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Friday, 03 November 2017 18:44

Demonstartion of Eritreans In front of Downing Street

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Pictures showing Demonstartion of Eritreans In front of Downing Street against the crack down of peaceful Demonstrators in Asmara through the use of live Ammunitions of the PFDJ government  
03/11/2017, 16:23:02

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Eritrea: details of arrests, injuries during the Akria protest

Details of the scale of the repression under way in Asmara following Tuesday’s protests have been smuggled out of Eritrea.

They are provided in a document [see below] which comes from the United Democratic Eritrean Front.

The information has not been independently corroborated.

Martin


Prisoners: 5th Police Station -58; Adi Abieto- 20; FerroVia-43; 14 women of total 121 prisoners.

Wounded (due to beatings or shots fired) -19, including 5 women and a 67 year old elderly man. Four sustained heavy bullet wounds.

General Filpos has ordered three battalions commanded by Colonel Haregot Frzun deployed to Akria.

They have searched some homes.

He ordered the forces to be on high alert during Friday prayers at mosques.

He has also ordered Asmara, Massawa, Keren, Afabet, Aqurdet,  Barentu and other areas to be under heavy vigilance by security forces.

The security forces have been told that the demonstrators are paid agents of the Qatari government who want a Sharia law government in Eritrea.

Source=https://martinplaut.wordpress.com/2017/11/03/eritrea-details-of-arrests-injuries-during-the-akria-protest/

ምምሕዳር ቤት ጽሕፈት ማሕበራዊ ጉዳያት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰ..ህ.ዲኤ.) ብ28 ጥቅምቲ 2017፣ ብኣብ ሻሙናይ ስሩዕ ኣኼባ ማእከላይ ባይቶ ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ. ዝተመዘዘ ሓድሽ ሓላፊ ቤት ጽሕፈት ፍስሃየ ሓጎስ ተመሪሑ ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ።

ምምሕዳር ቤት ጽሕፈት ብኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ከገልግሉ ዝጸንሑ እሞ ዝቕጽሉ ዘለዉ ኣባላትን ሓደስቲ ዝተወሰኹን ዝቖመ ስለዝኾነ፡ ሕድሕድ ናይ ኣባላት ምልላይ ድሕሪ ምፍጻም ብዛዕባ ክካየድ ዝጸንሐ ዕማማትን ኩነታቱን ዝሕብር ዝርዝር ጸብጻብ ቀሪቡ። 

ምምሕዳር ቤት ጽሕፈት ነቲ ብሓላፊኡ ተነዲፉ ዝቐረበ ኣብ ኣኼባ ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ተኸሊሱ  ዝጸደቐ ናይ ሓደ ዓመት ውጥን ዕማማት፡ ብዕቱብ ድሕሪ ምምይያጥን ምርድድዳእን ንነብስወከፍ ኣብ ትሕቲ ቤት ጽሕፈት ዝመሓደሩ ክፍልታት ሓለፍቲ ብምምዛዝ፡ ዝርዝር ናይ ትግባረ ዕማማት’ውን ሓንጺጹ።

ብጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ኤርትራ በብእዋኑ ዝጸሓፉ ዜናታት፡ ዝተሓትሙ መጻሕፍትን ብዝተፈላለዩ ኣህጉራዊ ሰብኣዊ ትካላት ዝቐረቡ ጸብጻባትን ምንባሮም ኣኼባ ተመያይጡሉ፡ እንተዀነ ግን ቁርጽራጽ ሓበሬታ ስለዝኾነ ኣከታቲሉ ብጥርኑፍ ዝቐረበ ሰነድ መወከሲ ስለዘየልቦ፡ ጉዳይ ስደተኛታት ከም ሓደ ክፍሊ ብምምዳብ፡ መጽናዕቲ ብምክያድ ዝስንድ ሓላፍን ተሓባበርትን መዚዙ።

ኣብ መደምደምታ ነቲ ኣብ መስርሕ ዝጸንሐን ዘሎን ትካላት ቤት ጽሕፈት፣ ብዝያዳ ክድልድልን ክሰፍሕን ኩሉ ዝድለ ንጥፈታትን ጻዕርታትን ከካይድ ምዃኑ ምምሕዳር ኣስሚሩ ኣኼብኡ ዛዚሙ።

ዕንወት ንምልኪ
ዓወት ንፍትሓውን ደሞክራስያውን ስርዓት

ጨንፈር ቁ.2 ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሃገረ ሽወደን ብ28 ጥቅምቲ 2017 ምልኣት ኣባላት ኣብ ዝተረጋገጸሉ ስሩዕ ኣኼባኡ ከም ዘካየደ ካብቲ ቦታ ዝተላእከ ሓበሬታ ኣረጋጊጹ። ኣብዚ ብመራኸቢ ብዙሃን ዝተኻየደን ንሓያሎ ሰዓታት ዝቐጸለን ኣኼባ ጨንፈር ናይቲ ጨንፈር ኣቦ መንበር ድሕሪ ናይ እንኳዕ ደሓን መጻእኩም ቃል ዝተፈላለዩ እዋናውያን ፖለቲካውን ማሕበራውን ሓበሬታታት’ውን ናብ ተሳተፍቲ ኣቕሪቡ።

ኣብዚ ኣኼባ ከም ቀዳማይ ኣጀንዳ፡ ብዛዕባ ሃለዋትን ምዕባለን ጨንፈር፡ ምውሳኽ ኣባላት ጨንፈርን ፖለቲካውን ዲፕሎማስያውን ንጥፈታት ኣብ ዝምልከቱ ነጥብታት ብመሪሕነት ጨንፈር ዝቐረበ ሰፊሕ ጸብጻብ ኣብ ኣኼባ ብዝርዝር ቀሪቡ ተመያይጠምሉ። ብዘይካዚ ብኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ብዛዕባ እዋናዊ ኩነታት በመልክዕ ዘዋሪ መልእኽቲ ዝተመሓላለፈ ሓበሬታ ንተሳተፍቲ ኣኼባ ተነቢቡን ተመያይጠምሉን። ከምኡ ከኣ ንጽፉፍ ኣተሓሕዛ ገንዘብ ጨንፈር ዝምልከት  ጸብጻብ ቀሪቡ።

ኣብ መወዳእታ ኣብቲ ኣጀንዳታት ዝቐረበ ነጥብታት ብሩህን ንጹርን ከም ዝኾነ ምስ ተነጸረ፡ ተሳተፍቲ ብመሪሕነት ሰዲህኤ ተተሊሙ ዝስረሓሉ ዘሎ፡ መደብ “ምሕዳስ ሰልፊ” ብምሉእ ልቦም ከም ዝድግፍዎን ክዝሰርሕሉ ቅሩባት ምዃኖምን ኣረጋጊጾም። እዚ ጨንፈር ካብቶም ኣኼባታቶም ብስሩዕ ዘካይዱ ጨናፍር ሓደ እዩ።

Africa, Eritrea, Horn of Africa

Eritrea update: Asmara protestors -including women and children – beaten and tortured during interrogation

Update from the Arbi Harnet (Freedom Friday) Network

(Akria 02-11-2017) Following the protests in Asmara on Tuesday, and particularly the pandemonium of the shootings by government soldiers, Akria was relatively calm today.

This afternoon some of the students,  and a few women,  who were taken to prison in connection with the uprising, have been released.

So far in Akria we have counted 5 students and 3 mothers who have been freed.

The condition of their release was that under no circumstances were they to talk about their experiences in prison, or the interrogations they faced.

However, people are refusing to obey these orders and are discussing their experiences.

In the area customarily known as Taseda Tsrgia a young student in the 10th grade told us that when he was detained they took him to the police station at Asmara Expo. He was interrogated and asked to name the organisers of the march.

He was doused in freezing water repeatedly and beaten up with belts.

Today the security officers quietly reopened the school, after realising that the matter had received international attention.

They removed the uniformed, armed, officers and have replaced them with two armed police officers outside the school.

However residents have noticed that there is a huge presence of armed under-cover security people swarming around the area.

The intelligence unit has adopted a cover tactic of quietly approaching people they want for questioning and asking them to report to the local administration office, instead of raiding houses and arresting people.

Having said this, those who did as they were instructed have been taken to undisclosed locations from the local administration offices.

This afternoon alone from a single neighbourhood, known as Riga Somal, two individuals, Mr AbdelKader Ahmed and Mr Negash Beyan were called in and have now disappeared.

In a related news we have also heard that General Philipos has ordered the arrest of high ranking officers, who were coordinating the government response on Tuesday, for not shooting directly at protestors, but instead shooting into the air.

Team Arbi Harnet in Asmara would like to take this opportunity to thank all those humane officers who chose not to shoot at us, their brothers and sisters.

Finally, we are aware that as always the government is trying to make this into a sectarian movement.

We notice that some are buying into that propaganda. This is unfortunate.

Our movement is against the unjust moves of the government, and against subjugation, and although it started in the school the entire district of Akria has joined in.

We are certain that our struggle for justice will succeed and so we call on all our people inside the country and in the diaspora to join us.

Project Arbi Harnet in Asmara

Thursday, 02 November 2017 21:26

ንተባባዕ!

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ናዕቢ ክለዓል አንከሎ እታ ክርቢት ትውለዓላ ስፍራ፥ እንተ ብመደብ እንተብሃንደበት፥ ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ቦታን ብዝተፈላለዩ ሰባትን ክኸውን ይኽእል፥ ናይ ቱኑዝያ ኣብ ማእከል ሹቕ ብሰንኪቲ ጸረ መንግስቲ ተቓውሞኡን ምረት ናብርኡን ንምግላጽ ነብሱ ብሓዊ ዘንደደ ቆራጽ መንእሰይ ተላዕለ፥ ኣብ ግብጺ ኣብ ኣደባባይ ታሕሪር ብምትእኽኻብ ተጀመረ፥ ኣብ አርትራ ድማ ብተበግሶ ደቂ ኣኽርያ ተበጊሱ ኣሎ። እቲ መበገሲ ብሓደ ጉዳዩ ዘበገሶ ውልቀ ሰብ ይኹን ጉጅለ ከምኡን ሃይማኖት ወይ ዓሌትን ብሔርን ክኸውን ይኽእል ኢዩ። እቲ ወጻዒ ንኹሉ ዝብድልን ራህዋ ዘይህብን፡ ዓቢሱ ዘጨንቕን ክሳብ ዝኾነ፥ እቲ ሕቶ በየናይ ሸነኽን ምኽንያትን መዓስን ብመንን ይጅምር ብዘየገድስ ንኹሉ ዝምልከት ብምዅዋኑ ኢዩ ሰዓባይ ዝረክብ። ከምዚ ሎሚ ዘለናዮ፥ እቶም ኣፍና መሊእና ክንዛረብ ዕድል ረኺብና ዘለና፥ ኩላትና፥ ኣብ ዓዲ ነርና እንተንኸውን: ኩላትና ምተሳተፍናዮ´ሞ: ሳላ ተበግሶ ደቂ ኣኽርያ: ዕድመ ምልኪ መብቅዐ ነይሩ ዝብል እምንቶ ኢዩ ዘለኒ።

ኣብ´ዚ ዝበልኵዎ ተሞርኲስና ክንርእዮ እንከለና፥ ዝኾነ ብውጹዓት ወይ ውጹዕ ዝብገስ ተቓውሞን ዝስዕብ ናዕብን ከም ጽቡቕ ኣጋጣሚ ተወሲዱ ክሰዕብን ክራሰንን ምግባር፥ ክሳብ ኣብ ፍጻመ ዝበጽሕ ድማ ሕልና ከየዕረብካ ምድፋእን ይሓትት። መን፤ ወዲ መን፤ ወዲ ኣየናይ ኣውራጃ፤ ኣይናይ ሃይማኖት …… ወዘተ፡ ጀሚርዎ ኢልካ ኣብ ምፍታሽ ምእታው ግን ነቲ ታሪኽ ከፊቱልካ ዘሎ ዕድልን ኣኽእሎን ምዕጻው ማለት ኢዩ። ንፍለጦ ኣይንፍለጦ ድማ ኣንጻር ህዝብኻ ገበን ምፍጻም ኢዩ። ከም ውልቀሰብ ክሳብ ጊዜ ሞትካ ሕልናኻ ክወቕሰካ ክነብር ድማ ኢዩ። (ኣካል ወጻዕቲ እንተዘይኮንካ ማለት ኢዩ)። ስለዚ ከምቲ ናይ ሃገርና ዋዛ ምስቁምነገር ዝብሎ፥ ”ሱቕ በል እግረይ ጥራሕ ኢዩ ዝበልዕ ዘሎ” (ዝብኢ)፤ ክሳብ ኣብ ርእስኻ ዝበጽሕ ምጽባይ ሕሉፍ ዕሽነት ምዃኑ ድሮ ብዙሓት ኣብነታት ርኢና ኣለና። ንበርትዕ፤ ዓወት ይሃበና።

ተኽለ መለኪን 2/11/2017

ኣብ እንዳ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዘይተነግረ’ምበር ዘይተፈጸመ ግህሰት ከምዘየለ ኩልና እንረዳደኣሉ እዩ። እንሆ ድማ ኣብ ቀጻልነት ናይቲ ስርዓት ረብሓ ዘየብሎም ወተሃደራቱ ኣብ ቀንዲ ጐደናታት ኣስመራ ኣንጻር ሰላማውያን ሰባትን ህጻናትን ብግህዶ ወጽዓን በደልን ፈጺሞም ክሳብ ሕጂ ዝርዝሩ ዘይተፈልጠ ጉድኣት ኣውሪዶም። እዚ ናይቲ ስርዓት ተግባራት ሓድሽ ኣይኮነን። ናይቲ ህዝቢ ቅሉዕ ተቓውሞ ግና ብትሕዝቶኡ ዘይኮነ ብኣገባቡ ሓድሽ እዩ። ናይዚ ናዕቢ ቀንዲ መልዓሊ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ “ቤት ትምህርቲ ድያእ ኣልእስላምያ” ዘርኣዮ ኢድ ኣእታውነት እዩ። እንተኾነ እዚ ኢድ ኣእታውነትን ግህሰት ናይ እምነት መሰልን ነዊሕ ግዜ ዝገበረን ኣብ ኩሉ እምነታትን ሃይማኖታዊ ትካላትን ኤርትራ ዝበጸሐ ምዃኑ ከኣ ክዝንጋዕ ኣይግበኦን። ምዕጻው ቤት ትምህርቲ ካቶሊካዊ ዘርኣ ክህነት ከረንን ምእሳር መምህራኑን ከም ናይዚ ቀረባ ሰሙናት ናይ ግህሰት ተዘክሮ ክጥቀስ ዝከኣል እዩ።

ኣገባቡን ግዜኡን ደኣ ይፈላለ እምበር መራሕትን ሰዓብትን ዝተፈላለያ እምነታት ኤርትራ እውን ኣንጻርቲ ስርዓት ብዝተፈላለዩ መልከዓት ተቓውምኦም ከርእዩ ጸኒሖም እዮም። ንፓትርያርክ ኦርቶደኩሳዊት ቤተክርስያን ወሲኽካ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራውያን መራሕቲ ሃይማኖት ክውሰድ ዝጸንሐን ዘሎን ስጉምትታት ከም ኣብነት ዝጥቀስ እዩ። መራሕቲ ካቶሊካዊት ቤተክርስትያን ኤርትራ ድሕሪቲ ንዓለም ዘደንጸወ ተረኽቦ ደሴት ላምፓዱሳ ዘመሓላለፍዎ “ሓውኻ ኣበይ ኣሎ?” ዝብል መልሲ ዝደሊ ሕቶ ከኣ ዕምቆት ናይቲ መራሕትን ሰዓብትን ዝተፈላለያ ሃይማኖታት ኤርትራ ከካይድዎ ዝጸንሑ ናይ እምነት መሰል ምርግጋጽ ቃልሲ ዘርኢ እዩ። እዚ ናይ 31 ጥቅምቲ 2017 ተረኽቦ ኣስመራ ከባቢ ኣኽርያ ከኣ፡ እቲ ግህሰት መሰል እንዳገደደ ክኸይድ እንከሎ እቲ ምእንቲ መሰል ዝግበር ቃልሲ ከኣ ማዕሪኡ እንዳዓረገ ከም ዝኸይድ ዘረድእ እዩ።

ስርዓት ህግደፍ ከም መርኣያ ናይቲ ንህዝቢ ከፋፊልካ ኣብ ስልጣን ናይ ምንባር ሕልሙን ሜላኡን ነዚ መላሲ ዘይብሉ ተቓውሞ ከም ንቕሎ ሰዓብቲ ውሱን እምነት ኣምሲሉ ከቕርቦ ከም ዝፍትን ካብ ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ተመኩሮኡ ኣብ ግዜ ምንቅስቓስ በዓል ወዲ ዓሊ ምግንዛብ ይከኣል። እንተኾነ ህዝቢ እንዳተዓሸወ ክነብር ባህርያዊ ሰለ ዘይኮነ፡ ውዲቱ ኣብ ቅድሚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ተቐባልነት ኣይክረክብን እዩ። ብእንጻሩ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዚ ኣብ ኣኽርያ ዝተወስደ ስጉምቲ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ መላእ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን መሰላቱን ከም ዝተወስደ ገይሩ ከም ዝርደኦ ዘማትእ ኣይኮነን። ነዚ ፈኸም ክብል ጸኒሑ ሃልሃል ክብል ጀሚሩ ዘሎ ተቓውሞ ብሓባር ከም ዘባረዖ ከኣ ፍሉጥ እዩ።

እዚ እምብዛ ዝመረረ ግህሰት መሰል ዝወለዶ ተቓውሞ፡ ክንደይ ሰባት ተሳቲፈምዎን እንታይ ጉድኣት ኣስዒቡን ብዘየገድስ ናብ ዝተፈላለዩ ወገናት ዘመሓላልፎ ውዑይ መልእኽቲ ኣለዎ። እዚ ተረኽቦ፡ ናብ  ናይ ኩሉ እምነታት ሰዓብትን ደለይቲ ፍትሕን መሰልን ኤርትራውያን፡ ናብ ኩሎም ሓይልታት ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ፡ ናብቲ ኣንጻር ረብሓኡ ክነሱ ዕድመ ናይቲ ዓመጸኛ ጉጅለ  ኣብ ምንዋሕ ዝሰርሕ ዘሎ ወተሃደራውን ጸጥታውን ትካላት ኤርትራን ናብ ሕብረተሰብ ዓለምን ዘመሓላልፎ መልእኽቲ ኣለዎ።

ርግጽ እቲ ጉዳይ ጉዳይና ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ኣብ ደገ ይኹን ኣብ ውሽጢ እንነብር’ሞ ድሕሪ ወድቀት ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ብዝገሃድ ራህዋ እንጥቀምን ንምርግጋጹ እንጽዕትን ኤርትራውያን ወገናት፡ እቲ እንብህጎ ለውጢ ኣብ ምምጻእ ቀንዲ ሰብ ዋኒን ስለ ዝኾና ቅድሚት ክንስራዕ ይገበኣና። ቅድሚት ክንስራዕ ኣለና ማለት ቅድም ነቲ ስርዓት ምውጋድ፡ ደሓር ድማ ብደሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ኣብ ምትክኡ ኣብ ዘሎ መስርሕ ሓርነታዊ ቃልሲ ተጊህናን “ንዓይ” ዘይኮነ “ንዓና” እንዳጉላሕና ፡ “ንሕናን ንሳቶምን”  እንዳተበሃሃልና ዘይኮነ “ንሕና” እንዳበልና ስንና ነኺስና ንቃለስ ማለት እዩ። እዚ ናይ ትማሊ ናይ ኣስመራ ተቓውሞ ድማ እቲ ዘይከኣል ዝመስል ምውጋድ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ከም ዝከኣል ዘመላኽት እዩ። ከም ህግደፍ ዝኣመሰለ ፍትሒ ዘይኮነስ፡ ምግዳድን ዓመጽን ዝመሰረቱ ጉጅለ ኣብ ቅድሚ ሓይሊ ህዝቢ ፈራህ እዩ እሞ ክንደፍሮ እምበር ክንፈርሖ ኣይግበኣናን። ከምቲ ብዙሓት ወገናት ዝርድእዎ፡ ትንፋስ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብ ሓይልን ግፍዕን እያ ተሰዂዓ ዘላ። ነዚ ኣብ ምትግባር ኣብ ቅድሚት ኣሰሊፍዎም ዘሎ ከኣ ናይ ጽጥታ ትካላቱ እዮም። ስለዚ ሓይልታት ጸጥታን ምክልኻልን ኤርትራ ዳሕራይ ጉዳያት ካብ ኢዶም ምስ ወጹ ኣብ ክንዲ ምጠዓስ ሕጂ ከሎ ጌና ህዝባዊ ወገናውነቶም ብተግባር ከርእዩ ይግበኦም።

ከባብያውን ዓለም ለኻውን ትካላትን ምእንቲ ኩሉ መሰላት ወዲሰብ ዝሕለቑ ማሕበራትን፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ይፍጸም ንዘሎ ግህሰት መሰል ርእዮም ከምዘይረኣዩ ብምሕላፍ፡ ገለን ናይ ስቕ ገለን ድማ ነቲ ስርዓት ናይ ምሕጋዝ ዝንባለታት ከርእዩ ንዕዘብ ኣለና። እዞም ወገናት ቀዳምነት ዝህብዎ ንነናቶም ረብሓ ምዃኑኳ እንተዘተኻሕደ፡ እዚ ግን ብዋጋ ግህሰት መሰል ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክኸውን እንከሎ ዓገብ ክበሃል ዝግበኦ እዩ። በዚ ኣጋጣሚ  ነዚ ኣብ ኤርትራ መሊኡ ዝፈስስ ዘሎ ግህሰት መሰል ከቕልብሉ እዋኑ እዩ። እዚ ብእምኒ ወንጭፍ ዘይትግበር ናይ ካብ ክሳድ ንላዕሊ ማዕቀብ ብምእዋጅ ጥራይ ዝረጋገጽ ዘይኮነ፡ ሳዕቤኑ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብዘይጐድእ ኣገባብ  ዘተግብር ስጉምትታት ንክውሰድ በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ምዝኽኻሩ ኣገዳስን እዋናውን እዩ ንብል።

Wednesday, 01 November 2017 21:38

Eritrea protest update: defiance and calls for unity

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I have received this from a contact working through the ‘Freedom Friday’ network.

Martin


Activists from yesterday’s protest are sending a call for national unity against PFDJ actions against religious schools.

In an impassioned appeal for unity across all faiths the activists stated:

“Unsurprisingly the regime is attempting to taint this as a religious move aimed at asserting Moslem dominance in the country.

However neither the actions of the government in closing religious schools not the actions yesterday were about one religious group.

There were Christians protestors on the streets yesterday and some are actually in prison alongside their Moslem brothers.

Yesterday at the mosque we made it clear that our issues are issues of freedom and liberty and not confined to religion or one religious group.

In fact what must be clear is that the schools shut include the Catholic school in at the Cathedral as well as the Orthodox school at Enda Mariam.

We are all victims of the same persecution and yesterday we stood up against them together.

We appeal to all our brothers and sisters to continue to stand in solidarity and reject any attempts to divide and paly us against each other.”

Arbi Harnet [Freedom Friday] commends the unity with which Eritreans across the globe have stood up to PFDJ yesterday and appeals for on-going unity as we stand in solidarity with our people  inside Eritrea.

Source=https://martinplaut.wordpress.com/2017/11/01/eritrea-protest-update-defiance-and-calls-for-unity/

News from Asmara had it over the week that the PFDJ regime as usual attempted to interfere in the internal affairs of Al-Diaa Al-Islamia School (commonly known as Ustaz Beshir Mohammed Nur private school) in Asmara and was resisted by the teaching staff, students and their parents. The regime interference included an attempt to impose new guidelines by changing existing school curriculum. It demanded that girls and boys of the school should attend same classes, that girls should not use head-covers and that no religious subjects should be given in Al-Diaa Al-Islamica the school. To further intimidate the general public, the regime arrested the school headmaster and some teachers for having opposed the regime impositions in the private school.

 

On Tuesday, 31 October 2017, residents of the Akhriya locality of Asmara and environs as well as compatriots in the Eritrean capital came out to peacefully demonstrate their grievances but were immediately confronted by a shooting spree of regime forces bent at terrorizing the people and silencing the popular resistance. 

 

Reports of various sources indicated during the day that the popular resistance was expanding to the towns of Keren, Agordat and Afabet.

 

The divide and rule tactics of the PFDJ regime and its undue interferences in the affairs of religious institutions and their private properties in the country have been too numerous to list. (Only to cite an example or two), the regime dethroned the legitimate head of the Eritrean Orthodox Church and appointed its own "Patriarch"; interfered in the affairs of monasteries, seizedtheir properties, and even dared to force Eritrean clergy to join its military and "national" services.

 

 

The Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) strongly condemns the Eritrean  regime's use of raw force against unarmed demonstrators trying to air out peacefully their grievances. The EPDP also demands the release of all incarcerated teachers, students and parents and calls upon all Eritreans inside the homeland and abroad as well as the Eritrean Defense Forces to stand on the side of their victimized people and reverberate theirr grievances and cries.

 

Likewise, the EPDP urges the African Union and the rest of the international community to vehemently condemn the recent actions of the Eritrean regime against all private schools in Eritrea.

  

Victory to Peaceful Popular Resistance!!

Menghesteab Asmerom,

EPDP Chairman,

31 October, 2017

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