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Joint EPDP-EHRRA Press Statement

The German Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation, Dr. Gerd Mueller, is planned to visit Eritrea soon leading a Federal German delegation intending to talk to authorities in Asmara. The minister was already warned by a joint statement of German parties in the Bundestag (Federal German Parliament) that he should “not come back with a report based on bogus promises and statements made by some representatives of Eritrean tyrant”.

On their part, the Eritrean Human Rights and Refugee Advocacy (EHRRA), a German-based and legally registered non-profit charity, and the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), urged the German Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation and the German coalition government to refrain from prolonging the suffering of the Eritrean people by engaging in appeasement with and support to the evil regime in Asmara. The message was conveyed in a joint memo dated 17 June 2015.

     Economy Minister Dr. Mueller and Foreign Minister Steinmeier receive joint EHRRA-EPDP appeal.

The joint memorandum was prepared by seizing the opportunity of the planned visit to Eritrea by Dr. Gerd Mueller as well as the strong Bundestag discussion on the situation of human rights in Eritrea and its strong support to the damning report issued by the UN Commission of Inquiry which is about to be adopted soon at the 29^th Session of the 47-member UN Commission for Human Rights.

is about to be ad, the Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation. German We, presenters of this modest appeal to your esteemed office, are an Eritrean political party in exile that struggles for democratic change and a Germany-based and registered non-profit charity advocating for human rights and soliciting tangible support for Eritrean refugees everywhere, in particular those in Europe and the Horn of Africa region. We have taken this initiative in light of the recent UN Human Rights Commission report; the timely debate of the German Bundestag on the situation in Eritrea as well as Your Excellency’s planned mission to Eritrea in the coming few days.

The joint EPDP-EHRRA memorandum, which was also copied to Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German Foreign Minister, and through him to the Federal Government, made it clear that appeasement with and unconditional support to the dictatorial regime in Asmara will not solve the problem but, instead, prolong the suffering of the Eritrean people.

The memorandum also urged the German Government and its Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation to seriously consider taking action on the following requests:

1. The Federal German Government to oppose any gesture of appeasement and support to the dictatorship in Eritrea;
2. Germany to start an open engagement with Eritrean political and civil society non-state actors in the diaspora with the aim of empowering them to take part in a democratic transition in Eritrea;
3. Your esteemed Ministry (i.e. the Federal German Government) to take the initiative of establishing a solid programme for Eritrean refugees in Eastern Sudan and Northern Ethiopia by involving the support of EU and UN agencies. Such a huge programme for thousands of desperate refugees should include not only the provision of adequate food, shelter, health facilities and security, but also basic academic and vocational education to the big number of young Eritrean refugees in the Horn of Africa. Additional resources to this package programme can be obtained by rechanneling the development assistance funds suspended from reaching the Asmara regime.      

Planned German Delegation to Eritrea

Urged to Look into Facts Carefully

Joint EPDP-EHRRA Press Statement

The German Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation, Dr. Gerd Mueller, is planned to visit Eritrea soon leading a Federal German delegation intending to talk to authorities in Asmara. The minister was already warned by a joint statement of German parties in the Bundestag (Federal German Parliament) that he should “not come back with a report based on bogus promises and statements made by some representatives of Eritrean tyrant”.

On their part, the Eritrean Human Rights and Refugee Advocacy (EHRRA), a German-based and legally registered non-profit charity, and the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), urged the German Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation and the German coalition government to refrain from prolonging the suffering of the Eritrean people by engaging in appeasement with and support to the evil regime in Asmara. The message was conveyed in a joint memo dated 17 June 2015.

     Economy Minister Dr. Mueller and Foreign Minister Steinmeier  receive joint EHRRA-EPDP appeal. 

The joint memorandum was prepared by seizing the opportunity of the planned visit to Eritrea by Dr. Gerd Mueller as well as the strong Bundestag discussion on the situation of human rights in Eritrea and its strong support to the damning report issued by the UN Commission of Inquiry which is about to be adopted soon at the 29^th Session of the 47-member UN Commission for Human Rights.

is about to be ad, the Minister for Economic Development and Cooperation. German We, presenters of this modest appeal to your esteemed office, are an Eritrean political party in exile that struggles for democratic change and a Germany-based and registered non-profit charity advocating for human rights and soliciting tangible support for Eritrean refugees everywhere, in particular those in Europe and the Horn of Africa region. We have taken this initiative in light of the recent UN Human Rights Commission report; the  timely debate of the German Bundestag on the situation in Eritrea as well as Your Excellency’s planned mission to Eritrea in the coming few days.

The joint EPDP-EHRRA memorandum, which was also copied to Mr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the German Foreign Minister, and through him to the Federal Government, made it clear that appeasement with and unconditional support to the dictatorial regime in Asmara will not solve the problem but, instead, prolong the suffering of the Eritrean people.

The memorandum also urged the German Government and its Ministry for Economic Development and Cooperation to seriously consider taking action on the following requests:

1. The Federal German Government to oppose any gesture of appeasement and support to the dictatorship in Eritrea; 
2. Germany to start an open engagement with Eritrean political and civil society non-state actors in the diaspora with the aim of  empowering them to take part in a democratic transition in Eritrea;
3. Your esteemed Ministry (i.e. the Federal German Government) to take the initiative of establishing a solid programme for Eritrean refugees in Eastern Sudan and Northern Ethiopia by involving the support of EU and UN agencies.  Such a huge programme for thousands of desperate refugees should include not only the provision of adequate food, shelter, health facilities and security, but also basic academic and vocational education to the big number of young Eritrean refugees in the Horn of Africa. Additional resources to this package programme can be obtained by rechanneling the development assistance funds suspended from reaching the Asmara regime.