Monday, 10 October 2016 13:25

Houthi rebels fire 2 missiles at US Navy destroyer in Red Sea

Written by Lucas Tomlinson

By Lucas Tomlinson

Published October 10, 2016

Iranian-backed Houthi rebels fired two missiles at a U.S. Navy destroyer operating off the coast of Yemen in the Red Sea on Sunday -- though neither missile hit the ship, the Pentagon said in a statement.

Though the American warship wasn't struck, the ship was definitely targeted, a U.S. defense official told Fox News. This dramatic escalation comes a week after the U.S. Navy sent warships to the area when a United Arab Emirates flagged auxiliary ship was destroyed off the coast of Yemen by the Houthis.

"We assess the missiles were launched from Houthi-controlled territory in Yemen," Pentagon spokesman Capt Jeff Davis said. "The United States remains committed to ensuring freedom of navigation everywhere in the world, and we will continue to take all necessary steps to ensure the safety of our ships and our servicemembers."

It was not immediately clear how close the missiles came to the destroyer.

"In the first instance USS Mason employed onboard defensive measures, although it is unclear whether this led to the missile striking the water or whether it would have struck the water anyway," a defense official told Fox News.

The official said the American ship was in international waters when the missiles were fired, but didn't provide an exact location.

"Beyond that, the incident is under investigation, and we hope to have more details for you in the coming days," the official said. "We take this very seriously. We will protect our people."

U.S. officials have long accused Iran of supplying missiles and other weapons to the Houthis.

The U.S. supports a Saudi-led coalition in Yemen's civil war, which began in 2015. The U.S. embassy was closed in Yemen over a year ago.

Fox News first reported last week that U.S. warships were sent to Yemen's coast after a United Arab Emirates ship was recently targeted by the Houthis. That ship used to be owned by a U.S. company, but was contracted to UAE at the time.

Lucas Tomlinson is the Pentagon and State Department producer for Fox News Channel. You can follow him on Twitter: @LucasFoxNews

Monday, 10 October 2016 13:18

ፍትሒ ይንገስ ምልኪ ይልገስ

Written by ብፍስሓ ናይር

ካልኣይ ክፋል

ስለምንታይ ኢና ፍትሒ ይንገስ ምልኪ ይልገስ ንብል?

ድሕሪ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ሓደ ባርባራዊ ስርዓት፣ ንሰብኣዊ መሰላት ዝጥሕሰን፣ ንሕልና ወድሰብ ዝቀትል፣ንባህርያዊ ክብረትን ንማዕረን ዝግህስ፣ናይ ሓሳብን እምነትን ንምግላጽ ዝኽልክል፣ንሕዝቢ ብፍርሓትን ጥምየትን ሒዙ ዘሎ ናይ ውሑዳት ምልክነት ሰሎዘሎ ኢዩ፡፤

ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ቀዳማይ ጽሑፈይ ኣብ ኣዋጅ ኣድማሳዊ ሰነድ ተመርኲሰ ብሕጽር ዝበለ ኣቅሪበ ነይረ፣ ሎሚ ድማ ካልኣይ መቀጸልታ ከቅርብ ክፍትን ኢየ።

ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ መቆምያታት/እምነታት ሰላም፣ደሞክራሲ፣ ምኽባር ሰብኣዊ መሰላት፣ ግዝኣተ- ሕጊ ክኾና ኢየን ነሩ እንተኾነ ኣብ ነፍሰ ወከፍ ውደባ ኣቲና ፖሊቲካዊ መደባትን ምስ እንርኢ ብዛዕባዚ መቆምያታት ዝርኢ ዓንቀጽ የለን፣ ኣብቲ መዓልታዊ ኣስተምህሮታተውን ናይ ሕዝቢ ጐስጓሳቶምን እንተርኢና ድማ እቲ ዝዋሃብ ብፍጹም ኣንጻርዚ ኣድማሳዊ መሰላት ኢዩ። ሎሚ ንሕና ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ከም ኣካል ህዝብታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት ኣብዚ መሰረታዊ እምነታትዚ ተመርኲስና ኣፍልጦ ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ሕዝብናን ብቀጻሊ ኣብ ኣእምሮና ከነሰፍርን ኣኽብሮት ናይዞም መሰላትን ሓርነታትን ንምውሓስ ክንጽዕር ኣሎና። ኣብ ቀዳማይ ክፋል ጽሑፈይ ኣብ ኣድማሳዊ ኣዋጅ ብዛዕባ ሰብ ኣዊ መሰላት ተመርኲሰ ብዛ ዕባ እንታይነት ናይ ዓንቀጽ 1 ጠቂሰ ነይረ ሎሚ ድማ ኣብ ዓናቅጽ 1ን 2ን ምስኩነታት ሕዝብና ክገልጽ ክፍትን ኢየ።

ዓንቀጽ 2

ነፍሰ ወከፍ ሰብ ብዘይ ዝኾነ ይኹን ከም ዓሌት፣ሕብሪ፣ ጾታ፣ ቋንቋ፣ ሃይማኖት፣ ፖሊቲካዊ ወይ ካልእ ኣረኣእያ፣ ብሄራዊ ወይ ማሕበራዊ መበቆል፣ንብረት፣ትውልዲ፣ ወይ ካልእ ከም ማሕበራዊ ኩነት ብዘይ ኣድልዎ ኣብዚ ኣዋጅዚ ንዝሰፈሩ መሰላትን ሓርነታትን ክረክብ መሰል ኣለዎ፡፤

ዓንቀጽ 3

ነፍሰ ወከፍ ሰብ ብህይወትን ሓርነትን ንክነበር ከምኡ ውን ድሕነት ንኺረክብ መሰል ኣለዎ።

ዓንቀጽ 4

ዝኾነ ይኹን ሰብ ብጊልያነት ኪተሓዝ ኣይግባእን፣ጊልያነትን ንግድ-ጊልያን ብኹሉ መልክ ዓቶም ውጉዛት ኢዮም፡፤

እስከ ብመነጽር እቲ ብ1997 ዝጸደቀ ቅዋም ናይ መሰጋገሪ መንግስቲ ሕዝባዊ ግንባር ናጽነት ኤርትራ-ሕዝባዊ ግንባር ንፍትሕን ደሞክራስያን ንርኤ፣ ከምኡ ድማ ብመነጽር እቲ ናይ 1952 ቅዋም ፈደራላዊ ስምምዕ ዝጸድቀን 10 ዓመታት ዘገልገለን ንርኤ፣ ንምዃኑ እቲ ብ1997 ዝጸድቀ ኣብ ግብሪ ሰለዘይወዓለ ቅዋም ነሩና እውን ዝበሃል ኣይኮነ፣

ኣብ ናይ 1997 ቅዋም ብዛዕባ ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን ሓርነታትን ዝገልጽ ዓናቅጽ ኣብ ምዕራፍ 3 ይርከብ፣ ኣብ ናይ 1952 ቅዋም ድማ ኣብ ምዕራፍ 4 ዘሎ ዓናቅጽ ተመልከት።

ሎሚ ኣብዚ ግዜዚ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ከተኩርዎ ዘለዎም ጉዳያት ከም ኣካል ኣህጉራዊ ማሕበረ ሰብ ምኽባር ኣድማሳዊ ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን ኣህጉራዊ ውዕላትን ኣብ ሕዝብና ምስፋን ድኣ እምበር ብዛዕባ ዝሓለፈ ኣብ ግዜ ናጽነታዊ ቃልሲ ዝተፈጸመ ገበናትን ጉድለታትን ኣብ መራኸቢ ብዙሓን ለይቲ ምስ መዓልቲ ብዘረባ ጥራሕ ዕንክሊል መፍትሔ ኣይኮነን፡፤

እስከ ምስ

ዓንቀጽ 2

"ነፍሰ ወከፍ ሰብ ብዘይ ዝኾነ ይኹን ከም ዓሌት፣ሕብሪ፣ ጾታ፣ ቋንቋ፣ ሃይማኖት፣ ፖሊቲካዊ ወይ ካልእ ኣረኣእያ፣ ብሄራዊ ወይ ማሕበራዊ መበቆል፣ንብረት፣ትውልዲ፣ ወይ ካልእ ከም ማሕበራዊ ኩነት ብዘይ ኣድልዎ ኣብዚ ኣዋጅዚ ንዝሰፈሩ መሰላትን ሓርነታትን ክረክብ መሰል ኣለዎ፡፤"

እትገልጽ ኣብ ቅዋም 1997 ወይ ድማ 1952 ንርኤ፣

ኣብ ቅዋም 1997 ዝጸደቀ ግን ኣብ ግብሪ ዘይወዓለ፣ ብዛዕባዚ ዓንቀጽ ኣብ ምዕራፍ 3 መሰረታዊ መስላትን ሓርነታትን ግቡኣትን ኣብ ዝብል ዓንቀጽ 14 ቁጽሪ 2 ከምዚ ይብል፣

(2) No person may be discriminated against on account of race, ethnic origin. language, colour, sex, religion, disability, political belief or opinion, or social or economic status or any other factors.

ኣብ ቅዋም 1952፣ 10 ዓመታት ዘገልገለ ድማ ኣብ ምዕራፍ 4 ዓንቀጽ 22 ከምዚ ይብል፣

ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን ሓርነታትን ኣብ ዝብል ኣርእስቲ

ዓንቀጽ 22

Article 22

The government of Eritrea shall ensure to all Eritrean residents ( even foreigners) without distinction of nationality, race, language or religion the enjoyment of human rights and fundamental liberties including the following:

- the right to eqaulity befor the law

- the right to life, liberty and security

- the right to own and dispose of property

- the right to freedom of opinion and expression and the right of adopting and practising any creed or religion.

- the right to education

- the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association

ቅዋም 1952 ሰፋሕቲ ዓናቅጽ ኣብዚ ኣድማሳዊ ሰብኣዊ መስላት ሓርነታትን ኣለዎ ቅዋም 1997 ግን ዘይተነጸረ ኣብ ጉቡእነትን ዝተደረተ መሰላት ዝህብ ኮይኑ ረኺበዮ፡፤ ኣብ ቅዋም 1997 መሰረታዊ መስላትን ሓርነታትን ኢሉ ግቡኣትን ድማ የጠቃቅል፣

ኣብ ቅዋም 1952 መሰል ናይ ንብረት ምውናን ነጻ ንግድን ስራሕን ኣብቲ ዓንቀጽ 22 ምዕራፍ ብሰፊሑ ወሪዱ ኣሎ ኣብ ናይ 1997 ግን ኣብ ምዕራፍ3 ዓንቀጽ 23 ቁጽሪ 2 ከምዚ ይብል፣

( 2) All land, water and natural resources below and above the surface of the territory of Eritrea belongs to the state.

እዚ ዓንቀጽዚ ምስቲ ኣድማሳውን ኣህጉራዊ ወዕላትን ዝጻረር ንምልክነት ዘመርሕ ንናጻ ቁጠባዊ ምዕባል ዝጻረር ናይ ምልክነት ዓንቀጽ ብምዃኑ ክንዝትየሉ እዋኑ ኢዩ በሃላይ ኢዩ፣ ከምቲ ኣቦታትና ዝብልዎ ንገድ ነጋዳይ ሕረስ ሓረስታይ ዝብል ኣምር እውን ዝጻረር ኢዩ፣ ኩሉ ናይ መረትን፣ ማይን ሃገራዊ ምንጭታትን ኣብ ትሕቲ መረት ይኹን ልዕሊ መረት ናይ ሕዝቢ ኢዩ፣ እቲ መንግስቲ ድማ ነዚ ዘኽብር ኣለዎ እምበር መንግስቲ ንብረት ኣይውንን፣ ኣይሓርስን ኣይነግድን እንታይ ድ ኣ ስርሑ ምሕላው ጥራሕ ኢዩ መዝነቱ ፣ መዝነቱ ድማ ብሕዝቢ ይውሰን።

ምስዚ ክልተ ዓናቅጽ ዝሰማማ ኣብ ቅዋም 1952 ይኹን ቅዋም1997

ዓንቀጽ 3

ነፍሰ ወከፍ ሰብ ብህይወትን ሓርነትን ንክነበር ከምኡ ውን ድሕነት ንኺረክብ መሰል ኣለዎ።

ዓንቀጽ 4

ዝኾነ ይኹን ሰብ ብጊልያነት ኪተሓዝ ኣይግባእን፣ጊልያነትን ንግድ-ጊልያን ብኹሉ መልክ ዓቶም ውጉዛት ኢዮም፡፤

ን ዓንቀጽ 3 ን 4 ዝምልከት ኣብ ቅዋም 1952 ኩሉ ኣብ ም ዕራፍ 4 ይርከብ

ኣብ ቅዋም 1997 ከኣ ኣብ ም ዕራፍ 3 ኣብ ዓናቅጽ 14 ን 15ን 16 ርኤ።

ኣብ ቀጻሊ ጽሕፈይ ኣብ ዳማሳዊ ሰብ ኣዊ መስላትን ኣህጉራዊ ው ዕላትን ምስቲ ቅዋማት ኤርትራ 1997 ን 1952 ኣዛሚደ ከቅርብ ኢየ ተኸታተሉኒ።

Monday, 10 October 2016 10:30

ናይ ህጹጽ ግዜ ኣዋጅ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ

Written by ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰዲህኤ

ቤት ምኽሪ ሚኒስተራት ፈደራላዊ ደሞክራሲያዊ ረፓብሊክ ኢትዮጵያ ካብ 8 ጥቅምቲ 2016 ጀሚሩ ዝትግበር ናይ ህጹጽ ግዜ ኣዋጅ ኣውጺኡ። ዝወጸ ኣዋጅ ብቀዳማይ ሚኒስተር ሃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ እይ ብወግዒ ተገሊጹ። እዚ ኣዋጅ ድሕሪ ኣብ ሚድያ ምውጽኡ ድማ፡ ጣቕላሊ ኣኽባር ሕጊ እታ ሃገር ኣቶ ጌታቸው እምባየ ናይቲ ኣዋጅ ዝርዝር ትሕዝቶ ኣብሪሆም። እዚ ናይ ህጹጽ ግዜ ኣዋጅ ብመሰረት ኣብ ናይታ ሃገር ሕገ-መንግስቲ ዓንቀጽ 93 “...ንሕገመንግስታዊ ስርዓት ኣብ ሓደጋ ዘውድቕ እሞ፡ በቲ ልሙድ ኣገባብ ምቁጽጻር ተዘይተኻኢሉ ይእወጅ …” ብዝብሎ መሰረት ከም ዝተወሰነ ኣብቲ ኣዋጅ ተገሊጹ። እዚ ኣዋጅ እዚ ፓርላማ ኣብ ስራሕ ኣብ ዘይሃለወሉ ዝወጸ ብምዃኑ ብናይታ ሃገር ሕገመንስቲ መሰረት ኣብ ውሽጢ 15 መዓልታት ብ2/3 ድምጺ ኣባላት ፓርላማ ክጸድቕ እዩ።

እቲ ዝርዝር ከም ዝሕብሮ እዚ ኣዋጅ ምውጻእ ዘድለየሉ ቀንዲ ምኽንያት፡ ካብዚ ቀረባ ግዜ ጀሚሩ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ከባቢታት እታ ሃገር ገለ ሰላም ዝተሓስሙ ወገናት ብናይ ግዳም ጸላእቲ ኢትዮጵያ ሓይልታት ተሓጊዞም፡ ብዝፈጠርዎ ህውከት፡ ናይ ሰባት ድሕንነት ኣብ ሓደጋ ዘውደቐ: ዝተፈላለዩ መንግስታውን ብሕታውን ቁጠባዊ ትካላትን ማሕበራዊ መውሃቢ ኣገልግሎት ማእከላት ዘዕነወ ጸረ-ሕገመንግስቲ ምልዕዓላት፡ በቲ ንቡር ምምሕዳር ጠጠው ክብል ከም ዘይክእል እቲ ቤት ምኽሪ ሚኒስተራት ስለ ዝተረደአ ምዃኑ ተገሊጹ ኣሎ።

እዚ ህጹጽ ኣዋጅ ንቐጻሊ 6 ኣዋርሕ ዝጸንዕን ድሕሪኡ ድማ ብፓርላማ ከከም ኣድላይነቱ በብ4 ኣዋርሕ ክሕደስ ዝኽእል እዩ። እዚ ህጹጽ ኣዋጅ ንመላእ ኢትዮጵያ ዝምልከት ኮይኑ፡ ንትግባረኡ ዝቖመ ብቀዳማይ ሚንስተር ዝምራሕ ኮማንድ ፖስት ብዝምውስኖ መሰረት፡ ዝትግበረሉ ፍሉይ ከባብታት ተነጺሩ ክውሰን እዩ። ብዘይካዚ ንኣተገባብራ እዚ ህጹጽ ኣዋጅ ዝቆጻጸርን ናብ ፓርላ ወርሓዊ ጸብጻባት ዘቕርብን ብፓርላማ ዝቐውም ተኸታታሊ ቦርድ ክህሉ’ዩ።

ነዚ ሕጹጽ ኣዋጅ በቲ ኮማንድ ፖስት ብዝወሃቦም መምርሒ መሰረት ዘተግብሩ ናይ ጸጥታ ትካላት እዮም። በቲ ኣዋጅ መሰረት ናይ ጸጥታ ትካላት ማለት ሚኒስትሪ ምክልኻል፡ ብሄራዊ ድሕንነት፡ ፈደራል ፖሊስ፡ ናይ ክልል ፖሊስ ከምኡ እውን ከም ኣድላይነቱ ሚሊሻን ዕቑር ሰራዊትን ዘጠቓልል እዩ። እቲ ኮማንድ ፖስት “እዚ ኣዋጅ ይተግበር” ኢሉ ኣብ ዘነጸሮ ከባቢ፡ ከም ኣድላይነቱ፡ ብዘይ ናይ ቤት ፍርዲ ፈቓድ ሰባት ምሓዝ፡ መራኸብታት ጠጠው ምባል፡ ኣባይቲ ኮነ መጎዓዝያታት ከምኡ’ውን ውልቀሰባት ምጉርጓር፡ ሰዓት እቶእቶ ምውሳንን ዝኣመሰሉ ስጉምትታት ክወስድን ይኽእል።

በዚ ህጹጽ ኣዋጅ ኣቢልካ ካብ ምቕያር ዝተኸልከሉ ናይቲ ሕገመንግስቲ ዓንቀጻት፡ ናይ መንግስቲ ስያመ፡ ናይ ሰባት ማዕርነትን መሰልን፡ መሰል ርእሰ ውሳነ ብሄራት ክሳብ ምንጻል ዝኣመሰሉ እዮም። ምስዚ ብዝተተሓሓዘ ብናይ ቪየና ስምምዕ መሰረት ዲፕሎማሲያዊ መሰላት በዚ ናይ ህጹጽ ግዜ ኣዋጅ ኣይትከፉን እዮም። እዚ ናይ ህጹጽ ግዜ ኣዋጅ ኣብ ምትግባር ዘይምትሕብባር ክሳብ 5 ዓመታት ከእስር ይኽእል።

Sunday, 09 October 2016 00:06

Vancouver court clears way for slave labour lawsuit against Canadian mining company to go to trial

Written by www.ccij.ca

Vancouver court clears way for slave labour lawsuit against Canadian mining company to go to trial

Vancouver, October 6, 2016. The Supreme Court of British Columbia today rejected efforts by Vancouver-based Nevsun Resources Limited (TSX: NSU / NYSE MKT: NSU) to dismiss a lawsuit brought by three Eritrean men who allege they were forced to work at Nevsun’s Bisha Mine.

This marks the first time that a mass tort claim for modern slavery will go forward in a Canadian court, and the first time a case against a mining company for alleged abuses in overseas operations has been allowed to proceed in British Columbia.

Mr. Justice Patrice Abrioux rejected Nevsun’s position that the case should be dismissed in Canada and instead heard in Eritrea. Justice Abrioux ruled, “There is sufficient cogent evidence from which I can conclude that there is a real risk that the plaintiffs could not be provided with justice in Eritrea.” Justice Abrioux continued, “This is particularly the case if they then chose to commence legal proceedings in which they … call into question the actions of a commercial enterprise which is the primary economic generator in one of the poorest countries in the world.”

In prevailing on this issue, the plaintiffs overcame an argument that has permitted other companies accused of abuses to have Canadian cases dismissed in favour of foreign courts.

In another groundbreaking decision, Justice Abrioux determined that claims of crimes against humanity, slavery, forced labour and torture can go forward against Nevsun. It is the first time that a Canadian court has recognized that a corporation can be taken to trial for alleged violations of customary international law.

“Today’s historic judgment allows the case to move forward to a trial on the merits,” said Joe Fiorante, Q.C., of Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman, lead counsel for the plaintiffs. “We now intend to use the court’s discovery processes to conduct an exhaustive investigation into the truth of what Nevsun really knew about the human rights situation at the mine.”

The lawsuit filed in November 2014 alleges that Nevsun engaged two Eritrean state-run contractors and the Eritrean military to build the mine’s facilities and that the companies and military deployed forced labour under abhorrent conditions.

In the judgment, Justice Abrioux cited to the conclusions of a recent United Nations Commission of Inquiry into the human rights situation in Eritrea. In June 2016, the commission found that the Eritrean government has been responsible for crimes against humanity, including its nationwide system of indefinite conscription, for twenty-five years. The commission concluded that the government of Eritrea employs “totalitarian practices” and that “[e]nslavement has been committed on an on-going, large-scale and methodical basis.”

“Nevsun’s Corporate Social Responsibility policy says that the company is unequivocally committed to responsible practices at the Bisha Mine, based on international standards of human rights,” said James Yap, a member of the plaintiffs’ legal team. “The Eritreans forced to work there will now have the opportunity to test that position in a court of law.”

With this ruling, there are now cases advancing in multiple Canadian jurisdictions against companies accused of responsibility for severe human rights abuses. Three lawsuits in Ontario alleging that Hudbay Minerals is liable for killing and gang rapes in Guatemala are also moving toward trial.

“Canadian courts appear to be increasingly open to survivors of abuses linked to the operations of mining companies abroad,” said Matt Eisenbrandt, Legal Director of the Canadian Centre for International Justice and a member of the plaintiffs’ legal team. “Survivors want Canadian companies held accountable in Canada, and today’s judgment is an important step toward making that a reality.”

The claimants are supported in Canada by a legal team comprised of Vancouver law firm Camp Fiorante Matthews Mogerman (CFM); Ontario law firm Siskinds LLP [Nick Baker]; Toronto lawyer James Yap; and the Canadian Centre for International Justice (CCIJ). This victory would not have been possible without the support of Human Rights Concern Eritrea and the tireless efforts of Elsa Chyrum.

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Contacts:

Joe Fiorante, CFM, +1-604-689-7555, (English)
Matt Eisenbrandt, CCIJ, +1-604-569-1778, (English)

For general comment:

François Larocque, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, +1-613-894-4783, (French, English)
Professor Audrey Macklin, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, +1-647-403-5170, (English)
Penelope Simons, University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, +1-613-614-0749, (English)

For more information:

CCIJ website

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CCIJ on Twitter: @CCIJ_CCJI

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