Eritrea faces more UN scrutiny, a step closer to global court
Written by By Tom Miles
Migrants from Eritrea take part in a protest outside the European Union delegation in Israel, in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv June 25, 2015. REUTERS/Baz Ratner
By Tom Miles
GENEVA, July 2 (Reuters) - Eritrea faces a second year of scrutiny by human rights investigators after the U.N. body overseeing them extended their mission on Thursday, a decision that may put the government at risk of referral to the International Criminal Court.
The U.N. Human Rights Council asked the independent investigators to use the time to consider if the Horn of Africa country was committing "crimes against humanity" - a level of offence that can be prosecuted by the global tribunal.
Eritrea's envoy to the Geneva-based rights council described the decision as "politicised" and dismissed an earlier report detailing testimony of widespread torture, sexual violence, forced labour and mass surveillance as unfounded and biased.
Eritrea is one of the poorest countries in the world and around 5,000 of its citizens flee every month to try and join migrants heading towards Europe, according to the United Nations.
Somalia, which formally asked the U.N. council to extend the investigation of its near neighbour Eritrea, has regularly accused Eritrea of backing militants on its a territory, a charge Asmara rejects. Djibouti, which shares a border with Eritrea, also backed the resolution.
The investigators, who submitted a report last month, had recommended that the council extend their remit to decide whether crimes against humanity had been committed.
In the past they have said such a finding could lead later to a case before the Hague-based global court - a tribunal set up to investigate the worst crimes when local courts fail.
Thursday's resolution told the investigators to look into "systematic, widespread and gross violations of human rights in Eritrea with a view to ensuring full accountability".
Eritrean envoy Tesfamicael Gerahtu told the 47-member Council that his country believed that "the draft resolution is a recipe for sustained confrontation with no dividend for the promotion of human rights".
He called Djibouti and Somalia "the usual bidders... on behalf of the main known architects".
Gerahtu said Eritrea was "redoubling its development efforts to achieve a qualitative leap in the next three to four years," and was strengthening human rights as part of this effort.
Last week the three U.N. investigators were given police protection, even inside the secure U.N. complex, after a senior official said they had received threats on the street and at their hotel.
(Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Stephanie Nebehay and Andrew Heavens)
Source=Eritrea faces more U.N. scrutiny, a step closer to global court - Forum OMEGA
ብሕሉፍ እናነብዐን እናተከዘን ዝነብር ሕብረተሰብ፣ ነቲ መጻኢ ዝኸውን መንጸፍ ስላም-ስኒት-ብልጽግና- ሓቢርካን ተኸባቢርካን ምንባር ዝብል ከቶ ክሓስበሉ ዝከኣል ኣይኮነን። በንጻሩ እኳ ደኣ ኣብ ዘይምትእምማንን ኣብ ጥርጠራን ኢዩ ዝነብር። ብሕሉፍ ኣይትዛረብ ዘይኮነስ ተዛሪብካ ተምጽኦ ፍረ ስለዘየልቦ፣ ሕሉፍ ሓንሳብ ተፈጺሙ ኢዩ ዝሓልፍ። እቲ ዝተፈጸመ ከኣ ኣብ ሎሚ ኰንካ ዝዕረ ኣይኮነን፣ እንታይ ደኣ ነቲ ሕሉፍ ተረዲኢካ ተመሊሱ ከይድግም ምግባር ጥራሕ ኢዩ ዘዋጽእ። ኣብ ሕሉፍ ምንባር ማለት ጌና ኣብ ሕነ ምፍዳይን፡ ኣብ ተንኮል ምእላምን እንተዘይኮይኑ ሃገራዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ንምጥራይ ዓንቃጺ ግደ ኢዩ ዝጻወት።
ነቲ ዝሓለፈ መድረኻት ማለት ነቲ እወንታኡ ብእወንታኡ ወሲድና ነቲ እሉታኡ ከኣ በዚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘካየዶ ናይ ነዊሕ ቃልሲ ተመኩሮ ቀደም ሰጊርዎ ወይ ሓሊፉዎ ክኸውን ነይሩዎ። ክሰግሮን ክሓልፎን ስለዘይከኣለ ድማ እነሆ ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣብቲ ናይ ቀደም ምትህልላኻት ኣትዩ ይርከብ። በዚ ዝኣክል ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ንነፍስና ገምጊምና ካብ ዝምባሌታት ክሳብ ከንደየናይ ተገላጊልና ኣሎና ክንፈልጥ የድሊ። ምኽንያቱ ጌና ስምዒታት ዝዓብለልና ኮይኑ ኢዩ ዝስምዓኒ።
ኣብ ግዜ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ካብ ዝጸንሓና ኣሉታዊን ጎዳኢን ስምብራት ጌና ኣይተላቐቅናን ኣሎና። ንኣብነት ኣብ ሜዳ ኤርትራ እቲ ኣብ መንጎ ውድባት ዝካየድ ዝነበረ እግሪ ሕድሕድ ምቅርሳም ብዝኸፍአ መልክዑ ክሳብ ሕጂ ቀጻሊ ኣሎ ኣየዕረፈን። ካብቲ ሕሉፍ ተመሂርና ካብኡ እንቐስሞ ተመኩሮ ነቲ ክፉእ ዝኾነ ነገራት ገዲፍና ንኸይንደግሞ ኢዩ እቲ ቀንዲ ክንፈልጦ ዝግበኣና ዝነበረ። ጀብሃን ሻዕብያን፡ ሃገራውያን ዘይሃገራውያን፡ ስውእትን ዘይስውኣትን እናበልና፡ ዝተጓዓዝናዮ ዘመነ-ገድሊ ነቲ ህዝቢ ኣብ ሕነ-ሕነ ከምዝኣቱን፣ ንደቂ-ሃገር ኣብ ክልተ ከምዝምቀል ገርናዮ ኢና። ኣብ ክንዲ ነቲ መላኺ ስርዓት ንጭምት ከኣ፣ ደጋፍን፡ ተቓዋምን፣ ደላይ ፍትሕን፡ ዘይደላይ ፍትሕን፡ እናበልና ናይ ምፍልላይ መስርሕ እምበር፡ ንሃገር ሓቢርካ ካብ ሓደጋ ንምድሓን ዝብሉ ምውህሃድን ምትሕብባርን ቅዱስ ዕላማ ኣብ ሓንጎልና ጌና ኣየስረጹን ዘለዉ። እዚ ከኣ ንዓቕምታትናን ንብቕዓታትናን ፋሕ ብትን ከምዝብል ስለዝገብሮ ነቲ ናይ ሓባር ዓወት ዝብል ጎደና ይብሕጉጎ ከምዘሎ ምርዳእ ኣገዳሲ ኢዩ።
ሎሚ እውን ባይቶን ካብ ባይቶ ወጻእን፡ ውድባትን በርገሳውያን ማሕበራትን፡ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓስ እምበር ውድብ ኣየድልን ዝብሉ ዘይቅኑዕ ኣገባብ ቃልሲ ንኽንቃለስ ዝጸዓር ዘሎ ብሓቂ ኣድማዒ ግደ ንኸይንጻወት ካብ ዝገብር ዘሎ ኢዩ። ንሱ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ነቲ ሓደ ኣውዲቕካን ረጊጽካን ጸብለል ንኽትብል ዝግበር ቃልሲ ልክዕ እቲ ኣብ ግዜ ምፍንጫላት ዝተራእየ ናይ ውድባት ውድድር ኮይኑ ከምዝኸይድ ኢዩ ዝገብሮ ዘሎ። በዚ እንኸዶ ዘሎና ኣገባብ ድማ ነቲ ሃገራዊ ጉዳያት ብሓባር ተዛቲኻን ተመራሚርካን ሰሪሕካ ለውጢ ንምምጻእ ኣብ ክንዲ ምሕሳብ ንቓልስናን ንሓድነታናን ዝፈታተንን ዝበታትንን ስርሓት ነሰላስል ከምዘሎና እውን ንነፍሲ ወከፍ ብሩህ ኢዩ። ነዚ ሓቂ እዚ ከኣ ኣሉ ዝብል እንተልዩ ንነፍሱ ኢዩ ዘታልል ዘሎ። እቲ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ቃልሲ ከኣ ብርግጽ ተበታቲና ንቃልስ ዝብል ጻውዒት እኳ ኢዩ ዝዕብልል ዘሎ። ናይ ዲሞክራስን ፍትሕን ለውጢ ከኣ ንፍቶ ንጽላእ ብዘይ ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፊ ተዓወተ ማለት ዘበት ኢዩ። እዚ ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ኣብዚ እዋን እዚ ኣየድልያን ኢየን እናበልካ ጐስጓሳት ዝካየድ ዘሎ ድማ ጸረ ዲሞክራሲን ጸረ ለውጥን እምበር ብርግጽ ተሓላቒ ፍትሕን ሰላምን ክኸውን ኣይክእልን ኢዩ። ብተወሳኺ ናይ ሕብረተሰብ ሰላምን ብልጽግናን ርግኣትን ተኸባቢርካ ናይ ምንባርን ዘኽብር እውን ኣይከውንን ኢዩ።
ሓደ ካብቲ ንደቂ ሰባት ኣደናጋሪ ዝኾነ ኣስተምህሮ ንሓርነታዊ ቃልሲ ብህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓስ እምበር ብፖለቲካዊ ውደባ ኣብ ዓወት ኣየብጽሕን ዝብል ኣምር ካበይ ዝመጸ ስነፍልጠት ምዃኑ ብሩህ ኣይኮነን። እወ! ሰፊሕ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓስ ኣድላዪ ኢዩ፡ ምኽንያቱ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት ተጽዕኖ ክፈጥር ዓቢ ግደ ኣለዎ። ይኹን እምበር ኩሉ ምንቅስቓሳት ኣብ ጸቢብን ጎናዊ ረብሓታቱን ምስ ዝጥሕል ወይ እውን ምዕቡል ሕብረተሰብ እንተዘይኮይኑ ንለውጢ ዓንቃጺ ተራ ክህልዎ ምዃኑ ዘይከሓድ ሓቂ ኢዩ። እዚ ግን ህዝባውያን ምንቅስቓሳት ኣይሃሉ ማለት ኣየስምዕን እንታይ ደኣ ተጻረርቲ ናይ ፖለቲካውያን ሰልፍታት እውን ክኾና ኣይግባእን። ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓሳት ጎኒ ጎኒ ፖለቲካውያን ሰልፍታት ኮይኑ ንሓደ ሕብረተሰብ ናይ ምቕራጽ ዓቢ ግደ ኣለዎ። እዚ ካብ ኮነ ኩሉ ዝግበር ምንቅስቓስ ንመሰረታውን ንምሉእ ለውጥን ኣብ ማሕበራዊ ስርርዕ ዝዓለመ ምንቅስቓስ እንተኾይኑ ጥራሕ ኢዩ ሓቀኛን ወይ ከኣ ርትዓውን ምንቅስቓስ ክኸውን ዝኽእል። ካብኡ ብዝተረፈ ናይ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ምንቅስቓስ ጥራሕ ኮይኑ ኢዩ ዝተረፍ። ደሓር ከኣ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓስ እኮ ንፖለቲካውያን ሰልፍታት ዝምውልን ዝድግፍን ኢዩ። ብመሰረቱ እውን ነቲ ንመላእ ሕብረተሰብን ነታ ሃገርን ኣብ ሰላምን ምርግጋእን፡ ፍትሕን ገጹ ዘይጎዓዝ ሰልፊ መን ኢዩ እሞ ክድግፎ።
ንፖለቲካውያን ሰልፍታት ዝምውልን ዝድግፍን ከበሃል ከሎ ድማ ካብ ስነፍልጠት ወጻኢ ንዝቃለስ ሰልፊ መስመሩ ስሒቱ ከምዘሎ ዝሕብርን ኢዩ ምኽንያቱ ክልቲኡ ህዝባውያንን (ሲቪላውያን) ፖለቲካውያን ውድባት ምንቅስቓሳት ኢዮም። እቲ ፍልልዮም ኣብ ትካላውን ዘይትካላውን ኢዩ። ብተወሳኺ ዋላ እኳ ሲቪላዊ ምንቅስቓሳት ኣብ ስልጣን ንምምጻእ ዘይቃለሱ እንተኾኑ ክልቲእቶም ፖለቲካዊ ንጥፈታት ኣለዎም ኢዩ።
እዞም ህዝባውያን ምንቅስቓሳት ዝበሃሉ ብዙሓት ኢዮም ከም ኣብነት ናይ ሞያ፡ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ፡ መንእሰያት፡ ከባቢያዊ፡ ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፍታት …ወዘተ ኢዩ። ስለዚ ፖለቲካውያን ሰልፍታትን ኩሉ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓሳትን ብቐጥታ ዲዩ ብተዘዋዋሪ ዝምድና ኣለዎም። ንሱ ድማ፡ ሰልፊ ከም ፖለቲካዊ ርእሰ-ኵናት ናይቲ ምንቅስቓስ ኮይኑ ክገልግል ከሎ እተን ምንቅስቓሳት ድማ ወይ ይውከላ ወይ ከኣ ብመገዲ ዝተፈላለያ ሰልፍታት ኣቢለን ጽልወአን የዕዝዛ። ሰልፊ ንገለ ወይ ንብዙሓት ምንቅስቓሳት ክሓቍፍ ይኽእል። ምንቅስቓሳት እውን ምስ ዝኾነ ይኹን ሰልፊ ርክብ ወይ ምትእስሳር ክህልዎ ይኹን ክነጽግ ይኽእል። ስለዚ ክልቲኡ ኣብ ነንሓድሕዱ ዝተፋነነሉ ወይ ዝጸላለመሉ ጉዳይ የብሉን።
ንኣብነት እዚ ኣብ ዕለት 26-06-2015 ኣብ ጀነቫ ዝተኻየደ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ነቲ ንሕናን ንስኹምን ወይ ከኣ ሰልፍታትን ማሕበራትን ተባሂሉ ኣብ ደረጃ ናይ ምፍልላይ ጥሒሉ ዝነበረ ጥሒሱ ኩሉ ብሓባር ኮይኑ ድምጹ ኣስሚዑ ኢዩ። ዋላ እኳ ኣብቲ ብውልቀሰባት ዝተዋህበ ሓስብካ ምግላጽ ዘየድሊ እንተነብሮ። እቲ ዘየድሊ ዝብሎ ዘሎኹ ማለት እቲ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ንምውንጃል ወይ እውን ሞሳ ወይ ጉንዖ ንኽትረኽበሉ ዘይኮነስ እንታይ ደኣ ንኣውያት ህዝብና ሓባራዊ ድምጺ ንኽህልወካ ዝብል ኢዩ ቀንዲ ሕመረት መበገሲኡ። ኮይኑ ግን እቲ ዘየድሊ ዝበሃል ዘሎ ነጥቢ ከም ኣብነት ‘’ መራሕቲ ውድባት ኣብዚ ኣሎኹም እዚ መንእሰይ እዚ ከኣ ብደም ይሓተኩም ኣሎ፡ ‘’ዝብል ቃል ናይ ብሓቂ ነቲ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ዘይመልክዑ ኣልቢስዎ ኢዩ። እዚ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ እዚ ፖለቲካውያን ሰልፍታት ወይ ውድባት እንተዘይህልዋ ነይረን ኣብ ከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣይምተበጽሐን። እዚ ክበሃል ከሎ ንሰን ኣዳልየናኦ ንምባል ዘይኮነስ እቲ ቃልሲ ብዓንዲ ርእሱ ንሰን እንተዘይኣጽነሐኦ ቀጻልነት ኣይምረኸበን። በዚ ኢዩ እምበኣር እቲ ኣብ ላዕሊ ማለት ፖለቲካውያን ሰልፍታት ክም ርእሰ-ኵናት ናይ ፖለቲካዊ ምንቅስቓሳ ዝበሃላ። እዚ ማለት ከኣ ሰልፍታት ቅዋም ስለዘይተሓንጸጸ ክሳብ ቅዋም ዝሕንጸጽ ምምስራት ሰልፊ ኣየድልን ዝብል ኣይኮነን።
ስለዚ ህዝባውያን ምንቅስቓሳትን ፖለቲካውያን ምንቅስቓሳትን ተባሂለን ክፍለያ ከለዋ እኮ እቲ ሓደ ጠለብ የቕርብ እቲ ካልኣይ ከኣ ትካላት ስለዝውንን ነቲ ጠለብ ተቐቢሉ ኣብ ግብሪ ዘውዕል ኢዩ። ነዚ ኩሉ ዝተጠቕሰ ካብ ዘመነ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ኣትሒዙ ክሳብ እዚ እዋን እዚ ኣብ ነፍስና ለውጢዶ ገርና ኣሎና ወይ በቲ ዝነበሮ ጋም ማን ኢና ንብል ዘሎና ክንምርምሮን ክንፍትሾን የድሊ። ይኹን እምበር ካብቲ ናይ ስሳታት ዓዘቕቲ ኣይወጻእናን ዘሎና። እቲ ጸለመ፡ እቲ ምርሕሓቕ፡ እቲ ነንሓድሕድካ ዘይምድማጽ፡ ተራኺብካ ሽግራት ዘይምፍታሕ ኩሉ ኣብ ቦትኡ ኢዩ ዘሎ። እሞ ኣእምሮና ካብቲ ሕሉፍ ኣተሓሳስባ እንተዘይወጺኡ ዕላማና ክንመርጽን መጻኢ ዕድልና ክንውስንን፡ ጉድለታትና ክንእርምን ንግርጭታትና ፍትሓዊ ብዝኾነ ፍታሕ ክንገብር ከምዘይንኽእል እዚ ዝኸድናዮ ክንደይ ዓመታት ህያው ምስክር ኢዩ።
እዚ ካብ ኮነ እምበኣር፡ ኩሉ ግዜ ኣብ ፍልልያትን ኣብ ሕሉፍ ንነብር ካብ ሃሎና ድማ ነቲ እንኮ ጸላኢና ማለት ምልካዊ ኣተሓሳስባን መላኽን ገዲፍና እግሪ ሓድሕድና ንሰብርን ንቕርስምን ስለዘሎና ንቕድሚት ክንስጉም ኣይከኣልናን ዘሎና። ወረ ነቲ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ባዕልና ኢና ዕድመ ስልጣኑ ነነዋሓሉ ዘሎና እንተተባህለ ካብ ሓቂ ዘረሓቐ ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ንደቂ ሃገር ከም ክልተ ደቂ ሃገር ገርና እናመደርና እነንቀሳቕሶ ፖለቲካዊ ንጥፈታት ውጽኢቱ ሃሳይና እናኾነ ኢዩ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ። ንኣብነት ኩሉ ምንቅስቓሳት ሰልፍታት ይኹና ህዝባውያን ነቲ ምስቲ ስርዓት እንተስ ርዒዱ ዲዩ እንተስ ብጥቕሙ ደው ኢሉ ዘሎ ህዝቢ ፈትዩን ረድዩን ዘይኮነስ ተገዲዱ ብዘይ ምርጭኡ ዝኣትዎ ምዃኑ ብሩህ ክከውን ኣለዎ። ነዚኦም ናይ ምኽሳብ ኣምር ዝብል ምንቅስቓስ ገዲፍና መዓት ጭጉራፍ ክነዝንበሉ ከሎና ሃገራዊ ግቡእ ንከይርዳእን ካብኡ ኣይሕለፍ ብምባል ነቲ ስርዓት ዝያዳ ከምዝለግብዎን ዝድግፍዎን ንገብር ኣሎና። ነቲ ህዝብን ነቶም ውሑዳት ጉጅለታት ኣብ ዙርያ እቲ ስርዓት ዘዅዱዱ ብማዕረ ጸረ ሃገር ኢዮም እናበልና ንሶም ከም ጸረ ፍትሒ፣ ንሕና ድማ ከም ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ኰና ኣብ ክልተ ደምበ መቒልና ልክዕ እቲ ኣብ ግዜ ሰውራ ንዓወትና ዘደናጎየ ጀብሃን ሻዕብያን ኢልና ተመቓቒልና ዝተጕዕዝናዮ ታሪኽ መሊስና ንደግሞ ምህላውና ኢዩ ዝሕብር። እዚ ጥራይ መኣስ ኰይኑ ወላ ነቶም ደለይቲ ፍትሒ እውን ኣብ ክለት እኮ ኢና ንመቕሎም ዘሎና። ንሱ ድማ ካብ ባይቶ ወጻኢን ኣብ ባይቶ ዘሎን ልክዕ ከምታ ነቶም ህዝብና ምስቲ ስርዓት ደው ኢሎም ዘለዉ ገርና እንዲና ንነጥፍ ዘሎና።
ኣቱም ሰባት ሓላፍነታውያን ዲና ወይ ኣይኮናን ዝብል ሕቶ ነፍሲ ወከፍና ክንምልሶ ዝግበኣና ሕቶ ኢዩ። ምኽንያቱ ሓላፍነታዊ ዝኾነ ምንቅስቓስ ሰልፊ ይኹን ህዝባዊ ንምልኪ ኣዕንዩ ንናጽነትን ሓርነትን ዝትስፎ እንተኾይኑ ከምዚ ንኸዶ ዘሎና ኣገባብ ኣይኮነን እቲ ክኸውን ዝግበኦ ጉዕዞ። እዚ ከኣ ዕላማና ክንውስን ኣሎና፡ ዕላማና ድማ ምልክት ናይ ምንጽጻግ ወይ ጽልኢ ንምግላጽ ወይ ንነፍሱ ዝሓሸ ኰይኑ ንምቕራብ እንተኾይኑ ነካይዱ ዘሎና ቃልሲ፣ ንናጽነት ይኹን ንመሰል ወይ ንፍትሒ ዘየኽብር ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ካብ ምልኪ ዝኸፍአ ኢዩ ክኸውን። እሞኸ ደኣ እንታይ ይገብር? እወ! ዘበኑ ዘበን ሓርነት ስለዝኾነ ዘበን ሓርነት ከኣ ናይ ጽልእን ቅርሕንትን ጐነጽን ኣይኮነን እንታይ ደኣ ዘበን ልዝብን፡ ዘተን፡ ዕርቅን ይቕረን ሕድገታትን ኢዩ። ካብኡ ብዝተረፈ ነቲ ብርእይቶ ዝፈላለ ነጺግካ ኣብ ሃገራዊ ጉዳያት ማዕረ መሰል ከምዘሎካ ዘይምእማን ከስዕብ ስለዝኽእል፣ ኣብ ክንዲ ኣውዲቕና ክንስጉም ምፍታን ተሓቛቝፍና ምኻድ ክነዘውትር ይግባእ። ስለዚ እግሪ ሕድሕድ ምቅርሳም ገዲፍና ኣብ ነንሓድሕድና እንገብሮ ጸለመ ደው ነብል። ካልኣይ ኩሉ ዓቕምታትን ብቕዓታትን ኣንጻር ምልካዊ ኣተሓሳስባን መላኽን እምበር ኣንጻር ሓድሕድ ክኸውን ኣይግባእን። ኣብ መጠርስታ ድማ ናብ ናይ ኩልና ዓወት ገጹ ዘብጽሕ ጐደና ክንትልም ይግባእ። ንሱ ድማ ሰልፍታት ብዘይ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓሳት፡ ህዝባዊ ምንቕስቓሳት ከኣ ብዘይ ሰልፍታት እቲ ዝደለ መሰረት ናይ ለውጢ ክርከብ ኣይከኣልን።
ብድራር መንታይ
Mussie Awate (2013)ላዶን ብሊንድ ጋብያ (I will speak once in Blin), Stockholm
By Kiflemariam Hamde, Sweden
This publication is a second in a series of published poetry books in Blin[i], after Bogos Goitom’s pioneering poems of love, እንከሊ enkeli[ii]. In 25 poems running several paragraphs or entries, Mussie describes how his competence on writing poems in other languages convinced his inner intuition and motivation to do so in Blin script. “Encouraged by the growing literature on Blin for the last two decades, I also take the real step to write in Blin”, asserts the author (2013: 9). Another implicit reason for taking this initiative is his critical stand on the socio-political life on Eritrea, his reaction to the continued domination of the public space by Tigrigna and Arabic, while ‘participants speaking other languages’ are often ‘expected to use their own languages only at home, continuously stripping them off their vitality in the Eritrean public space’ (Forward). According to the author, this phenomenon is also apparent in literature and communication among Eritreans in general. The author capitalizes on his rich experience (from the liberation period) when he participated in the liberation movement as a fighter between 1976 and 1981, and even after that period, continued working in the opposition movement from the diaspora.
It is impossible to comment on all of the poems in this short review but I have selected a few so that the reader can get an idea of the contents. Attending to the titles, I can identify five groups of poems: Poems based on Blin proverbs (p. 14, 28, 30, 48, 58, 61), idioms (p. 23, 37, 63, 69), famous or notorious actors or special events (p. 33, 39, 42, 45, 56, 76), riddles (p. 48) and poems with general contents (the rest). Moreover, there are critical rhetoric illustrative of current events, at times challenging the status quo in the socio-political impasse in Eritrea (p. 23) and victimhood (p. 30), shaky communication (p. 56), on care and judgement, (p. 76) on economy and war (p. 23, “Don’t provoke in your communication with each other – literally, ‘don’t throw words ), comments on the sad situation facing the Eritrea youth in different corners of the world, etc.
In the first Poem (p. 14), Mussie invokes a Blin proverb ኒመሓርኒዩዅቊጡምሰምበርጎደ! (Ni meHarini yuxw QTum sember Gwede! (p. 4-19). It is based on a factual event about a man who ploughed his farm in a forbidden day, Sunday, because he did not own oxen. After farming on Sundays a couple of times, he asks God for forgiveness. As for my reading, the greatness of the poem lies in its allegory for a value that is often difficult for human beings to acknowledge their mistakes, and ask for forgiveness, especially for Eritreans. Reversely, the poet abhors people who are inconsistent in their behaviour, hypocrites, and those who hurt, rebuke, or sell their brethren, gradually only fool themselves. He laments particularly the loss or lack of respect, dialogue and understanding, consequently everybody losing together! The author reminds Eritreans and the Blin people that interdependence, care and compromise should be the end (goals), rather than bickering on the means.
Mussie also describes the linguistic situation of Blin speakers both in the private and public arenas, alluding to future trajectories for the development on Blin writing as well as the expected Blin speakers’ active participation in Eritrea’s socio-political life and literature (p. 48-50). The author illustrates issues of language domination and power (p. 49), the impact on ordinary Eritreans lives of the cultural fragmentation and socioeconomic underdevelopment caused by the atrocities during the Ethiopian domination in Eritrea (1961-1991) , particularly the legacy of massacres and imprisonment of civilians in urban and rural areas in Eritrea in general, etc., for example, of almost 1000 civilians who were killed by the Second Military Division of Haile Selassie’s regime in Besikdira and Ona in November 30, and December 1, 1970, respectively[iii], and since 1991.
The poems reflect deep-rooted values, norms, and respectful communication that tends to be weakening or completely lacking among Eritreans, politicians, and in the general public, and calls for tolerance, respect, and justice, and thereof equality among Eritreans. Mussie is a good example of the growing number of authors on Blin language[iv] and culture. Anybody who is interested to understand how an author understands the past events, ongoing current happenings, and future trajectories about language, culture, politics and economy is advised to read this book. My only complaint is that the poems are not numbered, and we have to quote the page number or title in quoting them. However, that does not affect the quality and legitimacy of the language used and richness of values invoked and the call for future development of Blin language. As a reader, I recommend the book for anybody who wants to know about the mentioned values and norms within the context of past and current Eritrean situation is encouraged to read the book. Finally, it is a good starter for (Eritrean) language students and literature, it is a good addition to the growing poetry on and in Eritrean languages[v].
A father of three, Mussie Awate lives in Stockholm, Sweden.
Anybody interested to know more about the book, or read Blin poems, can contact the author at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
[i] Since mid-1970s, more than 40 literature in Blin ብሊንድ and on Blin ብሊን has increasingly emerged both inside Eritrea and in the Diaspora, specifically Sweden, Norway and also London. or many – old and new - works on Blin language, culture, history, music, etc., read at the Blin Language Forum website www.daberi.org and www.debanma.com. The entries are mainly in Blin, and on Blin in English, Tigrinya, and a few in Arabic (on History).
[ii]Bogos Goitom (1992). እንከሊ (Love Poems), Nyna Tryckeri, Uppsala, Sweden.
[iii] For a succinct narrative of the painful massacre, and its consequences, at Besikdira village, and the general situation at that period, see Abba Teweldeberhan Geberemedhin and Abba Zerayakob Okbamikael, Capuchin friars: መሪርግፍዒኣብበስክዲራንከባቢኣን (A Painful Massacre at Besikdria and its Environs), ትምጻእመንግስትከ (Adveniat Regnum TUUM), 44th Year, Nrs 73/74, page 1-14.
[iv] A couple of them will be reviewed in English during the coming few months so that readers might get information on the type of literature that is emerging in local languages (i.e., Eritrean languages).
[v] See for example “Who needs A Story?” by Charles Cantalupo & Ghirmai Negash (2005), and “We have a voice, Selected Poems of Reesom Haile”, by Charles Cantalupo (2000), and many more.
The government has declared war on us”: an appeal from people suffering inside Eritrea
Written by by Martin PlautA rare insight into what goes on inside the “North Korea of Africa”.
by Martin Plaut Published 6 July, 2015 - 17:40

Martin Plaut writes: A message has been smuggled out of Eritrea calling for UN sanctions against the regime to be maintained. It provides a rare insight into the conditions in a country that is so isolated and repressive that it is often referred to as the North Korea of Africa.
This appeal, which comes from the underground resistance in the capital, Asmara, helps explain why Eritreans make up one of the largest group of migrants and refugees arriving in Europe and finally making their way to Calais. It comes via the “Freedom Friday” network, which has used posters and phone calls to reach their people inside the country.
Last month a UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea concluded that human rights in the country are so severe that they may constitute crimes against humanity. Among these abuses is the system of national service. Young men and women are conscripted into the military at the age of 17 and have to serve indefinitely, with next to no pay. Some people have served for more than 20 years, acting as forced labour on the country’s gold and copper mine.
When the findings were debated in Geneva there were large demonstrations organized by the Eritrean government and the opposition, with the respective sides attacking or supporting the Commission’s findings. The President of the Commission complained that his members had received threats and attempts had been made to intimidate them. The Swiss police provided guards for the UN investigators.
Eritrean state television only broadcast news about the pro-government demonstrations, and it was in reaction to these broadcasts that a group of Eritreans sent this message abroad. They support sanctions against the regime. This is reminiscent of the calls by the African National Congress for sanctions against apartheid from the 1960s onwards, even if it was going to hurt the people of South Africa.
Eritrea’s history is one of the saddest in Africa. Eritreans fought for their independence from Ethiopia for 30 years. During that time vast quantities of American arms and financial support were provided to Emperor Haile Selassie. After he was overthrown in 1974 by the Marxist regime led by Mengistu Haile Mariam, the aid continued, but this time from the Soviet Union. Despite this, the Eritreans fought their way into their capital, Asmara, in 1991 and the country gained international recognition as an independent state in 1993.
A further border war with Ethiopia from 1998 until 2000 left the country badly weakened. The army remains entrenched along the Ethiopian border and a state of no-war, no-peace has allowed permanent conscription to be enforced.
In May 2001 President Isaias Afwerki was criticised by his party colleagues, who described his despotic rule as “illegal and unconstitutional”. They were promptly arrested and have been held without trial ever since. There have been no elections since independence. The constitution has not been implemented, there is no freedom of speech or independent media of any kind.
A message from Asmara: is it naivety or callousness?
Some Eritreans think the demonstration that took place on the 22 June has something to do with the existing UN sanctions against our country, or any economic sanction that might be imposed in the future. But although sanctions can hurt the people the current appalling situation of Eritreans is a reality that should be understood by every Eritrean living in the diaspora.
We are unable to make a living; we are forced to go to endless military training in the national service and the people’s army forces our children to go on “development” projects. This is the reality of our arduous lives.
All enterprises are shut. Even the meager provisions for every day goods including food items are limited. Those businessmen who used to be able to import small amounts have been forbidden from doing so. This has resulted in scarcity of every item. People are suffering.
It is as if the government has declared war on us; the government is busy shutting every door on us and making our lives a misery whilst we continually have to fight to overcome these difficulties
For example, domestic fuel is now very scarce and very expensive. The prices of essential food rises by the day. Even government owned ‘fair shops’ are working against the people and exposing the people to even more hardship. Shoppers are forced to queue for hours on end just to buy basics. Restrictions are placed on how much can be bought at one time.
Electricity is so seldom available that our children joke about it. They say it is rather like bread. This used to be rationed; now it has totally vanished from many shops. The absence of electricity is one indicator of how far our standard of living has fallen. We are convinced that this is a deliberate ploy of the government to keep us so bogged down in the grind of daily life we cannot begin to think about the future.
We are convinced that those who support the government abroad, by protesting against any report exposing the harsh reality under which we live, effectively believe that we only deserve the worst here in Eritrea.
Since those who are protesting don’t live here with us we consider their actions callous selfishness and greed, rather than naivety. They want to gain government favours at our expense.
We often hear and see reports about the “contribution” of young people (YPFDJ – the youth wing of the ruling party) in the diaspora. Our response is please don’t be duped by people like Yemane “Monkey”. [Yemane Gebreab, Presidential adviser and senior party leader. Most prominent Eritreans are known by their nickname.] Please listen to us, the victims.
Ask those who are mobilising you why the PFDJ [the ruling party] doesn’t abide by its own rules? Why are there no elections? Why do so many young people leave the country at great risk to themselves?
Instead of opposing the human rights report you could even suggest a committee made up of Eritreans to investigate everything that is taking place in our country. Make your own assessment!
We have our own country, yet we are the gypsies of the world. We are discriminated against and looked down upon. This is the tragedy that has befallen the heroic people of Eritrea, who stood up to the super-powers to secure Eritrea’s independence.
In conclusion, we understand what defending your country and standing with your people really means. But we consider your activities are working against us in the guise of defending the country and its interests.
What are you protecting the country from? What worse is going to happen to us?
There is no electricity, we have severe housing problems, there is a real scarcity of food and getting health care is difficult. Trust us: nothing worse can happen to Eritrea. So don’t deceive yourselves into thinking you are doing this for us or acting on our behalf.
ታሪኽ ኣሎ ታሪኽ ናይ ኣቦታት
ባህሊ ኣሎና ያታ ምስ ሕግታት
ሃይማኖትን ዓሌትን ዘሳማምዕ
ብምኽሪ ጸላእቲ ነይብል ግምዕምዕ
ባህሪያዊ ሕድሕድ ምክብባር
ካብ ጉዕዞ ቃልስና ዘይንምሃር
ብትውልድና እስከ ክንዛረብ
ብደቡብ ዘሎ ኣብ ሰሜን ይርከብ
ኣብ ምብራቕ ዘሎ ኣብ ምዕራብ ይርከብ
ሕዉስ ኢዩ ዓሌትና ብሓባር ንላዘብ
ወዮ ጀጋኑ ኣቦታትና ዝገበርዎ ሞያ
ኣብ መስከረም ኣይተጋህደትን ድያ
ክንደይ ተኣሲሮም ብባዕዳውያን ገዛእቲ
ምንም ኣይተጻዕዱን ኣሕሊፎም መስዋእቲ
ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ንምንታይ ኣድለየ
ፖለቲካዊ ቃልሲ ምዃን ምስ ኣበየ
ሓዊ ተወሊዑ ብተምሃሮ ኣስመራ
ሓንቲ ኣካል ኰይኖም ምስናይ ኣልቃሂራ
ክዝከር ኣለዎ ኵሉ ዝሓለፈ
ሓቀኛ ታሪኽዩ ሎሚ ኣንተተዓጽፈ
መንእሰይ ኤርትራ ሓይሊ ተመሃሮ
ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ባዕሉ ዝጀመሮ
መንእሰይ ሃገርና ብርሃን ጸሓይ በርቂ
ንጸላኢ ስሚ ንሰውራና ወርቂ
ካብዚኣ ሓሊፎም ሰውራኦም ደጊፎም
ድሕሪ 30 ዓመት ነጻነት ኣልቢሶም
ሓድነት ለቢሶም ፍልልይ ዘይብሉ
ናይ ጀጋኑ ኣቦታት ኣብ ግብሪ ውዒሉ
ንህዝቦም የዕጊቦም ምስኦም ንኽቃለስ
ጅግንነት ህዝብና ኣየርኣየን ቀልበስ
እዚ ንኽምለስ እንታይ ጸገም ኣለዎ
ብቕኑዕ ቃልስና ንዅሉ ንጽለዎ
ተለዓል ኤርትራዊ መንእሰይ ተለዓል
ህዝብኻ ንምድሓን ካብዛ ዓባይ ሰዓል
ኣብ ሃገራት ኤውሮጳ መጺእካ ትነብር
ገሊጽካ ዘይውዳእ ዘሕለፍካዮ ሽግር
ውጹዓት መንእሰይ ሃገርና ኤርትራ
ተራእዩ ዘይፈልጥ ሓሳረ መከራ
ኣብ ታሪኽ እንተዀነ ፍጹም ኣይትራእየን
ብኸምዚ ስርዓት ሃገርና ኣይተገዝኤን
ጸጥታ ናይ ሽበራ ግዝኣት ምፍርራህ
ብሸቐት ነጻነት ህዝብኻ ምግራህ
ምእንቲ ነጻነት ክብል ህዝቢ ተጻዊሩ
ሰብ ካልእ ዕላማ ስርሖም ይገብሩ
ቈልዓ ከም ዕድሜኡ ንቡር ከይረኸበ
ዕስክርና ሳዋ ተርባጽ ተለብለበ
ግፋ መጸትኒ ኢሉ ክቘጽር ጊዜኡ
ብስቕቕታን ስኽፍታን ይጽበ ታርኡ
ትምህርቲ እንዳበልካ ሓሶት ምምስማስ
ከይስልጥን ከይምዕብል ኣእምሮ ምርማስ
ኣይንርእሱ ኣይንወለዱ ተሪፉ ሓዲግ መዲግ
ብክቱር ምብስጫው ሃገሩ ይሓድግ
ንዶባት ሓሊፉ ክኸይድ ሓደጋ
ህይወቱ ትኣቱ ኣብ ዋጋ ዕዳጋ
ዘስካሕክሕ ተረኽቦ ናይ ሰሃራ ሲናይ
ኣብ ታሪኽ ናይ ዓለም ንክትሰምዖ ግናይ
ህቦቡላ ሑጻ ሰሃራ ናይ ሊብያ
ክንደይዩ ጠፊኡ ብጽምኢ ብድብያ
ወዮ ማእከላይ ባሕሪ ንሕስያ ዘይብሉ
ኣእዊኻ ዘይሰምዕ ምውሓጥዩ ንዅሉ
ስደት ናይ ኩሶዖይ ሽግር መቃለሊ
ኣድጊ ኣይንዓቕን ረኺበልካ በቕሊ
04-07-2015
Peaceful Demonstration in Gissen, Germany
Fundraising to benefit Wadisherifey Eritrean Refugee School and Eritrean War Disabled Veterans Held in Oakland, Achieved its Goal Successfully
Written by The Board of EDA Directors
The Eritrean Democratic Association (EDA), Bay Area, California chapter held its 2015 fundraising event on Saturday June 27, successfully raising the targeted fundraising goal. Over a period of five hours, concerned and devoted Eritreans came together and donated generously to the benefit of the Wadisherifey Eritrean Refugee School and Eritrean War Disabled Veterans, located in Kassala, Eastern Sudan. Although many who support our call could not be with us physically due to other events, we are very appreciative that they sent their generous donations.
Eritrean Democratic Association (EDA) is a California (USA) registered nonprofit association, permitted to raise funds through fund raising events around the world legally. The EDA has been engaged in fund raising efforts for years now in order to cover the expenses of basic school supplies for students, wages of instructors, and repairing the school building and school furniture, which are necessary to the continued functioning of the school.
EDA also supports the sister organization, Association of Disabled Eritreans (ADE), a France based association with chapters in different parts of the world. Its main focus is to cover the expenses of food, medical-care, and maintaining the ever-deteriorating house that they live in. The ADE has a volunteer board of directors. The fund it raises comes from Eritreans and friends of Eritreans. Although the ADE is continuing to engage in raising funds, the current basic expenses of the disabled Eritreans is far more expensive than the fund the ADE could provide. In addition, expenses for maintaining and repairing wheelchairs, crutches, and other walking aids is another area where the ADE is struggling to find ways to solve it.
At the presentation, members of the EDA Board of Directors, showed video clips and picture slides followed by explanations to inform the participants that when and how the school and the veteran center were established. EDA board members used images to show the audience participants that the school educates from grade 1 to 8 with annual enrolment that ranges from 600 to 800 students. It was also addressed that the building and the school furniture are in a dire need of repairs to ensure sustainable schooling service safely.
Members of the board also showed the living conditions of the Eritrean War Disabled Veterans through power point and video streaming that featured interviews with members. The video streaming and the power point message gave the audience deep insight of the difficult daily life of the Eritrean War Disabled Veterans in terms of their health, daily meal, housing, wheelchairs and other mobility aids that badly require restoration or replacement.
The EDA Board was glad to receive important suggestions on how to make fundraising events more effective and appealing that would tailor the right message and improve fundraising strategy in the future.
EDA is grateful to the support it received from rank and file members of the “Bay Area Eritreans for Democratic change (BAEDC)”, an umbrela community association which is the home for all Eritreans that are engaged in poltical organizations, civic movements and independents, demanding freedom and justice in Eritrea. We also would like to hail the efforts they have demonstrated to ensure harmonious and cooperative atmosphere within the Eritrean community.
EDA board members expressed appreciation to the participants for showing up in the event and further emphasized that we may not solve the whole problem, but each of us can make a difference in the lives of the needy Eritrean refugee children and the disabled veterans.
Thank you All for your active participation in the event and very generous in your donations,
The Board of EDA Directors
June 27, 2015
ኣንቶንዮ ተስፋይ
ሰነ 29 2015
ብሰብ ድዩ በቲ ሑጻ
ሂወት ዘይርከቦ ገጻ
ወይስ በቲ በደው ክነብራ ዝመረጻ
ምድረበዳ ሽም ዝወጻ፡
ምድረበዳ ስምኪ ጸሊሙ
ንሶም ክድሕኑ ንዓኺ ክልክሙ
ብኣኪ ክዛረብ ዓለም ብዓለሙ
ዘይትዛረቢ ሓጥኣቶም ክስከሙ፡
እወ፡ ሸኻ፡ ዛራ ዘይብልኪ
ህጻናት ከተዕንግሊ ልኢኾምልኪ
ንጹሃት ክመስሉ በዓል ህ.ግ.ዲ.ፍ ምልኪ
ጽምኢ፡ ሞት፡ ጥፍኣት ዝብሉኺ፡
ምድረ በዳ ፡ ግዲ የብልክን
ሂወት፡ ማይ እውን
ቀይሕ ባሕሪ፡ መዲተራኒያንን
ተሰሚዑ'ዩ፡ ሽመን ክድወን፡
ኣረሜናዊ ምሕደራ ህ.ግ.ዲ.ፍ
ደቂሱ ተሲኡ ስልጣን ዝሃርፍ
ሃገር ኣጥፊኡ ዘይዓርፍ
ከመኻኒ ስ ናባኺ እንተበል ሕልፍ፡
ህ.ግ.ዲ.ፍ ደኣ ዘይከማኺ'ዩ ምድረ በዳ
ኣዋልድ የብሉ ሩባ ዝወርዳ
ኣሓ የብሉ ባሕሪ ዝወርዳ
ዓዲ ብዓዳ ተሓቢሻ ተቐይዳ፡
ኣብ ኣጻምእ ምድረ በዳ'ስ
ማይ ክትረክብ ሃሰስ
ጽላል ክትረክብ ዳሕሳስ
ብተስፋ ዘሰጉም ዋርዋር ኣድማስ፡
ህ.ግ.ዲ.ፍ ከ የማን የለ ጸጋም
ቋሕ፡ ሰም እንተበልካ ኩሉ ጸላም
እመት ትኹን የልቦ ምስጓም
ምድጋፍ፡ የልቦ ምእዳም፡
እሞ ደኣ ሞት፡ ብሞት
ይወራዘድ'ዩ ዘይ ኩሉ ጥፍኣት
ናትኪ'ኳ ይሓይሽ ብምቕሊት
እንተጠፍአ ኣሰር፡ እንተደሓነ ብሂወት፡
ካባኽስ ዳህላክ'ኳ ትምረር
ታሪኻዊት ደሴት ናይ ደቐ'ባት ማሕዩር
ዒራዒሮ ዝባሃል ሰብ ዘንቕጽ ዘሕርር
ደሃይ ትመስክር፡ ጥፍእ ስውር፡
እምባትካላ፡ ዊዓ፡ ገምሃሎ
ዓላ፡ ጎዳጉዲ ደንጎሎ
ናቱ ሓቢኡ ናባኺ እንተበሎ
ሓቕስ ክትወጽእያ ኣብ መጋባእያ ውዕሎ፡
ህ.ግ.ዲ.ፍ ስ ያኢ ብኣኺ ክወራዘ
ንዜጋታት ዘደነከለ ዘዕንዘዘ
ዝበከለ ዝመረዘ
ዘጥፈአ ዝሰረዘ፡
መዓስ መጺኽና ከድናኪ'ምበር ንሕና
ወዲቕናኺ'ምበር መዓስ ወዲቕክና
ዝወደቐስ ህ.ግ.ዲ.ፍ ናባና
ኣምላኽ፡ ካብ መዓቱ ይሰውረና፡
ዘለኣለማዊ ክብርን ዝኽሪ ንስውኣትና
ዓወት ንተቃላሳይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ
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Tv Demtsi Hezbi 5 July 2015 Worldwide Eritrean Demo
Who is EPDP - Eritrean People's Democratic Party

ኩላትና ከምዝተኸታተልናዮ ብዕለት 26 ሰነ 2015፡ ኣብ ከተማ ጀነቫ ሃገረ ስዊዘርላንድ፡ ብኤርትራውያን ደለይቲ ለውጢ ዝተዳለወ ካብ ሃገራት ስዊድን፡ ኖርወይ፡ ጣልያን፡ እንግሊዝ፡ ጀርመን ዴንማርክን ካልኦት ሃገራት ኤውሮፓን፡ ገለ'ውን ራሕቂ ከይገደሶም ካብ ካናዳን ኣውስትራልያን ዝተሳተፍዎ ዕዉት ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ተኻይዱ። ኣብ ሃገራት እስራኤልን፡ ኢትዮጵያን ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን'ውን ተመሳሳሊ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣካይዶም። እዚ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ መብዛሕቶም መንእሰያት ዝተሳተፍዎ፡ ካብ ኩሉ ጽላት ሕብረተሰብ ኤርትራ ዘካተተ፡ ንፍናን ደለይቲ ለውጢ ሓፍ ዘበለን፡ ንስርዓት ህግደፍ ዘንቀጥቀጠን ዘበርገገን እዩ እንተተባህለ ምግናን ኣይኮነን። እዚ ሰልፊ እዚ ኣገዳስን ፍሉይን ዝገብርዎ ገለ ረቛሒታት ንምጥቃስ፡
• ፖለቲካዊ ሰልፊ፡ ምንቅስቓስ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ ኣውራጃ፡ ወገን ብዘየገድስ ኩሎም ኤርትራውያን ብሓደ ድምጺ፡ ኣብ ሓደ ዓላማ፡ ብሓድነት ከምቲ ቀደም ንናጽነት ሕጂ'ውን ንሓርነት ክሰርሑ ከምኽእሉ ዘነጸረን፡ ዘረጋገጸን ብምዃኑ
• ንኹሎም ደለይቲ ለውጢ ሞራሎምን ፍናኖምን ሰማይ ዓሪጉ፡ ንምቅልጣፍ ለውጢ ከይተሓለሉ ብዝበለጸ ክሰርሑ መዳርግቲ ዘይርከቦ ውሽጣዊ ሓይሊ ዘስነቐ ብምዃኑ
• ነቲ ካብ ዓይኒን ኣድህቦን ማሕበረሰብ ዓለም ተገሊሉን፡ ተሸፊኑን ንዓሰርተታት ዓመታት ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝግበር ዝጸንሐን፡ ዘሎን ጃምላዊ ምግሃስ ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን፡ ገበናት ኣንጻር ሰብኣውነትን ኣብ ኣጀንዳ ማሕበረሰብ ዓለም ብምምብጽኡን ክዛረበሉ ስለዝጀመረን፡ ብዝዓሞቐ ኽምርመር ይደፍእ ብምህላዉን፡
• ነቶም እንተስ ብፍርሒ፡ እንተስ ብእንታይ ገደሰኒ ክሳብ ሕጂ ክዛረቡ ዘይከኣሉ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ዓቢ ድቃስ ዘይህብን ሕልና ዝቁስቑስን፡ መርገጺ ክወስዱ ዝድርኽን ብምዃኑ
• ናይዚ ኩሉ እኩብ ድምር ድማ ኣብ ኣእምሮ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝፈጥሮ ስነኣእምሮኣዊ ስዕረት ዓቢ ብምዃኑ

እዚ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ልክዕ ከም ምድምሳስ ናደው ዕዝ ኣብ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ፡ ከም ነጥበ መቀይሮ ኣብ ቃልሲ ንዲሞክራሲያዊ ለውጢ ኣብ ታሪኽ ኤርትራ ብፍሉይ ክዝከር ምዃኑ ዘየጠራጥር እዩ።
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እዚ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ እዚ እቲ ኣብ ደንበ ደለይቲ ለውጢ ውሒዱ ዝጸንሐ ፍናንን፡ እምነትን ኣብ ኤርትራውነትን፡ ሓድነት ኣብ ናይ ሓባር ዓላማን ዳግም ኣበራቢሩ ኣሎ። ለውጢ፡ ብስራሕን ውዳበን ጥራሕ እዩ ክመጽእ ዝኽእል። ነዚ ተበራቢሩ ዘሎ መንፈስ ከየጥፋእካ ብኸመይ ብዝበለጸ ተወዲብናን ሰሪሕናን፡ ንምልኪ ስዒርና፡ ነታ ንደልያ፡ ሰላም፡ ቅሳነት፡ ፍትሒ፡ ነጻነት፡ ዝዓሰላ ብሕጊን ቅዋምን እትመሓደር ኤርትራ ጋህዲ ንገብር ዝብል ሕቶ ኩላትና ክንምልሶ ዘሎና ወሳኒ ሕቶ እዩ። ድምጺ ነፍሲወከፍና ከም ማዕበል ኰይኑ ነዚ ዘሎ ምልኪ ጸራሪግዎ ክኸይድን ነታ ንሓልማ ኤርትራ ጋህዲ ክትከውንን ዓቢ ተራ ከምዘለዎ ተገንዚብና ድምጽና ነስምዕ። ነፍሲወከፍና ስርሐይ ኢልና ሓደ ሰብ ናብ ደንበ ደለይቲ ለውቲ ከነምጽእ እንተኽኢልና ለውጢ ኣብ ዝሓጸረ ግዜ ክረጋገጽ ምዃኑ ዘጠራጥር የብልናን።
ኤርትራዊ ምንቅስቓስ ንዲሞክራስን ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን ደጊሙ ደጋጊሙ ዝብሎ እንተልዩ ናይ ኤርትራ ሕቶ ናይ ሞትን ሕይወትን፡ ከም ህዝብን ሃገርን ምህላውን ዘይምህላውን ሕቶ እዩ። ሕቶ ኤርትራ ናይ ሕግን ሕጋውነትን ፍትሕን ሕቶ እዩ። ሕቶ ኤርትራ ናይ መሰልን ሓርነትን ሕቶ እዩ። እሞ ኤርትራውያን ኩልና ነዚ ሕቶ እዚ ንምምላስ ዳግም ናይ ቃልሲ መንፈስና ነበራብር።
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ኤርትራዊ ደሞክራስያዊ ማሕበር (ኤ.ደ.ማ) ኣብ በይ-ኤርያ ከተማ ኦክላንድ ዘካየዶ መደብ ወፍሪ ምእካብ ወፈያ ሸትኡ ሃሪሙ
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ብ27 ሰነ 2015 ዓ.ም. ሓያሎይ ካብ ኣብ ከተማታት በይ-ኤርያ ዝነብሩ ግዱሳት ኤርትራውያን ኣብቲ መደብ ምእካብ ወፈያ ዝተዳለወሉ ቦታ ኣብ ከተማ ኦክላንድ ተረኺቦም ደገፎም ክውፍዩ ከለዉ፤ ገለ’ውን ካልእ ጉዳያት ኣጋጢምዎም ክመጹ ዘይከኣሉ ወፈያኦም ግን ዝሰደዱ ይርከብዎም።
ነቲ መደብ ዘዳለዉን ዝመርሑን ኣባላት ኣካያዲ ቦርድ ብቪድዮ፣ ድሩቕ ስእልን መግለጽን ዝተሰነየ ንታሪኽን ህልዊ ኵነታትን ትካላት ናይ መኽሰብ ኣልቦ ኤርትራዊ ደሞክራስያዊ ማሕበር (ኤ.ደ.ማ)፣ ማሕበር ካብ ዝምስረት ሒዙ ነቶም ብመሰረት ኣብ ዓንዲ ሕጊ ዘስፈሮም ዕላማታትን ትካላትን ማለት ምሕጋዝ፡
- ቤት ትምህርቲ ስደተኛታት ኤርትራውያን ወዲሸሪፈይ
- መደበር ኣካለ-ጽጉማን ከሰላ
- መደብ ማዕዶ ወላዲ (ስፖንሰር)
ዝተኻየደ ንጥፈታትን ዘጋጥም ሕጽረታትን ብዝርዝር ኣብሪሆም። ተሳተፍቲ ብወገኖም ብፍላይ እኳ ገዳይም ተጋደልቲ፣ ድሕሪ ነቲ ዝተዋህበ መግለጺ ብጽሞና ምክትታሎም፣ ሕልና ዘበራብር ኣፍልጦኦምን ተሞክሮኦምን ብምክፋል፤ ጸገማት እቲ መደበራት ንምፍታሕ ጽዑቕ ምንቅስቓሳት ክግበር ከምዘለዎ ኣተሓሳሲቦም።
ኤ.ደ.ማ. ምስ ዝሓለፈ እዋናት ዘክይዶም ዝነበረ ወፍርታት ምስ ናይዚ እዋን’ዚ ተሳትፎ ከነጻጽር ከሎ፣ ናይዚ ዓመት’ዚ ፍሉይን ኣተባባዕን ኰይኑ ንረኽቦ። ምኽንያቱ ድማ እቲ ብደለይቲ ፍትሒ ተበጊሱ ንዅሉ ምንቅስቓሳት ደንበ ተቓውሞ፣ ሲቪካዊያን ማሕበራት፣ ውድባትን ውልቀ-ሰባትን ብማዕረ ዘሳትፍን ዝሓቍፍን ኰይኑ፤ “ብበይ-ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ (በኤደለ)” ዝጽዋዕ ማሕበር ካብ ዝምስረት 2ይ ዓመቱ ሒዙ ዘሎ፤ ህዱእን ምርዳዳእ ዝዓሰሎ ሃዋህው ፈጢሩ ስለ ዝርከብ እዩ። ብፍላይ መንእሰያት ተሳትፎኦምን ኣገልግሎቶም ኣብ ምምራሕን ምክያድን እናዓዘዘ ክኸይድ ንርኢ። ከም ውጽኢት ናይዚ ሃዋህው እዚ ድማ ኣብ ወፍሪ ኤ.ደ.ማ. ዝተሳተፉ ካብ ኵሎም ኣካላት ምዃኖም ኣዎንታዊ ምዕብልና ኣብ ሓድነትን ስኒትን ህዝብና ብምርኣይና ንሕበን።
ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመታት እነካይዶ ዝነበርና ወፍርታት ኣዝዩ ንጡፍ ተራ ዝነበሮ ነብስ-ሄር ኣስገዶም ገብረመድህን (ወዲ ባሻይ)፣ ንመጀመርያ ጊዜ ኣብዚ ዓመት’ዚ ኣብ መንጎና ዘይምርካቡ፣ ንሱ ዝዓሞ ዝነበረ ስራሓት ባዕልና ክንዓሞ ስለዝነበረና፣ ንሞያኡን ኣበርክቶኡን ብምምስጋን ደጋጊምና ካብ ምዝካር ኣየዕረፍናን። እቲ ጽቡቕ ነገር ግን ክብርቲ በዓልቲ ቤቱ ጽገ ክፍለ ንስድራቤት ወዲ ባሻይ ወኪላ ምሳና ውዒላን ወፈያኣ ኣበርኪታን።
ኣብ መደምደምታ፡ ዕዉት መደብ ዛዚምና። ንዅሎም ብሓልዮቶምን ልግሶምን ነቲ እንፈልጦ ሓላይን ለጋስን ባህሊ ኤርትራውያን ብተግባር ህያውን ቀጻልን ምዃኑ ዘረጋገጹልና፣ ብስም ኤ.ደ.ማን ትካላቱን ልባዊ ምስጋናና ይብጸሓዮም።
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