ሰውራ ኤርትራ ክብገስ እንከሎ ዕላምኡ ኣንጻር ባዕዳዊ መግዛእትን ነቲ ባዕዳዊ መግዛእቲ ዘተኣታተዎ ደቛስን መዝማዝን ስርዓተ ምሕደራ ንምልጋስ እዩ ነይሩ። ህዝቢ ንሰውርኡ ብምሉእ ልቡን ቀልቡን ዘለዎ ንዋትን ጉልበትን ከይበቐቐ ሓብሒቡ ናብ ዓወት ኣብጺሑ እዩ።  እንተኾነ ነቲ ሰውራ ብኣግኡ ክከታተሎ፡ ክቆጻጸሮን ክእርሞን ኣብ ናይ ምውሳን ሱታፌ ስለዘይነበሮ እቲ ስርዓተ ምሕደራ ካብቲ ቅድም ዝሓሸ ከምዘይኮነ እነሆ ብዓይንና እንርእዮ ዘሎና እዩ።

ልክዕ እዩ ኤርትራ ነጻነታ ተጎናጺፋ ኣብትሕቲ ኣሰቃቒ ምልኪ ትካየድ ኣላ። እቲ ጐዲሉ ዘሎ ህዝቢ ዝመረጾ መንግስቲ ስለዘየለ፡ ህዝቢ ጌና ይጭቈንን ኣደራዕ ይወርዶን ስለ ዘሎ እዩ። እወ! ህዝቢ ንዲሞክራሲያዊ ምሕደራ ብሃንቀውታ እዩ ዝጽበዮን ዝደልዮን። ግናኸ እዚ ብዘይ  ተሳትፎኡ ከመጽእ ዝጽበ እንተኾይኑ ኣዚዩ ዝገደደ ሽግር እዩ ከጓንፎ።

ድሌት ህዝቢ  ምስቲ ዝካየድ ለውጢ ፖለቲካዊ ስርዓት ዝምነዮ ክወሃሃድ እንተኾይኑ ሓላፍነቱን ግቡኡን ክፈልጥ ኣብ ፖለቲካ ክሳተፍ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ኣብ ፖለቲካ ምስታፍ ማለት ህዝቢ ብምሉኡ ኣብ ሰልፍታት ኣባል ክኸውን ዘይኮነ፡ እቲ እተን ሰልፍታት ሒዘንኦ ዘለዋ መደብ ዕዮ ንጥቕሙ ዲዩ ንጉድኣቱ ፈልዩ ክፈልጥ ይግበኦ። ምስ’ዚ ተተሓሒዙ ወይ ክነጽጎ ወይ ሞራላውን ንዋታውን ደገፉ ክልግሰሉ። ብፍላይ ኣብ ከም ኤርትራ ዝኣመሰላ ሃገራት ዝርከብ ህዝቢ ተተመሊሱ ብጨቈንቲ ስርዓታት ከይደሃኽን እቲ መንግስቲ ናተይ እዩ ዝብሎ ክመርጽን ክቆጻጸርን ግዴታኡ ምዃኑ ክርዳእ ማለት እዩ።

እዚ ጉዳይ  ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እምበኣር፡ ነዚ መላኺ ስርዓት’ዚ ንውሑዳት ሒዙ፡ ንዝበዝሑ ኣካል ሕበርተሰብ ከም ድላዩ ገይሩ ክጭቁኖን ክገዝኦን እንከሎ ሱቕ ኢሉ ከም ተዓዛባይ ጥራሕ ክጽበ ኣይግባእን። ከምቲ ቅድሚ ሎሚ ደቁ፥ ጉልበቱን፥ ንብረቱን እንተላይ ህይወቱ ዘወፈየ፥ ሎሚ እውን ካብዚ ንላዕሊ ነዚ ምልኪ ናብ ራህዋ ንምቕያር ዝያዳ ክረባረብ ዝግበኦ ምዃኑ ክግንዘብ ኣለዎ።

ነዚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝገዝእ ዘሎ መላኺ ስርዓት ንምቕያር ሓላፍነት ናይ ሰልፍታት፡ ውድባትን፥ ማሕበራትን ወይ ምሁራት ጥራሕ ዝምልከት ኣይኮነን። እቲ ህዝቢ ነቲ ዝኸይድ ፖለቲካዊ ቃልሲ ምእንቲ ከሕይሎ፥ ክድግፎን፥ ከጽንዖን፥ ክሳተፍን ክነጥፍን ኣለዎ። ውድባትን ሰልፍታትን ነናተን ርእይቶታትን ፖለቲካዊ መደብ ዕዮታትን ኣለወን። እዚ ግን እቲ ህዝቢ ብዝግባእ ተኸታቲሉ ክግስጽን ደገፈታኡ እንተስ ክህብ ወይ ክነፍግ ኣለዎ እምበር፡ ተዓዛቢ ክኸውን ኣይግበኦን። እቲ ለውጢ ዋንኡ ህዝቢ ምዃኑን እቲ ህዝቢ ነዚ ለውጢ ኣብ ጠቕሙ ዲዩ ኣይኮነን ክውዕል ክከታተል እምበር ናይ ስቕ መርገጽ ክሕዝ ኣይግባእን። ህዝቢ ኣብ ፖለቲካ ክሳተፍ እንከሎ፥ ነተን ኣለዋ ዝበሃላ ሰልፍታት ነዚ መላኺ ስርዓት ንምውዳቕ ሓቢረን ክቃለሳን፥ ሓባራዊ ሃገራዊ ራኢ ክውንናን ክደፋፍእን ደራኺ ሓይሊ ናይ ዓወት ክኸውን መበቐዐ። ከምዚ ክግበር እንከሎ እቲ ሽግር ኣማራጺ ፍታሕ ንምርካብ መቐለለ። ስለዚ ስቅያት ህዝቢ መዐለቢ ክረክብ እንተኾይኑ ህዝቢ ኣብ ፖለቲካ ክዋሳእን ክሳተፍን ናይ ግድን ይኸውን።

ህዝቢ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ምንቅስቓሳት ሱታፌ እንተዘይብሉ ነቲ ዝሕንጸጽ ፖሊሲ ኣብ ረብሓኡ ከውዕሎ ኣይክእልን። ስለዚ እቲ ህዝቢ ናጽነቱ ይምንዛዕ እሞ ኣብክንዲ እቲ ስልጣን ዋንኡ ንሱ ምዃኑ ኣሚኑ ነቲ ስርዓት ምቕያር ተጸባዪ ይኸውን ።

ስለዚ ስርዓት ኣብ ምውዳቕ ሓላፍነትን ተሳትፎን ህዝቢ ኣገዳሲ ዝኾነሉ ቀንዲ ዕላማ፡ ህዝቢ ዝቆጻጸሮ ዲሞክራሲያዊ መንግስቲ ምምስራት እዩ። እዚ ከኣ ነቲ መሰረታዊ ዝኾነ መሰላት፡ ናጽነትን ልኡላውነትን ህዝቢ ንምክልኻል እዩ። እዚ ምክልኻል’ዚ እቲ ህዝቢ ኣብ ዝኾነ ይኹን ንጥፈታት፡ ማለት ኣብ ኣኼባታት፥ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍታት፥ ምርጫታትን ንሰልፍታትን ንዋታውን ሞራላውን ድገፋት ምብርካት ኣብ ዝኣመሰሉ ክሳተፍ ኣለዎ። በዚ ኣቢሉ ከኣ እዩ ነቲ ኣብ ሃገሩ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ፖለቲካ ክከታተሎን ክቆጻጸሮን ቅኑዕ ኢሉ ዝኣመነሉ ምርጫኡን ክወስድ ዘኽእሎ።

ኣቶ መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ኣቦመንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ንዝነወሓ ናይ ስራሕ ዑደት ኣብ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካን ካናዳን ብ15 ሰነ 2017 ኣብ በይኤርያ፡ካሊፎርኒያ ኣትዩ። ንሱ ኣብቲ ከባቢ ኣብ ዝጸንሓሉ ኣብ ዝበጽሖ ቦታታት ክፉት ናይ ህዝቢ ኣኼባታትን ሰሚናራት ጨናፍር ሰዲህኤን ከካይድ እዩ።

በዚ መሰረት ኣቦመንበር ሰደህኤ ቀዳም 17 ሰነ 2017 ኣብ በይኤርያ ምስ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ክፉት ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ ከካይድ እዩ። ንጽባሒቱ 18 ሰነ ድማ ኣብቲ ቦታ ምስ ዘለዉ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክመያየጥ እዩ።

ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ ኣቦመንበር መንግስተኣብ 24 ሰነ 2017 ኣብ ሳንዲያጎ፡ ካሊፎርንያ ናይ ኣባላት ሰዲህኤ ክራኸብ እዩ። ቀጺሉ ድማ ብ25 ሰነ 2017 ካለኣይ ህዝባዊ ኣኼባኡ ምስ ኤርትራውያን ነበርቲ ሳንዲያጎን ከባቢኣን ከካይድ እዩ። ካለኦት ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ቦታታት ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካን ካንዳን ዘካይዶም ኣኼባታት ብዝምልከት ዘካይደሉ ግዜ  ኣብ መጻኢ ክሕበር እዩ።

ኣቦመንበር ሰደህኤ ኣብዚ ዘካይዶ ኣኼባታት ዘተኩረሉ ዛዕባታት፡ ኣሻቓሊ ፖለቲካዊ፡ ሰብኣዊ መሰልን ማሕበረ-ቁጠባውን ኩነታት ኤርትራ፡ ከምኡ እውን ዘይምኽኑይ ቀጻሊ ምክፍፋልን ደውታን ደንበ ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ ኣብ ወጻኢ፡ ከተኩረሎም ትጽቢት ዝግበረሎም እዮም። ብዘይካዚ ሰዲህኤ ቅድሚ 7 ዓመታት ካብ ዝምስረት ጀሚሩ ክሓልፎ ዝጸንሐ ውሽጣውን ግዳማውን ብደሆታት ቆላሕታ ዝህቦ ጉዳይ ክኸውን እዩ። ማእከላይ ባይቶ ሰዲህኤ ኣብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ዘውጸኦ እማመ ንሰፊሕ ዘተ ምስ ተቓወምቲ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባት ኤርትራ ንሰፈሕ ናይ ሓባር ስራሕ መድረኽ ብዕምቆት ክበርህ እዩ።

ኣቦመንበር ሰዲህኤ ኣብ ዑደቱ ብሓላፊ ቤት ጽሕፈት ውደባዊ ጉዳያት ኣቶ ተስፋይ ወልደሚካኤል (ደጊጋን) ካለኦት ኣብ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣሜሪካን ካናዳን ዘለዉ ኣባላት መሪሕነትን ክስነ እዩ።

Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom, Chairman of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP), on 15 June 2017 arrived in the Bay Area, California, for an extended mission in North America (the United States and Canada) during which he will hold open public meetings as well as seminars for EPDP branches in places of visit.

 

On Saturday, 17 June, the EPDP Chairman will hold an open public meeting for Eritreans residing in the Bay Area. On Sunday, 18 June, he will conduct a meeting for EPDP members in the same area.  

 

On 24 June, Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom will hold a meeting for EPDP members in San Diego, California, followed by his second public meeting in USA on 25 June for Eritrean compatriots residing in San Diego and the surrounding region. Other meetings in different parts of USA and Canada will be announced in due course of time.

 

The EPDP Chairman's talking points at the meetings are expected to include the ever distressing political, human rights and socio-economic situation in Eritrea; the unjustified continued fragmentation and deafening stagnation of the Eritrean opposition camp in the diaspora, and, of course, the internal and external challenging the EPDP has been facing since its formation seven years ago. Also to be expounded in great detail will be the recently issued EPDP Central Council proposal for wider dialogue within the Eritrean opposition camp with the primary aim of finding a common platform for an effective joint work.

 

During many parts of his tour, the EPDP Chairman will be accompanied by the Head for EPDP Organizational Affairs, Mr. Tesfai Woldemichael (Degiga) and other leadership members residing in the United States and Canada. 

 

 

CAIRO Prominent Egyptian political parties on Thursday criticized President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's plan to transfer two Red Sea islands to Saudi Arabia and urged people to take to the streets in protest.

Parliament voted on Wednesday to back a treaty to hand over the two uninhabited islands of Tiran and Sanfir and Sisi is expected to ratify the decision soon.

The plan to cede the islands to Saudi Arabia, which has given Egypt billions of dollars of aid, was first announced last year and has since become mired in political protest and legal action.

The Social Democratic Party, along with several other parties and groups, called for protests on Friday.

Thousands of people backed a Facebook page named "Giving up land is treason," which urges people to protest in Cairo's Tahrir Square, birthplace of the 2011 Arab Spring uprising. It shows a box full of Saudi cash, which it describes as the title deeds for the islands.

Opponents of the plan say Egypt's sovereignty over the islands dates back to 1906, before Saudi Arabia was founded.

 

 

 

 

 

Source=http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN1962DZ

Eritrea has become the latest African state to side with Saudi Arabia and its allies in the diplomatic crisis involving Qatar.

A group of Arab nations, led by Riyadh, cut diplomatic ties with the Gulf country last week, accusing Qatar of funding terrorist groups, including the Islamic State militant group (ISIS), and supporting Iran, Saudi Arabia’s main rival in the region.

Several African nations have followed suit. Senegal, Chad, Mauritania and Niger have all recalled their ambassadors from Qatar, while Egypt was one of the initial group that sparked the crisis.

Eritrea, a pariah state that has been dubbed Africa’s North Korea for its lack of free media, has few international partners but has until now had a relatively good relationship with Qatar.

Qatar Sheikh al-Thani Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani attends the 25th Arab Summit in Kuwait City, March 25, 2014. Qatar has been isolated by a number of Arab and African states for its alleged support of terrorism and Iran. Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters

But a statement from the Eritrean Information Ministry said Monday that the Saudi-led censure was “not confined to Qatar alone as the potential of Qatar is very limited” but was “one initiative among many in the right direction that envisages full realization of regional security and stability,” the AP reported.

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In response, Qatar announced Wednesday that it had pulled some 450 troops from the border of Djibouti and Eritrea, two countries which have a long-running territorial dispute that the Gulf state helped mediate. Eritrea’s top official at the African Union, Araya Desta, said that his country did not want another confrontation with Djibouti. “We don’t want to take any of Djibouti’s land,” Desta told the AP.

Ethiopia, a neighboring state that has hostile relations with Eritrea, has not yet taken sides in the dispute. But both Saudi Arabia and Qatar have made overtures to the country: Saudi officials visited Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian capital, over the weekend, while Qatari officials met with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn on Monday.

The crisis shows little sign of abating. Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates have banned flights to and from Qatar from using their airspace, while Qatar has slammed the blockade as part of a “policy of domination and control.” Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has sided with Qatar, calling the blockade “un-Islamic” and demanding a solution be found by the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Source=http://www.newsweek.com/qatar-crisis-eritrea-saudi-arabia-625356

ኣብዚ ሳልስቲ ፕረዚደንት ኢሳያስ ኣፍወርቂንመሪሕነት መድረኽ ዝእድብዝበሎ ስጉምቲ ክውሰድ መምርሒ ከም ዘመሓላለፈ  ሬድዮ መድረኽ ምንጭታታ ብምጥቃስ ሓቢራ። እታ ሬድዮ እቲዝእድብ ስጉምቲእንታይ ሙዃኑ ዝሕብር ዝርዝር ከምዘየብሉ ጠቒሳ፡ ፕረሰደንት ኢሳያስ መምርሒ ክህብ እንከሎ ኣስማት ኣባላት መሪሕነት መድረኽ ከም ዝረቖሐ ገሊጻ።

እቲ መምርሒ “ነዞም ሰባት ኣፎም ዘትሕዝ ስጉምቲ” ዝብል ሕመረት ከም ዘለዎ ዝሓበረ ዜና ሬድዮ መድረኽ፡ እቲ መምርሒ ኣብ ቅድሚ ኣባላት ሃገራዊ ድሕነት፡ ኣዘዝቲ ሰራዊትን ኣባላት ሓለዋ ቤት ጽሕፈት ፕረሲደንትን ብኽፉት ኣገባብ ከም ዝተዋህበ’ውን ጠቒሱ። ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ ኣንበሳደር ኤርትራ ኣብ ኬንያ ብወገኑ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሓለፍቲ መድረኽ ግቡእ ስጉምቲ ክንወስድ ኢና ክብል ከም ዝፈከረ እቲ ሓበሬታ ብተወሳኺ ኣቃሊዑ።

እዚ ከምዚሉ እንከሎ ዋንነቱ ናይ ነፍስሄር ሜጀር ጀነራል ገ/እዚኣብሄር ዓንደማርያም (ውጩ) ዝኾነ ኣባይቲ ኣብ ክተማ ኣስመራ ብ2 ሰነ 2017 ብትእዛዝ ጀነራል ፍሊጶስ ወልደየውሃንስ ከም ዝተዓሸገ እዛ ሬድዮ ኣብ ናይ 13 ሰነ 2017 ፈነወ  ኣቃሊሓ። እቲ ዝተዓሸገ ክልተ ኣባይቲ፡ እቲ ሓደ ኣብ ቪላጆ ከባቢ ፋብሪካ ዓለባን ኣብ ሓዝሓዝን ከም ዝርከብ ከኣ እቲ ዜና ሓቢሩ። እዚ “ብምምሕዳራ ዞባ ማኣከል ተዓስጉ” ዝብል ማሕተም ዝዓረፎ ኣባይቲ ብስም መብራህቱ ናይዝዚ ዝተመዝገበ እዩ ነይሩ።

እቲ ዜና ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ጀነራል ፍሊጶስ ኣብ ጽልእን ምፍዳይ ሕነን ተጸሚዱ ከም ዝርከብ ጠቒሱ፡ ካብዚ መንፈስዚ ነቒሉ ብቐጻሊ ሰባት ምእሳርን ውልቃዊ ረብሓ ንምርካብ እሱራት ኣብ ምፍታሕን ተዋፊሩ ከም ዘሎ ገሊጹ።

 ኣብ ከምዚ ሕጂ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝረአ ዘሎ ጥቕምን ምጥፍፋእን ዝዓብለሎ ምምሕዳር ካብ ተሓታትነት ንምህዳም ብዝተፈላለየ መደናገሪ ኣስማት ንብረት ምሕባእን ውልቃዊ ቅርሕንቲ ዝዓብለሎ ስጉምቲ ምውሳድን ዝተለምደ እዩ።

ጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ዝከታተል ኣካል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ብ14 ሰነ 2017 4ይ ዓመታዊ ጸብጻብ ወ/ሮ ኪታሩት ምስ ተኸታተለ ኣዝዩ ሰንቢዱ። መብዛሕተኦም ኣብ መበል 35 ኣኼባ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ጀነቫ ዝተሳተፉ ልኡኻት ሃገራትን ብሰብኣዊ መሰል ዝሕለቑ ሲቪላዊ ማሕበራትን ኣብ ዝሃብዎ መግለጽታት: ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ኩነታት ሰብኣዊ መሰል ብዘይምቕያሩ ኣዝዮም ሓዚኖም። ካብዚ ሓሊፎም “ኣብ መጻኢኸ እንታይ እዩ ክግበር?” ዝብል ሕቶ ኣቕሪቦም። ናይተን ማውሪታንያዊት ጠበቓ ኪታሩ በሊሕን ቀጥታውን መልሲ ከኣ እቲ ፍታሕ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቦም ኮነ ኢሎም ገበን ምስ ዝፍጽሙ ሓለፍቲ  “ ኣብ ዕባራ ዋጋ ዕዳጋ ምውራድ ዘይኮነስ ልዕልና ሰብኣዊ መሰል ምርግጋጽ ጥራይ እዩ” ዝብል ነይሩ።

ወ/ሮ ኪታሩት፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ቀጻሊ ማእሰርቲ፡ ምስዋር፡ ምስቓይ፡ ሞትን እቲ ኣብ ናይ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ጸብጻብ መርማሪ ኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ዝተዘርዘረ ግህሰታትን ኩሉ  ቀጻሊ ከምዘሎ ነቲ ባይቶ ገሊጸናሉ። ሓለፍቲ ኤርትራ ዋላ ውሱን ነጥቢ ካብቲ ዝቐረበሎም ለበዋታትን ከመሓይሹ ዝኣተዉዎ መብጸዓን ንምትግባር ዘርኣይዎ ዝኾነይኹን ተገዳስነት ከም ዘየለ ጠቒሰን።

እቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ንክመሓየሽ ዝሓትት ሓሳብ ንነዊሕ ግዜ ክቐርብ እንከሎ መልሲ ዘይምርካቡ፡ ብጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ንዝግደሱ ክኢላታት ከም ንቡር ተግባር ዝውሰድ ኣይኮነን። እተን ወይዘሮ ሓድሽ ኮነ ናይ ቀደም መፍትሒ ኢለን ዘቕረበኦ ሓሳበን ከምዘይትግበር’ኳ ዝፈልጣ እንተኾና ናብቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝገዝእ ዘሎ ጉጅለ ሕጂ እውን መፍትሒ ሓሳብ ካብ ምቕራብ ዓዲ ኣይወዓላን።

እቲ ወ/ሮ ኪታሩት ናብ ምዕራባውያን ደሞክራስያውያን ዘቕረበኦ ሓሳብ ክብደት ዝወሃቦ ካብ ኤርትራ ወጻኢ ንዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ሲቪላዊ ማሕበራት ዓቕሞም ዘዕቢ ደገፍ ምሃብ እዋናውን ግድነታውን ምዃኑ ዝጽውዕ ብምዃኑ እዩ።

ካብቶም ኣብቲ ኣኼባ ዝተዛረቡ 30 ወገናት 80% ዝኾኑ ዘቕረብዎ ሓሳብ ነቲ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝፍጽሞ ዘሎ በደላት ዝኹንን ነቲ ንጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝምርምር ዘሎ ኣካል ግዜ ክናወሓሉ ዘለዎ ኣድላይነት ዘመላኽትን ነይሩ። ብ6 ሰነ 2017 ዝተኸፍተ መበል 35 ኣኼባ ባይቶ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት 23 ሰነ 2017 ክፍጸምዩ።

Friday, 16 June 2017 21:17

Radio Demtsi Harnnet Kassel 15.06.2017

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A few hours before the UN Human Rights Council started its agenda on Eritrea on 14 June, the Eritrean Law Society and other sister human rights organizations held a side-event on Eritrea to discuss alternative avenues other than the ICC and regional mechanisms in the attempt of bringing to accountability those persons who allegedly committed crimes against humanity in Eritrea in the period 1991 to 2016.

 

Panelists at the well attended Eritrea side-event, that was moderated by Dr. Daniel R. Mekonnen of the Eritrean Law Society, included Mr. Suzko Lungu, a law expert from the South African Litigation Center; Mr. Adam Kunfu, Eritrean family member of a victim, and Ms Rita Mazzochi, from the Nairobi-based Horn of Africa Civil Society Forum.

 

Dr. Daniel Mekonnen stated in his opening remarks that last year's conclusions and recommendations of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea will take time to be implemented through international and regional mechanisms.  Meanwhile, it is incumbent upon Eritrean and fraternal civil society activists to search for other mechanisms for serving justice.

 

He stated that alternative avenues include trying to bring to accountability those persons suspected of having committed "crimes against humanity" at regional or national courts of law outside Eritrea.  Mr. Suzko Lungu spoke on the relevance of physical presence of suspected criminals for prosecution although investigations can be initiated in the absence of those suspects.  Eritrean civil society need to compile sufficient evidence on such cases although the country where the case is initiated outside Eritrea can also make its own assessments.

 

Young Adam Kunfu narrated the story of the disappearance of his father and a dozen other Sanafe residents in 2002 and how much families of victims suffer by the actions of the Eritrean regime. Ms Rita Mazzochi explained in greater details the aims and activities of the Horn of Africa Civil Society Forum and its significance in handling human rights issues in the countries it covers.

 

In the discussion that followed, discussants considered the expected role of civil society and what the African Union can do in implementing the UN COI decisions.

 

Earlier day, 13 June, the Eritrean regime also organized a self-propagation event at which Eritrean justice seekers challenged the falsehoods stated by the same regime envoy, Wedi Gerhatu.

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