From Nharnet Archives

 

(Today, 15th of March 2016 is the 52nd anniversary of the Battle of Togoruba. For those who have not read the article below when it was published 11 years ago, we are posting it also at this 52nd commemoration of Togoruba. By the way, the other historic and decisive Battle of Afabet of 1988 was also fought in the month of March - and maybe Eritrea can one day combine the two and celebrate the heroisms of ELA and EPLA in one day!! Happy 52nd Anniversary of Togoruba, and good reading).

 

Eritrea’s combined forces of liberation constituted a formidable army that scored great achievements and paid dearly for the independence of the country and the liberation of  its people. The memorable battles fought at the historic Togoruba, at Tessenei, in Agordat, Keren, Nacfa, Massawa, Dekemhare and Mereb, to mention only a few, do tell the great story of our liberation struggle days. And it was to honour the great deeds of the liberation fighters that the Revolutionary Council of the ELF designated the Battle of Togoruba of 15 March 1964 as an event annually marked under the name of Liberation Army Day.

 

Togoruba is situated near Adal in western Eritrea where the first shots of the liberation struggle were fired three years before the battle at Togoruba.  At Togoruba, the pioneer fighters of the liberation army confronted for the first time a relatively well equipped Ethiopian regular army and defeated it. The regular occupation army, that was deployed after the police and special forces failed to crush the liberation struggle, suffered 87 killed against 17 martyrs on the Eritrean side. Units of the Eritrean Liberation Army (ELA) were poorly equipped. Yet, they  possessed a just cause and unflinching  commitment to it.

 

Units of Eritrea’s liberation army between 1961 and 1991 were made up of fighters absolutely committed to the cause and the well-being of their people. Selflessness characterized the Revolution and its members. Self-sacrifice prevailed in every aspect of life in the liberation struggle. That high spirit of camaraderie and love of the other more than oneself was the secret of its final victory.  But, today, all those great qualities have become  things of the past about which we may, occasionally,  hear a talk on the Radio/TV and read in the media. Selfishness has overcome the great altruistic qualities of the pre-1991 period. The  interest of the entire people has been  replaced by unbridled   individualism and insatiable personal interests. All the promises to the people were forgotten. Defending the truth and promoting justice and equality were thus buried deep in the ground when the new motto has become: “why should I care about others”.  This new situation  suited  the one-man dictatorship that could easily impose itself  through a divide and rule mechanism and the control of selfish individuals through material benefits.

 

Yet, the day will come when those who betrayed the cause of the martyrs of the ELA and the EPLA will have to answer for their wrongdoings and  crimes against their own people. They will not be able to feign ignorance of all what has been going on in front of their eyes. They will have to answer to the gross mistakes that caused endless suffering, death and destruction in our land and people like:

  • The hardship and impoverishment that has befallen the entire people
  • The violation of human, civil and political rights and the denial of the rule of law
  • The ongoing rape, and displacement of families
  • The exile and death on the desert and the high seas of our youth forced to flee the situation created at home
  • The corruption that has turned the conscripted youth into a slave-labour working for the benefit of the generals and seniour army officers
  • The total collapse of the economic and social system that has led to a dangerously high  level of malnutrition and starvation.

It is incomprehensible to see some veteran fighters of the liberation struggle continuing to watch idly by the sad state of affairs in Eritrea today. It is difficult to explain how on earth they fail to react to the death of a cause for which they sacrificed so much.

At this 41st anniversary of the Battle of Togoruba, which is known as Eritrean Liberation Army Day, we call on the Eritrean Defense Forces (EDF) to stop serving the wrong force and instead support and promote the aspirations of our people for peace, justice, equality and prosperity. We also find it opportune moment to say this : If the EDF fails to join hands on time with the democratic forces of the opposition and help remove the dictatorship, Eritrea will be exposed to grave dangers.

 

The wrong policies and actions of the dictatorial regime in Asmara has caused Eritrea’s isolation from our neighbourhoods and the world at large.  All Eritrean patriots within and outside the regime  are called upon now to coordinate their actions in order to remove the evil regime and avert all possible dangers to our hard won nationhood.

We are aware that many compatriots within the EDF and other organs of the regime, who are opposed to the policies and deeds of the one-man dictatorship, are putting some  struggle against PFDJ. However, much more is expected of them today. The great spirit of selflessness and love of the people that prevailed in the liberation struggle days must revisit the hearts of many Eritreans who are not contributing enough to deliver the promises of our Revolution to the still suffering people. Altruism and the best service to one’s people was  one of the great values cultivated in our years of struggle and we need to keep it up until the great promises to the people are fulfilled..

 

All Eritreans, and in particular the members of the EDF, are called upon today to heed to the call of their brothers and sisters in the opposition to help in removing the destructive regime and in its place establish democratic governance in which Eritreans live in peace, security, social justice, equality and prosperity. 

The 41st anniversary of the Battle of Togoruba is an excellent occasion to renew our resolve to succeed by once again committing ourselves to repeat the heroic deeds that led to our final victory at the end of the end liberation struggle.

 

Glory and eternal memory to our martyrs!

ሳላ’ቲ ነዊሕን ተኸታትልን ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምእንቲ ነጻነትን መሰልን፡ ብዙሓት ከባብታት ሃገርና ነናተን ዝናን ቅያን ኣለወን። ካብዚኣተን ሓንቲ ተጎሩባ እያ። ተጎሩባ በቲ ዘለዋ እስትራተጂካዊ ናይ ኣቀማምጣ ጸጋ ብዙሕ ቅያ ዝተሰርሓላ ኮይና እቲ ዝያዳ ዝነኣ ዝገነሉ ግና በቲ ናይ 15 መጋቢት 1964 ቅያኣ እያ። ኣብዛ ቦታ እዚኣ ቅድሚ 42 ዓመታት ጀጋኑ ኤርትራውያን ተጋደልቲ፡ ንመጀመርያ ግዜ ኣንጻር ናይ ጸላኢ ምሩጽ ሓይሊ ፊትንፊት ገጢሞም ንደንበ ሰውራ ዝኾለዐ፡ ንደንበ መግዛእቲ ድማ ዘርዓደ ጅግንነት ዘመዝገቡላ ዕድለኛ ቦታ እያ። ኣብዚ ውግእ እዚ ወተሃደራዊ ጅግንነት ጥራይ ኣይኮነን ተፈጺሙ። ቀንዲ ኣርሒቑ ዝጥምት ናይ ዘይተንበርካኽነት ረዚን መልእኽቲ እዩ ናብ ፈታውን ጸላእን ተመሓላልፉ። ኣብዚ ውግእ’ዚ ጸላኢ ሓይልሰብን ኣጽዋርን ጥራይ ኣይኮነ ከሲሩ፡ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣንዊሑ ዝጠመተን ዘይሰዓርን ምዃኑ እዩ ተነጊርዎ።

ነዚ ታሪኻዊ ፍጻመ ሎሚ ክንዝክሮ እንከለና ኣብ ክንዲ ንቕድሚት ምጥማት ንድሕሪት ንምምላስ ኣይኮነን። እንታይደኣ ኣብቲ ንቕድሚት እንገብሮ ስጉምቲ ካብዚ ቅያዚ ዝርከብ፡ እሞ ሎሚ እውን ዘይበለየ ንያትን ፍናንን ንምውራስ እዩ። ናይ ሎሚ ኮነ ናይ ሽዑ ቃልሲ ኩሉ ማእከሉ ረብሓ ህዝቢ ኮይኑ ዋሕስ ዓወቱ ድማ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዩ። እዚ ንክልቲኡ የመሳስሎ። ዘለናዮ ዓለማዊ ኩነታት፡ ከባቢያዊ ምዕባለ፡ ናይ ሓይልታት ኣሰላልፋን እቲ ክረጋገጽ ዝድለ ማእከላይ ዕላማን መሰረት ጌርና ክንመዝኖ እንከለና ግና ፍልልይ ኣለዎ። ምእንቲ እዚ ኢና ከኣ ነቲ ናይ ሽዑ ተመኩሮ ከም ዘለዎ ክንወስዶ ዘይንኽእል። እቲ “ክዕወት እየ” በሃልነት፡ እቲ በጃ ህዝቢ ቅሩብነት፡ ህዝቢ ዝዋንኡ ቃልሲ ናይ ምዕዋት ግድነት ግና ሕጂ እውን ምስ ግዜ ዘይኣርግ ርዝነት ስለ ዝኾነ ሎሚ’ውን ክንወስዶ ዝግበኣና ኣብነት እዩ።

ብስርሒት ተጎርባን፡ ድሕሪኡ ዝተፈጸመ ቅያታትን ዘይሕበን ኤርትራዊ የለን። ከምኡ ስለ ዝኾነ ድማ ቅያን ኣስማትን ነቲ ስርሒታት ዝፈጸሙ ጀጋኑ ወርትግ ተጻሓፍናሉን ተተዛረብናሉን ኣይምኖን። እዚ ድማ ነቶም ጀጋኑ ናይ ዘለና ክብሪ መግለጺ ምዃኑ ብሩህ እዩ። እዚ ግና ንዓኣቶም እኹል ካሕሳ ኣይኮነን። እቲ ቀንዲ ካሕሰኦም ንሳቶም ክቡር ዋጋ ከፊሎም ዝኣመምዎ ዕላማ ኣብ መፈጸምታኡ ብምብጻሕ እዩ ዝግለጽን ዝዕቀንን። ሎሚ ነዚ ጉዳይዚ መልዓሊና ቀንዲ ምኽንያት ድማ ኣብዚ ቅያዚ ተመስሪትና ኣብ መጻኢ እንታይ ክንገብር ከም ዝግበኣና ግዜ ሂብና ንክንሓስብ ንምዝኽኻር እዩ።

ኣብዚ ንዛረበሉ ዘለና ንብዙሓት ተኣምራታዊ ስርሒታት ኣፍደገ ዝኸፈተ ፍጻመ ዝወዓሉ ጀጋኑ ሎሚ ብኣካል ኩሎም ሓሊፎም እዮም ዝብል ግምት ኣለና። ተግባሮም ግና እነሆ ሕጂ’ውን ከም ኣገዳሲ ኣብነት ንዛረበሉ ኣለና። ምዝራብ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ እቲ ሎሚ እውን ዝሕግዘና ሸነኹ፡ ማለት ነቲ ትብዓትን ተስፋ ዘይምቑራጽን ክንወርሶ ኢና። እዚ እዩ ከኣ ብእትሓልፍ ህይወት ዘይሓልፍ ታሪኽ ምስራሕ ማለት። ታሪኽ ኣብ ሓደ ቦታ “ደጊም ኣኺልዎ እዩ” ኢልካ ዓጺፍካ እተቐምጦ ዘይኮነስ ወለዶታት እንዳሕደስዎ ዝነብሩ ቀጻሊ ዋሕዚ እዩ። ናይቶም ተተኻኻእቲ ኣካላት ንባብ ኣብቲ ታሪኽ ግና ክፈላለ ይኽእል።

ታሪኽ ተጎርባን ካልኦት ታሪኻዊ ፍጻመታትን እውን ምስ ምሕላፍ ፈጸምቱ “ደጊም ኣኺልዎ” ተባሂሉ ዝስገር ዘይኮነስ፡ እቶም ተካእቲ ኣብ ጀግንነት ቀዳሞት ተሓቢእካ ንምንባር ዘይኮነ፡ ነቲ ሕጂ ንዋሰኣሉ ዘለና መድረኽ ብዘሰውድ መልክዑ ከነሕድሶ ዝግበኣና እዩ። ሎሚ ነዚ ጉዳይ’ዚ ኣብቲ ዕለቱ ናይ መዘከሪና ምስጢር ከኣ እዚ እዩ። ከምቲ ኣቀዲሙ ዝተገልጸ ናይ ሎምን ናይቲ ቅድሚ 42 ዓመት ዝነበረን ብደሆ ብዙሕ ዝፈላለየሉ ኣሎ። ግና ድማ ዝመሳሰለሉ እውን ብዙሕ እዩ። ብቐንዱ እቲ ናይ ሽዑ ቃልሲ መሊኡ ኣብቲ ክበጽሖ ዝሓለኖ ቦታ ስለ ዘይበጸሐ ኢና ንቃለስ ዘለና። እዚ ቃልስና ናቱ መቐጸልታ’ምበር ምስኡ ርክብ ዘየብሉ ሓድሽ ምዕራፍ ኣይኮነን። ብሰንኪ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ መድረኻትን ፍሉይ ናይ ሓይልታት ኣሰላልፋን ዝካየድ ብምዃኑ ከኣ ፍልልይ ኣለዎ። በዚ ይኹን በቲ ግና እቲ ናይ ሽዑ ንያትን ሓቦን ሕጂ’ውን የድልየና’ዩ እሞ ንዓቅቦ።

On Saturday March 12, 2016, the Bay Area Eritreans for Democratic Change hosted International Women’s Day and Togorba Day combo celebration. Although mother nature was not cooperative, many citizens managed to attended the celebration. A testament that echoes the commitment of the members.

The board Chairman opened the celebration with a welcome message followed by Freweini Gerghis,member of the board, with contribution of Eritrean women for independence message and an emotional poem. Habtna Asgedet Mehreteab eloquently presented global women’s struggle against double oppression and specifically Eritrean women’s contribution to independence. She detailed the treatment of Eritrean women under PFDJ rule and the crimes they encounter by human traffickers to reach freedom.

On his part Haw Tekie Woldemariam briefly presented the history of Togorba and what it stands for. He underscored that Togorba was the beginning of Eritrean independence waged by the Eritrean people. Everything that followed was built on Togorba’s spirit, complete Eritrean independence and liberty.

DJ Solomon rocked the house with selective songs of tigrina and tigre that made attendees to dance until end of night. The board did a very good job in planning the celebration.

On Sunday, 13 March 2016, chairman of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party, Menghesteab Asmerom, held a special meeting with party members in Australia and briefed them on the situation in Eritrea, the status of the opposition camp and activities of various organs of the party since its second congress of July 2015.

 

EPDP members are located in the environs of Brisbane in the east, Melbourne in the south and Perth in western Australia. Due to time differences, most party members in Australia do not take part in the periodical briefings given by the chairman and other executive committee members.

 

Chairman Menghesteab took one hour to cover the main issues in his presentation and members extended the meeting by several hours to ask and discuss issues of the current period in the struggle for change and democratization in Eritrea.

 

Branch members in Australia are among the most committed party members whose material contributions have been notable. Continuing the tradition, the veteran freedom fighter Desta Tekle opened a new wave of contribution by paying Australian $1000 at the end of the meeting.

 

The branch members commended the briefing session granted them by the party chairman and recommended that such meetings be continued in the future.

ብሰንበት ዕለት 13 ሚያዝያ 2016 ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም፡ ምስ ጨንፈር ኣውስትራልያ ኣብ ዘካየዶ ናይ ፓልቶክ ኣኼባ፡ ንህልዊ ኵነታት ሃገር፡ ሃለዋት ደምበ ተቓውሞን ንጥፈታት ሰዲህኤ ኣመልኪቱ ንሓደ ሰዓት ዝኸውን ሰፊሕ መብርሂ ሂቡ።

 

ኣኼበኛታት ንዝተዋህበ መግለጺ ብጽሞና ድሕሪ ምስማዕ ሕቶታት፡ ርእይቶታትን ለበዋታትን ብምቕራብ ነቲ ኣኼባ ብዅሉ መዳያቱ ሃብታምን ውዕውዕን ኰይኑ ንልዕሊ ክልተ ሰዓታት ዝኸውን ግዜ ከይሰልቸዎም ተኸታቲሎሞ።

 

ኣብ መወዳእታ፡ በቲ ሰዲህኤ ዘካይዶም ዘለዉ ንጥፈታት ዝተሓጐሰ፡ ሓው ደስታ ተኽለ፡ ናእዳኡን ማዕዳኡን ድሕሪ ምሃብ ንሰልፋዊ ስርሓት ዝውዕል 1,000 (ሽሕ) ናይ ኣውስትራልያ ዶላር ኣወፍዩ።

ኣኼበኛታት፡ ነቲ ከካይድዎ ዝጸንሑ ቃልስታት ብተዓጻጻፊ ደረጃ ንምብራኹ መብጽዓ ብምግባር ኣኼባ ተዛዚሙ።

London

 

ኣብ ሎንዶን ንርከብ ተቃወምቲ ሓይልታትን በርጌሳዊ ማሕበራትን ብምኽንያት

 

>>ዝኽሪ ኣህጉራዊ መዓልቲ ደቀንስትዮ  8ተ  መጋቢት

>>ዝኽሪ ኩናት ቶጐርባ  15ተ  መጋቢት ፤

 

ብሓባር ንምብዓል ምሸታዊ መደብ ኣዳሊና ኣሎና።

 

ዝካየደሉ ዕለት20th March 2016

ሰዓት 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm

ቦታ

The Pepper Pot Centre, 1A, Thorpe Close

Ladbroke Grove, London W10 5XL

Nearest Station:Ladbroke Grove Station (Hammersmith &City Line)

 

London

ኣብዚ መደብ ምሳና ሓቢርኩም ንኸተምስዩ ብኽብሪ ንዕድም።

 

ብደሓን ምጹ ።

 

ኣዳለውቲ

ኣዋሃሃዲት ሽማግለተቃወምቲ ሓይልታትንበርጌሳዊ ማሕበራትን ኣብ ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ

 

The Eritrean opposition groups and civic society organisations have jointly organised an Evening get together to commemorate:

  • International Women's Day March 8
  • The Battle of Togoruba March 15

Date: Sunday 20th March 2016

Time: 5:00 pmto 9 pm

Venue:

The Pepper Pot Centre, 1A, Thorpe Close

Ladbroke Grove, London W10 5XL

Nearest Station: Ladbroke Grove Station (Hammersmith & City Line)

Joint UK Group – (Events Co-ordinating Committee)

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰደህኤ

ኣባላት ዝተፈላለያ ሰልፍታትን ኣባላት ፓርላማን ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ሓደ ንኤርትራ ዝምልከት ኣካል ከም ዝመስረቱ ብ9 መጋቢት 2016 እቶም ኣብ ዝዘርግሕዎ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ ሓቢሮም። እዞም ኣባላት ፓርላማ ነዚ ስጉምቲ ዝወሰዱ እቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ብሓፈሻ እዚ ይጐድሎ ዘይበሃል በደል፡ ብፍላይ ድማ ብኩራት ደሞክራስን ግህሰት ሰብእዊ መሰል ስለ ዘሻቐሎ ምዃኖም ኣብቲ መግለጺኦም ጠቒሶም ኣለዉ። እዚ ኣካል ኣብቲ መግለጺኡ “ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ትሕቲ ናይ ስግኣትን ግዱድ ምእዙዝነትን ባህሊ ክነብር ተገዲዱ’ሎ” ምስ በለ፡ ካብቲ ነዚ ንኤርትራ ዝምልከት ኣካል ክምስረት ዘገደደ ምኽንያታት ክገልጹ ከለዉ ድማ “ቀንዲ መመስረቲና ብዛዕባቲ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰል እቲ ጉዳይ ኣብ ዝምልከቶም ኣካላት ግንዛበ ንምፍጣር፡ ነቲ ዝፍጸም ዘሎ በደላት ንምምሕያሽ መጽናዕትን ልዝባትን ምክያድን መንግስታት ኣብዚ ጉዳይ ተገዳስነት ከም ዝሓድሮም ንምግባርን’ዩ” ይብል።

እዚ ኤርትራውያን ብዘይኮኑ፡ ግና ድማ ንሓልዮት ኤርትራውያን ዝውሰድ ዘሎ ስጉምቲ እዩ። እዚ ስጉምቲ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ እቲ ኣብ ቅድሚ ዝተፈላለዩ  መንግስታት ናይ ሓሶት ምስሊ ሒዙ ንምቕራብ ዝገብሮ ዘሎ ምትላል ዘቃልዕ እዩ። ነዓና ነቶም ምእንቲ ደሞክራሲ፡ ፍትሕን ክብሪ ሰብኣዊ መሰልን ንቃለስ ዘለና ከኣ ኣዝዩ ኣገዳሲ መተባብዒ ስጉምቲ እዩ። ናይ ብሓቂ መተባብዒ ስጉምቲ ዝኸውን ግና በዚ ተተባቢዕና ዝያዳ ክንስጉም ተኽኢልና ጥራይ እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ኣብቲ ጉዳይና ካልኦት ክሻቐሉን ስጉምትታት ክወስዱን እንከለዉ ዘይግዳድና ተዓዘብቲ እንተኾይና ግና ትርጉም ኣይክህልዎን እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ናይዞም ዘይኤርትራውያን ወገናት ጻዕርን ተገዳስነትን ብናትና ቃልሲ እንተዘይተመሪሑን ተደጊፉን ውጽኢት ስለ ዘይህልዎ። ናትና ጻዕርን ናታቶም ኣብርክቶን ነናቱ ቦታ ዘለዎ ዝደጋገፍ እምበር እቲ ሓደ ነቲ ካልእ ዝትከኦ ስለ ዘይኮነ።

እዚ እዞም እንግሊዛውያን ኣባላት ፓርላማ ወሲደምዎ ዘለዉ ግዱስ ስጉምቲ መልእኽቱ ናብ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ እንታይ ምዃኑ ንጹር እዩ። ብዘይፍርዲ ትኣስርን ብግዲ ተስርሕን ተዕስክርን ኣለኻ፡ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ 25 ዓመታት ምርጫ ኣየካየድካን፡ ዝጸደቐ ቅዋም ጠሊምካ፡ መሰል ምሕሳብ፡ ምግላጽ ሓሳብ፡ ምውዳብን ምጽሓፍን ነፊግካ …. ወዘተ። ስለዚ ኣብዚ ጉዳያት ዘይተዕሪ እንተኾንካ ክትእለ ይግበኣካ። ንሕና ድማ ኣብ ምእላይካ እጃምና ከነብርክት ኢና ዝብል እዩ። እቲ መልእኽቲ ናብ ህግደፍ ጥራይ ኣይኮነን። ናባና ናብቶም ንህግደፍ ኣወጊድና ብደሞክራሲያዊ ስርዓት ክንትክኦ እንሕልን ዘለና እውን እዩ። ንሕና እዚ ክንገብር ኢና ንስኻትኩምከ እንታይ ትገብሩ ኣለኹም እንተነፊዕኩም ኢደኢደይ ኢልና ለውጢ ነምጽእ ዝብል መልእኽቲ። መልሲ ህግደፍ እንታይ ይኸውን ንዓኡ ይምልከት። መልስና ነዚ ጻውዒትከ እንታይ እዩ ክኸውን። እዚ ክንብል እከለና ንመጀመርያ እዩ ከምዚ ዓይነት ተበግሶ ዝውሰድን ናባና መልእኽቲ ዝመሓላለፍ ዘሎን ማለትና ኣይኮነን። ናይ ክሳብ ሎሚ መልስና ንከምዚ ዓይነት መልእኽቲ ከኣ ዝነኣድ ኣይጸንሐን። ሕጂኸ ገለዶ ተጣዒና ንኸውን እሞ “ ካልኦት’ኳ ካብ ሰብእውነት ነቒሎም እዚ ስጉምቲ ዝወስዱ ዘለዉስ፡ ንሕና ሰብ ጉዳይ’ሞ ነራጥጠሉ ኣይኮነን” ደኾን ንብል ንኸውን? ክብል ከኣ ይግበኣና።

እቶም ኣዒንቶም ብጨው ተሓጺቦም ኣብ ኢርትራ፡ ተገዲዱ ዝዕስከር፡ ጉልበቱ ዝምዝመዝ፡ ብዘይፍርዲ ዝእሰር፡ መሰል ምዝራብ፡ ምጽሓፍን ምውዳብን ዝተኸልከለ፡ ብሰንኪ ወጽዓ ዝስደድ … ወዘተ የለን ዝብሉ ወገናትና፡ ምሕረት ይኣዝዘሎም ኢልና፡ ክሳብ እቲ ሓቂ ካብ ውሽጦም ገንፊሉ ዝወጽእ ንግደፎም። እዚ ዝኾነሉ ግዜ ከኣ ርሑቕ  ኣይክኸውንን’ዩ። ናይቶም እዚ ዝተዘርዘረ ገበናት ኣብ ልዕሊ ዜጋታትና ይፍጸም ከም ዘሎ እንኣምን፡ እሞ ብኣኡ  እንሓዝን ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ግብረመልሲ እንታይ ክኸውን ከም ዝግበኦ ከኣ ክንሓስበሉ ይግበኣና። ቀዳሞት ተሰልፈቲ ኣብ ምምጻእ መፍትሒ ከኣ ንኹን። ክንድዚ ዝኣክል ህዝባውን ሃገራውን ሕድርን ዕዳን ኣቐሚጥና ኣብ ሕድሕድና ምምንጫት ኣዝዩ ዘተዓዛዝብ እዩ። ነቲ “ዝገበረኒያ ክገብር ዓዲ ነየጋብር” ዝብል ለባም ኣበሃህላ ወለድና ዘንጊዕና ኣብ ክንዲ ንቕድሚት ምምዕዳው ንድሕሪት ምርኣይ እንዳሰለጠና ክሳብ መዓስ። ስለዚ ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ኣብዚ ሃለዋት ህዝብናን ሃገርናን እምብዛ መሪሩ ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም እተእውየሉ ዘላ ግዜ፡ መፍትሒ ኣብ ምርካብ፡ ንሕና ሰብ ጉዳይ ቅድሚት ክንስራዕ እምበር ብድሕሪት ተዓዘብቲ ክንከውን ክም ዘየብልና ይኣምን። ከም ወትሩ እጃሙ ከበርክት ድማ ቅርቡነቱ የረጋገጽ።

11 መጋቢት 2016

ባይቶ ኤውሮጳ: ኤርትራ ንኤርትራዊ ሽወደናዊ ጋዜጠኛ ዳዊት ኢስቕን ካልኦት እሱራትን ክትፈትሕ ስምዕታ ሂቡ። ኣብቲ ትማሊ ሓሙስ ባይቶ ኤውሮጳ ዝወሰዶ ውሳኔ በቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ዓሙቕ ስክፍታ ከም ዘለዎ ብምግላጽ: ንናይ ኤውሮጳ ኮሙሽን: እቲ ንኤርትራ ዝውሃብ ሓገዝ ኣብ ጁባ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ክኣቱ ከምዘይብሉ ክሰርሕ ኣገንዚብዎ። ኣብ ወርሒ ታሕሳስ ክሳብ 1,9 ምልያርድ ክሩኖር ንምዕባለን ምቅላስ ድኽነትን ኣብ ኤርትራ ተባሂሉ ክሳብ ዓመት 2020 ክወሃብ ወሲኑ ከምዝነብረ ዝዝከርዩ።

ጽሑፍ ተለቭጅን ሽወደን 10 መጋቢት 2016

Thursday, 10 March 2016 19:40

Launch of All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea

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Wednesday 9 March 2016

New group gives key outlet in UK Parliament for debate and inquiry into human rights abuses in Eritrea

A cross-party group of Parliamentarians today formed the new APPG on Eritrea. Matthew Pennycook, MP for Greenwich and Woolwich, was elected Chair at an inaugural meeting and AGM. Four Parliamentarians were elected Vice Chairs, specifically Ann Clwyd MP, Patrick Grady MP, Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead, and Jeremy Lefroy MP. Lord Alton of Liverpool and Fiona Bruce, MP for Congleton, were also present.

An estimated 5,000 people leave Eritrea every month and almost as many men, women and children left that blighted country last year as fled from Syria. It is a human exodus that is all the more staggering when one considers that it is from a country of just 6 million people and one that is not presently at war.

No elections since 1993, no independent press since a government clampdown in 2001, pervasive and ongoing restrictions of all freedoms, movement, expression and association, arbitrary arrest with no fair trials or no trails at all, indefinite compulsory military conscription, forced labour, and torture including widespread sexual violence against women and girls. That is Eritrea today.

It is a far cry from what so many Eritreans fought for, heroically, for decades, and from the hopes of those who supported the struggle for liberation. Instead of democracy and the rule of law, Eritreans are ruled by a culture of fear and absolute obedience.

The new APPG has been created to raise awareness of the human rights abuses which are taking place in Eritrea today, to examine and debate how the situation in the country could be improved and to raise matters of concern with, and make representations to, government and other policy makers.

Commenting on the establishment of the new APPG, Matthew Pennycook MP said:

“Eritrea is a central battleground in the global struggle for human rights. Our own national interest, as well as our credentials as a bastion of human rights, demand that we give the victims of the Afwerki regime not only our solidarity but also clear and unequivocal support to alleviate the very real suffering they face. The new APPG will provide a valuable forum for raising awareness about the human rights abuses taking place in Eritrea and for debate about how the situation in the country can be improved”.

The APPG's newly elected officers are:

·         Chair: Matthew Pennycook MP (Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich)

·         Vice Chair: Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (Labour)

·         Vice Chair: Jeremy Lefroy MP(Conservative, Stafford)

·         Vice Chair: Ann Clwyd MP (Labour, Cynon Valley)

·         Vice Chair: Patrick Grady MP (SNP, Glasgow North)   

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Matthew Pennycook is a British Labour Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament for Greenwich & Woolwich since May 2015. Before becoming an MP, Pennycook worked for a number of charitable and voluntary organisations including at the Fair Pay Network and the Resolution Foundation where he led on issues relating to welfare reform, low pay and working poverty.

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead was appointed Vice-Chair. Baroness Kinnock is the shadow spokesperson for International development and former Minister of State for Africa and the UN in 2009.  Other parliamentarians who took Vice Chair positions include well-respected human rights campaigners Ann Clywd MP, Labour MP for Cynon Valley, Patrick Grady MP, the SNP Westminster spokesperson for International Development, and Jeremy Lefroy MP, who has a long interest in the Horn of Africa and human rights.

The APPG on Eritrea was formally formed at its AGM held on Wednesday, 9 March 2016. Parliamentarians present at the meeting were Matthew Pennycook MP (Labour, Greenwich and Woolwich), Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead (Labour), Patrick Grady MP (SNP, Glasgow North), Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench), and Fiona Bruce (Conservative, Congleton).

Habte Hagos, a founding member of Eritrea Focus, said “this forum gives the long suffering Eritrean people a voice. It will expose the injustice being perpetrated by the Isaias regime on its own people. Eritrea today is ruled by fear with persistent intimidation by the regime and its cliques against peaceful opponents both at home and abroad.”

For more information contact:

Sagal Ali

020 7922 7719