Voice of LIberty - Arabic Service April 4, 2016
Written by EPDP Information Office
Letter: Eritrea must free imprisoned journalists
Written by Index on CensorshipOn World Press Freedom Day, Index Youth Advisory Board calls for the release of imprisoned journalists in Eritrea and urges the government to end its persecution of media workers
3 May 2016
Mr Isaias Afewerki
President of Eritrea
Office of the President
PO Box 257
Asmara, Eritrea
Dear President Afewerki,
We, the Youth Advisory Board of Index on Censorship — a global free expression organisation — are writing to you to call for the immediate release of imprisoned journalists in Eritrea.
We condemn the brutality and ruthlessness with which your regime has gagged expression and assaulted the rights of its citizens to access information.
The very constitution on which your regime governs upholds the rights of all to freedom of conscience. Yet journalists are imprisoned and go missing at the hands of your government. Eritrea has been ranked last on the Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index for the past eight years. At least 15 journalists are currently detained and, out of 13 journalists incarcerated in 2001, only four remain alive today.
Dawit Isaak, a Swedish-Eritrean journalist, was arrested in 2001 and has since been held incommunicado and in solitary confinement without any charges or a verdict. He has not seen a lawyer or his family for 13 years. Eritrean authorities have ignored the appeals of the European Union, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and a lawsuit before a Swedish court.
Seyoum Tsehaye, imprisoned for writing an article that criticised your regime, also has not seen anyone from the outside world since 2001 — including his daughter, who was born soon after his arrest.
Seyoum is a journalist, photographer and prisoner of conscience who earned fame for capturing moving images of Eritrea’s war of independence. That war ended in Eritrea’s first multi-party elections in which your party was victorious, but the people of Eritrea have not seen elections or democracy in any meaningful form since. For speaking out and fighting for freedom to be restored to his country, Seyoum has paid a heavy price.
Eritreans have been denied their human right to freedom of expression. International agencies and human rights groups have alerted the world to arbitrary imprisonment and torture within Eritrea. The government’s attempts to silence critical voices and media workers must end. We urge you to release all journalists from prison and respect international human rights law by granting all Eritreans their right to freedom of expression.
Signed,
The Index on Censorship Youth Advisory Board
This letter was written by the Index on Censorship Youth Advisory Board, a group of 16-25 year olds drawn from the global community and who were moved to write this letter following a meeting with 2016 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards finalist Vanessa Berhe.
At just 16 years old Berhe set up the organisation One Day Seyoum to campaign for the release of her uncle Seyoum Tsehaye, a journalist who has been imprisoned in Eritrea since 2001. Show your support for the campaign here.
Source=https://www.indexoncensorship.org/2016/05/eritrea-must-free-imprisoned-journalists/
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ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ናጽነቱ ብዘይካ ብቓልሱ ብኻልእ መንገዲ ከም ዘይረጋገጽ ምስ ዓገበ፡ ቃልሲ ከካይድ ወሲኑ። ነዚ ቃልሱ ንምዕዋት መሳርሒ ዝኾኖ ውዳበ ክህልዎ ድማ ናይ ግድን ነይሩ። ውዳበ ናይ ሓባር ረብሓን ዕላማን ዘለዎም ኣካላት ብናይ ሓባር ጻዕሪ ንከዕውትዎ ዝጥቀምሉ ሓባራዊ ኣገባብ እዩ። እዚ ናይ ሓባር ናይ ቃልሲ መሳርሒ ውደባ ብሃታሃታ ጠፋጢፍካ ዝስራሕ ዘይኮነስ ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱ ቀጥዕን ኣገባብን ሒዙ ብመስርሕ ዝሓልፍ እዩ። ናይዚ ዝምስረተሉ ቀጥዒ ጽፈትን ድልዳለን ከኣ ኣብ ትሕዝቶ ናይቲ ብኣኡ ኣቢልካ ዝብጻሕ ዓወት ናይ ገዛእ ርእሱ ጽልዋ ኣለዎ።
ኤርትራውያን ተቓሊሶም ናጽነት ዘውሓሱለን ውድባት ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ሕድሕደን ዝነበረ ፍልልይ፡ ምስሕሓብን ብሰንኪ እዚ ምስሕሓብ ዝፈሰሰ ደምን ዝባኸነ ንብረትን ግዜን ንታሪኽ ገዲፍካ፡ ናጽነት ኣብ ምምጻእ ነናተን ግደ ከም ዝነበረን ፍሉጥ እዩ። ብዓብይኡ ከኣ ናይዘን ውድባት ኩለመዳያዊ መሰረትን መንቀልን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ስለ ዝነበረ ቀዳማይ ዋና ናይቲ ናጽነት ንሱ እቲ ህዝቢ እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ቀንዲ ዋና ናጽነት ዝኾነሉ ምኽንያት ደቁ መሪቑ ኣብ ቃልሲ ስለ ዘሰለፈ ጥራይ ኣይኮነን። ባዕሉ እውን፡ ኣብቲ መስርሕ ሃናጺ ሓሳባት ብምሃብ፡ ብዛዕባ ጸላኢ መሰረታዊ ሓበሬታታት ብምቕራብ፡ ነቲ ናይ በረኻ ምንቅስቓስ ምስቲ ኣብ ውሽጢ ጸላኢ ዝነበረ ቅሩብነት ብምትእስሳር፡ ተጋደልቲ ብምዕንጋልን ዝሓምሙ ብምሕካምን ኣብ ዓውዲ ውግእ ልዑል ደገፍ ብምሃብን ዘበርከቶ፡ ልዕሊ ተዘይኮይኑ፡ ትሕቲ ናይቶም ብረት ዓጢቖም ኣብ ዓውዲ ውግእ ዝረጋረጉ ዝነበሩ ተጋደልቲ ዝስራዕ ኣይኮነን። ሓይሊ መግዛእቲ’ውን ናይ ህዝቢ ወሳንነት ተረዲኡ ዓዲ ንምውዓሉ ዝወስዶ ዝነበረ ስጉምትታት ዘናሕሲ ኣይነበረን።
ሓደ ውድብ ነቲ ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል መልክዕ ኣብ ምትሓዝን ምምራሑን ዝህልዎ ግደ ዝከሓድ ኣይኮነን። ብዝኾነ መልክዑ ቀሪቡ ልዕሊ ኣብርክቶ ህዝቢ ክስራዕ ማለት ግና ፈጺሙ ጌጋ እዩ። ከምቲ ዝምድና ባሕርን ዓሳን፡ ውድብ ብዘይህዝቢ ክህሉ ኣይሕሰብን እዩ። ውድባት ኤርትራ ኣብቲ ነዊሕን መሪርን ቃልሲ ምእንቲ ናጽነት ንግደ ህዝቢ ክሳብ ክንደይ ግቡእ ክብደት ይህብዎ ነይሮም ከም ሓደ ኣገዳሲ ታሪኻዊ ተመኩሮ ብክኢላታት ክጽናዕ ዝግበኦ’ዩ። እቲ ቀንዲ ክምዘን ዝግበኦ ድሕሪ ናጽነት እዚ ብተግባር ሓላፍነቱ ብግቡእ ዝኸፈለ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ቦታኡ ከመይ ኮይኑ? ከኣ ነጸብራቓ ናይቲ ውድባት ንህዝባዊ ወሳንነት ዝህበኦ ዝነበራ ክብደት እዩ።
ኩልና በብናትና ተመኩሮ ከነረጋግጾ ከም እንኽእል፡ ድሕሪ ናጽነት ኣብ ኤርትራ፡ እቲ ኣብ በረኻ ዝጸንሐ ከም መምጽኢ ናጽነት እቲ ኣብ ዓዲ ኮይኑ መስተንክር ተሳትፎ ከበርክት ዝጸንሐ ህዝቢ ድማ ከም ናጽነት ዝተመጽወተሉ ኮይኑ’ዩ ቀሪቡ። “ሲቪል ድዩ ተጋዳላይ” ብዝብል ኣሽካዕላል ከኣ እቲ ብረት ዘይሓዘ ከም ዘይተጋደለ ኣምሲልካ ምርኣይ ልሙድ ነይሩን ኣሎን። ምናልባት ኣብ ሜዳ ዝነበሩ ተጋደልቲ ቃልሶም ዝያዳ ዝመረረ ነይሩ ተባሂሉ፡ መዓርግን መዳልያን ከምኡ እውን ንመሰረታዊ መሰል ህዝቢ ኣብ ሓደጋ ዘየውድቕ ሓለፋ እንተዝግበረሎም ኣይመጉሃየን። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ብረት ዓጢቕካ ስለ ዝተቓለስካ ኣብ መሰረታዊ መሰል ናጽነት ንህዝቢ “ኣይምልከተካን’ዩ” ብዝብል ምሽቑራር ብገበን ዘይረኣየሉ ምኽንያት የለን። እቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝረአ ዘሎ ብኩራት ተሳትፎ ህዝቢ ኣብ ኩሉ ጉዳያቱ ሃገርን ህዝብን ከኣ ካብዚ ጥልመትዚ ዝነቅል እዩ።
ምስ ኩሉ’ቲ ብጸጋኡ ዘይምጥቃሙ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሕጂ’ውን ናይዚ ንመበል 25 ዓመት ክብሩ ዝዝከረሉ ዕለት ቀሪቡ ዘሎ ናጽነት ዋና እዩ። እዚ ዋንነት’ዚ ብጉጅለ ህግደፍ ክባረኸሉ ክጽበ ኣይግበኦን እዩ። ነዚ ብዋግኡ ዝመጸ ግና ፍርያቱ ዝተንፍጎ ናጽነት ከኣ ክኽብሮን ክዝክሮን ይግበኦ። ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝረኸብካ መሲሉካ ንናጽነት ካብ ምንእኣስ ክንጥንቀቕ ይግበኣና። ሓደ መዓልቲ ብትኳቦ ዘይኮነስ ብቓልሲ፡ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ናብቲ ዋንኡ ክርከብ ምዃኑ ጥርጥር የለን። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ብጉልባብ ናይ ናጽንት ኢዮበልዩ ከውደኽድኽ እንከሎ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝዝኽትመሉ ምኽንያት የለን። ኣብ’ቲ ኣገባብ ኣከባብራ ናይ ጉጅለ ህግደፍን ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ላዛ ክፈላለ ባህርያዊ እዩ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብ ዘየለ ክውንነት “ናይ ጽቡቕ ኣለና” ነጋሪት ክወቅዕ ምዃኑ ምልክታት ይህብ ኣሎ። ብኣንጻሩ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ናይ “ብፍረ ናጽነተይ ኣይተጠቐምኩን” መቓልሕ ከስምዕን መጻኢ ቃልሱ ክእምትን ናይ ግድን ክኸውን እዩ። ልዕሊ ኩሉ ከኣ ናጽነት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ባዕሉ ዘምጸኦ እምበር ብጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝተተኹበሉ ከም ዘይኮነ በሪኹ ክረአ ይግበኦ።
لنا اليوم وليس لنا الأمس والغد
Written by اعلام حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري
الأمس حقبة حياتية مضت بخيرها وشرها، لا مجال لترحيله الي اليوم، واللاعبون في مسرح الأمس يلعبون أدوارهم حسب خططهم وأفكارهم فيسجلون الإنجازات أو الإخفاقات حسب ظروفهم، وقد يشعرون بالندم علي أنهم فعلوا أو تركوا كذا أو كذا، لكن ليس بإمكانهم نقل ما مضى من أخطائهم بغرض إصلاحها في مسرح اليوم. وكما الأمس فإن الغد أيضاً عالم مستقل عن عالم الأمس ينتظر دوره بعد انقضاء عالم اليوم وانفضاض مسرح الأمس. رجال الغد أيضاً ليسوا رجال الأمس واليوم، ينتظرون دورهم بفارغ الصبر. لذلك ما دمنا لا نملك الأمس ولا الغد فعلينا الاستفادة القصوى من وقتنا الحاضر الذي هو اليوم.
عندما نقول: لنا اليوم وليس لنا الأمس والغد، فإننا لا نعني أن لا نتزود بالدروس والعبر من الأمس أو أن لا نفكر في تطورات الغد. وكما كان الأمس زاداً ودرساً لليوم فإن اليوم أيضاً درس الغد وزاده. نحن جيل اليوم وإن كنا بلا قدرة علي استحضار الماضي ولا القفز الي المستقبل إلا أننا مسئولون مسئولية كاملة عن إنجاز مهام حاضرنا.
وكما يأخذ رجال الأمس نصيبهم من الشكر أو اللوم يكون رجال اليوم أيضاً عرضة لحكم الغد عليهم سلباً أو إيجاباً. علي أن الحكم الصادر بأي جيل من الأجيال هو ما حكم به رجال الجيل علي أنفسهم بحسن أو سوء فعالهم، وإذا لم يحافظ جيل اليوم علي سمعته فلن يدخر له جيل الغد حمداً وشكراً علي بياض. ولا ننسى أن تعاقب الأجيال وتوارثها لن يتوقف عند محطة اليوم ولا الغد، سيمضي بلا توقف. أحد أهم أسباب حرص الجيل الحاضر علي قبول التحدي التاريخي هو الوفاء لوصايا الشهداء، وهي أمانة في عنق جميع الأجيال الحاضرة والمستقبل. ومن مسئوليتنا التاريخية أن لا نتراخى في إنفاذ ما علينا من واجب الوفاء. فكما يقال: الأمس تاريخ، واليوم عطاء وغداً سر مغيب، يجب أن نعطي ولا نبخل بما لدينا اليوم.
نحن المناضلين في سبيل التغيير اليوم أكثر من عشاق نظام الهقدف كماً وكيفاً. لقد طال فراق الشعب لنظام الهقدف، ولم تعد تلتف حول الهقدف سوى قلة قليلة. العالم والعامل الخارجي بدورهما وإن كانا ليسا بالعنصر الحاسم في قضايانا، إلا أن أغلب القوى والعوامل الخارجية اليوم في صف معسكر المعارضة لا الهقدف، لكن هذا كله لا يعني أننا قد غيرنا ميزان القوة بيننا وبين النظام لصالحنا. لماذا؟ هذا سؤال وتحدٍّ إجابته لا تقتصر علي أحدٍ منا دون الآخر.
من ناحية المبدأ لا غبار علي معسكر معارضتنا، فهو بكل مكوناته متمسك بالديمقراطية وكل ما هو مساند لها ومعادٍ للدكتاتورية، لكن صحة المبدأ ليست وحدها بالأمر الحاسم. وذلك لأن إمكاناتنا ضعيفة من جميع النواحي، وكل نقطة ضعف في صفنا هي نقطة قوة في صالح النظام، إنه يعيش علي استثمار نقاط ضعفنا نحن المعارضين. ونحن بدورنا لولا ضعف إمكاناتنا لاستطعنا استثمار ضعف النظام. لكن مشكلتنا الرئيسية لا تكمن في ضعف الإمكانات فقط، بل في عدم قدرتنا علي توظيفها التوظيف الأمثل، يجب ألا يتسرب الوقت – وقت اليوم – من أيدينا، لنترك الجدل والنزاع علي أحداث التاريخ أو المغالطات في التنبؤ بما يأتي به الغد، لقد فات الأمس ولن يعود فلا يفوتنا اليوم، ولنعمل قبل أن يداهمنا الغد.
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ጽባሕ ከይንጽፋዕ
ብምልኪ ከይንጥቃዕ
ንሓድሕድና ከይንበላላዕ
ሕደጉ ኣይንገዳዳዕ
ብሃገር ኣይንጣላዕ።
‘’ዓስ እብለኪ ክር እብለኪ እንተኣበኺ ንነብሪ ጎልጎል እህበኪ’’ ዝብል ምስላ ወለድና ኣሎ። ንሕና ነቶም ቅድመና ዝነበሩ ዝሓለፍዎ ተመኲሮ እንተስ ብቐጥታ ካብኦም ወይ ከኣ ብዝተክእዎም ኣካላት ክንዲ ንመሃር፡ ኣብ ደረጃ ምንጽጻግ ጥሒልና ንርከብ። “ሕደጉ! ኣንድነት እባ ራቢጣ እናተበበሃሃልና ኣይንፈላለ” እናተባህለ ከሎ እኮ እዩ ኣብ ሓምሳታት ተጻባእትና ንኤርትራ ብፈደረሽን ምስ ኢትዮጵያ ክትቊረን ዝፈረዱዋ። ሕጂ እውን ታሪኽ ንነፍሱ ይደግም ከም ዝበሃል እነሆ ከምታ ናብ ዓዘቕቲ ዘእተወትና ኣገባብ ሒዝና ንምርሽ ዝብሉና ወገናት ዝቀላቐሉ ዘለዉ ይመስሉ።
ሎሚ ነፍስ ወከፍ ኤርትራዊ ዜጋ፥ ንዲሞክራስን ፍትሕን ከም ቀንዲ ዕላማኡ ገይሩ ክዋሳእ እንተዘይበቒዑ፥ ምልኪ ካብ ኣተሓሳስባና ንዘልኣለም ክድምሰስ ኣይኮነን። ኩሉ ዕዮ ገዛና ከኣ ንሕብረብሄራዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ምስ ናይ ማሕበራዊ ዲሞክራሲ ስነሓሳብ ብምትእስሳር ኣበርቲዕና ክንነቕሓሉን ክነተግብሮን ቀንዲ ሓላፍነት እዩ። ነዚ እምነት እዚ ምስ እንሕዝ ከኣ እዩ እቲ ናይ እምነት ናጽነት፥ ማዕረነትን ናጽነትን ዝሰፈና ሃገር፡ ሓድነትን ክብርን ህዝቢ ዘውሕስ ስርዓት ክንፈጥር እንኽእል። እዚ ክበሃል እንከሎ፡ ኩልና ናይ ዕላማ ሓድነት ክህልወና ምስ ዝኽእል እዩ ድልዱል ሃገራዊ ጥምረትን ምትእምማን ዝመልኦ ሓባራዊ ስራሓት ተወሃሂዱ ንኡድ ንኹሉ ዘዕግብ ፍታሕ ክርከብ ዝከኣል።
ካብዚ ሓሊፉ ንዕዮ ገዛና ኣትኪልናን ኣነጺርናን ኣብ ክንዲ ምስራሕ፥ ንእኡ ብዘፍርስ መንገዲ ምኻድ፡ ዕላማ ኣልቦ ኰንና ካብ ምልካዊ ኣተሓሳስባ ናጻ ክንከውን ኣይክንክእልን ኢና። ነዚ ወሪዱና ዘሎና ምልካዊ ስርዓት ክንገጥሞን ካብ ሱሩ ክንምሕዎን እምበኣር፡ ተተሓሒዝናዮ ዘሎና ዕዮ ገዛ ብሓቂ ናብ ሰላማዊ ናብራ ዘብጽሕ ከምዘይኮነ እዩ ዝእምት። ንሱ ድማ፥ ንናጽነት ኣይተቓለስናን፥ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ስርዓት ናይ እገለ ብሄር እዩ፥ ባንደራ እዚኣ እባ ኣቲኣ፥ እንዳበልካ፡ ታሪኽ ቃልሲ ህዝብን ስውኣቱን ብምንእኣስ ንምልኪ ዘውግዱ ኣገባብ ኣይኮኑን። ንሓርነታዊ ቃልስና ክንበቕዖን ክነዕውቶን እንተዀይና፥ ፖለቲካዊ ኣተሓሳስባናን ራኢናን ንመጻኢት ኤርትራ ከመይ ትመሓደርን ትህነጽን ኣብ ዝብል ሓደ ክኸውን ይግባእ። ምኽንያቱ እቲ ሽግርና ደርባዊ ወጽዓ ስለዝኾነ፡ ደርባዊ ወጽዓ ከኣ ደርባዊ ቃልሲ ብምክያድ እዩ ዝውገድ።
እዚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ስርዓት፡ ብናይ ብሄር፡ ዓሌት ወይ ሃይማኖት ኣሳቢቡ ንፍሉይን ውሱንን ሕብረተሰብ መጥቃዕቲ ኣየካየደን። እንታይ ደኣ ብኣልማማ ንኹለን ብሄራትን ሃይማኖታትን እዩ ዝጭቊን ዘሎ። ኣብዚ ጉዳይ እዚ ኣየናይ ብሄር ወይ ኣየናይ ሃይማኖት ዝያዳ ተወጺዑ ኣብ ዝብል እንተኣቲና ኣብ ናይ ጉጅልኣዊ ባህሪ ሰጢምና እቲ ወጽዓ ኣየናይ ሃይማኖት ይኹን ብሄር ብዘየገድስ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ዜጋ እዩ ንዝብል ወድዓዊ ሚዛን ንፍኩሶ ኣሎና እዩ ዘስምዕ።
ኣብ ኤርትራ፡ ስልጣንን ምንጭታት ናውቲ ማእቶትን ገቢቱ ዝሓዘ ስርዓት እምበር ንብሄር ወይ ንሃይማኖት ወኪሉ ዝጭቊን ከምዘይኮነ ኩልና ክንኣምን ይግበኣና። እቲ ኣብ ሃገርና ዘሎ ስርዓት ናይ ጨቋንን ተጨቋንን እምበር ብመልክዕ ገዛእን ተገዛእን ክንጥምቶ ኣየድልን። እዚ ናይ ክልተ ተጻረርቲ ሸነኻት ጨቋንን ተጨቋንን ቁርቊስ ናይ ስልጣን መን ጨበጠ ቃልሲ ብምዃኑ፡ እቲ ሓደ ደላይ ለውጢ እቲ ካልእ ከኣ ጸረ ለውጢ እምበር ንፉሉይ ብሄር ወይ ሃይማኖት ዝመጽእ ለውጢ ኣይኮነን። ስለዚ ኣተሓሳስባና ክንደይ ካብ ኣየናይ ብሄር ወይ ሃይማኖት ተኣሲሮም ወይ ተቐቲሎም ምጽብጻብ ዘይኮነስ ኩሎም ምእንቲ ሓንቲ ኤርትራ ዝቖስሉ፡ ዝተሓየሩን ዝተሰውኡን ምዃኖም ክንዓግብ ይግበኣና። በዚ መሰረት እቲ ነዚ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ኣልጊስና ኣብ ክንድኡ ዝትከል ስርዓት ዝተኣማምን ህዝባዊ ተሳትፎን ምልኣት ሕብረተሰብን ዝውሕስ ዲሞክራሲያዊ ትካላት ክምስረት እምበር ንፍሉይ ብሄር ወይ ሃይማኖት ዘርብሕ ለውጢ ከምዘየለ’ውን ክንርዳእ ይግበኣና። እዚ ክትግበር ግን ንሓደ ስርዓት ሽፍታ ኢልካዮ ኣይበልካዮ፥ ባንደራና እቲኣ ወይ እዚኣ፥ ናጻ ሃገር የለን ብምባል ነቲ ስርዓት ዝቕይር ኣይኮነን።
እቲ ጸገም ናይ ኩሉ ክነሱ፡ ናይ ሓደ ብሄር ወጽዓ እዩ ምባልን፥ ዲሞክራስን ፍትሕን ኣየረጋገጽን እዩ። እዚ ኮነ ኢልካ ብገለ ገለ ወገናት ሃገራዊ መንነትናን ናጽነትናን ክብርናን ናይ ምድኻም ኣዕናዊ ፈተነ እዩ። እዚ ግጉይ ኣካይዳ ምስ ዝዕወት ናብ ገደል ከእትውናን ነቲ ቅኑዕ ሓርነታዊ ቃልሲ በቲ ክኸዶ ዝግበኦ ስነፍልጠታውን ፍቱንን ኣገባብ ኣቀላልሳ ከይከይድ ዝዕንቅፍ ሽርሒ እውን እዩ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ መንእሰይ ተመኲሮ ኣያታቱ ከይቀስምን ምስኣያታቱ ከይቃለስን ወግሐ ጸብሐ ምቱኽታዅ፡ ሃገራዊ መንነትና ንምህሳስ ዝግበር ምህዞ እዩ። እዚ ከይዱ ከይዱ ኣግላሊ ባህርያትን ጠባያትን ከም ዝስዕርር ይገብር እሞ ሰላም፡ ቅሳነትን ርግእትን ዝሰፈና ሃገር ኣብ ምምስራት ኣፍራስን ግቡእና ከይንፍጽም ዓንቃፍን እዩ።
نحب بلادنا ارتريا ولكن نعارض نظام الهقدف بشدة
Written by اعلام حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري
الارتريون لا شك يحبون بلادهم ويقدرونها بشدة، يضعونها في خانة الأم، وهذه العلاقة بين الارتريين و بلادهم ارتريا أزلية وذات ثقل عظيم، ولم يحل تعددهم وتبايناتهم الدينية، الاقليمية، العرقية، اللغوية عن العمل بإخلاص وتفانٍ علي تحرير بلادهم. والأمر هنا لا يحتاج الي كثير شرح.
لقد خبر المستعمرون المتوالون علي ارتريا معدن الشعب الارتري ومقته ومقاومته لحكم الدخيل، لذلك حاولوا، نظام منقستو علي سبيل المثال، حاولوا الظهور بمظهر الأم والأسرة الحريصة علي تأديب الضالين من أبنائها، لذلك كان منقستو يصف الثوار الارتريين بمن يعضون ثدي أمهم التي ولدتهم وأرضعتهم فجازوها بالعقوق.
ونحن اليوم سيراً علي درب شهدائنا الأبطال الذين ناضلوا وضحوا من أجل الاستقلال، نناضل من أجل حقوق الانسان وكرامته وكل ما نستحقه كبشر نتساوى مع الآخرين في الحقوق وسائر القيم الإنسانية. إن وقودنا لهذه المعركة النضالية الحالية وما يحرك مشاعرنا الوطنية هو تلك التضحيات التي قدمها شهداؤنا لننعم نحن بالحقوق والهناء والرخاء، لكن سرقت منا بواسطة هذا النظام القمعي الأرعن. إنه نضال ليس لاجترار الأحزان فحسب لكنه نضال للوفاء بوصايا وأحلام الشهداء. والكل مهما تواضعت إمكاناته يعمل علي تحقيق هذا الهدف.
نظام الهقدف متأسياً بمن سبقوه من الحكام المستعمرين يحاول هو الآخر ستر عيوبه وممارساته المعادية للشعب بالتظاهر بالحرص علي مصلحة الشعب والبلاد. وعلي الرغم من أن الشعب باقٍ والنظام زائل يحاول النظام أن يفرض أكذوبة أنه والشعب وجهان لعملة واحدة، أي أنه خالد خلود الشعب وباقٍ بقاءه.
إن عبدة وعشاق النظام لا يتوانون في دمغ أعداء الهقدف بأنهم أعداء الوطن، كما يخوِّنون من يقيمون في بلاد معادية للنظام. بل يتجاوزون ذلك الي وصف من يعادي الهقدف إنما يخون وصايا الشهداء ويهزأ بدمائهم الطاهرة. إن الرسالة من هذا الموقف المختل من النظام إنما تقول باختصار: اتركوا الهقدف وشأنه، ليفعل بالبلاد ما يفعل فهو أدرى منكم بشؤونها.
نحن وشعبنا كما فعلنا من قبل بحكام الاستعمار سوف نطيح بدكتاتورية الهقدف الجاثمة علي صدور شعبنا ونقذف بها الي مزبلة التاريخ.
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ቃልሲ ኤርትራውያን ነዊሕ ዝዕድሚኡ ተደራራቢ ዕላማ ዝነበሮን ዘለዎን ምዃኑ ንኤርትራውያን ከም ሓድሽ ዝንገሮም ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ብዙሓት ናይ ታሪኽ ክኢላታት ዝመስከርዎ ኣብ ርእሲ ምዃኑ፡ ኤርትራውያን ባዕላቶም ተዋሳእቱ ስለ ዝነበሩን ዘለዉን፡ ብኻልእ ክንገሮም ከኣ ስለ ዘይጽበይዎ። ኣብዚ ነዊሕ መስርሕ ቃልሲ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ክቡር ዋጋ ከፊሎም እዮም። ናይ ነፍሲ ወከፎም መስዋእቲ ከኣ ነናቱ ኣበርክቶን ክቡር ቦታን ዘለዎ እምበር ዝባኸነ ኣይኮነን።
ዕላማ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ውሽጡ ብዙሓት ምዕራፋት ዝሓቖፈ ኮይኑ፡ ምርግጋጽ ናጻን ልኡላዊት ሃገርን፡ ሰላም፡ ደሞክራስን ክብሪ ኩሉ መሰላት ዘውሕስ ስርዓት ምትካልን፥ እቶም ክልተ ኣገደስቲ ምዕራፋት ናይ ቃልስና እዮም። እዞም ክልተ ምዕራፋት ቃልስና ኣብ ሕድሕዶም ዝጸላለዉን፡ እቲ ሓደ ብዘይቲ ካልእ ህልውና ዘየብሉን እምበር ነጻጺልካ ዝረኣዩ ኣይኮኑን። ካብቲ ቃልስና ዝተበገሰሉ መሰረታዊ ዕላማታት፡ ምውሓስ ናጻን ልኡላዊትን ኤርትራ እቲ መሰረታዊ ምዕራፍ እዩ። እዚ ማለት ግና ናጽነት ስለ ዝተረጋገጸ፡ እቲ ህዝብና ዝተላዕለሉ መሰረታዊ ዕላማ መሊኡ ማለት ኣይኮነን። ምሉእ ንክኸውን ጌና ዘይተረጋገጸ ክፋል ናይቲ ቃልሲ ኣሎ። ነቲ ተሪፉና ዘሎ ንምርግጋጽ ከኣ እነሆ ቃልስና ይቕጽል። እቲ ነካይዶ ቃልሲ እምበኣር ነቲ ናይ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዓወትና ዝንእድን ዝሕሉን፡ ኣብኡ ተመስሪቱ ድማ ዝካየድ እምበር ነቲ ክንምርኮሰሉ ዝግበኣና፡ ብደምን ኣዕጽምትን ዝተነድቀ ጽኑዕ ባይታ ብምንእኣስ ወይ ብምርኻስ ንድሕሪት ዝምለስ ኣይኮነን።
እቲ ኣእላፍ ኤርትራውያን፡ ናይ ኣየናይ ውድብ ኣባላት ነይሮም ብዘየገድስ ዋጋ ከፊሎም ዘረጋገጽዎ 25 ዓመታት ዝዕድሚኡ ናጽነት፡ ናይ መላእ ኤርትራውያን ጻማን ዋጋ ደምን ክነሱ፡ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ስለ ዘጉባዕበዐ ከም ፍሉይ ግነዖት እንህበሉ ምኽንያት የብልናን። ንናጽነትና ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝንየተሉ፡ እቶም ኣንጻሩ ምእንቲ ሓርነትን ቀጻሊ ራህዋን ንቃለስ ዘለና ድማ ንጓነየሉ ምኽንያት የለን። ብናጽነትና ክንሕበን እንከለና፡ ንመስዋእቲ ናይቶም ምእንትኡ ዝሓለፉ ሓርበኛታት ከም ብሌን ዓይንና ከነኽብር ግድን እዩ። ንመስዋእቲ ጀጋኑ ዘይምኽባር ግና ናብ ንናጽነትን ሉኣላውነትን ኤርትራ ዘይምቕባል ዘምርሕ ሓደገኛ መንገዲ ምዃኑ ኣይንስሓት። ነዚ መንገዲ ስሒቱ ዝጐዓዝ ኣካል ከኣ፡ ኣንጻር ወጽዓ ህግደፍ ምእንቲ ሓርነትን ፍትሕን ዝቃለስ ክኸውን ኣይክእልን እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ነቲ ብደምን ኣዕጽምትን ጀጋኑ ዝተሃንጸ ዕርዲ ናጽነት ኣብ ክንዲ ዝጽገዓሉ ደፊኡ ከፍርሶ ይደናደን ስለ ዘሎ።
ርግጽ እዩ ገለ ወገናት፡ ናይ ህዝቢ ሓርነትን መሰልን ዘይተረጋገጸሉ ናጽነት ትርጉም ስለ ዘየብሉ፡ መሬታዊ ናጽነት ፋይዳ የብሉን ክብሉ ንሰምዕ ኢና። ስለዚ “ነዚ ሕጂ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ናጽነት ኣፍልጦ ክንህቦ ኣይግበኣናን” ክሳብ ምባል ክመጣጠሩ ከለውስ ኤርትራ ናብቲ ዝነበረቶ መግዛእቲ ትመልስ ማለቶምዶ ይኸውን? ምናልባት “እቲ ሓርነትከ ኣበየናይ ናጽነት ተዘሪኡ እዩ፡ መድሕን ህዝቢ ዝኸውን?” ኢልና እንተንሓቶምስ መልሶም እንታይኮን መኾነ? ንሕና ሃገራዊ ናጽነትን ህዝባዊ ሓርነትን ፈላሊና ንርእዮም ዘይኮኑስ ተደጋገፍትን እቲ ሓደ ብዘይቲ ሓደ ህልውና ዘየብሉን ክልቲኦም ማዕረ ከም ዘድልዩና ኢና ንኣምን። ሓርነት ብዘይናጽነት፡ ናጽነት ብዘይሓርነት ከኣ ኩሎም ጐደሎ እዮም። ቃልስና ምሉእ ዝኸውን ከኣ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዘመዝገብናዮ ዓወት ዓቂብና ዝተረፈ ንምምላእ ክንቃለስ እንከለና ጥራይ እዩ።
መበል 25 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ናጽነት ውጽኢት ቃልስና ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ምስ ኩሉ ኣንጸላልይዎ ዘሎ ናይ ምልኪ ደበና ክንዝክሮን ከነኽብሮን ናይ ግድን እዩ። ክንዝክሮ እንከለና ግና ዝተርፈና ቃልሲ ከም ዘሎ ብምስትብሃልን፡ ንቐጻሊ ቃልሲ ከም መንጠሪ ብምጥቃምን እዩ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ነቲ ብክቡር ደም ኤርትራውያን ዝተረጋገጸ ናጽነት ምስ ዘይነኽብሮ ኣዝዩ ተሓጒሱ ኮበሮ ዓምሓሙ መወቐዐ። ምኽንያቱ “ምስቲ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ኣነ ዘምጻእኩዎን ከም ድላየይ ዘመሓድሮ ንብረተይ እዩ” ዝብሎ ስለ ዘሳንየሉ። ህግደፍ መበል 25 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ናጽነት “ከኽብር እየ” ኢሉ ይሸባሸብ ኣሎ። ንሕናውን ነዚ ታሪኻዊ ዕለት ክንዝክሮ ኢና ክንብል እንከለና፡ ምስኡ ሓደ ኮይና ማለት ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ንሕና ንዝኽሪ ናጽነት እንህቦ ትርጉምን፡ ኣብዚ ታሪኻዊ ተረኽቦ ተመስሪትና እነማዕድዎ መጻእን ካብቲ ናይ ህግደፍ ዝተፈልየ’ዩ። ህግደፍ ነዚ ዝኽሪ ብኸመይ ኣብ ስልጣን ይቕጽል ውዲት ዝኣልመሉ ኣጋጣሚ ገይሩ እዩ ዝወስዶ። ንሕና ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ነዚ ተረኽቦ ክንዝክሮ እንከለና ግና “ብኸመይ ካብዚ ዘሎ ውጽዓ ናብ ራህዋ ንሰግር” ዝብል ጭረሖ ነቃለሓሉ ኣጋጣሚ ጌርና ኢና ንወስዶ። ከምቲ “ ኣቦይን ኣደይን በበይኑ ጸሎቶም” ዝበሃል፡ ንሕናን ህግደፍን ዝኽሪ ናጽነት ንዝክረሉ መንፈስ በበይኑ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ተጻራሪ’ዩ። ስለዚ ክብሪ ናጽነት ብዋጋ ህዝብና ዝተረኽበ፡ መሰረት ናይቲ ኣብ መጻኢ እነረጋገጾ ዓወት እምበር፡ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንምጥዎ ሕዛእቲ ክኸውን ኣይግበኦን።
Should Europe pay to stop refugees fleeing oppressive Eritrea?
Written by Nell FrizzellAs politicians grapple with the migrant crisis experts say cash will only prop up the abusive regime – not stop the exodus
An Eritrean refugee waits for medical attention in ‘the Jungle’ camp in Calais. Photograph: David Levene for the Guardian
Thursday 28 April 2016 08.00 BST Last modified on Thursday 28 April 2016 13.54 BST
The migration crisis has dominated headlines and confounded politicians, but still very little is known about Eritrea, a country from which an estimated 5,000 people are fleeing each month.
Despite unaccompanied children from Eritrea being the largest group to seek refuge in the UK, and despite Eritreans being one of the largest groups entering Europe in 2015 after Afghans and Syrians, even the well-informed ask, why? Why Eritrea? What’s happening there?
It’s a pertinent question, particularly since the EU has agreed to give €200m in aid to the Eritrean government. But sounds like a solution is, campaigners say, just going to exacerbate the problem. Because it is the Eritrean government itself which is accused of gross human rights abuses, with reports of routine extra-judicial executions, torture and arbitrary detention.
Many Eritreans claim to have spent more than 20 years in slave-like, unpaid national service. Give aid to the Eritrean regime and campaigners say that instead of halting the exodus, it will only make it worse.
“It feels like the oppressors are getting a reward from the European Union for oppressing their own people,” says Meron Estefanos, the director of the Eritrean Initiative on Refugee Rights. “There is no accountability. It seems to me that the EU is very naive.”
For Martin Plaut, former Africa editor for the BBC, the issue isn’t naiveté. He says the plan shows just how split the EU is over migration. “You have two completely different forces,” he explains. “You have the European parliament, which is made up of people with their own individual views and concerns about their constituents. Then you have the commission, which is really answerable to a council of ministers. They have a completely different set of agendas.” When it comes to Eritrea, he argues, those different agendas breed serious policy problems.
When announcing the new programme on behalf of the European Union, European Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, Neven Mimica, said “... We have agreed to promote activities with concrete results for the [Eritrean] population, such as the creation of job opportunities and the improvement of living conditions,” but claimed at the same time the EU would insist on “full respect of human rights”.
“It will never reach the people and it will never improve their lives while he is there. It absolutely flies in the face of any claims we make as Europeans that we’re fighting for the rights and freedoms of the people of Eritrea
Abraham Zere, the director of PEN Eritrea in Exile who was forced to flee in 2011, says that many refugees living in the diaspora agree that the aid funding will do little more than prolong the life of dictatorship.
“The minimum services like electricity, water supply and food are lacking [there],” he explains. “Not because of lack of resources – but mainly through an utterly failed administration. Aid will not help the destitute population.”
Controversy
This isn’t the first time that EU aid and development spending has been seen as controversial. Funding for Sudan – announced at the same time as the Eritrea grant – was deemed “almost satire” by Ahmed Adam from the Institute for African Development at Cornell University , for essentially rewarding a migrant-producing regime while claiming to help stem the flow. .
Similarly, after 12 years of sanctions the EU is once again giving development support to Zimbabwe, while last month the EU suspended direct funding for the government of Burundi after they were judged to have not done enough to stop the current conflict.
The MEP and chair of the Committee on Development, Linda McAvan, is also sceptical about the aid plan, but emphasises that no money has yet changed hands.
“We’ve made it clear that we are very sceptical, as a European Parliament, about funding the Eritrean government in any way. There has been talk of them getting rid of their national service, which isn’t a national service - it’s a lifetime conscription by the government - but it hasn’t happened,” she says.
Although many MEPs in the European parliament have strongly objected to the plan, they don’t have the power to block the proposed payments completely.
Refugee policy
Kinnock, who is trying to raise a debate in the House of Lords on the subject, also points to the “clearly untenable and unreasonable” policy on Eritrean refugees.
Under the new EU migration deal, Eritreans – and other non-Syrians – reaching Greece are to be sent back to Turkey where the government have begun negotiations to readmit refugees and migrants with a host of countries, including Eritrea.
The UK government has also changed the country code guidance for Eritrea, so that while in the past 95% of Eritreans had their asylum applications accepted, it’s now down to 28%.
“As I’ve said before, [the EU migration deal] is life-threatening to them. They can’t go back,” says Kinnock. “I know families who have used every resource they’ve got to pay smugglers to take their children across the border into Sudan or Ethiopia, even though the government have a shoot to kill policy on those borders; they deserve our support, not increasing the threats to them.”
As warmer weather approaches, the Mediterranean migration route is expected to become more popular again - putting Eritreans and many others are increased risk as they try to reach Europe.
“I was speaking to UNHCR yesterday asking if there was any diminution in the 4,000-5,000 people fleeing Eritrea every month and they said no,” says Plaut.
Daniel Mekonnen, a prominent Eritrean human rights lawyer living in Geneva, warns that a time of increased urgency, the aid deal could severely discredit the EU. “By dealing with such a regime, in a strangely non-transparent and non-accountable manner, the EU risks the danger of portrayal as complicit in the perpetration of gross human rights violations, including a possible situation of crimes against humanity, as concluded in June 2015 by a UN commission of inquiry.”
The Eritrean regime, argues Mekonnen, is not going to change because of EU funding. “I liken the [government] with a habitual offender, a serial killer, or offender of the worst type, who has zero chance of rehabilitating,” he says.
Source=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/28/eu-plan-to-pay-millions-to-eritrea
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ቃልሲ ኤርትራውያን ነዊሕ ዝዕድሚኡ ተደራራቢ ዕላማ ዝነበሮን ዘለዎን ምዃኑ ንኤርትራውያን ከም ሓድሽ ዝንገሮም ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ብዙሓት ናይ ታሪኽ ክኢላታት ዝመስከርዎ ኣብ ርእሲ ምዃኑ፡ ኤርትራውያን ባዕላቶም ተዋሳእቱ ስለ ዝነበሩን ዘለዉን፡ ብኻልእ ክንገሮም ከኣ ስለ ዘይጽበይዎ። ኣብዚ ነዊሕ መስርሕ ቃልሲ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ክቡር ዋጋ ከፊሎም እዮም። ናይ ነፍሲ ወከፎም መስዋእቲ ከኣ ነናቱ ኣበርክቶን ክቡር ቦታን ዘለዎ እምበር ዝባኸነ ኣይኮነን።
ዕላማ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ውሽጡ ብዙሓት ምዕራፋት ዝሓቖፈ ኮይኑ፡ ምርግጋጽ ናጻን ልኡላዊት ሃገርን፡ ሰላም፡ ደሞክራስን ክብሪ ኩሉ መሰላት ዘውሕስ ስርዓት ምትካልን፥ እቶም ክልተ ኣገደስቲ ምዕራፋት ናይ ቃልስና እዮም። እዞም ክልተ ምዕራፋት ቃልስና ኣብ ሕድሕዶም ዝጸላለዉን፡ እቲ ሓደ ብዘይቲ ካልእ ህልውና ዘየብሉን እምበር ነጻጺልካ ዝረኣዩ ኣይኮኑን። ካብቲ ቃልስና ዝተበገሰሉ መሰረታዊ ዕላማታት፡ ምውሓስ ናጻን ልኡላዊትን ኤርትራ እቲ መሰረታዊ ምዕራፍ እዩ። እዚ ማለት ግና ናጽነት ስለ ዝተረጋገጸ፡ እቲ ህዝብና ዝተላዕለሉ መሰረታዊ ዕላማ መሊኡ ማለት ኣይኮነን። ምሉእ ንክኸውን ጌና ዘይተረጋገጸ ክፋል ናይቲ ቃልሲ ኣሎ። ነቲ ተሪፉና ዘሎ ንምርግጋጽ ከኣ እነሆ ቃልስና ይቕጽል። እቲ ነካይዶ ቃልሲ እምበኣር ነቲ ናይ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዓወትና ዝንእድን ዝሕሉን፡ ኣብኡ ተመስሪቱ ድማ ዝካየድ እምበር ነቲ ክንምርኮሰሉ ዝግበኣና፡ ብደምን ኣዕጽምትን ዝተነድቀ ጽኑዕ ባይታ ብምንእኣስ ወይ ብምርኻስ ንድሕሪት ዝምለስ ኣይኮነን።
እቲ ኣእላፍ ኤርትራውያን፡ ናይ ኣየናይ ውድብ ኣባላት ነይሮም ብዘየገድስ ዋጋ ከፊሎም ዘረጋገጽዎ 25 ዓመታት ዝዕድሚኡ ናጽነት፡ ናይ መላእ ኤርትራውያን ጻማን ዋጋ ደምን ክነሱ፡ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ስለ ዘጉባዕበዐ ከም ፍሉይ ግነዖት እንህበሉ ምኽንያት የብልናን። ንናጽነትና ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝንየተሉ፡ እቶም ኣንጻሩ ምእንቲ ሓርነትን ቀጻሊ ራህዋን ንቃለስ ዘለና ድማ ንጓነየሉ ምኽንያት የለን። ብናጽነትና ክንሕበን እንከለና፡ ንመስዋእቲ ናይቶም ምእንትኡ ዝሓለፉ ሓርበኛታት ከም ብሌን ዓይንና ከነኽብር ግድን እዩ። ንመስዋእቲ ጀጋኑ ዘይምኽባር ግና ናብ ንናጽነትን ሉኣላውነትን ኤርትራ ዘይምቕባል ዘምርሕ ሓደገኛ መንገዲ ምዃኑ ኣይንስሓት። ነዚ መንገዲ ስሒቱ ዝጐዓዝ ኣካል ከኣ፡ ኣንጻር ወጽዓ ህግደፍ ምእንቲ ሓርነትን ፍትሕን ዝቃለስ ክኸውን ኣይክእልን እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ነቲ ብደምን ኣዕጽምትን ጀጋኑ ዝተሃንጸ ዕርዲ ናጽነት ኣብ ክንዲ ዝጽገዓሉ ደፊኡ ከፍርሶ ይደናደን ስለ ዘሎ።
ርግጽ እዩ ገለ ወገናት፡ ናይ ህዝቢ ሓርነትን መሰልን ዘይተረጋገጸሉ ናጽነት ትርጉም ስለ ዘየብሉ፡ መሬታዊ ናጽነት ፋይዳ የብሉን ክብሉ ንሰምዕ ኢና። ስለዚ “ነዚ ሕጂ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ናጽነት ኣፍልጦ ክንህቦ ኣይግበኣናን” ክሳብ ምባል ክመጣጠሩ ከለውስ ኤርትራ ናብቲ ዝነበረቶ መግዛእቲ ትመልስ ማለቶምዶ ይኸውን? ምናልባት “እቲ ሓርነትከ ኣበየናይ ናጽነት ተዘሪኡ እዩ፡ መድሕን ህዝቢ ዝኸውን?” ኢልና እንተንሓቶምስ መልሶም እንታይኮን መኾነ? ንሕና ሃገራዊ ናጽነትን ህዝባዊ ሓርነትን ፈላሊና ንርእዮም ዘይኮኑስ ተደጋገፍትን እቲ ሓደ ብዘይቲ ሓደ ህልውና ዘየብሉን ክልቲኦም ማዕረ ከም ዘድልዩና ኢና ንኣምን። ሓርነት ብዘይናጽነት፡ ናጽነት ብዘይሓርነት ከኣ ኩሎም ጐደሎ እዮም። ቃልስና ምሉእ ዝኸውን ከኣ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዘመዝገብናዮ ዓወት ዓቂብና ዝተረፈ ንምምላእ ክንቃለስ እንከለና ጥራይ እዩ።
መበል 25 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ናጽነት ውጽኢት ቃልስና ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ምስ ኩሉ ኣንጸላልይዎ ዘሎ ናይ ምልኪ ደበና ክንዝክሮን ከነኽብሮን ናይ ግድን እዩ። ክንዝክሮ እንከለና ግና ዝተርፈና ቃልሲ ከም ዘሎ ብምስትብሃልን፡ ንቐጻሊ ቃልሲ ከም መንጠሪ ብምጥቃምን እዩ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ነቲ ብክቡር ደም ኤርትራውያን ዝተረጋገጸ ናጽነት ምስ ዘይነኽብሮ ኣዝዩ ተሓጒሱ ኮበሮ ዓምሓሙ መወቐዐ። ምኽንያቱ “ምስቲ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ኣነ ዘምጻእኩዎን ከም ድላየይ ዘመሓድሮ ንብረተይ እዩ” ዝብሎ ስለ ዘሳንየሉ። ህግደፍ መበል 25 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ናጽነት “ከኽብር እየ” ኢሉ ይሸባሸብ ኣሎ። ንሕናውን ነዚ ታሪኻዊ ዕለት ክንዝክሮ ኢና ክንብል እንከለና፡ ምስኡ ሓደ ኮይና ማለት ኣይኮነን። ምኽንያቱ ንሕና ንዝኽሪ ናጽነት እንህቦ ትርጉምን፡ ኣብዚ ታሪኻዊ ተረኽቦ ተመስሪትና እነማዕድዎ መጻእን ካብቲ ናይ ህግደፍ ዝተፈልየ’ዩ። ህግደፍ ነዚ ዝኽሪ ብኸመይ ኣብ ስልጣን ይቕጽል ውዲት ዝኣልመሉ ኣጋጣሚ ገይሩ እዩ ዝወስዶ። ንሕና ናይ ለውጢ ሓይልታት ነዚ ተረኽቦ ክንዝክሮ እንከለና ግና “ብኸመይ ካብዚ ዘሎ ውጽዓ ናብ ራህዋ ንሰግር” ዝብል ጭረሖ ነቃለሓሉ ኣጋጣሚ ጌርና ኢና ንወስዶ። ከምቲ “ ኣቦይን ኣደይን በበይኑ ጸሎቶም” ዝበሃል፡ ንሕናን ህግደፍን ዝኽሪ ናጽነት ንዝክረሉ መንፈስ በበይኑ ጥራይ ዘይኮነስ ተጻራሪ’ዩ። ስለዚ ክብሪ ናጽነት ብዋጋ ህዝብና ዝተረኽበ፡ መሰረት ናይቲ ኣብ መጻኢ እነረጋገጾ ዓወት እምበር፡ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንምጥዎ ሕዛእቲ ክኸውን ኣይግበኦን።
Facebook page vows to lift the lid on Eritrea's secret reign of terror
Written by theguardian.comAn anonymous whistleblower claims to have new proof of human rights abuses, galvanising opposition online
Eritrea has become nicknamed ‘Africa’s North Korea’ in recent years. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images
In a bid to upend years of secrecy in the country dubbed “Africa’s North Korea”, a new Facebook page is publishing documents claiming to show how the Eritrean government abuses its citizens.
In just two months, SACTISM – Classified Documents of the Dwindling PFDJ has garnered more than 16,000 followers on the social media site by alleging to have new information about human rights violations committed at the hands of president Isaias Afewerki’s ruling party, the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice.
The name “sactism” comes from a colloquial Arabic word that roughly translates as “nothing”, and was coined by the anonymous whistleblower behind the page, who goes by the name Samuel.
Samuel claims he is an Eritrean underground blogger who once held a “key post” in the government but who later fled the country. He says he is now sorting through the documents he collected while working in the capital, and says he is determined to expose the regime.
Over the last decade, the Eritrean government has been branded one of world’s worst human rights abusers, with Amnesty International estimating the country is holding at least 10,000 political prisoners in more than 360 secret prisons.
As a result, thousands of young men and women are fleeing the country. In 2014, 50,000 Eritreans sought asylum in Europe, with the UN estimating that around 5,000 nationals continue to escape each month.
With such a severe crackdown on civil liberties, and with little information able to enter to leave the country, Sactism has garnered a significant amount of attention from the Eritrean diaspora, despite the fact that the documents are impossible to verify.
‘Shaking the status quo’
In early February, posts appeared on Sactism claiming to show new information about the political prisoners and journalists who have been incarcerated for more than 14 years in Eritrea’s secret prisons.
Samuel also published accompanying notes he claims originate from 2001, which offer information about the security agents who arrested the journalists and their subsequent treatment in the notoriously secretive prison in Eiraeiro.
“The page is shaking the status quo,” says Daniel Mekonnen, a prominent Eritrean human rights lawyer living in Geneva. “Although it is difficult to ascertain the truthfulness of every information published on the page, some [readers] have already given their own independent opinion confirming the veracity – in whole or in part – of some of the information revealed,” he says.
The allegations have also been read out on popular Eritrean radio stations abroad, such as Radio Assenna, and have been extensively republished on diaspora websites.
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President of PEN Eritrea in exile, Ghirmai Negash, describes Sactism “as a new genre in Eritrean writing, the importance of which lies in its subversive power in the context of a nation under tyranny.”
But a few prominent figures have criticised the way in which Samuel is releasing the information. Awet Weldemichael, professor of African history at Queen’s University, says he is concerned about the ethics of the way in which the information is being released.
“I am not sure if it helps to family and friends of the disappeared to learn it through Facebook,” he says, adding that he also worries about the authenticity of the documents.
Facebook initially blocked the page, originally published exclusively in Tigrinya, after a petition emerged claiming that Sactism was “inciting hatred”. Samuel then began publishing certain posts in English, and provided a short blurb to clarify his intentions to readers.
Though he’s been approached by various outlets, he says he has chosen to stick to publishing on social media to allow him to “operate at an individual level” and to be “part of the democratisation of information sharing”, he has written.
“The regime was surviving mainly through the dread of information sharing,” he explained in a post in February. As a result, he has made it his mission to fight “misinformation and secrecy”, promising that “all the information shared on the page is most accurate.”
Source=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/27/eritrea-facebook-page-sactism-human-rights-abuses
