UN raises concerns that secret deals are being brokered with ‘Africa’s North Korea’ in an effort to stop migrants coming to Europe
Eritrean migrants in Calais

Eritrean migrants, pictured in Calais, are the second largest African group fleeing to Europe. Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/REUTERS

Norwegian state secretary Jøran Kellmyr is under fire for travelling to Eritrea – often called “Africa’s North Korea” because of the repressive and murderous regime of President Isaias Afwerki – to forge a “return” agreement enabling Norway to send back Eritrean refugees.

Eritreans are the second largest group, behind the Syrians, of those migrating to Europe. About 200 leave each day and the money sent home by the diaspora is almost exclusively responsible for supporting those who remain.

A UN report last week issued a damning picture of a “culture of fear” within Eritrea, citing random arrests, torture and systematic rape, military service that equated to slave labour, political persecution and executions.

But Kallmyr stressed it had been written without access to the country, relying on accounts of Eritreans who have fled. Norway and the UK toughened their stance on asylum requests from Eritrea earlier this year, controversially citing a Danish report, Eritrea – Drivers and Root Causes of Emigration, which suggested many Eritreans were fleeing for economic reasons. The report caused outrage and was widely discredited; two of its authors resigned. Leslie Lefkow of Human Rights Watch attacked it as “a political effort to stem migration”.

But the UK issued new guidance on Eritrea, citing the Danish report, and since then the refusal rate for asylum applications from Eritreans has risen from 13% in 2014 to 23% so far this year.

“Key European figures have been heading to Asmara and it’s clear there is a real political will to solve the migrant crisis by getting the borders shut from the Eritrean side – it’s a very dangerous tactic,” said one UN insider. There are fears the Eritreans could re-impose a shoot-to-kill border operation. At present, there is a UN and EU arms embargo on Eritrea, a travel ban and an asset freeze on listed individuals.

A Home Office spokesperson said there were no immediate plans to change policy towards Eritrea but added: “We will carefully consider the findings of the United Nations report.”

Source=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/jun/13/un-fears-eu-secret-eritrea-deals-close-border

نص حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري في دستوره وبرنامجه السياسي علي منع التمييز علي أساس الجنس والدين، وتأكيداً وتطبيقاً لذلك المبدأ ضمن مكتبه التنفيذي دائرةً لشؤون المرأة تتولاها امرأة. وإمعاناً في إنفاذ ذلك علي أرض الواقع بصورة أوسع وبحجمٍ أكبر حث عضوات الحزب الإناث علي تكوين رابطة للمرأة تعنى بتحسين وصون حقوقهن في إطار الحزب والمجتمع كما يشجع الروابط النسوية علي تكوين اتحاد نسوي شامل ومستقل وموحد.

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رئيس الحزب وهو يوقع علي وثيقة اعلان مساواة الجنس ذي الأربعة عشر بنداً

هذا وسوف يبذل حزبنا قصارى جهده في إنفاذ بنود إعلان مساواة الجنس كاملةً غير منقوصة، كما يدعو كافة القوى المعنية بنشر وتوزيع ذلك الإعلان.

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مساواة الجنس بالأفعال لا بالأقوال:

إن تقديم الرعاية والخدمة للمواطن بغض النظر عن الجنس (النوع)، العمر، الدين، الأصل، لم تتضمنه دساتير وقوانين بلاد كثيرة فحسب، بل هو قاعدة أساسية في دعائم الأنظمة والأحزاب الاشتراكية الديمقراطية، إن النساء يتعرضن للكثير من العناء والتمييز علي أساس الجنس فقط، لابد لنا من التقصي والبحث العميق لفهم السبب في وقوع كل هذا الضيم علي المرأة، استعار مشاكل التمييز علي أساس الجنس حاصل جمع لعوامل وسلوكيات اجتماعية وثقافية، وتلك السلوكيات والرؤى غالباً ما تضع المرأة في مرتبة أقل من الرجل، وللخروج من شرنقة التمييز هذه فإن المهمة المركزية للاشتراكية الديمقراطية هي أن نشدد نضالنا من أجل الحقوق المتساوية، المشاركة المتساوية والفرص المتساوية.

كل نضال يخاض في سبيل منع التمييز ضد المرأة من صميم مبادئ ونضالات الحركة الاشتراكية والديمقراطية، ولا تعيق هذه الرسالة الحدود السياسية ولا المذاهب الدينية.

نحن القوى التقدمية من كافة أنحاء العالم لم يعد بإمكاننا الصبر لأربعة أجيال قادمة دون تحقيق مساواة الجنس. بل نريد الآن ومن هذا المكان التقدم خطوات حثيثة الي الأمام في تحقيق هدفنا هذا. علي أننا لا نفعل ذلك بالأقوال بل بالأفعال. لذلك نسعى جاهدين لتحقيق مضامين البنود التالية:

1-    من الضرورة بمكان امتلاك المعرفة الكافية عن هذا الموضوع، المشكلة هنا تعود الي عدم إيلاء واضعي السياسات من الساسة والقادة هذا الموضوع الاهتمام اللازم، لذا نحن نرى أن يعطى الموضوع الأولوية القصوى. يجب أن نشجع علي مساواة المرأة بالرجل في أماكن العمل. نعم هناك تحسن، إلا أن هذا لا يعني أننا سوف نصل الي بغيتنا خلال العام الحالي 2015م، وما ذلك إلا لأن الأمر يتطلب إمكانات سياسية ومالية ضخمة، وبما أن هذا العام يصادف ذكرى مرور عشرين عاماً علي تأسيس منتدى (بيجن للتطبيق)، يجب أن تقف أحزابنا وقادتها وممثلوها في الجبهة الأمامية لأهدافنا التنموية.

2-    مشاركة النساء السياسية، الاقتصادية والاجتماعية هي في المقام الأول قضية عدالة وحقوق انسان، يجب أن تتطور التقاليد، فإذا تعارضت التقاليد مع حقوق الانسان الأساسية يجب أن نقدم عليها الحقوق. إن رفع نسبة مشاركة المرأة في العمل تنمي دور المرأة فضلاً عن كونها مكسب كبير للمجتمع بأسره، كما ترفع مشاركة المرأة من النمو الاقتصادي للبلد، إن تخطيط الاقتصاد علي أساس جندري يلعب دوراً كبيراً في ترسيخ حقوق المرأة.

3-    النساء يشكلن أغلبية من يعملون في الأعمال الهامشية ذات الدخل الضئيل أو الأعمال التي لا توفر الخدمات الصحية للعاملين بها. إن شعاراتنا التقدمية المنادية بالعمل المنصف لكل عامل تتلاءم تماماً مع مبادئ منظمة العمل الدولية (ILO). يجب أن نمتلك موقفاً يضمن تحقيق العدالة الاجتماعية ويدافع عن حقوق العمال في القطاعين الخاص والعام. هذا يعني أن نولي المضطهدين والمهمشين كالمرأة بالذات اهتماماً خاصاً في كل مجال من المجالات، علماً أن التأهيل الفني والأكاديمي يوسعان من فرص المرأة في العمل. إن مبدأ الأجر المتساوي للعمل المتساوي يجب أن يطبق عملاً وليس قولاً فقط.

4-    عند حدوث الطلاق غالباً ما تكون المرأة الأقل نصيباً من المال، كما أن المرأة العاملة هي الأشد معاناةً من الفقر. الاشتراكية الديمقراطية ترى أنه كلما تمكنت المرأة من الاستقلال المالي كلما تعاظم دورها في المجتمع، إن الراتب الكافي لتأمين العيش اليومي والضمان الاجتماعي يجب أن يكونا من أهم أجندة وقضايا المرأة. ذلك أن مثل هذه الخطوات هي التي تضع المرأة والعائلة في أرقى مكان.

5-    نسبة وجود المرأة في درجات رفيعة في السلك السياسي والشركات ومؤسسات العمل ما تزال ضئيلة. ولن يعتدل الخلل في هذا الميزن الاجتماعي إلا بمساندة وتعاون مخلص من قبل الرجال. يجب أن نعطي أهمية عالية جداً لمشاركة المرأة في قمة الهرم الوظيفي والإداري. كلما قدمنا مثالاً يحتذى سوف تأتي البقية تباعاً. نشجع نظام الحصة (quota) كوسيلة انتقالية إذا كان الهدف رفع نسبة مشاركة المرأة في العمل العام والخاص، سياسياً واقتصادياً.

6-    يجب إزالة كل الحواجز المعيقة للمشاركة المتساوية للمرأة، يجب أن تشمل المشاركة كل المجالات، لا مجالات العمل المأجور فقط، وإلا فإن مخاطر ومخاوف الأجر الضئيل والعمل الشاق والمستهجن ستظل قائمة. إننا علي قناعة راسخة بضرورة المساواة بين المرأة والرجل في العمل الداخلي (العائلي) والخارجي المأجور. لذا يجب تهيئة الأرضية المناسبة لإتاحة ظروف ومجالات عمل متساوية، كما نساند إعطاء الأبوين (الأم والأب) إجازة حمل ونفاس مدفوعة الأجر. من أهم أهدافنا السياسية والاجتماعية توفير أفضل الخدمات ذات المعايير العالمية في مجالات العلاج، التعليم، السكن، رعاية الأطفال، الضمان الاجتماعي. ولمواجهة هذا التحدي يجب علينا أن نوفر لشباب النساء بالذات الظروف والفرص الكفيلة بتمكينهن من الحصول علي القدرات والإمكانات التي تمكنهن من الاعتماد علي الذات وشق طريقهن بأنفسهن.

7-    لذا يجب إزالة الحواجز القانونية، كثير من البلدان لا تملك قوانين تدافع عن حقوق المرأة في مواقع العمل، كما أن بلداناً كثيرة تمتلك قوانين تشترط لعمل المرأة إذن الزوج أو الحصول علي بطاقة هوية رسمية.

8-    يجب أن نهيئ الأجواء التي تمكن المرأة من العمل دون خوف أو وجل، فلكي يعيش الانسان ويعمل ويعود من عمله سالماً غانماً يجب أن يتمتع بالرضا والقبول المجتمعي. يجب أن يعاقب القانون مرتكب الاغتصاب والتحرش الجنسي. نحن نؤمن أن يتمتع جسد المرأة بالحماية والقداسة، لذا نناشد كل حكومات العالم محاربة ومعاقبة الاغتصاب والعنف الجنسي، كما يجب أن تطبق وتدرس اتفاقية سيداو (CEDAW) المناهضة للتمييز ضد المرأة والاتفاقيات الدولية المحاربة للتمييز ضد الحقوق الإنسانية للأقليات، وأن تنشأ مراكز ومشروعات تعنى بقضايا ومشكلات النساء المضطهدات والمظلومات.

9-    سوف نعمل علي ضمان مساواة المرأة في حق الجنس والولادة، بما في ذلك حقها في تعلـُّــم الجنس، العون الطبي، استخدام وسائل منع الحمل، الإجهاض. ضمان مساواة المرأة في حق الجنس والولادة من شأنه أن يرفع من مكانة المرأة اجتماعياً وسياسياً واقتصادياً.

10- لأن ذلك يتعارض مع حقوق المرأة يجب محاربة التمييز ضد المرأة في مواقع العمل، نسعى لتحقيق عدالة اقتصادية للجميع غض النظر عن الجنس أو أي نوع من التحيـُّـز، هذا يشمل نضالاتنا ضد المعتقدات التمييزية ضد حق المرأة في التعليم ومكانتها في المجتمع والعمل.      

11- نشجع التعاون مع الشركاء المجتمعيين، إن تطوير وزيادة مشاركة المرأة ليست واجب الإدارات والمنظمات وأصحاب العمل فحسب، بل هي مهمة النساء أنفسهن وحركتهن النسوية، علينا أن نشجع الحركات والتنظيمات النسوية الحديثة، إن النساء بحاجة الي عوننا لصون حقوقهن المواكبة لعصر الألفية الثالثة.  

12- ملاك المؤسسات الخاصة وحق التملك: في جميع أنحاء العالم ما تزال نسبة امتلاك المرأة للأمتعة، العقار، الشركة ...الخ منخفضة للغاية، يجب أن لا يكون هناك فوارق في الأنصبة بين المرأة والرجل عند تقاسم التركات، في بلاد كثيرة لا تمتلك المرأة الأمتعة والعقار إلا عن طريق أحد أقربائها، لذا يجب إلغاء هذا القانون التعسفي، سوف نسعى الي تمكين المرأة من امتلاك رأسمال شخصي مستقل يمكنها من امتلاك الأرض أو الانتفاع بغلاتها.

13- لكي يتمكن النساء من الاكتفاء الذاتي غذائياً يجب أن يتم سن قانون يمكنهن من الحق في امتلاك أو استئجار الأرض لاستخدامها في توفير الغذاء لينلن بذلك حق المشاركة الكاملة في شؤون المجتمع، وأن يمنع ذلك القانون نزع ملكية الأرض منهن.

14- المساواة بين المرأة والرجل في التمثيل يجب أن يبدأ وينطلق من أحزابنا، لقد عزمنا علي تحقيق هذه المساواة علي مستوى الهياكل البرلمانية، الحكومية، الحزبية، علي مستوى القطر، الاقليم، المنطقة ...الخ، بعض الجهود في هذا المجال تتمثل في ترشيح النساء في أي انتخابات، إن تغيير العالم يبدأ من تغيير الذات والمحيط القريب، لكن التغيير الفعلي لا القولي هو المطلوب.

 

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ሰልፈኛታት ኣብ ቀጽሪ ዋይት ሃውስ ብምስላፍ ብነድሪ ንህዝቢ ኣመሪካን ንፕረሲደነት ኦባማን ኣብ ሀገርና ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ግፍዕታት ህጊዲፍ ከም ምግሃስ ሰባኣዊ መሰላት፡ ብዘይ ፍርዲ ንዘይተወሰነ ግዜ ምእሳርን፡ መጭወይቲን፡ ናይ ምእካብን ናይ ሓሳባትካ ምግላጽ መሰል ምእጋድን ህዝብን መንግስትን ኣመሪካ ኣብ ጎድኒ ዉጹዕ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ደው ክብሉ ጸዊዑ።

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ካብዚ ብምቕጻል ሰልፈኛታት ካብ ዋይት ሃውስ ነቒሎም   ብየማን ጸጋምን ብፖሊስ ብኽብሪ ተዓጂቦም ብሕምብርቲ ዋሺንግቶን ዲሲ ሰንጢቖም ብጎደና ፐንሲልቫኒያ ተጋዒዞም ናብ ካፒቶል ሂል መረሹ (ጎደና ፐንሲልቫኒያ ኣብ ኣመሪካ ሓዲሽ ፕረሲደንት ምስ ተመርጸ ካብ ካፒቶል ሂል ናብ ዋይት ሃውስ ብእግሩ ዝጋዓዘላ ውርይቲ ጎደና ኢያ) ሰልፈኛታት ብመጉልሕ ድምጺ "ይኣክል በቃ፡ እሱራትና ይፈትሑ፡ ምስ ህግዲፍ ንውጋን ሃገራውነት ኣይኮነን፡ ይኣክል ንባርነት ንስመር ንሓርነት፡ ስቕያት መንእሰያትና የብቅዕ፡ ግዝኣተ ሕጊ ይንገስ፡ ንሰብ ዘይብሉ ፈጣሪ ኣለዎ። ስልጣን ንህዝቢ ይረከብ፡ ብምባል እናጨደሩ መረሹ። ኣብ ቀስሪ ካፒቶል ሂል ምስ በጽሑ ድማ ነቲ ናብ ናይ ኮንግረስ ናይ ወጻኢ ጉዳያት ቤት ጽሕፈት፡ ናብ ስተይ ደፓርትመንት፡ ናይ ኣፍሪቃ ደስክ ኣቐድም ኣቢሉ ዝተዳለወን ዝተላእከን ደብዳቤ ተነቢቡ።

ኣብ መጠርሽታ ሰልፈኛታት ንዳርጋ ክልተ ማይል ብምጉዓዝ ኣብ ጉደና ኤልን ሽዱሽተን ደበኽ በሉ፡ እዚ ቦታዚ ብስም ኤርትራዊ ሲቪክ ማሕበር ዝፍለጥ ናይ ህጊዲፍ ናይ ምዝመዛን፡ ዘይሕጋዊ ናይ ገንዘብ ምጥፍፋእን ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጎዛዚኻ ኣብ ትሕቲ ዲክታቶር ተቖሪኑ ንኽነብር ሸቕጥን እከይ ማእለማታትን ዝፍጸመሉ ቦታ ኢዩ። ስለዝኾነ ድማ ገለ ተባዓት ኤርትራውያን ነዚ ዘይሕጋዊ ትካልዚ ከሲሶም ኣብ ቤት ፍርዲ ስለ ዘለዉ ነቶም ተሓባበርቲ ህግዲፍ ኣብ ጎድኒ ዉጹዕ ህዝብኹም ደው በሉ፡ ምስ ዲክታቶር ምውጋን ሃገራውነት ኣይኮነን ዝብል መጸዋዕታ ኣቕሪቦም ትምህርታዊ ኣብነት ብምቕራብ ናይ ሰልፊ ጉዕዞ ኣኸተመ።

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ንጽባሒቱ ድማ ነቲ ብኣዳለውቲ ሰልማዊ ሰልፊ ዝተመደበ ኮንፈረንስ ካብ ሰዓት ሾሞንተን ፈረቓን ናይ ንጉሆ ጀሚሩ ካስብ ፍርቂ ለይቲ ቀጸለ። "ሓድነት ምስ ብዝሑነት ንሃገር ድሕነት" ኣብ ዝብል ኣርእስቲ መጀመርያ ኣቶ ጎይትኦም፡ ኣቶ ኑረዲን፡ ወ/ሮ ፍረወይኒ ቀዳማይ ፓነል ዲስካሽን ከቅርቡ ከለው፡ ናይ ክልቲኦም ሓሳብ ተመሳሳሊን ተደጋጋፍን ክከውን ከሎ ጥቅሚ ማሕበረኮማትን ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቃስን ክገልጹ ከለው፡ ሓፍቲ ፍረወይኒ ግን ባይቶ ስለዘሎ ካልእ ማሕበራት ከምዘየድልን ኩሉ ህዝቢ ኣብኡ ኽኣቱ ከምዘልዎ ሓቢራ። ሲዒቦም ዝቀረቡ ዶር. ገብረ፡ ኣቶ ስሄል፡ ኣቶ ሓሰን፡ ብወገኖም ሓድነትን ስምረት ኤርትራዊያን ኣድላይነቱን ህጹጽነቱን ኣስፊሖም ገሊጾም። ሃገር ኣብ ሓደጋ ምህላዋን ህዝቢ ይጸንት ስለ ዘሎ ናይ ኩሉ ሓይልታት ሓድነት ናይ ሓሳባትን ሓቢርካ ናይ ምስራሕን እዋኑ ምዃኑ፡ ገሊጾም።

ኣሜሪካዊ ጆን ስታፈርን መሓዛ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከመይ ጌርካ ምዕቡል ዲፕሎማሲያዊ ስራህ ተሳላስልን ትረክብን ንህዝብካ ትጣበቅን ኣስተምህሮ ሂቡ፡ ከምኡ እውን መንእሰይ ሜሮን ዝገብሮ ዘሎ ብሃገር ደረጃ ዝውክል ስራሓት ኣብሪሁ።

ዶር. ኣልጋነሽ ኣብ ሲናይ ብነጋዶ ደቂ ሰብ ብኤርትራውያን ከይተረፈ ዝወርድ ዘሎ ግፍዕታትን ካብ ኢድ በደዊን ማእሰርቲ ዘውጽኣቶም መንእሰያትን፣ ነቲ ኣብ መደበር ስደተኛታት ትገብሮ ዘላ ኣግልግሎት ናይ ህጻናት ወለዲ ዘይብሎምን ምእላይን ብስእላዊ ሰነድ ዝተሰነየ መግለጽታት ኣቅሪባ። ኣማኒኤል እያሱን ናይ ፓነል ዲስካሽን ኣቕረብትን ኣድላይነት ናይ ህዝባዊ ማዕበልን ፍልልያቱ ምስ ውድባዊ ቃልስታትን ኣብሪሆም። ውድባት ንቀጻሊ ኣብ ናይ ስልጣን ውድድር ዝኣትዋ ክኾና ከለዋ፡ ህዝባዊ ማዕበል ግን ዋና ስልጣን ህዝቢ ኮይኑ ንዝመረጾ ዘደይብን ዘውርድን ድኣ እንበር ኣብ ናይ ስልጣን ቁርቁስ ከም ዘይኣቱን ኣብሪሆም። ስለዚ ኩሉ ደላይ ፍትሒ ኣብዚ ማዕበል እዚ ክዓስልን ንከዔውቶ ክጽዕርን እዋናዊ ህጹጽ ጻዊዒት ሃገር ምድሓን ምዃኑ ኣስሚሮምሉ። ሃገር ማለት ህዝቢ ስለ ዝኾነ ኤርትራ ድማ ብዘይ ደቃ ሃገር ክትበሃል ስለዘይትኽል መንእሰይና ከነድሕን ኩሉ ሰብ እጃሙ ከበርኽት ከም ዘለዎ ኣብሪሆም።

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ካልኦት እውን ዝተፈላለየ ትምህርታትን መደረታትን ዘስምዑ ኔይሮም፡ ብሓፈሽኡ ኣዝዩ ሃብታም ዝኮነ ንሃገር ንምድሓን ዘምርሐ ኣስተምህሮታት ድሕሪ ምሃብ ኮንፈረንስ ተዛዚሙ።

 

ድሕሪ 24 ዓመታት ምጉንጻፍ ሃገራዊ ነጻነት፡ ሃገርና ኤርትራ ገና ካብ ዓመት ናብ ዓመት እንዳኸፍአን እንዳገደደን ዝኸይድ ናይ ፖሊቲካውን ማሕበረ-ቑጠባውን ምንቁልቛልን ምሽምቃቕን ትሳቐ ዘላ ሃገር ኢያ። ከም ሃገር ናይ ምቕሃም ዕድላት ከየጋጥማ’ውን ኣብ ዘስጋኣሉ ኣሻቓሊ ጊዜ እንዳትበጽሐ ይኸይድ ኣሎ። ብሰንኪ ጉድለታት ፍትሒን ምኽባር መሰረታዊ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ዜጋታትን፡ ቡዅረት ፖሊቲካውን ማሕበር-ቁጠባውን መሰላት ዜጋታትን፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብሓፈሻ መንእሰይ ኤርትራ ካኣ ብፍላይ ናብ ቀጻሊ ስደት ምምራሕ ካብ ዝጅምር ዓመታት ተቖጺሩ ኣሎ።

ዓቕሊ-ጽበት ዝመበገሲኡ ዘይውሑስ ናይ ስደት ጐዕዞ ዝፈጥሮ ዘሎ ሃስያታት መዳርግቲ የቡሉን። ኤርትራዊ ስደተኛ ኣደዳ ነጋዶ ደቂ-ሰባትን፡ መሸጣ ውሽጣዊ ኣምዑትን ፡ ኣብ ምድረ-በዳን ኣብ ባሕርን ንናይ ጅምላዊ መቕዘፍትታትን ግዳይ ኮይኑ ኣሎ። ኣብ 2013 ኣብ ላምፓዱዛ ዘጋጠመ ናይ 365 ኤርትራውያን መቕዘፊቲ፡ ሕጂ ኣብዚ ቀረባ ጊዜ ዘጋጠመ ናይ 350 ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ማእከላይ ባሕሪ ናይ ምጥሓል ሓደጋ፡ ቁጽሮም ዘይተፈልጠ ኣብ መድረ-በዳ ሰሃራ፡ ኣብ ሊብያ ይኹን ኣብ ሲናይ ብጨወይቲ ዝተቐንጸሉን ዝተሓርዱን፡ ብሂወቶም ከለዉ ናይ ውሽጢ ኣካላቶም ዝተመንዝዑን ኤርትራውያን ሂያው ምስክራት ኤርትራዊ ስደተኛ ኢዮም።

ብኣጠቓለሊ፡ ኩነታት ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ብጣዕሚ ሕማቕን ኣሰካፍን ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ፡ ጉቡእ ኣቓልቦ ህዝቢ ዓለም’ውን ዘይረኸበ ጉዳይ ኮይኑ ጸኒሑን ኣሎን። ብዝተፈላለዩ ኤርትራውያን ማሕበራትን ምንቅስቓሳትን (ሰልፊታት፡ ዉድባት፡ ወ.ዘ.ተ.)፡ ብውልቀ-ሰባትን ክግበር ዝጸንሐ ምቅላሕ ኩነታት ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ዝሙጎስ ኮይኑ፡ ሕጂ ካኣ ብህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ-ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ተወዲቡ ን19 ሰነ 2015 ኣብ ዋሽንግተን ዲ.ሲ. ክካየድ ተመዲቡ ዘሎ ጉዙፍ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ እዋናውን ኣገድስን ከምዝኮነ ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ. እንዳገለጸ፡ ንምዕዋቱ ከኣ ብዕቱብ ከምዝሰርሕን ከምዝትሓባበርን ክገልጽ ይፈቱ። በዚ ኣጋጣሚውን ነቲ ናይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት መርማሪ ኮሚቲ ዘውጾኦ ጸብጻብ ንዲክታቶር ኢሳያስ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብገበን ዘኽስሶ ተግባራት ከምዝፈጸመ ምርግጋጹ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ) የመጉስ።

ህዝባዊ ምልዓል ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ-ሰሜን ኣመሪካ፡ ከም ናይ ዲሞክራሲ መጫጨሒ ትካል ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ፡ ንኸምዚኦም ዝኣመሰሉ ዓበይቲ ሃገራውን ህዝባውን ጉዳያት ናይ ምውህሃድን ምውዳብን ሓልፍነት ወሲዱ ዝነጥፍ ትካል ምዃኑ’ውን ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ. ብጽኑዕ ይኣምን። ኣብ ዝገብሮም ኩሎም ሃገራውን ህዝባውን ንጥፈታት ኣብ ጎድኑ ብምዃን ዝካኣሎ ኩሉ ክገብር ምዃኑ ብድጋሚ ከረጋግጽ ከኣ ይፈቱ። ነዚ ኣብ ዋሽንግተን ዲ.ሲ. ዝካይድ ናይ 19 ሰነ 2015 ዓብዪ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ዕዉት ንክኸውን ኩሉ መዳያዊ ሓገዙን ምትሕብባርን ክልግስ ድሉው ምዃኑ እንዳረጋገጸ፡ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ደላይ ፍትሒ ኣብዚ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊዚ ክሳተፍ ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ. ብትሕትና ይጽውዕ።

ራህዋ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ!

ዓወት ብሓባራዊ ቃልሲ!

መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም

ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ

 
In one small East African country, the rule of law has been replaced by the rule of fear.

That was the conclusion of a yearlong investigation by the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea, which released its report this week. The report lays out in horrifying detail the mass surveillance, torture, enslavement and disappearances under Eritrea’s totalitarian regime since that country gained independence from Ethiopia in the early 1990s. The U.N. investigators said systemic human rights abuses in Eritrea are on a scale rarely seen anywhere else in the world and may constitute crimes against humanity.

The U.N. panel, which was established in June 2014, was not able to enter Eritrea, so investigators based their 484-page report on 550 interviews and 160 written statements from people who had fled the country. Many witnesses were still terrified to provide information to the commission, fearing the reach of Eritrean surveillance and consequences for their families back home, the report said.

Among those willing to tell their stories was an Eritrean who sketched out some of the gruesome torture methods being used and provided the drawings to the commission. A human rights investigator for the commission who helped draft the report said the artist’s identity was being kept strictly confidential for his or her protection.

“The drawings were very useful to help us portray more vividly the suffering and humiliation described to us by many witnesses,” she told The WorldPost. “The 'tying methods' are common forms of torture inflicted on both detainees and conscripts in Eritrea,” she said.

Source=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/11/eritrea-torture-report_n_7563850.html?utm_hp_ref=world

On Monday, the United Nations released theresults of a year-long investigation into human rights in Eritrea. What it found was horrific. Detailing "systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations," the U.N. commission of inquiry argued that Eritrea was operating a totalitarian government with no accountability and no rule of law.

"The commission also finds that the violations in the areas of extrajudicial executions, torture (including sexual torture), national service and forced labor may constitute crimes against humanity," the report said.

However, it appears the report failed to produce any mainstream outrage. Unlike similar U.N. reports onalleged crimes against humanity in North Korea, or online criticism of human rights abuses in places such as Saudi Arabia or Qatar, the horrific accusations against Eritrea didn't produce a viral outcry.

Why not? It certainly doesn't seem to be because of the severity of the accusations. Crimes against humanity are pretty much as serious as you can get, and it's hard to read the United Nations' full report and not be shocked.

It's hard to imagine now, but hopes were initially high for Eritrea in 1993 after it gained independence from Ethiopia after 30 years of civil war. Since then, however, President Isaias Afwerki has clamped down and allowed no room for an opposition. The U.N. report described a Stasi-like police state that leaves Eritreans in constant fear that they are being monitored.

“When I am in Eritrea, I feel that I cannot even think because I am afraid that people can read my thoughts and I am scared," one witness told the U.N. inquiry.

The system leads to arbitrary arrests and detention, with torture and even enforced disappearances a part of life in Eritrea, the U.N. probe found, and even those who commit no perceived crime often end up in arduous and indefinite national service that may amount to forced labor. Escape is not a realistic option for many: Those who attempt to flee the country are considered "traitors," and there is a shoot-to-kill policy on the border, the report said.

It's also worth noting the significant effort and risk put into creating the report: The Eritrean government refused to allow the United Nations access to the country to investigate, so the U.N. team interviewed more than 550 witnesses in third countries and accepted 160 written submissions. Many approached by the United Nations declined to give testimony, even anonymously, citing a justifiable fear of reprisal.

Still, experts don't seem too surprised at the lack of outrage generated by the report. "Clearly, Eritrea doesn't capture the imagination, or rouse the conscience of Americans, much in the way North Korea does," Jeffrey Smith, an advocacy officer at the Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, explained. "President Afwerki, while unquestionably a chronic human rights abuser and eccentric despot, isn't portrayed by the American media in the same way that Kim Jong Un is."

"North Korea also makes headlines for other reasons -- namely its nuclear ambitions and the ongoing threat it poses to regional stability in East Asia," he added. "Similarly, while Eritrea is certainly a police state similar to North Korea in many ways, it's largely kept out of the headlines because Africa in general doesn't feature highly on the agenda of policymakers here in the United States."

The fact is, while the scope and authority of the U.N. report lent its allegations an added weight, academics and human rights researchers had long written similar things about the Eritrean state without a significant mainstream response in America or Europe.

In 2014, for instance Human Rights Watch called Eritrea "among the most closed countries in the world" and pointed to "indefinite military service, torture, arbitrary detention, and severe restrictions on freedoms of expression, association, and religion." Reporters Without Borders has repeatedly rankedit as the worst country in the world for press freedom -- worse even than North Korea.

"The U.N. report? We knew it already," said Ismail Einashe, a Somali-British journalist who works with Eritrean migrants. "Too little, too late."

Despite this, some reports on the country ignore this and focus on another aspect of Eritrea: Its unlikely tourism sector. International isolation, a history as an Italian colony and reported Qatari investmentmay have made Eritrea a unique if distasteful vacation destination: Asone travel blogger put it last year, the capital of "Asmara felt much more like Naples than North Korea."

Sara Dorman, an expert in African politics at Edinburgh University, doesn't think much of either comparison.

"I don't think it's particularly helpful," she said of the country's reputation as the "North Korea of Africa." At the same time, she stressed that Eritrea really does deserve to be seen as a special case. "As somebody who studies authoritarian regimes elsewhere in Africa, the Eritrean regime's control over its population is qualitatively different than other African states," Dorman said, before pointing to features such as the scale of Eritrea's intelligence service and the practice of punishing entire families for the crimes of one member.

There are plenty ofhistorical argumentsfor why the world should pay more attention to what's happening in Eritrea. Former colonial rulers Italy and Britain have an obvious legacy there, and so does the United States, which allowed Ethiopia to incorporate Eritrea with the aim of keeping the U.S. Kagnew Station military base in the country. In addition, Eritrea has a difficult recent history with its East African neighbors: It's currently under U.N. sanctions for supporting al-Shabab, the Somali Islamist group, and others in the region.

But one important reason to pay attention has become an unavoidable reality for Europe. Eritreans make up a large share of the migrants crossing the Mediterranean in flimsy boats to seek asylum in Europe: More than 22 percent of those who made the journey in 2014 were from the country, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, second only to Syrians. They flee not because of a civil war like that in Syria, but because of the immense restrictions the Eritrean state puts on their lives. As oneescaped Eritreanput it, life there is a "psychological prison."

Despite this, a number of European nations have recently tightened the restrictions on Eritrean migrants, many citing a Danishimmigration reportfrom last November that prompted criticismfrom human rights groups. The European Union is also considering increasing the amount of aid it sends to Eritreavia the European Development Fund. Experts like Dorman hope that the U.N. report may lead some in Europe to reconsider.

"If organizations don't take note of this report, we really have to wonder about how they make these decisions," she said.

Still, even if they don't, the report does have one very vocal audience: The Eritrean government and pro-government media. In astatement published on Tuesday, Eritrea called the U.N. report a"cynical political travesty" that was an attack "not so much on the government, but on a civilized people and society who cherish human values and dignity."

Source=http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2015/06/12/the-brutal-dictatorship-the-world-keeps-ignoring/

ንጀነቭ ንምኻድ ቀዲምካ ተመዝገብ
ኣብ ምድሓን ነፍስኻ እንታይ ትንገባገብ

     ዓለም እንዳጸዓሩ ሽግርካ ክገልጹ
     ዋና ከንደሓርሕር ኣዝዩ ዘደንጹ

ሓጋዚ ረኺብና መዲድና ንሓብእ
ኣጋልጽ ነብሎም ናይ ሃገርና ኣዛብእ

     እንታይ ይዓብስ ፤ ብከብዲ ጉሪምሪም
     ኣብ ጀነቭ  ምኻድዩ  ጸላኢ ክትሃርም

ብመንእሰይ ሃገር ትትክዝ ትጉሂ
ከድካ ብኸየሎም ካብ ምውዓል እንዳሻሂ

     ንቓሕ ተበራበር ጸላኢኻ ኣለሊ
     ተዓጺፍካ ኣይትውዓል ከም ወኻርያ ኣውሊ

ኣብ ሕጊ ዘለዎ ሃገር ተቐሚጥካ
ሽግርካ ክትገልጽ እንታይ ኣፍርሃካ

     ድሕሪ ምዕናው ሃገር እንታይ ክመጸካ
     ስዒቡ ዝመጽእ ምሕካኽ ዜግነትካ

ኣዴታት ሃገርና ጸሎሎ ለቢሰን
ሓሪሩ መዓንጣ ከብደን ተሓሚሰን

     ደቀን ተዋሒጦም ኣብ ማእከላይ ባሕሪ
     ገሊኦም ጠፊኦም ኣብ ሰሃራ ምድሪ

ኣብ ሰሃራ ሲናይ  ደሞም ዝተኸዖ
ዘስካሕክሕ ዘሕዝን ብእዝኒ ኽትሰምዖ

     በለጽ ተዓጢቖም ቀደም  ዝሃደሙ
     ዕላማ ዘይብሎም እዮም  ብቐደሙ
     ጠወርቲ ናይ ህግዲፍ ህዝቦም ዝጠለሙ

ነቲ ጅግና ህዝቢ ኣብ ቃልሲ ዘዕጠቖም
ካብ ሜዳ ምስ ወጹ ሂቦሞ ሕቖኦም

     ካብዚ ዝገደደ  ኣብ ህግደፍ ተዓስቡ
     ኣንጻር ዕላምኦም ነገር ኣሳበቡ

ሃገር ነጻ ኰይና ብጉያ ንዓዲ
ገንዘቦም ነጊፎም ተዓጽዩ መንገዲ

     ቁሊሕ ምሊሕ ኰይኑ ገንዘቦም ከሲሮም
     ህዝቦም ከይኽሕሱ ሕማቕ ኒሕ ኰሊሶም

ዓው ኣሎም ከይበኽዩ ሞት ሕጹይ ኰይንዎም
ብውሽጦም ሓሪሮም ጣዕሳ ሓኒቕዎም

     ፓልቶክ ተክኖሎጂ ኣገዳሲ ነይሩ
     ኵሉ እቲ ዝዝረብ እንተተግቢሩ

ምልፍላፍ በዚሑ ብታኒካ ፓልቶክ
ፈጺሙ ዘይሃርም ጥራይ ድምጺ ቶግቶግ

     ሓቂ ይመስለካ ብለይቲ ክፍከር
     ተግባር ዘይሕወሶ ነይብሉ ቁምነገር

ሾሞንተ ኣውቶቡስ ይመልኣ ብለይቲ
ንግሆ ምስ ተንሳእካ ዘይትርከብ ሓንቲ

     ተግባር ዘየሰኒ ኵሉ ሕልሚ ደርሆ
     ብዘይ ምንቅስቓስ ኣይመጽእን  መርሆ

ኣብ ዕላማ ኣልቦ ዘይምባል ዕንክሊል
ሽግር ናይ ሃገርና ግዳ  ዘይነቃልል

     ኣብ ፋይዳ ዘይብሉ እንዳበልና ዘብዘብ
     ብዋጋ መሰልና ኣይንሕሰቦ ገንዘብ

ሓቦ ጸዓት ንግበር ኣብ ጀነቭ ንሰለፍ
ንመውቃዕቲ ህግዲፍ ከመይልካ ክሕለፍ

     እስከ ሕሰብሉ መዓልቲ ኣኺሉ
     ሽግር ናይ ሃገርና ማዕረ እያ ንዅሉ።

ካብዚ ዝተረፈ ይሕተት ብታሪኽ
ንህዝቡ ኣሕሲሩ ንሂግደፍ ዘምልኽ

     ዓወት ዘይተርፍዩ ውዒሉ ሓዲሩ
     ነዚ ንምዕዋት ትገብሩ ግበሩ

ባሳት ተኻሪና ጥራየን እንተኸዳ
ፖለቲካል ንድየት ንዋታዊ ዕዳ

     ንዅሉ ገዲፍና ኣብ ጀነቭ ምርኻብ
     ክንሰምዖ ኣሎና ናይ ህዝብና ጸብጻብ
     ነዚ ርኹስ ሂግደፍ ነልግበሉ ደናብ

Recent UK guidance that Eritrean asylum seekers can now safely go home comes under scrutiny as commission finds signs of crimes against humanity
Eritrean children look on, holding the barbed wires at Sudan's Shagarab refugee camp in Kassala. The camp receives about 2,000 asylum-seekers every month, largely from Eritrea where many have fled military service.

Eritrean children look on, holding the barbed wires at Sudan’s Shagarab refugee camp in Kassala. The camp receives about 2,000 asylum-seekers every month, largely from Eritrea where many have fled military service. Photograph: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images

The UK is to “carefully consider” the findings of a UN inquiry that concluded the Eritrean government may be subjecting its citizens to crimes against humanity, contradicting British guidance that has deemed Eritrea safe for migrants to return to after leaving illegally.

The Home Office updated its country guidance for Eritrea in March to advise that Eritreans are no longer at risk of persecution if they return home after leaving the country without official permission. This guidance is used by UK immigration officials to determine the legitimacy of asylum applications.

As long as Eritreans have paid income taxes and sign a letter of apology for leaving the country illegally, they will not face persecution or harm if they return, the guidance from the Home Office said. “Previous country guidance indicated that those who had left illegally were at risk on return to Eritrea. However, up-to-date information from inside Eritrea suggests this is no longer the case,” it said.

But the UN commission of inquiry on human rights in Eritrea painted a much bleaker picture for Eritrean returnees in a report published on Monday. It said that Eritreans who fled the country illegally are regarded as “traitors”. They are usually arrested when they return and are detained in harsh conditions. “Returnees who spoke to the commission were held in prison between eight months to three years,” the report said. “[They] are systematically ill-treated to the point of torture.”

The UN report also said the Eritrean government is carrying out extrajudicial killings, torture, rape, indefinite national service and forced labour “on a scope and scale seldom witnessed elsewhere”.

The Eritrean government dismissed the UN’s allegations as “unfounded and devoid of all merit”. Eritrea has said that huge numbers of Ethiopian asylum seekers, pretending to be Eritrean to increase their chances of gaining asylum, have distorted the actual number of Eritreans arriving in Europe.

A Home Office spokeswoman said: “We will carefully consider the findings of the UN report.” She did not specify whether the current Home Office guidance would be changed.

She added: “Our country information and guidance is based on a careful and objective assessment of the situation in Eritrea using evidence taken from a range of sources including media outlets, local, national and international organisations, including human rights organisations, and information from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.”

European countries are struggling to deal with the arrival of record numbers of migrants and refugees, notably from Syria and Eritrea. Fleeing civil war, persecution and seeking better job prospects, thousands have braved dangerous journeys across the Mediterranean, in the hope of gaining asylum in Europe.

Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, reported that 36,925 Eritrean migrants applied for asylum in Europe last year, a 155% increase from 2013. The UK received 3,552 asylum applications from Eritreans in the year to March, more than from any other nationality, according to the Home Office.

Even more migrants are expected to arrive during the summer months, when the Mediterranean is calmer and crossings are less risky. Last month, the EU announced plans to take in 40,000 Syrian and Eritrean migrants, but this was met with opposition from some member states.

Denmark and Norway have also issued new asylum guidance in the past year, making it easier for immigration services to reject Eritrean applications. These moves have been condemned by human rights groups.

Leslie Lefkow, deputy Africa director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), said: “In the absence of tangible human rights reforms by Eritrea’s government, host countries, particularly in the EU, should not close the door on Eritrean asylum seekers or send them back to almost certain abuse.”

Host countries in the EU should not close the door on Eritrean asylum seekers or send them back to almost certain abuse

Leslie Lefkow, Human Rights Watch

The Home Office’s March guidance included dozens of citations from a heavily criticised report by the Danish Immigration Service (DIS) used to determine asylum applications to Denmark.

The Danish report, published in December, has been criticised as inaccurate and misleading by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Human Rights Watch and a group of 23 academics, activists and journalists.

Jens Weise Olesen, a chief immigration adviser at DIS and co-author of the Danish report, has been suspended for speaking out about the production of the study.

Olesen said the report had been rushed out after a huge increase in the number of Eritreans applying for asylum in Denmark. He said the report has deterred Eritreans from seeking asylum in Denmark since it was published.

“Our head of office was very eager to publish the report extremely quickly,” he said. “You could see the number of Eritrean asylum applications to Denmark going down, because they knew the report was out there and it could be used to reject their application.”

A DIS spokesman declined to comment on the report, saying the matter had been closed.

A Home Office spokeswoman said: “We are aware of, and have taken into account, criticism of parts of the Danish report, which is only used alongside a range of other sources to produce the guidance.”

Eritrea’s indefinite national service, which requires men and women over 18 to serve in the military or work for the government, is cited as the most common reason that people flee the country. EU officials have said that Eritrea has committed to reducing its national service requirement to 18 months, but HRW said there is no sign this commitment has been made.

When the new guidance was issued in March, HRW said there was no evidence of any change of policy regarding illegal exits in Eritrea and it urged the Home Office to reconsider its conclusions.

Source= http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jun/11/uk-home-office-weighs-bleak-un-report-on-rights-abuses-by-eritrea-government

 

You could by now have heard that Eritreans opposed to the repressive regime in Asmara are organizing a historic demonstration in front of the UN Office in Geneva on 26 June 2015.

If you have not yet decided to be part of that momentous demonstration in Geneva that day, you must do so now.

If your family members and close Eritrean and non-Eritrean friends have not yet heard about it, know that you, we all, have the moral and patriotic duty not only to tell them about the event of June 26 but also to help them through various means to be in Geneva that day.

We go to Geneva on 26 June for a number of noble objectives, including the following:

  1. 1.There is man-made humanitarian disaster in Eritrea. The UN Human Rights Commission and its inquiry organ have confirmed it. Therefore, we will ask for deeds and not only words: we will ask for concrete action by the UN Security Council and the international community to help end the prolonged agony of our nation under a modern-day Gestapo force.
  2. 2.June 26 will be the day in which we express our solidarity with suffering compatriots. It is a day to remember and pay respects to all languishing in prisons and those who perished in the deserts and the high seas. It is also the day we express our deepest commitment to revitalize the dreams of our people for a better tomorrow in peace, democracy and prosperity.
  3. 3.June 26 shall be the day on which we show to the world that it is a critical mass of us, Eritreans, who have rejected the one-man dictatorship in Eritrea.

We all know that in February 2010, the Eritrean authorities and their agents in Europe have forced so many Eritreans to come to Geneva and show that the one-man dictatorship has “a good number of supporters”. Yes, many came under duress: those compatriots who maintained some link with home were told either to show up in Geneva for the demonstration or pay a good amount of money to regime embassies in Europe. Many came, and those who did not come had to pay the ordered amount. A similar “show of force” was staged by the regime agents in New York in an event attended by the dictator himself.

As of that time, all UN agencies, permanent missions and other international organizations in Geneva and New York continued to wrongly believe that the regime still has “solid support” by Eritreans.

Of course this is not true anymore. Over 90% of Eritreans are opposed to the autocratic regime at home. But we have to expose the regime’s narrative of lies by our presence in Geneva. June 26 2015 is the day, the best opportunity we have to show the People Power - the real force of those of us struggling for justice and democratic change.

Organized social movements, leaders and members of political and civil society organizations and individuals committed to the struggle for democratic change in Eritrea are called upon to be part of the historic day.

We need to pay whatever that one-day mission costs. Come from all parts of Europe, and when possible to make it, even from any part of Africa, the Middle East and North America. June 26 deserves your presence in Geneva.

Come one, come all!!

We Shall Overcome.