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Radio Dimtsi Harnnet Kassel 26.03.2020

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Wednesday, 25 March 2020 15:33

Turkish Prosecutors File Indictment Over the Killing of Journalist Jamal Khashoggi

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Jamal Khashoggi
 
Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi is seen in Istanbul, Turkey on May 6, 2018.
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By Associated Press
March 25, 2020 5:45 AM EDT

(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkish prosecutors have filed an indictment against 20 Saudi nationals over the 2018 killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, Turkish media reports said Wednesday.

The private DHA news agency said the Istanbul chief prosecutor’s office completed its investigation into the killing and charged 18 Saudi nationals with “deliberate murder” and two others with instigating murder. Other details of the indictment were not immediately available.

All suspects in the killing have left Turkey and Saudi Arabia has put 11 people on trial over the murder.

Khashoggi’s grisly slaying by Saudi agents in the kingdom’s Consulate in Istanbul drew international condemnation and cast a cloud of suspicion over Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

 
Khashoggi, who was a resident of the U.S., had walked into his country’s consulate on Oct. 2, 2018, for an appointment to pick up documents that would allow him to marry. He never walked out, and his body has not been found.
 
Source=https://time.com/5809525/turkey-jamal-khashoggi-indictment/
Wednesday, 25 March 2020 14:00

Ethiopia’s stance on Eritrea refugee camps raised with UK Foreign Office

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March 25, 2020 Ethiopia, News

Source: Lord Alton

Telephone Meeting With Mr. Julian Reilly, United Kingdom Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea. Take action to help the 18,000 Hitsats refugees threatened by removal and by exposure to Coronavirus.

MARCH 25, 2020 / DAVID ALTON

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During a Telephone Meeting this morning with Mr. Julian Reilly, United Kingdom Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa and the Red Sea – also attended by telephone link by the Earl of Sandwich and Harriet Baldwin MP –  I raised the plight of 18,000 Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia who are being removed from the refugee camp at Hitsats.

Their displacement is not only in breach of World Health Organisation guidelines about the danger of spreading Coronavirus it also compromises Ethiopia’s duties towards vulnerable refugees. 

You can help by sending and sharing the open letter, organised by Eritrea Focus,  to the Ethiopian Government (see the link below).

During the meeting, Mr.Reilly discussed the challenge posed by Coronavirus to the region, the importance of ending conflict and promoting sustainable development, the damage to crops from locusts, planned elections, the role of other countries within the Region, the challenges posed by dam construction, and the  reconciliation initiatives between Eritrea and Ethiopia and within South Sudan.  

Ethiopia: Open Letter On Closing Refugee Camps For 18,000 Eritreans 

18,000 Eritrean refugees imminently at risk because the Ethiopian Government has ceased to apply, as of right, refugee status to Eritreans. The Hitsats refugee camp, holding 18,000 Eritrean refugees, is to be closed and refugees relocated to a camp that has no infrastructure and is already overcrowded.

Exposure to Coronavirus

We are sharing this open letter to the President of Ethiopia

urging the Ethiopian Government to reconsider its plans for this relocation of Hitsats refugees since we believe that such a move will be contrary to the WHO guidelines and efforts to contain the spread of the Coronavirus virus and will expose both refugees and host populations to unnecessary risk of contagion.

We encourage you to share this letter as widely as possible, distribute it via your networks and encourage institutions, MPs, and leaders to take this matter up and help us advocate to protect the refugees.

click on this link for the letter:

Open Letter to the Ethiopian Government

Please share and act!

For more information and news see here

Thank you.  https://eritrea-focus.org/ 
Wednesday, 25 March 2020 09:26

ሓደጋ ኮቪን-19፡ ኮሮናቫይረስ!

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ኣብዚ እዋንዚ  ኮቪን-19 ኮሮናቫይረስ ብደረጃ ትካል ጥዕና ዓለም ዝለዓለ ደረጃ “ዓለም ለኻዊ ተላባዒ” ካብ ዝበሃል ንነጀው ናይ ኩልና ኣጀንዳ ኮይኑ ዘሎ ዛዕባ እዩ። ዋላኳ ኣብ ቅድሚ መላእ ዓለም ኣዛራቢ ተላባዒ ሕማም ክፍጠር እዚ ናይ መጀመርታ እንተዘይኮነ፡ ከም ኮሮና ብሓንሳብ ዓለም ዘንቀጥቀጠን ዘናወጸን ኣየጋጠመን ዝብሉ ብዙሓት እዮም። እዚ ዝኾነሉ ምኽንያት ከኣ፡ ምጣነ-ሃብታውን ካልእ መወዳደሪ መዳያትን ገዲፍካ፡ ከም ፍጡር ሰብ ህልውና ኣብ ሓደጋ ዘእተወ ብምዃኑ እዩ። ዳይረክተር ትካል ጥዕና ዓለም ኢትዮጵያዊ ዶ/ር ቴዎድሮስ ኣድሓኖም ብ23 መጋቢት 2020 “ንመጀምርያ ግዜ ሓደ ሰብ ብሕማም ኮሮናቫይረስ ከም ዝተታሕዘ ጸብጻብ ምስ ቀረበ፡ እቲ ቁጽሪ 100 ሺሕ ንክበጽሕ 67 መዓልታት ወሲድሉ። እቶም ቀጺሎም በቲ ሕማም ዝተለኽፉ 100 ሺሕ ሰባት ኣብ 11 መዓልታት ተታዝሒዞም። ድሕሪኡ ዝተታሕዙ ካለኦት 100 ሺሕ ሰባት ከኣ ኣብ 4 መዓልታት ጥራይ እዮም ተለኺፎም።”  ዝበልዎ፡ እቲ ሕማም ክሳብ ክንደይ ግዜ ዘይህብ ቅልጡፍ ተላባዒ ምዃኑ የረድእ።

ብሰንክዚ ቀዛፊ፡ ዘይተጸበናዮ፡ ኣዝዩ ቅልጡፍ ተላባዒ ሕማም ብምዃኑ፡ ክንድዚ ሓሚሞም ክንድዚ ሞይቶም ኢልካ ኣሃዝ ክትጠቅስ ዕድል ዝህብ ኣይኮነን። ንኣብነት ክሳብ ንግሆ 24 መጋቢት 2020 ብዝሒ በዚ ሕማም ዝተታሕዙ ሰባት 378,912፡ ቁጽሪ ዝመቱ 16,515 ቁጽሪ ተታሒዞምስ ዝሓወዩ ከኣ 102,069 ነይሩ። እዚ ኣሃዝዚ እዚ ጽሑፍ ኣብ መርበብ ሓበሬታ ክሳብ ዝወጽእ ክሳብ ክንደይ ኣብ ተዓጻጻፊ ደረጃ በጺሕ ከም ዝኸውን ምግማት ኣየጽግምን። እዚ ሕማም ኣብ መዳይ ጥዕና ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ብኹሉ ዕቤተን ኣብ ዝለዓለ ደረጃ ዝስረዓ፡ ኩሉ ክገብራ ከም ዝኽእላ እምነት ኣብ ዝተነብረለን ሃገራት በዓል፡ ቻይና፡ ኢጣልያ፡ ስፐይን፡ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካን ካለኦትን ዝኸፈአ ጉድኣት ምውራዱ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊተን ንሃገርና ኤርትራ ወሲኽካ ናይዘን ኣቐዲምና ዝጠቐስናየን ሃገራት ኢድ ዝጽበያ፡ ቁጠባዊ ዓቕሚ፡  ምምሕዳራዊ ጽፈትን ዝርጋሐ ትሕተ ቅርጻን ዝጐድለን ወይ ዘየብለን ተጽዕኖኡ ክሳብ ክንደይ ምዃኑ ምግማት ኣየጸግምን። “ናይዚ ሕማም ፈውሲ እንታይ እዩ? መዓስ እዩኸ ዝምከት?” ኢልካ ሓቲትካ፡  መልሲ ዘይትረኽበሉ ምዃኑ ከኣ፡ ዝያዳ የሻቕል። እዚ ሕማምዚ ምስተመከተ እውን፡ ስንብራቱ ብቐሊሉ ከም ዘይሓዊ ድሮ ብዙሓት ኣርሒቖም ዝጥምቱ ክኢላታት ይግምቱ ኣለዉ።

ካብ ምልክታት ናይዚ ሕማም፡ ብርቱዕ ረስኒ፡ ደረቕ ሰዓል፡ ሕጽረት ትንፋስ ምዃኑ ብኽኢላታት ይንገረና ኣሎ። እዚ ምልክታት እዚ ናይ ካለኦት ምሳና ዝጸንሑ ሕማማት ምልክት እውን ስለ ዝኾነ ምልላዩ ኣጸጋሚ እዩ። መፈወሲኡ ክታበት፡ ከኒና ወይ መርፍእ ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣይተረኽበን። ኣብ ክንድኡ፡ ጽሬት ኣእዳው ምሕላው፡ ኣብ ሕድሕድካ ምርሕሓቕ፡ ኢድ ጨቢጥካ ሰላም ዘይምብህሃልን ከተህንጥስ እንከለኻ ኣፍንጫኻ ምኽዳንን ከም ዝኾኑ እውን ብፈላጣት ናይዚ ዛዕባ ይንገረና ኣሎ። እዚ ነቶም በእዳውካ ሰላም ምብህሃልን ምስዕዓምን፡ ሓቢርካ ምብላዕን ምስታይን፡ ሓቢርካ ምጉዓዝን ሓቢርካ ምጽላይን ኣካል ባህልናን እምነትናን ዝኾነ ክሳብ ክንደይ ምልማዱ ከም ዝኸብድ ምግማቱ ዘጸግም ኣይኮነን። ቁጠማዊ ዓቕምና ድኹም ምዃኑ እውን ኣብ ምትግባር እዚ መጠንቀቕታ ሓጋዚ ኣይኮነን።

እምበኣር ወያ፡ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ልዕልና፡ ቁጠባዊ ጸብለትነትን ማሕበራዊ ብልጫን ንምጭባጥ ክትወዳደር ዝጸንሐት ዓለምና፡ እነሆ ሎሚ ንብመለኣ ኣብ ዝምልከት ናይ ከም ፍጡር ምህላውን ዘይምህላውን ብደሆ የፋጥጠላ ኣሎ። ወዮ ከም ዋዛ፡ ንሓንሳብ “ግዜ 3ይ ውግእ ዓለም ከጋጥም እዩ፡” ወይ ድማ “ምጽኣት ዓለም ኣኺሉ እዩ፡” ክበሃል ዝጸንሐ “እዋእ ወዮ ዝተፈርሐስ ኮይኑ ግዲ” ኣብ ዝበሃለሉ ደረጃ በጺሕና ኣለና።

እዚ ጉዳይ ቫይረስ ኮሮና ማሕበራዊ ቀዛፍነቱ ከምዚ ንዕዘቦ ዘለና ኮይኑ፡ ፖለቲካዊ መልክዕ ክሕዝ ጀሚሩ ኣሎ። ንኣብነት መራሒ ኣሜሪካ ነዚ ሕማም ኣንጻር ኩሉ ዝተኸፍተ ዓለምለኻዊ ሓያል ውግእ ክነሱ፡ ናይ ቻይና ሕማም ቫይረስ ክብሎ ምፍታኑ እዚ ዛዕባዚውን ኣካል ናይቲ ክካየድ ዝጸንሐ ናይ ልዕልናኻ ምርግጋጽ ውድድር ይኸውን ኣሎ ዘስምዕ እዩ። ንሕና ኤርትራውያን በቲ ዘይምሕር ቫይረስ ህግዲፍ ክንሳቐ ዝጸናሕናን ካብዚ ስቓይዚ ክንወጽእ እንቃለስ ዘለናን ኢና። ብሰንክቲ ህግዲፋዊ ቫይርስ ከም ሃገርን ህዝብን ህልውናና ከይጠፍእ ስግኣት ጸኒሑና። ሎሚ ከኣ እነሆ ከምቲ፡ ድምጻዊ ነፍስሄር ኣብርሃም ኣፈወርቂ “ነቲ ሕማቕ ዝሓመቐ ኣለዎ” ዝበሎ፡ ካብ ሕማቕ ናብ ኣዝዩ ዝሓመቐ ተሰጋጊርና፡ ከም ህዝቢ ከይንበርስ ከም ኣካል ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም ኣብ ቅድሚ ሓደጋ ኣለና። ነቲ ንጭቆና ህግዲፋዊ ቫይረስ ሓንጐፋይ ኢልና ዘይተቐቢልናዮ፡ ንኮሮና እውን “ምስ ሰብካ መዓት ዳርጋ ገዓት” ኢልና ከይረዓምና ብዘለና ዓቕሚ ክንቃለሶ ይግበኣና።

እዚ ዘለናዮ ኩነታት ኣይኮነንዶ ንሕና ኣብ ኣዝዩ ዝተሓተ ደረጃ ዕቤትን ዘይርጉእ ኩነታትን እንርከብ፡ ነቶም “ኣብ ትሕቲ ኣምላኽ ከኣልቲ ኩሉ” ክበሃሉ ዝጸንሑ ኣካላት እውን ኣዋጢሩ ዘሎ እዩ። ኣብ ከምዚ ፈታኒ ኩነታት ክንገብሮ ዝግበኣና፡ እቶም ዝሓሸ ናይ ምምርማር ዓቕምን ኣፍልጦን ዘለዎም ኣካላት ዝህብዎ ምኽርን ምዕዶን ምቕባልን ምትግባርን እዩ። እቶም ብሰንኪ ገፋዒ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ፡ ኣብ ሃገሮም ንህዝቦም ናይ ምግልጋል ዕድል ተነፊግዎም ፈቐድኡ ፋሕ ኢሎም ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ናይ ሕክምና ክኢላታት ከካብ ዘለዉዎ ኩርናዕ ንህዝብና በብቋንቋኡ ብምስትምሃር ዜግነታዊ ግቡኦም ክፍጽሙ ይግበኦም። ንሓ እውን ንጽወዖም። ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ኣብ ተለቪዥን ኣሰና ቀሪቦም ብዛዕባዚ መብርሂ ክህቡ ዝተዓዘብናዮም ኤርትራውያን ክኢላታት ተግባሮም ኣብነታዊ እዩ እሞ ንሳቶም ክቕጽልዎ፡ ካልኦት እውን ክስዕብዎ ዝግባእ እዩ። ካለኦት ኤርትራዊ ማዕከናት እውን ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ብቐጥታ ሓበሬታ ንምርካብ ዘይተዓደለ ህዝብና ኣብ ምክትታሉ ክሰርሓ ይግበአን። ኤርትራውያን ኩልና ከኣ፡ ኣብ ክንዲ ተስፋ ምቑራጽ፡ እዚ ለበዳዚ ከምቶም ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ  ዝበልዑ በሊዖም ከም ዝሓልፉ ለበዳታት፡ ከም ዝሓልፍ ተስፋ ክንሰንቕ እምበር፡ ተስፋ ክንቆርጽ ኣይግበኣናን።

Wednesday, 25 March 2020 09:23

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‘If I could, I’d go home to Eritrea tomorrow’

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Two Eritrean boys stand outside a church in south Tel Aviv (source: PRI)
Two Eritrean boys stand outside a church in south Tel Aviv (source: PRI)

In the past fifteen years, tens of thousands of Africans, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan, have crossed into Israel. The majority of these people now live in south Tel Aviv.

Shapira, a traditionally blue-collar area, is one of the neighbourhoods they have ended up in. Hipsters have also begun to move into the area, complete with fixie bikes and yoga lessons. These newcomers have come into conflict with Shapira’s original inhabitants, most of whom are religious Jews from Uzbekistan, Turkey and Greece.

During the past twelve months, I interviewed people in Shapira to see how they wound up there and what they think of the things happening in the neighbourhood. Here’s what one man had to say.

Pizza dude, 29

How did I arrive in Shapira? I’m from Eritrea, you understand? Is your mic working ok? You can hear me?

Good. So, how did I arrive to to Shapira from Eritrea? Great question. I was in the army. From the age of thirteen, I was in the army. Yes, thirteen years-old. I was in a special part of the military, learning to be a fighter, a commando. I studied that for five years. 

In the army in Eritrea, there is no end. You are there and there is no end. All your life is in the army. So, I studied to be a soldier for five years in the army. I did everything that I was able to do, learnt everything that I was able to learn. I learnt how to be a commando, a fighter, all those sorts of things. 

I looked at my life, how I’d grown and how I was progressing. All my life was in the army, I hadn’t seen my parents, I hadn’t seen my family. I wanted to progress in my life. So I ran away from the army, escaped Eritrea and came to Israel.

The way that I escaped….I escaped in a way that wasn’t legal. Why? I escaped with my gun, with everything to Sudan. I went through Sudan to Egypt and from Egypt I came to Israel. So now I live here. I escaped when I was eighteen from Eritrea. I arrived in Israel a long time, in 2007. I can’t go back now to Eritrea. It wasn’t legal, you understand? I had my gun and all my stuff with me when I escaped. Here too, you don’t get what you need. Eritreans suffer in life.

How did I get here to Shapira in particular? Great question. When I arrived in Israel, first of all, I was in a prison in the desert, near to Beersheva. Then they brought us to a bus and gave us a ticket to the Central Bus Station in Tel Aviv. So you look around in this neighbourhood, you find a place to live and things like that. I lived here in this neighbourhood for 10 years already. 

I still don’t have anything [after 10 years]. In my life, I don’t have anything, you understand? This restaurant? No, it’s not mine. It’s someone else’s – it’s my cousin’s. The guy that owns the building, he’s a Sudanese man that got citizenship here. I don’t have citizenship or a residency permit. 

Listen, I’m not complaining about this neighbourhood. Everything is good here. Good people, everything’s ok. There are some racists that ask you questions. But what to do? We are suffering. 

You are wrong about there being conflicts between us and the Sudanese. You’re mistaken. There are problems between Eritreans and Eritreans. There are those against the [Eritrean] government. There are those that support the government. I hate the government. What good is there? It’s a dictatorship. 

Of course I miss Eritrea. If I could, I would go there right now. Today. No, I don’t prefer to live here. What is it to live here? It’s not better to live here. I don’t speak the language of the Jews, you understand? I speak the language but I don’t understand them, you understand? Everyone should be in the country that’s good for him. If the government in Eritrea changes, tomorrow morning I’ll go back there. 

What’s good in Israel? What’s better than Eritrea? Here there are democrats, there is democracy. You can say what you want. That’s what’s good in Israel. But it’s not my democracy, it’s for the Jewish people. Democracy here is for for the Jews, it’s not for us. We came to Israel, we applied for asylum but Israel doesn’t want to agree to that. Why? Because everyone here makes money. I’m here every day and it costs me money. Why? Because Israel takes a percentage of our money.

I have no problem with anyone. I have friends that are Arabs, that are Jews. There are some racists that hate blacks. There’s also racism from Arabs that don’t like blacks. But there are people here from every background. Ashkenazi, Yemenites, Mizrahim, Eritreans, Sudanese, Filipino – they all live here in Shapira. Why? Because life here is simple. I can’t live in a flat in Allenby [a street in central Tel Aviv], you understand? I can’t live in north Tel Aviv. I don’t have the money to pay 8,000 shekels a month in rent. Here, I can rent a room for 3,000 shekels. One room, it’s not good. But that’s why I live in this area.

Source=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/if-i-could-id-go-home-to-eritrea-tomorrow/

Monday, 23 March 2020 23:25

‘In Eritrea, there’s no freedom. Only the army’

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African asylum seekers who had been detained at Saharonim prison, southern Israel, due to their refusal to leave Israel to a third country, seen being released from the prison. High Court ruled there is no legal justification to keep them in detention. April 15, 2018. Photo by Hadas Parush/FLASH90 *** Local Caption *** îá÷ùé î÷ìè ôìéèéí
African asylum seekers leaving the Saharonim prison in southern Israel (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

In the past 15 years, tens of thousands of Africans, mostly from Eritrea and Sudan, have crossed into Israel. The majority of these people now live in south Tel Aviv.

Shapira, a traditionally blue-collar area, is one of the neighbourhoods they have ended up in. Hipsters have also begun to move into the area, complete with fixie bikes and yoga lessons. These newcomers have come into conflict with Shapira’s original inhabitants, most of whom are religious Jews from Uzbekistan, Turkey and Greece.

During the past twelve months, I interviewed people in Shapira to see how they wound up there and what they think of the things happening in the neighbourhood. Here’s what one guy had to say.

A, 31 years-old

I left my house, my mum, my dad, when I was 14 years-old to join the army. But in the army in Eritrea, you don’t know when it’s going to end. There is no end. You can’t see your family, nothing. In Eritrea, there is no freedom. All the time, you are in the army. I was in the army in Eritrea for 8 years. Yes, eight years. It was enough. One day, after I had been with them for a year and three months, I came home on break and I decided to leave Eritrea. It was 2007 and that was it. 

I left and I went to Sudan and then to Libya. I was in Libya for three years and four months. I wanted to go to Europe but the way via the sea was closed. So I went to Egypt and then to Israel. Now, I’ve been in Israel for eight years. I came here in 2011.

When we came across the border, the Israeli army accepted us and gave us some food and water. After that, there are three places that I went to. The first place, I stayed there for only two days. The next place is a place called ‘Holot’ – in the desert – I was there for three months. After that, they give you a visa and you leave. I have a visa for two months, so I have to renew it every two months. All the Eritreans, they don’t have anything, no visa.

Shapira is a good place. There are lots of Eritreans here, so I have a lot of friends here. But I didn’t come here because of that. There was a problem with my house down the road, the landlord was raising the rent and making problems. So, I asked people in Shapira if there’s a flat near to here. And that’s it, that’s why I’m here.

I like living in Israel, but life here is a little hard. All the time, they are cursing Eritrea – and I’m Eritrean. All the time talking about Eritreans in a bad way. So that’s hard. 

There are Muslims and Christians from Eritrea here. We eat together, sit together. We’re friends. There are no problems, we just don’t marry. That’s it. The Sudanese, I don’t know them. I know them like I know you, just people in the street, that’s it. Yes, I also heard that there are problems between the Eritreans and Sudanese here in Israel but I didn’t see that.

Are there Eritreans in Israel that support the Eritrean government? No, just liars and cowards. There are people here that send money home to Eritrea. So the government there knows who is here and where their family is. So they tell them in some way, if you speak badly about the government in Israel, we’ll kill your family here in Eritrea. That’s it. So you hear people say this and that, it’s lies. It’s because they are afraid.

I don’t miss Eritrea because there is nothing there. If I can, I will continue to somewhere new, Europe or some place. There are a lot of Eritreans that moved to Canada. But if I go back to Africa, there will be a problem. Someone might kill me. Yes, if the government changes, I’ll go back. What do I have here? Nothing. No family, no parents. Here, you just go to work, come back, go to work, come back. That’s it. If you don’t do that, no one is going to help. You’ll have no home, no nothing. 

But there are some things here that are good. Here you can say what you like about the government and nothing will happen. In Eritrea, you aren’t able to do that.

Source=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/in-eritrea-theres-no-freedom-only-the-army/

Monday, 23 March 2020 12:22

Ethiopia: Open Letter to PM Abiy on closing Refugee Camps for 18,000 Eritreans

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March 23, 2020 Ethiopia, News

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To:       H. E Dr Abiy Ahmed, Prime Minister of Ethiopia

Cc:        Director General ARRA

            Ethiopian Minister of Health

             African Union

             IGAD

             Resident Representative UNHCR – Ethiopia

             Delegation European Union to Ethiopia

             All Party Parliamentary Group (UK)

             Foreign & Commonwealth Offices (FCO)

             USA State Department

 Open Letter on the Closure of Hitsats Eritrean Refugee Camp in Ethiopia

We, appreciate and encourage your Government’s efforts towards forging lasting peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea. In particular we are thankful that Ethiopia has accepted and supported so many Eritrean Refugees and that, under your leadership, this welcome has continued to date.

We also value your parliament’s, January 2019, legislation that has given refugees the legal right to work, access primary education, obtain a driver’s licence, register births and marriages and open bank accounts. These actions have been significant and have assisted many Eritreans.

However, recent developments in Ethiopia in regard to Eritrean refugees are very concerning. We are troubled, by reports that: (i) your Government has ceased to apply as of right refugee status to Eritreans; (ii) Hitsats refugee camp, holding 18,000 Eritrean refugees, is to be closed; and (iii) refugees will be relocated to a camp that has no infrastructure and is already overcrowded.

Considering the global Coronavirus pandemic, we strongly urge your Government to reconsider plans for the relocations of Hitsats refugees to a location that is overcrowded and has no infrastructure. We believe that such move will be contrary to the WHO drive to contain the spreading of the virus and will expose both refugees and host populations to unnecessary risk of contagion.

We encourage your Government to continue to adhere to International and National norms and standards for the protection of Eritrean refugees and to cease actions to close Hitsas camp.

Eritrean refugees are fleeing a human right abuse situation in their country that the UN Commission of Inquiry as to Human Rights in Eritrea has described as ‘Crimes against humanity’. After a thorough examination of the situation in Eritrea, in 2016, the UN Commission found that in Eritrea there are:

“…. reasonable grounds to believe that crimes against humanity have been committed in Eritrea since 1991. Eritrean officials have engaged in a persistent, widespread and systematic attack against the country’s civilian population since 1991. They have committed, and continue to commit, the crimes of enslavement, imprisonment, enforced disappearance, torture, other inhumane acts, persecution, rape and murder.”

Finally, any changes in the future status of Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia must include the voices of the refugees and must be linked to necessary social and political changes in Eritrea. Therefore, your Government’s ongoing peace dialogue with Eritrea should also address the following issues:

  1. Reform of the National Service. Starting with a freeze on new intakes, the application of the statutory 18 months limit. And, finally decoupling it from education;
  1. The recall of the National Assembly that has not met since 2002. The key institution to further the peace process with Ethiopia;
  1. Peace and reconciliation between the various Eritrea opposition groups including the release of political prisoners;
  1. Implementation of the 1997 Constitution.

If there are no changes within Eritrea, and there are not peace dividends for the people of Eritrea, the youth  will continue  to flee  the country and the best that Ethiopia  will achieve  from the peace process is a higher order  version  of the – “No War , No Peace” that existed  prior to  2018.

While there are no changes within Eritrea, we urge you not to close Hitsats camp and not to transfer refugees to camps that have no infrastructure and are already overcrowded. We also urge your Government to continue:

  1. accepting Eritrean refugees in as of right;
  1. protecting and safeguarding Eritrean refugees.

Yours Truly

Habte Hagos

Chairman

In Solidarity – Open Letter on Closure of Hitsats Eritrean Refugee Camp in Ethiopia

 

Organisation

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1.     African Monitors

 Africa Monitors

2.     Eritrea Diaspora in East Africa (EDEA)

 Picture 2Eritrean Diaspora in East Africa (EDEA)

3.     Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR)

 Picture 3Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR)

4.     Forum Human Rights For Eritreans

Picture 5Foundation Human Rights for Eritreans

In Solidarity – Open Letter on Closure of Hitsats Eritrean Refugee Camp in Ethiopia

5.     Horn of Africa Forum For Civil Society

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6.     Network for Eritrean Women

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Monday, 23 March 2020 09:30

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መሪሕነት ህዝባዊ ግንባር ንዲሞከራስን ፍትሕን ብሓፈሻ፡ ውልቀ-መላኺ ኢሳያስ ኣፍወርቂ ድማ ብፍላይ፡ ተበዲልና እምበር በዲልና ዘይወጾም መራሕቲ ኢዮም። ስለዝዀኑ ድማ፡ ይቕሬታ ክሓቱ ወይ ሕድገታት ክገብሩ ባህርያቶም ኣየፍቅደሎምን ኢዩ። ጌጋኻ ከይኣረምካ፡ ካብ ቂምን ቅርሕንትን ዝተበገሰ ተጻይ መልሲ እንዳሃብካ ሃገር ምምራሕ ስለዘይከኣል ከኣ፡ እንሆ ኤርትራን ህዝባን ብስእነት ሰላምን ሰናይ ምሕደራን ንእልቢ ዘይብሉ ጸገማት ተቓሊዖም ይርከቡ። ብኻልእ ኣገላልጻ፡ ዕጫ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ድኽነት፡ ሕማም፡ ድንቍርና፡ ህውከትን ስደትን ኰይኑ ኣሎ።

ነዚ ሓቂ’ዚ ንምሽፋንን ዕምሪ ስልጣኑ ንምንዋሕን ኢዩ እምበኣር ውልቀ-መላኺ ኢሳያስ ኣፍወርቂ፡ ብድሆታትን ዕድላትን ዝብል ቃላት ኣብ ነፍስወከፍ ዓመት እናደጋገመ ንህዝቢ ከደናግር ክፍትን ዝጸንሐን ዘሎን።  ብዓይኒ ሓቂ እንተርኢናዮ ግን፡ እዚ ስርዓት’ዚ ብብድሆታት ዝቝዝም ንዝተፈጥሩ ዕድላት ድማ ብኸንቱ ዘባኽን ስርዓት ኢዩ።

ናጽነት ኤርትራ ብ1991 ምስ ተረጋገጸ፡ ንብድሆታት  ህንጻ ሃገር ንምስዓር ዘኽእሉ ብዙሓት ዕድላት ኢዮም ተኸሲቶም ነይሮም። ተቓወምቲ ውድባት ኤርትራ፡ ንግዝያዊ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ተቐቢሎም፡ ከም ተቓወምቲ ብናጽነት ክዋስኡ ዘኽእሎም ዘተ ንምግባር ቅሩብነቶም ዝገለጽሉ እዋን’ዩ ነይሩ። መራሕቲ ኤርትራ፡ ኢትዮጵያን ኡጋንዳን ናይ ሓድሽ ወለዶ መራሕቲ ተባሂሎም ኣህጕራዊ ማሕበረ-ሰብ ብሓፈሻ፡ መንግስቲ ኣመሪካ ከኣ ብፍላይ ክድግፎም ድልዊ ነይሩ። ዓለም ብዓለማ ብኢትዮጵይ ጀሚርካ፡ ናጽንትን ልዑላውነትን ናይ ኤርትራ ተቐቢላ፡ ምስ ኤርትራ ሓቢራ ክትሰርሕ ኤምባሲታት ኣብ ኤርትራ ከፊታ። ጣልያን፡ መገዲ ባቡር ኤርትራ ባዕለይ ክሰርሖ ኢላ ተመባጺዓ። ኮሚሽን ስደተኛታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ናብ ሃገሮም ተመሊሶም ንኽጣየሱ ዘድሊ ሓገዛት ክገብር ወሲኑ። ኣብ ግዳም ዝነብሩ ኤርትራውያን ከኣ፡ ነታ ዘላቶም ዓቕሚ ኣብ ህንጸት ሃገሮም ከውዕሉ፡ ብሓብር ድዮም ወይስ በብውልቆም ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ መዳያት ገንዘቦም ከዋፍሩ ክጓየዩ ዝተራእይሉ ወቕቲ’ዩ ነይሩ።

ምልካዊ ስርዓት ኣስመራ ግን፡ ነዚ ዕድላት’ዚ ብምሉኡ ኣባኺኑ’ዩ ናብ ብድሆታት ቀይርዎ። ናጽነት ኤርትራ ምስ ተረጋገጸ፡ ኢሳያስ ኣፍወርቂ ኣብ ዝሃቦ መግለጺ፡ ምስ ዲፕሎማስያዊ ዕዮ ዘይሳነ፡ ንውድብ ሓድነት ኣፍሪቃን ንዅሎም መራሕቲ ኣፍሪቃን  ብምቍንጻብን ብምጽራፍን ኢዩ ፈሊምዎ። ንጣልያን ውን ከምኡ እቲ ገንዘብ ኣብ ኢድና እንተዘይሃብኩምና ይትረፈና ዝብል መልሲ ሂቡ፡ ብጕልበት ኤርትራውያን ነቲ መገዲ ባቡር ዘመናዊ ንምግባር ዘይኰነስ፡ ነቲ ዝነበረ ንምጽጋን ክንደይ ግዜን ገንዘብን ከጥፍኣሉ መሪጹ። ንወኪል ኤምባሲታት ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ ኣባሪሩ፤ ስደተኛታት ከይምለሱ፡ ምስኦም ተሓኤን ዕላማታቱን ክምለሱ ኢዮም ካብ ዝብል ስግኣት ናይ መምለሲኦም ገንዘብ ደኣ ሃቡኒ እምበር፡ ከመይ ከምዝምለሱስ ባዕለይ ኢየ ዝፈልጦ ብምባል ነቲ ተበግሶ ኣምከኖ። ኤርትራውያን ኣውፈርቲ ድማ፡ ንገሊኦም ፕሮጀክትታቶም ሰሪቑ፡ ኣብ ግብሪ ክውዕል ዘየኽእል ምስምስ፡ ንኣብነት ፋብሪካ ክገብር እንተበሉ ሓይሊ ኤለክትሪክ ኣብ ዘይርከቦ ቦታ ክተኽልዎ ወይ ድማ እዚ ፕሮጀክት’ዚ ድሮ ብኻልኦት ቀሪቡ ኣሎ ኢሉ ከምክኖን ቦንድ’ዶ ናይ ገዛውቲ ፕርጀክት’ዶ እናበለ ሃብቶም፡ ገንዘቦምን ጕልበቶምን ክዝርፍ ኢዩ ተራእዩ። እትረፍ’ዶ ኣውፈርቲ ካብ ወጻኢ ናብ ኤርትራ ክኣትዉ። እቶም ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝነበሩ ውሕዳት ሰብ ርእሰ-ማል ሃገሮም ራሕሪሖም ክወጹን፡ ሃብቶም ኣብ ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ ከዋፍርዎን ተራእዮም።

እቲ ጸይቂ ስራሕ ኣብ’ዚ ጥራሕ ተደሪቱ’ውን ኣይተረፈን። ምስ ጐረባብቲ ሃገራት የመን፡ ሱዳን፡ ኢትዮጵያን ጅቡትን ውግእ ብምብራዕ ንዞናና ናብ ዘይርጉእን ናይ ውግእን ወረ ውግእን ዞና ቀይርዎ። ከም ውጽኢቱ ድማ፡ ብምልዮናት ዝቝጸሩ ነበርቲ ናይ’ዘን ሃገራት ኣደዳ ሞት፡ ስንክልና፡ ምፍንቓልን ስደትን ኰይኖም። እታ እንኮ ዝነበረትና ዩኒቨርሲቲ ተዓጽያ፡ ብወተሃደራት ዝካየድ ኣብያተ-ትምህርትን ኮለጃትን ተተኪኣ። በዚ ኣገባብ’ዚ፡ ኤርትራ፡ ዝነበራ ዕድላት ኵሉ ባኺኑ፡ ስማን መልክዓን ተደዊኑ፡ ዜጋታታ ኣደዳ ማእሰርቲ፡ መጭወይቲ ቅንጸላን ስደትን ኰይኖም። ዋላ እቶም ነቲ ውልቀ-መላኺ ናብ ስልጣን ዘምጽእዎ ተጋደልትን መራሕቲ ብጾቱን ከይተረፉ ካብ’ዚ ዕጫ’ዚ ኣይደሓኑን። ብሓጺሩ፡ ኤርትራ ናብ ዓባይ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ኢያ ተቐይራ። ነዚ ናይ ቤት ማእሰርቲ መነባብሮ ድማ፡ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ሰላም ኣሎ፡ ከም ድላይካ ከይሰጋእካ ክትዛወር ትኽእል እናበለ ክንየተሉ ይስማዕ ኢዩ። እወ፡ ኣብ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ዘረባ የለ፡ ተቓውሞ የለ፡ መሰል የለ፡ ባእሲ የለ፡ በቶም ዝሕልውኻ ወተሃደራት ዝወሃበካ ትእዛዛት እናፈጸምካ ኢኻ ትነብር። ነዚ’ዩ ሰላም ሰፊኑ ኢሉ ክምክሓሉ ዝስማዕ።

ሕጂ ብዛዕባ ኣየናይ ዕድል ኢዩ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ክዛረብ ዝፍትን ዘሎ ብዙሕ ብሩህ ኣይኰነን። እንታይ ከይረገጣ ዝተረፈቶ ጩራ ብርሃን ኣልያ ኰይና ኢያ ዕድላት ኣሎ ክብለና ዝፍትን ዘሎ። እዛ ምስ ቀዳማይ ሚንስተር ኢትዮጵያ ኣብዪ ኣሕመድን ምስ ብስዑዲ ዓረብ ዝምራሕ ልፍንትን ገይረያ ኢሉ ዝዛረበላ ዘሎ ምሕዝነት እንተዀይና፡ ሰላምን ልምዓትን ንምምጻእ ዘይኰነስ ንህውሓት ንምቕርቃርን ንልዑላውነት ኤርትራ ኣብ ዋጋ ዕዳጋ ብምእታው ጐብለልን ናይ’ቲ ከባቢ ንምዃን እንተዘይኰይኑ ካልእ ዝርአ ወይ ዝጭበጥ ዕላማ ኣይርኣናላን። ቅድሚ ሕጂ እውን ንኤርትራ ዝሓወሰት ኢትዮጵያ ክመርሕ ስለዝደለየ ኢዩ ንክልቲኡ ኣህዛብ ኣብ ውግእ ዝነቖተን ፍልልይ ምስ ወያነ ዝተኸስተን።

ኣብ ህልው ኵነታት ኤርትራን ኣብ ምዕባለታት ከባቢናን፤ ከምኡ’ውን ኣብ ዕድላትን ብድሆታትን መደባት ስራሕ 2020 ብዝብል ኣርእስቲ፡ ሓጐስ ገብረሂወት (ክሻ)፡ ዑስማን ሳልሕ፡ ኣልኣሚን መሓመድ ስዒድ፡ ኣብርሃ ክሳን ወለንኪኤል ኣብርሃን ዝርከብዎ ዝለዓለ  ተላኣኣኺ ጕጅለ ኢሳያስ፡ ምስ ላዕለዎት ኣዘዝቲ ሰራዊትን ላዕለዎት መራሕቲ ማሕበራትን ትካላትን ዘካድዎ ዘለዉ ሰሚናራት፡ ነቲ ምስ ዶር ኣብዪ ኣሕመድ ዝተበጽሐ ዘይንጹር ውዕላትን ስዒቡ ኣብ ዝተገብረ ብጽሖታት ክልቲኦም መራሕቲ ናብ ክልቲአን ሃገራት፡ ካብ መራሕ ሃገር ዘይትጽበዮ ኢሳያስ ዘስምዖ ናይ ጥልመት መደረ ንምክሕሓስን ንሱ ዘስዓቦ ህዝባዊ ቁጠዐን ንምዝሓልን ዝዓለመ ኢዩ። ስለ’ዚ ከኣ’ዮም ንመንእሰያትና ብሓድሽ ተክኖሎጂ ኣዕጢቕና ኣንጻር እዞም ኣዕነውቲ ሶሽያል ሚድያ ከነዋፍሮም ኣሎና ክብሉ ዝተሰምዑ።

እቲ ተወሲኹ ተባሂሉ ዝተዘርበሉ ደሞዝ ከኣ፡ ብመሰረት ኣብ 2016 ዝተገብረ ናይ ደሞዝ ምምሕያሽ እሞ ኣብ 2018 ኣብ ግብሪ ዝውዓለ ዝብሃል፡ እቲ ዝተሓተ ደሞዝ 1800 ናቕፋ ክኸውን ተወሲኑ ክነሱስ፡ ገለ ግን 500 ናቕፋ ይውሃቦም ምንባሩ’ዩ ኢሳያስ ጠቒሱ። ነዚ ድማ ንሱ ከምዘይፈልጦ ዝነበረ ኰይኑ ቀሪቡ። እቶም ነዚ ዝገበሩ ታሕተዎት ሰበ-ስልጣን ምንባሮም ኣሚቱ ወይ ምስ ናይ ቀረባ መራሕቶም ኣባኢሱ፡ ሕጂ ናይ ክልተ ዓመት በብ1300 ንወርሒ ተሓሲቡ ክኽፈሎም ከምዝወሰነ ገሊጹ። እዚ’ዩ ተወሲኹ ተባሂሉ ክግለጽ ዝሰማዕናዮ። ካልእ ዝሰማዕናዮ ወሰኽ ኣይነበረን። ነቶም ኣብ 2020 ክጅመር ተባሂሉ ተታሒዙ ዘሎ መደብ ስራሕ ኢሎም ሕቶኦም ከቕርብሉ ዝፈተኑ ጋዜጠኛታት ክግስጽ ከሎ ድማ፡ ኣብ 2020 ዘይኰነስ ኣብ 2021 ኢዩ ዝጅምር ክብል ተሰሚዑ። ብሓጺሩ ኣብ 2020 ዝዀነ ይኹን ክግበር ዝተመደበ ምምሕያሽ የለን። ን2021 እንተዀይኑ ድኣ ሽዑ እታ ርሕቕቲ ትመስል ዓመት ምስ መጸት  ዘይመርከብናሉ። ካብ ንዓመታ ደርሆስ፡ ሎምዘበን እንቋቍሖ’ዶ ኣይምሓሸን።

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