Thursday, 20 June 2019 23:07

Radio Demtsi Harnnet Kassel 20 06 2019

Written by Demtsi Harnnet Kassel

Published in Radio

ሰማእታት ኤርትራ ንዝተሰዉእሉ ዕላማ ንምዕዋት ንበገስ

Written by መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም

ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ንጐበጣ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ብኤርትራዊ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ምትካእ ኣይነበረን። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝተቓለሰሉ ዕላማታት፡ ሰላም፡ ፍትሒ፡ ብልጽግና ዝሰፈና ናጻ፡ ቅዋማዊትን ዲሞክራስያዊትን ኤርትራ ምህናጽ ኢዩ ነይሩ። ሰማእታትና ድማ ነዚ ክቡር ዕላማ’ዚ ክብሉ ኢዮም ነታ ዝፈትዉዋ ህይወቶም ከይበቐቑ ዝወፈዩ።

ናይ ዝዀነ ይኹን ህዝቢ ወይ ውልቀሰብ ሕልሚ ድማ፡ ካብ’ቲ ዘለዎ ናብ ዝሓሸ ደረጃ ክሰጋገር እምበር፡ ብስም ጽንዓት፡ ብስም ምጽማም፡ ንዝኸፍአ መነባብሮ ከም ጥዑም ጌርካ ምውሳድ ኣይኰነን።

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ዓመት መጸ፡ እዚ በጺሕናዮ ዘለና ደረጃ ናብ ዝሓሸ ደረጃ መንጠሪ ክዀነና ኢዩ፡ ስለ’ዚ ንጽናዕ እናተባህለ ናይ ሓሶት መብጽዓታት እናተገብረሉ ኣብ’ዚ ዘለናዮ መግለጺ ዘይርከቦ ናይ ስቓይን ሓሳረ-መከራን ሕማቕ ኵነታት ወዲቑ ይርከብ። ሕጂ ድማ፡ ከም ወትሩ፡ ጽንዓት ንልምዓት ብዝብል ጥዑም ግን ዘይፍጸም መብጽዓ ብምድግጋም ክታለል ኣይግባእን ኢዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ “ይኣክል ንምድንጋር… ይኣክል ንምልኪ… ይኣክል ንድኽነት፡ ምብትታንን ስደትን” ኢሉ ተላዒሉ ኣሎ። እቲ መፍትሒ ድማ ካብ ባዕሉ’ምበር ካብ ዘቕበጹ መራሕቱ ክጽበዮ የብሉን።

ሰማእታትና ንምድባስ፡ መብጽዓ ኣብ ልዕሊ መብጽዓ ምድርዳር ዘይኰነስ፡ ናይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ምኽባር፡ ንግዝኣተ-ሕጊ ምምእዛ፡ ንናጽነት ልዑላውነትን ኤርትራ ምጥባቕ፡ ሕረስ ሓረስታይ ንገድ ነጋዳይ ዝብል ፖሊሲታት ምኽታልን ብኣህጕራዊ ውዕላት ምኽባርን ኢዩ።

ኣብ ድሮ 20 ሰነ፡ መዓልቲ ሰማእታት ኤርትራ፡ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘገልግላ ዝነበረ ናይ ካቶሊካዊ ቤተ-ክስርስትያን ንብረት ዝዀና ናይ ሕክምና ትካላት ምህጋርን ምዕጻውን ድማ እኹል መረዳእታ ናይ’ዚ ንህዝቡ ጽቡቕ ዘይደልን ዘይምነን ስርዓት ኢዩ።

ውድቀት ንዕላማታት ህዝቢ ዝጠለመ ስርዓት!!!

ሰማእታትና ንዝወደቕሉ ዕላማታት ንምዕዋት ንበገስ!!!

ክብርን ዘልኣለማዊ ዝኽርን ንስውኣትና

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Thursday, 20 June 2019 10:44

Open appeal to the EU’s Donald Tusk over Eritrea and Sudan

Written by Martin Plaut

June 19, 2019 Martin Plaut EU, News

His Excellency Donald Tusk, President of the European Council Rue de la Loi/Wetstraat 175

B-1048 Bruxelles/Brussel

Belgique/België

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Cc:

President of the European Commission, Mr. Jean-Claude Juncker President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani

High Representative of the European Union, Federica Mogherini

Concerning: Appeal for an EU external policy framework based on European values

Brussels, 18 June 2019

Dear Mr. President,

We write to convey our congratulations to your contribution to the European project, as Europeans at heart and African people of goodwill, deeply committed to the brotherhood and long history between our two continents.

During your term as President of the European Council, the European Union and its member states have externalised migration policy through direct and indirect cooperation with regimes and militia forces that are entirely unaccountable.

Processes such as the EU-Horn of Africa Migration Route Initiative established in 2014, better known as the Khartoum Process, have provided the framework for such cooperation. Since the start of the Khartoum Process, organisations have therefore raised concerns about this policy and the European Union’s complicity with systematic and severe human rights abuses conducted by such ‘partners’, the lack of transparency of the cooperation agreements and the lack of civil society participation in the projects and dialogues.

As part of this policy, both the European Union and individual member states have indirectly relied on external security forces and funded initiatives to train border guards, among others in Sudan and indirectly strengthened capacities to fulfil this role. The European Union has hidden behind the execution of such programmes by third parties.

These policies have directly benefitted and emboldened militia such as Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the former Janjaweed, by their own admission, whilst the RSF continues to commit war crimes in Darfur. This has not been without further consequence. The RSF have allegedly raped and murdered hundreds of protesters in recent months.

Last week alone, protest crackdowns led to over a hundred deaths at the hands of the RSF as part of the Militia Council. The collaboration with various militia in Libya to block migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea has similarly emboldened the exploitation and extortion of refugees, undermining their protection. The support to the Eritrean regime to building roads with forced labour, as informed by the European Commission in its ‘Action Fiche’, is a flagrant violation of basic human rights. Increasing numbers of youth refugees have continued to flee the country trying to escape the indefinite national service built on cruelty and inhumane treatment.

By entering into a partnership with third parties and regimes that have been found to commit crimes against humanity and who hold no regards to good governance, the rule of law and respect for human rights, the EU is violating its basic legal requirements, and it is undermining its basic values whilst undermining international law.

The approach of the European Union’s external policy on migration push-back through the Khartoum Process has led to a slew of legal cases which hold that the policy actions are in violation of the laws and regulations of the European Union, its constitutional values and rights, and its international obligations. These include the disregard for the obligation to protect.

These include legal actions against:

1) Funding of the notorious Libyan Detention Centres;

2) Support to Libyan Coast Guards;

3) Blocking of rescue efforts in the Mediterranean Sea;

4) Funding of a project using Forced Labour in Eritrea under the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa; and 5) General crimes committed by the EU as part of its migration pushback.

The legal initiatives demonstrate a widespread and deep concern that the EU has itself become complicit with the alleged crimes committed by third parties, as a result of the policies supported by the Khartoum process.

This is counterproductive in so many ways, and most importantly, it is undermining safety and contributing to the flow of refugees and migrants that are seeking protection. Larger numbers of people, including many minors, are now fleeing persecution and inhumane treatment in countries such as Eritrea and Sudan and these refugees and migrants are tortured, exploited and extorted after having been pushed back to Libya from the Mediterranean Sea.

Through instruments such as the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa, development aid has been shifted for the purpose of migration control with little regard for the dynamics at play within the countries concerned. The Khartoum Process has failed in strengthening European values abroad, and, instead, has strengthened unaccountable militias and regimes, whilst seriously undermining rule of law, good governance, respect for human rights and the role of civil society.

Moreover, the instrument lacks parliamentary oversight and scrutiny. The European Parliament has remarked that its limited role in oversight over the use of this financial assistance has left Europe with a “democratic deficit”.

Article 21(1) of the Treaties of the European Union state that all international action of the EU will be based on the EU’s core principles, “democracy, the rule of law, the universality and indivisibility of human rights and fundamental freedoms, respect for human dignity, the principles of equality and solidarity, and respect for the principles of the United Nations Charter and international law”. These constitutional values must be at the core of a renewed effort of the EU to play its international role.

The people of Sudan have demonstrated that civil society is capable of pursuing peaceful processes for transition into democratic governance. This requires support from the European Union to finish the transformation aimed at establishing a democratic civil government that can serve its people.

The people in Eritrea are making strides with the movement “Enough is enough”, demanding the end of indefinite national service, which captures people in unending forced labour and slavery. The European Union should support this objective, as it will solve the root cause of why young minors are leaving Eritrea. International and humanitarian organisations are working diligently to end the plight of people captured by militias and criminal human trafficking that have been emboldened over the past few years to extort and exploit refugees who are seeking safety.

The European Union should support these actions that further the values it holds dear and stop push back to Libya given that the conditions for protection are not available.

The Khartoum process was established to address the root causes of migration. The reality has emboldened the criminal exploitation and extortion of refugees and migrants, increased the capacities of unaccountable militia to act with impunity and give increased legitimacy to governments who repress their people and drive them out of their countries. This does not provide a basis for an external policy that strengthens European values, and it will lead to increase the problems in the region and beyond, including those of human trafficking, migration and refugees.

In planning the direction of the European Union in the next period, we urge that you respond to the serious concerns expressed over the impact of ongoing actions of the EU and its member states to fund and cooperate with external actors accused of systematic and severe human rights violations. Failure to do so will not only undermine the fundamental principles and values of the Union, but fail to achieve the intended objectives. We therefore ask that the EU retracts the activities under the Khartoum Process and its Trust Fund, established under a seriously flawed policy.

On behalf of all of the undersigned organisations,

Fr. Mussie Zerai Nobel-prize Nominee Chair Agenzia Habeshia

Signed by:

Prof. Dr. Mirjam van Reisen Tilburg University

Leiden University

Secretary General EEPA

Reem Abbas Koert Debeuf Journalist Director

Majid Maali, exiled Sudanese human rights lawyer

Act for Sudan

Al-Khatim Adlan Center for Enlightenment (KACE)

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW)

Connection e.V.

Darfur Bar Association

Eritrea Democratica

Eritrean Diaspora in East Africa (EDEA)

Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR) Europe External Programme with Africa

Foundation Human Rights for Eritreans

Horn of Africa Civil Society Forum (HoACS)

Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE)

Tahrir Institute for Middle East Policy Europe

Ibn Rushd Fund e.V.

Investors Against Genocide

Massachusetts Coalition to Save Darfur

Regional Centre for Training and Development of Civil Society (RCDCS) Skills for Nuba MOUNTAINS

Stop Genocide Now (SGN)

Sudanese Community and Information Centre – London

Sudan Democracy First Group (SDFG)

Sudan Revolution Support Network – Sweden

Source=https://eritreahub.org/open-appeal-to-the-eus-donald-tusk-over-eritrea-and-sudan

Wednesday, 19 June 2019 10:31

ስዉኣትና ኣይቀሰኑን፡ ህልዋት’ውን ኣይጠዓመናን

Written by ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰዲህኤ

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ፡ ሰዲህኤ

20 ሰነ፡ ህግዲፍ “ስዉኣት እዝክር እየ” ዝብለላ ዕለት እያ። እዛ ዕለት ሕገመንግስቲ ኣብ ዘየብሉ ሃገር፡ ስለምንታይን ብመንን ነዚ ዓብይ ሓላፍነት በቒዓ፡ ዘዛርብ’ኳ እንተኾነ፡ እዞም በጃ ህዝቦም ዝተበጀዉ ሰማእታት ኣይኮነንዶ ሓንቲ መዓልቲ ኣብ ዓመት፡ ወትሩ እንተዘከርናዮም እውን እንተዘይ ውሒድዎም ኣይበዝሖምን እዩ። ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ግና ከምስል “ሕድሪ ስዉኣት ኣይጠልምን እየ” እንዳበለ ኣብዛ ኣጋጣሚ ብተደጋጋሚ ጥልመት ኣንጸባሪቑ እዩ። ኣብታ ንመጀመርያ ግዜ ኣብ ስታድየም ኣስመራ ዘኽበረላ ብ1991 “ደጊም ናይ ውድባት ሓሸውየ የለን” ዝብል ሕድሪ ስዉኣት ዝጠልም መልእኽቲ ኣመሓላሊፉ። ቅድሚ ሓደ ዓመት ብ2018 ኣብዛ ዕለት እዚኣ ከኣ፡ ህዝቢ ከተዓሻሽወሉ ዝጸንሐ ጃህራን ዓዘፍዘፍን ዓጺፉ፡ ግሉጽነት ዘየብሉ፡ ንልኡላውነት ኤርትራ ኣብ ዋጋ ዕዳጋ ዘእቱ ብናይ ደገ ሓይልታት ዝበኹዐ ሃንደበታዊ መገሻ ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ኣውጁ፡ ካልእ ስዉኣት ናይ ምጥላም ነጋሪት ደሲቑ።

ስዉኣት ሕድሮም ዝኽበርን ዝቐስኑን፡ ስሞም እናጸዋዕካ ጅግንነቶም ብምዝንታው፡ መስዋእቶም ዘጉድፍ መደረታት ብምስማዕ ካብ ክሳድ ንላዕሊ ብምቑዘም ኣይኮነን። ሕድሮም ዝኽበር ወዮ ምእንታኡ ዝተሰውእሉን ኣዕጽምቶም ከስኪሶም ደሞም ዘፍሰስሉን ህዝባዊ ዕላማ ፈርዩ ህዝቦም ተጠቃሚ ክኸውን እንከሎ እዩ። ሎሚ “ወዮ ምእንታኻ ኢና ተሰዊእና” ዝበልዎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኩሉ መሰላቱ ተጋሂሱ፡ ፍትሒ፡ ሰላምን ዕቤትን ተሓሪምዎ ኣብ ስግኣት ይነብር ኣሎ። ስለዚ ወዮ ዘይንሰምዖ ድምጺ ስዉኣት ወትሩ የእዊ ኣሎ። ብፍላይ ከኣ ኣብዛ ብስሞም እትጽዋዕ ግና ሕድሮም ዘይክበረላ ዕለት ኣውያቶም ዝያዳ ከም ዝዓርግ ፍሉጥ እዩ። ወያ ብኣዕጽምቶም ዝተሓጽረትን ብደሞም ዝጠለለትን መሬት ከኣ ከምቲ ከቢድ ዋጋ ሰማእታት ዝተኸፍለላ፡ ንህዝባ ኮይና ንካለኦት ክትከውን እናተገበኣ “ስዉኣት ሕድሩኹም ይጥለም ኣሎ” ዝብል ስምዕታ ናብ ህሉዋት እንዳቕረበት ተንቆልቁልን ትባድምን ኣላ።

ኢሳይያስን ጉጅለኡን ሒዘምዎ ዘለዉ ናይ ጥፍኣት መንገዲ፡ ክሳብ ክንደይ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና መዓትን ብርሰትን የውርድ ከምዘሎ እቶም ህሉዋት ንርእዮ ኣለና። ሰማእታት እውን ከማና’ኳ ንኢሳይያስ ብኣካል ቀሪቦም ዝምጉትሉ ዕድል እንተዘይረኸቡ ብመንፈስስ ወትሩ ሓያል ናይ “ሕድርና ይከበር” ምሕጽንታ የቕርቡ ኣለዉ። ኢሳይያስ ግና ንድሕሪት ብዘይምለስ ናይ ስዉኣት ኮነ ናይ ህሉዋት ድምጺ ከይሰምዕ ልቡ ምድረበዳ ኮይኑ’ዩ። ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት እዮም ከኣ ሕድሪ ስዉኣት ምስካሙ ዝኸበዶም ኣካላት “ብኻ ከምቶም ዝተሰውኡ ምሓለፍና” ክብሉ እንሰምዖም። ስዉኣት ዓው ኢሎም ደኣ ኣይዛረቡ እምበር ነቲ ካብኦም ዝተኸወለ ዝመስሎ ጠላሚ ተግባራት ይሳይያስ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ይርእይዎን ይሰምዕዎን እዮም።

ካሕሳን ሞሳን ስዉኣትና ጥልመት ሓቢእካ “ስጋ ስዉኣት” ኢልካ ብምምሓል ዝኽፈል ኣይኮነን። ነቲ ብስሞም ምምሓል ዝምጥን ግብራዊ ዋጋ ምኽፋል የድሊ። እቲ ዝኽፈል ዋጋ ሕድሮም ንምኽባር ኣብ ዝካየድ ቃልሲ ክንድቲ ናታቶም ክቡር ህይወት ዘይኮነ፡ ምጡን ዋጋ’ዩ ዝሓትት። ንሳቶም ብጥሪኡ መተክእታ ዘየብሉ ክቡር ህይወት እዮም ከፊሎም። ንሕና ህሉዋት ግና ርሃጽ፡ ዘይቅዱስ ዝምድና ምስ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ምብታኽ፡ ግዝያዊ ናይ ንዋትን ንብረትን ክሳራ ዘስዕብ ዋጋ’ኳ ክንከፈል ኣይበቓዕናን። ዝሃነጽካዮ ገዛ ወይ ካልእ ንብረት ከይውሰደካ ምስ ህግዲፍ ተመሳሲልካ ሕድሪ ስዉኣት ኣብ ዝጠልም ጓይላ ምስዕሳዕ ብውሱናት ኤርትራውያን ይረአ እዩ። ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ሓንቲ ኣብነታዊት ኣደ ኣብሃገረ ጀርመን ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ንህግዲፍ ዘወግዝ ህዝባዊ ናይ ክተት ኣኼባ “ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝሃነጽናዮ ገዛ ከይውረሰና፡ ናይ ህግዲፍ መዳኸርቲ ኣይንኹን። ገዛ ምስ ዝጠፍኡ ዝጠፍእ ነይሩ እንተዝኸውን እዚ ክሳብ ሎሚ መልክዕን ግርማን ኣስመራ ኮይኑ ዘሎ ህንጻታት መግዛእቲ ኢጣልያ ሒዝዎ መኸደ” ዝበለኦ ቃል ኣብ ባይታ ዝወድቕ ኣይኮነን። ስለዚ ኣብዚ ኣጋጣሚ መዓልቲ ሰማእታት ኤርትራውያን “ንሓላፋይ ረብሓ ክንብል ንዘይሓልፍ ቃል ሰማእታት ኣይነዕብር” ክንብል ይግበኣና። ከምኡ ምባል ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ነቲ ሕድሮም ከይክበር ጋሪዱ ዘሎ ጸሊም ህግዲፋዊ መጋረጃ ኣብ ምግላህ ብግብሪ ግቡእና ከነበርክት ይግበኣና። ብዙሓት ወገናትና ምስ ህግዲፍ ዝደናገጹ፡ ሕድሪ ሰማእታት ንዘይምጥላም ምዃኑ ክገልጹ ንሰምዕ ኢና። ግደ ሓቂ ንምዝራብ ግና ሕድሮም ምስ ዝጠልም ህግዲፍ ተሰሊፍካ ሕድሪ ሰማእታት ኤርትራ ኣይከበርን እዩ።

ናይ ሎሚ ዓመት መዓልቲ ሰማእታት እውን፡ ብፉሉይ ንህግዲፍ ዝህድዱ ምዕብልናታት ተሰንያ እያ ትዝከር ዘላ። ብኹሉ ማዕከናት ዓለም ንሕድሪ ስዉኣት ዘበርኽን ዘለምልምን፡ ጥልመት ህግዲፍ ዘቃልዕን ዝኹንን ድምጺ “ይኣክል” ኣብ ዝዓመረሉ ህሞት ኢና ንዝክራ ዘለና። ህግዲፍ ንህዝብና ኣዳህሊሉ፡ ካብቲ ተሓቢእሉ ዝጸንሐ ጉድጓድን ተነጽሎን መውጽኢ ንክኾኖ፡ ዞባዊ ምትሕብባርን ምሕዝነትን ኣጐልቢቡ ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ዝጀመሮ ወዛሕዛሕ ናህሩ ወዲኡ፡ ክስጉም ኣብ ዘይከኣለሉ ኩነታት ኢና ንርከብ ዘለና። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ፡ ወዮ ከም ቁርን ኣስሓይታን ዝፍራሕ ዝነበረ ህግዲፍን ናይ ስለያ መሓውሩን ተዳሂሎም ኣብ ዝሕብእሉ ደረጃ በጺሖም ኣለዉ። ብዙሓት ዘይኤርትራዊ ወገናት እውን ድሙቕ ናይ “ዓገብ” መጸዋዕታኦም የስምዑ ኣለዉ። ኮታ ኣብ ኤርትራ ለውጢ ዘይተርፍ ምዃኑ ኣብ ዝተጋህደሉን ሕድሪ ስዉኣት ዘድምቑ ድምጽታት ኣብ ዝበረኸሉን እዋን ኢና ንርከብ ዘለና። ምስዚ ኩሉ ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ኢድ ካልኦት ከይተጸበና፡ ሓርነትና ብቃልስና ናይ ምርጋጽ ሓላፍነትና ጌና ከቢድን ወሳንን ምህላዉ በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ክንርዳእን ሓድሽ ንቕሎ ክንእንፍትን ይግበኣና።

ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ተመኩሮና፡ ብዙሓት ወገናት ኣብ ከምዚ መዓልቲ ሰማእታት ዝኣመሰለ ፍሉይ ኣጋጣሚ፡ ንህግዲፍ “ሎምስ ገለ ደኾን ይብል ይኸውን” ኢሎም ክጽበይዎ ልሙድ ጸኒሑ። ሎሚ እንተኾነ ግና ኣፉ ክኸፍት ዝጽበዮ የብሉን፡ እንተ ተጽበዮ’ውን ነቲ ዝጸንሐ ጸገም ከጋድድ እምበር፡ ራህዋ ከምዘየምጽእ ኩሉ ፈሊጥዎ እዩ። ንሕና ንብዓት ህዝብና ናይ ምሕባስን ሕድሪ ሰማእታትና ናይ ምዕቃብን ሓላፍነት ዘለናኸ፡ ሎሚ እውን ንመዓልቲ ሰማእታት ኤርትራ፡ በቲ ሕድሮም ኣብ ምኽባር ኣበርክቶ ዘየብሉ፡ ሽምዓ ኣብሪህካ ርእስኻ ምንቕናቕን ከንፈርካ ምርምጣጥን ጥራይ ዲና ክንዝክራ፡ ወይ ነቲ ሕድሮም ከይክበር ጋሪዱ ዘሎ ህግዲፋዊ ጸሊም መጋረጃ ኣብ ምቕንጣጥ ብዝሕግዝ ዕቱብ ስጉምቲ ንምውሳድ ብምውሳን ኢና ክንዝክራ። ምርጫና ምእንቲ እቶም ዘይቀሰኑ ስዉኣት ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ እንተላይ ነቶም ዘይጠዓመና ህልዋት ዘርሁ መንገዲ ምሓዝ ክኸውን ይግበኦ።

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