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.

After listening to the 4th annual report of  Ms Sheila Keetharuth, the UN Human Rights Rapporteur for Eritrea on Wednesday, 14 June,  majority of country delegations and civil  society advocacies to the  35th Session of the Human Rights Council in Geneva expressed  in their statements deep frustration over the unchanged human rights situation in Eritrea, many a speaker asked what is to be done about it. The quick  and sharp response of the Mauritian lawyer, Keetharuth, was: respecting "the supremacy of human rights" and not  treating human rights as "bargaining chips" in a way of appeasing with perpetrators of heinous crimes against their own people.

Ms Keetharuth told the Council that arbitrary arrests, disappearances, torture, death and the long list of abuses stated in the UN Commission of Inquiry's report on Eritrea a year ago are still continuing and that the Eritrean authorities did not show the slightest interest  or intention to change the situation by implementing at least some of the UN  recommendations to it or the pledges it made at the Universal Periodic Reviews to the UN body.

For UN expert, it is "no business as usual" on human rights in Eritrea where all calls for improvement of the situation have been ignored for too long. Yet, she did not stop making additional recommendations to the Eritrean regime while knowing well that her recommendations, old and new, will remain unimplemented.

Ms Keetharuth's call to western democracies to kindly respect "the supremacy of human rights" in Eritrea was further qualified by her recommendation that it is time to forcefully build the capacity of Eritrean civil society movements in the diaspora.

Over 80% of the 30 speakers who made interventions at the meeting on Eritrea spoke against the excesses of the repressive regime in Asmara and appeared to be willing to extend the mandate the UN rapporteur for Eritrea. The 35th Session of the UN HR Council, which opened on 6 June, is due to end by 23rd June.

  

ብዕለት 11.06.2017 ጨንፈር ፍራንክፎርትን ከባቢኣን ስሩዕ ኣኼባኡ ኣካይዱ። ኣኼባ ብሰናይ ምንዮት ብኣቦ መንበር ድሕሪ ምኽፋቱ፡ ሰዓት 14፡00 ኣኼባ ተጀሚሩ ኣብቲ ኣጀንዳታት ተኣትዩ። ዝነበሩ ኣጀንዳታት ድማ፡-

1 - እማመ ሰደህኤ፤

2 - ሰልፍኻ ምፍላጥ፤

3 - ዲሞክራሲ ኣብ ሰልፍኻ ይጅምር፤

4 - ግፍዕታት ህግደፍን ፖሊሲኡን፤ ዝብሉ ኔሮም።

ኣኼበኛ ነቲ ብ4 ሰነ 2017 ብሰደህኤ ዝወጸ “ እማመ ንሓባራዊ ዕዮ ተቓወምቲ ውድባት ኤርትራ ድሕሪ ምንባብን ኣብ ትሕዝቶኡ ምርድዳእን፡ ሓባራዊ ዕዮ ተቓወምቲ ሓይልታት ንስርዓት ህግደፍ ዕድሜኡ ዘሕጽርን፡ ራህዋ ህዝብና ዘረጋግጽን ምኻኑ ብምእማን፡ ደገፌታኡ ገሊጹን ብወገን ተቓወምቲ ሓይልታት ድማ ኣወንታዊ መልሲ ክረክብን፡ ኣገዳስን ቅድመ-ተደላይነትን ዘለዎ ጉዳይ ምዃኑን ኣስሚሩሉ።

ብድሕሪ‘ዚ ሰልፍኻ ምፍላጥን ዲሞክራሲ ኣብ ሰልፍኻ ክጅምር ከም ዘለዎን ዝብሉ ኣርእስትታት ኣልዒሉ፡ ስርዒታዊ ቅርጻ ሰልፍና ከመይ ከም ዝመስል ብፍላይ ሓደስቲ መንእሰያት ክፈልጡዎም ዘለዎም ጉዳይ ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ብስክሪን ዝተሰነየ ሰፊሕ መግለጺ ብሓው ንጉሰ ጸጋይ ተዋሂቡ። እዚ ቅዋምን ስርዒታዊ ቅርጻን ከምኡ‘ውን ሰልፋዊ መደብ-ዕዮን ድማ መሰረት ናይቲ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኣሰራርሓን ልዕልነት ሕግን ኣብቲ ድሕሪ ውድቀት ስርዓት ህግደፍ ክንሃንጾ እንደሊ ዘሎና ዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ብቐዳምነት ሰልፍና ኣብ ውሽጡ ዝሰርሓሉ ዘሎ ምዃኑ ተዘርዚሩ። ስለዚ ዲሞክራስያውን ሕጋውን ኣሰራርሓ ኣብ ሰልፍኻ ክጅምር ስለ ዝግብኦ፡ ነዚ ኣሰራርሓዚ ድማ ክንከላኸለሉ ምዃንና ኣኼበኛ ተመባጺዑ።

IMG 20170611 153325

 

ቀጺሉ‘ውን ኣባል ጨንፈር ሽማግለ መንእሰይ ክብሮም ዓንዶም፡ ብስክሪን ዝተሰነየ ኩሉ ግፍዕታትን ናይ ሓሶት ወፈራን ህግደፍን፡ ጸረ ህዝቢ ዝኾነ ውሽጣውን ወጻእን ፖሊሲታቱን ብሰፊሕ ገሊጹ። ኣብ መግለጺኡ፡ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ንህዝቡ ኣርዒዱን ኣሳቕዩን ብምሓዝ ዝጥቀመሎም መሳርሒታት ድማ ንህዝቢ ምግፋዕን ምእሳርን፡ ምስዋርን፡ ምቕንጻልን፡ ኩሉ ዝከኣሎ እገዳታት ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቡ ተጠቒሙ ንህዝቡ ምምዝማዝን፡ ኣብ ውሽጥን ወጻእን ካብ ዝነብሩ ህዝብና ብ2% ይኹን ካልእ ዘይሕጋዊ ምዝመዛን ወዘተ . . . ምኻኖም ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ኣኼባታትን ቃለ መሓትታትን ባዕሎም ኢሳያስ ይኹን የማነ ገ/ኣብ ዝሃብዎ መግለጺታትን ናይ ሓሶትን ምድንጋራትን ብስክሪን ኣሰንዩ ኣብሪሁ። በዚ ግፍዕታት‘ዚ መሰረት፡ ኣብ ወርሒ ካብ 3-4 ሽሕ ህዝብና እስደድ ከም ዘሎ‘ውን ንሕሱም ስደት ዘርኢ ስእልታት ኣቕሪቡ። ኣብ ደርጊ ይኹን ኣብ ካልኦት ወጻእተኛታት ገዛእቲ ተራእዩ ዘይፈልጥ መልክዕ ጭቆና ከም ዘዘውትር ድማ ኣብሪሁ። ዝተፈላለዩ ምንጭታት ከም ናይ ሜሮን እስቲፋኖስን፡ ክብሮም ዳፍላን፡ ከምኡ‘ውን ካልኦት ነቲ ስርዓት ራሕሪሖም ዝመጹ ዝሃብዎ ሓበሬታታትን እውን ብስክሪን እናኣርኣየ ብዝርዝር ገሊጹ።

ኣብ መደምደምታ መግለጺኡ ድማ፡ ንሕና ህዝቢ ኤርትራኸ ነዚ ንምምካት እንታይ ክንገብር ኣሎና? ትም ኢልና ዲና ከምኡ ኢልና እናጠፋእና ክንነብር ወይስ ክንቃለሶ? ዝብል ሕቶ ኣልዒሉ ድማ፡ ብከመይ ጌርና ክንቃለሶን ከም ህዝቢ‘ውን እገዳታት ክንገብረሉን ንኩሉ ረብሓታቱን ናይ ምዝመዛ መሳርሒታቱን እምቢ ብምባል፡ ፍርሒ ኣወጊድና ብትሪ ክንቃለሶን ተላብዩ።

በዚ ድማ ልክዕ ሰዓት 16፡30 ኣኼባ ብዝክረ-ሰማእታት ተደምዲሙ።

 

   

ክልተ ብጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ዝግደሱ ኣካላት፡ ናብ ዋና ጸሓፊ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣንቶኒዮ ጉተረስ ኣብ ዝለኣኽዎ ተሪር መልእኽቲ፡ ንወ/ሮ ክሪስቲን ኡሙተኒ ኣብ ኤርትራ ናይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣወሃሃዲት ሰብኣውነትን ወኪል ልምዓትዊ ፕሮግራምን ሕጋውን ርትዓውን ኣሰራርሓ ናይቲ ትካል ብምጥሓስ ናይ ጨቋኒ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ተሓላቒትን መሳሳይትን  ብምዃነን  ተኸሲሰን። ምስአን ኣብ ክንዲ ወጻዒ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ኮይኖም ብምስራሕ ዝተኸሱ ከኣ ኣብ ኤርትራ ክኢላ ልምዓታዊ ፕሮግራም ኮይኖም ዝተመደቡ ኣቶ መንሱር ኤ ሚርዛ እዮም።

ኣብ ለንደን ዝመደበሩ ብጉዳይ ሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ዝግደስ ማእከልን ዓለም ለኻዊ ክርስትያናዊ ምሕዝነትን ብ7 ሰነ 2017 ናብ ዋና ጸሓፊ ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣብ ዝለኣኽዎ መልእኽቲ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ እዞም ክልተ ኣንጻር ተልእኮ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝሰርሑ ዘለዉ ብህጹጽ ተመጣጣኒ ስጉምቲ ንክወስድ ተማሕጺኖም። እቲ መልእኽቲ እዞም ኣካላት ብንጹር ኣብ ከክንዲ ጨቋኒ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ብምስርሖምን ኣንጻር ተልእኮ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ምዃኖምን ጠቒሱ። ወ/ሮ ኡምኑቶን መዳመቒት ኤርትራውያን ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ፡ ፕረሲደንታዊ ኣማኻሪ የማነ ገብረኣብን ወጻኢ ጉዳይ ምኒስተር  ዑስማን ሳልሕን ዝበበሃላ ብዘይምኽንያት ከምዘይኮነ ከኣ እቲ መልእኽቲ ጥቒሱ። .

እተን ወኪል ልምዓታዊ ፕሮግራም  ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ነቲ ብመርማሪ ኣካል ሰብኣዊ መሰል ሕቡራት ሃገራት ብሱሩዕ ኣገባብ ዝተበጽሐ መደምደምታ ክነጽጋ ዝጸንሓ እየን። ንሰን ብኣንጻሩ፡ ኣብ ኣስመራ ዘሎ ጨቋኒ ጉጅለ፡ ሓገዝትን መወልትን ክረክብን ድምጹ ዝስመዓሉን ኣገዳሲ መሓዛ ምዃኑ ዝሰብከሉን መድረኻት ከም ዝረክብ ምግባር ቀዳማይ ዕማመን ገይረን ዝንቀሳቐሳ እየን።

በተመሳሳሊ መሓዘኣን ኣቶ መንሱር ሚርዛ፡ ኣብቲ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ዝተኻየደ ናይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ንሰብኣዊ መሰል ኤርትራ ዝምልከት ኣኼባ ተሳቲፎም ንረብሓ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝከላኸሉን ነቲ ብኮሚሽን ሰብኣዊ መሰልን ካለኦት ኣካልትን ዝተበጽሐ መደምደምታ ንኤርትራ ዝምልከት ሓቀኛ ምስሊ ዝቃወሙን ዝነበሩ እዮም። 

እቲ ናብ ዋና ጸሓፊ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣንቶኒዮ ጉተረስ ዝተላእከ መልእኽቲ ብዶ/ር ካታዛ ካብ ዓለምለኻዊ ክርስትያናዊ ምሕዝነትን ወ/ሮ ኤልሳ ጭሩምን እዩ ተኸቲሙ። እዚ መልእኽቲ እዞም ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘለዉ ክልተ ወከልቲ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝፍጽምዎ ዘለዉ ተግብራት “ውድብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ክልተ ተገራጨውቲ ድምጽታት እዩ ዘስምዕ፡ ንሱ ድማ በቲ ሓደ ወገን ኣብ ኤርትራ ጨካን ገበን ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ይፍጸም ከምዘሎን ክጽናዕ ከም ዝግበኦን ዝኣምን፡ በቲ ካልእ ወገን ድማ ካብ ኩነታት ሰብኣዊ ኩነታት ፈሊኻ ዘይረአ ክነሱ፡ ናጻ ናይ ምቁጽጻር መስርሕ ኣብ ዘየብሉ ህሞት ኣብ ኤርትራ ቁጠባዊ ዕቤት ከም ዘሎ ከንጸባርቕ ይፍትን” ብዝብል ተገራጭውቲ ሓሳብ ከም ዝቃልሑ ጠቒሱ።

On September 18, 2001, as the world reeled from the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York and international attention focused on the United States, the president of a tiny African country decided journalists were no longer needed in his country.

Isaias Afwerki, the president of Eritrea— which borders Ethiopia and lies 20 miles across a strategic shipping canal from Yemen—announced that all independent media organizations were to cease activity. Private presses were shuttered and broadcasters closed down; journalists were rounded up and put in prison.

The deplorable state of press freedom in the Horn of Africa country—Eritrea has been ranked bottom of Reporters Sans Frontieres’ (RSF) Press Freedom Index in eight out of the last nine years—has led to the country being dubbed Africa’s North Korea, in comparison with the East Asian totalitarian dictatorship.

But Fathi Osman, an ex-Eritrean diplomat who fled the country and now works for Paris-based Radio Erena, an Eritrean media outlet in exile, says that comparison doesn’t do the situation in his home country justice. The Eritrean capital Asmara, he says, is a less open place than Pyongyang.

Eritrean migrant An Eritrean migrant simulates what she says is a torture technique during a protest outside the European Union delegation in Israel, in Ramat Gan near Tel Aviv on June 25, 2015. Eritrea, a repressive state with no free press, is one of the most closed countries in the world. Baz Ratner/Reuters

“This is not a catchphrase, this is a well-deserved description. When you have one newspaper, one radio, and people are not allowed to leave the country from aged nine to 57—imagine that,” Osman, 51, tells Newsweek . “So we are maybe the worst copy of North Korea, [like] when you have a genetic mutation...Eritrea is a deformed copy.”

Read more: Who is Isaias Afwerki, Eritrea’s enigmatic dictator?

Today, there are no independent media outlets in Eritrea, a country where around 10 percent of the population has fled abroad as refugees and asylum seekers. The number of newspapers, broadcasters and internet news agencies can be counted on two hands; all of these are state-run. Eritrea is, effectively, a land with no journalists.

“The country gives only one version of the truth, the government version of the truth,” says Osman. “Internet is very difficult to access and, even if it’s accessed, it’s one of the slowest in the world. It takes maybe two hours to see a very short video clip.”

Through Radio Erena, Osman and his colleagues are doing their bit to try and lift the information blackout in Eritrea. Founded in Paris 2009 with backing from RSF by Biniam Simon, an ex-government television presenter who fled Eritrea for France, Radio Erena—which means “Our Eritrea”—has a network of sources inside the repressive state and broadcasts in the middle of the day, when Eritreans workers can return home for lunch, shut the door, pull the blinds down and listen in the relative seclusion of their homes. This week, U.K. non-profit One World Media gave Radio Erena its special award for its role as the country’s sole independent source of information.

Osman leads the station’s Arabic news team, which broadcasts a 30-minute program three times a week. (Radio Erena also broadcasts in Tigrinya, the local language in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia.) He is reluctant to reveal how the station’s journalists contact sources in Eritrea—the government views Radio Erena as a public enemy, working on behalf of political opposition—but says that steps are taken to ensure their safety. “Numbers, whereabouts, things like that [we do not disclose], but we have our own confident and reliable sources inside the country. This gives Radio Erena an advantage.”

But Osman says that the station sometimes has to turn away potential sources and stories for the safety of those providing information. “We don’t encourage people to call us. There are some people that want to call us and comment in hotel rooms. We advise them not to do that,” he says.

Having worked within the Eritrean government for more than a decade, Osman knows from the inside how dangerous life can be inside the country. He started working for the Ministry of Information—which oversees state-run media—in the 1990s. Those were heady days in Eritrea: the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF) had claimed victory in 1991 in a 30-year war against Ethiopian occupiers, and independence was sealed in a 1993 referendum.

Fathi Osman Fathi Osman collects an award on behalf of Radio Erena at the One World Media Awards in London on June 7. Radio Erena, based in Paris, is one of the only independent sources of information for people living in Eritrea. Kinga Kardynal/One World Media

But in 1996, things began to turn sour for Eritrea’s journalists. The government passed a law that required all journalists and publications to be licensed by the administration and for publications to be submitted for government approval before dissemination. Osman, who was working as an editor for a state-run Arabic language newspaper, lost his job in what he says was described by the government as a “downsizing” of the media industry. He then worked in the foreign ministry for several years before being posted as a diplomat, first to Pakistan in 2003, then to Saudi Arabia in 2004.

After eight years in Riyadh, Osman defected in 2012—a year after the government rounded up independent journalists. He is reluctant to explain why, but says he was subjected to “threats” and had disagreements with his colleagues over the government’s increasingly authoritarian policy. “You cannot defend the policies of a government that you don’t believe, that you don’t have faith in,” he says.

Many of the journalists arrested in Eritrea in 2001 remain in prison, and the country is the biggest jailer of reporters in sub-Saharan Africa, with at least 17 journalists in jail as of December 1, 2016, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. The climate does not seem to be improving, according to Jennifer Dunham, research director at Freedom House, a pro-democracy U.S.-based NGO that works on press freedom. “[The climate] has led to either extreme self-censorship in the country and a climate of fear for any remaining journalists and the general population,” says Dunham. “Even the [journalists] working for state-run outlets are under threat.”

Osman says that Radio Erena has dedicated its award to the journalists currently imprisoned in Eritrea. And while he is not optimistic about the future of press freedom in Eritrea, he says it is important to keep supplying the Eritrean people with some degree of news.

“There is not a hint or a tip that [the government] may release these people, so it’s dark at the moment, but one believes in change and one should work for this change,” says Osman. “We did not coin the North Korea [comparison] but we are confirming it and telling the truth about the situation in Eritrea and give the facts and give people the chance to judge for themselves.”

Source=http://www.newsweek.com/eritrea-north-korea-press-freedom-isaias-afwerki-623641

In a strongly-worded message to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, two human rights advocacy organizations charged Ms Christine Umutoni, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator and UNDP-Eritrea country representative, of becoming "cheerleader" and top promoter of the repressive Eritrean regime by violating standard rules of conduct that govern international civil servants. Blamed as her collaborator in blindly working on behalf of the Eritrean regime is Mr. Mansoor A. Mirza, a UNDP policy specialist assigned to Asmara, Eritrea.

 

In their message dated 7 June 2017, the London-based Human Rights Concern-Eritrea and Christian Solidarity Worldwide, made an urgent request to the UN Secretary General to take appropriate measures against the errant two UNDP officials, who have literally become unrepresentative of the UN mission by devotedly speaking and acting on behalf of the dictatorship in Eritrea. It was not for nothing that Ms Umutoni was mockingly listed as one of the trio-foreign ministers of Eritrea together with presidential advisor Yemane Ghebreab and Mr. Osman Saleh.

The UNDP representative was undermining the conclusions of the UN Inquiry Commission and negating the glaring facts regularly presented by the UN Human Rights Rapporteur on Eritrea. She also reportedly took it as her priority job to meet donors in private and open forums to promote the Asmara regime and attended hearings and conferences to tell that Eritrea has a regime which is a credible partner in development efforts.

Similarly, her UNDP colleague, Mr. Mansoor Mirza, reportedly attended last year's UN Human Rights Council meetings and was spotted to be lobbying on behalf of the Eritrean regime and against the UN COI and the UN Human Rights Rapporteur.  

Signed by Dr. Khataza Gondwe  of the Christian Solidarity Worldwide and Ms Eliabeth Chyrum of the Human Rights Concern-Eritrea, the message to Mr. Antonio Guterres underlined that the actions of  the two UN officials have already created the impression that "the UN speaks with  two mutually negating voices: one which recognises that atrocity crimes are underway and seeks to address this urgently, and another which appears to overlook atrocity crimes and other grave violations, disregards the inalienability of human rights and, despite the human rights upfront initiative, accepts claims of economic advancement blindly in spite of the absence of independent verification mechanisms".

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ኣብቲ  ብዕለት 10-06-2017 ብግዱሳት ደቂ ኣንስትዮን፣ ብኣባላት ማሕበር ኣካለ ጽጉማን ኤርትራን ተዳልዩ ድራር ውጉኣት መደበር ከሰላ  ምስዮት  በዓል  ብዓወት ተዛዚሙ። ኣብ ኣዳራሽ  ዛልባው ጋሉስ ቫርተ  ከተማ ፍራንክፈርት ካብ ሰዓት 16.00 ክሳዕ 23.00  ንእዋናዊ  ሃለዋት መደበር ከሰላ  ዘንጸባርቕን፣ ዝገልጽን ተንቀሳቓሲ ስእሊ ተሰንዩ  ከም  ዘምሰየን፣ ዝበዓለን  ዝመጸና ሓበሬታ እነሆ።

ኣብዚ ዕዉት ምስዮት እዚ ብመሰረት ናይቲ ዝተራእየ ሓብሬታን፣  ዕዱማት ብዛዕባ ህሉው ኩነታት መደበር ኣልዒሎም እዚ መደበር እዚ ካብዚ ዘለዎ ኩነታት ባዕላቶም ዝናበርሉ መንገዲን ጥዑይ መነባብሮ ዝነብርሉን  ካብ ህዝቦም ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ካብ ካልኦት ዓበይቲ  ዜጋታትን፣ ዓበይቲ ገበርቲ ሰናያትን፣ገንዘባዊን  ንዋታዊን ብርኩት ሓገዝ ክረኽቡ ከም ዝክኣልን፣ ኣብ ርእሲኡ  ድማ እዚ ማሕበር እዚ ሓደስቲ ማሕበርተኛታት ተመዝጊቦም ንማሕበር  ከዳብርዎን፣  ብሰፊሕ ዘትዮምን  ርእይቶታቶምን ለበዋታቶምን ለጊሶም።

ብድሕሪዚ  ልብኻ  ኣብ ዝሃለወሉ ትሕዝቶኻውን  ኣሎ ከምዝብሃል  ገንዘባዊ ኣስተዋጽኦም ብምልጋስ 1200.00 ( ሓደ ሽሕን ክልተ ሚእቲን ኤውሮ)  ንመደበር ከሰላ ውጉኣት ሓርነት ተዋጺኡ ።

እዚ  ሸውዓተ ሰዓታት ዝወሰደ ዕዉት ናይ ድራር ምሸት በተን ነዚ ዘዳለዋን፣ ዘዳለዉን ኣካላት ዝቐረበ ምዑዝ ድራርን ዝስተን እኹል ትሩፍ ብምንባሩ ዝኣክል ብደስታን  ፈገግታን  ዋዛ  ምስ ቁምነገርን  ዘሰነዮ ምሸት ኮይኑ  ከም ዘምሰየ በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ነበስረኩም ።