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ሎሚ መን እዩ ኤርትራዊ ???

ኤርትርዊ መንነት ብምንታይ እዩ ዝረጋገጽ ???

ክቡራት ኤርትራውያን ኣሕዋትን ኣሓትን ደቂ እዛ ፍትውቲ ኤርትራ ፡

ደቂ ምድረ ባሕሪ !!! (ደቂ   መሪዩስ   ኤሪትሩዩስ !!! )                                                                                                

ቅድሚ ገለ መዓልታት ልክዕ ብዕለት 03 መጋቢት 2016 ኣብ ሓርነት ኦርግ ዕላዊ ልሳን ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ.    ” ሃገራዊ መንነት እዩ ሓደ ህዝቢ ሓደ ልቢ ዘብል” ኣርእስቲ ተዋሂቡዝተጻሕፈምስ ኣንበብኩ ካብ ነዊሕ ጊዜ መልሲ ዘይረኸብኩሉን ኣብ ሓንጎለይ ድቃስ ዝኸላኣንን ዝርብጸንን ዝነበረ ብምትንካፉ፡ ሓያሎ ዝተፋላልዩ ሓሳባት ኣብ ሓንጎለይ ክውሕዙ ጀመሩ። ብፍላይ እዚ... ሓደ ልቢ ሓደ ህዝቢ ዝብል ኣባሃህላ መታለሊ ቢሂል ብህግደፍን ደገፍቱን ዝዝመር ብምኳኑ ፡ እታ ሓደ ልቢ ትብል ተጋራጫውትን ሓቂ ዝሰሓተትን ኣሰካፊት እያ ንዓይ ፡ግና ከኣ ብሃገራዊ መንነት እትብል ስለ እትጅምር ደጋጊመ ብምንባብ ክሓስብ ተገደድኩ። እዚ ጽሑፍ ናይ ሓርነት ኦርግ ብልክዕ ዘቀመጦ እንተሃልዩ ግርም ገይሩ ቅኑዕ ብናይ ዓለምና ኣቋቁማን ሕግን ዝተመርኮሰ ስለ ዝኾነ ትርጉም ሃገርን ሃገራዊ መንነት ከምዚ ዝኽተል ገይሩ ኣቅሪብዎ ይርከብ፡ “ኣብ ሓደ ውሱን ጂኦግራፊካዊ ክሊ ዝነብር ህዝቢ፡ መበቆሉ ብዘየገድስ ምሉእ እንታይነቱን መንነቱን በቲ ዝነብሮ መሬትን ዘለዎ ዶብን ኣረጋጊጹ ማለት ኢዩ። እዚ መንነት እዚ ዘይፈሓቚን ዘይልውጥን ኮይኑ ናይ ሓባር ሃገር ንዝውንን ህዝቢ መለለይኡ ማለት ኢዩ ”ይብል ኣነ እውን ተረድኦይን እምንቶይን ኮይኑ 100%ምስኡ ይሰማማዕ ። ቀጺሉ እውን ከምዚ ይብል “እዚ መንነት እዚ ንኹሉ ኣብታ ናይ ሓባር ሃገር ዝነብር ሕብረተሰብ፡ እቲ ዘለዎ ዝተፈላለየ ልምዲ፡ ባህልን እምነትን ትውልድን ዓቂቡ ተሓቛቚፉ፥ በታ ናይ ሓባር ረቛሒት ሃገር ኣቢሉ ሓደ ህዝቢ (ሓደ ልቢ)ምዃኑ እዩ ዝእምት። ከመይሲ ሃገር ዘይትከፋፈልን ዘይትቆራረስን ስለዝኾነት። እቲ መንነት ከኣ ክምኡ ዘይጎዛዘ ብምዃኑ ኢዩ እቲ ሓደ ልብን ሓደ ህዝብን ዘብል” ይብል እዚ ኣባሃህላን መግለጽን እውን ልክዕ ቅኑዕ ቅቡልን ዓለም ዝፈልጦ ሓቂ እዩ። ግርም እሞ ሓደ ሕያዋይ ሓታቲ ኣብ ናይ ሎሚ ኤርትራ ኣብዘን ዙርያ ሃለዋት 25 ዓመታት ተመርኲሱከ ኤርትራዊ መነንት ከመይ እዩ ??? መን እዩ ኤርትራዊ ኢሉ እንተሓተት መልሱ እንታይ እዩ ??? ኤርትራዊ ክትኸውን እንታይ ከተማልእ ኣሎኻ ??? ከምዚ እቲ ሓተታኣብ ላዕሊ ዝጠቀሶ ኣነ እውን ዝኣምነሉ ድዩ ወይስከምቲ ንዓይ ይኹን ንሓያሎ ኤርትራውያን ዘገርም ናብ ጸልማት መጻኢ ዝሕብርን ኣባሃህላ ናይ መራሒ መላኺ ስርዓት ግህደፍ ን3ይ ጊዜ ዓው ኢሉ ዝደጋገሞ ፡ በዘይካ ኣባል ህዝባዊ ግንባር ኣብዛ ሃገር ካልእ እምንቶ ዘሎዎ ሰብ ናብ ካልእ ፕላነት ይኺድ ዝበሎ እዩ ??? ኤርትርዊ ክትኸውን ኣባል ህዝባዊ ግንባር ክትኸውን ኣሎካ ይብለና ኣሎ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እንታይ ትልምሽ ???

እዛ ንሱ ሓዳስ ኤርትራ ዝብለና ዘሎ ብዕሊ ደኣ ኣየጠመቃን እምበር እታ ኣነ ዝፈጥራ ዘሎኹ ሃገር ናይ ህግደፍ(ህዝባዊ ግንባር) ኤርትራ ክብለና እዩ ዝዳሎ ዘሎ ። ድሮ ከይተረድኣና ንንቡራት ንሃገር ኤርትራ ዘቆማ ኣውራጃታትና ደምሲሱ ዞብ ደቡብ ማእከል ሰሜን ...ወዘተ ኢሉ ናብ 6ተ ደባሊቁ ቆራሪጽዋ ኣሎ። እሞ ከ ደኣ ንሕና ከም ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እንታይ ንገብር ኣሎና ??? ጉድ ናይ ህግደፍ ዘስደምም እዩ ገንዘብ ኤርትራ ስለምታይ ናቅፋ ኢሉ ብቦታ ዝጽዉዖ ??? ጠንቃምን ሰባብን ሕሉፍ ዊዲተኛ ህግደፍ ሕቡእ ሚስጢር ዘሎዎ ኮይኑ እምበር ደጀን ዕርዲ ዱፋዓት ኤርትራ ክንደይ መስተንክርን ጅግንነትን ዝተፈጸመሎም ንወትሩ ዘይርስዑ ክዝከሩ ዘሎዎም ቦታታት ኣሽሓት እንድዮም፡ ናቅፋ ፍሉይ ዘብላ እንታይ እዩ ??? ሓንቲ ማንም ዘይክሕዳ ባሕቲ መስከረም ኣብ ጎቦታት ኣዳል ንዓወት ተጋድሎና ዘበገሰት ቦታ እኳ ብቀረባ ኣላ። ብዝያዳ ዝያዳ እውን እቶም ማእለያ ዘይብሎም ጀጋኑ ተጋደልቲ ኤርትራውያን ካብ 1961 ክሳብ 1991 ደሞም ኣፍሲሶም ኣዕጽምቶምን ከስኪሶም ነጻ ዝውጽእዋ ሃገር ተረሲዕም ተካሒዶም ኣብ ክንደኦም ኣብ ርእሲ ከተማና ኣስመራ ሓወልቲ ጫማ (ሽዳ) ክገብር ከሎ ህግደፍ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ህልዋት ተጋደልቲ ኤርትራውያንን እንታይ ትብሉ ???                                                  ኦ ጅግና ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እንታይ ትብል ???

ጸሃየ ቀለታ ሽወደን

I am writing this piece to expose something that continually perturbs my conscience; I have to speak it out now because no one knows when one passes away. I also earnestly call on those brothers and sisters who were with me in the incident to speak out. It is imperative that we find in our own separate ways how and to whom these crimes should be told. It is also timely to loudly speak and tell about it to our own people.

There is no need of talking here about my identity except informing that I was born in the 1960s and joined the the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF) in the 1980s; presently, I live in the western world. Those of us who know many of the brutally inhumane and untold crimes committed and still being committed against our people by the People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) are not few in number. Many of us also know some of the crimes PFDJ committed against non-Eritreans. The one I am narrating here below is one of those crimes.

It is to be remembered that in the 1990s, relations between the Sudan and Eritrea were bad. In 1996, before we attacked the Sudan, the leadership deployed us [Army Corps No. 271] in region of Nakfaand Karora passing this order: "the Sudan is a threat to our security by sheltering terrorism and Jihad; be at full alert; we will attack them". Our [commanders}, who previously said that Egypt, Ethiopia and Uganda were supportive of the action later on changed the message and said: "Those countries have changed their viewpoints, but we will continue what we have planned".

On this basis, a two-front heavy attack was opened on 27/03/1997 by our Army Corps 271 led by Abdu Remech and his deputy Wedi Keshi. One flank of the attack covered the area from the Sudanese Karora up to Merafit; and the other flank attacked Sudanese army positions from Denbobet up to Jelhandi in the Red Sea; the Sudanese army encampments at Karora, Habokhayt, Ayterbay, Adaret, Agit-Keseret, Agit-Merafit and up to Jelhandi were cleared. Only to justify that the attack was made by the Sudanese opposition fronts and not by the Eritrean army, there were insignificant number of fighters from the armed wings of John Gerang, Sadiq al Mahdi and of Dr. Abdul Aziz (Halfawi). Their presence was nominal.

After 4 days and in some places 5 days, all the Sudanese army positions were put under Eritrean army control. We stayed in all of them till June 1998 except that the Eritrean unit that was in Merafit retreated to Agig after only three days.

[But after 14 months] in June 1998, we retreated [back to Eritrea] when the Sudanese army attacked us in huge numbers. The small units of Sudanese opposition fighters also retreated with us. After our retreat, we occasionally fired heavy shells to the Sudanese army in addition to a few attacks by the air force.

When we opened the initial attack [on 27 March 1997], we were ordered not only to capture camps but also to kill soldiers [massively]. Two weeks after the start of the attack, our brigade leader Wedi Tekeste called a meeting and told us: "beside the Sudanese soldiers killed in the battles, we had taken 1,273 prisoners. However, we asked the Sudanese opposition organization, especially that of John Gerang, to take care of them, but they refused saying they had no capacity to do so. Therefore, we were afraid of outside knowledge and world condemnation [of our attack on the Sudan] and therefore we had no choice but to shoot all the prisoners". At this point, some members of our brigade started to protest against such action but they were intimidated and silenced. The Sudanese opposition fighters also did not show any reaction about the killing [of 1,273 Sudanese prisoners].

Other than this, it is known that [the Eritrean Army] Corps No. 381 had also launched an attack in the Kassala region during that time. However, they did not remain long in the positions they attacked. I am also not fully aware of what mistakes were committed in that zone. Those of you who were in the Kassala region attacks may tell what happened. But what was heard was that leaders of the Eritrean Army Corps 381 killed the Sudanese army officers captured in the battles by burning them inside a cottage using benzene. The other information I was made aware by knowledgeable persons was that 105 Tigre speaking Ben-Amer soldiers of the Sudanese army who fled from the Sudanese army refusing to fight against their brethren in the Eritrean army, were executed and collectively damped in two huge burial vaults. This crime aimed to hide the Eritrean army's action in the Sudan. Then, when will [the eye witnesses] tell the tales of innocent victims killed in front of their eyes? Why are we keeping silent instead of exposing the crimes we witnessed? I want to say the time has come for all of us to speak out and reveal all what we know so that a new dawn of justice can replace the ugly secrets of the past.

The crime I mentioned in relation to Army Corps 271 is one of the agonizing crimes against humanity committed by PFDJ. It has given me so many sleepless years. When I heard that the UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea will give its final report about its findings on crimes committed against humanity, I decided to speak out and release it even to the general public. I know that those who were with me and know what I know are pained by the act as much as I am. It is thus time for me and my compatriots who witnessed these acts to come forward and show readiness to be first-hand witnesses. It is also hoped and recommended that the UN Commission of Inquiryinvestigates acts at the level of Wedi Tekeste [head of Army Corps 271] and upwards in the hierarchy [of PFDJ].

[Sincerely]

Your Eritrean brother, who hopes to see criminals facing justice in a better Eritrea

Award for Seada Fekadu comes as number of Eritreans granted protection in the UK plummets

Seada Fekadu’s world was turned upside down when her father was arrested for his work with the opposition in Eritrea. Photograph: Riffy Ahmed

A young Eritrean woman who fled to the UK after her father was arrested for his political activities in her home country will receive an award for helping and inspiring other migrants and refugees.

Her award comes as the number of Eritreans granted protection in the UK has plummeted after a change in Home Office advice on asylum requests from the repressive east African country.

At 16, Seada Fekadu’s world was turned upside down when her father was arrested for his work with the opposition in Eritrea. Fearing for her safety, an aunt paid for Fekadu to escape the capital, Asmara. Fekadu took a boat to neighbouring Djibouti, caught a plane to Paris and made her way to Calais, where she and others were smuggled in a lorry to London’s Waterloo.

“In Calais, they put you in a truck, you don’t have a choice. ‘You have to take this one,’ the agent said. I didn’t know where I was going. The truck dropped us near a police station, they found us a translator and after two hours, social services came,” she said.

In a sense she was one of the lucky ones. Fekadu arrived in Britain before the current migration crisis currently engulfing Europe. Getting to the UK in the back of the truck was relatively easy in 2011. Since then, Fekadu has built a new life. She is studying for her BTec – physics is her favourite subject – and has offers from four universities to study biomedical science.

“I want to become a doctor to help people, it’s about saving lives. I’ve wanted to be a doctor since I’ve been a child,” she said.

“Young Roots helped me gain confidence. Now it’s my turn to help others,” she said. “I’ve been in their situation so I can understand them and I’m happy to help. They are young, I am young, we are like friends.”

Fekadu, now a trustee at the charity, takes youngsters to museums, to play football, to swim and for trips outside London. In recognition of her work, Fekadu will receive an award recognising women with a migrant or refugee background who provide inspiring leadership.

“So much of our time is taken up with communicating negative stories, we wanted to show the hopeful and positive work being done,” said Laura Padoan from the UNHCR, the UN agency for refugees, a joint organiser of the Women on the Move awards with the Forum, a migrant group. The event is on Friday at the Royal Festival Hall.

“She certainly stood out for her maturity and resilience despite what she went through. It’s really remarkable,” said Padoan, one of the judges.

The timing of Fedaku’s flight from Eritrea was fortunate. The Home Office last March advised that people from the country were no longer at risk of persecution if they returned home. The updated advice said citizens who left without permission – many of them to escape its indefinite military service – would not face persecution if they returned.

Yet the researchers behind the report, which the Home Office cited heavily, publicly distanced themselves from the findings, claiming the report was unsubstantiated and distorted. In June, the UN issued a damning report which concluded that the Eritrean government’s systematic use of extrajudicial killing, torture, rape, indefinite national service and forced labour may amount to crimes against humanity.

The UNHCR estimates that 5,000 people leave Eritrea every month and Eritreans account for the largest group of people applying for asylum in the UK, with 3,729 applications in 2015, a 48% increase over 2014. Eritrea also had the highest number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children last year at 694.

As a result of the Home Office advice, the proportion of initial decisions allowing Eritreans to stay plummeted to 48% in 2015 from 87% in the previous year. Meanwhile, the number of appeals from Eritreans soared from 172 in 2014 to 1,718 in 2015. Eighty percent of those Eritrean appeals determined in 2015 were allowed (which means refugee status for five years), an increase from 44% in the previous year.

Asked whether she misses Eritrea, Fedaku says: “Sometimes I miss my friends, but I don’t have much time to think about home, I have to study and the friends around me are like family, like home.”

Source=http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/mar/07/eritrean-woman-who-fled-to-uk-wins-award-for-helping-other-refugees