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Thursday, 30 November 2017 18:58

47th Anniversary of Ona-Besikdira Massacre Marked Via Eritrean Social Media Outlets

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47th Anniversary of Ona-Besikdira Massacre Marked Via Eritrean Social Media Outlets

During the 30-year liberation war in Eritrea, the Ethiopian occupation army had committed horrific massacres against innocent unarmed civilians all over the country. The two-day Ona and Beskdira massacre of November 30 and December 1, 1970 near Keren, held the highest record of nearly 1,000 civilians killed at one go. The second biggest massacre took place on 5 December 1988 in She'eb, also near Keren, followed by the Hirgigo massacre of 17 April, 1975 in  which well over 300 lives perished. The list of massacres in Eritrea is grisly and long, but the now 26-year old 'government' in Independent Eritrea has not so far shown any interest to commemorate the still unaccounted for figures of deaths of so many Eritrean civilians killed by the enemy between 1961 and 1991. When the regime in Asmara talks about martyrs of the liberation struggle, it does not think of the civilian sacrifices.

As usual, the Ona-Beskdira Massacre will never get a mention in the Eritrean regime's radio and press these days. But thanks to the social media, they are hot topics of discussion and solemn commemoration these days. Veteran liberation fighters and civilians who eye-witnessed the killings and the burial of so many lives on Monday, November 30, Tuesday, December 1, 1970 have been sharing their sad experiences over the events that befell those two villages a week after the ambush and  assassination by the ELF of General Teshome Ergetu, top commander of Ethiopia's occupation army in Eritrea.

The rich information and eye-witness experiences about the Ona-Beskdira killings  and are being aired over the weekly Blin-language radios: the three-year old Radio Blina and the newly started Radio Jahray. The broadcasts are receiving wide circulation via YouTube recordings. Other social media outlets taking part in the discussions about Ona-Beskdira in particular, and about other general mass killings in the 1970s in that region, are two paltalk rooms called Werena and Gherbesha, also in Blin language. The  language and culture website Daberi.org also carried big coverage of the massacres in Tigrigna language, with details recorded by missionaries who were in that region during the early 1970s.

Ona Massacre Discussed in Social Media 2

Picture shows the mosque in Beskdira in which theEthiopians massacred 118 men, women and children after the villagers refused to be separated as Muslims and Christians. The next day, 1 December, was the turn for Ona residents. Ona was a concentration camp for people who were forced to settle in it after their villagesd were burnt down by the army. Eye-witnesses say well over 700 bodies were buried in mass graves the next day. Some corpses outside the village were left to the hyenas because people were ordered to leave the area soon. After 47 years, no one  knows the exact figure of victims and their names. And no effort is made by independent Eritrea's "government".

 

Veteran ELF fighters who participated in the discussions revealed that the liberation organization was very well informed from inside the Ethiopian government itself about the trip to Keren of General Teshome Ergetu who was then killed in an ELF ambush at HabromGaqa near Elebered. ELF fforces and fedaeen assigned in the operation to ambush the Ethiopian army were commanded by JimiE Abulkher, with Ghebrehiwet Himbirti as his deputy.

The mass media discussants in the above mentioned radios and paltalk-rooms claimed that General Teshome Ergetu was reportedly swearing to "put an end the Eritrean rebellion" in one go. It was claimed that only very few survived of the Ethiopian soldiers in General Teshome Ergetu's convoy consisting of 15 large military personnel trucks.

It was as a revenge to the death of the Ethiopian top army general that so many civilians were killed in 1970 at Ona, Beskdira and many other places in the region that year.

Participants in the social media chats on the Ona-Beskdira Massacre regretted that  nothing has been done so far by Independent Eritrea -  at least in honouring the victims. It is to be recalled also that Ethiopia was not asked even nominal compensations for the massacres it committed against innocent civilians in Eritrea. Others worried about the families and relatives that lost their children who were  adopted by foreigners after the Ona-Beskdira killings. Some newly born children were found alive in the ruins of burnt down Ona.

It is to be recalled that, starting in 1986, the ELF-RC commemorated 1 December as its Martyrs' Day. This commemoration continued till December 2009.

Thursday, 30 November 2017 11:33

ሰዲህኤ ን5ይ ርክብ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃን ኤውሮጳዊ ሕብረትን ተማሕጺኑ

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ሰዲህኤ ን5ይ ርክብ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃን ኤውሮጳዊ ሕብረትን ተማሕጺኑ

ኣቦ-መንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣቶ መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም፡ እቲ ኣብ ኣቡጃን ኣይቨሪኮስት ዝካየድ ዘሎ 5ይ ርክብ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃን ኤውራጳዊ ሕብረትን ንጉዳይ እቲ ብብዝሒ ዝመዛበል ዘሎ ኤርትራዊ መንእሰይ ከም ሓደ ቀዳምነት  ዝወሃቦም ጸገም ኣፍሪቃ፡ብመንጽር ውሳነን ለበዋን መሰል ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ንክምልከቶ መጸዋዕታ ኣቕሪቡ። እቲ ንክልተ መዓልታት ዝጸንሕ ብ29 ሕዳር 2017 ዝተኸፍተ ርክብ “ንቐጻሊ መጻኢ ኣብ ጉዳይ መንእሰያት ምስራሕ” ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝብል ጭረሖ እዩ ዝካየድ።

ኣቦ-መንበር ሰዲህኤ፡ ኣብቲ ናብ ኣቦ-መንበር ኮሚሽን ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ኣቶ ሙሳ ፋኪ ማሃማትን ወ/ሮ ፈደሪካ ሞገሪኒ ላዕለወይቲ ወካሊትን ሓላፊት ወጻኢ ጉዳያትን ጸጥታዊ ፖሊስን ሕብረት ኤውሮጳ ዝተላእከን ቅዳሑ ናብ ዝተፈላለዩ ሓለፍቲ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃን ኤውሮጳዊ ሕብረትን ብ28 ሕዳር 2017 ዝተዘርግሐ መልእኽቱ፡ ንጭረሖ ናይቲ ርክብ ደገፉ ገሊጹ።  ምስዚ ኣተሓሒዙ እቲ ርክብ ምስዚ ጭረሖኡ ኣተሓሒዙ ነቲ ኣብ ሊቢያ ዝረአ ዘሎ ናይ መንእሰያት ናይ ባርነት ዕዳጋ፡ ኣብ እስራኤል ዘሎ ናይ መዳጐኒ ሰባት፡ ኣብ ኣፍሪቃን ደቡብ ኤውሮጳን ዝረአ ዘሎ ኩነታትን ኣብ ግምት ኣእትዩ ክመዝኖ ተስፋኡ ገሊጹ።  ምስዚ ኣተሓሒዙ ኣደዳ እዚ ጸገማት ይኾኑ ካብ ዘለዉ መንእሰያት መብዛሕትኦም ካብ ኤርትራ ዝወጹ ምዃኖም’ውን ኣይሓበአን። እዚ ኩነታት ኣብ መጻኢ ኣህጉር ኣፍሪቃ ናብ ሕማቕ ዘምርሓ ምዃኑ እውን ጠቒሱ።

ካብዚ ሓሊፉ እቲ መልእኽቲ ንዘይሕጋውን ጨቋንን መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ  ብኣፍሪቃን ኤውሮጳን ዝግበረሉ ዘሎ ሓገዝን ኣፍልጦን ዘይምጥኖ ምዃኑ ጠቒሱ። እዚ መልእኽቲ ሰዲህኤ ብተወሳኺ፡ ነቶም ኣብ ኤርትራ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ዝግህሱ ዘለዉ ተሓተቲ ምግባሮም ኣድላይ ምዃኑ ጠቒሱ፡ እዚ ድማ ነቲ ኣብ 2016ን 2017ን ብባይቶ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝቐረበ ሓሳብ ብህጹጽ ኣብ ግብሪ ንምውዓል  ተጽዕኖ ብምሕያል ዝግለጽ ክኸውን ከም ዝግበኦ ኣመልኪቱ።

እቲ “ኤርትራን ካለኦት ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃን ኣብ ቐጻሊ ዕቤት መንእሰያት ምስራሕ” ኣብ ዝብል ጭረሖ ክሰማምዑ እንከለዉ፡ ኣብዚ እቶም ከልምዑ ዝግበኦም መንእሰያት ቅድም ቀዳድም ኣብ ሃገሮም ረጊኦም ክነብሩ ክኽእሉ ይግበኦም። ቀንዲ ሕመረት መልእኽቲ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድማ እዚ እዩ።

እዚ ንክልተ መዓልታት 29-30 ሕዳር 2017 ዝካየድ ርክብ፡ መጻኢ ዝምድና ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃን ኤውሮጳዊ ሕብረትን፡ ኣብቲ ካብ ህዝቢ ኣፍሪቃ 60% ዝኾነ ትሕቲ 25 ዓመት ዝዕድመኡ መንእሰይ ምውፋርን ዝብሉ ዛዕባታት፡ ቆላሕታ ምሃብ ክኸውን እዩ። ኣብ ርእሲ እዚ ዝዝረበሎም ዛዕባታት፡ ሰላምን ጸጥታን፡ ወፍርን ንግድን፡ ምፍጣር ናይ ስራሕ ዕድል፡ ምምዕባል ክእለትን ፍትሓዊ ምምሕዳርን፡ ምኽባር ሰብኣዊ መሰልን ዘጠቓልሉ ክኾኑ እዮም። 

Wednesday, 29 November 2017 19:50

EPDP Urges 5th AU-EU Summit to Address Problem of the Huge Number of Displaced Eritrean Youth

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EPDP Urges 5th AU-EU Summit to Address Problem of the Huge Number of Displaced Eritrean Youth

In an urgent message addressed to the 5th Summit of the African and European Unions in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, EPDP Chairman Menghesteab Asmerom asked AU-EU delegation in the Summit to consider the plight of huge numbers of displaced Eritrean youth as a priority problem in Africa and address it properly based on UN Human Rights Commission decisions and recommendations. The two-day AU-EU Summit opening in Abidjan today, 29 November, is convening under the theme of "Investing in the Youth for Sustainable Future".

 

Addressed to African Union Commission Chairman, Mr. Mousa Faki Mahamat, and to Ms. Federica Mogherini, EU High Representative and head for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, with copies to several heads of AU-EU delegations, the EPDP message of 28 November hailed the choice of the theme for the summit. It hoped that the that the summit will measure up to that noble aim by tackling the challenges facing African youth in extremely dire situations like the human slave-trading 'markets' of Libya, the Holot concentration camp of Israel and similar refugee conditions in Africa and southern Europe. Likewise, the message did not fail to stress the fact that the majority of those youth in these unbearable situations come from small Eritrea which leads the entire continent in everything bad.

 

The message highlighted the abuses of the illegitimate and repressive regime in Eritrea and reminded African and European delegations that the ruling clique in Asmara " does not deserve the acceptance and appeasement it is starting to enjoy nowadays from the EU and other quarters".

 

The EPDP message also stressed the importance of bringing to accountability the perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Eritrea and that effective pressure on the Asmara regime will include helping in the "most immediate implementation of the recommendations of the UN Human Rights Council adopted in 2016 and 2017."

 

"Eritreans and the rest of Africans would agree that investing in the youth for sustainable future is a great theme, but in order to give some meaning to the theme, those youth must first be helped to remain at home", the EPDP message added. 

 

The two-day AU-EU Summit meeting for 29-30 November is expected to discuss the future of EU-African relations, focusing on investing in youth who constitute 60% of the African population under the age of 25. Other issues to be discussed will include peace and security, investment and trade, job creation, skills development and of course  governance (including democracy, human rights, migration and mobility).

Sunday, 26 November 2017 23:34

ጨንፈር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጉባኤኡ ኣሰላሲሉ

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ጨንፈር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጉባኤኡ ኣሰላሲሉ

ኣብ ደቡብ ጀርመን ዝርከብ ጨንፈር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ጨንፈር ቁጽሪ 1) ኣብ ከተማ ስቱትጋርት ብዕለት 25 ሕዳር 2017 ስሩዕ ጉባኤኡ ኣሰላሲሉ። እቲ ጉባኤ ኣብ ዝተፈልለየ ከባቢታት ዝነብሩ ኣባላት ጨንፈር ዝተሳተፍዎን፡ ሓው ንጉሰ ጸጋይ ኣባል ማእከላይ ባይቶ ሰልፍን ሓው ኢሳቕ ወልደማርያም ኣቦ-መንበር ዞባ ኤውሮጳን ዝተረኽብሉን ጉባኤ ምንባሮም እውን ይፍለጥ።

ጉባኤ ብኦቦ-መንበር ጨንፈር ሓው ተኽልዝጊ ሚኪኤል ሰናይ ትምኒትን ምስጋናን ንተሳተፍትን ብዝኽሪ ስዉእ ኣባል ናይዚ ጨንፈር ዝነበረ ኣያናን ሓውናን ኣልኣዛር ቀለታን እዩ ተከፊቱ። ድሕርዚ ሓው ንጉሰ ጸጋይ ጉባኤ ጨንፈር ክዕወትን፡ ድሕሪ ጉባኤ ኣባላቱ ማዕረ እቲ መድረኽ ዝሓቶ ዕማማት ኮይኖም ክርከቡ ዘለዎ እምነትን ተስፋን ብምብራህ፣ ልዕሊ ኩሉ ድማ ሰልፊ ኣብ ምድልዳልን ስሩዕ ዕማማቱ ኣብምስልሳል ንዝጸንሖም ተራን ተወፋይነትን ብስም መሪሕነት ምስጋናኡ ኣቕሪቡ። ቀጺሉ ጉባኤ ዝካየደሉ ዘሎ ሓፈሻዊ ኲነታት ደምበ ተቓውሞ፡ ሃገርና እትርከቦ ዓዘቕቲ፡ ኣብ ጎረባብቲ ሃገራት ዝረኤ ዘሎ ዘይርጉእ ኩነታትን ጽልውኡ ኣብ ደምበ ተቓውሞን፡ ብፍላይ ድሕሪ 8ይ ስሩዕ ኣኼባ ማእከላይ ባይቶ ዘሎ ውሽጣዊ ሰልፋዊ ኲነታት ንተሳተፍቲ ብዝርዝር ገሊጹ። ምስዚ ብምትሕሓዝ፡ ስርርዓዊ ጉዳያት ቤት ጽሕፈት ሰልፊ ኣውጺእዎ ዘሎ መድረኻዊ መደብ ስራሕን ቅጥዒ ትግባሪኡን ብዝርዝር ብምግላጽ፡ ድሕነት ህዝብናን ካብ ኣትይዎ ዘሎ ምብትታን ክወጽእን፡ ስደተኛታት ኤርትራውያን ኣብ እስራኤል ኮነ ኣመሪካ ካብ ዘንጸኣልዎም ዘሎ ናይ ምምላስ ሓደጋታት ተጽዕኖ ንምፍጣር ምስ ኣብ ከባቢኦም ዝርከብ ህዝቢ ብሓፈሻ ምስ ተቓወምቲ ዜጋትት ድማ ብፍላይ፡ ማሕበራውን ፖለቲካውን ሓባራዊ ዕማማት ከሐይሉ ኣዘኻኺሩ።

ሓው ኢሳቕ ብሸነኹ፡ ንዘይሕለል ጻዕርን ተወፋይነትን ጨንፈር ብስም መሪሕነት ዞባ ብምምጓስ፡ ኣብዚ ግዝያትዚ ህዝብና ኣትይዎ ዘሎ ስቓይን ዓዛብን ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው፡ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ዞባ ኤውሮጳ ኩለንተናዊ ተወፋይነትን፡ ስጥመትን ከምዘድልዮም፡ ተሳትፍኦም ኣብ ማሕበራውን ፖለትካውን ዕማማት ናይ ዝርከብዎ ከባቢ ክዓቢ ኣገዳሲምዃኑ ሓቢሩ። ብዘይካዚ ኣብዚ እዋን ቀዳምነት ዝስራዕ ህዝብን ሃገርን ብምዃኑ፡ ህዝብን ሃገርን ድማ ንኹልና ኤርትራውያን ብማዕረ ስለዝብጻሓና፡ ነዚ ሕሱም ስርዓት ንምእላይ ኣነካይዶ ቃልሲ ሓባራዊ እምበር ብተናጸል ዝሳለጥ ከምዘይኮነን፡ ኣብ ደገ ዝግበር ዘሎ ማሕበራዊ ምትእኽኻባት ዋላኳ ኣወንታዊ ሸነኽ እንተለዎ፡ መተካእታን መሕብእን ካብ ፖለቲካዊ ቃልስን ሓይልታቱን ክኸውን ከምዘይግባእ’ውን ኣብሪሁ። ኣብዝሓለፈ ሳምንታት ንዝተራእየ ናይ ሓባር ስራሓት ከም ኣብነት ብምውሳድ እውን፡ ኣባል ሰልፊ ኣብዝግበር ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓላት ሓቢሩ ክሰርሕ ብምትሕስሳብ መግለጺኡ ደምዲሙ።   

ካብዚ ቀጺሉ፡ ዝጸንሕት መሪሕነት ጨንፈር ኣብ ውሽጢ’ቲ ዝነበራ ናይ ምምራሕ ግዜ ዘካየደቶ ዕማማት ዝገልጽ ፖለቲካውን ቁተባውን ማሕበራውን ዝርዝራዊ ጸብጻብን፡ ብተናጸል ኣባላት ጨንፈር ኣብ ከባቢኦም፣ ንሓደስቲ መንእሰያት ስደተኛታት ኣብ ምእላይን ቋንቋ ጀርመን ኣብ ምምሃርን ዘበርከትዎ ግደ ዝሕብር ጸብጻብ ቀሪቡ። ዝቐረበ ጸብጻብ ድሕሪ ምስማዕ ንጉባኤ እትመርሕ ሰክረታርያ ቆይማ፡ ኣብዝቐረበ ጸብጻብ ኣገዳስን ሰፊሕን ልዝብ ተኻይዱ። ምስዝተገብሩ ምምሕያሻትን ዘይተጠቕሱ ዝነበሩ ተወሰኽቲ ርእይቶታትን ድማ ዝቐረበ ሰነድ ብድምጺ ጸዲቑ።

ስዒቡ፡ ኣባላት ጨንፈር ብሓፈሻ፡ መሪሕነቱ ድማ ብፍላይ ኣብዚ ዝመጽእ ዓመት ክፍጽሞም ኣለኒ ዝብሎም ፖለቲካውን ማሕበራውን መድረኻዊ መደባት ሰሪዑ፡ ዝተተለሙ መደባት ኣብ ሰልፋዊ ጉዳያት ጥራሕ ዘትኰሩ ዘይኮኑስ፡ ብፍሉይነት ኣብቲ ከባቢ ንዝካየዱ ሓባራዊ ናይ ህዝቢ ምንቅስቓሳት ንምጉልባት ዝዓለሙ ከምዝኮኑ እውን ይፍለጥ። ሰክረታርያ ጉባኤ ንምርጫ መሪሕት እትመርሕ ሽማግለ ብምውጻእ ድማ ስራሓታ ደምዲማ።

ኣብ መጠረስታ፡ ዝወጸት ናይ ምርጫ ሽምግለ ቅዋም ሰልፊ ምርኩስ ብምግባር፡ ኣብ ጉባኤ ጨንፈር ንዝተሓንጸጹ መደብ ስራሓት እተካይድን ንዝመጽእ ዓመት ንጨንፈር እትመርሕን ሰለስተ ዝኣባላታ ምምሕዳር ሽማግለን ተጠባባቕን ብዲሞክራስያዊ ኣገባብ መሪጹ፡ ዝጸንሐ ውሽጣዊ ተቆጻጻሪ ንኽቕጽል ተሰማሚዑ።  ብዘይካዚ ኣብ ትግባረ ዕማማት ዝሕግዙን ኲነታት ኣብ ምክትታል ስሉጥን ምእኩልን ናይ ርኽክብ መስኖ ክህሉን፡ ኣገደስቲ ምምሕዳራዊ ለበዋታትን ሓሳባትን ካብ ተሳተፍቲ ቀሪቡ።

ጉባኤ ጨንፈር፡ መሪሕነት፡ ኣብ ቅዋምን ስርዓትን ሰልፊ ተመርኲሱ ንዝተቐልቀሉ ውሽጣዊ ሽግራት ንምእላይን ንምፍታሕን ክወስዶም ዝጸንሐ ስነ-ስርዓታዊ ስጉምትታት ኣብ ቦትኡ ምዃኑ ብምርግጋጽ፡ ነቶም ንቕዋምን ፕሮግራምን ሰልፊ ኣኽቢሮም ኣብ ምትግባር ንምውዓሉ ከይሰልከዩ ዝጽዕርሩ ዘለዉ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዞባ ሰሜን ኣመርካን ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ ህጹጹ ጉባኤ ዞባን ናእድኡን ሞጎሱን ብምግላጽ፡ ጉባኤ ዞባ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ሰዲህኤ ኣብ ተወሲኑ ዘሎ ቦታን ግዜን ክፍጸም ዘለዎ ሰናይ ትምኒትን ትጽቢትን ገሊጹ።  

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Sunday, 19 November 2017 07:24

ዞባ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ስሩዕ ናይ ኣባላት ሓፈሻዊ ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ

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ሎሚ መዓልቲ ቀዳም 18 ሕዳር 2017 ዞባ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ብኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ ዝተጸወዐ ናይ ኣባላት ሓፈሻዊ ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ። ኣኼባ ኣብ ህዝብና ብመላኺ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ዝወርድ ዘሎ ግፍዒ ንምዝካር ብናይ ሕልና ጸሎት ተኸፊቱ። ብድሕሪ’ዚ ኣብ’ዚ ዝስዕብ ኣጀንዳ ተመያይጡ፡

1)    እዋናዊ ሓበሬታት፡

  • ነቲ ብ31 ጥቅምቲ ኣብ ከተማ ኣስመራ ዝተራእየ ተባዕ ናይ ተቓውሞ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ደገፉ ገሊጹ። ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ኩርናዓት ዓለም፡ ኣብ ስደት ዘሎ ህዝብና ነቲ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ንምድጋፍ ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍታት ኣሞጒሱ።
  • ኣብ ከባቢና ናይ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ምዕብልናታት ሓበሬታ ተለዋዊጡ።

2)    ብናይ ጎሽጓሽን ናይ ገንዘብን ናይ ዜናን ዲፕሎማሲን ሽማግለታት ናይ ስራሕ ጸብጻብ ቀሪቡ።

3)    ህጹጽ ጉባኤ ናይ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ዝካየደሉ ግዜን ኣገባብን ወሲኑ።

ክንዕወት ኢና!

ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ ዞባ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ

18 ሕዳር 2017

Wednesday, 15 November 2017 21:35

Eritrean Demonstrators in Addis Ababa Charge African Union for Complicity with Dictatorships

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Eritrean Demonstrators in Addis Ababa Charge African Union for Complicity with Dictatorships

On 15 November, Eritrean refugees and residents in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa staged an angry demonstration in front of the headquarters of the African Union and blamed the regional organization for its silence and complicity with dictators by failing to respect its charter and promises to listen and serve the peoples of the continent.

The African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, which was adopted as an international human rights instrument intended to "promote and protect" human rights and basic freedoms in the African continent. Unfortunately, the charter is failing to promote and protect those promised rights and freedoms.

The demonstration, which was also attended by  Eritrean leaders of political organizations and members, including those of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP), marched from city centre to the AU offices chanting slogans in support of the Asmara demonstration of 31 October 2017 and demanding release of all  prisoners. The demonstrators saluted the students and parents of the Diaa Islamic school for sparking the event and strongly condemned the futile divide-and-rule tactics of the Asmara region on unfounded religious basis.

 

The organizing committee of the demonstration submitted a written statement to the African Union whose officials again for the fourth time failed to receive and talk to the demonstration organizing committee. The statement submitted to the Commission of the African Union blamed the failure to receive and talk to leaders of the demonstration and thus charged the AU for abandoning its charger by appeasing with dictatorships like the one in Eritrea.

Wednesday, 15 November 2017 12:59

ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ

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ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ

ኣብ ከተማ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ናይ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ምምሕዳር ዝወደቦ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ብ15 ሕዳር 2017 ተኻይዱ። እዚ ንሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ወሲኽካ ኣባላትን መራሕትን ተቓወምቲ ውድባት ኤርትራ፡  ኣብ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ዝነብሩ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታትን ኤርትራውያን ነበርቲ ኣዲስ ኣበባን ዝተሳተፍዎ ሰልፊ ነቲ ተመሃሮን ወለድን ቤት ድያእ ኣልእስላምያ ኣስመራ ንተግባራት ስርዓት ህግደፍ ብምቅዋም ብ31 ጥቅምቲ 2017 ኣብ ከተማ ኣስመራ ዘካየድዎ ናይ ተቓውሞ ሰልፊ ዝድግፍ ሰልፊ ንግሆ ካብ ገነት ሆቴል እዩ ተበጊሱ።

ኣብዚ ሰልፊ ናይቶም ብስርዓት ህግደፍ መሰሎም ተጋሂሱ ተኣሲሮም ዘለዉ መራሕቲ እምነት ምስልምናን ክርስትናን  ምስሊ ብሓባር ብዝተፈላለዩ ተሳተፍቲ ተታሒዙ፡ ዝተፈላለዩ ጭረሖታት ከኣ ተቓሊሖም። ካብቲ ዝተቓለሐ ጭረሖታት “ኣስላምና ክርስትያና ኩልና ሓደ፡ እምነትን ትምህርትን መሰል እዩ፡ ንተበግሶ ተመሃሮን ወለድን ቤት ትምህርቲ  ድያእ ኣልእስላምያ ንድግፍ፡ እሱራትና ይፈትሑ፡ ሕብረተሰብዓለም ንህግደፍ የዕግሶ… ወዘተ” ዝብሉ ይርከብዎ።

ሰልፊ ዝተፈላለዩ ጭረሖታት እንዳቃልሐ ኣብ ኣፍደገ ቤት ጽሕፈት  ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ምስ በጸሓ፡ ናይቲ ሕብረት ሓለፍቲ ኣብቲ ሰልፊ ቀሪቦም’ኳ መልሲ እንተዘይሃቡ፡ ነቲ ብደረጃ ጽሑፍ ተዳልዩ ዝነበረ መልእኽቲ ግና ተቐቢለምዎ። እቲ በቶም ነቲ ሰልፊ ዝወደቡ ኣካላት ዝተዳለወ’ሞ ንሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ዝተዋህበ ጽሑፍ፡ መራሕቲ ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ንኤርትራውያን ሰልፈኛታት ንምዝራብ ፈቓደኛ ዘይኮኑ ዘለዉ ንራበዓይ ግዜኦም ምዃኑ ጠቒሱ፡ እዚ ድማ እቲ ሕብረት ንሕግታቱን ቻርተራቱን ዘየኽብርን ንወጻዕቲ ዘተባብዕን ምዃኑ ዝሕብር’ዩ ሓሳብ ኣስፊሩ። ካብዚ ናይ ስቕ ኣካይዳ ንክወጹ ድማ ጸዊዑ። ኣብ መወዳእታ ተሳተፍቲ ንንውሕ ዝበለ ግዜ ኣብ ኣፍደገ ቤት ጽሕፈት ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ጭረሖታትን ኤርትራዊ ዜማታትን ብምስማዕ ብሰላም ነናብ ቦታኦም ተፋንዮም

Wednesday, 15 November 2017 12:42

ቤት ጽሕፈት ወጻኢ ጕዳያት ኣመሪካ ን37 ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ ንኣኼባ ጸዊዑ ኣሎ

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ቤት ጽሕፈት ወጻኢ ጕዳያት ኣመሪካ ን37 ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ ንኣኼባ ጸዊዑ ኣሎ

ሓላፊ ቤት ጽሕፈት ጕዳያት ወጻኢ ኣመሪካ፡ ኣቶ ረክስ ስቲረልሰን፡ ን37 ሃገራት ኣፍሪቃ ንኣኼባ ኣብ ዋሺንግተን ዲሲ ዓዲምወን ኣሎ። እቲ ዋዕላ፡ ብዛዕባ ንግድን ወፍሪ ርእሰማልን፡ ከምኡ’ውን፡ ብዛዕባ ጸረ ሽበራን ሰናይ ምምሕዳር ክኸውን ምዃኑ ተሓቢሩ ኣሎ።

ንኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ብዝምልከት፡ ምኽትል ሓላፊ ወጻኢ ኣመሪካ ኣብ ጕዳያት ኣፍሪቃ፡ ኣቶ ዶናልድ ያማማቶ፡ ኣብ መንጐ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ዘሎ ውጥረት ንምህዳእን ሰላምን ጸጥታን ንምስፋንን ንሰርሕ ኣሎና፤ ኣመሪካ ነቲ ጕዳይ መፍትሒ ንምርካብ ቆሪጻ ተበጊሳ ኣላ፤ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ድማ ነቲ ወጥሪ ንምፍታሕ ድልውነተን ገሊጸን ኣለዋ ኢሉ።

Wednesday, 15 November 2017 11:56

ባይቶ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ንእገዳ ሶማልያን ኤርትራን ንኽናዋሕ ወሲኑ

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ባይቶ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ንእገዳ ሶማልያን ኤርትራን ንኽናዋሕ ወሲኑ

15 ሃገራት ዝኣባላቱ ባይቶ ጸጥታ ሕቡራት ሃገራት (UNSC) ብሰሉስ 14 ሕዳር 2017 ዓ.ም ኣብ ዘካየዶ መጋባእያ፡ ነቲ ናይ ኣጽዋር ውግእ እገዳ ሶማልያን ኤርትራን ንክናዋሕ ዘኽእል ውሳኔ ቍጽሪ 2385 ኣጽዲቕዎ።

 

ነዚ ውሳኔ’ዚ 11 ኣባላት ሃገራት ባይቶ ጸጥታ ደጊፈንኦ፡ ዝተቓወምት ሃገር ኣይነበረትን፡ 4 ድማ ናይ ድምጺ ተዓቅቦ ገይረን። እተን ናይ ድምጺ ተዓቅቦ ዝገበራ ሃገራት ሩስያ፡ ቺና፡ ግብጽን ቦሊቭያን ኢየን።

 

ነቲ ንድፊ ውሳኔ ዘቕረበት ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ኰይና፡ ኣምባሳደራ ኣብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ንኤርትራ ምስ ኮሚቴ እገዳ ሕቡራት ሃገራትን ምስ ፍልይቲ ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን ንኽተሓባበር መጸዋዕታኡ ኣቕሪቡ ኣሎ።

እቲ እገዳ ካብ ዝጅምር 8 ዓመቱ ኣቝጺሩ ኣሎ።

Wednesday, 15 November 2017 11:42

EPDP Foreign Relations Office  Holds Season's Regular Meeting

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EPDP Foreign Relations Office  Holds Season's Regular Meeting

On 12 November 2017, the administrative committee of the Foreign Relations Office of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) held an important regular meeting attended by representatives of the Office's sub-committees formed in many regions of the world.

 

Agenda for this meeting, held in the aftermath of the conclusion of the 8th regular meeting of the EPDP Central Council, included the following items: exchange of situation reports; summary presentation of the annual report of the Office for 2016-2017 which was earlier reviewed by the CC; the New Action Plan for the Foreign Relations Office for the year ahead; review of the structure of regional committees, and enhancing their role in new party projects for the future (such as the proposal for joint action with other sister organizations and the Party Renewal Plan.)

Each regional representative made brief presentation giving a picture of their respective situations and activities. This was followed by a discussion on the summary of the annual report of the Office as presented to the 8th regular meeting of the EPDP Central Council. Below are a few points gleaned from the report covering August 2016 to July 2017:

Memoranda:   During the 12 months of the period under review, the Foreign Relations Office submitted 27 memoranda on different Eritrea-related issues to various governments, parties, UN agencies, the African Union and other global and regional organizations. Of these, four memoranda were sent to different German institutions; three to Holland; three to Switzerland; two each to Sweden; UN agencies and the Progressive Alliance; and one memorandum to each the African Union; Ethiopia; Sudan; Somalia; State of Qatar; Italy; France; UK; Belgium; Norway and Denmark. It was also cited that the EPDP sent a grand total 134 such memoranda since the first party congress of July 2011.

Official Tours/Meetings: During the past year, EPDP conducted 13 officials tours/meetings with different parties and governments. Seven of the tours/meetings were to/with UN agencies; two with EU/Brussels; two in Gothenburg/Sweden; two to/in Berlin and Dortmund/Germany. The total visits in the past six years reached 72 including to places like Niami/Niger and Tunis/Tunisia. On top of this, the EPDP conducted 22 public diplomacy events. These include seminars and conferences at which Eritreans and non-Eritreans take part to discuss issues related to Eritrean refugees and the situation at home.

Publications:- Also during the period under review, the Foreign Office published and distributed six issues of Liberty, an English-language magazine containing mainly diplomatic efforts of the party. Also distributed to diplomatic circles were video clips and written materials on the Eritrean situation. The office published 36 issues of the English magazine since its first congress six years ago.

The Foreign Office Committee meeting also discussed the new work plan for the year ahead ending July 2018, and enriched it by proposing some details relevant to the situation of each EPDP regional committee.

Furthermore, the meeting urged that each Foreign Office sub-committee as well as each and every EPDP branch/zone in Australia, Middle East, Africa, Europe and North America to take very seriously the June 4 2017 party proposal for joint work with other sister organizations. Likewise, it called upon all party organs to start effectively implementing the upcoming Party Renewal plan being enhanced by the Commission for Party Renewal and scheduled to be reviewed every two months at extraordinary meetings of the EPDP Central Committee.

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