ናይ ሓባር እትበጽሖን እተዕውቶ ዓላማን ሸቶን ክህልወካ እንከሎ፣ ብሓባር ምጉዓዝ ዝተለምደን ኣዕዋትን እዩ። እዚ ኣዕዋቲ ዝኸውን፡ ዝተበተነ ድሌት ዝእክብ፡ ግዜኻ ዘቑጥብን ዓቕምኻ ኣብ ናይ ሓባር መዓላ ዘውዕል ስለ ዝኾነ እዩ። ብዓብይኡ ከኣ ነቲ በበይንኻ ምድፋኡ ዘጸግመካን ብሰንኪ ብሓደ ዘይምስራሕካ ዕድመ ዝውስኽን ተጻባኢ፣ ንምውጋድ ዘኽእል ፍቱን መንገዲ ስለ ዝኾነ እዩ። ኩሉ ግዜ ብዛዕባ ሓድነትን ሓቢርካ ምቅላስን ዘለዎ ዘይስገር ኣድላይነት እንዛረብ ከኣ ካብዚ ብምንቃል ኢና።

“ኣብቲ ዘሰማምዓካ ሓቢርካ ምቅላስ መሰረታዊ እዩ” ክንብል እንከለና፡ በቲ ዘሰማምዓና ጀሚርና ንቕድሚት ዘይንስጉም ካብ ምባል ዝነቅል እዩ። በቲ ዘሰማምዓካ ምጅማር ቅድም ኣብኡ ኣድሚዕካ ዓወት ምምዝጋብ ዘኽእል እዩ። ነቲ ዝፈላልየካ ከኣ ፈጺምካ ትጥንጥኖ ማለት ዘይኮነ፡  ሓቢርካ ብምስራሕ ተተባቢዕካ ነቲ ዘየሰማምዓካ ዕንቅፋት ክኸውን ብዘይክእል ከተመሓድሮ የኽእለካ ማለት እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ፡ ብዙሓት ኮንካ ብሓባር ምቕጻል ኣይኮነንዶ ኣብ ከምዚ ተጸሚድናሉ ዘለና ፖለቲካዊ ዋኒን፡ ኣብ ካልእ ተልእኮ እውን ናብ ሓደ ጉዳይ ክትነቅል እንከለኻ መሰረታዊ ኮይኑ ንድሕሪት ዝመልስ ደኣ ኣይኹን እምበር ፡ ፍልልይ ከም ዘጋጥመካ ኣሚንካ እትቕበሎ እዩ። ነቲ ፍልልይ ሰጊርካ ክትስጉም ትኽእለሉ መንገዲ ከኣ ኣብ መትከል ምጽውዋር፡ ምክእኣልን ናይ ሓሳብ እንካን ሃባን ምኽባር ዝስረት እዩ። ከምዚ እንተዘይኮይኑ  ግና፡ ንምቅላስ ወይ ንስራሕ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ  ዝኾነ ቀጻሊ ማሕበራዊ ህይወት ምምስራት  እውን ኣይመተኻእለን። ስለዚ ንፍልልያት ኣፍልጦ ሂብካ ምምሕዳሮም እምበር ምውጋዶም ወይ ምሕባኦም ዝከኣል ኣይኮነን።

ኣብ ሓደ ናይ ሓባር መስርሕ ፍልልያት ዝፍጠረሉ ምኽንያታት ብዙሕ እዩ። ዘይሩ ዘይሩ ግና ኣብቲ ናይ ሓባር ጉዕዞ ናይ “መን ተጠቕመን ተጐድአን ወይ ሰዓረን ተሳዕረን” ውድድር ክህሉ ባህርያዊ እዩ። እዚ ውድድር ዘሕድሮ ስግኣት ክህሉ’ውን ከምኡ። እዚ ውድድር’ዚ ብሕጋውን ዲሞክራስያውን ኣገባብ እንተተኣልዩ፡ ዘበላልሓካ ጸጋ እምበር፣ ስግኣት ኣይኮነን። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ፡ ናይ እምነት፡ ቋንቋን ባህልን ካለኦትን ብዙሕነት ፍልልያት ክፍጠር ናቶም እጃም ኣለዎም። እንተኾነ ነዞም ፍልልያት ዓቂብካ በቶም ዘሰማምዑኻ ብምስራሕን ብምቅላስን ኣብ ዓወት ከም ዝብጻሕ ብብዙሓት ተመኩሮታት ዝተረጋጊጸ እዩ። ኣብ ዝኾነ መዳይ ኣብ ፖሊቲካ ድዩ ኣብ ቁጠባ ወይ ማሕበራዊ ጉዳይ ዕዉታት እንብሎም ህዝብታት  ከምዞም ዝጠቐስናዮም  ፍልልያት ስለ ዘይነበርዎም ኣይኮኑን። ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ግና፡ ነዚ ክሳብ  ምውሓስ ልኡላዊት ሃገር ዘብጸሐ ቃልሲ ከነዕውት እንከለና ነዞም ዝተጠቕሱ ፍልልያትና ኣብ ምክእኣል ንሎሚ መለበሚ ዝኾነና ዋጋ ከፊልና ኢና።  ንመጻኢ ከኣ በቶም ዘሰማምዑና ጀሚርና፡ ነቶም ዘየሰማምዑና ቦታኦም ኣትሒዝና እንተሰጒምና፣ ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ዓወትና ካብ ምድጋም ዝዓግተና የለን። ነቲ ክንክተሎ ዝግበና ውሕልነት ዘንጊዕና፡ በቲ ዘሰማምዕና ኣብ ክንዲ ምጅማር፡ ግድን በቲ ዝፈላልየና ደኣ ንጸባጸብ  ኢልና እንተደሪቕና ግና፡ ኣብቲ ዘሰማምዓና ኮነ ኣብቲ ዝፈላልየና ከየድማዕና መፍቶ ህግደፍ ክንከውን ኢና።

ንፍልልያት ግዜ ሂብካ በቲ ዘሰማምዓካ ጀሚርካ ምቕጻል፡ ልቦና፡  ጹረትን ትዕግስትን ዝሓትት ዓብይን ዘይስገርን ህዝባዊ ሓላፍነት እዩ። ነዚ ክትበቅዕ፡ “ኣነን ናተይን ጥራይ” ብዝብል ዘይኮነ፡ ንናይቶም ካለኦት ሓቢሮሙና ዝቃለሱን ብዘይብኣኣቶም ዘይኮነልናን  ወገናት  ርኢቶ’ውን ቦታ ክንህብ ግድን እዩ። ምናልባት እውን ከምቲ “ምእንቲ መጎጎ ትሕለፍ ኣንጭዋ” ዝበሃል፡ ዘየዕግቡና ግና ከኣ ኣብ ወሳኒ እዋን ነቲ ኣብ ቅድሜና ዘሎ ብደሆ ብሓባር ዘስግር ኮይኑ ዝተራእየና ሓሳብ ምስ ዕቃበ ምቕባል ኣገዳሲ እዩ። ደሓር ኣብቲ መስርሕ ናይቲ ምእንቲ ክንሰግር ዝተቐበልናዮ ሓሳብ ዘየድማዕነት እንተነጺሩ፣ እንተላይ እቲ ምእንቲ ብሓባር ክንቅጽል ሓሳቡ ዘኽበርናሉ ኣካል፤ ምሳና ኮይኑ ናይ ምዕራዩ ዕድል ክረክብ ንኽእል ኢና። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ኣብዚ ንጐዓዞ ዘለና ናይ ምቅብባል መስርሕ ቃልሲ፥ ንዝሓለፈ ተመኩሮ ከይነዓቕካ እቲ ጸጽቡቑ ምውሳድ ምእንቲ ሓቢርካ ክትቅጽል ኣገዳሲ እዩ። ኣድላይነት ናይዚ ጡብ ኣብ ልዕሊ ጡብ እንዳንበርካ ጉዕዞ ንምዕዛዝ ሓደሓደ ሰባት ከምዚ ዝስዕብ የዘንትዉ። “ርሳስ ጐዲሙ ምጽሓፍ እንተኣብዩካ፡ ነቲ ዝጐደመ ደርቢኻ ኣይኮንካ ሓድሽ ትገዝእ። ኣብ ክንድኡ ነቲ ዝጐደመ ጸሪብካ ኢኻ እተጽሕፎ” ይብሉ።

ኤርትራውያን ኩልና ሃገርና ልኡላውነታ ዓቒባ፡ ሃብታም፡ ሰላምን ቅሳነት ዝዓሰላ፡ ልዕልና ፍትሒ ዝሰፈናን ኩሉ መሰላት ህዝባ ዝኽበረላን ክትከውን ዘሰማምዓና ባህጊ እዩ። ካብዚ ብምንቃል ከኣ ኩልና ሃገርና ስማ ብጽቡቕ ክለዓል እንከሎ የሕጉሰና፡ ብሕማቕ ክትለዓል እንከሎ ከኣ የሻቕለና። እዚ ካብቲ ዘሰማመዓናን ክንዕቅቦ ዝግበናን እዩ። ነዚ ብኸመይ ንዕቅቦን ነዕውቶን ኣብ ዝብል ግና ፍልልያት ኣለና። እዚ ፍልልያትና ብዝፈጠሮ ምስሕሓብ ከኣ እቲ ናይ ኣሰላልፋ ብዝሕን ዋሕድን ገዲፍካ፡ ተቓወምትን ደገፍትን ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንበሃሃል። ብሰንኪ እዚ ፍልልይ  ከኣ ከምቲ ሓሓሊፉ ዝረአ ኣብቲ ዓበይቲ ዘሰማመዓና ኤርትራዊ ጉዳያት  ክንረሓሓቕ ኣይመተገበናን።

ኣብቶም ንግጉይ ኣካይዳ ህግደፍ ተቓዊምና ንለውጢ ንቃለስ ዘለና እውን ዘሰማምዕን ዘየሰማምዕን ኣለና። ኤርትራና ብሰንኪ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝወርዳ ዘሎ በደላት ተወጊዱ፡ ሰላም፡ ዲሞክራስን ልምዓትን ዝተረጋገጸላ ክትከውን እንሰማምዓሉ እዩ። ኣብቲ ነዚ ንምርግጋጽ “ኣየናይ መንገዲ ንምረጽ፡ ምስ መንከ ንመሓዞ…… ወዘተ” ዝብል ግና ንፈላለ። ኣብቲ ጽባሕ ህዝብና ብሕገመንግስታዊ ልዕልናኡ ክውስኖ ዝግባእ ንዓና ከም ውድባት፡ ሰልፍታትን ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓስን ሓሳብ ክንህበሉ እምበር ክንውደኦ ዘይምልከትና ብዛዕባ “ኤርትራ ድሕሪ ህግደፍ ከመይ ትመሓደር” እውን ንፈላለ። ኣብ ከምዚ ምፍልላይ ኣባና ዝተጀመረን መንገዲ ዓወት ዝዓግትን ኣይኮነን። እቲ ኣጸጊሙ ዘሎስ ኣብ ክንዲ ብዕቱብ በቲ ዘሰማምዓና ጀሚርና ነቲ ዝፈላልየና ወጊንና ንቕድሚት ምድፋእ በቲ ዝፈላልየና ምጽብጻብን ምትህልላኽን ምቕዳምና እዩ።

ነቲ ህዝብና “ንሓንቲ ኤርትራን ህዝባን እትቃለሱ ካብ ኮንኩም ብሓባር ዘይትኾኑ” ዝብለና ዘሎ ናይ ዘይምትግባርና ጠንቂ ከኣ ዓቲብና በቲ ዘሰማምዕና ጀሚርና ካብ ዘይምቕጻልና ወጻኢ ዝረአ ኣይኮነን። ሎሚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ብደረጃ ውድብ፡ ሰልፊ፡ ማሕበር፡ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓስ ኮነ ግዱሳት ባእታታት እቲ መሰረታዊ ናይ ብቕዓትን ሓልዮትን መምዘኒ ሓቢርካ ዘስርሕ መንገዲ ብምምሃዝ ዝምዘን እዩ። ነዚ ጓሲኻ በበይንኻ ብእትገብሮ ኣበርክቶ ምንያት ግና ዘይሩ ዘይሩ ጐደሎ እዩ። እዚ ከኣ ኣብ ቅድሚ ኩልና ተገቲሩ ዘሎ ብደሆ እምበር ንውሱናት ዝግደፍ ኣይኮነን።

Condolence Message Amb Adhanom EPF Tብዜና ዕረፍቲ ገዲም ተጋዳላይ ኣምባሳደር ኣድሓኖም ገብረማርያም፡ ፖሊቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ፡ መሪር ሓዘን  ከም ዝተሰምዖም ይገልጹ

ውፉይ ተጋዳላይ ኣድሓኖም ገብረማርያም፡ ካብ ግዜ ንእስነቱ ጀሚሩ፡ ኣብ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ሓርነት ኤርትራ ብምስላፍ ንናጽነት ኤርትራ ዝተቓለሰን፡ ምስ ብጾቱ ዓበይቲ ሰውራዊ ቅያታት ዝሰርሐን ተጋዳላይ እዩ ነይሩ። ምልካዊ ስርዓት፡ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጠሊሙ ግዳይ ግፍዓዊ ተግባራቱ ኣብ ዝገበሮ ከኣ፡ ኣንጻር ምልኪ ወጊኑ፡ ንፍትሕን ንሓርነትን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክሳብ ዕለተ ሞቱ ከይተሓለለ ዝተቓለሰ እዩ።

 ክቡር ተጋዳላይ ኣምባሳደር ኣድሓኖም ገብረማርያም ኣብ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ኣመሪካ እናነበረ እንከሎ፡ ብሕማም ምኽንያት ካብ እዛ ዓለም ብመስዋእቲ ብምፍላዩ ምዕራፉ፡ ንኹሎም ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ኤርትራውያን ዓቢ ክሳራ ምዃኑ ብሩህ እዩ።

 ፖሊቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ፡ ምስ’ቲ ብዕረፍቲ ተጋዳላይ ኣድሓኖም ዝተሰምዖም ከቢድ ክሳራ እንዳገለጹ ናይዚ መሪር ሓዘን ተኻፈልቲ ምዃኖም ይገልጹ።  ንስዉእ ኣምባሳደር መንግስተ ሰማይ የዋርሶ፡ ንስድራቤቱ፣ ንሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ኤርትራን ንመላእ ደምበ ተቓውሞን ከኣ ጽንዓት ይሃብ።

 ፖሊቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ

Sunday, 21 February 2021 21:00

መግለጺ ሓዘን

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Saturday, 20 February 2021 22:36

Eritrean Political Forces Joint appeal

Written by

To:

H.E. Mr. Pekka Haavisto,

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Finland,

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Helsinki, Finland

Dear Mr. P. Haavisto,

February 16, 2021

We the     undersigned     allied     Eritrean     Political     Forces     in exile are deeply saddened by the rapid escalation of a deadly conflict between the Federal Ethiopian Government with unwarranted support of the Government of Eritrea on the one hand and Regional State of Tigray on the other. In particular the indiscriminate air strikes and ground attacks directed to Tigray occurs at a challenging time as the people struggle to contain the impact of Covid-19 pandemic and a massive locust infestation overwhelming the region during the time of the annual harvest season. Human Rights Watch has rightly said in a report published on February 11 that the apparently indiscriminating shelling of urban areas was a violation of the laws of war.

The world is by now receiving reports of the devastating effect of war on the economy and livelihood of the people and its negative impact on peace and security of the entire region. We continue to witness catastrophic humanitarian crisis with millions of internally displaced people and new waves of refugees fleeing to neighboring Sudan.

Dear Sir,

We Eritreans are particularly worried about the fate of the 172 000 Eritrean refugees most of them in Tigray and Afar regions who have fled enforced military conscription, indefinite national service, lack of freedom  of  speech  and  movement  and  political  persecution  and imprisonment. The invading Eritrean army which still exerts control over two of the refugee camps, namely Shimelba and Hitsaats, has destroyed most of the buildings in the camps and abducted thousands Eritrean refugees and sent them back to Eritrea. The camps are now closed by the Ethiopian government, and the whereabouts of their residents still unacounted.

This  is  done  in  broad  day  light  and  in  flagrant  violation  of international laws and norms. Unfortunately, the UNHCR High Commissioner  Fillipo  Grandi’s  appeal  to  the  prime  minister  of Ethiopia to address the situation as a matter of urgency has not been fulfilled.

Yours excellency,

Our allied forces in exile are aware that the Government of Finland had supported and continues to support the reforms and democratization policies initiated by PM Abiy Ahmed Ali of Ethiopia and  that  Finland along  other Nordic  countries works  for  regional peace, security and integration in the Horn of Africa. Therefore, we eagerly  await  the  result  of  the  ongoing  European Union  initiated dialogue and engagement under your leadership.

Our allied forces in exile also strongly believe that interests of the peoples of the Horn of Africa are complimentary and never mutually exclusive and building regional peace requires the acceptance by all of democratic values and norms and the belief in cooperation, dialogue and compromise in conflict resolution.

We would like to express our concern for the wellbeing of the civilian population of Tigray and Eritrean refugees in the area and appeal to Your Excellency and through you, to the European Union to:

    To ask the Ethiopian Government to guarantee the protection of Eritrean refugee in Tigray and Afar regions as well as in urban centers and allow the UNHCR to continue providing its services.

     Demand the immediate withdrawal of Eritrean troops fromTigray and impose sanctions on the members of government and impose an arms embargo of Eritrea.

    Put pressure on the    Ethiopian    Government    to    allow unfettered humanitarian access to Tigray and find ways of providing emergence food, water and, medical and sanitary supplies to the affected population;

    Condemn the Eritrean Government for its interference in the internal affairs of Ethiopia and demand its immediate withdrawal of its invasion forces;

    Send an independent group to Tigray to investigate the alleged indiscriminate killings including that of Eritrean refugees, the looting of property including church heritages and old manuscripts, systematic rape of women and wanton barning of crops.

    To  call  upon  the  Ethiopian  government  the  to  halt  the violence and resolve the conflict peacefully and engage in a genuine,   inclusive   and   credible   dialogue   under   the auspicious of a neutral international body;

Your Excellency,

A  delegation of  our  allied forced  is  willing explain to  your excellency’s    government,    our    understanding    of    the    recent developments  inside  Eritrea  and  the  region  as  a  whole  and  our endeavors  to  establish  a  constitutional  and  democratically elected government in  Eritrea that  abides by  the  rule  of  law  in  a  digital meeting at a time of your convenience.

Sincerely Yours,

For/ the Chairpersons:

ENCDC (Eritrean  National Council for Democratic Change) ENF (Eritrean National Front)

EPDP (the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party)

UDC (Organization of Unity for Democratic Change)

UEJ (United Eritreans for Justice)

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Mrs. Theresa Zittling

Director for Unit for the Horn of Africa and Eastern Africa

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland, Helsinki.

Saturday, 20 February 2021 19:19

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Friday, 19 February 2021 23:23

Tigray government lays out its terms for peace

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FEBRUARY 19, 2021  ETHIOPIANEWSTIGRAY

A statement regarding peaceful resolution by the government of Tigray

The people and government of Tigray fully understand that war brings human loss and social and economic crises. The price of war can’t be measured in money or other material measures. On the contrary, we know that it is secured by paying priceless human life. That is why the people and government of Tigray have at all times held and continue to hold uncompromising stance regarding peace. Therefore the people and government of Tigray are always prepared to resolve the invasion that we are currently confronted with through peaceful means. Even before we entered into war, not because it was our first choice, but because we were forced into it. Today also, it will not be (our first choice).
Because the people of Tigray undertook the election of its administrators, since the fascist clique of Abiy closed all avenues of peace, invited foreign invading forces and has continued to inflict injustice on us aiming to annihilate us as a people, we are currently fighting by holding an unshakable stance that our existence shall be secured by our blood and bones; and (as a result) are achieving a succession of victories. However, we would like to affirm, as a people and a government, that, even today, we are prepared to resolve the situation through peaceful means.
But we are going to engage in peaceful negotiations if, and only if, the following preconditions are fully actualized.
1. The alien invading force of PFDJ should leave the land of Tigray immediately. And the fact that it has left has to be confirmed by independent international body. It’s only then (that we’ll negotiate).
2. The sovereign territory of Tigray should be secured and those enemies of ours who are engaged in partitioning the land of Tigray to the south, North West, west and east leave the areas and the territorial integrity of Tigray is secured. It’s only then (that we’ll negotiate).
3. The body that has been instituted by enemies in the name of interim administration should be dismantled and the administration of Tigray, which has been elected by the people, is allowed to return to its place. It’s only then (that we’ll negotiate).
4. An international independent investigative body has to be instituted, conditions should be facilitated to enable it to freely investigate the genocide and war crimes that have been inflicted on the people of Tigray and it should start its work. It’s only then (that we’ll negotiate).
5. More than 4.5 million people of Tigray, who were displaced and exposed to severe social crisis, as the result of the invading forces should be made to receive emergency humanitarian aid, the international organizations that come to give humanitarian aid should be given unrestricted access. And the land of Tigray should be opened from end to end to journalists and international humanitarian agencies.
6. An international independent body has to be instituted and start work to investigate the property of the people, investors and government of Tigray that has been invaded and destroyed.
7. The politicians and other children of Tigray who are arrested as the consequence of the present situation should be released without any preconditions.
8. The peace negotiation has to be mediated by independent international body. It’s only then (that we’ll negotiate).
The government of Tigray
February 19, 2013
Tigray shall be victorious
Delivered via phone by Liya Kassa, spokesperson of the regional government of Tigray currently
Source: DW TV Facebook page, 19/02/21

Cameraman tells soldiers to ‘finish off survivors’ in exclusive video seen by Telegraph that appears to be evidence of slaughtered civilians

Groans can be heard from a seriously wounded man squirming on the floor between two corpses.

Chatting as they wander through the aftermath of what appears to be a mass execution of civilians in the Tigray region, soldiers laugh and joke among themselves.

Off to one side they spot a young man who seems to have survived by pretending to be dead.

“You should have finished off the survivors,” the cameraman says in Amharic, Ethiopia’s lingua franca, in an apparent rebuke of the perpetrators of the massacre.

These are scenes from a video clip obtained exclusively by The Telegraph showing the first evidence of what appears to be a war crime carried out by the Ethiopian army. Around 40 bodies in civilian clothes can be seen in the four-minute clip.

Ethiopian and Eritrean forces have for months been battling troops loyal to the former Tigrayan regional government in a war that has left thousands dead and millions on the brink of starvation.

The Ethiopian federal government has imposed a mass communications black-out in Tigray, meaning little is known about the conflict and making it hard to verify a flood of accounts of war crimes from survivors.

The video footage seen by The Telegraph, which is too graphic to publish, has circulated online in shorter form among local journalists and bloggers – deemed rare proof of the alleged brutality of Addis Ababa’s forces.

The Telegraph was able to geolocate the video to Debre Abay monastery in central Tigray – about 175 miles west of Tigray’s capital, Mekele. It has also confirmed that the clip has not been doctored.

Although the timing of the apparent massacre was not possible to ascertain, a pro-Tigrayan blog reported Ethiopian soldiers had killed 100 civilians at the same monastery on Jan 5.

Ethiopian and Eritrean forces are fighting troops loyal to the former Tigrayan regional government CREDIT: GETTY IMAGES

Experts who were sent the footage called on the Ethiopian government to launch an immediate investigation.

“This is disturbing footage to watch and I would expect the Federal Government to allow the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission full access to establish the facts and to ensure that there is proper accountability for these killings” said Dr Alex Vines, Africa Director at Chatham House.

“It is time to move beyond warnings and statements of concern to investigations and legal proceedings to hold perpetrators accountable for mass atrocities,” added Judd Devermont, Africa Director at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies think tank in Washington DC.

Read more: Dispatch: In the desperation of the Ethiopian conflict, only slivers of hope remain

Ethiopia’s state-run Human Rights Commission (EHRC) confirmed to The Telegraph that they were examining the shorter clip of the massacre that has circulated online.

“The EHRC is aware of the purported video and is working to verify its authenticity,” said the organisation’s spokesman, Aaron Maasho. “We have a team on the ground and will investigate the incident should we confirm its veracity.”

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s press secretary, Billene Seyoum, did not respond to requests for comment.

The cameraman in the footage, presumed to be an Ethiopian soldier, is heard speaking in an accent from southern or western Ethiopia.

At one point, he interrogates a survivor of the carnage, who is lying on the floor covered in dirt from head to toe.

“Why were you here in the first place?” the cameraman barks.

“I live in the home over there,” the young man – barely audible – replies in Tigray’s local Tigrigna language, gesturing towards nearby homes. The cameraman responds with a barrage of curses.

At one point, off-screen civilians plead for mercy as soldiers weigh up whether to kill another survivor seen trying to limp away to safety.

Eventually, they agree to leave him.

The video emerged after The Telegraph published dozens of Tigrayan refugees’ accounts of killings, artillery bombardment and looting in Tigray in November.

In recent weeks, human rights organisations and aid workers have issued reports that many in Tigray are now facing starvation, with people already eating leaves to survive or dying in their sleep.

The United Nations Special Adviser on Genocide Prevention said that it has received multiple reports of extra-judicial killings, mass executions, sexual violence, looting and impeded humanitarian access. Earlier this month the body warned that the atrocities in Tigray were likely to get worse.

Last week, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said that Ethiopian federal forces carried out apparently indiscriminate shelling of urban areas in the Tigray region, including Mekele, a city of half a million people, in November 2020 in violation of the laws of war.

The Telegraph was sent about two dozen photos, also too graphic to publish, showing the bodies of children blown to pieces by the Ethiopian federal government’s artillery barrage of the city.

In addition to Tigray’s internet and phone services being shut down for the entirety of the war, journalists and aid workers have been barred from the region.

The resulting humanitarian disaster has left 4.5 million people in need of emergency assistance. A coalition of Tigray’s political opposition recently stated that more than 50,000 people might have died since fighting began on November 4th.

In November last year, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, declared victory after his troops’ capture of Mekele – but sporadic fighting continues.

Despite the lack of communication, journalists and rights groups have been able to confirm that forces on both sides of the war have committed atrocities against civilians.

Retreating Tigrayan forces killed hundreds of civilians in the town of Maykadra on November 9th, using blunt objects, according to rights group Amnesty International.

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ኢሳያስ ኣፈወርቅ ከምቲ ልማዱ ንነዊሕ ግዜ ካብ መራኸቢ ብዙሃን ርሒቑ ምስ ጸንሐ፡ ብ17 ለካቲት 2021  ምስተን ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘለዋ ናይ ብሕቲ ንብረቱ ዝኾና ሚድያታት ክልተ ሰዓታት ዝወሰደ ቃለ መሓትት ኣካይዱ። ነቲ ኣቐዲሙ ኣዳልዩ ዝሃቦም ሕቶታት ዝሓተትዎ እቶም ልሙዳት ጋዜጠኛታቱ ሱሌማን ዑስማን ዓበን ጳውሎስ ነታባይን እዮም። እዚኣቶም ከምቶም መልእኽቲ ኢሳያስ ናብ ወጻኢ ኣብ ምምልላስ ሓንሳብ ምስተጸምዱ ዘይቅየሩ ዑስማን ሳልሕን የማነ ገብረኣብን ዘይትክኡ ሓተቲ ኢሳያስ ስለ ዝኾኑ፡ ቃለ መሓትት ኣሎ ምስተባህለ ንሳቶም ከም ዝመጹ ዘይገመተ ኣይነበረን።

ኢሳያስ ኣብዚ ቃለመጠይቑ  ዋላኳ ዞባዊ መልክዕ ከትሕዞ እንተፈተነ ብኢትዮጵያዊ ዛዕባታት እዩ ጀሚሩ። ኣብ ኣመዓባብላ እዚ ኣብ ትግራይ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ውግእ ካብቲ ኢትዮጵያዊ ገዛኢ ሰልፊ ብልጽግና ዝብሎ ብዝመልከዐ ኣወቂቡ ኣቕሪብዎ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ህዝባዊ ወያነ ሓርነት ትግራይ (ህወሓት) ጸላዊ ኣካል ናይ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ኣብ ዝነበረሉ ግዜ፡ ብሓፈሻ ብዛዕባ ብዙሓት ጉዳያት ዝያዳ ከኣ ብዛዕባ ትሕዝቶ  ሕገመንግስቲ ምዒዱስ ሰማዒ ከም ዝሰኣነ ገሊጹ። ነቲ ኢትዮጵያ ንዝያዳ 20 ዓመታት ዝተመርሓትሉ ሕገመንግስቲ ከኣ “ናይ ነታጒ ምቕባር ፖለቲካ መጻወቲ” ኢልዎ። ኣብዚ እውን እቲ ቃና ኣገላልጻኡ ካብቲ ንተመኩሮ ህወሓት ኣትሪሮም ዝነቕፉ ኣካላት ዝብልዎ እንተዘይገዲዱ ዝፍለ ኣይነበረን። እቲ ኣዝዩ ዝገርምን ዘተዓዛዝብን ከኣ ኢሳያስ ብናይ እንዳማቱ ሕገመንስቲ ዝወራዘ ዘሎ ትሕዝቶኡ ብዘየገድስ ንኤርትራ ብዘይ ሕገመንግስቲ ይገዝኣ ኣብ ዝሃለወሉ እዋን ምዃኑ እዩ። ኣብ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ክዛረብ እንከሎ  ሃዲእካ ብምሕሳብ፡ ቀዳምነታት ሰሪዕካ ብምስራሕ…. ወዘተ ክተሓዙ ዝግበኦም ጉዳያት ከም ዝነበሩ እውን ጠቒሱ። “ክሳብ ክንዲ'ዚ ዝርዳእን ሓላይን ካብ ኮነ ደኣ ኣብ ኢርትራ ከምኡ ዘይገብር?” ዝብል ሓታታይ እንተዝረክብ እንታይ ምመለሰ እንድዒ። ምስዚ ኩሉ ግና፡ በዚ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ተኸሲቱ ዘሎ ዞባዊ ናይ ምዃን ሰፊሕ ዕድል ዘለዎ ቅልውላው ስግኣት ከም ዘለዎ ኣይሓብአን። ነብሱ ካብቲ ጉዳይ ከርሕቕ  ብዘምስል ከኣ ደጋጊሙ ናይዚ ቅልውላው ዋናታት ናይ ምርሓቕ ምልክታት እውን ኣርእዩ።

ካብቲ ቀንዲ ዕላማታትን ትሕዝቶን ናይዚ ቃለ መጠይቑ ሓደ፡ ንሓቂ ሓቢእካ ነቲ ዝተፈላለዩ ኣህጉራዊ ትካላትን ሃገራትን፡ ኤርትራ ካብ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ብዘይቅድመ-ኩነት ብህጹጽ ሰራዊታ ክትስሕብ ዘቕርብዎ ዘለዉ መጠንቀቕታት ኣቕጣጫኡ ንምስሓት እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ከምቲ ልሙድ ብተግባር ብዘይስነ ናይ ቃላት ተስፋ ኣብ ስልጣን ናይ ምቕጻል ኣሽካዕላል ተልእኮ ዘለዎ ምዃኑ ርዱእ እዩ። እቲ ኣብ ክንዲ ብኤርትራዊ ጉዳይ ዝጅምር ንዘይኤርትራዊ ዛዕባ ምቕዳሙ ከኣ ሓድሽ’ኳ እንተዘይኮነ ዘገርም እዩ። ከምዚ ምግባሩ በቲ ሓደ ወገን ካብቲ ብቐጥታ ዝምልከቶ ኤርትራዊ ባይታ ንደገ ብዝጥምት ዘይኮነ፡ ካብ ደገ ናብ ኤርትራ ብዝምዕብል ፍታሕ ናይ ምምጻእ ቀይናን ሃቐነ ከም ዘለዎ የርኢ። በቲ ካልእ ወገን ከኣ በቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ብዛዕባ ኤርትራ ዝተዛረቦ ዘይግብራዊ ባዶ ተስፋታት “ሰማዒ ኣይረክብን እየ” ኢሉ ኣገባብ ምቕያር  እውን ይመስል። በዚ ይኹን በቲ ቃለመሓትት ኢሳያስ፡ ኣብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን እዋናዊ ሕቶታቱን ተገዳስነት ከም ዘየብሉ ዘመልክት እዩ።

ኣብቲ ውሑድ ደቓይቕ ሂቡ ዝተዛረበሉ ኤርትራዊ ዘቤታዊ ዛዕባታት ዘቕረቦ ሓሳባት፡ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ብዙሕ ግዜ ዝበሎን ኣብ ክንዲ ፍታሕ ዝሕብር፡ ነቲ ህዝቢ ዝፈልጦን ፍታሕ ዝጽበየሉን ጸገማት’ዩ ቃላት እንዳቀያየረ ደጋጊምዎ። ንኣብነት ብጉዳይ ኮቪድ-19ን ምክልኻሉን ኣብ ዝምልከት ከብርህ እንከሎ፡ ብትሑት ተገዳስነት፡ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣዝዩ ብሩህ ክነሱ “ጥዕና ናይ ምሕላው ዓቕምና ዜሮ እዩ፡ ካብዚ ዜሮ ኢና ከኣ ክንጅምር” ኢሉ። ብዛዕባ መጻኢ መፍትሒ ክዛረብ እነከሎ ከኣ “መሳጢ ፖሊሲ ኣለና፡ ግና ከኣ ናይ ምትግባሩ ዓቕሚ የብልናን” ይብሎ። እዚ ንሰማዒኡ “እሞ ኣይትብከ እንድዩ ዘብክየኒ ዘሎ” ዘብል እምበር መፍትሒ ዘምጽእ ኣይኮነን። ነቲ ህዝብና ብጉልባብዚ ተላጋቢ ሕማም ኮረና ስለ ዝተዓጽወ ዝወርዶ ዘሎ ሕሱም ስእነት ኩሉ ዓይነት ቀረባት ስለ ዘይተሰመዖ ከኣ “ብሰንኪ ሕማም ኮረና ዘጋጠመ ቁጠባዊ ለውጢ የለን” ክብሎ ኣይሓፈረን። ከምቲ ልሙድ ምትላሉ ከኣ “ቁጠባና ዝዓብየሉ ኩነታት ንምፍጣር ጽላት ብጽላት ንመዝንን ቀዳምነታትና ንሰርዕ ኣለና” ይብል እሞ “ብሚኒስትሪ ንግዲ ዝምእከል ኣካል ተመዚዙ ኣብዚ መዳይዚ ይሰርሕ ኣሎ” ኢሉ። ዘገርም እዩ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ካብቲ ቀደም “ፖሊሲ ጥሙር ሕርሻ”  ዝበሃል ዝነበረ እሞ ዝፈሸለ  ጀሚርካ ክንደይ ሓይሊ ዕማማት ተመስሪተን ብዘይፍረ ከም ዝፈረሳ ንዝፈልጥ ህዝብስ ሎሚ እውን ብኸምዚ ዓይነት “መወዳእታ ዘየብሉ ናይ ቃላት ተስፋ” ክሽፍጦ ምፍታኑ ናይ ጥዕና እዩ ክትብሎ ዘጸግም እዩ።

ኢሳያስ ነዚ ቃለ መጠይቕዚ ክህብ እዩ ምስ ተባህለ፡ ዝተፈላለዩ ኣካላት ነናቶም ግምት ነይርዎም። መብዛሕትኡ ኤርትራዊ ካብ ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ተመኩሮኡ ነቒሉ ካብ ኢሳያስ ተስፋ ስለ ዝቖረጸ፡  “ሓድሽ ነገር ኣየምጽእን እዩ” ዝብል ግምት ነይርዎ። ገለ ወገናት ግና ምስዚ ዝረአ ዘሎ ንኤርትራ ኣዝዩ ዝጸሉ ኢትዮጵያውን ዞባውን ምዕባለን ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ዝተሳተፈሉ ውግእ ኣብ ትግራይ ይካየድ ምስ ምህላዉን “ብዛዕባኡ ገለ ይብል ይኸውን” ዝብል ትጽቢት ዝነበሮም እውን ነይሮም። ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ኣብ ውግእ ትግራይ ኣትዩ ምህላዉ ብብዙሓት ዓለም ለኻዊ ትካላት፡ ብመራሕቲ ጸለውቲ ሃገራት፡ ብላዕለዎት ወተሃደራውን ሲቪላውን ሰብ መዚ ኢትዮጵያን  ሓለፍቲ ግዝያዊ ምምሕዳር ክልል ትግራይን ብዓብይኡ ከኣ ብህዝቢ ኤርትራ መረጋገጺ ዝወሃበሉ ዘሎ እዩ።

ስለዚ ቅድም እውን ብዛዕባቲ ኢድ ኣእታውነት ብወገን ኤርትራ ድምጺ ክስማዕ ትጽቢት ካብ ነበረ፡ ብዓብይኡ ኢሳያስ ኣብ ዘካይዶ ቃለ መጠይቕ ኣይክዝለልን እዩ ኢሎም ዝግምቱ ብዙሓት ነይሮም። ኢሳያስ ሆየ ግና ቀንዲ ደጋፊ ናይቲ ኣብቲ ውግእ ተዓዊተ ዝብል ዘሎ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ምዃኑ’ኳ በቲ “ኣብ ጉዳይ ኢትዮጵያ ግቡእና ንገብር ኣለና” ዝበሎ’ኳ እንተተኣመነ፡ ብዛዕባ ግደ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ኣብቲ ውግእ ግና ብንጹር ዋላ ሓንቲ ኣይበለን። ጓስይዎ ምሕላፉ ምናልባት ክሓብኦ ደልዩ እንተኾይኑ ከምቲ “ድሕሪ ማይ ናብ በዓቲ” ወይ “ድሕሪ ጌጋ ምኽሪ ይርከብ ድሕሪ ጥራጥ እግሪ ይእከብ” ዝበሃል  እዩ። ብዘይጥርጥር ግና ናይ ኢሳያስ ስቕታ ኣብቲ ውግእ ኣትዩ ይመውት፡ ይቖስልን ከም ወራርን ሰራቕን ይኽሰስን ንዘሎ ሰራዊት ኤርትራ ዘለዎ ንዕቀት ብንጹር ዘርኢ እዩ።

እምበኣር ህዝብና  ካብ ኢሳያስን ካብቲ ንሱ ዝመርሖ ዘሎ ጉጅለን ፍታሕ ክረክብ “ዘይነበሮን ዘይጠፈኦን” ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ዝጽበዮ የብሉን። እዚ ናይ ሎሚ ቃለ መጠይቕ ከኣ ከምቲ ልሙድ ናብ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘመሓላልፎ መልእኽቲ ኣለዎ። እቲ መልእኽቲ ከኣ ኢሳያስ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ዘለዎ ክቱር ንዕቀት ዘርእን ብመወዳእታ ዘየብሉ ናይ ቃላት ተስፋ ክቕሽሽን እምበር ፍታሕ ከምጽእ ዘይተዓደለ ምዃኑ እዩ።