In yet another memorandum addressed to the Swiss Foreign Ministry on 30 May, the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) urged Swiss authorities to kindly stop asking Eritrean asylum seekers "to bring documents from the Eritrean Consulate".

 

Addressed to Federal Councillor Didier Burkhalter, the Swiss Foreign Minister, the EPDP memorandum made it clear that asking asylum seekers to bring documents from the regime consulate entails the signing of "self-recriminating letters of regret at the Eritrean Consulate and paying the illegal 2% tax".  

 

The message protested that the action by local Swiss authorities is violating the right of  asylum seekers to be considered for legal protection taking into consideration the  human rights and political situation in Eritrea under a regime characterized by the UN Human Rights Council as "perpetrator of crimes against humanity" in a systematic manner for over two decades.

 

It is also to be recalled that during April and May, a number of human rights and pro-democracy activist groups in Switzerland have circulated a letter of advice to all Eritrean asylum seekers in the country to refuse contacting the Eritrean regime consulate because they have the right to seek political protection in Switzerland in view of the gross human rights violations in their country of origin.

Logos

Logos of signatories of the "know-your-rights" letter circulated to all Eritrean asylum seekers in Switzerland.

The advice, written in Arabic, English, Tigrigna and Swiss languages, also urged the Eritrean asylum seekers not to sign the letters of regret at the Eritrean consulate and refuse paying the illegal 2% tax.

Tuesday, 30 May 2017 17:26

Harnet Tigrinia Magazine Issue 55

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ኤርትራውያን ተቐማጦ ከተማታት በይ-ኤርያ ኣብ ከተማ ኦክላንድ-ካሊፎርንያ ተኣኪቦም መበል 26 ዓመት በዓል ናጽነት ኤርትራ ብ20 ግንቦት2017 ዓ.ም. ኣኽቢሮም። እቲ በዓል ብሓልዮት ንመብዛሕትአን ናይ ተቓውሞ ውድባትን ሲቪካዊ ማሕበራትን ከምኡ’ውን ውድባዊ ጸጊዕ ዘይብሎም ሃገራውያንን ዝጠርነፈ ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ማሕበር “በይ-ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ”  ዝተዳለወ እዩ ነይሩ። ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመታት በዓል ናጽነት ብሙዚቃ ባንድ ዝተሰነየ ባህላዊ ጓይላ እዩ ዝኽበር ነይሩ፡ ኣብዚ ዓመት’ዚ ግን መደባት ናይ ማሕበርን ኣብቲ በዓል ተረኺቡ ተሞክሮኡ መሰረት ብምግባር ብዛዕባ ታሪኽ ቃልስናን፣ ህልዊ ኵነታት ሃገርናን ህዝብናን ካብ ዝርከበሉ ሃለዋት ምልክን ጭቆናን መዋጽኦ ዝእምትን  መግለጺ ዘቕርብ ጋሻ ብምዕዳም’ዩ ተኻይዱ።

 

ኣካያዲ ቦርድ ማሕበር “በይ-ኤርያ ኤርትራውያን ንደሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ” ንኽብሪ በዓል ናጽነት ዝተኸፍሎ መስዋእትነትን ንምዝካር ናይ ሓደ ደቒቕ ጸጥታ ብደውታ ንኣኼበኛ ብምሕታት ድሕሪ ምፍጻሙ፤ ዘዳለዎ ቃል ኣቕሪቡ። ኣብ ዘቕረቦ ቃል ብዛዕባ ማሕበር፣ ዘሳለጦ ዕማማት፣ ዘጋጥሞ ሕጽረታትን ንምፍትሑ ዝሕግዙ እማመታትን ብዝርዝር ሓቢሩ።

 

ኣካያዲ ቦርድ ማሕበር፣ ንሓያሎይ ኣባላቱ ካብ ገዳይም ተጋደልቲ፣ ንሃገራዊ ናጽነት ዘበርከትዎ ብምዝካር፣ ከይተሓለሉ ፍትሕን ሰላምን ንምንጋስ ምእንቲ ውጹዕ ህዝቢ ቃልሶም ዝቕጽሉ ዘለዉን “ምስክርነት ኣድናቖትን ምስጋናን” ዝብል ወረቐት ዓዲሉ።

 

ናይቲ በዓል መደብ ቀንዲ ጋሻ ዝዀነ ሓርበኛ ተጋዳላይ የማነ ተኽለገርግስ፣ ኣብ ከተማታት ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ካብ ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ዑደት፣ ኣብ ኦክላንድ ብኣቦ መንበር ማሕበር ምስጉን ሓጎስ ሌላን ድሕረ-ባይታን ተገሊጹ፡ ብኣወሃሃድነት ኣቦ መንበር ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ፣ ኤፍረም ናይዝጊ ኣኼባ ተጀሚሩ።

 

የማነ መንነቱ ድሕሪ ምልላይ ካብቲ ዝዓበየሉ ቦታ ኣዲስ ኣበባ ናይ ዩኒቨርሲቲ ትምህርቱ ካልኣይ ዓመት እናተኸታተለ ከሎ ደርጊ ዓጽዩ ናብ ወፍሪ “እድገት በህብረት” ክሰዶም ኣብ ምድላው ከሎ፡ ኣብ ሕልና የማነ “ኢትዮጵያዊ ወይ ኤርትራዊ ናይ ምዃን ሕቶ” ክምልስ ዝተገደደሉ እዋን ምንባሩ ብምዝካር እቲ ምርጫ ናብ ኤርትራ ተጓዒዙ፣ ብ1975 ኣብ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ተሰሊፉ። 1979 ኣባል ናይታ ሕብእቲ ሰልፊ (ህዝባዊ ኤርትራዊ ሰውራዊ ሰልፊ, ኢ.ፒ.ር.ፒ) ኰይኑ እናተቓለሰ ጸኒሑ፣ ኣብ ወተሃደራዊ ኣሃዱታት ክሳብ 1983 ክቃለስ ድሕሪ ምጽናሕ፣ ኣባል ክፍሊ ስለያ ድሕሪ ምምዳቡ ወኪል ናይቲ ውድብ ኣብ ሶማልያ ተመዚዙ ክሳብ 1988 ክቃለስ ምጽንሑ ሓቢሩ።

Yemane Teklegherghis

 

ኣብ ስእሊ ዘለዉ፡ ካብ ጸጋም ንየማን፡ ምስጉን ሓጎስ፣ የማነ ተኽለገርግስ፣ ኤፍረም ናይዝጊ

 

የማነ ኣብ መእተዊኡ ብዛዕባ ተሳተፍቲ’ቲ ኣኼባ ትዕዝብቱን ምስጋንኡን ክገልጽ ከሎ፡ ገዳይም ተጋደልትን መንእሰያትን ብሓባር ተኣኪብኩም፣ እተካይድዎ ንጥፈታት’ውን ካብቲ ክግለጽ ዝጸንሐ መደባት ክግንዘብ ስለዝኸኣልኩ ኣዝየ ሕጉስ እየ። እዚ ድማ ካብቲ ኣብ እዋን ቃልሲ ዘይነበረ ኣብዚ እዋን’ዚ ገኒኑ ዝርአ ዘሎ ኣውራጃዊ ፍልልያትን ካልእ ጸቕጥታትን ነጻ ኰንኩም ትቃለሱ ምህላውኩም ካብ ዘሐጐሰኒ እዩ፡ ምኽንያቱ ካብ ዝዀነ ይኹን ጸቕጥታት ነጻ ኰንካ ምቅላስ ቅኑዕ ናይ ዕላማ መሰረት ስለዝዀነ።

 

የማነ ካብ ተሞክሮኡ ብምንቃል ኣብ ረድዮ ወጋሕታን መርበብ ኣሰናን ሰፊሕን ዝርዝር ሓበሬታን ኣቐዲሙ ስለዝሃበ፣ ሕጂ’ውን ኣብ ምዝርጋሕ ዘሎ ባዕሉ ዝደረሶ መጽሓፍ ኣስፊሑ ገሊጽዎ ስለዘሎ ኣብዚ ብዙሕ ምዝርዛር ኣድላዪ ኣይከውንን፡ ይኹን’ምበር ገለ ካብቲ ኣገዳሲ ሓበሬታ ምጥቃስ ኣገዳስነት ኣለዎ።

ጀብሃን ሻዕብያን ክልተ ሃገራውያን ውድባት ንናጽነት ዝቃለሳን ዝስውኣን ምንባረን ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱን ካልኦትን ኣረዳድኣን ዕግበትን ምንባሩ፣ ናይ መሪሕነት ሻዕብያ ብፍላይ ናይ መራሒኡ ኢሳያስ ዕግበትን ዕላማን ግን ካልእ ምንባሩ ኣብ ጉዕዞ የንጸባርቕ ምንባሩ ገለ ካብ ዝጠቐሶ ከምዚ ዝስዕብ ይርከቦ

  • ኣብ ሓደ ኣኼባ ንናይ ጀብሃ ስዉኣት ከም ዘይስዉኣት ክግለጽ ምስተፈተነ፣ ካብ ተጋደልቲ “ዝተሰውኡ ብጾትና ኣባላት ጀብሃ ስዉኣት ኣይኰኑን ማለት’ድዩ “ ዝብል ሕኑን ክትዕ ምስተላዕለ፡ ብትእዛዝ ከም ዝቋረጽ ተገይሩ፡ ድሕሪኡ ብዛዕብኡ ምክታዕ ከምዝተርፍ ተገይሩ።
  • ኣብ 1975 ሓላፊ ክፍሊ ታዕሊም ባሕሪ ባራ ዝነበረ ስብሓት ኤፍረም፣ ምስ ሓሙሽተ ብጾት ገለ ካብኦም ሕጂ ኣምባሳደራት ኰይኖም ዘለዉ ክንመያየጥ ከሎና፣ ብዛዕባ ስምረት ምስ ጀብሃ ኣብ ዝተላዕለ ነጥቢ፣ ምስ ጀብሃ ስምረት የለን፣ ካብ ሕጂ ክትዳለዉ ኣለኩም፣ ሳልሕ ጠጠው ብናይ ጀብሃ ጥይት ክስዋእ ከሎ “ምስዚኦም ከይትዕረቑ ኢሉና እዩ ሓሊፉ” ክብል ገለጸ፡ እዚ ንናይ መሰረታት ናይ ስምረት ድሌት ንምቕታል ካብ ዝጥቀሙሉ ዝነበሩ ፕሮፖጋንዳን ውግእ ሕድ-ሕድ ክቕጽሉ ስለዝደልዩን ዘቕርብዎ ዝነበሩ ኣበሃህላ እዩ ነይሩ።
  • ኢሳያስ ረቂቕ ወዳቢ እዩ፤ “ኣብ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ዘይተወደበ ኤርትራዊ ኣይኰነን” ይብል ነይሩን ኣሎን።
  • ኢሳያስ ድሕሪ ምርግጋጽ ናጽነት፣ ብዛዕባ ምጥያስ ስደተኛታት ክዛረብ ከሎ ነቶም ብ1967 ዝተሰዱ ኣይንፈልጦምን ኢና፡ ነቶም ድሕሪ 1969 ዝተሰዱ ጥራይ ኢና ንፈልጥ ክብል ክሒዱ።
  • ተጋደልቲ ናይ ህዝባዊ ወያኔ ሓርነት ትግራይ ኣብ ሳሕል መጺኦም ተዓሊሞምን ዓጢቖምን ንትግራይ ይምለሱ ነይሮም፡ ኣብ ጐኒ ሻዕባያ ኰይኖም’ውን ንጀብሃ ኣብ ምህራም ከምኡ’ውን ኣብ ምፍሻል ሻድሻይ ወራር ተሳቲፎም’ዮም። ንኣብነት ኣብ 1981 ኢሳያስ ወዲ ፍላንሳ ዝመርሓ በጠሎኒ ን5000 ተጋደልቲ ወያኔ ካብ ትግራይ ናብ ኤርትራ ንምስጋር ኣብ ዝነበረ ሓለዋ ባዕለይ ዝነበርክዎን ዝተሳተፍክዎን ሓቂ እዩ። ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ እዋን ዝኣተዉ ብጠቕላላ ክሳብ 7500 ተጋደልቲ ይበጽሕ። ኢሳያስ ነዚ ክውንነት’ዚ ክሒዱ፣ ከም ጸላእቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጌሩ ከቕርቦም ምፍታኑ ምድንጋር’ዩ። ንሱን ሰዓብቱን ነዚ ግዙፍ ታሪኻዊ ሓቂ ንህዝቢ ከይሓበሩ፣ ክሒዶምን ኣጽቂጦምን ክነብሩ ገበነኛታት ተሓተትቲ ይገብሮም።
  • ናይ ዝተሰውኡ ብዝሒ ቍጽሪ 69 ሽሕ ክብሉ ዘቕረብዎ ካብ ሓቂ ዝረሓቐ እዩ። ካብኡ ንላዕሊ እዮም ተሰዊኦም፡ ንዅሎም ስዉኣት ዘይምኽባር ጥልመት’ዩ።

የማነ ንኢሳያስ ብስራሕ ወይ ኣኼባ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ እዋናት ይረኽቦ ስለዝነበረ ብዘይካ’ቲ ብወረ ዝሰምዖ ብቐረባ ክዕዘቦን ክፈልጦን’ውን ዕድል ስለ ዝረኸበ ነዚ ዝስዕብ ተገንዝቦኡ ኣካፊሉ።

Ø  ዽሕሪ መስዋእቲ መራሒ ናይ ህዝባዊ ሓይልታት ዝነበረ ኣብርሃም ተወልደ ዝተገብረ ምርጫ፣ ሃብተስላሰ ገብረመድህን’ዩ ተመሪጹ፡ ኢሳያስ ንሃብተስላሰ “ኣነ ኣብ ጀብሃ ከለኹ ናይ ምምራሕ ተሞክሮ ስለዘለኒ ንዓይ ክትገደፈለይ ኣሎካ” ምስ በሎ፤ “ሕራይ ውሰዶ” ስለዝበሎ መራሒ ኰይኑ ሽዑ ዝጀመራ ክሳብ ሎሚ ኣብ ስልጣን ተኾይጡ ህዝቢ የጋፍዕን ይጭቁንን ኣሎ።

Ø  የማነ ብ1979 ኣባል’ታ ሕብእቲ ሰልፊ ምስ ኰነ ኣብቲ ናይ 1987 ዝተገብረ ናይ ሰልፊ ጉባኤ፣ ኢሳያስ ካብ ዘቕረቦ መደረ፡ “ኣብ ቻይና ክንመሃር ምስከድና ቻይናውያን ብዘይ ሰልፊ ክትዕወቱ ስለዘይትኽእሉ ሰልፊ ከተቝሙ ኣለኩም ምስ በሉና ሰልፍና ኣብኡ ጀሚርናያ፡ ነቲ ቅዋም ሰልፊ’ውን ባዕላቶም ጽሒፎም ሂቦምና” ዝብል ይርከቦ።

Ø  ቅድሚ ካልኣይ ውድባዊ ጉባኤ ዝተዳለወ ጉባኤ ሰልፊ ናይ 1987፣ 366 ኣባላት ተጋቢእና፣ ኢሳያስ ካብ ዘቕረቦ ሓጺር ጸብጻብ “2ይ ጉባኤ ውድብና ድሕሪ 10 ዓመታት ከነካይዶ ኢና፡ ድሕሪ ቀዳማይ ጉባኤ ኣኼባ ኣይተኻየደን፡ ዝመረጽኩሞ መሪሕነት ኣይሰርሐን ጥራይ ዘይኰነ ብልሽውና’ውን ሳዕሪሩ” ክብል ምስ ገለጸ፡ ካብ ኣኼባኛ ከብርሆ ከምዘለዎ ደጋጊሙ ንዝቐረበሉ ሕቶታት፡ “ካብዚ ዝበልክዎ ንላዕሊ ዝብሎ የብለይን በለ።” ኣብኡ ዝነበሩ ኣባላት መሪሕነት’ውን ብዘይተቓውሞ ስቕ ኢሎም ሓሊፎሞ። ሰክረታርያ ኣኼባ ባዕሉ ሰለስተ ሰባት መሪጹ ራብዓዮም ከም ወለንተኛ ኰይኑ ኣብቲ ኣኼባ ገባርን ሓዳግን ኰይኑ ኣካይድዎ። ምርጫ ምስተኻየደ ድማ ኢሳያስ ባዕሉ ነቲ ድምጺ ቆጺሩ፡ 365 ካብ ኩሉ ዝልዓለ ድምጺ ረኺቡ ተመሪጹ። ድሕሪ ክልተ ወርሒ ድማ ናይ ግንባር ጉባኤ ክግበር ምዃኑ ተገሊጹ፡ እቲ ውሳኔታትን ዝምረጹ ሰባትን ግን ኣብታ ጉባኤ ናይታ ሕብእቲ ሰልፊ ተወዲኡ ነይሩ።

Ø  ካብኡ ንሶማል ተመሊሰ መደበይ እናቐጸልኩ ከለኹ ብዙሕ ናይ ቅትለትን ምጭዋይን ኣብ ውሽጥን ወጻእን ክገንን ኣብቲ ናይ ስለያ ንጥፈታት ክርኢ ከለኹ ሕልናይ ክጻወሮ ኣይከኣለን።

 

ብልሽውና መራሕቲ ሻዕብያ ኣብ ሜዳን ወጻእን ድሕሪ ምርኣየይ ምስ ሕልናይን ዕላማይን ዘይቃዶ ምዃኑ ምስ ዓገብኩ ሓዲገዮ ናብ ጀርመን ኣትየ ዑቕባ ሓቲተ ተቐቢሎምኒ እነብር ኣለኹ። ኣብ ልዕለይ ናይ ሞት ብይን ወሲዶም፣ ንዓይ ክቐትል ሓደ ኣባል ናብ ጀርመን ዝሰደድዎ ምስ 5 ሸጓጉጥ (ሳይለንሰር፡ ክትኩስ ከሎ ድምጺ ዘይብሉ) ምስ ዝቐትል መርዛም ከኒናታትን ሒዙ ዝኣተወ፡ ብጸጥታ ጀርመን ስለዝተታሕዘ እቲ መደብ ፈሺሉ።

 

ኣብ መደምደምታ፡ ኢሳያስ ዕምሪ ስልጣኑ ንምንዋሕ ፍልልያት ይዘርእን የስፍሕን ኣሎ፤ ሃገርነት የዳኽም ኣሎ፤ ፍልልያትን ጽበትን ወጊድና ሓድነትና ኣደልዲልና ከነልግሶ ንቃለስ። ኣነ ንናጽነት ኤርትራን ልዑላውነታን ብመትከል ዝኣምነሉን ንምልካዊ ስርዓት ኣልጊስካ ፍትሓዊትን ደሞክራስያዊትን ኤርትራ ንምርግጋጽ ኣብ ዝግበር ቃልሲ’ውን ግቡአይ ክፍጽም ድልው እየ ብምባል የማነ መግለጺኡ ዛዚሙ። ንዝቐረበሉ ሕቶታት’ውን መልስታትን መብርህን ሂቡ።

 

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሓደ ምዃኑን ካብዚ ሓድነቱ ዝምንጩ ሓድነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ከም ዝውንን ፍሉጥ እዩ። ሳላዚ ካብ ሓድነቱ ዝነቅል ሓድነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባን ተግባርን ታሪኽ ዘይርሰዖ ቅያታት ዝሰርሐ ህዝቢ ምዃኑ ከኣ ዓለም ዝመስከረሉ ሓቂ እዩ። ሓድነት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ዝልለየሉ መምዘንታት፡ ኣብ ጽላል ሓንቲ ብቃልሱ ዘውሓሳ ልኡላዊት ሃገር ምህላዉ፡ ኣብ ትሕቲ ናይ ሓባር ኣተሓሳስባ ተሰሊፉ ዝተዓውተ ምዃኑ፡ ሓባራዊ ኤርትራዊ ዘንጸባርቑ ናይ ሓባር ክብርታት ምውናኑ … ወዘተ እንዳበልካ ምዝርዛር ይከኣል። እዚ ሓድነታዊ ሓባራዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ዝወለዶ ሓባራዊ መንነቱ መሰረት ሓይሉን ጽንዓቱን ምዃኑ ከኣ ኣብ ቅድሚ ፈታዊ ኮነ ጸላኢ ዘመስከረ ህዝቢ እዩ።

ሓድነት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብድፍኑ ከምቲ ህግደፍ “ሓደ ህዝቢ ሓደ ልቢ” ብዝብሎ መዕሸዊ ሓረግ ዝግለጽ ዘይኮነ፡ ነቲ ሓድነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባኡ ዘትርርን ዘመልክዕን ብዙሕነት እውን ኣለዎ። እዚ ብዙሕነቱ ኣብ ጀኦግራፊያዊ ኣሰፋፍራኡ፡ ሃይማኖታዊ እምነቱ፡ ብሄራዊ መንነቱ፡ ቋንቋውን ባህላውን መለለይኡ ዝስረት እዩ። እቲ ካብ ሓድነት ዝፍልፍል ሓድነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባኡ ከም ዘለዎ ኮይኑ፡ ካብዚ ዝተጠቕሰ ብዙሕነቱ ዝነቅል ናይ ኣተሓሳስባን ስምዒትን ብዙሕነት እውን ይውንን። ኣብ ክሳብ ናይ ሕጂ ተመክሮ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዞም ሓድነታውን ብዙሕነታውን ኣተሓሳስባታት እንተተናቢቦምን ተደጋጊፎምን ኣብ ዓወት ከም ዘብጽሑ ኣብ ቃልሲ ንምርግጋጽ ነጻነት ኤርትራ ተመስኪሩ እዩ። እዚ ክረጋገጽ ዝኸኣለ ከኣ እቲ ሓድነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ነቲ ብዙሕነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባ፡ እቲ ብዙሕነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ድማ ነቲ ሓድነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ብዘይጻብእሉ መንገዲ ክመሓደሩ ስለ ዝኸኣሉ እዩ። እዚ ኣተሓሕዛ ብዙሕነታዊ ሓድነት ኣብቲ ዝጽበየና ዘሎ ናይ ምውጋድ ምልክን ምህናጽ ብዙሕነታዊት ደሞክራስያዊት ሃገርን ቃልሲ እውን መተካእታ የብሉን። ብዙሕነትናን ሓደነትናን ምስ ኩለመዳያዊ ክውንነት ኤርትራ ክቃነ ከኣ ናይ ግድን እዩ።

እዞም ኣተሓሳስባታት እዚኣቶም ኣብ ሕድሕድ ዝጸላለዉ ጥራይ ዘይኮኑ፡ ሓደ ብዘይካ’ቲ ካልእ ህልውናኦም ጥዑይ ኣይከውንን። ኣብ ትሕቲ ሓድነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ጸኒዕካ ቅድሚ ኩሉ ህልውና ናይታ ንኹሉ ዓይነት ብዙሕነት ሓቚፋ ዘላ ሃገር ምድሓን መተካእታ የብሉን።  ከምዚ ሕጂ ሃገርን ህዝብን ካብ መቑሕ ህግደፍ ንምንጋፍ ነካየዶ ዘሎና ቃልሲ ማለት እዩ። ኣብ ዙርያ ሓድነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ብሓባር ምስላፍ ናይ ግድን ዝኾነሉ፡ እቲ ካብ ብዙሕነትና ዝነቅል ጸጋታት፡ ህልውነኣ ኣብ ዘየረጋገጸት ሓድነታዊት ሃገር ክረጋገጽ ስለ ዘይክእል። ህልውነኣ ኣብ ዘረጋገጸት ሃገር ንብዙሕነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ህዝባ ዝጸውር ባይታ ምጥጣሕ ከኣ ካብ ቀንዲ መለለይታት ደሞራስያዊ ስርዓት ስለ ዝኾነ ግቡእ ዋጋ ዝኽፈለሉ እዩ።

መዓስ ኣየናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ይቀድምን ይጐልብትን፡ እቲ ምጽልላው ዝበልናዮ ህያው ኮይኑ፡ ከከም ኩነታትካ ዝስራዕ እዩ። ንኣብነት ሎሚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ኣብ ሓደጋ ወዲቑ ዘሎ እቲ ብዙሕነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባታት ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ብቐንዱ እታ ንኹሉ ኣታሓሳስባታት ዝሓቖፈት ሃገርን ህዝባን እዮም። ስለዚ እቲ ንዓኣ ካብ ምንጋጋ ምልክን ጭቆናን ነጻ ንምውጻእ ዝግበር ቀዳማይ ምዕራፍ ቃልሲ፡ ዋኒን ናይ ኩሎም እቶም ናይ ብዙሕነት መለለይ ዘለና ኤርትራውያን እዩ። ስለዚ ኣብዚ እዋን’ዚ ንኩልና ዝውክል ሃገርን ህዝብን ናይ ምድሓን ሓባራዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ክንውንን ብኣኡ ክንምራሕን ምርጫ ዘይኮነ ግድነት እዩ። ናይ ክሳብ ሕጂ ከምቲ እንብህጎ ብቑዓት ክንከውን ዘይምኽኣልና ምስጢር ከኣ ነዚ ክንትግብር ብዘይምብቃዕና እዩ።

እቲ ኣብ ብዙሕነታዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ዘድሃበ እሞ ድማ ትግባረኡ ነዚ ክጸውር ዝኽል ሃዋህው ምስ ተፈጥረ ዝረጋገጽ ፍልልያት ብባህሪኡ ናይ መላእ ህዝቢ ቀጥታዊ ተሳትፎ ዝሓትት እዩ። መዕረፊኡ ድማ ንኹሉ ኣተሓሳስባታት ዘማእክል ብናጻ ድሌት ህዝቢ ብዝረጋገጽ ቅዋም እዩ። እዚ ሕጋዊ፡ ሰላማውን ደሞክራስያውን ናይ ውድድር ሜዳ እውን ዘድልዮ እዩ። ኣብ ከምዚ ሕጂ ዘለናዮ እውን ከም ናይ ጽባሕ መወዳዳሪ ክቀላቐል ዝኽእል እዩ። እነሆ ከኣ ዝተፈላለየ ኣተሓሳስባታት ዝወለደን ውድባትን ማሕበራትን የንጸባርቐኦ። እዘን ውድባት ንናይ ኣተሓሳስባ ብዙሕነተን ከንጸባርቕ ብዝኽእል ምህላውን ሓደ ጉዳይ ኮይኑ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝሳተፎ መወዳደሪ ፖለቲካዊ ሜዳ ናይ ምፍጣር ብደሆ ኣብ ቅድሚአን ተገቲሩ ዘሎ  ምዃኑ ክዝንገዓ ኣይግበአንን። እቲ ሜዳ ናይ ሓባር መወዳደሪ ስለ ዝኾነ ብናይ ሓባር ኣበርክቶአን ጥራይ እዩ ክጽረግ ዝግበኦ። ሜዳ ኣብ ዘይብሉን ኣብ ዘይእዋኑን ተወዳዲርካ ክትስዕርን ካብ ዘይምልከቶ ኣካላት ውሕስነት ክትረክብ ምጽባይን ግና ዘስርሕ ኣይኮነን። ነቲ “ክንብርኩትን ዘይክንብርኩትን ኣብ ማይ ንብጻሕ” ዝብል ምስላ ወለዲ ከም ምዝንጋዕ’ውን ይቑጸር።

ብዛዕባ ኣገዳስነት ብዙሕነታዊ ሓድነት ክሳብ ሕጂ ዘይተባህለ ሓሳብ ከነምጽእ ኣይኮናን። ኣብዚ መዳይዚ እንተተማሂርናሉ ንዓና ኮይኑ ንኻልእ ዝተርፍ  ሃብታም ተመኩሮ ኣለና። እቲ ኣብ መጻኢ ናይ ምዕዋት ተስፋ እነንብረሉ እምበኣር ከምቲ “ልብን ሳዕርን እናሐደረ ይበቁል” ዝበሃል ንተመኩሮና ተማሂርናሉ ክንከውን እዩ። ክሳብ ሕጂ ውጽኢት ቃልስና ከምቲ ዝተጸበናዮ ናይ ዘይምዃኑ ምኽንያታት ብዙሓት ከም ዝኾኑ ርዱእ እዩ። እቲ ቀንዲ ናትና ውሽጣዊ ድኽመትን ናይ ዓቕሚ ውሱንነትን ምዃኑ ከኣ ክንሃድመሉ ዘይንኽእል እዩ። ካብ ሕጂ ንድሕሪት እንዕወት ከኣ ነዚ ድኽመትና ተመሊስና ርኢና ከነእርሞ እንተኽኢልና ጥራይ እዩ።

A well-attended get together of Eritreans and their Swedish friends held two consecutive events in Gothenburg, Sweden, on 25 May 2017 at which the situation in Eritrea was very well highlighted. The first event was a seminar organized by the Eritrea-Sweden Solidarity Association at which invited speakers transmitted timely and useful information to an audience mainly made up of young Eritreans. The seminar was followed by a congress of the association named 'Eritrea in Our Hearts'.

The seminar was opened by welcoming statement of of Mr. Tomas Magnusson, president of the Eritea-Sweden Solidarity Assocation, who invited to the podium the Mayor of Gothenburg, Mr. Yonas Attenius, responsible for residential homes and employment opportunities in the city.

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The Mayor explained the problems faced in his area of responsibility and how solutions are worked out.

The other guest speaker was Mr. Rezene Tesfazion, Executive Committee member in charge of finance in the Eritrean People'd Democratic Party (EPDP), who spoke in great details about the ups and downs in history of the Eritrean people and their current situation at home and abroad.

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The other guest speaker was Mr. Rezene Tesfazion, Executive Committee member in charge of finance in the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP), who spoke in great detail about the ups and downs in history of the Eritrean people and their current situation at home and abroad.

Following Mr. Rezene Tesfazion's presentation, Mr. Ulf Bosrom, City Police Officer in charge of integration work, spoke the role of police in a democratic system of governance which gives high value to everyone's commitment to the rule of law.

The final speaker at the seminar was Mr. Viktor Stenlov of the Swedish Social Democratic Party who spoke on the role of youth in social change. In concluding his inspiring speech by informing his audience of young Eritreans, he said that they join their Swedish friends of same age in making a difference in the Swedish society.

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The seminar was followed by the annual congress of Eritrea in Our Hearts whose outgoing committee members presented reports of past activities. The congress finally elected a 15-person committee to lead the young association for one year.

 

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'They got the wrong man': Doubts remain over identity of people-trafficking suspect
File photo of a coastguard boat arriving at Lampedusa. The man is accused of organizing the packing of migrants onto a boat that sank off the island in 2013, killing 360. Photo: AFP
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One year ago an Eritrean was arrested in Sudan on charges of heading a major people-smuggling network and extradited to Italy, where he has languished in jail ever since - despite persistent claims the police got the wrong man.

Sicilian prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi hailed the arrest as "a turning point in the fight against human traffickers" after months of trying to break into a ring of smugglers shipping migrants across the Mediterranean.

Medhanie Yehdego Mered, 36, is accused of being "the General" of one of the largest migrant trafficking networks, with branches in Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, Sudan and the United Arab Emirates as well as in several European countries.

Investigators suspect him of organizing since 2013 the often deadly journeys of hundreds of people a month - especially young people from the Horn of Africa - across the baking Sahara and out to sea towards Italy.

He ended up on an international wanted list after being identified as the man who organised the packing of migrants onto a boat that sank off Lampedusa in 2013, killing at least 360 people in one of the worst disasters in the Mediterranean.

The "cynical and unscrupulous" Mered, who reportedly styled himself on ex-Libyan dictator Moamer Kadhafi, had been "continuously and constantly reaping vast profits while showing a contempt for human life," according to a joint statement by Sudan, Italy and Britain announcing his arrest on May 24th last year.

READ ALSO: Italian police bust people-trafficking ring in Lombardy

But images of a frail young man in a red shirt being marched off a plane in Italy sowed the first seeds of doubt.

Some who had known "the General" said the police had the wrong man. The handcuffed prisoner was instead identified by relatives as a refugee, Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe, then a 29-year-old carpenter.

"This is not the General. He doesn't even speak Arabic," Tasfie Haggose, an Eritrean refugee in Khartoum, told AFP.

Shared first name

The trial against him went ahead, and the prosecution will call its last witnesses for a hearing in Palermo this month.

But the accused man's lawyer, Michele Calantropo, says it is a case of mistaken identity.

"At the moment, there is nothing" that proves his client is the wanted trafficker, he said.

Calantropo says he has 42 witnesses and experts ready to testify in the coming months that the man behind bars has only one thing in common with "the General": his first name, Medhanie.

This was the name flagged by Britain's National Crime Agency (NCA) in 2016 when it heard someone going by that name calling the tapped phone of a suspected smuggler in Libya.

The man who made the calls was tracked down and arrested in Khartoum. But while prosecutors say the calls were made to organize migrant trips, Calantropo says his client was just looking out for loved ones heading to Europe.

READ ALSO: Italy PM hails migrant rescuers amid probe into trafficking links

Prosecutors said two Eritrean translators had testified to police that the arrested man's voice matched a 2014 recording of "the General" captured by wiretap, though standard voice recognition software failed to produce a result.

Although the smuggling kingpin had been wanted internationally since 2015, investigators knew little about him.

The prosecution has deemed it irrelevant that the man behind bars is six years younger than the suspect and does not resemble a wanted photograph released by police.

An NCA spokesman told AFP that it "remain(s) confident in our intelligence". But the man has had a lonely wait for justice. Since Italy considers him to be Medhanie Yehdego Mered, the family of Medhanie Tesfamariam Berhe is not allowed to visit or contact him by phone.

"I was the only one who could wish him happy birthday" when he turned 30 in early May, Calantropo said.

By Fanny Carrier

Source=https://www.thelocal.it/20170524/italy-trafficking-smuggling-court-eritrea-sudan-mistaken-identity