All-Europe Zone members of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP), invited sister organizations and the general public attended on 4 and 5 August eventful Eritrea Festival days in Frankfurt while an only-members assembly was held Sunday afternoon led by the EPDP Chairman Menghesteab Asmerom. Among the inspiring addresses heard on Saturday were the ones presented by two Eritrean pro-democracy activists: Ms. Salwa Nur (Umreetal), who flew in from the Arab Gulf, and Ambassador Andebrhan Weldegiorghis who made a detour flight from a duty sojourn in Barcelona, Spain, in order not to miss the Eritrea Festival in Germany.

 

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Following are excerpts of the colourful festival events. (Full reportage on the events and content of the speeches will follow in major Eritrean languages and in English).

 

Events of Day-One:

Following an introductory opening statement on Friday, 4 August, by  Mr. Tesfamariam Kibreab, chairman of the Eritrean Democratic Association (EDA) that hosted the festival, invited guests were informed on details of the programme for the weekend which included three events held on Day One of the festival. 

 

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The first was an invitation to visit a side-display of Eritrean handcrafts/artifacts and home appliances surrounded by slogans expressing the determination of the Eritrean woman to struggle for self-emancipation from double oppression.

 

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The day's second event was an awareness workshop on democracy and the rule of law led by two senior EPDP cadres, Dirar Mantai of the Netherlands, and Goitom Mebrahtu of UK. Their presentations were based on an intensive course they attended earlier this year at programme organized by the Raft Foundation of Norway for the promotion of democracy and human rights.

 

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The workshop, which involved the participation of  five-groups from among the audience, was prepared with brief explanations and illustrations prepared in Tigrigna.  The third event on Friday was a short but lively folkloric music and dance led by young singers.

 

Events of Day-Two:

Saturday was the day of the major festival panel event which included the keynote address of the EPDP Chairman and solidarity messages of sister organizations. The speakers included Mr. Abdulaziz Anwar from the Eritrean Nahda Party; Mr. Idris Humed of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF); Mr. Menghesteab Afeworki of the Eritrean

 

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Democratic Party EDP); Mr. Semere Beyane of the Eritrean Democratic Unity Front (Sagem); Mr. Kibreab Misghina of the Eritrean Revolutionary Democratic Front (Sedege'e);  Mr. Kahsai Berhane of the Eritrean People's Unity Movement for Justice; Mr. Ghebrehiwet Kfle of the Eritrean Unity for Democratic Change; and Ms Alganesh Isaak of the EPDP office for women's affairs.

The Saturday events continued with folkloric dances and music till Sunday morning. 

Third Festival Day:

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The major event on Sunday was a members-only meeting led by EPDP Chairman Menghesteab Asmerom at the festival grounds. Party members coming from several European cities in UK, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, USA and Canada also seized the occasion for a joint dinners, side-chats and exchange of addresses.

Italian naval ships have been deployed to try to stop migrants and refugees crossing the Mediterranean

The army general in charge of eastern Libya has threatened to confront Italian naval ships that are heading to the Libyan coast to help stop the flow of migrants and refugees across the Mediterranean. 

Italy’s parliament has authorised the country’s navy to carry out the mission but the presence of Italian ships in Libya’s waters prompted angry reactions inside the north African country. 

General Khalifa Haftar, who controls most of eastern Libya, threatened to use his own forces to repel the Italians if they came into Libyan sovereign waters. 

“Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar, issues orders to the Libyan naval bases in Tobruk, Benghazi, Ras Lanuf and Tripoli to confront any marine unit that enters the Libyan waters without the permission of the army,” the Libyan National Army said in a statement.

Gen Haftar's forces control most of eastern Libya
Gen Haftar's forces control most of eastern Libya Credit: ABDULLAH DOMA/AFP/Getty Images

Gen Haftar’s forces are unlikely to open fire on the Italians and risk a confrontation with a major European country. But the threat may complicate the already delicate Italian mission in Libya and strain relations between Gen Haftar and Libya’s UN-backed government in Tripoli. 

The warning also reflects broader anger in Libya over the intervention of Italy, a former colonial power that ruled Libya for the first half of the 20th century.   

Italy’s government said it was sending the two ships to try to curb the flow of migrants and refugees, which has seen 600,000 people arrive in Italy in the past four years. 

Migration has become a major political issue in Italy and the government is under pressure to cut the number of people arriving. 

Italy said it was deploying the warships at the request of the UN-backed government in Tripoli and insisted it had no intention of violating Italian sovereignty. 

Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti said there was no attempt to undermine Libyan sovereignty 
Italian Defence Minister Roberta Pinotti said there was no attempt to undermine Libyan sovereignty  Credit: Angelo Carconi/ANSA via AP

"There will be no harm done or slight given to Libyan sovereignty, because, if anything, our aim is to strengthen Libyan sovereignty," Roberta Pinotti, the Italian defence minister, told parliament. 

But in widespread social media posts, Libyans protested against the Italian presence. Many posted pictures of Omar al-Mukhtar, a national hero who fought the Italian forces in the early 1900s. 

One Italian patrol boat has already reached Libyan waters and a second is due to arrive soon. 

Human rights groups have criticised the Italian naval mission, saying it would leave people languishing in detention centres in Libya where they face potential torture or even death.    

“Italy, along with other EU member states, should be focusing on increasing its search and rescue operations. Instead it has chosen to shirk its responsibilities and endanger the very people it says it is trying to help,” said Amnesty International. 

Meanwhile, Italy warned NGO groups carrying out rescue missions in the Mediterranean that would have to halt their operations if they did not agree to a new set of rules governing their behaviour. 

The government warning came after a German NGO was accused of aiding illegal immigration by meeting with people traffickers off the Libyan coast and taking migrants directly from the traffickers onto their boat.

The Iuventa Ship of the German NGO Jugend Rettet was impounded
The Iuventa Ship of the German NGO Jugend Rettet was impounded Credit: Elio Desiderio/ANSA via AP

Italian prosecutors said that the NGO, Jugend Rettet, collaborated with the smugglers out of a zeal for humanitarian work but that it may have broken immigration law in the process. The NGO met the smugglers three times between October 2016 and June 2017 but no money was exchanged, prosecutors said.  

The group’s 100-foot-long boat, Iuventa, was impounded and the NGO said it was assessing the accusations. The allegations fueled calls by Italian MPs for tougher laws on NGO activities. 

Three of the nine humanitarian groups carrying out rescue operations have signed up to the new Italian regulations, including Save the Children. Among those who have refused to sign is Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).     

MSF said the new regulations “will not only be unhelpful for rescue activities, but could result in reduced rescue capacity, and consequently result in further drownings”.

Gen Haftar and the prime minister of the UN-backed government, Fayez al-Sarraj, agreed to a ceasefire deal last week after talks brokered by Emmanuel Macron, the president of France. 

Analysts were sceptical that the agreement would end the political chaos in Libya. 

The deal gave Gen Haftar permission to continue military operations for counter-terrorism reasons and the general considers almost all his enemies to be terrorists.   

The UN-backed government also has little control over a series of militias that are aligned with it and may prove too weak to force its side to stop fighting.

Source=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/03/libyan-military-strongman-threatens-italian-ships-trying-stop/?WT.mc_id=tmg_share_em

Saturday, 05 August 2017 21:40

Frankfurt Festival 2017 Opening

ብኤርትራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ማሕበር ኣብ ጀርመንን ጨናፍር ሰዲህኤ ኣብ ኤውሮጳን ዝተዳለወ ፈስቲቫል ፍራንክፎርት 2017 ብዕለት 04. ነሓሰ መደባቱ ጀሚሩ ውዒሉ።  ኣብ ሰዓታት ቅድሚ ቀትሪ ናይዚ ዝተጠቕሰ ማዓልቲ ንኣደራሽ ዝምልከት ዘድሊ ምድላዋት ኣብ ምስልሳል ኣንከሎ ብርክት ዝበሉ ብተመኩሮ ዝበሰሉ  ኣባላት ሰልፍን መሪሕነቱን ኤርትራውያን ግዱሳት ደቂ ሃገርን ካብ ዝተፈላለያ ሃገራት ኤውሮጳ  ኣብ ቦታ ፈስቲቫል ክበጽሑ ጀመሩ።

ብዘይካዚ፡ ኣቲ ንነዊ ዓመታት ብዛይምቁራጽ ብናይ ቃልሲ ወኒ ኣብ ፈስቲቫላት ጀርመን ካብ ምስታፍ  ተሪፉ ዝይፈልጥ ብጻይ ጸሃየ ኣርኣያ መሓሪ እውን ካብ ችካጎ ኣመሪካስ ደበኽ ዳኣ በለ። ምስዚ ኣነ፡ መሓዙትን መጋድልትን ናይቲ ግርማ ፈስቲቫልን ተቓላሳይን ዝነበረ ስዉእ ወላድየይ ክረክብን ወግዖም ክካፈልን እደሊ ኣለኹ ዝበለ መንእሰይ፤ ወዱ ንስዉእ ኣስጎዶም ወዲ ባሻይ እውን ካብ ዓዲ ጣልያን ካብ ተሳተፍቲ ፈስቲቫል ኮይኑ ኣሎ።

ድሕሪ ናይቲ ዕለት ምቕባል ኣጋይሽ ምስልሳል፡ ኣቦ መንበር ኣሳናዳኢ ሽማግለ ፈስቲቫል ሓው ተስፋማርያኣም ክብራኣብ ሓጺር ናይ ምስጋናን ሌላን ቃል ንተሳተፍቲ ፈስቲቫል ድሕሪ ምቕራብ መደባት ፈስቲቫል ብስሩዕ ንምጅማር መድረኽ ንመምህር ድራር መንታይን ጎይትኦም መብራህቱን ኣረከበ።

IGoitom and Dirar Festival 2017

ዝተጠቕሱ ብጾት ነቲ ንነዊሕ ግዝያት ክዳለውሉ ዝጸንሑ ሕብስቲ ዲሞክራሲ ዘርእስቱ ኣስተምህሮ፡ ንተደላይነት ዲሞክራስያዊ ምሕደራን ሓጺር መኣተዊ ድሕሪ ምቅራብ፡ ኣርባዕተ ጉጅለታት በብሓሙሽተ ወለንታያን ሰባት ሰሪዕም ግን ከኣ ንኩሉም ተሳተፍቲ ፈስቲቫል ብዘዋስእ ኣገባብ ተግባር ዝተሓወሶ ኣስተምህሮ ኣቕሪቦም። ዝቀረበ ኣስተምህሮ ኣብ ኣብነታዊ ዛንታ ዝተሰረተን ዝተጻሕፉ ይኹኑ ዘይተጻሕፉ ኣብ መንጎ ደቂ ሰባት ዝግበሩ ውዑላት፡ ንምፍራሶም ዝድርኽ ኩነታት ኣብዝፍጠረሉ ግዜ ንምፍትሑ ክውሰዱ ዘለዎም ሓሳባትን ምብላሓትን  ኣብ ምቅራብ ዝሕግዝ ዛንታ እውን ነይርዎ። ኣብዚ ተሳተፍትን ኣቶም ብጉጅለታት መልክዕ ዘቆምዎም ሰባትን ናይ ሓባር ይኹን ዝተፈልየ ርእይቶታት ኣብ ምቕራብ ይሕግዝ ብምንባሩ መደብ ኣስተምህሮ መሳጢ ነይሩ።

ጸኒሑ ሓንቲ ሓዳስ ሃገር ኣብ ምህናጽን  ክስርዑ ዘለዎም ኣዕኑድ ዲሞክራስን ትካላቱን፡ መሰልን ግቡእን ዜጋታት ኣብ ምርግጋጽ ክስሩዑ ዘለዎም ነገራት ዘብርህ ሓንቲ ተምሳል ሕብስቲ ብዝተፈላለየ ግናዓት ብምልጋብ ንምስራዕ ዘመልክት ተግባር ዘሰነዮ ኣገዳሲ ኣስተምህሮ ኣቅሪቦምን ጽሑፋት ዘርጊሖምን ቀዳማይ መደብ ተሰላሲሉ። ንሕናውን ንሎሚ ኣብዚ ዓጺና ኣለና፡ ዝስዕብ መደባትና  ከነካታትለኩም ኢና። 

AFP

Italy impounds German NGO rescue boat suspected of aiding illegal immigration
Refugees on board the Iuventa. Photo: IUVENTA Jugend Rettet e.V./dpa
16:25 CEST+02:00
 
Italian authorities on Wednesday impounded a German NGO's migrant rescue boat on suspicion of facilitating illegal immigration, police said.

The Iuventa, operated by the Jugend Rettet organisation, was "preventatively" impounded on the Italian island of Lampedusa on the orders of a prosecutor based in Trapani, Sicily, the state police force said in a statement.

"Enquiries begun in October 2016, and conducted with the use of sophisticated techniques and investigative technology, have produced circumstantial evidence of the motorboat Iuventa being used for activities facilitating illegal immigration," the statement said.

More details were to be provided at an afternoon press conference.

The impounding of the Iuventa came as Italy began enforcing a controversial code of conduct for charity boats rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean.

Jugend Rette was among six of nine NGO's operating search-and-rescue activities in waters off Libya to reject the new rules. Italian authorities say they are necessary to ensure the boats are not effectively encouraging migrants to embark on the perilous crossing.

The NGOs have particularly objected to a requirement to allow an Italian police official to travel on each boat and a ban on moving rescued migrants from one aid vessel to another while still at sea, which they say could result in avoidable deaths.

Some 600,000 mostly African migrants have arrived in Italy from Libya since the start of 2014, putting the country's reception facilities under strain and the centre-left government under pressure over the crisis.

Just over a third of those rescued this year have been saved by NGO boats, up from around a quarter last year.

Source=https://www.thelocal.de/20170802/italy-impounds-german-ngo-migrant-rescue-boat-suspect-of-aiding-illegal-immigration

መልሲ ንወልዱ ነጋሲ 

ኣብ መርበብ ገረግርን ቶጎርባን ዝተሰቅለት ጽሕፍቲ ሓው ወልዱ ነጋሲ ኣንቢበ። ብጣዕሚውን ገሪሙኒ። ኣብዚ ግዜዚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ደንድስ ጽንሰት ከሎ ሓደ ተቃዋሚ በሃላይ በኣታ ከምኡ ኢሉ ክጽሕፍሲ ይትረፍ ኣይምሓሰቦን ከማን። ባዕሉ ኣብ ቃልዕ ካብ ወጸ፣ ሓው ወልዱ ንየናይ መስመር ወኪሉ እዩ ዝዛረብ ዘሎ ኢልካ ምሕታት መሰረታዊ እዩ። 

ሓው ወልዱን ገለ መሳርሕቱን ንናይ መስፍን ሓጎስ ዕላማ ንምትግባር ላዕልን ታሕትን ካብ ዝብሉ ክልተ ዓመት መሊኡ ኣሎ። ኩሉ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከምዝፈልጦ፣ መስፍን ሓጎስ ኣብ ተቃውሞ ካብ ዝጽንበር ክቃለስሲ ይትረፍ ንስርዓት ህግደፍ’ውን ኰኒንዎ ኣይፈልጥን እዩ። ካብኡ ሓሊፉ ግና ድሒሩ ከምዝተጋህደ ኣብ ውሽጢ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ.) ሓደ ስዉር ምንቅስቃስ ከምዝፈጠረ እዩ። ዕላማ ናይዚ ምንቅስቃስ ንሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ ከም ቍርዲድ ኮንካ ንኹሉ መደባቱ ምልማስን ኣብ ኣባላት ሕንፍሽፍሽ ኣእቲኻ ንሰልፊ ምፍሻልን እዩ። መሪሕነት ሰልፊ ውሽጣዊ ፍታሕ ክገብር ዋላኳ እንተፈተነ፣ ንፈተነኦም ጸማም  እዝኒ ስለዝሃበ ንሓው መስፍን ካብ ኣባልነቱ ኣወንዚፍዎ። 

ውሳኔ መሪሕነት ንዕላማ መስፍን ዝገትእ ምዃኑ ዝተዓዘቡ ወልዱን መሳርሕቱን ንውሳኔ መርሕነት ብዛዕባ ምውንዛፍ ኣባልነት መስፍን ነጺጎም ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ንህይወት ሰልፊ ኣብ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ንምልማስ ዝለዓለ ወፈራ ኣካይዶምን የክይዱ ኣለዉን። ነዚ ዝረኣየ መሰረት ሰልፍና ንህግደፍ ኣሕሊፍና ኣይንህብን ኢሉ ብሓይሊ ተላዒሉ ኣብ ቅዋም ተመርኵሱ ህጹጽ ጕባኤ ጠሊቡ። መሪሕነት ንጠለብ መሰረታት ኣብ ቅዋም ሰልፊ ትመርኵሱ ተቀቢልዎ። ንቀይዲ በተኽ ዝኾነት ዞባ ሽማግለ ድማ (ወልዱን ብጾቱን) ኣውሪዱ ብኣሰናዳኢት ሽማለ ተኪእዎ። ወልዱ ድላዩ ክጽሕፍ ይኽእል እዩ ብቅዋም ሰልፊ መስረት ግና ኣብ ዞባ ዝኾነ ሓላፍነት የልብሉን። 

ሓርማዝ ሰሪቅካስ ጉምብሕ ጉምብሕ ከምዝበሃል ንዕላማ መስፍን ንኸተግብሩ እናተላኽዑስ ንኸምስሉ ይግዕሩ። መስፍን ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሓሊዩሉ ኣይፈልጥን እዩ። ቀደም መገልገሊ ሎሚ መገልገሊ። ወይ ምሳና ወይ ምስ ጸላኢና ከምዝበሃል፣ መስፍን ሓጎስ ምስ ተቃውሞ ካብዘይኮነ ምስ ህግደፍ ጥራሕ እዩ ዝኸውን። ወልዱን መሻርኽቱን ከኣ ብፍላጥ ይኹን ብዘይፍላጥ ኣተግበርቲ መደባት መስፍን እዮም። 

ንኹሉ ዓይነት ሸርሕታት ከነፍሽሎ ኢና! 

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ብሓፈሻ ኣብ ኩሉ ጉዳያት ብፍላይ ድማ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ መዳይ ተመሳሳሊ ዕግበትን ተረድኦን ዘለዎም ሰባት ኣብ ትሕቲ ሓደ ትካል ይውደቡ። በዚ ውዳበ ኣቢሎም ድማ ፋሕ ኢሉ ዝጸንሓ፡ ኩለ-መዳያዊ ዓቕሞም ኣወሃሂዶም ናብቲ ብሓባር ዘማዕድዉዎ ሸቶ ዘብጸሖም ዓቕሚ የጥርዩ። እቲ ዘዋህለልዎ ዓቕሚ ከድምዕን ናብቲ ዘማዕድዉዎ ናይ ሓባር ሸቶ ንክብጻሕን ምእካቦም ጥራይ እኹል ኣይኮነን። ነዚ እኩብ ዓቕሚ ኣብ መዓላ ዘውዕል ሕጋዊ ኣሰራርሓን፡ ኣብ ሕድሕዱ ዝጸላሎ፡ ዝተሓጋገዝን ሕድሕድ ዝቆጻጸርን ካብ ላዕሊ ናብ ታሕቲ ዝዝርጋሕ ናይ ስራሕ ምክፍፋል ናይ ግድን ይህሉ። እቶም ስራሕ ተኸፋፊሎም ዝዋፈሩ ኣካላት ነናቶም ዝዓምዎ እጃም ይወሃቦም። ዝዋስእሉ ድሩት ናይ ሓላፍነት ክሊ እውን ከምኡ።

እቲ ናይ ሕድሕድ ምጽልላውን ምቁጽጻርን፡ ብፍላይ እቲ ትኹላዊ፡  ላዕለዋይ ነቲ ታሕተዋይ ብኸመይ ይቆጻጸሮ  ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱ ባህሪ ኣለዎ። እቲ ካብ ላዕሊ ንታሕቲ ዝወርድ ኣብ መወዳእታ ናይ ምግዳድ ባህርን ስልጣንን ክህልዎ እንከሎ እቲ ካብ ታሕቲ ንላዕሊ ዝድይብ ግና ናይ ምትሕስሳብ፡ ለበዋ ምቕራብን ምዝኽኻርን እጃም እዩ ዘለዎ። እቲ ታሕተዋይ ናይቲ ላዕለዋይ እጃም እንተዘይወሰድኩ ኣብ ዝብለሉ ግዜ ጉዳያት ይዝረግ ርግኣት ከኣ ይጠፍእ። እቲ ላዕለዋይ ኣካል እውን ኣብ እጃም እቲ ታሕተዋይ እናሻዕ ኢድ ምስ ዘእቱ ዝበልሾ ጉዳያት ይህልዉ። ካብዚ ንምድሓን ንከምዝታት ከወግድ ዝወጽእ ቅዋምን ንዓኡ ተመርኲሱ ዝወጽእ  መምርሕን ምርዳእን ምኽባርን መተካእታ የብሉን። ነዚ ሕጊ ከተኽብር እንከለኻ ከኣ ቀንዲ ማእከልካ ንሱ እቲ ሕጊ እምበር ነቲ ሕጊ ከተግብሩ ኣብ ዝኾነ ጽፍሒ ዘለዉ ሰባት ክኾኑ ኣይግባእን። ምኽንያቱ እቲ ወሳኒ እቲ ሕጊ እምበር እቶም ዝቀያየሩ ሓለፍቲ ኣይኮኑን።

ኣብዚ ኣቐዲምና ዝጠቐስናዮ መዋስኢ ውድብ ወይ ሰልፊ እቲ ምክፍፋል ስራሕ ኣብ ደረጃን ዓይነትን ዕማም ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ብኣሰፋፍራ እውን ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ኩርናዓት ክዝርግሑ ውሁብ እዩ። ግና ድማ ኣብ ጽላል ሓደ ውድብ ናይ ሓባር ዕማም ኣብ ምዕዋት ምእንቲ ከድምዑ፡ ግቡእ ሓበሬታ ክሰንቁ ኣድላይ እዩ። ነዚ ዝዓምም ድማ እቲ ኣብ ዝለዓለ ጽፍሒ ዝቕመጥ ኣካል እዩ። ስለዚ ኣብ ሓደ ውሱን ኩርናዕ ናይቲ ትካል ዘሎ ምዕባለ ኣብ ኩሉ ኩርነዓት ዘለዉ ኣካላት ይፈልጥዎ እዮም። ንኣብነት ኣብ ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ ዘሎ ጉዳያት፡ ኣብ ኣወስትራልያ፡  ኣፍሪቃ፡ ኤውሮጳን ማእከላይ ምብራቕን ዘለዉ ኣካላት ይከታተልዎ እዮም። ብመሰረቱ እውን ናይቲ ንኹሎም  ከማእክሎምን ክመርሖምን ፈትዮም ኣብ ሕጋዊ በሪኽ መድረኽ  ዘንበርዎ ኣካል ንኣካላት እቲ ዝመርሖ ሰልፊ ወይ ውድብ ምምእካል እዩ ቀንዲ ስርሑ። ናይዚ ኣካል’ዚ (መሪሕነት) ውሳነታት ካብቲ  ቀንዲ ሕጊ ፈሊኻ ዘይረኣዩን ዝትግበሩን መምርሕታት እዮም። ነዚኦም እንዳዋሰንካ ዝተሓዝ መንገዲ ሕጋውን ስርዒታውን እዩ ምባል ግና ፈጺሙ ቅቡል ኣይኮነን። ዘይሕጋዊ ክንስኻ ምእንቲ ደጋጊምካ ምስባኽ ከኣ፡ ከንቱ እዩ።

ነዚ ሕጋዊ ናይ ሓበሬታ ኣዘረጋግሓን ኣፈጻጽማ ውሳነታትን መስመር እንዳጠሓስካ ዝግበር ጐድናዊ ናይ ሓበሬታ ኣዘረጋግሓ ንዘይሕጋዊ ኣከያይዳ ዘተባብዕን ኣፍራስን እዩ። ሰባት ከምዚ ዓይነት ኣገባብ ዝመርጹ ከኣ ዘመሓላልፍዎ ሓበሬታ ዘይጥዑይ ክኾኖም እንከሎ’ዩ።  እቲ ኣብ ከምዚ ኩነታት ዝዕሸዉዎ ዝደልዩ ከኣ  ብዘይሕጋዊ መስመር ኣዕናዊ ሓበሬታኦም ከሰኪሞም ከዕብድዎ ዝደልዩ ወገን እዩ። ኣቐዲሙ ብዛዕባቲ ብሕጓ ዝብልዎ በቲ ሕጋዊ መስመር ጥዑይ ሓበሬታ ከም ዝወነነን ብውሽጡ ይዕዘቦም ከም ዘሎን ኣይርድኡን እዮም።

ንኣብነት ብዛዕባ’ቲ ኣጸቢቑ ዝፈልጦ መሪሕነቱን ቅዋሙን ከምዚ ንሳቶም ጥራይ ዝፈልጥዎ፡ ብዙሕ ይዛረቡ። እቲ በቲ ናቶም ቅኒት ከኹድድ ዝደልይዎ ኣካል እንተኾነ ካብኣቶም ንላዕሊ፡ እንተዘየሎ ከኣ ክንደኦም ብዛዕባቲ ጉዳይ ኣፍልጦ ከም ዘለዎ እውን ይርስዑ እሞ መቲሮም ዘዝሃብዎ ጸይቂ ጥራይ ዝኹልስ ይመስሎም። ምናዳ ነቲ ኣብ ዕዳጋ ወሪዱ ዓዳጋይ ዘይረኸበ ሚዛኖም ንዒቑ፡ ስሚዑን ኣንቢቡን ስቕ እንተበለ ዝተቐበሎም ዝመስሎም እውን ይመስለኒ። ግና ሱቕ ኣብ ውሽጡ “በሉ ሰሚዕናኩም ኣለና። ካልእ እንተልይኩም ደኣ ኣምጽኡ እምበር እዝስ ኣይሕራይን።” ዝብል ተረድኦ ዝሓቖፈ መልሲ ምዃኑ ምርዳእ ይስእኑ እሞ ከምዚ “ሌባሌባ እንተበልዋስ ልዋልዋ ዝበልዋ ይመስላ” ከም ዝበሃል መመሊሶም የኮማስዕዎ።

ከምቲ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተጠቕሰ ኣብ ዝለዓለ ጽፍሒ ሓላፍነት ዘሎ ኣካል፡ ካብቲ ቀንዲ ስረሓቱ ኣብ ታሕቲ ዘለዉ፡ በብኹርንዑ ብሕጊ ዝተሰለዓሎም ናይ ዕማምን ሓላፍነትን ሒዞም ዝዋስኡ ኣካላት ምቁጽጻር እዩ። ኣብቲ መስርሕ ጽቡቕ ንዝሰርሑ ይንእድን የተባብዕን። መንገዶም ንዝሰሓቱ ድማ ይመክር፡ የጠንቅቕ ከም ኣድላይነቱ ከኣ ይግስጥን ይቐጽዕን። ነቲ ዕማም ዘይበቕዕዎ ኣካላት ከኣ ካብ መዝነት የውርድን ካብኦም ይሕሹ ብዝበሎም ከኣ ይትክእ። እዚ ኩሉ ግና ከከም ዊንታኻ ዝትግበር ዘይኮነስ በቲ ኣቐዲሙ ኣብ ሕጋዊ መድረኽ ንኣብነት ኣብ ጉባአ ዝጸደቐ ቅዋምን ንዓኡ ዘነጽር ሕግታትን እንዳተመራሕካ እዩ። ሓደ ውድባዊ ኣካል ጨንፈር ንበሎ ዞባ ምናልባት እውን ንኡስ ዞባ፡ እቲ ስጉምቲ ዝወሰደ ኣካል ቅኑዕ፡ ሕጋውን ቅዋማውን ኢሉ ብዝኣመነሉ ኣገባብ ካብ ሓላፍነት ምስ ወረደ፡ ኣብቲ ትማሊ ዝነበሮ ቦታ ሎሚ ሕጋዊ ኣይኮነን። ዝነበረ እዩ ዝበሃል። ምኽንያቱ ሎሚ ዘበን ብናይ ዓሚ ብዕራይ ኣይሕረስን እዩ። እንተደኣ ኣብቲ ሰልፊ ኣለኹ ዝብል ኮይኑ ከኣ ነዚ ኣብ ልዕሊኡ ዝተወስደ ኣራሚ ስጉምቲ ምስ ኩሉ ዘለዎ፡ ዕቃበን ዘይዕግበትን ክቕበሎ ናይ ግድን እዩ። እዚ ኣገባብ ኣካል ዲሞክራስያዊ መስርሕ እምበር፡ ከምቲ ገለ ወገናት ከካብ ውልቃዊ ስምዒትን ዘበርዓነ ሕሳብን እንዳነቐሉ ዝብልዎ፡ ዘይሕጋዊ፡ ዘይቅዋማዊ ፈንጫሊ ኣይኮነን።

 

ኤርትራውያንን ጀርመናውያንን ፖለቲካውያን መራሕቲ፡ ከምኡ እውን ተሓለቕቲ ደሞክራሲ ሰቪላዊ ማሕበራት ኣብ ዝመጽእ ዘሎ ቀዳመ ሰንበት ኣብ ዝካየድ ፈስቲቫል መልእኽቶም ናብ ህዝቢ ከቕርቡ ናብ ከተማ ፍራንክፈርት ይጐዓዙ ኣለዉ። እዚ ናይ ምይይጥን መልእኽቲ ምሕዝነት መትሕልላፍን መደባት ኣብ 5 ነሃሰ 2017 ካብ ሰዓት 13 ጀሚሩ መደብ ተሰሪዕሉ ኣሎ። ኣብ ርእሲ ተወከልቲ ጀርመናውያን ሰልፍታት፡ ናጻ ደሞክራስያዊ ሰልፊን ሓምላይ ሰልፍን፡ ካለኦት ኣቕረብቲ ጽሑፋት ኣቶ መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ካብ ሰዲህኤ፡ ኣቶ እድሪስ ሑመድ ካብ ተሓኤን ኣንበሳድር ዓንደብርሃን ወልደጊዮርጊስ ካብ መድረኽን ይርከብዎም።

ኣቦምንበር ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብቲ ዘቕርቦ ጽሑፍ ኣብ እማመ ሓድነት፡ ኣንበሳድር ዓንደብርሃን ድማ ኣብ ቀጻሊ ኣስተዋጸኦ ንልዝብ ከምኡ እውን ብዛዕባ ምልምማድ ስደተኛታት ምስ ከባቢኦም ከተኩሩ ትጽቢት ይግበረሎም።

ካብ ምቕራብ ናይ ምሕዝነት መልእኽቲ ሽወደናዊ ፕረሲደንት ማሕበር ሽወደን ሰላምን ዕቤትን ቶማስ ማግኑሶን፡ ስዒቡ ቃሎም ዘስምዑ ኤርትራውያን ዕዱማት ኣቶ መንግስተኣብ ኣፈወርቂ ካብ ኤርትራዊ ደሞክራስያዊ ሰልፊ፡ ኣቶ ዓብደልዓዚዝ ኣንዋር ካብ ሰልፊ ናህዳ ኤርትራ፡ ኣቶ ኣብረሃም ተወልደ ካብ ግንባር ደሞክራስያዊ ሓድነት ኤርትራ፡ ኣቶ ክብረኣብ ምስግና ካብ ሰውራዊ ደሞክራስያዊ ግንባር ኤርትራ፡ ወ/ሮ ኣልጋነሸ ገብረ ካብ ምትእስሳር ኤርትራውያን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ጀርመንን ኣቶ ያቆብ ኣብረሃም ካብ ህዝባዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ምንቅስቓስ ስምረት ኤርትራውያን ንፍትሒ ክኾኑ እዮም።

ካልእ ፕሮግራማት ድማ መደባት መንእሰያትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን መደብ ምዝንጋዕ ወጋሕ ትበል ለይትን ዝርከቦ ክኸውን እዩ።

እዚ ፈስቲቫል ብኤርትራዊ ደሞክራስያዊ ማሕበር እናተወደበ፡ ኣብ ዩኒቨርሲቲ  ዮሃን ዎልፍጋንግ ኣብ ከባቢ ቦክሀንሀይመር ቫር ፍራንክፈር ዝካየድ ዓመታዊ መደብ ዩ። መደባት ፈስቲቫል ዓርቢ ሰዓት 16፡ ላዕለዎት ካድራት ሰዲህኤ ኣሕዋት ድራር መንታይን ጐይተኦም መብራህቱን  ብዛዕባ ደሞክራሲ ብመንጽር’ቲ ነርወጃዊ  ትካል ራፍት ንሰብኣዊ መሰል ብዝምልከት ዝሃቦ ኣስተምህሮ ብዝቐርብ መደብ ክጅመር እዩ።

 (ምሉእ መደባት ፈስቲቫል 2017 ንምፍላጥ ኣብ  www.harnnet.org ሰፊሩ ኣሎ).

Eritrean and German political leaders as well as pro-democracy activists in the civil society are on their way to Frankfurt this weekend to present their messages to the public at the main Eritrea Festival Panel discussion scheduled to start at 13:00 hours on Saturday 5 August 2017. Besides German party representatives of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and the Green Party, other presenters will include EPDP's Menghesteab Asmerom; ELF's Idris Hume, and Eri-Medrek's Ambassador Andebrhan Weldegiorghis.

The EPDP Chairman is expected to focus on a unity proposal and Ambassador Andebrhan on ongoing efforts for dialogue as well as the issue of refugee integration.

Following of reading of solidarity messages like one from the President of the Swedish Peace and Development Society, Thomas Magnusson, Eritrean speakers to be invited to the podium will include Menghesteab Afeworki of the Eritrean Democratic Party (EDP);  Abdul-Aaziz Anwar of the Eritrean Al-Nahda Party; Abraham Tewelde of Sagem/the Eritrean Democratic Unity Front; Kibreab Misghina of Sedege'e/ Eritrean Revolutionary Democratic Front;  Alganesh Ghebre of the Eritrean Women's Network and  Yacob Abraham of the Eritrean Solidarity Movement for Justice.

Other major events of the day shall include programmes of EPDP's Women's  and Youth Leagues as well as an all-night folkloric songs, dances and shows.

Organized by the Eritrean Democratic Association (EDA), the festival is once more taking place at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe –Universität in the Bockenheimer Warte   region of Frankfurt.  The festival events actually start Friday at 16:00 hours with presentations by EPDP senior cadres, Dirar Mantai and Goitom Mebrahtu, on democracy based on courses they studied under the sponsorship of the Norwegian Raft Foundation for Human Rights.

 (Full Eritrea Festival 2017 programme is posted in www.harnnet.org).

 

Thursday, 03 August 2017 08:25

Concern voiced over Italy's anti-migrant mission

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Human Rights Watch says country's new vote could interfere in the rights of migrants seeking asylum in Europe.

02 Aug 2017 22:33 GMT

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The migrant crisis looms as a campaign issue in Italy's 2018 elections [Chris McGrath/Getty Images]

Human Rights Watch, the rights advocacy group, has given warning that Italy's naval mission to prevent refugees and migrants from setting sail from Libya for Europe could see Italy commit human-rights abuses.

Italy says its mission is backed by Libya's UN-recognised unity government based in Tripoli.

The Italian parliament on Wednesday gave the go-ahead to providing technical support to the Libyan coastguard in its fight against human traffickers in the hope it would reduce the number of people arriving on Italy's coasts.

Italy's defence minister insisted before the vote that the mission would not be a naval blockade, although legislators from the anti-migrant Northern League, an opposition party, demanded exactly that.

READ MORE: UN urges Europe to help Italy with refugee 'tragedy'

HRW said Italy risked preventing genuine asylum seekers from escaping from a country where migrants face detention in squalid camps and abuse at the hands of traffickers.

"The Italian navy deployment in Libyan waters could effectively lead to arbitrary detention of people in abusive conditions," said Judith Sunderland, HRW's Europe and Central Asia  associate director.

"After years of saving lives at sea, Italy is preparing to help Libyan forces who are known to detain people in conditions that expose them to a real risk of torture, sexual violence, and forced labour."

Such a move "could implicate Italy in human rights abuses".

Italy is expected to begin by sending a logistics ship and patrol boat as well as mechanics to maintain equipment.

Behavioural code

Al Jazeera's Hoda Abdel-Hamid, reporting from Puglia in Italy, said the Italian government has issued a behavioural code, which it wants the 10 international nongovernmental organisations (NGOs) that rescue migrants in the Mediterranean Sea to sign.

"Only three out of 10 NGOS have accepted the code, which calls among other points for an armed police officer to be on board, and would forbid transporting any rescued migrant from one vessel to another vessel," she said.

The NGOs that are refusing to comply want some clarity on whether the new conditions are targeted at people smugglers or aimed at stopping the flow of migrants altogether.

Under human-rights law, no one rescued or intercepted by an EU-flagged ship or under the control of an EU member state can be sent back to a place or handed over to authorities where they face a real risk of torture or ill-treatment.

"This includes pushbacks to Libya or handovers to Libyan forces and applies even if Italy rescues or interdicts people in Libyan territorial waters," HRW's Sunderland said.

"Even if the Italian navy simply provides intelligence to Libyan coastguard forces that leads to the foreseeable apprehension and detention of migrants in abusive conditions, Italy could share responsibility.

"Italy could also be implicated in denying people's right to leave any country and interfering with the right to seek asylum under the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights."

Libya has not ratified the international refugee convention and does not have a functioning asylum system.

For its part, the Tobruk-based Libyan House of Representatives, which is allied to General Khalifa Haftar, has voiced strong opposition to the planned deployment of Italian navy vessels in Libya's territorial waters.

The legislators said such a move would be "exporting the illegal migration crisis to Libya" and that having a foreign navy's vessels patrolling Libyan waters would be a "violation of the sovereignty of Libya".

The parliament criticised the Tripoli-based government of Fayez Serraj, prime minister in the unity government, for striking the deal with the Italians.

Hundreds of thousands of people, most of them economic migrants ineligible for asylum, have been brought ashore in Italy after rescue in the last few years.

The migrant crisis looms as a campaign issue in Italy's 2018 elections.

Source=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/08/hrw-sounds-alarm-italy-anti-migrant-mission-170802155421924.html

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