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The objectives of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea and ways of making its work a success were the main issues discussed at a public meeting in Geneva on Sunday, 21 September, organized by Swiss-Eritrean Youth for Progress and Solidarity (SEYPS) and endorsed by members of  Eritrean civic associations and political organizations in Switzerland.

The speakers were Ms Elsa Chyrum, director of the Human Rights Concern-Eritrea (HRC-E) and Ms Veronica Almedom, coordinator of activities of the newly formed SEYPS.

Ms Elsa Chyrum and youthful Veronica Almedom explained that the Inquiry Commission on Eritrea, which was established by the decision of the UN Human Rights Council, last June, aims to investigate and officially document the alleged human rights abuses of the Eritrean regime since its formation 23 years ago.

In her detailed clarifications, Ms Elsa Chyrum listed the abuses that have to be reported by all victims of the regime and their relatives and friends. She urged all sister organizations in the opposition camp to play effective roles in promoting the objectives of the Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea which is designed to report its findings within one year. “This is a rare chance for Eritreans to give a clear picture of their sad situation to the UN and the world at large”, she said invited all concerned to send their stories to the UN Commission of Inquiry or to the newly started HRC-E website on this important subject (WWW.coi-eritrea.orga) . Full text of the presentation made by Ms Elsa Chyrum will be posted in www.harnnet.org as it is obtained.

Ms Veronica Almedom, raised and educated in Switzerland like many in the SEYPS, also made a lively presentation supported by power-point notes identifying the potential targets for Eritreans in Switzerland in their efforts to promote the work of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea. She stated that 4,823 Eritrean refugees asked asylum in Switzerland between January and August 2014 alone, thus raising the total of recent time Eritrean refugees in Switzerland to 22,674.

 The public awareness meeting in Geneva was attended by young refugees and members of civic associations and political organizations, among them EPDP members like the head of the party’s foreign office, Mr. Woldeyesus Ammar, and human rights activists like Dr. Daniel Rezene.

 Printed below is a background information from the new HRC-Eritrea website: (WWW.coi-eritrea.org

  On the 27th of June, 2014, the UN Human Rights Council established a Commission of Inquiry (COI) on Eritrea to investigate and officially document the systematic violations of human rights in Eritrea.

Background:

Together with other global human rights organizations, Human Rights Concern-Eritrea presented the request to the Human Rights Council to establish a Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea.

Eritrea: HRC Must Establish a Commission of Inquiry

25 June 2014

We the undersigned are writing to call on the UN’s Human Rights Council to establish a Commission of Inquiry on the human rights situation in Eritrea given the ongoing gross and systematic human rights violations being committed by the government of Eritrea against its own people with total impunity, and its continuing policy of non-cooperation with the UN’s human rights mechanisms, including the UN Special Rapporteur on Eritrea.

We believe that the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry is imperative given the human rights violations recorded by the UN Special Rapporteur, as well as those attested to during each of Eritrea’s Universal Periodic Reviews, and in the extensive documentation compiled by NGOs and civil society groups over many years.

A Commission of Inquiry would significantly increase the international exposure and understanding of the situation in Eritrea, giving a voice to the vast numbers of suffering Eritreans, and ensuring that those complicit in these terrible yet hidden crimes are exposed and called to account.

In Eritrea:

·         There is no independent judicial process, unions cannot be formed, and political parties cannot be created.

·         There is no press freedom and all independent media organisations were closed in 2001 and journalists imprisoned.

·         Thousands of Eritreans are detained arbitrarily in inhumane conditions and on the flimsiest of pretexts, suffering routine deprivation, torture and extrajudicial execution.

·         There are no universities and young people face compulsory conscription into the military.

·         Army conscripts, including the under-aged, endure indefinite terms of service and suffer forced labour in development projects, farms, or the mining sector while receiving a negligible wage.

·         Female conscripts endure sexual abuse and harassment from senior army officers, and family members of national service absconders are targeted, extorted or imprisoned.

·         There is no religious freedom.

·         There are an estimated two to three thousand Christians detained indefinitely in Eritrea without charge or trial, and all are held pending a denial of faith.

·         In addition, Eritreans living abroad are obliged to pay 2% tax on all earnings to the authorities.

Eritrea’s continuing refusal to cooperate with the mandate is deeply unfortunate as doing so would indicate a genuine commitment towards improving its human rights record. Instead Eritrea indefinitely delays the implementation of UPR recommendations and persists in excusing its lack of progress by referencing the “no war, no peace” border situation. However, as stated in the recent Pastoral Letter issued by four of Eritrea’s courageous Catholic Bishops, “The true enemy of peace is injustice. Respect for persons, for their dignity and their rights is the corner-stone of peace.”

Thousands of Eritreans continue to flee the country each month, with unknown numbers falling victim to traffickers or suffering privations in detention centers in the Middle East and North Africa. Hundreds more continue to risk their lives crossing deserts and seas in pursuit of sanctuary from an all-encompassing repression.

In light of this situation, we strongly urge the Human Rights Council to adopt by consensus its draft resolution, including the provision for the establishment of a Commission of Inquiry and the renewal of the Special Rapporteur’s mandate.

Action de Development Suiss-Afrique
Action International for Peace and Development
Article 19
Associazione per la Tutela dei Diritti Umani del Popolo Eritreo
Burmese Rohingya Organisation U.K.
Citizens for Democratic Rights in Eritrea
CIVICUS World Alliance for Citizen Participation
Christian Solidarity Worldwide
Conectas Direitos Humanos
CSW Nigeria
East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project
Eritrean for Human and Democratic Rights in U.K.
Eritrean Global Solidarity
Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights
Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change
Espace Afrique International
Guardavanti: per il futuro dei bambini ONLUS
Habeshia Agency Cooperation for Development
Human Rights Concern – Eritrea
Human Rights House Foundation
Human Rights Without Frontier
Insieme per l’Africa ONLUS
International Committee for the Respect & Application of the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights
International Fellowship of Reconciliation
International Humanist and Ethical Union
Jubilee Campaign USA
Liberi di Credere
OCAPROCE International
Pan African Human Rights Defenders Network
Release Eritrea
Réseau des Défenseur des Droits Humains en Afrique Centrale
Stop National Service Slavery Campaign
UN Watch

ክቡራት ኣሓትን ኣሕዋትን

ክቡራት ኣቦታትን ኣዴታትን

ክቡራት ደቂ ሃገር ብሓበራ

ብቐዳምነት እንቋዕ ናብ መበል 53 ዓመት ምጅማር ብረታዊ ተጋድሎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብቅዓና። ኣስዒበ ድማ፡ እዚ ፈላሚ ተጋድሎ'ዚ፡ ብሳላ ዝረኾቦ ህዝባዊ ደገፍ ዓብዩን ጐልቢቱን ብ1991 ዓ.ም ንሰራዊትን ጐበጣን ባዕዳዊ ገዛኢ ስርዓት ኢትዮጵያ ደምሲሱ፡ ኤርትራ ናይ ኤርትራውያን ክትከውን ስለዝገበረ ብስም ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብመላኡ ዮሃና፣ ንሰማእታትና ድማ ክብርን ዘልኣለማዊ ዝኽርን ከብጽሕ ኣፍቅዱለይ።

ጅግና ስውእ ሓምድ ኢድሪስ ዓዋተ ይኹን እቶም ብስም ምንቅስቓስ ሓርነት ኤርትራ ይኹን ብስም ተሓኤ ኣንጻር መግዛእቲ ኢትዮጵያ ሰውራ ዝኣወጁ ውሑዳት ኤርትራውያን፡ ኣብ ዓቕሞምን ክእለቶምን ጥራሕ ተመርኲሶም ኣይኰኑን። እንታይ ደኣ፡ እዛ ንሶም ዝጅምርዋ ዝነበሩ ተጋድሎ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብመላኡ ክሕወሳን ክስውኣላን ምዃኑ ስለዝኣመኑ ኢዮም። እቲ ብግብሪ ዝዀነ ከኣ ንሱ ኢዩ ነይሩ።

ኣብ መደረኽ ቅድመ ናጻነት ዝተኻየዱ ሰላማዊ ይኹን ብረታዊ ተጋድሎታትና እናዓበዩ ዝመጸሉ ምኽንያት፡ በቶም ንዕላማታቱ ኣሚኖም ዓቕምታቶም ዘፍቀዶ ኣበርክቶ ዝገበሩ ኤርትራውያን ኢዩ። ብረት ተሓንጊጡ ዝትኩስ፡ ገንዘብ ዝኸፍል፡ ሓርጭ ጥሒኑ ዘቕርብ፡ ንተጋደልቲ ግዒቱ ድዩ ሰንኪቱ ዝዕንግል፡ ምስጢር ጸላኢ ዝሕብር፡ ኣብ ኣህጕራዊ መድረኽ ከይዱ ዝምጕት፡ ዝጽሕፍ፡ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ዝገብር፡ ዝውድብ፡ ዘልዓዕል፡ ዝዝምር፡ ዝገጥም፡ ኵነታት ገድልን ጸላእን ዝሕብር፡ ዝመርሕ፡ ዝምራሕ....ወዘተ ማእለያ ዘይብሉ ዓይነት ተሳትፎ ዘምጽኦ ዓወት ደኣ'ምበር፡ ክእለትን መስዋእትን ናይ ሓደ ውልቀ-ሰብ ወይ ሓደ ጕጅለ ወይ ሓደ ውድብ ዘምጽኦ ዓወት ኣይኰነን። ብዙሓት ዝሰርሕዎ ኣብ መወዳእታ ግን ሓደ ግዜ ዝሃቦ ሰብ ጅግና ወይ ክኢላ ተባሂሉ ዝነኣደሉ፡ ብግብሪ ግን ናይ መላእ ህዝቢ ጻዕርን ኣበርክቶን ዘረጋገጾ ዓወት ኢዩ። ስለ'ዚ ከኣ'ዩ ህዝቢ ሰራሕ ታሪኽ ተባሂሉ ዝፍለጥ።

ኣብ ኵሉ መዳይ ናይ ህይወት ደቂ ሰባት ድማ እቲ ሓቂ ከምኡ ኢዩ። ሓደ ምሁር ሓደ ነገር ክምህዝ እንከሎ፡ ካብ ባዶ ተበጊሱ ኣይኰነን፣ እንታይ ደኣ፡ ቅድሚኡ ተደሊቡ ካብ ዝጸንሖ ፍልጠትን ምርምራትን ኢዩ ዝብገስ። ሓደ ናይ ኵዕሶ ጋንታ ኣብ ልዕሊ ካልእ ጋንታ ክዕወት እንተደኣኰይኑ፡ እቶም ኣባላት ጋንታ ብዝገበርዎ ኣስተዋጽኦ ድኣ'ምበር፡ እቲ ሽቶ ዘእተወ ብዝገበሮ ናይ በይኑ ጻዕሪ ጥራሕ ኣይኰነን።

ሕጂ ድማ፡ ንዲሞክራስን ፍትሕን ኣብ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ቃልሲ፡ ነፍስወከፍ ኤርትራዊ ናቱ ዓቕሙ ዘፍቅዶ ኣበርክቶ እንተዘይገይሩ ዲሞክራሲ ክነግስ'ዩ ኢልካ ዘይሕሰብ ኢዩ። ዲሞክራሲ ኣብ ኣመሪካ ኣብ'ዚ ሕጂ ዘለዎ ደረጃ ንምብጻሕ ልዕሊ 250 ዓመት ኢዩ ወሲዱ ዘሎ፡ ጌና ድማ ኣይተዛዘመን። ስለ'ዚ፡ ንዓና እውን፡ እዚ ዕማም'ዚ ግዜ ክወስደልና ምዃኑ ፈሊጥና፡ ነፍስወከፍና፡ ብህይወት ኣብ ዘለናሉ ወቕቲ፡ ዓቕምና ዘፍቅዶ ኣበርክቶ ክንገብር ይግብኣና። ዲሞክራሲ ብፖለቲከኛታት ጥራሕ ዝረጋገጽ ስርዓት ኣይኰነን። ምሁራት፡ ሰራሕተኛታት፡ ሓረስቶት፡ ሙዚቀኛታት፡ ገጠምቲ፡ ሰብ ገንዘብ፡ ተምሃሮ፡ መንእሰያት፡ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ፡ ዝተፈላለዩ ኣህጕራዊ ትካላት...ወዘተ ኣብ ህንጻ ዲሞክራሲ ነናቶም ኣበርክቶ ኢዩ ዘለዎም።

ኣብ ፖለቲካ ዝዋስኡ ነንሓድሕዶም ተኸባቢሮምን ተጸዋዊሮምን ንሃገሮም ህዝቦምን ዘርብሕ ስርሓት ሓቢሮም ክሰርሑ፣ ከምኡ'ውን ንሃገሮምን ህዝቦምን ዘርብሕ ሓሳባት ከመንጭው እውናዊ ናይ ዘለናዮ መድረኽ ጠለብ ኢዩ። ዲሞክራሲ መስርሕ ደኣ'ምበር ብሓደ ለይቲ ቦቒሉ ዝሓድር ቃንጥሻ ኣይኰነን። ዲሞክራሲ፡ ወለዶታት እናተማላልኡ ዝሃንጽዎ ኣገባብ ምሕደራ ኢዩ። ዕማም ዲሞክራሲ ንሓደ ሰብ ወይ ንሓደ ውድብ ወይ ንሓደ ፍሉይ ሕብረተሰብ ዝግደፍ ኣይኰነን።

ሰላም፡ ዲሞክራስን ፍትሕን ንምንጋስ ኣብ ዝካየድ ቃልስታት ዝዀነ ይኹን ሰብ ወይ ሓሳብ ክንዓቕ የብሉን። ዲሞክራስያዊ ምሕደራ ማለት ናይ ኵሉ ርእይቶ ተሰሚዑ፡ በቲ ናይ ብዙሓት ዝሰማምዕሉ ሓሳብ ተመሪሕካ ምኻድን ነቲ ናይ ውሑዳት ርእይቶ ድማ ኣኽቢርካ ክዛረብሉን ክጕስጕስሉን ምፍቃድን ኢዩ። ዲሞክራሲ፡ ነንሕድሕድካ ተጸዋዊርካን ተኸባቢርካን ምኻድ ኢዩ። ኣብ ሃገርና ተሳኢኑ ዘሎ ነገር ድማ እዚ ኢዩ። ምህዳድ፡ ምጽራፍ፡ ምጽላም፡ በትርኻ ምውጥዋጥ ...ወዘተ ኣብ ህንጸት ዲሞክራሲ ይኹን ኣብ ምንጋስ ፍትሒ ዝዀነ ይኹን ቦታ የብሉን።

እቲ ኣብ ስልጣን ተዀዲጩ ዘሎ ጕጅለ ኢሳያስ ብዘይካ ኣነ ዝበልኩኹም ግበሩ፡ ኣነ ዝሓሰብኩልኩም ሕሰቡ ምባልን ምጕብዕባዕን ምቍንጻብን እንተዘይኰይኑ፡ ናይ ወዲሰብ ክብርን መሰልን ዝሕሉ ስርዓት ኣይኰነን። ሓደስቲ ሓሳባት ክሰምዕ ዘይደሊ፡ ኣብ ናይ ቀደም ጽልኢ፡ ቅርሕንቲ፡ ታሪኽን ናይ ሓጻውን ጨርባሕባን ክነብር ዝመርጽ ስርዓት ኢዩ። ንብዙሕነት ናይ ሓሳባት፡ ቅኑዕ ይኹን ግጉይ ብዘየገድስ ዝጻባእን ከም ቍሪ ዝፈርሕን ሓይሊ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ንህንጻ ዲሞክራሲ ዝዀነ ይኹን ኣበርክቶ ክገብር ከምዘይክእል ብሩህ ክኸውን ይግባእ።

ስለ'ዚ፡ ዲሞክራሲ ናይ ኵሎም ወይ መብዛሕትኦም ዜጋታት ሃገር ተኻፋልነትን ኣበርክቶን ዝሓትት ስራሕ ምዃኑ ፈሊጥና ተሳትፎ ናይ ህዝብና ምዕባይ ቀዳማይ ትዅረት ክንህቦ ከምዝግብኣና ምግንዛብ የድሊ። "ኦ ሓደ መስከረም ታሪኻዊት ዕለት፡ ክንቃለስ ኢና ብዘለና ክእለት" ዝብል ናይ መዋእል ብረታዊ ተጋድሎና መዝሙር፡ ሎሚ'ውን ኣብ መድረኽ ህንጻ ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ዝሰርሕ እዋናዊ ጭርሖ ኢዩ።

ግደ ትምህርቲ ኣብ ህንጻ ዲሞክራሲ ኣዝዩ ዓቢ ምዃኑ ዘካትዕ ኣይኰነን። ዘይተማህረ ሕብረተሰብ ንመሰላቱ ክከላኸልን ኣብ ህንጸት ዲሞክራሲ ብግቡእ ክሳተፍን ስለዘይክእል፡ ኣገዳስነት ትምህርቲ ብዕቱብነት ክርአ ዘለዎ ጕዳይ ምዃኑ ምግንዛብ ይግባእ። ንኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ኣብ ዘደንቍሩ ናይ ወተሃደራዊ ታዕሊምን ኣብ ድፋዓትን ወፍሪ ባርነትን ጸሚድካ፣ በዝን ወድኸምዝን ዓቕሉ ዝጸበቦ መንእሰይ ንስደት ከምዘቋምት ጌርካ፣ እታ ሓንቲ ዝነበረት ዩንቨርሲቲ ዓጺኻ፣ ዲሞክራሲ እሃንጽ ኣለኹ፡ ሃገር አማዕብል ኣለኹ ምባል ብንቕሓትን መጻኢ ዕድልን ናይ ሰባት ምጽዋትን ምሽክዕላልን እንተዘይኰይኑ ካልእ ትርጕም የብሉን። ማይ፡ መግቢ፡ ኤለክትሪክ ዘይርከባ ሃገር ሒዝካ፡ እምዕብል ኣለኹ ምባል፡ ኣብ ኣእምሮ ደቅ ሰባት ቦታ ክረክብ ዝኽእል ዘረባ ኣይኰነን።

ብኻልእ ሸነኽ ከኣ፡ ስደት ዘላቒ መፍትሒ ናይ ሽግርና ከምዘይኰነ ተረዲእና፡ ሃገር ብዘይ መንእሰያት ክትህሉን ክትምዕብልን ከምዘይትኽእል ተገንዚብና፡ ነዚ ዝርአ ዘሎ ዘሰንብድ ዋሕዚ ናይ መንእሰያት ንስደትን ኣብ ልዕሊኦም ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ግፍዕታትን በደላትን ደው ከነብሎ ዕቱብ ቃልሲ ምክያድ ይሓተና ኣሎ። እቲ ጸገም፡ ነቶም ዝስደዱን ግዳይ ናይ ዓዛብ ዝዀኑ መንእሰያትን ዘጋጥም ዘሎ ስቅያት ጥራሕ ዘይኰነ፡ ንመነባብሮ ናይ'ቶም ነዝማዶም ካብ ጅሆ ናይ ነጋዶ ደቂሰብ ከገላግልዎም ማእለያ ዘይብሉ ገንዘብ ዝኸፍሉ ቤተሰብን ቀረብን እውን ከቢድ ዝዀነ ጾር ኢዩ ዝፈጥረሎም ዘሎ። ካብ'ዚ ሓሊፉ፡ ንህዝብን ንሃገርን ብኣሉታ ዝጸሉ ዘሎ ተርእዮ'ውን ኢዩ።  

ስለ'ዚ፡ መንእሰያት ኤርትራ፡ ለውጢ ካብ ውሽጢ ዝመጽእ ምዃኑ ተረዲኦም፡ ዝድለ መስዋእቲ ከፊሎም ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ኵነታት ክቕይርዎ ክቃለሱ ኢዮም ዝግብኦም። እቲ ስርዓት ይኹን ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ስቅያት ክሓለፍ ኢዩ። ሃገርን ህዝብን ታሪኽን ግን ነበርቲ ኢዮም። ካብ ባሕቲ መስከረም፡ ምጅማር ብረታዊ ተጋድሎና እንረኽቦ ትምህርቲ ድማ እዚ ኢዩ። ዝሓለፉ ወለዶታት፡ ንግፍዕታት ገዛእቲ ሓይልታት ፈሪሖም ንስደት እንተዘምርሑ ነይሮም፡ ናጻን ልዑላዊትን ሃገር ኤርትራ ክትህሉ ኣይምኸኣለትን ነይራ። ስለዝተቓለሱ ግን፡ ናጽነት ኣረጋጊጾም ንገዛእ ርእሶም ድማ፡  ክብሪ ረኺቦም ኣብ ታሪኽ ይዝከሩ ኣለዉ። ሎሚ ድማ፡ ነዛ መዓት መስዋእቲ ከፊልና ዘምጻእናያ ሃገር፡ ከይነጥፍኣ ክብ ዝበለ ጥንቃቐን ሓልዮትን ክንገብር ይግብኣና።

ኣብ መወዳእታ፡ ዕላማታት ባሕቲ መስከረም መሊኡ ክሳብ ዝዕወትን ጥዑም ዘመን ክሳብ ዝምለስን ሓድነትና ኣትሪርና ብጽንዓት ንቃለስ።

ዓወት ንህዝባውን ዲሞክራስያውን ቃልስታት

መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም

ኣቦ መንበር ሰዲህኤ

ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰዲህኤ

ባህሊ ሓደ ኣገዳሲ ረቋሒ ካብ መሰረታውያን መለለይታት ሕብረተ-ሰብ ኢዩ። ስለዚ ድማ ኢዩ፡ ጽቡቅን ሕማቅን ፍጻሜታት/ተረኽቦታት ሓደ ህዝቢ ባህላዊ ምግለጺታት ዝህልዎ። ገዛእቲ ሓይልታትን ጨቈንቲ ስርዓታትን ንመንነት ሓደ ሕብረተ-ሰብ ንምጥፋእ ኣብዝህቅንሉ ግዜ፡ ብመጀመርታ ንዝጸንሐ ህዝባዊ ባህልን ልምድን ከጥፍኡን በቲ ንዓኣቶም የገልግለና ኢዩ ዝብልዎ ኣገባብን ክቕይርዎ ኢዮም ዝጽዕሩ። ተመኮሩ መግዛእትን ጭቆና ስርዓት ህግዲፍን ድማ ነዚ እዩ ብተደጋጋሚ ዘርእየና ዘሎ። ኤርትራ ሃገርና ዝተፈላለየ ባህላዊ ያታታትን መለለይታትን ዘለዋ ሃገር ብምዃና ድማ ክዕቀቡን ክምዕብሉን ዘለዎም ባህላዊ ልምድታት ከምዘለዉዋ ዝካሓድ ኣይኮነን። ባህላዊ ምዕባለን ተቐይሮን ግን፡ ብሓይልን ብድልየት ገዛእትን ዘይኮነስ፡ ውጽኢት ስልጣነን ሓባራዊ ቁጠባዊ/ኢኮኖምያዊ ዕብየትን ኢዩ።