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Wednesday, 27 November 2019 22:56

Eritrean “pro-government activist” carries out another London attack

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November 27, 2019 News

On Tuesday afternoon there was another attack on a journalist in the London area. This time the target was Amanuel Eyasu, the founder and editor of Assena TV.

The incident bore a striking resemblance to the attack on the journalist Martin Plaut in November 2018. Then a man who called himself Jacob Ghebremeohin posed as an Eritrean with information from home, arranged a meeting at the British Library before flinging a basin of milk, flour and eggs over Martin. Jacob Ghebremeohin was found guilty of assault, fined and bound over, for the attack.

Jacob Ghebremeohin during the attack on Martin Plaut

Yesterday’s attack on was allegedly also carried out by Jacob (or Yakob) Ghebremeohin.

Amanuel Eyasu says he was contacted by a woman who said she had come from Eritrea and wanted to share information with him. They arranged to meet at Putney Bridge Station at 2.30.

When Amanuel arrived he found a group of four or five men and one woman onlooker. They tried to corner him and to throw liquid over him, but he retreated towards the station, where the incident was captured on CCTV.

Some of the liquid went over his trousers, but most missed its target. There followed a fracas during which Amanuel defended himself, but received kicks to his legs.

Most of the assailants ran away, but one man – allegedly Jacob Ghebremeohin – was detained until the police arrived, when he was arrested. Amanuel, who gave the police a statement, refering to the prior attack on Martin Plaut, was not seriously injured, although he is bruised and his clothing has been damaged.

On hearing of the personal attack on Amanuel, the Chairman of Assenna Foundation, Habte Hagos said:

“I am shocked and appalled that such an attack has again happened in broad daylight on the streets  of London by PFDJ sympathisers. This is an unprovoked and cowardly act, and I commend the British police for their swift act in apprehending one of the attackers. The others have been captured on CCTV cameras and I am sure they will be in handcuffs before too long.

Unlike our fellow citizens in Eritrea, we live in a country where the rule of law is paramount and that no one can go around attacking people in the manner these brainwashed thugs have done without being punished.

Amanuel has tirelessly worked for his country, putting in as much as 20 hours 24/7 to expose the suffering inflicted on the Eritrean people by Isaias and his handful cliques over many years. Amanuel’s achievement in this regard is second to none and he is hugely admired by many peace loving and nationalist Eritreans across the world.

Like the cowards who attacked him, Amanuel could have kept his silence but he chose to speak out on behalf of his people. Only fools or people with interest can stand outside and clap their hands whilst an arsonists burns down their home – any ordinary person would of course try to stop them by all means.

Destruction is precisely what Isaias and his cliques are doing to our beloved country for which so much blood was sacrificed to liberate. These people do not care about the huge number of young Eritreans that perish in the desert and at sea to escape torture, enslavement and to simply live an ordinary life; to get education, to work and to start a family.

Rights denied to them by the unelected ruler in Asmara who childishly trivialise their suffering by asking “Who told them to go?”.  Isaias and his clique do not care about the Eritrean people. All they care about is ensuring, in anyway they can, for the world to remain ignorant of their crimes. This is why they attack justice seekers such as Amanuel.  


This cowardly attack on Amanuel will not stop the excellent work he does and has been doing for a long time. The Assenna Foundation Board is committed to supportin him in that endeavour. Lawyers have been informed of the brutal attack yesterday and Assenna Foundation Board will take all necessary action to bring the perpetrators to justice. 

We will fight injustice with justice. Our martyrs gave their lives in order we Eritreans can live in our homeland under the rule of law – free from oppression and fear. To build a country where every Eritrean wishes to live in rather than flee from.  Freedom is not free as we know it from our bitter history. Time to remain silent whilst our own people are tortured day in and day out is long gone – indeed silence is now complicit to the crimes being committed by Isaias.

We must peacefully fight to save our people and the very fabric of Eritrean society which Isaias is hellbent to destroy. Our martyrs expect no less of us. May they rest in peace.

Amanuel Eyasu holds MA in Journalism and MA in Information Management. Amanuel has worked as a head teacher, journalist and as the head of Eritrean News Agency, Asmara and Environs. He also worked as a Broadcast Media Coordinator with the BBC. As a journalist, Amanuel covered closed sessions of the Eritrean Cabinet for many years. He has interviewed senior politicians, including Isaias Afewerki and the late Ethiopian PM Meles Zenawi. Amanuel is the founder of Assenna Foundation and current editor of assenna.com and Radio Assenna.

Source=https://eritreahub.org/eritrean-pro-government-activist-carries-out-another-london-attack

Wednesday, 27 November 2019 11:42

'ንጓል-ኣንስተይቲ ዘየኽብር ሕብረተሰብ ክብረት የብሉን' ኤርትራውያን ደቂ-ኣንስትዮ

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26 ኖቬምበር 2019

ኣልጋነሽ ገብረን ዘውዲ ተስፋማርያምን ናይ ምስሊ መግለጺ ኣልጋነሽ ገብረን ዘውዲ ተስፋማርያምን

 

ጓለንስተይቲ፡ ኣደ፣ ሓፍቲ፣ ሰበይቲ፣ ኣፍቃሪት እያ። ኣደ ኸኣ መብራህቲ ገዛ፡ ተስፋን ፍቕርን እያ። "ኣብዛ ዓለም ከም ወላዲት ዝልውህ ከም ወላዲት ዝርህርህ፡ ከም ወላዲት ዘፍቅር እንተዝነብር ጸገማትና ምተቓለለ" ይብል ንወላዲቱ እንክዝክር ንብዓት ዝቕድሞ ሃይለ ክብሮም።

ይኹን'ምበር ኣብ ዓለምና እቲ ዝበዝሐ ጭንቅን መከራን እትረክብ፡ ብዝወለዳ ሕብረተሰብ ተጨቊና፡ ብፍላይ ኣብቲ ብዙሕ መንቋሕቋሕታ (ኣፍልጦ) ትምህርትን ምዕባለን ዘይረኸበ ርሑቕ ገጠራት እትነብር ጓለንስተይቲ፡ ትሕቲ ደቂ-ተባዕትዮ ኣሕዋታ ከምእትረአ ተዛተይቲ እዚ ዕለት ኣልጋነሽ ገብረን ዘውዲ ተስፋማርያምን ይገልጻ።

እዛ ጭንቅን ጸገምን ደቃን ስድራኣን ንኽትኣሊ ብስራሕ እትድፋእ ጓለንስተይቲ እምበኣር፡ ልክዕ ከም አሕዋታ ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ክትክበር፣ ክትፍቀር ክትሕፈር ይግበእ።

ጓለንስተይቲ ማዕረ ዕድል እንተረኺባ፡ ከምቶም ተማሂሮም ናይ ዝተፈላለየ ዓውዲ ዶካትር፡ ህንጻን ድንድልን ዝሰርሑ መሃንዲሳት፣ መድሃኒት ዘቃምሙ ተመራመርትን ለይትን ቀትርን ዝፈላሰፉ ተመራመርትን ክትከውን ጸገም የብላን። ክሳብ ሕጂ ኸኣ ዓቕመንን ብቕዓተንን ንዓለም ብግብሪ ዘርኣያ ብኣብነት ዝጥቀሳ ደቀንስትዮ ውሑዳት ኣይኮናን።

ይኹን'ምበር ማዕርነት ደቀንስትዮ ብምልኣት ክረጋገጽን፡ ኩሉ ዓይነት ዘጋጥመን ዓመጽ ክውገድን፡ ገና ነዊሕ ጉዕዞ ከምዘድሊ ን25 ሕዳር ኣብ ልዕሊ ደቀንስትዮ ንዝወርድ ዓመጽን በደልን ንምውጋድ ከም መቃለሲትን መዘኻኸሪትን ዕለት ዝሓረያ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ይገልጽ።

ኣብዚ ዛዕባ እዚ ዘተኮረ ጸብጻብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡

  • ሓንቲ ካብ ሰለስተ ደቀንስትዮ፡ ኣብ ህይወተን ብመጻምድተን ወይ ቀረባ አዕሩኽተን ኣካላዊ ማህረምቲ ከምዘጋጥመን
  • ኣብ ዓለም እተን 52% ኣብ ሓዳር ዝርከባ ደቀንስትዮ ጥራይ፡ ብዛዕባ ድሌት ጾታዊ ርክብ ኮነ፡ ምጥቃም መከላኸሊ ጥንስን ኣተዓባብያ ቖልዑን ብናጽነት ክውስና ከምዝኽእላ፡ ዝተረፋ ግን ካብቲ ስእሊ ወጻኢ ምዃነን
  • ኣስታት 750 ሚልዮን ደቀንስትዮ፡ ዓቕመ ሄዋን ቅድሚ ምብጽሐን ከምዝምርዓዋ፤ ኣስታት 200 ሚልዮን ከኣ ብቑልዕነተን ከምዝኽንሸባ
  • ኣብ ዓመተ 2017 ጥራሕ፡ ንኣብነት፡ ሓንቲ ካብ ክልተ ደቀንስትዮ ብአዕሩኽተን ወይ ብስድረአን ከምዝቕተላ፤ ካብ ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ግን ሓደ ካብ 20 ጥራይ ተመሳሳሊ መጥቃዕቲ ከምዘጋጥሞ ይሕብር።

እዚ ኣሃዝን ቁጽርን'ዚ፡ ነቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ነብሲ-ወከፍ ብስታስቲክስ ዝተወከለት ጓለንስተይቲ ንዝወርድ ዛንታታት ዓመጽን ግህሰትን ኣይገልጾን እዩ።

ሰልፊ ተቓውሞ ዓመጽ ኣንጻር ደቂ ኣንስትዮ፤ ሜክሲኮ 2016 Image copyright AFP/Getty images

ኣብ ገሊአን ደቀንስትዮ ዝፍጸም ግፍዒ መጻሕፍቲ ዘይኣኽሎ'ውን ክኸውን ተኽእሎ ኣሎ። ኣብቲ ኣሃዝ እትሳቐ ጓለንስተይቲ፣ እትቑንዞ ኣደ ወይ ሓፍቲ፣ እትነብዕ በዓልቲ ቤት ኣላ። ኣብቲ ናይ ውክልና ቁጽሪ ብሰንኪ ኣብ ኣዴታቶም ኣሕዋቶም ዝፍጸም ዓመጽን በደልን ዝሳቐዩ ሕጻናት ቖልዑን ኣለው።

እዘን ነዚ ዕለት ኣመልኪተን ምስ ቢቢሲ ትግርኛ ቃለ-መሕትት ዝገበራ ኣብ ጉዳይ መሰላት ደቀንስትዮ ዝነጥፋ፡ ኣባል ማሕበር ተበግሶ ደቂ-ኣንስትዮ ጀርመን፡ ኣልጋነሽ ገብረን ኣባል ማሕበር ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ስዊዘርላንድ ዘውዲ ተስፋማርያም ካብ ጄነቫ ስዊዘርላንድን፡ ንኣገዳስነት እታ ንምውጋድ ዓመጽን ግህሰትን ደቂ-ኣንስትዮ ዝተወከለት ዕለት ተመሳሳሊ ሓሳብ እየን ዝህባ።

ንሳተን፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ደቂ-ኣንስትዮ፡ ኣብ ቤትን ግዳምን ዝፍጸም ጾታውን ኣካላውን መጥቃዕቲ ኣብ ዓለምና ግኑን ምህላው፡ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ከኣ ኩለን በዚ ጉዳይ እዚ ዝግደሳ ኣባል ሃገራትን፡ ዝምልከቶም መሻርኽትን ነዚ ኣብ ልዕሊ ፍርቂ ኣካል ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም፡ ኣብ ኣዴታት፣ ኣሓት፣ መናብርቲ፣ ሰብ ሓዳር ፍቑራት ዝፍጸም ግህሰት ጠጠው ንኽብል፡ ውሁድ ቃልሲ ንክግበር ከምዝጸወዐ ብምዝኽኻር፡ ንቕሓት ሕብረተሰብ ክሳብ ዝዓብን ዝብርኽን፡ ጉዳይ ደቂ ንስትዮ ከም ኣውደኣመት ኣብ ዓመት ሓንሳብ ዘይኮነ፡ ብቐጻሊ ክዝረበሉን ክጉስጎሰሉን ይግባእ ይብላ።

ደቂ-ኣስትዮ ኣሓት፡ ብሰንኪ እቲ ዘዕበየን ኣባታዊ (ፓትሪያርካል) ሕብረተሰብን ባህላዊ ጸቕጢን፡ ንዘጋጠመን ጸገም ከይተዛረባሉ፡ ብውሽጠን እናተሳቐያ ሰቲረንኦ ዝጓዓዛ ውሑዳት ኣይኮናን።

"ከብዲ እኽሊ ጥራሕ ኣይኮነን ዝዓቁር ስተርዮ ደኣ!" ስለዝተባህላ፡ ዘድልን ዝግባእን ሕክምናን ምኽርን ሓገዝን ከይረኸባ፡ ለይቲ ለይቲ ካብ ድቃስ ዘባህርረን ክንደይ ጸቕጥን ግፍዕን ሰቲረን ዝኸዳ ደቀኣንስትዮ ውሑዳት ከምዘይኮና፡ እዘን ተጣበቕቲ መሰላት ደቀንስትዮ ተዛተይቲ የረድኣ።

71 ሚእታዊት እተን ኣብ ግዳያት ንግዲ ደቂ ሰባትን ስውር ጾታዊ ምዝመዛን ዘጋጥመን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ እየን። ከምዝን ከምዝን ክንገብረልክን ኢና፣ ናብ ዝበለጸን ዝማዕበለን ዓለም ክንወስደክን ኢና። ሽዑ ሰሪሕክን ህይወትክንን ህይወት ስድራኽንን ትቕይራ ተባሂለን፡ ተደሊለን ካብ ቤተን ወጺአን ኣብ ኢድ ነጋዶ ደቂ ሰባትን ዘይሕጋውያን ኣሰጋገርትን ወዲቐን፡ ዳሕራይ ግዳይ ዘይደልየኦን ዘይመርጸኦን ወሲባዊ ስራሕ ኮይነን፡ ህይወተን ዝተበላሸወ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ውሑዳት ኣይኮናን።

ኣብ ኣባታዊ ሕብረተሰብ "ጓል ኣንስተይቲ ሓንሳብ ዕድላ እንተተሰይሩ ኣኺሉዋ እያ" እናተባህለት ስለእትዓቢ፡ ጓለንስተይቲ ቅድሚ መርዓ ኮነ ኣብ ሓዳራ፡ ኣካላዊ ማህረምቲ እንተጋጢሙዋ'ውን ኣይትዛረበሉን።

እንተ ተዛረበት'ውን ብባህልን ሃይማኖትን እናተመኽነየ፡ ዝወለደት እንተኾይና ከኣ "ንዒ ነዞም ቆልዑ ረኣዪ ንዐኦም ክትብሊ ተጸቐጢ" እናተባህለት ወትሩ ኣብ ወጽዓ ከምእትነብር ዘውድን ኣልጋነሽን ኣረዲአን።

ይኹን'ምበር ሕጂ ኣብ ዓለም ተዛማዲ ንቕሓትን ኣፍልጦን ይዓቢ ስለዘሎ፡ ኣብዛ ዕለተ ዝኽሪ ግህሰት ደቀንስትዮ ብዙሓት ወጽዓን በደልን ዘጋጠመን ሓያሎ ደቀንስትዮ፡ ነቲ ዘጋጠመን ጸገማት ኣብ ቅድሚ ህዝቢ ወጺአን ይዛረባሉ ስለዘለዋ ዓቢ ንቕሓት ይፍጠር ኣሎ።

ኣብ ሆሊውድ ብዝተፈላለየ ምኽንያት ጾታዊ ግህሰት ዘጋጠመን ደቀንስትዮ፡ '#ሚቱ' (#MeToo) 'ንዓይ እውን ኣጋጢሙኒ እዩ' ዝብል ጎስጓስ ኣብ ልዕሊ ደቂ-ኣንሰትዮ ንዝፍጸም ግህሰት ዓቢ ንቕሓት ደሪዑ እዩ።

ሎምዘበን'ውን ዝተፈላለያ ደቀንስትዮ፡ ኣብ ሓዳር ንዘጋጥም ኣካላዊ ማህረምቲ፡ ዋላ'ውን ኣብ ሓዳርን ምስ መጻምድትኻን ብዘይ ፍታው ንዝስግደድ ጾታዊ ርክብ፣ ንጸርፍን ምንሻውን፣ ኣብ ጎደና ምልኻፍ፣ ብኣካል ምትንካፍ፣ ንምድላልን ምትላል ዝምልከት ጉዳይ ክዛረባሉ እየን።

ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም፡ ነዚ ጉዳይ እዚ ዓጢቑ መታን ክቃለሶን ክጉስጉሰሉን ከኣ፡ ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ኩለን ኣባል ሃገራትን ዝምልከቶም መሻርኽትን፡ ነዚ ኣብ ልዕሊ ፍርቂ ኣካል ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም፡ ኣብ ኣዴታት፣ ኣሓት፣ መናብርቲ ሰብ ሓዳር፣ ፍቑራት ዝፍጸም ግህሰት ጠጠው ንክብል ውሁድ ቃልሲ ንክግበር ይጽውዕን የጎሳጉስን ኣሎ።

ኣብ መወዳእታ እምበኣር እተን ተዛተይቲ ኣሓት፡ ንነብሰን ሓዊሰን ደቀንስትዮ መሰልናን ክብርናን ንክረጋገጽ፡ ክንመሃር፣ ዓቕምና ከነዕቢ፣ ህሉው ፖለቲካውን ማሕበረ ቁጠባውን ከባቢናን ሃገርናን ክንፈልጥን ከነጽንዕ ይግባእ፡ ድሕሪ ምባል ጉዳይ መሰልን ክብርን ደቀንስትዮ ኣብ ዝኽሪ ኣህጉራዊ መዓልቲ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ፡ ብቐጻሊ ክዝረበሉ ከምዝግባእ ኣዘኻኺረን።

Source=https://www.bbc.com/tigrinya/news-50555181

Tuesday, 26 November 2019 21:18

Africa: More Austerity for Developing Countries - It's Bad News, and It's Avoidable

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The International Monetary Fund in Washington, D.C.
25 November 2019

By Isabel Ortiz and Thomas Stubbs

Washington DC and London — After years of austerity, a number of Eurozone countries are now considering expansionary fiscal policies. And in the UK, government spending is set to return to levels last seen in the 1970s. But austerity abounds elsewhere in the world, including in some of the poorest countries.

Since 2010, governments around the world have been cutting public expenditure. New research found that about 75 per cent of the global population, or 5.8 billion people, will be in countries undergoing austerity by 2021.

This new wave of austerity will commence next year and will affect 130 countries, most of which are in the developing world. As many as 69 countries will undergo "excessive contraction", cutting expenditure below levels achieved prior to the global financial crisis of 2007. The list includes countries with dire development and human needs, such as Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Iraq, the Republic of Congo, and Yemen.

Rather than investing in a robust recovery to bring prosperity to citizens, governments are cutting pensions, public sector wages (including those of teachers and health workers), social assistance, and labour protections. Yet, the social consequences of austerity policies are already painfully clear. Millions of people will be pushed into poverty as a result, many of them women, children, and persons with disabilities.

In the developing world, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) advises governments to undertake austerity reforms either as part of its regular surveillance missions, or when countries have to sign up to its structural adjustment programmes to borrow money.

While the IMF claims to protect social spending in these programmes, independent research proves otherwise. IMF-mandated policy reforms led to cuts in government education and health (pdf) spending, increased income inequality (pdf), reductions in labour rights (pdf), declining access to healthcare, and a rise in neonatal mortality in developing countries.

Beyond these direct effects on social protection, there is another less-recognized problem. By shedding qualified civil servants, IMF austerity prescriptions have undermined the administrative ability of governments to deliver effective public services in the future. Recent evidence also shows IMF-imposed tax reforms do not result in greater government revenues. It simply reshuffles where revenues come from: more from regressive goods and services taxes, and less from other sources. This represents a passing of the buck onto the poorest members of society.
The recently completed Annual Meetings of the IMF and World Bank presented an opportunity to take stock of the damaging consequences of austerity. In the wake of widespread protests in Ecuador's ongoing IMF programme, continuing from earlier protests in Argentina, the need for an alternative path was especially pressing. Critical observers hoped for intellectual leadership and concrete commitments away from austerity. What they got was more of the same: trumped-up statements on the need to strengthen social spending, but with a bottom-line of fiscal belt-tightening.
Austerity does not need to be the "new normal." One of the most disturbing conclusions after the past decade of austerity is that these budget cuts were never actually necessary. Governments could -- and should -- have pursued alternative policy options. These would have brought prosperity to citizens and avoided the current wave of social discontent.

Even in the poorest countries, governments can create fiscal space. Public services and investment can be funded through progressive taxation, a crackdown on illicit financial flows, improved debt management, more accommodative macroeconomic frameworks, and -- in the case of the poorest countries -- lobbying for more aid. For example, more than 60 countries have renegotiated sovereign debt in recent years, allowing governments to spend less in debt service and more in necessary development expenditures.

These strategies for increased funding are consistent with the Sustainable Development Goals, agreed upon by 193 countries in September 2015 at the United Nations, with specific commitments for universal education, health, and social protection.

Meeting these internationally agreed development goals means putting-to-bed the damaging austerity policies of the past decade. Most importantly, it entails recognition that an austere future is an avoidable catastrophe.

Isabel Ortiz, a former director of the International Labour Organization and UNICEF, is director of the Global Social Justice Program at the Initiative for Policy Dialogue, Columbia University.

Thomas Stubbs is a Senior Lecturer in International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, and a Research Associate in Political Economy at the Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge.

Source=https://allafrica.com/stories/201911260122.html

Tuesday, 26 November 2019 10:05

ዝምድና  ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን

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ዝምድና  ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን

ናይ ኢትዮጵያ ሚኒስተር ወጻኢ ጉዳያት ኣቶ ገዱ ኣንዳርጋቸው፡ ብ25 ሕዳር 2019 ብዛዕባ ስራሓት ሚኒስትርኦም ናብ ፓርላማ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ዘቕረብዎ ብግእዝ ናይዚ ሒዝናዮ ዘለና ዓመት፡ 1ይ ርብዒ ዓመት ጸብጻብ፣ ምስ ኤርትራ ዝተጀመረ ዝምድና፡ ከምቲ ዝተሓሰቦን ዝተጸበይዎን ከምዘይሰለጠ ሓቢሮም።

ንሶም ኣብ መብርሂኦም ምስ ኤርትራ ክግበር ዝግበኦ ዝምድና፡ ኣብ መንጎ ክልተ ሃገራት ዝግበር ከም ምዃኑ መጠን፡ ብዓለም ለኸ ምዕቀኒ፡ ደረጃኡ ዝሓለወ፡ ግልጽነት ዘለዎን ትካላውን ክኸውን ከም ዝገበኦ ገሊጾም። ኣብኡ ንምብጻሕ ዝተታሕዘ መንገዲ ካብ ዝተጸብይዎ ንታሕቲ ምህላዉ ከኣ ሓቢሮም። እዚ ምስቲ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንህዝቢ ብዘይተሓበረ፡ ግሉጽነት ዝጐደሎ፡ ትካላዊ መልክዕ ዘይሓዘን ብናቕፋን ብርን ክሰርሕ ዝሓስብን ድሌት ዝጻረር እዩ።

እዚ ካብ ግዝያዊ ዓውዓው ሓሊፉ፡ ኣብ መሬት ብዝድህሰስ ብግብሪ ዘይተራእየ፡ ኣብ ምኽፋትን ምዕጻውን ዶባት ጥራይ ዘኹድድ ዝምድና ክልቴን ሃገራት፡ ብመንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝለዓል ክኸውን እንከሎ ብወገን ኤርትራ ግና ተላዒሉ ዘይፈልጥ እዩ።

ምስዚ ብምትሕሓዝ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ብዓለም ለኻዊ ሕጊ፡ ብናይ ወጻኢ ሸርፊ ክፍሊት ክሰርሕ ቅሩብ ስለ ዘይኮነ፡ መራክብ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ወደባት ኤርትራ ምእታው ከም ዘቋረጻ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ምሕባርና ዝዝከር እዩ። እዚ ከምዚሉ እንከሎ ንዝተወሰነ ግዜ ካብ ኤርትራ ናብ ኢትዮጵያ ናይ ነፋሪት ቲኬት ንምግዛእ ብናቕፋ ዝነበረ፡ ካብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ጀሚሩ ግና፡ ብጠለብ መንገዲ ኣየር ኢትዮጵያ ብዶላር ኮይኑ ከም ዘሎ ዝዝከር እዩ። ዶላር ኣብ ዘይፍቀድ ሃገር ብዶላር ምጥቃም ክሳብ ክንደይ ኣጸጋሚ ምዃኑ ድማ ርዱእ እዩ።

Monday, 25 November 2019 15:47

ስደተኛታት፡ ኤርትራውያን ዝርከብዎም 117 ሰባት ካብ ሊብያ ናብ ርዋንዳ ኣትዮም

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ገለ ካብቶም ሎሚ ወጋሕታ ናብ ርዋንዳ ዝኣተዉ ስደተኛታት Image copyright UNHCR/LIBYA ናይ ምስሊ መግለጺ ገለ ካብቶም ሎሚ ወጋሕታ ናብ ርዋንዳ ዝኣተዉ ስደተኛታት

ኣብ ሊብያ ካብ ዘለዉ ስደተኛታት፡ እቶም ሳልሳይ ገጽ ናብ ሎሚ ሰኑይ ኣብ ዘውግሐ ለይቲ ናብ ርዋንዳ ኣትዮም።

እዞም ሎሚ ወጋሕታ ናብ ርዋንዳ ዝኣተዉ ቁጽሮም 117 ምዃኑ ትካል ስደተኛታት ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ሓቢሩ።

እዞም 117 ስደተኛታት ምስቶም ኣብ ወርሒ መስከረምን ጥቅምትን ካብ መዳጎኒ ስደተኛታት ሊብያ ናብ ርዋንዳ ዝኣተዉ 189 ስደተኛታት ንምጥርናፍ ካብ ከተማ ኪጋሊ ንሸነኽ ምብራቕ ናብ ዝርከብ ጎሾራ ዝብሃል ቦታ ኣትዮም ኣለዉ።

መንግስቲ ርዋንዳ ኣብ ወርሒ መስከረም ካብቶም ኣብ ሊብያ ኣብ መዳጎኒ መዓስከራት ዝርከቡ ብኣሽሓት ዝቑጸሩ ስደተኛታት፡ 500 ኣብ ሃገሩ ክቕበል ከምዝተሰማመዐ ዝዝከር እዩ።

ካብዞም ሎሚ ንጉሆ ናብ ኣህጉራዊ መዓርፎ ነፈርቲ ኪጋሊ ዝኣተዉ ስደተኛታት እቶም ዝበዝሑ ኤርትራውያንን ሶማልያውያንን ምዃኖም ትካል ስደተኛታት ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ሓቢሩ ኣሎ።

ኣውሮጳዊ ሕብረት ብወገኑ ስደተኛታት ካብ ሊብያ ናብ ኣውሮጳ ንኸይኣትዉ ንሃገረ ኒጀር ካብዞም ኣብ ሊብያ ዝርከቡ ልዕሊ 4000 ስደተኛታት ንገሊኦም ክትቅበል ሚልዮናት ዶላራት ከምዝኸፈላ ዝፍለጥ ኮይኑ፡ ሰብ መዚ ርዋንዳ ግን ምስ ኣውሮጳዊ ሕብረት ዝኣተዉዋ ስምምዕን ነዞም ስደተኛታት ንምቕባል ዝተለገሰሎም ፋይናንሳያዊ ሓገዝ ከምዘየለ እዮም ዝሕብሩ።

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Monday, 25 November 2019 11:57

ህዝባዊ ናዕቢ ብውክልና ህዝባውያን ማሕበራት ኢዩ ዝምራሕ

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  • ምርጫታት ወከልቲ ናይ ምንቅስቃስ ይኣክል ንምንታይ ኣድለየ፡ ኣበይ ሃገርከ ከምኡ ተኻይዱ ይፈልጥ፡ ኣብነት ናይ ሱዳንን ቱኒዝያን ኣንተ ወሲድና ወከልቲ ናይ ዝተፈላለያ ህዝባውያን ማሕበራት ኢዮም ናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ዶካትር ሕጊ ዝተማህሩ ማሕበር ሰራሕተኛታት ወዘተ……….ናይ ቱኒዝያ እቶም ኣርባዕተ ማሕበራት Quartet ዝተባህሉ ወከልቲ
  • The Tunisian General Labour Union(UGTT, Union Générale Tunisienne du Travail)
  • The Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts(UTICA, Union Tunisienne de l'Industrie, du Commerce et de l'Artisanat)
  • The Tunisian Human Rights League(LTDH, La Ligue Tunisienne pour la Défense des Droits de l'Homme)
  • The Tunisian Order of Lawyers(Ordre National des Avocats de Tunisie)

ናይ ሱዳን ከኣ ናይ ህዝባውያን ማሕበራት ወከልቲ

 Sudanese Professionals Association, No to Oppression against Women Initiative, MANSAM, the Sudan Revolutionary Front, the National Consensus Forces, Sudan Call, the Unionist Gathering, and the Sudanese resistance committees, created in January 2019 during the 2018–19 Sudanese protests

ነፍሲ ወከፍ ማሕበር ናይ ኩሉ ዓይነት ምሁራት ስለ ዘለዎም ንመን ኣብ ስራሕ የዋፍሩ ሽግር የብሎምን። ስልጣኖም ከኣ ቅዋም ምስ ቆመ የብቅዕ።

ንዓ ተለዓል ሰራሕተኛ ንዓ ተለዓል መንእሰይ ንዒ ተለዓሊ ጓል ኣንስተይቲ ንዓ ተለዓል  ተመሃራይ  ንዓ ተለዓል  ምሁር ንዓ ተለዓል ሓረስታይ  ወዘተ……  ክጽውዑ ዝኽእሉ ህዝባያን ማሕበራት ኢዮም፡ እቲ ጽቡቅ ከኣ ኣብዘን ማሕበራት ናይ ኣውርጃ ዓሌት ሃይማኖት ወዘተ…… ፍልልይ የለን፡ ኣብቲ ተጀሚሩ ዘሎ ናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ምጥርናፍ እውን ንኹለን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ዝሓቍፍ ምዃኑ ኣመስኪሩ ኢዩ። ስለዚ ሓንቲ ማሕበር ናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ፡ ሓንቲ ማሕበር ናይ መንእስያት፡ ዝተፈላለያ ናይ ሞያ ማሕበራት፡ ሓንቲ ማሕበር ናይ  ዜና ክህልዋ እቲ ምዕቡል ኣካይዳ ህዝባዊ ናዕቢ ኢዩ።

ነፍስ ወከፍ ሰብ ቅድም ንመሰሉ ኢዩ ዝሓስብ፡ ኣባል ፓርቲ ኮይኑ እውን እታ ፓርቲ ዋላ ትመረጽ መሰሉ ክትሕልወሉ ኣይትኽእልን ኢያ፡ ከም  ኣብነት ሰራሕተኛ ኮይኑ ንመሰሉ ብማሕበር ሰራሕተኛ ጥራሕ ኢዩ ዝወሓሰሉ። ስለዚ ህዝባውያን ማሕበራት ጽላል ናይ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ኢየን። ኣባል ውድብ ሰልፊ ኩን ኣይትኹን እቲ መኣዲ ንኹሉ ኢዩ። ክእለት ኣሎካ ክእለትካ ኣበርክት፡ ኣቶም ክእለት ዘይብሎምን ሓገዝ ዘድልዮም ምምሃርን ምሕጋዝን ከኣ ጥዑይ ሕብረተሰብ ንምድላው ኢዩ እቲ ቁምነገሩ።

ካልእ ኣገባብ ናይ ምቅላስ ከኣ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ሓይሊ ዕማማት ቆይሙ ካብ ውሽጦም ወከልቲ ይምረጹ፡ ገለ ኣብነታት ንምሃብ ክእለትካ እንታይ ኢዩ ክትሰርሕ ክትምህርዶ ክትመሃር  ክትለኣኽ ፡

  1. ኣብ ናይ መንእሰያት ምንቅስቃስ ፥ 2. ኣብ ናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ምንቅስቃስ ፥ 3. ናይ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ሽማግለ ፥  4. ንስደተኛታት ብምምሃርን ምንቅቃሕን ምትርጓምን ይኹን ምትሕግጋዝ ፥   5. ኣብ ናይ ቤተ መንግስቲ  ወኪሎም ክዛረቡ ዝኽእሉ (lobbyisten)፥  6. ምስ ካብ ዘሎኻዮ ከተማ ወጻኢ ዘለዋ ሓቢርካ ናይ ምስራሕ ፠፠፠፠  ናይ ኣካያዲት ሽማግለ   ዕማም፥   7. ሰሚናራትን ህዝባዊ ኣኼባታት ዘዳልዉን ሓሳብ ዝህቡን ፥ 8. ፋይናንሲያዊ ትሕዝቶ ጥርናፈ ንምምዕባል፥  9. ዓራቂት ሽማግለ ግርጭታት ዝፈትሑን ኣስተምህሮ ዝህቡን  (Conflict resolution)፥  10. ኣብ ናይ ዜና ስርሓት ክተሓጋገዙ ዝደልዩ፥  11. ባህልናን ቋንቋናን (ትግርኛን ዓረብኛን) ዘማዕብሉ፥  12. ንዘይሕጋዊ ተግባራት ህግድፍ ዘቀልዑን ዝኸሱን።

ህግደፍ ካብ ቆልዑ ጀሚሮም ክሳብ ሽማግለታት ብማእለያ ዘይብሉ ሓሶት ወይ ከኣ ብምፍርራሕ  ኢዮም ዝቃለሱ ነዚ ህዝብና ኣረዲእና እንተኣሕዲግናዮም ውግእ ኢዩ ንርእሱ፡ ግን ማዕሪኦም በቲ ናይታ ዘለኻዮ ሃገር ቋንቋ እውን  ንመንእሰያት ከተረድእ ኣሎካ።

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ሕዳር 2019

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Monday, 25 November 2019 11:44

ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ኣንጻር ኣመንቲ ማእሰርቲ የካይድ ኣሎ

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ሓይልታት ጸጥታ ስርዓት ህግዲፍ፡ ሎሚ እውን ከም ልማዶም ንዜጋታት ብሰንኪ ዝኣመንሉ ሃይማኖት ምስዓቦም ዘካይድዎ ናይ ማእሰርትን ምስዋርን ወፈራ ይቕጽልዎ ኣለዉ። ከም ናይዚ ኣብነት ኣብዚ ቀረባ መዓልታት፡ ኣብ  መንደፈራ፡  ዓብዪ ዓዲ፡ ዓዲ ቆራይ፡ ዓዲ ገደሾን ደንበ ኣርጕዲን ኣስታት 23 ሰዓብቲ ምስልምና ኣሲሮም ከም ዘለዉ እሙናት ምንጭታት ካብቲ ከባቢ ሓቢሮም። እቶም ሓይልታት ጸጥታ ነዚ ስጉምቲ ክወስዱ እንከለዉ፡ ነቶም ግዳያት “ተኸተልቲ ውሃቢን” ብዝብል ከም ዝኸሰስዎም እዞም ምንጭታት ብተወሳኺ ሓቢሮም።

እዚ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ማእሰርቲ፡ ቀንዲ ዕላምኡ ህዝቢ ንመሰሉ ምእንቲ ከይሓትት ኣቐዲምካ ንምርዓዱ ኮይኑ፡ ኣብ ግዜ ለይቲ ብዘይዝኾነ ይኹን ናይ ቤት ፍርድን ካልእ ዝምልከቶም ኣኽባር ሕጊ ኣክላትን ትእዛዝን ኣፍልጦን ዝካየድ ዘሎ እዩ።

ኩሉ ከም ዝፈልጦ ህግዲፍ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝተፈላለዩ እምነታት ከይዝውተሩ ዝእግድ ኣብ ልዕሊ ምዃኑ፡ ኣብተን ንስሙ ይፍቀዳ ዝበሃላ ናይ እምነት ትካላት እውን፡ ኢዱ ኣእትዩ ዝዘርግ ዘሎ ጉጅለ እዩ። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ሃይማኖት ምስልምናን ኦርቶዶክስን ዝረአ ዘሎ ማእሰርትን ቅትለትን ከምኡ ከኣ ትካላት ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስትያን ኤርትራ ምርሳይን ናይዚ ኣብነት እዩ።

Monday, 25 November 2019 11:41

እቲ  መሰጋገሪ

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እቲ ኤርትራዊ ኣብ ግዜ ገድሊ ንሜዳ ወጺኡ እታ ኤርትራ እትብል ጥልያን ዝመስረታ ንሕና ድማ ሃገራውነትናን መንነትናን ዝፈጠርናላ፡ በቲ ሕማቕ ዕድል ዘጋጥመ ተመሊስና ካባና ብምዕብልና ካባና ዘይሓይሽ  ህዝቢ ኢትዮጵያ ዳግማይ መግዛእቲ ብምቕጻል፡ ኤርትራ ነጻ ካብ ባዕዳዊ መግዛእቲ ክትከውን፡ኣብ'ታ ነጻ ኤርትራ እውን ህዝባ ሓራ ክኸውን፡  ናቱ ህዝባዊ መንግስቲ ክምስርት፡ ብቕዋም እትመሓደር ክትከውን ኢሉ እዪ እዚ ኩሉ ዝተቓለሰን ዝተሰዋኣላን ዝሰንከለላን።

 ብመጀመርያ ዝስራዕ እቲ ነቲ ስርዓት ደርግ እኳ እንተነበረ ፡እቲ ብድሕሪኡ ዝስዕብ ዕማም ብሓደ ክንርእዮ ስለዘይከኣልና ወይ ድማ ነቶም ሰውራ መሪሖም ዝመጹ ኩሉ  ሓልፍነትና ዘንጊዕና ጽቡቕ ክገብሩ እዮም ኢልና ተዓዘብቲ ክንከውን ስለመረጽና ኣብ'ዚ በጺሕናዮ ዘለና ኣቲና ንርከብ። እዚ ከይድገም እንታይ ተገበርና ይሓይሽ ምባል ጽቡቕ እንድዩ፡ ካብ ዝተፈላለየ ሓሳባት ድማ ክንመሃር ስለ እንኽእል ዝጽላእ ኣይኮነን።

እቲ ናይ ርሑቕ ዕላማና ሓንቲ ቕዋማዊ  ምሕደር  ዘለዋ ሃገር ምፍጣር፡  ፍትሕን ዲሞክራስን ዝነግሰላ፡ ህዝቢ ኩሉ እቲ ሰብኣውን ዲሞክራስያውን መሰላት ሃልዩዎ ኣብ ምዕባለ ሃገሩ ተሳታፊ ንኽኸውን፡ብዝያዳ ድማ ህዝቢ ስልጣኑ ተሰኪሙ ንዝደለዮ ከደይቦ ከውርዶ መንግስቲ ክመርጽ እየን።

 ኣብ ጉዕዞ ደንበ ተቐዋሙ ብዝሑት ናይ ኣረዳድኣ ፍልልያት እናጸበቡን፡ እናተቐራረቡ  ክኸዱ ንዕዘብ ስለዘለና፡ ዝነኣድ እዩ።  እቲ ነቐፈታ ግን ነዊሕ ግዜ ይወስደልና ብምዃኑ ጥራሕ'ዩ።ሓደ ክልተ ከም ነጥብታት ምልስ ኢልና እንተሪኢና እተን ጎነጻዊ ቓልሲ ዝብላ እቲ ውድባተን  ወይ ጽላላት ከም  መተካእታ  ህግደፍ  ማቕማጥን  እየን፡ እዚ ናይ ሎሚ ናይ ይኣክል ተበግሶ ነቲ ህዝባዊ ናዕቢ፡ እንቢ ንምልኪ ኣቢልካ ሰዓብቲ ህግደፍ ኣብ ጎድንኻ ኣሰሊፍካ እዩ ስርዓት ዝወድቕ ብዘይጎነጻዊ ዝብል ኣምር ዝነበረ ውሑዳት ውድባት/ ሰልፍታት ሎሚ ኩሉ ርዒምዎ ክትርኢ ብዙሕ ከም ዝሶጎምና እዩ ዘመልክት። እቲ ብፍላይ ድሕሪ ምምስራት ምሕዝነት፡ኪዳን ውዘተ ዝርኤ ዝነበረ ኣረኣእያታት ንነብሱ ከም መተካእታ ህግደፍ ምጥማቱ ሓደ ካብ'ቲ ድኽመታት ዝነበረ እዩ።

  ኣብ'ዚ መድረኽዚ  እንበኣር ዝጽበየና ዘሎ ስራሕ  ነቲ ዕላማና ንኸይንበጽሕ ዝዕንቕፈና ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ምእላይ  እታ ቀዳመይቲ  ልክዕ ከምታ ሰውራ ኤርትራ ንደርጊ ከም ዕንቕፋት ዝኣለዮ ትኹን። ኣብ ረብሓ ናይ ቕዋማዊ ምሕደራ ዘለዋ ሃገር ምፍጣር ናይ ኩሉ ለውጢ ዝደሊ ህዝብና ኣብ ውሽጥን ግዳምን ዘሎ፥ እቶም ነቲ ስርዓት እንቓወሞ ዘለና ዝተወደብናን ዘይተወደብና፥ በርጌሳዊ ማሕበራትን ኣብ ግዳም ምስቶም ኣብ ውሽጢ ሃገር ዘለዉ ብሓልፍነቶምን ብቐረባ ኣብ ምቕያርን ምልዋጥን ዓቢ ግደ ክጻወቱ ዝኽእሉ፡ ናይ እዞም ክልተ ሓይልታት ድሌት ንሰላምን ርግእትን ዝፈጠር  መሰጋገሪ መድረኽ ክንፈጥር ናይ ግድን ክኸውን እዩ።

 መሰጋገሪ መድረኽ ብዝብል ይጸሓፍን ይግለጽን ብምህላዉ ኣብ'ዚ እዋን ምስኡ ኣሰንዮም እቲ ክህልወና ዝግብኦ ስርዓተ ምሕደራ ዝብል እውን ብዙሕ ኣበርክቶ ብምህላዉ ተስፋ ዝህብ ስለዝኾነ ምስጋናይ ነቶም ነዚ ዘበርክቱ ዘለዉ ባእታትን ውድባትን ይኹን።ኣብ'ዚ ክፍለጥ ዘለዎ ነገራት ንሕና ኣብ ቓልሲ ተሰሪዕና ነዚ ስርዓት ክንቓወም እንከለና ምስቲ ምሳና ዘለዎም ኣረዳድኣ ዝቐራረብ  ውልቀ-ሰባት ኣብ'ቲ ሎሚ ነዚ ስርዓት ምምዛንን ኣብ ድሕሪ  ውድቀቱ ዘለና ናይ ሓባር ኣረኣእያ ደኣንበር  ወዲ ገዛውተይ፥ ኣብ ገድሊ ነይሩ ምሳይ፥ ወይ ኣንጻር እገለ ውድብ/ ሰልፊ ስለዝኾነ ምሳይ/ ምሳና ኢልካ ክኸውን ኢልካ ናይ ህልኽ ፖለቲካ ኣይኮነን፥ ስለዚ ንሕና ብጽባሕ ደኣንበር ንድሕሪት እንዳጠመትና፡ ክንፈላለን ካብ ቃልሲ ክንበኩርን ኣይግበኣናን።

ናብ'ቲ መሰጋገሪ ክምለስ፡ እታ ምስ ውድቐት ስርዓት ኢሰያስን ምትካል ህዝቢ ዝሳተፎ ናብ ዲሞክራሲን ፍትሕን ዝብገሰሉ ዘሎ እዋን ወይ ግዜ እዩ።እዚ መድረኽ ግን ብእንረደዳኣሉ ነጥብታት ልሙጽ ወይ ሓደገኛ ክኸውን ይኽእል። እቲ መበገሲ ክኾነና ዘለዎ እዚ ዘለናዮ  ሚዛን ክህበና ይኽእል ኢለ ይግምት። እስከ ነቶም ምናልባታት ንፈትሾም፡

1 ወዲ- ሰብ  እንድሕሪ ተወሊዱ ኣብ ሓደ ግዜ ህላዌኡ የብቕዕ ኣላህ ድዩ ዝጽዋዖ ወይ እግዛብሄር

2 ሓደ ይኣክል ኢሉ ኣብ ሂወት ስጉምቲ ይወስድ

3 ገለ ኣባላት ህግደፍ ዕልዋ ይፍጽሙ

4 ዝለዓለ ተሳትፎ ዘለዎ ወተሃደራዊ ሓለፍቲ መንግስቲ ይግልብጡ

5 ናይ ግዳም ሓይልታት ኢድ ዘለዎ ምቕያር ይፍጠር

ዝብላ ክኾና እንከለዋ ነናተን ኩነታትን ሳዕቤናትን ኣለወን። ኣብ'ዚ እቲ ደንበ ተቓውሞ ዋላ ሓንቲ ኣስተዋጽኦ የብሉን ከም ማንም ሃገራዊ ተጸባያይ ናይ'ቲ ምዕብልናታት ተዓዛባይ ኮይኑ ወይ ክነቕፍ ወይ ክድግፍ ኢዩ ዝኸውን።

  ነብስና ከይነዕሹ ኣብ ግዳምን ውሽጥን ዋላ ሓንቲ ምትእስሳር የለን። ኣብ ሰናይ ድሌት ናይቶም ኣብ ቁጽሪ 3 ን 4ን ዘለዉ ኢና ንወድቕ። ነዚ ምናልባታት ክንሰግር እንተኾይና ግን ከሎ ጌና ሎሚ ጽባሕ ዘይኮነ፡ ደንበ ተቓውሞ ብፍላይ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን ሰልፍታን ኣብ ሓደ ስምምዓት ክብጽሓ ይግባእ፡ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት እየን ነቲ ፖለቲካ ሃገር ዝፈትሓ ንሕና ከም ተራ ኣባላት ህዝቢ ነቲ ስምምዓት ርኢና ደገፍናን ነቐፌታን ክንህብ  ህዝባዊ ሕላፍነትና ኢዩ  እንበር ኣብ መሰጋገሪ ውድባት ክህልዋ የብሉን ዝብል ሓሳባት ዓዲ ዘእቱ ኣይኮነን። ሃናጺ እውን ኣይኮነን። እተን ውድባትን ሰልፍታትን እኮ ኤርትራውያን እቶም ኣባላተን እውን ሰባት ኮይኖም ከይተወደብካ ኣይትዕወትን ኢኻ ኢሎም ኣሚኖም ነቲ ውድብ/ ሰልፊ ከም መሳርሒ ነቲ ንምውዳቕ እቲ ስርዓት እንበር ንዘይተታሕዘ  ስልጣን  ኢልካ ዘየድሊ ሓሳባት ምስራጽ ጽቡቕ ስራሕ ኣይኮነን።

 እቲ መሰጋገሪ  መድረኽ እንበኣር ከም'ቲ እንትምነዮ ክኸውን ስለዘይክእል ካብ ሎሚ ተዳሊና ነተን ምናልባታት ብልክዕ ኣንቢብናን ተዳሊናን ምጽናሕ ከድልየና እዩ፡ እዚ ክንገብር እንተዘይበቒዕና ግና ነቲ ለውጢ ናይ ግድን ድማ ክመጽእ ተጸበይትን ኣብ ሰናይ ድሌት ናይቶም ዝልውጡ ሓይልታት ክንከውን ምዃና ካብ ሕጂ ክርድኣና ይግብእ።  እት ደንበ ተቓውሞ ሓላፍነቱ ክስከም ይግብኦ ብፍላይ እተን ሰልፍታትን ውድባትን። እቲ  ለውጢ ዝደሊ ህዝቢ እውን ኣወንታዊ ግደ ይጻወት ምኽንያቱ ናይቲ ስርዓት ምውዳቕ  ቀሊል እዩ ። እቲ ዝኸበደ እቲ ዝጽበየና ኣብ  ክንድኡ ንእንተኽሎ ን ንምስርቶን ስርዓተ ምሕደራ እዩ።

Sunday, 24 November 2019 20:47

Successful Eritrea exhibition in Bristol sparks lively debate

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November 24, 2019 Uncategorized

Exhibition on Eritrea opened by Thangam Debonnaire MP

The evening was cold and rainy, but inside the University of Bristol Geography department there was an excellent turnout for a series of most informative presentations from Eritrean experts.

Thangam Debbonair, who is standing to be a member of parliament on 12 December, kindly left her campaign to take the time to open the event.

Exhibition on Eritrea opened by Thangam Debonnaire MP. Thangam, Helen Kidane and Yodit Estifanos Afewerki

She explained how vital it was for the British Parliament to continue to scrutinise how the Eritrean government behaved, its links with the international community and attempt to halt its human rights abuses.

Habte Hagos, who chair’s Eritrea Focus, explained to the Bristol audience the organisation’s increasingly successful campaign to counter the Eritrean regime’s activities.

Exhibition on Eritrea opened by Thangam Debonnaire MP. Habte addressing with Dr Sarah Ogbay and Yodit Estifanos Afewerki (far left)

There then followed expert presentations from Helen Kidane (who had organised the event) Dr Sarah Ogbay (who described the terrible journeys Eritreans made to escape from the country of their birth) and Yodit Afewerki (who drew on her work with Eritreans in Italy to explain the complexities of acclimatising to a new country).

There was a lively question and answer session, with well informed interventions and questions from the audience.

Exhibition on Eritrea opened by Thangam Debonnaire MP. Mohammed (from Keberi Trust) speaks from the audience

Thangam Debbonaire

Former MP for Bristol West, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Refugees and Co-Chair on the All Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea.

Petros Tesfagherghis explained his role during the liberation struggle.

Exhibition on Eritrea opened by Thangam Debonnaire MP. Thangam with Petros

Helen Kidan

Co-founder of the ‘Horn Human Rights’ and ‘Eritrean Youth’ in the UK; Executive member of the ‘Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights’; member of the ‘Network of Eritrean Women’ and ‘Eritrea Focus’.

Exhibition on Eritrea opened by Thangam Debonnaire MP. Helen Kidane (left) and Yodit Estifanos Afewerki

Yodit Estifanos Afewerki

Works with migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees. Currently employed by the French NGO, Médicines du Monde within a European project previously in Calabria and now in Rome, where she manages a project on access to healthcare for migrants in informal settlements.

Exhibition on Eritrea opened by Thangam Debonnaire MP. left to right: Yodit Afwerki, Dr Sarah Ogbay

Dr Sarah Ogbay

Member of the EFND, LIA-BAAL (languages in Africa, British Association of Applied Linguistics) and the Network of Eritrean Women, Eritrean Snit Study Group.

Exhibition on Eritrea opened by Thangam Debonnaire MP. left to right: Yodit Afwerki, Dr Sarah Ogbay and Habte Hagos Exhibition on Eritrea opened by Thangam Debonnaire MP

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EXHIBITION

Exhibition on Eritrea opened by Thangam Debonnaire MP

‘Eritrea in the News’ is a photographic exhibition revealing a series of fascinating images captured at pivotal points in the country’s history, from Italian colonial rule through to the struggle for independence and the repression of dictatorship that followed. The photographs feature a mix of archive material and personal collections. The exhibition shows the trajectory of the country in a visual snapshot of the places and people that have shaped Eritrea, stretching as far back as 1882 up to the present day.Today, after decades of repression, there is a glimmer of hope. Ethiopia has reached out to Eritrea. Their leaders have met and there is the prospect of reconciliation. Yet Eritreans still long for true freedom.

About Eritrea Focus Eritrea Focus is an association of Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs), human rights organisations, exile and refugee groups and individuals concerned with the gross abuses of human rights in Eritrea. It is an open and inclusive organisation that welcomes members from all sections of the Eritrean communities both at home and in diaspora as well non-Eritreans that are concerned with the dictatorship and the complete absence of rule of law in the country. It is funded through voluntary donation from members.

Sunday, 24 November 2019 20:44

No Protection for Refugee Children in Libya

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November 24, 2019 Eritrea, News

By Sophie Stocker

“He is stuck in Libya. If he wants to survive, he must get out. While talking to him it was very clear he was scared. He said so himself. He begged me to do anything that could help him.”

Imagine living in fear. Imagine living in a world where all you know is dictatorship. Imagine having to leave everything behind for a slight chance to survive. Because you know that if you stay, you will be tied to chains in a prison. The prison that you have lived in your whole life. The prison that you know will only shackle you tighter.

So, you risk everything. You leave everything behind so that you might find a better life. A life with freedom. A life without a tightrope around your neck.

Daniel is a 15-year old boy who is currently in Libya. He had to leave his home country, Eritrea, when he was 13 years old. He had gone to school since he was 5, and one morning, while going to school with his friend, Tesfay, he decided to leave without telling his family. He did not want to describe the exact events of that morning, but said that he and Tesfay saw an opportunity to go.

I asked him why he needed to leave his country, what he thought, and he told me that he had to leave because there was “no freedom”. “No freedom” because of the indefinite national service that children have to go to once they enter into the final year of school, “no freedom” because of the restrictions of travelling, “no freedom” because of a future of forced labour under permanent national service.

Eritrea is currently one of the most dangerous countries to live in because of its ruthless dictatorship. The president, Isaias Afwerki, imprisons everybody who doesn’t agree with him. There are strict rules and if the people don’t follow those rules, they go to jail. People have to flee, Daniel said, because there is no freedom in the most literal sense.

Daniel could not tell his mother that he left, because she had no phone. It has been two years, and he still has not been able to tell her. On his journey, he met Eritrean smugglers. They helped him get out of Eritrea to Libya for money. The price he had to pay was 8.750 US$ (7.835€) which his family had to pay up for him, as he had no money. They managed to collect the money by asking people in the church to help, and they then sent the money to Sudan, where the payment was made.

Unfortunately, his friend Tesfay could not pay this money, and therefore he was left behind in Sudan. Daniel does not know what happened to his friend. Whether he is alive or not, he does not know. Daniel travelled on to Libya, where he is still to this day. Throughout his travels, he saw horrible things. People were beaten with sticks, and tortured with electric wires. People were sexually violated and raped. People died at the hands of the smugglers.

Daniel’s bigger sister lives in Sweden, where he was trying to join her, but due to a mistake made in the system about the date of birth of Daniel, he was not allowed to rejoin her through the UNHCR resettlement scheme. He therefore is stuck in Libya. If he wants to survive, he must get out. While talking to him it was very clear he was scared. He said so himself. He begged me to do anything that could help him. In the UNHCR Gathering and Departure Facility (GDF) camp where he is now, there are 1,500 people, most of them young boys and girls, and pregnant women.

So imagine if that was you. Or your child. Or your sister and brother. Just imagine.

*The names of the refugees were changed for security reasons but the real names are known to the author.

The author interviewed Daniel on 2019, October 13 and 15 by phone. The original transcript is with the author. The interview is part of a school project. The author is a 16-year old student. The name of the author is a penname for security reasons.

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