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ኣኼባ ብኣቦ ወንበር ጨንፈር ኣቶ ዓንደብርሃን ዮውሃንስ ብእንቋዕ ደሓን መጻእኩም ብምባል ከፊትዎ፡ቦታ ኣኼባ ኣብቲ ልሙድ ወርሓዊ ጨንፈር ዝእከበሉ (Alle weltshaus Köln 77-79 D 50823 Köln) ኮይኑ፡ ኣቶ ዓንደብርሃን ዮውሃንስ ኣስዕብ ኣቢሉ ብኣጋጣሚ ንኣብ ሞንጎኦም ዝተረኽቡ ተሓዝ ገንዘብ ንኡስ ዞባ ሃገር ጀርመን ኣቶ የማነ ዘምላይን፡ኮምኡውን ኣቶ ገብረብርሃን ኣይጽገብ ኣብ 2014 ንጨንፈር ከለን ዳግመ ስርርዕ ኣብ ምግባር ልዑል ኣስተዋጽኦ ዘበርከቱ ብምንባሮም ንኣኬበኛታት ኣላልዩ፡፡ኣቶ ዓንደብርሃን ዮውሃንስ ብሕጽር ዝበለ መግለጺ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ዝተኻየዱ ንጥፈታት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሓቢሩ፡፡ብተወሳኺ እቲ ኣብ ዕለት 13.02.15 ባህልዊ ምሸት ዝተኻየደ ብንጥፈት ጨንፈሮም ብዓወት ከምዝተደምደመ ገሊጹ፡፡

ብምቕጻል ኣጋጣሚ 8 መጋቢት ኣህጉራዊት መዓልቲ በዓል ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ብምምባራ ፡ነተን ንማዐርነተንን ንሃገራዊ ቃልሰንን ንምርግጋጽ ኢለን ኣብ ቃልሲ ዝተሰውኣ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ናይ መስዋእተን ዝኽርን ፡ንተቀበልቲ ሕድረን ድማ ዮሃናን ክብል መልእኽቱ ኣማሓላሊፉ፡ብፍላይ ድማ ንኤርትራዊት ጓለንስተይቲ ኣብ ብረታዊ ቃልስና ማዕረ ኩሎም ደቂ ተባዕትዮ የሕዋታ ተሰሪዓ ዘርኣየቶ ትብዓትን ቆራጽነትን ሃገራዊ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ክዉን ክትገብር ኪኢላ፡ስለዚ ተቀበልቲ ሕድሪ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ኤርትራ ነዚ ከም ውርሻ ተቐቢለን ንኹሉ መሰላት እተኽብርን፡ብማዕረ ኣብ ፖሎቲካዊ ጸጋታትን፡ፍልጠትካ ክብ ኣብ ምባል እትሕብሕብ ኤርትራ ንኽትከውን ዳግማይ ታሪኽ ምስራሕ ይድለ ስለዘሎ ኢድ ንኢድ ተታሓሒዝና ኣብ ቦታ ምልኪ ፍትሒ ዝሰፈና ኤርትራ ንኽንሃንጽ እቲ ግዜ ሕጂ ይሓተናሎሞ ሃየ ኩልና ኢደይ ኢድካ ኢልና ብሓባር ንቃለስ ኢሉ ኣቶ ዓንደብርሃን ዮውሃንስ መደርኡ ደምዲሙ፡፡

መድረኽ ናብ ኣቶ የማነ ዘምላይ ናይ ገንዘብ ሓላፊ ንኡስ ዞባ ሃገር ጀርመን ብምትሕልላፍ ብወገኖም ንዝብገስ ዘሎ ምዕብልናታት ጨንፈር ከለንን ከባቢኡን ኣሞጐሱን ኣታባብዑን ፡ ክሳብ ካልኣይ ጉባኤ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክንገብሮም ዘሎዉና ሰርሓትን ገቡኣትን ብስፍሕ ዝበለ መብርሂ ሂቡን ገሊጹን፡፡ኣስዒቡ ኣቶ ገብረብርሃን ኣይጽገብ ብወገኑ ኣባታዊ ምኽርን ናይ ብሓቂ ተቐበልቲ ሕድሪ ክኾኑን ንዲክታቶራዊ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ኣዊዲቕካ ካልኦት ዲክታቶራት ንኸይፍጠሩ ከሎጌና ተወዲብካ ምጽናሕ ንዘይተደልየ ምዕብልናታት ክትዓግቶ ስለ ዝክኣል ኩልሻዕ ጥንቁቃት ኼንና ምጽናሕ ከድልየና እዩ ኢሎም፡ ፍትሒ ምስ ዝህሉ ጥራይ እዩ ምዕቡል ሕበረተሰብ ክጥረ ዝኽል እሞ ትኩራት ኩኑ እዮም ዘበልዎም ፡፡

ኣኼባ ንዝቀረቡ ሕቶታት ብኣዕጋቢ መልስታት ተሰንዮም ፡ለበዋታት ብምቅባል ብዝኽሪ ሰማእታት ተዛዚሙ፡፡

Also four refugees from Eritrea who participated in Frankfurt Lufthansa Half Marathon. For them, running was "a place of safety" long a.

09/03/2015, by ALEXANDER KAISER , FRANKFURT

© NORBERT MÜLLERRelaxed at the premiere: Abraham Hanibal, Avet and Anday (from left) with Pastor Thomas Stephan (center) at the Frankfurt Half Marathon.

Long distance runners know their resting heart rate, their body fat, their average and best times. From Avet, Hanibal, Anday and Abraham know their caregivers do not even know how old they are. So far, four have made for quite other things to worry about than their level of fitness. And yet they are now at the start of the Lufthansa Half Marathon, along with 5500 other athletes.

The Africans are refugees, they come from Eritrea and live for about six months, the Giuseppe Bruno House, a transitional housing the workers' welfare in Frankfurt. Together with Pastor Thomas Stephan and their supervisor Robert Gilcher of the Protestant Church in Niederrad they have come on Sunday to start the woods stadium to take a good 21 kilometers covered distance in attack.

In Eritrea, played football Avet

Pastor Stephen knows that there is something peculiar to the refugees to participate in such a sporting event. Where they come from, people rarely run for pleasure quickly, but rather to seek safety from danger. Stephan is even participate in the race; he wears a shirt with the logo of "Churches' Commission for Migrants in Europe". Managers Gilcher has brought a flag of this ecclesial charity. He wants to cheer on the Eritreans from the side of the track.

Avet, Hanibal, Anday Abraham and have never run a half marathon.Nevertheless, Avet says he feels "loose". He played football before he fled from his home. In Eritrea, there is neither expression nor freedom of assembly. Who was called up for military service, must expect to spend his life in the army.There are always conflicts with neighboring countries, Ethiopia and Djibouti.

All make it to the finish

What exactly did the four men have been through before they arrived in August in Giessen Erstaufnahmelager not know Gilcher: "Something is coming out with time. Then, photos are shown by the family or friends who have been kidnapped, or there will be other terrible things told. "In Frankfurt, the four have been kindly received. Not only the Protestant community in Niederrad, and the Association of Friends of Nature, and other supporters would have believed her, reported Gilcher.

They also came to the sport. At the invitation of the "Spiridon", which aligns the Lufthansa Half Marathon, they are already jogged with the running club, and when Silvesterlauf than six miles long, they also went to the start. Therefore, it has enabled the men of the country club to compete without fee for the half marathon.

Shortly after ten clock it gets serious for the athletes. In six groups divided, they go on the run course that runs through Niederrad and Sachsenhausen. Each has a chip fixed to the shoe, which measures the time. Anday is the fastest of the four Africans: he covers the distance in one hour and 24 minutes. But his three teammates make it into the top fifth of the participants. Perhaps they make the courage for the marathon, which is still before them and whose destination is a peaceful life.

Source=http://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/lufthansa-halbmarathon-in-frankfurt-laufen-ohne-angst-13471486.html

By EPDP Information Office

In a statement released on 6 March 2015, a specialized committee of the UN Human Rights Council criticized the Eritrean regime for not respecting women’s rights that are well enshrined in a convention that the Asmara regime itself has already signed.

The committee scrutinizing failures in the implementation the Convention to Eliminate all forms Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) discussed women’s situation in Eritrea. Also discussed was a report from the Eritrean delegation at the meeting that was presented on 26 February 2015.

        Dr Daniel Rezene represents Eritrean Law Society at Geneva meeting on women’s rights

Concluding observations of the Committee on Discrimination against Women contain serious concerns about the absence of rule of law in Eritrea with an elected National Assembly and fully implemented constitution which the basic necessities for protection and promotion of human rights, like women’s rights stated in the Convention (CEDAW).  

The committee could not expect any improvement in the Eritrean women’s situation before steps are taken to the rule of law in the country.  

Prevalence of sexual abuse of women in the Eritrean army, absence of criminal action against sex offenders, the open-ended “national service” that force women and families to escape from the regime, and the presence of small arms at every corner in the country were mentioned among the concerns of the committee that believed they should be addressed “as a matter of high priority”. (See link

http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/treatybodyexternal/SessionDetails1.aspx?SessionID=901&Lang=en  - scroll down to see Eritrea)

Dr. Daniel Rezene, an Eritrean democracy and human rights activist residing in Switzerland, actively participated in the discussions and made written and oral presentations representing the Eritrean Law Society (ELS).  Below are excerpts from the CEDAW committee meetings concluding observations and the oral presentation made by Dr. Daniel Rezene at one of the committee meeting:

From CEDAW Observations:

6: The Committee considers that the indefinite national service, the ineffective implementation of the 1997 Constitution and the suspension of the National Assembly, have resulted in a deterioration of the rule of law and resulted in a serious refugee crisis which pose a challenge to the implementation of the Convention. Therefore the Committee urges the State party to implement the recommendations contained in the present concluding observations as a matter of high priority.

8(e): Concerned about [t]he proliferation of small arms and the accessibility of firearms to individuals in the framework of the national service and their impact on the security of women.

9(b): Prevent, investigate, prosecute in criminal courts, and punish all cases of violence against women and girls in the national service and at the Sawa Military Training Centre, implement a policy of zero tolerance and provide legal aid, rehabilitation programmes and compensation to victims;

11(a): Ensure the effective implementation of the 1997 Constitution of Eritrea and expedite the planned Constitutional review process, within a clear timeframe and with transparent procedures …

13(b): Ensure that all cases of violence and discrimination against women covered by the Convention are brought under the jurisdiction of criminal instead of military courts, including when violations of the law are committed by military or public officials;

20(c): Alleged perpetrators of sexual violence against women in the national service are rarely prosecuted.

22. …it is concerned about reports that numerous women and girls, including unaccompanied children who are fleeing the country become victims of human trafficking and smuggling.

24. …it is concerned that women remain underrepresented in senior government positions and at reports that the measures taken only benefit women sharing the views of the political party in power.

25(b): Expeditiously hold free and fair elections to the National Assembly and other elected bodies, ensuring that all women, including those from disadvantaged groups and those holding divergent opinions, can vote and stand for election;

49: It also invites the State party to consider ratifying the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court [other international treaties].

Dr. Daniel Rezene’s Comments:

“I am presenting this oral statement on behalf of the Eritrean Law Society (ELS), an association of Eritrean legal professionals, working from exile. In addition to providing a context to the overall crisis of rule of law in Eritrea, our oral presentation focuses on three major issues: the issue of sexual violence in the army, the problem of human trafficking and the dire of state of women and unaccompanied refugee children in neighbouring countries.

“One of the most pervasive problems in Eritrea is the issue of sexual violence that is committed with impunity by military commanders. As is widely known, the government has a sweeping policy of compulsory military conscription, known as National Service Programme. Accordingly, every adult of member of the Eritrean society, including women, are subject to unpaid and indefinite military conscription by which reason many Eritreans are fleeing the country in unprecedented scale, making Eritrea one of the leading refugee-producing countries in the world.

“In the context of the government’s sweeping militarization agenda, many women conscripts have been victimised by sexual violence committed with impunity by army commanders. The problem is complicated by the total breakdown of the rule of law. In Eritrea, the whims and actions of military commanders are above the law. This means, access to justice with regard to sexual violence is unthinkable. The victims of this form injustice are estimated in thousands.

“The other issue is that of human trafficking. Due to a long history forced migration, Eritrea is also a major origin of victims of human trafficking. Eritrean victims make the majority of victims of the human trafficking crisis in the Sinai Desert of the last 4 to 5 years. Many of these Eritrean victims are women, who are wantonly raped and subjected to all sorts of abuses. In the first place, they have been forced to flee Eritrea as a result of severe political repression, pervasive practice of sexual violence and a dire state of socio-economic crisis. After feeling Eritrea, they fall in the hands of merciless human traffickers, and this means effectively jumping from the frying pan into the fire. Related to this issue is that of thousands of refugees, including unaccompanied underage boys and girls, in neighbouring countries of Ethiopia and Sudan. Their plight requires urgent attention.

“Madame Chairperson, what makes the case of Eritrea unique from many other countries is that it has no working constitution, no opposition political party, no functioning parliament, no form of free press, no form of civil society organizations (except GONGOs). To our knowledge, there is no other country in the world that is helplessly stifled bysuch kind of multiple structural problems all at once.The predicament of Eritrea is exceptionally unique. That is why the country has alarmingly high number of victims of human rights violations, estimated in tens of thousands. And this includes victims of sexual violence.

“As we speak now, the Eritrean government is under comprehensive scrutiny by a Commission of Inquiry established last year by UN Human Rights Council, here in Geneva. To our knowledge, Eritrea is the only African country (after Libya) to have been a subject of investigations of this nature. And this is happening sadly in the absence of any sort of armed conflict in the country. From this, it is not difficult to imagine the level of political repression and the dire state of women’s right in in the country.

“In conclusion, Madame Chairperson, we would like to highlight that the prevailing situation in Eritrea is a portent of much worse to come. This is how it looks like when a nation is at the brink of a state failure. Anyone with a right conscience cannot feign ignorance about the deep-seated political crisis in the country. We therefore kindly urge the CEDAW Committee to adopt recommendations that are commensurate with the reality at the ground level”.