Martin Plaut posted: " Eritreans will mourn the death of Glenys Kinnock - someone who stood by the Eritrean people in the hardest of times. She was the most senior Labour Party politician who visited Eritrea in March 1988 during its liberation struggle, a trip she recalled in " Martin Plaut

Martin Plaut

Dec 3

Eritreans will mourn the death of Glenys Kinnock - someone who stood by the Eritrean people in the hardest of times. She was the most senior Labour Party politician who visited Eritrea in March 1988 during its liberation struggle, a trip she recalled in this article in the Guardian dated 28 October 2015. As can be seen, she never compromised on her support for Eritreans, but had no time at all for the dictatorship of President Isaias.

Here she is with the Eritrea All Party Parliamentary Group in 2014

Gleny Kinock 1

 

 

 Martin

There must be no compromise with Eritrea's tyrannical Afewerki regime
Glenys Kinnock

Proposals for financial aid to Eritrea to help stem the refugee tide must be rejected and robust action against the regime continued

Wed 28 Oct 2015 10.02 GMT

Human rights violations, relentless cruelty, tyranny and oppression are, tragically, everyday experiences for Eritreans.

It is horrifying. It is also so far away from what so many Eritreans heroically fought for, and what campaigners outside that country were supporting, in the struggle for liberation.

Twenty-seven years ago, in March 1988, I travelled to Eritrea with a War on Want team to look at water projects and to assess other ways of developing partnership and support with Eritreans. I have been there twice since in delegations from the European parliament.

In 1988, in the midst of conflict, incessant Ethiopian air attacks meant we could only travel at night, and the devastating effects of the then 27-year war between Eritrea and Ethiopia were painfully plain.

At the hospital in Orotta, on the night after the battle of Afebet, we saw men and women fighters of the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) army with the most terrible battlefield injuries, and we also witnessed the bravery, skill and inventiveness of the people of Eritrea.

This, and other experiences at that time, made me even more determined to continue to show practical solidarity with the Eritreans who were demonstrating the indomitable spirit, which had, for years, enabled them to fight poverty, famine, and armed Ethiopian aggression.

When I returned to Britain, I wrote a book in which I expressed great admiration for the people, for organisations like the National Union of Eritrean women… and for the EPLF leader, Isaias Afewerki.

When Eritrea finally achieved independence in 1993, we rejoiced at what we, and countless Eritreans, thought was the beginning of a future of freedom.

We were so wrong.

Twenty-two years later, Eritrea is now being described as Africa’s North Korea – and the cruelty that is inflicted on Eritrean people by the Afewerki regime justifies that description. The national assembly hasn’t met since 2002; the 1997 constitution has never been implemented; there is no independent judiciary; extra-judicial executions, torture, arbitrary detentions of journalists, teachers, and members of religious groups are common; Eritreans are not allowed to move, speak, assemble or organise freely; indefinite compulsory military conscription and forced labour prevails.

The recent UN commission report calls such conditions “slavery” and said that “some of the gross and widespread human rights abuses which are being committed in Eritrea, under the authority of the government, often constitute crimes against humanity”.

A member of that UN commission of inquiry said: “We seldom see human rights violations of the scope and scale as we see in Eritrea today.”

The list of atrocities goes on. Women face discrimination and sexual and gender-based violence and are denied access to justice. Few, if any, detainees are brought to trial. “Disappearances” are commonplace.

According to Human Rights Watch, prisoners are held in crowded underground cells or in shipping containers with no space to lie down.

The regime in Eritrea is, in short, a secretive, reclusive, authoritarian tyranny, which is ruthlessly controlled by president Afewerki.

His rule of terror is a complete betrayal of the cause of liberation and self-determination for which so many Eritreans fought and died.

Nothing can obscure the fact that Eritreans ​are being terrorised and trapped into what amounts to enslavement

That is why such large numbers of Eritreans are prepared to risk everything – including the “shoot to kill” system operated in border areas – to escape their country to seek a better life for themselves and their families.

The scale of that exodus is huge: in 2014, almost as many men, women and children fled from Eritrea (a country of 6 million people, which is not at war), as fled in that year from Syria (a country of 18 million people, torn apart by four years of war).

Clearly, a very large proportion of the people who cross land and sea in the desperate effort to reach Europe are Eritreans.

And they are unquestionably refugees under every definition of that pitiful status.

What is needed is decisive action, and a clear and unequivocal policy on maintaining and fully enforcing UN sanctions against the Eritrean regime.

The UN commission urges us to offer protection to Eritrean asylum seekers.

Knowing that, in Britain and the EU we must surely uphold the principle of providing refuge to people who have a genuine and justified fear of persecution, and are fleeing from what manifestly constitutes crimes against humanity.

There can be no good reason to say that giving refuge will simply encourage more to take awful risks. Living in Eritrea is an awful risk, thinking about leaving is an awful risk, doing it is an awful risk.

It isn’t the prospect of refuge that makes people flee, it is the dread of staying that makes them abandon their homeland.

Eritrea is isolated politically, regionally and internationally and UN sanctions are firmly in place.

We are hearing now, however, some suggestions that substantial financial aid should be given to Eritrea as part of efforts being made to stem the exodus of refugees.

Such a course, if it was ever taken, would be disasterous, not least because – on the basis of all the evidence about the regime – any EU aid offered to Eritrea would be seen as an endorsement of the government and used to entrench a repressive regime, not to help those in need. It would almost certainly breach the EU’s commitment that states “human rights is at the forefront of EU development co-operation”.

Nothing can obscure the fact that Eritreans are being terrorised and trapped into what amounts to enslavement by a regime that imposes tyranny, cruelty and oppression.

Nothing should diminish the reality that Eritrean victims of that persecution deserve our solidarity, and need to be supported by all of us who believe that conciliation and concession to regimes such as exists in Eritrea will surely fail.

No such softening should ever be contemplated. Our own freedom compels us to fulfil our duty to those who are not free, and never will be until the vileness that imprisons Eritrea is ended.

Sunday, 03 December 2023 21:17

Dimtsi Harnnet Sweden 02.12.2023

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ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ብ1 ታሕሳስ 2023 ኣብ ዘካየዶ ኣኼባ፡ ኣብ ሶማሊያ ቅድሚ 31 ዓመታት ተነቢሩ ዝጸንሐ ናይ ኣጽዋር እገዳ ከልዕል እንከሎ፡ ኣብ ሱዳን ድማ ከካይዶ ዝጸንሐ ተልእኮ ዝተወሃሃደ ደገፍ ንምስግጋር ክቋረጽ ከም ዝወሰነ ማዕከን ዜና ሮይተርስ ኣፍሊጣ።

ኣብ ሶማሊያ ናይ ኣጽዋር እገዳ ዝተወሰነ ቅድሚ 31 ዓመት ኣብ ወርሒ ጥሪ 1992 ምውዳቕ መንግስቲ ዚያድ ባረ ተኸቲሉ ክስዕብ ዝኽእል ናዕብን ጥሕሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን ንምቁጽጻር ተባሂሉ ምዃኑ ኣብቲ ውሳነ ተጠቒሱ።

ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ፡ ኣብቲ ውሳነኡ፡ ናብ ሶማሊያ ዝኣቱ ኣጽዋርን ወተሃደራዊ ናውትን፡ ካብ  መንገስትን ዝተፈቕደሎም ኣካላትን ወጺኡ ከይሽየጥን ኣብ ኢድ ውልቂ ኣካላት ከይኣቱን ኣጠንቂቑ። ኣተሓሒዙ ድማ ኣብ ሶማሊያ ብግቡእ ዝተሃንጹን ዝተሓደሱን ናይ ኣጽዋር መዕቀቢ ማእከላት ክህልዉ ከም ዝግባእ ኣተሓሳሲቡ።

ኣንበሳደር ሶማሊያ ኣብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣቡበከር ዳሂር ዑስማን፡ ናይቲ እገዳ ምልዓል ሶማሊያ ነቲ ካብ ዓቃብ ሰላም ሓላፍነት ናይ ምርካባ መስርሕ ምትግባር ከም ዘኽእላ ጠቒሶም። ከምኡ ድማ ምንቅስቓስ ኣል ሽባብ ሓዊስካ ዘለዋ ዝግኣታት  ንምምካት ከም ዝሕግዛ ኣፍሊጦም።

ብኻልእ ወገን ድማ እቲ ቤት ምኽሪ ጸጥታ፡ ኣብ ሱዳን ዝጸንንሐ ዝተወሃሃደ ናይ ምስግጋር ተልኡ  ንክቋረጽ ኣብቲ ናይ ባሕቲ ታሕሳስ 2023 ኣኼባኡ ወሲኑ። ኣተሓሒዙ ድማ እቲ ናይ ሰለስተ ኣዋርሕ ናይ ምቁራጽ መስርሕ ካብ 4 ታሕሳስ 2023 ከም ዝጅመርን  እቲ ተልእኮ ዘካይዶ ዝነበረ ንጥፈታት ኣብታ ሃገር ናብ ዘለዋ ትካላት ሕቡራት ሃገራት ንክሰጋገርን ኣዚዙ።

እቲ ተልእኮ 29 ለካቲት 2024 ዘቋረጽ ኮይኑ፡ ክሳብ ባሕቲ መጋቢት 2024 ድማ ምጽፋፋትን ናይቲ ተልእኮ ሰራሕተኛታት ዝነበሩ ምውጋንን ከም ዝቕጽል ኣብቲ ውሳነ ሰፊሩ። መንግስቲ ሱዳን ብወገኑ ብ16 ሕዳር 2023 ናይቲ ተልእኮ ሓላፊ “ኣብ ምንቅስቓስ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት ኢዱ የእቱ ኣሎ” ብዝብል ኣፍልጦ ነፊግዎ ነይሩ እዩ።

ኣብ ጐደናታት ወደባዊት ከተማ ፖርት ሱዳን፡ ብ1 ታሕሳስ 2023 ኣንበሳደር ሕቡራት ዓረብ ኢማራት  ንክስጎግ ዝሓትት ሰልፊ ከም ዝተኻየደ ማዕከናት ዜና ሱዳን ሓቢረን። ተሳተፍቲ ናይቲ ሰልፊ ኢማራት፡ ነቲ ኣንጻር ሰራዊት ሱዳን ዝዋጋእ ዘሎ ብጀነራል ሐመቲ ዝምራሕ ፍሉይ ተወርዋሪ ሓይሊ ብምሕጋዛ ከሲሶማ።

ሓይልታት ጸጥታ ሱዳን፡ እቶም ተሰለፍቲ ናብ መንበሪ እቲ ኣንበሳደር ንከይኣትዉ ናብኡ ዝወስድ ጐደና ክዓጽዉ ከም ዝተገደዱ እቲ ዜና ኣፍሊጡ። ተሳተፍቲ ሰልፊ  ንሰራዊት ሱዳን ብምድጋፍን ንኢማራት ብምቅዋምን “ብመራሒ ሱዳን ዝእዘዝ ሓደ ሰራዊት ጥራይ” ዝብል ጭረሖ ከም ዘቃልሑ’ውን ተፈሊጡ።

ፖርት ሱዳን ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ድሕሪ ኣብ ካርቱም ውግእ ምብርዑ፡ ካብ መፋርቕ ወርሒ ማዝያ 2023 ንደሓር ማእከል ናይቲ ብጀነራል ኣብደል ፈታሕ ኣልቡርሃን ዝምራሕ  መንግስቲ ኮይና ዘላ እያ። እዚ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ነቲ ብማሕበራዊ መራኸብታት ሱዳን፡ መንግስቲ ጀነራል ኣልቡርሃን ኣንጻር ኢማራት መርገጽ ንክወስድ ክካየድ ዝጸንሐ ጐስጓስ ስዒቡ ዝተኻየደ እዩ።

ቅድሚ ሕጂ ምኽትል ኣዛዚ ሰራዊት ሱዳን ያሲር ኣል ኣታ፡ ንሕቡራት ዓረብ ኢማራት “ማፊያ” ብዝብ፡ ቅጽል ብመንገዲ ቻድን ኡጋንዳን ነቲ ብጀነራል ሐመቲ ዝምራሕ ሓይሊ ኣጽዋር ተቕርብ ኣላ ዝብል ተሪር ክሲ ኣቕሪቦም ከም ዝነበሩ እቲ ጸብጻብ ጠቒሱ። እዚ ከምዚሉ እንከሎ ጀነራል ኣልቡርሃን ኣብቲ ንክሊማዊ ለውጢ ብዝምልከት ኣብዚ ቀረባ መዓልታት ኣብ ኢማራት ዝተኻየደ ኣኼባ ከምዘይተሳተፉ ተፈሊጡ።

ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ናይ ከባቢና ኣሰላልፋ፡ በቲ ሓደ ወገን ሱዕዲያ፡ መንግስቲ ሱዳንን ኤርትራን በቲ ካልእ ወገን ድማ፡ ኢማራት፡ ኢትዮጵያን ብጀነራል ሐመቲ ዝምራሕ ተወርዋሪ  ሓይሊ ሱዳንን ኮይኖም ይጠማመቱ ከም ዘለዉ ይፍለጥ።

ምምሕዳር ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ብ1 ታሕሳስ 2023 ኣኼባ ኣካይዳ። ምምሕዳር ዜና ኣብ ኣኼባኣ ናይ ዝሓለፈ ኣዋርሕ ስረሓታ ክትግምግም እንከላ ኣብ ዓመታዊ ትልሚ ስራሓታ ምርኩስ ብምግባር፡ ኣብ መጻኢ እትሰርሖ ድማ ኣሚታ።

ኣብቲ ገምጋም ብኹለን ናይ ሰዲህኤ ልሳናት፡ መስርሕ ናይቲ ዝሓለፈ ወርሒ ሓምለ 2023 ዝተቓንዐ፡ 4ይ ጉባአ ሰዲህኤን ፈስቲቫል ኤርትራ ፍራንክፈርትን ብግቡእ ከም ዝተቓልሐ ተገንዚባ። ድሕሪኡ እውን ኣብቲ ጉባአ ዝጸደቑ ፖለቲካዊ ውሳነታት፡ መድብ ዕዮን ካለኦት ሰነዳትን ናይ ምብራህ ሰረሓት ተካይድ ከም ዘላ መዚና። በቲ ካብ ዝለዓለ ክሳብ ዝተሓተ ደረጃ ብዘለዉ ኣካላት ሰልፊ፡ በብግዜኡ ዝወጹ መግለጽታትን ናይ ዝተኻየዱ ኣኼባታት ዜናዊ ጸብጻባትን ከተቃልሕ ከም ዝጸንሐት’ውን ተረዲኣ።

ብዘይካዚ መተካእታ ዘይብሉ ዕማም ኮይኑ ብዛዕባ ዝጸንሐን ዘሎን ምምስራት ናይ ሓባር መቃለሲ ጽላል ሓይልታት ለውጢ ኤርትራ ብሓፈሻ፡ ንጉዕዞ  ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራን ግደ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብቲ መስርሕን ዝምልከቱ መደባት  ድማ ብፍላይ፡ ብዘይምሕላል ንህዝቢ ትሕብር ከምዘላ እቲ ኣኼባ ተገንዚቡ።

ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ኣብ ልዕሊ ምቅላዕ ጸረ-ህዝቢ ተግባራት ህግደፍ፡ ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ኢትዮጵያ፡ ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቂ ዝኸፈቶ ኣፍደገ ተኸቲሉ ዝጽሕትሮ ዘሎ ኣዛራብን ንልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ዝፈታተን ዛዕባ’ውን ልሳናት ሰዲህኤ ከቃልዐኦ ዝጸንሓ ምዃኑ ኣብቲ ኣኼባ ምምሕዳር ተገምጊሙ።

ኣኼባ፡ ዜናዊ ስረሓት ኣብ ምሕያል ብደረጃ መሪሕነት ክማልኡ ዝበሎም መሳርሕታት ዳህሲሲ። ምስኡ ከኣ ሰራሓት ዜና ብባህሪኡ ናይ ብዙሓት ዕማም እምበር፡ ናይ ውሱናት ጥራይ ከምዘይኮነ ብምርዳእ፡ ኣባላት ሰዲህኤ ብፍላይ፡ በሃግቲ ለውጢ ኤርትራውያን ድማ ብሓፈሻ ኣብ ምሕያል ልሳናት ሰዲህኤ እጃሞም ከበርክቱ ጸዊዑን ናይ መጻኢ  ኣተኩሮ ናይቲ ቤት ጽሕፈት ኣሚቱን።

Thursday, 30 November 2023 21:47

Dimtsi Harnnet Kassel 30.11.2023

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ካብተን ስደተኛታት ጽዒነን ዝነበራ መካይን

ብክልተ ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ሚኒስትሪ ምክልኻል መካይን ካብ  ኢትዮጵያ ናብ ኬንያ ክሰግሩ ዝፈተኑ 53 ኤርትራውያን፡ ብ26 ሕዳር 2023  ኣብ ክልል ደቡብ ከም ዝተታሕዙ፡ ቢቢሲ ኣብቲ ክልል ሓላፊ ቤት ጽሕፈት ጸጥታ ዞባ ኣሌ-ኮንሶ ኣቶ ኣምሳሉ ኣንጋቶ ብምጥቃስ  ሓቢራ። እዞም ኤርትራውያን ካብ ኣዲስ ኣበባን ካለኦት ከባብታት ኢትዮጵያን ብደላሎ ዝተኣከቡን ከምኡ እውን ብሰንኪ ውግእ፡ ካብ ሱዳን ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝሰገሩ ከም ዝርከብዎም  እቲ ዜና ሓቢሩ።

እቶም ኤርትራውያን ግዳያት ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ህጽናትን ከም ዝርከብዎም ዝገለጹ ናይቲ ወረዳ ኣምሓዳሪ ኣቶ ኣምሳሉ ብውገኖም እቶም ተጐዓዝቲ ኤርትራውያን ፓስፖርት ይኹን ካልእ ናይ ጉዕዞ ሰነዳት ከርእዩ ተሓቲቶም ፈቓደኛታት ብዘምዃኖም ተጠርጢሮም፡ እተን ዝነበርወን መካይን ድሕሪ ምፍታሸን፡  ፖሊስ  ናይቲ ዞባ  ክኣስርዎም ከም ዝተገደደ ንቢቢሲ ሓቢሮማ።

እቶም ኤርትራውያን  ስደተኛታት ብናይ ሚኒስተር ምክልኻል ኢትዮጵያ “ኦራል” ዝዓይነተን ተሃደራዊ መካይን  ዝመረጽሉ ምኽንያት ንከይጥርጠሩ ዝመሃዝዎ ምዃኑ ተጠቒሱ። ብኻልእ ወገን ድማ “ማይ ቪውስ ኦን ነውስ/my views on news”፡ ዝተባህለት ማሕበራዊ መዲያ ብወገና፡ እቶም ኤርትራውያን 52 ከም ዝኾኑ ጠቒሳ፡ እቲ ኩነታት ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ሰራዊት ኣብ ናይ ሰባት ዘይሕጋዊ ምስግጋር ተዋፊሩ ከም ዘሎ ዘመልክት እዩ ኢላ። ናይተን ዝተታሕዛ መካይ መራሕቲ ብዛዕባቲ ኩነታት ተሓቲቶም ኣብ ዝሃብዎ ምላሽ፡  “ብሓለፍትና ተኣዚዝና ኢና” ምባሎም እውን ኣብቲ ዜና ተጠቒሱ።

ናይቲ ስደተኛታት ተታሒዘምሉ ዘለዉ ወረዳ ኣመሓዳሪ ኣቶ ማግሴ ብወገኖም ናይቶም ስደተኛታት መጻኢ  እንታይ ከም ዝኸውን ይጽናዕ ከም ዘሎ ኣፍሊጦም።