DECEMBER 16, 2020 ERITREA HUB ETHIOPIA, NEWS

“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

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.

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!  

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!!