Young Asmara By Gomida Oct. 2015
Isadictator By Gomida October, 2015
EMDHR Press Release about Eritrean Footballers Seeking Asylum in Botswana
Written by Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR)Ten members of the Eritrean National football team players applied for political asylum on the 14th of October 2015 in Francistown, Botswana. Initially, the Government of Botswana announced that they would be deported back home. However, EMDHR is pleased with the Court Order by Consent handed down by the High Court in Lobatse that sat on late night on the 16th of October.
The Court Order stated inter alia:
- The Respondents (the Government of the Republic of Botswana) shall not remove from the jurisdiction of the Botswana certain Eritrean Nationals, all members of the Eritrean National Football Team, ten in number, who on or about 14th October, 2015 presented themselves to Botswana Government officials at Francistown seeking political asylum.
- This Order together with all originating process and any pleading (if any) filed by the Respondents shall be served personally upon the asylum seekers by the Applicant within 14 days of this Order.
- the parties shall file all pleading prior to the date of Status Hearing (11 Dec 2015).
- The Applicant's legal representatives shall have access to the asylum seekers.
The EMDHR is grateful for the support and compassion shown towards the Eritrean National Football Team players by the people of Botswana, which is a clear demonstration of the African spirit of UBUNTU. We are also appreciative to the Government of Botswana for reconsidering its initial position and we hope the players will be granted asylum. The EMDHR remains seized with the case and is willing to work together with all relevant parties towards its fair conclusion.
Indeed, in an event of forced return the asylum seekers would have been accused of treason for attempting to abscond and seeking asylum. In a country where there is no rule of law, the punishment for such “offences” is severe, ranging from disappearance and extrajudicial execution. Contrary to the misleading statements and false promise by the Eritrean Ambassador in Southern Africa, Mr. Saleh Omer, these players are part of the abusive forced conscription and forced labour practices of the totalitarian regime ruling Eritrea. In a normal situation, being a member of a national team would have been such an achievement for these young players, but they know that their fate is doomed in Eritrea under the current regime and that is why they chose to seek asylum in Botswana.
Eritrea is ruled by fear and not by law. It has no constitution, no parliament, no judiciary, and all forms of freedoms and rights are either banned or severely restricted. Citizens are often arbitrarily arrested, disappeared, tortured, and even extrajudicially executed. The UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea confirmed in 2015 the “systematic, widespread, and gross human rights violations” in the country. The Eritrean youth are at the receiving end of the regime’s ruthlessness and brutality. Today the youth are wasting their potential and talents in a forced and indefinite military conscription and doing forced labour. Today, Eritrea has become a country where even high school students are taken into a military training camp and forced labour programs. As a result these appalling conditions in their country, Eritrean youth are fleeing in mass seeking refuge in exile where they are granted asylum and hope to reconstruct their lives.
Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR)
17 October 2015
Pretoria, South Africa
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EPDP Chairman on Tour to Scandinavia; Meets Norwegian Labour Party & Eritreans
Written by EPDP Information Office
Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom, chairman of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP), who is currently on tour to Scandinavian countries, on 12 October 2015 met the Norwegian Labour Party in Oslo and extensively discussed the ever worsening political and human rights situation in Eritrea.
Accompanied by a delegation consisting of Mr. Medhanie Habtezghi, head of the EPDP Office for Youth Affairs, as well as Messrs Osman Jaber and Dawit Araya of the branch in Norway, the EPDP chairman explained the vision and objectives of his party and the most immediate requirements from the Norwegian Arbeiderpartiet A/Ap and other fraternal parties in the world to help Eritreans overcome the problems facing them at home and abroad.
EPDP Delegation in Oslo
Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom also asked the Norwegian Labour Party via its international secretary, Mr. Odd Inge Kvalheim, to do all what it can to pressurize the Norwegian Government to correctly understand what is going on in Eritrea and give appropriate sympathy and support to Eritrean refugees fleeing from a very bad situation at home. He also stressed the need of supporting Eritreans struggling for democratic change in their country.
Soon upon his arrival in Norway, the EPDP chairman attended and addressed the Norway branch congress on 9 October and led public discussion on Eritrean issues on 10 October 2015.
The branch congress was opened by its outgoing chairman, Mr. Dawit Araya, who warmly welcomed congress delegates coming from different places in Norway and commended the commitment being shown by the veterans of the Eritrean struggle as well as the young members of the party in the struggle for democratic change in our country. A message from the Europe-Zone secretary, Mr. Isaac Woldemariam was read by the outgoing Norway branch secretary, Mr. Medhanie Habtezghi.
When the branch congress successfully wound up its agenda items, the EPDP chairman seized the opportunity to talk in greats length and brief the branch members on important current issues related with their party and our people's struggle against the repressive regime which held the nation as its hostage for so many long years.
Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom briefed the branch congress participants on recent party activities including the recent party congress held in two places last July and the colourful annual festival conducted in Germany in the presence of important guests and leaderships of Eritrean organizations.
On 10 October, the EPDP chairman had another opportunity to discuss the burning national issues with other compatriots in a public gathering in Oslo.
At the end of his exhaustive presentation, meeting participants raised key questions that create disquiet to many compatriots at this time. The questions included the challenge of defeating the entrenched dictatorship which is leading the nation to the brink of total societal collapse, and the how the post-dictatorship vacuum could be filled without danger.
All pertinent questions raised at the meeting were responded in different perspectives by the party chairman as well as by Messrs Medhanie Habtezghi and Dawit Araya, who are incidentally members of the young generation and university graduates with promising leadership capacities. .
ልኡኽ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምስ ሰልፊ ዕዮ ኖርወይ ርክብ ኣካይዱ
Written by ወኪል ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰዲህኤ ጨንፈር ኖርወይ
ብኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ዝምራሕ 4 ዝኣባላቱ ልኡኽ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብዕለት 12 ጥቅምቲ 2015 ምስ ሰልፊ ዕዮ Arbeidsparti ኖርወይ ርክብ ኣካይዱ። ልኡኽ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ቤት ጽሕፈት ሰልፊ ዕዮ ኣብ ዝኣተወሉ ግዜ ብሓላፊ ኣህጉራዊ ዝምድናታት ኣቶ ኦድ ኢንገ ክቫልሀይምን ኣማኻሪቱን ሕውነታዊ ኣቀባብላ ተገይርሉ።
ኣብ ናይ ርክብ መኽፈቲ ዘረባኡ ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ንህልቂት ናይ'ቶም ቅድሚ 4 ዓመት ዝጠፍኡ ኣስታት 70 ዝኾኑ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ዕዮ ንጹሃት መንእሰያት ዘኪሩ ሓዘኑ ገሊጹ። ደጊሙ ኣቦ መንበር ንታራን ኣበርክቶን ህዝብን መንግስትን ኖርወይ ኣብ ናይ ናጽነት ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ኣልዒሉ መጒሱ።
ሓው መንግስተኣብ ብምቕጻል ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ናይ ናጽነት ብረታዊ ቃልሱ ድሕሪ ናይ 30 ዓመታት ደማዊ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ዝተዓውተን ንናይ ናጻነት ባህጉ ብመንገዲ ረፈረንዱም ብድምጹ ሕጋውነት ዘልበሰውን እኳ እንተኾነ፣ ካብ ዕለተ ናጻነቱ ክሳብ ሎሚ ኣብታ ሃገር ሰብኣዊ ሓርነት ጌና ኣይተረጋገጸን። ብምኽንያት ሕሉፍ ምልክን ስሱዕ ምልካዊ ባህርያትን ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እቲ መሰረታዊ መሰላት ወዲ ሰብ እውን እንተኾነ ተሓሪምዎ ኣብ ስቅያት ይነብር ከምዘሎ ኣቦ መንበር ኣብ ዘረባኡ ኣብሪሁ።
ሕጽረት መሰረታውያን ሃለኽቲ ኣቝሑን፡ ጾታን ዕድመን ዘይፈሊ ደረት ዘይብሉ ወተሃደራዊ ኣገልግሎትን ተደማሚሩ ንመጻኢ ብሩህ ተስፋ ናይቲ ህዝቢ ስለዘጸልመቶ፣ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከይፈተወ ነታ ክቡር ዋጋ ከፊሉ ዝረኸባ ዘፍቅራ ሃገሩ ራሕሪሑ ንስደት ምምራሕ እንኮ ምርጫኡ ንኽገብር ገዲዱዎ ከምዘሎ ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ገሊጹ።
ኣብ ኩነታት ደምበ ተቃውሞ ተመሊሱ'ውን ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም፣ ነቲ ንሱ ዝመርሖ ሰልፊ ደሚርካ ነዚ ኣብ ሃገር ኣጋጢሙ ዘሎ ሓደጋ ንምእላይ ዝቃለሱ ሓያለይ ፖለቲካውያንን በርገሳውያንን ማሕበራት ከምዘለዉ ኣብሪሁ። እንተኾነ እዘን ኩለን ፖለቲካውያንን ሲቪካውያንን ማሕበራት ንመላኺ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣሊኻ ብዲሞክራስያዊ ስርዓት ናይ ምትካእ ዕላማኳ እንተለወን፣ ሰሚረን ዝሰርሓ ከምዘይኮና ኣብሪሁ።
ንዅለን ዝጥርንፍ ጽላል ናይ ምቛም ጻዕርታት ኵሉ ግዜ ቀጻሊ እኳ እንተዀነ፡ ኣህጕራውያን ትካላት ብሓፈሻ ኖርወጃውያን ድማ ብፍላይ ንኤርትራውያን ሲቪላውያን ማሕበራትን ተቓወምቲ ውድባትን ክድግፉ ጻውዒቱ ኣቕሪቡ።
ንሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ብዝምልከት፥ ዕላማታቱን ኣገባብ ኣመሰራርታኡን ብመነመን ከምዝቖመን ብዝርዝር ሓቢሩ። ሰዲህኤ ብኽልተ ዝተፈላለየ ድሕረ-ባይታ ዘለዎም ውድባት ዝቖመ ምዃኑን ብሩህ ናይ መጻኢ ዕድል ከምዘለዎን ኣብሪሁ። ሰዲህኤ፥ ኣብ ገስጋሲ ምሕዝነት ምሉእ ኣባልነት ኣብ ሶሽያሊስት ኢንተርናሽናል ድማ ናይ ተዓዛቢ ቦታ ከምዘለዎ ውን ገሊጹ።
ንኹሉ ማሕበራውን ፖለቲካውን ኩነታት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ውሽጥን ወጻእን ድሕሪ ምሕባር፣ ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ሓንቲ ፍሽልቲ ሃገረ ኤርትራ ንኽትህሉ ምጽባይ ንናይ ማንም ረብሓ ከምዘይኮነ ብምትሕስሳብ፣ ህዝቢ ዓለም ብሓፈሻ ህዝብን መንግስትን ኖርወይ ድማ ብፍላይ ንኩነታት ሃገረ ኤርትራ ንምቅያር ግደ ክጻወቱ ጻዊዕት ኣቅሪቡ። ንዋሕዚ ስደተኛታት ደው ንምባል ተባሂሉ ዝግበር ናይ ሃገራት ኣውሮጳ ማዕጾ ምዕጻው ይኹን ንስርዓት ኢሰያስ ዝልገስ ሚልዮናት ዩሮ መፍትሒ ከምዘይኰነ ኣረዲኡ። እቲ መፍትሒ ነቲ መሰረታዊ ጠንቂ ናይ'ቲ ሽግር ዝዀነ ጕዳይ ምፍታሕ ኢዩ ኢሉ።
ሓው መድሃኔ ሃብተዝጊ ኣባል ፈጻሚ ኣካል፣ ሓልፊ ጉዳያት መንእሰያት፣ ኣባል ናይቲ ልኡኽ ብምዃን መንግስትን ህዝብን ኖርወይ እንታይ ግደ ክጻወቱ ከምዝኽእሉ ኣብሪሁ። ንሱ ኣብ ገለጻኡ፣ እዚ ምውህሃድ ሲኢኑ ኣብ ቃልሲ ዝደክም ዘሎ ኤርትራዊ ሓይልታት ኣብ ቃልሲ ክሰምርን ሰሚሩ ክድምዕን እንተኾይኑ ኣህጉራዊ ሓገዝ ከምዘድልዮ ድሕሪ ምግላጽ፣ መንግስቲ ኖርወይ ኣብዚ መዳይዚ፣ ናይ ምልመላ ኮርሳት ብምሃብ፣ ናይ ዘተን ልዝብን መድረኻት ምብፍጣር፣ መጽናዕቲ ብምክያድ ኮነ ናይ መጽናዕቲ ጉጀለታት ኣብ ሞቋም ክትዋሳእ ከምእትኽእል ሓቢሩን ተላቢዩን።
ንጉዳይ ሓተቲ ዑቝባ ዝኾኑ ኤርትራውያን ኣመልኪቱውን ሓው መድሃኔ ሓበረታ ሂቡ። ንሱ ኣብ ሓበረታኡ፣ ኤርትራውያን ካብ ዘፍቅርዋ ሃገሮም ንኽስደዱ ብቁዕን ብዓለም ደረጃ ልሉይን ዝኾነ ምኽንያት እንዳሃለዎም ንኖርወይ ደሚርካ ኣብ ሓያለይ ሃገራት ኤውሮጳ ናይ ዕቝባ ሕቶኦም ተነጺጉ ናይ ሰንፈላል ህይወት የሕልፉ ከምዘለዉ ኣረዲኡ። ሓው መድሃኔ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ናይ ኖርወጃውያን ናይ ሰደተኛታት መዓስከራት ዑቝባ ተነጺጎም ሊዕሊ ዓሰርተ ዓመታት ዝገበሩ ብኣማኢት ዝቁጸሩ መንእሰያት ከምዝርከቡ ብምዝኽኻር፣ እቲ ከፍርዩሉ ዝግብኦም ክፋል ዕድሚኦም፣ ኣይትምህርቲ፣ ኣይሞያ፣ ኣይስራሕ ንኾንቱ ይባኽን ብምህላዉ፣ ዓቢ ሞራላውን ስነ ኣእምሮኣውን ማህሰይቲ ኣጋጢምዎም ከምዘሎ ኣተሓሳሲቡ። ቀጺሉ ሓው መድሃኔ ዝምልከቶም ሰበስልጣን መንግስቲ ግቡእ ተረድኦ ናይዚ ኩነታትዚ ክህልዎምን፣ ንረብሓ ናይዞም ሰባትዚኣቶም ኣብ ግምት ዘእተወ ስጉምቲ ክውሰደን ተላብዩ።
ኣቦ መንበር ጨንፈር ኖርወይ፣ ሓው ዳዊት ኣርኣያውን ብወገኑ ነቲ ብሓው መድሃኔ ዝተጠቅሰ ናይ ሓተቲ ዑቝባ ኩነታት ኣመልኪቱ ተወሳኺ መብሪሂ ሂቡ። ኣብ ገለጻኡ ሓው ዳዊት ምስ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ዝኾኑ ሓተቲ ዑቝባ ቀጥታዊ ርክብ ስለዘለዎን ዕለታዊ ምክትታል ስለዝገብርን ንኩነታት ሓተቲ ዑቕባን ዝበጽሖም ስነ ኣእሙራዊ ማህሰይትን ብዝምልከት ጨንፈሩ ናይ ቀረባ ትዕዝብትን ዓሚቍ ኣፍልጦን ከምዘለዎ ብምሕባር፣ መንግስቲ ኖርወይ ዝግባእ ምትሕብባር ክገብረሎም ተማሕጺኑ።
ንኹሉ ትረኻ ብጽሞና ዝተኸታተል ወኪል ሰልፊ ዕዮ ኣቶ ኦዲ ኢንገ ክቫልሀይም ብወገኑ ኣብ ሓቅነት ናይቲ ኩሉ ዝረኸቦ ሓበረታ ጥርጣረ ከምዘይብሉ ብምጥቃስ፣ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ኣስመራ ንኤርትራውያን ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ንዓና ወሲኽካ ንኹለን ሃገራት ዓለም ኣውን አምባሲታተንን ቁንስላዊ ኣብያተ ጽሕፈታተንን ዓጽየን ከምዝወጻ ገርወን እዩ ክብል ምረቱ ገሊጹ። ንሱ ቀጺሉ፣ አምባሲ ከፊትና ኣብ ኣስመራ ኣብ ዝጸናሕናሉ ግዜ፣ ብመሰረት ኣህጉራዊ ስምምዕ ዲፕሎማስያዊ መሰላትና ተጠቂምና ኣብ ዝኾነ ቦታ ክንቀሳቀስ ዝግበኣናን፣ ከም ወኪል መንግስቲ ኖርወይ መጠን መንግስታዊ ዕማማትና ብዘይ ዕንቅፋት ክነሳልጥ ዝግበኣናኳ እንተነበረ፣ ናይ ምንቅስቃስ ኮነ ናይ ስራሕ ነጻነት ኣይነበረናን። ነጻነት ምንቅስቃስና ኣብ ጎደናታት ኣስመራ ተንቀሳቂስካ፣ ኩባያ ቡን ሰቲኻ ኣብ ምምላስ ዝተሓጽረ ኣዩ ነይሩ ክብል ኣውን ወሲኹ ኣብሪሁ።
ኣብ መወዳታ ኣቶ ኦዲ ኢንገ እቲ ኣዝዩ ኣሰካፊ ኮይኑ ዘሎ ሕቶ፣ ናይ ድሕሪ ምውዳቅ ስርዓት ኢሰያስ እዩ፣ እዚ ድማ ኤርትራውያን ንመስሪሕ ሓድነትን ምውህሃድን ዝያዳ ክደፍኡሉ ከምዘለዎ ዝጽውዕ ሃዋህው እዩ ብምባል ተላብዩ። ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድማ ሰላም፥ ፍትሒ ብልጽግና ከምዝምነ ገሊጹ። ንዝረኸቦ ሓበረታ ንዝምልከቶም መሪሕነት ሰልፉ ከካፍል ምዃኑውን ቃል ኣትዩ።
ወኪል ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰዲህኤ ጨንፈር ኖርወይ
EPDP Delegation Meets with The Norwegian Labour Party in Oslo, Norway
Written by Representative of EPDP Information Office Norway Branch
A four man delegation of Eritrean Peoples’ Democratic Party (EPDP) led by the party’s Chairman Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom, visited the headquarters of the Labour Party in Oslo on 12 Oct 2015. The International Secretary of the Labour Party, Mr.Odd-Inge Kvalheim and his assistant welcomed the delegation in its visit.
The other members of the delegation were Mr. Medhanie Habtezghi, head of the EPDP Youth Office, Mr. Dawit Araya, chairman of EPDP Norway branch and Mr Osman Jaber, member of the EPDP Foreign Office.
In the opening of the meeting, Mr. Menghesteab stated his condolence for the massacre of about 70 innocent youngsters in Utøya, and he recalled all the positive role and tremendous contribution of the Norwegian Community to Eritreans during their struggle for independence. Extending his speech Mr Menghesteab gave a vast and detailed information about the current human rights and political situation in Eritrean. In his narration, he said that after 30 years of bloody war with Ethiopia the Eritrean people succeeded in achieving their long cherished goal of independence; but the people of Eritrea have not yet been liberated from oppression. Eritreans could not exercise even their fundamental human rights because of the repressive nature of the regime in power and its extreme dictatorship. In addition, the open ended national service and shortage of basic necessities like food, water, shelter, health and education services has led to despair and made life unbearable.
While speaking about the situation of the opposition camp, Mr. Menghesteab said, the opposition is growing larger day by day but it is still fragmented. The endeavour to create a viable umbrella is continuing and your help in this regard is essential.
The Chairman also briefed the host about the aims of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP), how it was established and the activities it carried in the past five years of its formation. He stated that EPDP is a member of the Progressive Alliance and observer member of the Socialist International.
in concluding his remarks Mr. Menghesteab said urged the international community in general and Norway in particular to help Eritrea from becoming a failed state by supporting the non-state actors and the opposition groups.
Regarding the issues of refugee Mr. Menghesteab said the source of the problem is the regime in Eritrea and closing borders or helping the regime with millions of Euros will not solve the problem. A change of the system for a better future is the way forward, he added.
Mr Medhanie Habtezghi, the Head Officer of the Youth Affairs in EPDP, elaborated how the Norwegian people and government can help in alleviating the situation in Eritrea. In his explanation, he proposed that the Norwegian government can play its role and contribute a lot in the opposition camp’s unification process especially by creating and offering dialog forums, studying groups, giving human development course and other facilities.
Mr. Medhanie talked about the young Eritrean asylum seekers’ conditions all over the world in general and in Norway in particular. He argued that despite the Young Eritreans have a good and internationally well recognized and known ground to flee their homeland, many Eritrean youth in Norway have got rejection to their request for asylum. Reminding the presence of a number of Eritreans in Norwegian refugee camps for more than 10 years as asylum seekers, Mr. Medhanie said, that the productive period of their youth age is being squandered without meaningful achievements. They are receiving no education, no profession, no work; they are really damaged mentally and psychologically.
The Norway EPDP branch’s Chairman Mr. Dawit Araya also added to Mr. Medhanie’s idea by narrating the details the Eritrean refugees are facing in Norway. Mr. Dawit then urged the concerned Norwegian Authorities’ to have a proper understanding of the condition and to take appropriate measures in resolving the problems.
Mr. Odd-Inge Kvalheim, the International Secretary of the Labour Party, agreed about the cause that is forcing Eritreans to leave their country. He mentioned that many European countries including Norway were forced to close their embassies and councilor offices.
In his speech Mr. Odd-Inge stated that members of the staff of embassies of different countries including Norway were even prevented from going outside Asmara.
Mr. Inge Kvalheim expressed his concern about the aftermath of Isaias’s regime and wished the Eritrean people peace, justice and prosperity.
He promised that he will share the information from the delegation with the concerned Party leaders.
Representative of EPDP Information Office Norway Branch
ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰደህኤ
ኣብ ህልዊ ኤርትራዊ ጉዳይና ኣዘራረብቲ ካብ ዝኾኑ ጉዳያት ሓደ፡ ጉዳይ ማዕቀብ ወይ እገዳ ኣብ ልዕሊ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ምዃኑ ፍሉጥ እዩ። ከምቲ ኣብ ብዙሓት ኣገደስቲ ዛዕባታት ዘለና ፍልልይ፥ ኣብዚ እውን ኤርትራውያን ወገናት ነናቶም ርኢቶ ኣለዎም። ኣብዚ ጉዳይ ዝቐርብ ፍልልያት ነቲ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ምቅዋም ወይ ምድጋፍ ዘንጸባርቕ እዩ። ደገፍቲ ህግደፍ ነዚ ኣብ ልዕሊ እቲ ጉጅለ ዝተበየነ ማዕቀብ ይቃወሙን ናይዚ ተሓተትቲ ናይ ግዳም ሓይልታት ገይሮም የቕርቡን። ተቓወምቲ ጉጅለ ህግደፍን ተሓለቕቲ ፍትሕን ድማ ነዚ ቀጻዒ ማዕቀብ ይድግፍዎን ናይዚ ተሓታቲ ባዕሉ እቲ ጉጅለ ምዃኑን ይኣምኑን። እዚ ዳሕረዋይ ሚዛን እዩ ድማ እቲ ቅኑዕ።
መንግስታት ብደረጃ ዓለም ዝወጹ፡ ኣካል ሕገ-መንግስቶም ገይሮም ክቕየድሎም ዝግበኦም ቻርተራት ኣለዉ። ነዞም ቻርተራት እዚኣቶም ዘይምኽባር ድማ ናይ ግድን የቕጽዕ እዩ። መንግስታት ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቦም ዝፍጽምዎ በደል እውን ኣየቕጸዖምን ማለት ኣይኮነን። ሕቡራት መንግስታትን ካለኦት ዞባውያን ትካላትን ዝያዳ ዝግደስሉ ግና እቲ ቻርተሮም ክጠሓስ እንከሎ እዩ። ኣብ ተመኩሮ ከም እንርእዮ ገለ መንግስታት ምስ ህዝቦም ጥዑይ ዝምድና ይህልዎም እሞ ምስ ዓለም ለኻዊ ቻርተራት ይጓነጹ። ገለ ድማ በቲ ቻርተራት ምእዙዛት ይኾኑ እሞ፡ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቦም ድማ በደላት ይፍጽሙ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ግና ፍሉይ እዩ፡ ዓለም ለኻዊ ቻርተራት ብዘይምኽባሩ ንጹልን ጽሉእን እዩ። ኣብ ቅድሚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እውን ብዘይሕገ-መንግስቲ ዝመርሕ ገበነኛ እዩ። እዚ ጉጅለ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝፍጽሞ ዘሎ በደል ነዊሕ ግዜ ዝገበረን ሰራውር ዘለዎን እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምናልባት ደኣ ድምጹ ሰማዒ እዝኒ ኣይረኸበን እምበር ናብ ዓለም ካብ ዘእዊ ነዊሕ ግዜ ኮይኑ እዩ።
ውድብ ሕቡራት መንግስታት ንእከይ ተግባራት ናይቲ ጉጅለ ዝያዳ ቆላሕታ ዝሃቦምን ክቐጽዖ ዝጀመረን ናቱ ሕግታት ክጥሕስ ምስ ጀመረ እዩ። ኣብቲ መጀምርያ ኣብ ልዕሊ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ማዕቀብ ዝተበየነሉ ግዜ፡ ነቲ ማዕቀብ ዝደገፉ ኣካላት ኣብቲ ዝርዝር ምኽንያት እቲ ጉጅለ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘውረዶ በደላት ብዝግባእ ዘይምንጽብራቑ ቅሬታኦም ይገልጹ ምንባሮም ዝዝከር እዩ። ሎሚ ግና ዝምልከቶም ኣካላት ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ ዓለም ለኻዊ ቻርተራት ዘፍጽሞ ግህሰታት ጥራይ ከይተደረቱ፡ እንተላይ ንውሽጣዊ ኤርትራዊ በደላቱ እውን ኣብ ግምት ከእትውዎ ጀሚሮም ኣለዉ። ምቛምን ንጥፈታትን መርማሪት ኮሚሽን ሰብእዊ መሰላት ከም ኣብነት ዝጥቀስ እዩ።
ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ካብዚ መቕጻዕቲ ከድሕንዎ ዝደልዩ ኣካላት፡ እዚ ጉጅለ ዘቕጽዕ በደል ኣይፈጸመን ኢሎም ኣይከራኸሩን እዮም። ንሳቶም ከጉልሕዎ ዝደልዩ እዚ ማዕቀብ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጉድኣት ዘውርድ እዩ ዝብል እዩ። እቲ ዘገርም ከኣ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ግዳይ ማዕቀብ ንክኸውን ዝፈጸሞ በደል ሃልይዎ ዘይኮነስ ብጸላእቲ ኤርትራ ዝተማህዘ ዘይክውንነታዊ ስጉምቲ እዩ ይብሉ። እቲ ማዕቀብ ክለዓል እሞ እቲ ጉጅለ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝድህኽ ቅልጽሙ ክትርንዕ ዝጽውዕሉ ኣጋጣምታት እውን ኣሎ። እስኪ እቲ ጉጅለ ምስ ሕብረተሰብ ዓለም ዘለዎ ኩርኳሕ ዝምድና ይጽነሓልና እሞ፡ ናብቲ ብወጻዕን ተወጻዕን ዝግለጽ ዝምድና ጉጅለ ህግደፍን ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ንመለስ። ጉጅለ ህግደፍስ ዘቕጸዖ ተግብራት ይፍጽም የለን ድዮም ክብሉ ዝደልዩ ዘለዉ። ያኢ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዘቕንእ ምስሊ ሃልይዎስ ገለ ሃገራት ስለ ዝቐነኣሉ እየን ማዕቀብ ወሲነናሉ ምባልከ እንታይ ክበሃል ይከኣል። ከምዚ ዓይነት ኣቀራርባ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ይፍጽሞ ንዘሎ በደል ንክቕጽሎ ካብ ምትብባዕ ሓሊፉ እንታይ ትርጉም ክህልዎ ይኽእል።
ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዕድመ ስልጣኑ ንከንውሕ ካብ ዝጥቀመሉ ኣገባባት፡ ናይ ካብ ህዝቢ ንህዝቢ ምምሕዳር ዘይኮነ ክነሱ፡ ኣብቲ ህዝቢ ከም ቁርዲድ ተጣቢቑ ክድሕን ዝገብሮ ፈተነ እዩ። ነቲ ህዝቢ ንከዕሽዎ ድማ “ንሕና ንሱ፡ንሱ ንሕና” ብዝብል ከብዲ ህዝቢ ክበልዕ ይፍትን። ነዚ መታለሊ ኣቀራርባኡ ንዝተወሰነ ግዜ ኣይተጠቕመሉን ማለት ኣይኮነን። ካብዚ ናይ ሓሶት ስብከትን ርህራሀን እንዳነቐለ፡ ንህዝብና ኣብ ብዙሕ ንረብሓኡ ዘይኮነ ናይ ጥፍእት ተግባራት ኣጊድዎ እዩ። ድሕሪ ድጊም ግና እዚ ቀጻሊ ኣይኮነን። ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እቲ ዝግበር እገዳ ነቲ ጉጅለ ካብቲ ኣበሳ ዘየብሉ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ፈልዩ ዝወቅዕ ክኸውን ከም ዝግበኦ ክምሕጸን ጸኒሑ ኢዩ። እዚ ምሕጽንታ እዚ ሎሚ’ውን ቀጻሊ እዩ። እቲ ማዕቀብ ዝውስን ኣካል እውን ማእከሉ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ እምበር ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከምዘይከውን ፍሉጥ እዩ። ኣብዚ ግና ከምቲ “ምስ ዓጋም ዝተጸገዐት ቆልቋል ክትነብዕ ትነብር” ዝበሃል ህዝብና እውን በቲ ናብቲ ጉጅለ ዘተኮረ ማዕቀብ ኣይጽሎን እዩ ማለት ኣይክነን። እቲ ቀምነገር ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ብሰንኪ ማዕቀብ ጉድኣት ተገጠሞ’ውን እቲ ዝሕተት እቲ ማዕቀብ ዝወሰነ ኣካል ዘይኮነስ እቲ ማዕቀብ ንክውሰን ምኽንያት ዝኾነ ቀይዲ በተኽ ጉጅለ ምዃኑ ግንዛበ ክረክብ ይግበኦ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እውን ነዚ እዩ ክርደኦ ዝግብኦ። ጸላኢኡ ምስኡ እንከሎ ናብ ነውዮርክ ኮነ ብሩሰልስ ዘመዓድዎ ምኽንያት የብሉን። ነቲ ገበናት እንዳፈጸመ ማዕቀብን ተነጽሎን ዝጽወዓሉ ዘሎ ጉጅለ ባዕሉ ያዕ ክብሎ ይግባእ። ማዕቀብ ንናትና ጻዕሪ ዘራጉድ እምበር፡ ንኣበርክቶና ተኪኡ ፍታሕ ዘምጽእ ከም ዘይኮነ ከኣ ኩልና ክንርዳእ ይግበኣና።
15 ጥቅምቲ 2015
ኤርትራ ኣብ 1991 ነቲ መግዛእታዊ ሓይሊ ሰራውሩ ሓግሒጋ ምስ ጸረገት፥ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንመጀመርያ ግዜ እፎይ ኢሉ ዘዕረፈላ ዓመት ኢያ ነይራ። ኣብዚ እዋን ኮይና ክንዝክሮ እንከለና፡ ታሪኻዊ ዝኾነ ውሳኔ ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ ሰውራዊ ባይቶ ሓይሊ መግዛእቲ ብክልቲኡ ሓይልታት ህዝባዊ ወያኔን ህዝባዊ ግንባርን ብዓብይኡ ድማ ሳላ ጽንዓትን ተወፋይነትን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ተደፊኡ ካብ መሬትና ምስ ወጸ ዝተኣወጀ ኣዋጅ እዩ። እቲ ኣዋጅ’ቲ ሽዑ ተተግቢሩ እንተዝኸውን ምናልባት እዚ ሎሚ ኣብ ልዕሊ ሃገርናን ህዝብናን ወሪዱ ዘሎ ሽግር ኣይምወረደን። እቲ ኣዋጅ ’’ እቲ ቀዳማይ ምዕራፍ ናይ ናጽነት ቃልሲ ማለት ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ደጊም ኣብቂዑ እዩ። ዝተረፈ ቃልሲ ሓርነታዊ ቃልሲ ስለዝኾነ ኣብ ክንዲ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ፖለቲካውን ሰላማውን ቃልሲ እዩ ክካየድ ዘለዎ።’’ ዝብል ነበረ።
ኣብዚ ቀረባ እዋን በቲ ጅግና ተጋዳላይ ብትወደድ ኣብረሃ ምእንቲ ሃገሩን ህዝቡን ህይወቱ ክሳብ ንመስዋእቲ ዝተበጀወ ኣብ ማእሰርቲ ህግድፍ ዝበሊ ዘሎ ዝወጸት ካሴት እውን ነዚ ኣብ ላዕሊ ዝተጠቕሰ ብዝያዳ እተብርህ እያ። ብተወደድ ኣብረሃ ናይ ናጽነት መቐረት ከየስተማቐረ ምስ ስዕረት ሰራዊት ደርግ 1991 ኣብ ሸላ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ህግዲፍ ን6 ዓመታት ተኣሲሩ ንቑርብ ግዜ ወጺኡ ዝተዛረቦ ቃላት እዩ። እቲ ቃላት እቲ ኣብ ኣፍ ሓርገጽ ኰንካን፥ ካብ ማእሰርቲ ወጺእካ ነቲ ዝነበርካዮ ከይዘከርካን ኣብ ቅድሚ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ምእንቲ ፍትሓን መሰልን ክትዛረብ ክሳብ ክንደይ ሓያል ጽንዓት ከምዝውንን እዩ ዘመስክር። ተመሊሰ ናብታ ዝነበርክዋ ሸላ ክምለስ እየ ኢሉ ድምብርጽ ከይበሎ ንህዝቢ ክንድቲ ዝኣክል ኣስተምህሮ ሂቡ።
እታ ካሴት ብትወደድ ኣብረሃ ብዝተዛረቦ ወርቃዊ ቃላት ዝመልአት ከምዝኾነት ዝከሓድ ኣይኮነን። እቲ ትሕዝቶን ቊምነግርን ዓቂባቶ ዘላ መሃርን ትርጉም ዘለዎ ፖለቲካዊ ሓዘልን ከም ምዃኑ መጠን ነቲ ኣብ ትሕቲ ኣርዑት ምልኪ ተጸቒጡን ጅሆ ተታሒዙን ዘሎ ንፍርሃት ክሰግራ ዘተባብዕ እዩ።
ጅግና ብተወደድ ኣብረሃ ’ንሃገረይ ኣሕሊፈ ኣይህብን ብምባለይ እምበር ካልእ ዘሕትተኒ ሓጥያት የብለይን’ ዝበሎ እቲ ስርዓት ነዛ ሓረግ እዚኣ ስለምንታይ ተጻቢኡዋ ኩልና ክንመራመረላ ዝግባእ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ብትወደድ ካብ ባዶ ነቒሉ ኣይኮነን ከምኡ ኢሉ ተዛሪቡ። ቀጺሉ እውን ነዛ ንሱ ዝበላ ብዝያዳ እተራጉድን እቲ ስርዓት እውን እትህድድን ከኣ‘’ወደብና ንኢትዮጵያ ኣሕሊፍና ኣይንሃብን፡ እትብል እቲ ስርዓት እንታይ መደባት ከምዝነበሮ እትእምት እያ።
ቀጺሉ ብትወደድ ንኹልና መሃሪት ዝኾነት ሓረግ ማለት ‘’ግርጭታትን ናይ ኣረኣእያ ፍልልያትን ብዲሞክራሲያውን ሰላማውን ኣገባብ ክፍታሕ ኣለዎ’’ ክብል ኣተንቢሁ። እዛ ሓሳብ እዚኣ መትከል እምበር ሜላ ኣይኮነትን። ምኽንያቱ ነቲ ስርዓት ኣብ ትሕቲ ህዝቢ ከምዝንብርከኽ እትገብር እያ እንተደኣ ብግቡእ ተጠቒምናላ። ንግርጭታትናን ናይ ኣረኣእያ ፍልልያትናን ብኣፈ-ሙዝ ዝፍታሕ ዘይኮነስ እንታይ ደኣ ብዕርቅን ይቕረ ምባልን እዩ ሰላም ዝነግስ። እዚ ግን ከም ጽገና ወይ ኣውን ከም ተንበርካኽነት፥ ወይ ኣውን ኣላሽ በሃልነት ዘይኮነስ እቲ ህዝቢ ኣብ ነንሓድሕዱ ተኣማሚኑ ነቲ ምልኪ ፎእ ንኽብል ዝገብሮ እዩ። እታ “ዲሞክራሲያውን ሰላማውን ኣገባብ ኣፈታትሓ ግርጭት” እትብል ብፍላይ ብሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብሓፈሻ ከኣ ሰላማውን ዘይጎነጻውን ኣገባብ ምኽታል ናይ ዝብሉ ሸነኻት እምንቶ ስለዝኾነት ኩልና ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ክንሰርሓላ ዝግባእ ኣምር እያ። ምኽንያቱ “ብዘይጎነጻዊ ኣገባብ’’ እምበር ብጎነጽ ዝመጽእ ዘተኣማምን ፍትሒ የለን።
እዛ ካሴት እንታይነት እቲ ስርዓት ግርም ገይራ እተቃልዕ እያ ‘’ናይ ጅግና መራሒ መምዘኒ ዝበሃል ብስለት ኣኣምሮ ዘለዎ እዩ። ፈተውቱ ዘብዝሕን ርሑቕ ዘለዉ ዘቕርብን ምሕረት ዝግበርን እዩ።’’ ዝብል ምሉእ ሓሳባት ናይታ ካሴት መልእኽቲ ብስለት ዘመልክት እዩ። ልክዕ እዩ እዘን ምሉእ ሓሳባት እዚኣን ነቲ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ጥራሕ ዝምልከታ ኣይኮናን። እንታይ ደኣ እንኮላይ ነቶም ኣብ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ዘለና ኩልና ዝምልከታ እየን’ሞ እዚኣ እውን ከባድ መጠንቀቕታ ምዃና ክንርዳእ የድሊ። ካልእ ዓባይ ነጥቢ ድማ ኣላ። ማለት ህዝብና ካብቲ ራዕድን ፍርሕን ንክላቐቕ እተተባብዕ። ‘’ወዲ ሰብ እንተፈሪህካዮ ኣብ መፈንጠራ እዩ ዘእትወካ እንተፍሪህካ ግን ኣብ ትሕቴኻ እዩ ዝኣቱ’’ እትብል። ብናይ ኣጽዋር ወይ ቦምባታት ሓይሊ ዘይኮነስ እንታይ ደኣ እቲ ህዝቢ ካብ ፍርሃት ተላቒቑ ልዕሊ ዘፈራርህ ኣጽዋር ‘’እምቢ-እምቢ’’ ትብል ቃል ንኸውጽእ ተተባብዕ ኣስተምህሮ እያ። ቀጺሉ ብትወደድ ንኹልና ደንምበ ተቓውሞ ይኹን ካልእ ተቓዋሚ ዝኾነ ሓሳብ ዘቕረቦ ‘’ምንጻል ይኹን ዓፈና ካብ ሕጊ ወጻኢ ስለዝኾነ ጉጉይ ኣፈታትሓ ግርጭት እዩ መፍትሒ እውን ኣይኮነን።’’ እትብል ጽባሕ ንግሆ እዚ ስርዓት እዚ ምስ ኣልገሰን፥ ሕጂ ቅድሚ ምልጋሱን ኣብ ኣእምሮና ክነስርጻ ዝግባእ እዩ። ምኽንያቱ ፍትሕን ሕግን ንኸይገሃስን ኣብ ህውከትን ነውጽን ንኸይንበርን እትእምት ስለዝኾነት።
እዛ ካሴት ሒዛቶ ዘላ ጥዑይን መሃርን ሓሳብ ንኹሉ ደላይ ፍትሒ ኣብ ክንዲ በበይኑ ክይኑ ሒዅ ዝብል ሓቢሩ ክቃለስን ክወሃሃድን እትዕድም እያ። ንኣብነት ንምጥቃስ ዝኣክል ‘’ ማሕበራዊ ሕጊ ክነግስ ምውፋይን ንሃገራውን ንህዝባውን ረብሓ ምጥባቕን ግዴታ ምዃኑ፡ ንሓደ ኣካል ተቓዊምካኒ ኢልካ ክትዓጽዎ የብልካን። ኮፍ ኢልካ ብዝተ ክትፈትሖ ኣሎካ። ለውጢ ክነምጽእ ክንውፈን ክንቃለስን ኣሎና። ክንፈርህ የብልናን ክንተብዕ እዩ ዝግባእ። ንሰብ ኣይንፍራሕ ንሕግን ንእግዚኣብሄርን ንፍራህ። ንግርጭት ብሰላማውን ዲሞክራሲያውን ኣገባብ ምፍታሕ።’’ ዝብሉ ወርቃዊ ምዕዶታት ንረክብ። ከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ መዓድን መሃርን ዝኾነ ሓሳባት ንድሕነት ህዝብን ሃገርን ኢና ንቃለስ ዘለና ንእንብል ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ናትና ዕጥቂ፡ መትከላዊ ራኢ፡ ዕላማን እምንቶን ምዃኑ ተገንዚብና ኣብ ተግባር ክነውዕሎ ክንጽዕር ይግባእ።
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Radio Demtsi Harnnet ድምጺ ሓርነት 10 10 2015
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ሕርዪቲ ጋንታ ኵዕሶ እግሪ ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ'ቲ ናይ ዓለም ዋንጫ ንምስታፍ ኣብ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ናይ ምጽራይ ውድድር ንምስታፍ ኢያ ናብ ቦትስዋና ከይዳ። እቶም 10 ተጻወቲ ብረቡዕ ናብ ሃገሮም ንኽምለሱ ናብ መዓርፎ ነፈርቲ ክኸዱ ምስ ተሓተኡ ኢዮም ዕጭ ኣይንኸይድን ዝበሉ። እዚ ሓበሬታ'ዚ፡ ኤርትራዊ ምንቅስቓስ ንደሞክራስን ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን (ኤምደሰመ) ዝቖጸሮ ዲክ በይፎርድ ካብ ዝተባህለ ጠበቓ ዝተረኽበ ምዃኑ ኢዩ ሮይተርስ እተባህለ ዜና ማዕከን ገሊጹ።
ቅድሚ ሕጂ፡ ኣባላት ሕርዪቲ ጋንታ ኤርትራ ኣብ ከንያ ብ2009፡ ኣብ ታንዛንያ ብ2011፡ ኣብ ኡጋንዳ ብ2012 ብተመሳሳሊ ኣገባብ ዑቝባ ምሕታቶም ዝፍለጥ ኢዩ።
እዞም ስፖርተኛታት እዚኣቶም ኣባላት ሓይልታት ምክልኻል ኤርትራ ስለዝዀኑ ናብ ሃገሮም እንተደኣ ተባሪሮም ብኽሕደት ክኽሰሱን ንሞት ክፍረዱን ከምዝኽእሉ ኤምዲሰመ ስግኣቱ ገሊጹ።
እቶም ዑቝባ ሓተቲ ኣብ'ታ ምስ ጋንታ ቦትስዋና ዝተጋጠሙላ ከተማ ፍራንሲስታውን ኣብ ዝርከብ መደበር ፖሊስ ኢዮም ተታሒዞም ዘለዉ። ኣብ'ቲ እተኻየደ ግጥምያ ቦትስዋና 3 ብ 1 ኣብ ልዕሊ ኤርትራ ኢያ ተዓዊታ።
Ten members of Eritrea soccer team seek asylum in Botswana
Written by Reuters
GABORONE (Reuters) - Ten players from the Eritrean football team are seeking asylum in Botswana, the latest in a series of defections by athletes from a country under investigation by the United Nations for human-rights violations.
"I have been engaged by the movement to assist in keeping the football players in the country after they received reports that there was an attempt to forcibly remove the players from Botswana," he said.
Similar mass defections by Eritrean soccer players occurred in Kenya in 2009, Tanzania in 2011 and Uganda in 2012. They were fleeing a country where slavery-like practices are routine and torture widespread, the United Nations said after a year-long investigation.
The investigation also found that Eritrea subjected its citizens to indefinite national service and killed people who try to flee the country, according to a U.N. report. The Eritrean Foreign Ministry dismissed the report without addressing specific allegations.
That investigation has now been extended for a second year. The U.N. Human Rights Council wants the extended investigation to consider whether Eritrea was committing crimes against humanity, a level of offence that can be prosecuted by the International Criminal Court.
Bayford said the EMDHR was worried that the players, who are said to be part of the Eritrean army, are likely to be charged with desertion if they are sent back to Eritrea, which is punishable by death.
He said the players were being kept at a police station in Botswana's second city of Francistown, where the match was held on Tuesday. Botswana won the game 3-1 and advanced to the next stage of the World Cup qualifiers.
Government officials were not immediately available for comment in either country. The rest of the 24-man delegation went back to Eritrea on Wednesday morning.
(Writing by Ed Stoddard; Editing by James Macharia, Larry King)
Source=https://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=mcafee&type=C111US0D20150706&p=eritrean+football+team+in+botswana
Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security & It’s Implications for Eritrean Women
Written by Helen Kidan
By Helen Kidan
Network of Eritrean women was set up by a group of Eritrean women with diverse backgrounds and experiences to setting up a solid Eritrean women’s organisation that protects women’s rights, promotes the involvement and participation of Eritrean women in all decision- making processes.
As one of the main objectives of Network of Eritrean Women has been to actively work with leading international sister organisations, to raise awareness about the situation of Eritrean women at local and international level. As a result of its collaboration with WILPF UK Network of Eritrean Women is attending the 15 th anniversary of Resolution 1325.
Network of Eritrean Women (NEW) will be attending the 15 th Anniversary of Resolution 1325; Women Peace and Security at the Security Council in New York, 19-24 October 2015. In this piece I will look at what resolution 1325 is, what its significance is and how can Eritrean women and Eritrean society as a whole benefit from this resolution
Resolution 1325 was adopted by the Security Council on its 4213 th meeting, on 31 October 2000. The resolution came into being as expressing its concern that particularly women and children, account for the vast majority of those adversely affected by armed conflict. The resolution affirms the importance of the role of women in the prevention and resolution of armed conflict. The resolution also reaffirms the need to fully implement international humanitarian and human rights law that protects women and girls in armed conflict.
The history of Eritrea since its colonisation in 1890 by the Italians has had a history of armed conflict and violence and women have been victims of this conflict. Eritrean women were not only victims but were armed combatant fighters during the armed struggle for independence as well. During the years of armed conflict for independence Eritrean women combatants comprised 1/3 of the military in the Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF).
The participation of women during the war for liberation was crucial both to the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) and the EPLF and women played a decisive role in the victory of the Eritrean people’s struggle for independence. Women participated on the battlefield alongside men as well as caring at home, running the farms and businesses in their absence.
The years since independence despite early pledges and promises by the government of Eritrea for recognition of women’s contribution to the liberation struggle and equality, women remain marginalised and discriminated in all areas of position. Even those within government positions do not have any effectual powers. We have seen the participation of women being eroded and that the government has taken no tangible steps to tackle violence against women.
The unconstitutional and highly militarised nature of the regime has led to a number of human rights violations including sexual abuse. Moreover, in June 2008 a complementary resolution 1820 was adapted to include sexual violence as a crime of war, and a crime against humanity and stresses on sanctions in ensuring that amnesty is not given to perpetrators of sexual violence. See the link below for further information. www.securitycouncilreport.org/atf/.../CAC%20S%20RES%201820.pdf. This is highly important in the Eritrean context, as evidence has been provided to the Commission of Enquiry on Eritrea which has found violence has been perpetrated to women by State and non-State actors in Eritrea. It is therefore, imperative that all Eritrean justice seekers work in eliminating all forms of violence against women.
Resolution 1325 reaffirms the importance of women in the prevention and resolution of conflict and stresses the importance of their equal participation and full involvement for the maintenance and promotion of peace and security. It is therefore, important to ensure that all barriers that hinder the participation of Eritrean women are addressed.
Eritrean women are also a crucial component to any durable peace and security in Eritrea. So far 49 countries have a national action plan to implement resolution 1325. The regime in Eritrea has not adopted resolution 1325 and it simply can’t carry on in this way, and we need to plan from now how to build our nation and ensure peace, stability and security. Therefore, whilst the Eritrean government has not instituted resolution 1325, it is imperative that Eritrean justice seekers and opposition groups incorporate it as part of their organisations policy and try to redress some of the most pertinent problems faced by women.
The commission of Enquiry received reports of gender based violence including rape in state institutions of military camps. The Commission of Inquiry report http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/HRC/CoIEritrea/Pages/ReportCoIEritrea.aspx states on page 186, that the “Eritrean government has failed its due diligence on two levels, firstly by not creating good systems to address root causes and secondly by not providing victims prevention, protection, punishment and reparations. It is therefore, imperative that Eritrean justice seekers, human rights and civic organisations in the diaspora incorporate the participation of Eritrean women in conflict resolution and create durable peace by providing justice and reparations to victims and ensuring that systems are in place to address root causes of such violence.
Many of the Eritrean opposition groups in the diaspora are headed by men with few women at the leadership positions. The problem is only not at the executive positions only but at the lower end of the spectrum as well whereby we see few women activists engaged in the various groups. One of the reasons why Eritrean women don’t engage themselves in the opposition is also because the opposition has not yet been able to build the much needed united front under a unifying leadership, which has kept women away from engaging. This is in stark contrast during the years of struggle for independence when Eritrean women were very active.
We need to ensure that for any durable peace in Eritrea, Eritrean women are given the opportunity to fully participate at all levels. To attract and encourage more Eritrean women to play an active role in the change process in Eritrea?. The first thing is all opposition groups need to do is to listen to the needs and address the concerns of Eritrean women.
The opposition groups need to be more family orientated when organising events and talks to ensure the child provision is catered for to ensure that more women are able to attend and participate in events. They also need to provide the environment and platform for women to organise themselves within the various political and civic organisations. The Eritrean government has used Eritrean women to consolidate its power, in contrast the opposition has not be able to utilise nor mobilise Eritrean women in mass. This however, is crucially important firstly in mobilising Eritrean women to change the situation in Eritrea but also in the second phase in post conflict Eritrea in building a durable peaceful and stable Eritrea.
Therefore, the job for this needs to start from now and we need to ensure that we are engaging all Eritrean women in the diaspora. Communication is important to getting the message across and a lot of Eritrean women may not use the internet. Therefore, civic and political organisations need to use various forms of communication to engage Eritrean women e.g. viber and whatsapp and mobile texting.
We also need to utilise the skills and knowledge of Eritrean women in a constructive way which aids transparency, accountability and strengthens Eritrean civic society in the diaspora. Having a strong civic society is important in creating the bedrock for a democratic and peaceful state. Therefore, more work needs to be done in ensuring that organisations do not provide obstacles for women to join and caters to their needs to ensure that they can fully participate.
There are also lessons that we Eritreans can also learn from the Northern Ireland peace process. In Northern Ireland Irish women became a channel for cross community co-operation and gained a voice in the peace negotiations (http://www.c-r.org/accord/public-participation/northern-ireland-s-women-s-coalition-institutionalising-political-voice). Irish women have carried on playing a role in stabilising Northern Ireland. Syrian women made a statement in Geneva on Engagement in the Syrian Political process and are playing a pivotal role in the peace process. It is therefore equally important that Eritrean women are an integral part of conflict resolution and equal participants in building a durable peace.
Whilst Network of Eritrean women (NEW) will be attending the 15th Anniversary of Resolution 1325, this is not an issue for NEW or Eritrean women’s groups only but for Eritrean society as a whole. The importance of women’s participation on all fronts helps in creating, peace, security, elevate poverty and help Eritrea to develop economically as well. Therefore, there is much that needs to be done and we need to start changing the way we work now to shape our future for tomorrow, so that when change does happen we are in the position to assist and stabilise Eritrea.
ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ከተማ ኦስሎ ክፉት ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ
Written by ወኪል ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጨንፈር ኖርወይ
ብዕለት 10 ጥቅምቲ 2015 ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ኣብ ከተማ ኦስሎ ኖርወይ ክፉት ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ ኣካይዱ። ኣቦ መንበር ኣብቲ ኣኼባ ንዝተሳተፉ ግዱሳት ዜጋታት ኣብ እዋናዊ ኩነታት ዘተኮረ ሰፊሕ መብሪሂ ሂቡ። ንሱ ኣብ መደረኡ ብዛዕባ ውሽጣዊ ኩነታት ህዝብን መንግስትን፣ ዝምድና ስርዓት ኢሰያስ ምስ ጎረባብትን ዓለምን፣ ቁጠባውን፣ ፖለቲካውን፣ ማሕበራውን፣ ወተሃደራውን ኩነታትን ሃገርና ብዝርዝር ገሊጹ።
ሓው መንግስተኣብ፡ ኣብ ዝርዝራዊ መደረኡ፡ ሎሚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ መንግስቲ ብውልቀሰብ ዝምራሕ እምበር፡ ከምቲ ንቡር ብዝዓዪ መንግስታውያን ትካላት ዝምራሕ ስርዓት ኣይኮነን። ኩሎም ትካላት መንግስቲ ካብ ዝተሓተ ክሳብ እቲ ሃገራዊ ባይቶን ካቢነ ምኒስትራትን ህልውንኦም ንስሙ እንተዘይኮይኑ ዝዓይን ሓይሊ ዘለዎን ኣይኮኑን ክብል ገሊጹ። ንሱ ወሲኹ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ግዝኣተ ሕጊ፣ ፍትሒ፣ ዲሞክራሲ ዝበሃሉ ኣምራት የለዉን ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ፣ ስሮዓተ ኢሰያስ ኣብ ስልጣኑ ክሳብ ዝህሉ ክህልዉውን ኣይክእሉን ክብል ኣብሪሁ።
ንቁጠባ ሃገርን ካልእ ማሕበራዊ ኣገልግሎታትን ኣመልኪቱውን ኣቦ መንበር፣ ስርዓት ኢሰያስ ንናይ ምግባትን ምብሓትን መደባቱ ንምስላጥ ዘቀላጥፉን ንህዝቢ ዓለም ኮነ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንምድንጋርን ዝጥቀመሎም ጽርግያታትን ህንጻታትን እኳ እንተሰርሐን ብኡ እንተተጀሃረን፣ ቁጠባብ ሃገር ካብ ግዜ ናብ ግዜ እንዳተዳኸመ መጺኡ፣ ሎሚ ኩሉ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ተጸባይን ተመጽዋትን ኮይኑ ተሪፉ ከምዘሎ ይትረፍስ ንዓና ንኤርትራውያን ንማሕበረሰብ ዓለም እውን እንተኾነ መርትዖ ዝድልዮ ጉዳይ ኣይኮነን ክብል ተዛሪቡ። ሎሚ ይብል ንሱ፣ ሎሚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ብንግዲ ዝኣቱ ኮነ ንሰደድ ዝወጽእ ኣሎ ማለት ሕልሚ እዩ። እንተሎ እውን ብኮንትሮባንዳን ብዘይ ሕጋዊ ኣገባብን እዩ ኢሉ። እቶም ኣብ ቲሕቲ ዝኾነ ኩነታት ክህልዉ ዝነበሮም መሰረታውያን ማሕበራውያን ኣገልግሎታትን ቀረባትን ከም እኒ፣ ቀረብ እኹል መግብን፣ ማይን፣ ጸዓትን፣ ኣገልግሎት ጥዕናን ትምህርትን ወዘተውን እንተኾነ ዳርጋ የለዉን። እቶም ኣለዉ ዝበሃሉውን ነቲ ገባቲ ስርዓት ብዘገልግለ ኣገባብ እዮም ዝዓዩ ዘለዉ ክብል ምረቱ ገሊጹ። ብኻልእ ኣዘራርባብ ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝርከብ እንኮ ስራሕ ግዱድ ዕስክርና፣ ካብ ኤርትራ ንሰደድ ዘይኮነስ ንስደት ዝስደድ ኩሉ መንእሰይ ኤርትራ፣ ናብ ኤርትራ ዝኣቱኸ እንታይ ኣሎ እንተተባህለ ድማ ካብ ኣዝማድን ቤተሰብን ዝስደድ ናይ ምጽወታ ገንዘብ እምበር ካልእ ሃገርን ህዝብን ብኡ ዝናበረሉ ስራሕ ኮነ እቶት የልቦን ብዝብል ኣገባብ ገሊጽዎ።
ንዞባውን ኣህጉራውን ዝምድና ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣመልኪቱ እውን እንተኾነ፣ ምንኻስን ምትዃስን ዝመለለይኡ ስርዓት ንኹሉ ዘርብሕ ጥዑይ ዝምድና ክፈጥር ይኽእል እዩ ኢልካ ክትጽበ ዘይሕሰብ እዩ ኢሉ። ልክዕ ድሕሪ 3ይ ውድባዊ ጉባኤኡ ብብእዋኑ ምስ ኩሎም ጎረባብቲ ሃገራት ዝምድንኡ ብምጉርፋጽን ምትዃስን ዝጀመረ ስርዓት ኢሰያስ፣ ሎሚ ምስ ኩሎም ኣህጉራውያንን ዞባውያንን ሃገራትን መንግስታትን ተባቲኹ ኣብ ውሽጢ ሃገሩ እሱር ኮይኑ ክሳቀ ይነብር ኣሎ፣ ካብዚ ቆሳል ዝምድና ዝነቀለ ድማ ህዝቢ ዓለም ንወደባት ኤርትራ ተሓሲምዎ፣ ወናኒ ቀይሕ ባሕርን ወደባትን ዝኾነ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ መጽዋቲ ክኸውን ዝነበሮ ተመጽዋቲ ኮይኑ ከምዘሎ ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣስሚርሉ። እኩብ ድምር ናይዚ ኵሉ ግፍዕን ጭቆናን ድኽነትን ድማ ንህዝብና ሃገሩ ራሕሪሕካ ንስደት ምምራሕ እንኮ ምርጫኡ ከምዝኸውን ስለዝገበሮ፣ እታ ንእሽተይን ሓዳስን ውሑድ ዝህዝቢ ሃገርና ኤርትራ ሎሚ ምንጪ ስደተኛታት ብምዃን ድሕሪ ሶርያ ካልኣቲ ተሰሪዓ ትርከብ። እዚ ድማ ንዓለም ኣዛሪባን ኣሻቂላን ኮይኑ ከምዘሎ ተንቲኑ።
ስርዓት ነባሪ ህዝቢ እምበር ነባሪ ሰርዓት ከምዘየለ ርዱእ ከምዝኾነ ስርዓት ኢሰያስ እውን ውዒሉ ሓዲሩ ምውዳቁ ዘይተርፍ እኳ እንተኾነ፣ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብሓፈሻ ደምበ ተቃውሞ ድማ ብፍላይ ዝሓሸ መተካእታ ናይዚ ኣብ ድነ ሞቱ ዝርከብ መላኺ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ክውንን ዘይምኽኣሉ ግን እቲ ዝዓበየ ኣሻቃሊ ሕቶ እዩ እንክብል ስኽፍትኡን ስኽፍታ ናይቲ ንሱ ዝመርሖ ሰልፍን ምዃኑ ኣብሪሁ። ቀጺሉ ድማ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ነዚ ሃጓፍዚ ንምምላእ ካብ ነውሕ ግዜ ኣትሒዙ ንሓድነትን ስኒትን ደምበ ተቃውሞ ከይተሓለለ ክቃለስን ዋጋ ክኸፍል ከምዝጸንሐን ድሕሪ ምሕባር፣ ሕጅውን ከይተሓለለ ክቕጽል ምዃኑ ኣረጋጊጹ።
ኣኼባ ኣብ መድረኽ ሕቶን መልስን ኣብ ዘምረሓሉ እዋን ድማ፣
- ከምቲ ኣብ መንጎ ጀብሃን ህግደፍን ዝነብረ ታሪኻዊ ጽልእን ቅርሕንትን ብዘተን ልዝብን ኣሊኹም ኣብ ሓድነትን ስምረትን ዝበጻሕኩሞ፣ ብተመሳሳሊ ምስ ካልኦት ኣተካይድዎ ናይ ምቅርራብ ስጉምትታት ኣሎኩምዶ፣
- ስርዓት ህግደፍ እንተወደቀ ንምትክኡ ዝተዳለወ ፕሮጀክቲ ኣሎዶ፣
- ንዕድመ መላኺ ስርዓት ንምውዳቅ፣ ክንዮ ኣበራቱን ክፍኣትን ምግላጽ እትወስድዎ ግብራዊ ስጉምቲ ኣሎዶ፣
- ኣብ ናይ ሓድነትን ስምረትን ምትእኽኻባት ደጋጊምኩም ክትጽምበሩን ክትዋስኡን ትፍትኑ፣ ጸኒሕኩም ከኣ ዕግበት ምስ እትስእኑ ትስሕቡ፣ እዚ ኣገባብዚ ንሰልፍኹ ኣየድክሞንዶ፣ ካብ ነቲ ዝበዝሐ ክፋል ህዝብኹም ሰዓበና ኢልኩም ንቅድሚት እትግስግሱ ንውሑዳት ፖለቲካውያን ወድባት እንክንትብሉ ንኾንቱዶ ትደኽሙ የሎኹምን፣
ዝብሉን ካልኦት ተመሳሰልቲ ሕቶታትን ካብ ተሳተፍቲ ቀሪቦም። ብምትሕብባር ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ሓው መንግስተኣብ፣ ኣባል ፈጻሚት ኣካል ዝኾነ ብጻይ መድሃኔ ሃብተዝግን፣ ኣቦ መንበር ጨንፈር ብዝኾነ ብጻይ ዳዊት ኣርኣያን ድማ ኣዕጋቢ መልሲ ተዋሂብዎም። ተሳተፍቲ ኣኼባ ኣብ ሕቶታት ጥራሕ ከይተሓጽሩ፣ ንሰልፊ ከዕውትን ክስርሕን ዝኽእሉ ለበዋታት እውን ኣመዝጊቦም። ኣብ መወዳእታ ኣኼባ ብዝኽረ ሰማዕታት ምስ ተዓጽወ፣ ኣኼበኛታት ብገለ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ብዝኾኑ ብዝተዳለወ መግቢ ንምሳሕ ተዓዲሞም። ዋጋ ዝበላዕኩሞ ዘይኮነስ ንኣብ ከሰላ ሃገረ ሱዳን ንዝርከቡ ኣካለ ስንኩላን ኲናት ኤርትራ ንዝኾኑ ጀጋኑና ንምሕጋዝ ዓቕምኹም ኣበርክቱ ምስተባህሉ ድማ፣ ዓዓቕሞም ስለዘበርከቱ ጨንፈር ንእግረ መንገዱውን ነቲ ተተሓሒዝዎ ዘሎ ማሕበራዊ ጉዳያት ምስላጥ ዝሕግዝ ዘይነዓቅ ደገፍ ካብ ህዝቡ ክረክብ ኪኢሉ። ኣብዚ ኣጋጣሚዚ ንኣካለ ስንኩላን ብቐጻሊ ንምሕጋዝ ዝተመባጽዑ ዜጋታትውን ኣይተሳእኑን።
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