃኑ ከተለሊ ዘጸግም ኩነታት ተፈጢሩ ኣሎ።

ኩነታትና ከምዚ ኢሉ እንከሎ ድማ ኣቢይን ኢሳያስን ብዝመደብዎ እነሆ ኣብ ዶብና ውግእ ተባሪዑ ንርኢ። ዘሰንብድ ክኸውን ይኽእል፤ ናይ ኣብይን ኢሳያስን ዕርክነት ብመሰረቱ ናይ ሓባር ትምኒታቶም ስለዝተሰማምዔ ኢዩ። ኢሳያስ ካብ ዝተበገሰላ ዕለት ኣትሒዙ ንሰውራ ኤሪትራ ጨውዩ ናብ ኢትይጵያ ንክመልሳ ዝተበገሰ ብምንባሩ፤ ካብ ጊዜ ሰውራ ኣትሒዙ፤ ነቲ ጅግና ህዝብን ሰራዊትን ገጹ ከርእዮ ስለዘይደፈረ፤ መጀመርያ ብውግኣትን ብመቕተልትን ማእሰርትን ከብርሶን ከዳኽሞን ሓደ ሜላኡ ኮይኑ፤ ነቶም እንታይ ደኣ ኣብ ጊዜ ደርጊ ዓበይቲ ዓወታት ክምዝገብ ተኻኢሉ ንዝብሉ ድማ፤ ኢሳያስ እቲ ዝለዓለ ናይ ምዕራብ ሓገዝ ዝቕበለሉ ዝነበረ እውን ጊዜ ደርጊ ኢዩ ነይሩ፤ እቲ ምኽንያት ድማ ነቲ ማርክሳዊ ኢየ ዝብል ስርዓት ካብ ገጽ መሬት ምጥፋእ ድሌት ምዕራባውያን ሃገራት ብምንባሩ ኢዩ። ድሕሪ ናጽነትከ ከመይ ኬድና፧ ብግስ ከይበልና ምስ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ኮይኑ ናይ ሓባር መንግስቲ ክምስርት ሓሳብ ከምዝነበሮ ሓው መስፍን ሓጎስ ሓቢሩና ኢዩ። ንሱ ከይኣክል ኣብቲ ኣብ ሎንዶን ዝተገብረ ርክብ እውን መለስ ዘናዊ፥ “ህዝቢ ኤሪትራ ንናጽነቱ ኢዩ ተዋጊኡ” ብምባል ንሓሳብ ኢሳያስ ውዱቕ ከምዝገበሮ ሰሚዕና ኢና። እዚ ኣበሃህላዚ ድማ ኢሳያስ ኣብ ልዕሊ ወያነ ዓቢ ጽልእን ቅርሕንትን ኣሕዲሩሉ ኢዩ። ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤሪትራ ንኢሳያስ ዘቃልዕ ነቐፈታትን ምንቅስቓሳትን፤ ከምኡውን ንናይ ዘለኣለም ሕልሙ ከበርዕን ዝኽእል ቅዋም ምንባሩ፤ ኢሳያስ ንኩነታት ብፋሕብትን ንምቕያር ውግእ ባድመ ከፈተ። ንባድመ ውዒላ ሓዲራ፥ ኤሪትራ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ምስተሓወሰት ትርጉም ክህልዋ ስለዘይኮነ ኢሉ ኣቐዲሙ ብምሕሳቡ ኢዩ ካብ ጀብሃ መንጢሉ ንወያነ ገዲፉሎም ዝነበረ። ሕጂውን ኣብይ ምስ መጸ ንባድመ ክመልሳ ኣይተገደሰን፤ እቲ ምኽንያት ድማ: ባድመ ምስ ኤሪትራ ናብ ኢትይጵያ ከምትኣቱ ስለዝኣምን ኢዩ።

እዚ ሎሚ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ኣብ ልዕሊ ትግራይ ዝወርድ ዘሎ ዘመቻ ድማ፥ ኣቢይ ንስልጣኑ፤ ኢሳያስ ንዕላምኡ፤ ብገለ ሓይልታት ተመሪሖም ወዲኦምዎ ዝመጹ ውዲት ኢዩ። ብዙሕ ትያትሮ ድማ ርኢና። ስርዓት ወያኔ ዝፈጸሞ ዘይብሱል ኣመራርሓን ባህርያትንኳ ነይሩ እንተተባህለ፤ ንትዮጵያ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ተራእዩ ኣብ ዘይፈልጥ ትምህርታውን ቁጠባውን ደረጃ ከምትበጽሕ ጌሩ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ፤ ኣብ ምሉእ ኣፍሪቃን ዓለምን ንኢትዮጵያ ከም ትኽበር ገሮም ኢዮም። እዚ ምዕብልናዚ ድማ ብዓይኒቶም ኣፍሪቃውያን ዓደግትን ተመራሕትን እንበር፥ ርእሶም ዝኸኣሉ ኣፍረይትን ናይ ዕዳጋታቶም ተወዳደርትን ክኾኑ ዘይወሓጠሎም ኣህጉራውያን ሸነኻት፤ ዘይደልዮን ንካልኦት ኣብነት ክኸውን ዝኽእል ሓደገኛ ጉዕዞ ጌሮም ስለዝርእይዎን፤ ንድሕሪት ክመልስዎ ክፍትኑ ከምዝኾኑን ከምእተዓወቱሉን’ውን ግሁድ ኢዩ።

ብካልእ ሸንኽ ድማ፤ እቲ ዳርጋ ቀሺ ወይ ሸኽ ተመሲሉ ብዛዕባ ፍቕርን ሰላምን እናሰበኸ እዚ ዘይበሃል ኣድናቖት ዝረኸበ ኣቢይ ኣሕመድ፤ ንኢትዮጵያውያን፥ ምስ ኢሳያስ ብምምሽጣር ዝዓበየ ህያብ ከምጽኣሎምን ምስጋናን ስልጣንን ከረጋግጽ፤ ብመምርሒን ተሓባባርነትን ናይ ኢሳያስ መጀመርታ ንህዝቢ ትግራይ ምድቋስ፤ ድሕሪኡ ንኤሪትራ ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ምሕዋስ ንዝብል መደቡ እንሀ ጀሚርዎን የካይዶን ኣሎ። ሰራዊት ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ከምዚ ድንግርግር ዝበለ ኩነታት ን ኤሪትራ ኣትዩ ንትግራይ ምጥቃዕ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ፤ ካብ ኤሪትራ ንሃገሩ ይምለስ ዝብል እምነት የብለይን፤ ሓላዋይ ኢሳያስን ብምዃን: ንዝኾነ ተቓዋሚ ከጥፍእን ድማ ህልውንኡ ቀጻሊ ክኸውን ኢዩ።

ሎሚ ህዝቢ ትግራይ እንተተደርዒሙን ተዳኺሙን፤ ጽባሕ ተራና ከምዝኾነ ምስትብሃል ጽቡቕ ኢዩ። መበገሲ ናይዚ ውግእዚውን ንኤሪትራ ንምንብርካኽ ዘቃልል ተባሂሉ ዝተጀመረ ምዃኑ ኢዩ ትርጉም ዝህብ።

ካብዚ ኩሉ ዝተጠቕሰ ብምብጋስ ድማ፥ ሎሚ ንዕንወት ናይ ትግራይ ዝትምነ ኤሪትራዊ፥ ካብ ሕጂ ዜግነቱ ከምዝቐየረ ክርድኦ ይግባእ። እዚ ዘለናሉ ጊዜ፥ ናይ ቅርሕንትን መሰረት ዘይብሉ ትምክሕትን ድርቅና መርገጻትን ጊዜ ኣይኮነን፤ ኣንዊሕካን ኣዕሚቕካን ተስተብህለሉን ትመዝነሉን፥ ንሃገራውን ህዝባውን ጥቕምኻ ዘዋጽእ ምግንዛብን ዝሓትት ኢዩ። ኣብ ምፍፍልላይ ኣውራጃ፤ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ውባዊ ፍልልያት፤ ኣብ ውድበይ ውድብካ ሃይማኖተይ ሃይማኖትካ ዕንክሊል ዝብል ኩሉ፤ ካብ ልቡ እንተኾይኑ ልቢ የብሉን፤ ኮነ ኢሉ ዝገብሮ እንተኾነ ድማ ጸላኢ ህዝቢ ኤሪትራን ክቡራት ስንኩላቱን ስዉኣቱን ምዃኑ ንኩሉ ኣንባቢ ንጹር ክኸውን ይግባእ። ንመርሕነት ዝጓየ እንተሎ ድማ፤ እታ ዕድል ንሓደ ጥራይ ኢያ`ሞ ዓቕምኻን ብቕዓትካን ፈሊጥካ ንናይ ሓባር ስራሕ ቀዳምነት ሃብ ኢለ ክምዕድ እፈቱ።

ሎሚ ኤሪትራ ዓባይ በት ማእሰርቲ ህዝቢ ኤሪትራ ኢያ ዘላ፤ ምሉእ ህዝቢ እሱር ኢዩ። ተባዕ ዝነበረ ኣብ ፈራሕ ተቐይሩ፤ ኣንበሳ ዝነበረ ደኒኑ፤ በሊሕ ዝነበረ ፈዚዙ ወዘተ፥ ህዝብና እንታይ ወርድዎ ኣብ ኢልካ ዝሕተተሉ እዋን ኢና በጺሕና ዘለና። ሃገርና ክትደክን ፈላጣታን ሰብ ንብረትን ንህያቦም ከይጥቀሙሉ ዝተዓግቱሉን እተባረሩሉን፥ ሰብ ናብ ዕለታዊ ድራሩ ጥራይ ከድህብ እተገደ ደሉን፤ መንእሰያት ትርጉም ዓለም ትርጉም ዘይህቦም ዝኾኑሉን፥ ብዘይካ ንሳዋ ምውሓዝ ናይ መጻኢ ተስፋ ዘይርእዩሉን፤ ከተማታት ዓንየን መልክዓተን ዝተደምሰሰሉን (ዝተረፈኒ ወስኹሉ) ክገብር ዝጸንሐን ዘሎን ንድልየት ናይ ሓደ ባእታ ንክጥዕም ምዃኑ ኩሉ ኤሪትራዊ ሎሚ ዘስተብሃለሉ ይመስል። እዛ እዋን እዚኣ ንህልውና ሃገርና ካብ ዝሓለፈ እዋናት ብዝለዓለ ትፈታተነና ዘላ ስለዝኾነት፤ ሓቢርና ንጽዓረላ፥ ጥቕሚ ሃገርና ንዝሕሉ ኩሉ ኣገባብን መንገድን ብብልሓት ንጠቐም፤ ብዝሒ ዘረባ ዘይኮነስ ተግባር ዝጠልብ እዋን ኢዩ።

ኣብ ገምገም ጥፍኣት ንዘላ ሃገር ብሓባር ነድሕን።

ብዘይምውልዋል ንስለ ህዝብና ክንብል ሓቢርና ንስራሕ።

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