ካብ ን ናብ ምስ ረአኹም ቁሩብ ድንግር ኢልኩም ትኾኑ፡ የግዳስ ካብ ረቡዕ ናብ ሓሙስ ከብ ታሕሳስ ናብ ጥሪ ካብ 2014 ናብ 2015 አብቀዓና ማለተይ እየ። አብታ ሰዓት አብታ ደቒቕ አብታ ናይ ቋሕ ሰም ካሊኢት ዘመን ተቐይሩ ክንብል ኢና። ደሓን ይእተው እዞም ምዕራባውያን ነቲ ሰዓት፡ መዓልቲ፡ ወርሕን ዓመተ ምህረትን ዝገበሩልና እምበር ንሕናስ ስጋብ ሎሚ ዘመነ ደርቡሽ፡ ዘመነ አንበጣ፡ ዘመነ አካሒዳ፡ ዘመነ ዓደየ ዓደየ ንብል ምስ ሃለና:: ነዚ ዘለናዮ ዘመን ከአ ርግጸኛ እየ ዘመነ ጣልማይ ምስ ተበህለ ኔሩ። እወ ዘመነ ህዝብና ብደቁ ዝተጠልመሉ፡ ስውእ ብህሉው ዝተጠልመሉ፡ ወዲ መሬት ብንሕና ንሱ ዝተጠለምሉ፡ ደላይ ፍትሒ ብንሕናን ንስኹምን ዝተጠልመሉ፡ ምእመናን ብመራሕቲ ሃይማኖቶም ዝተጠልምሉ፡ ኮታስ ሓው ብሓው ዝተጠልመሉ መወዳእታ ዘይብሉ ጥልመት ዝረአናሉ ዘመን።
ስለዝኾነ እየ ድማ ካብ ን ናብ ኢለ ከቐምጦ ዝመረጽኩ። እታ ካልኢት ብ ካልኢት፡ ደቒቕ ብ ደቒቕ፡ ሰዓት ብ ሰዓት መዓልቲ ብመዓልቲ፡ ወርሒ ብ ወርሒ ዓመተ ብ ዓመት እዩ ክቕየር እምበር እንታይ እዩ ክፍይድ እንተብልካስ እንድዒ እዩ እቲ መልሲ። እቲ ተንኮል፡ ሓሶት፡ ክፍአት፡ ጸለመ፡ ቅንኢ ኮታስ ገግናዩ ምቕጻሉ አይተርፎን እዩ። ህዝብና ትርጉም ናይ ጊዜ ካብ ዝሓኮ ንባዕሉ ነዊሕ ጊዜ ኮይኑ ንረኽቦ። ሰዓት ክልተ ዝቖጸርካዮ ሙሁር ዶክቶር ማዕርግ ዘለዎ ሰዓት ሰለስተ መጺኡ፡ ንሓደ ሰዓት አጸብዩካ ክንሱ ይቕረታ ከማን አይብለካን እንታይ ደአ ቀልቲፍካ ትመጽእ አይመሰልንን ኢሉ ነቲ ጥፍአቱ ተመሊሱ ቀልጢፍካ ክትመጽእ አይነበረካን ብዝዓይነቱ ንዓኻ የሰክመካ። ወይ ጊዜ ትብል ተገሪምካ። እወ ሕማቕ ጊዜ ዘመነ ጣልማይ ወዲ ገዛውትኻ፡ ወዲ ትምህርትኻ እቲ ብህይወትካ ከማን እትብጀወሉ መተዓቢትኻስ ንስኻ ኢኻ እምበር ዘይቀበጽካዮ ንሱ ደአ አብ ገዛውትኹም ዘይነበረ፡ አብ ቤት ትምህርትኹም ዘይትፈልጥዎ መሻርኽቲ መማኽርቲ ገይሩ እዩ። ወይ ሰብ ደቀይ ለካስ እምበአር ከምዚ ኸአ አሎ እዩ ትብል ከይፈተኻ።
አብ ከምዚ ዝበለ ዶራን ዘመን እምበአር ኮይኑ ሓደ ንፍትሒ ከናድያ ድርብ ቃልሲ ክገብር ይግደድ። ነዞም ድርብ ቃልሲ ዘካይዱ እምበአር ህግደፍ ብአልማማ ተቓወምቲ ይብሎም። እቶም ህዝቢ ኤርትራ 4-5 ሚሊዮን ምዃኑ ዝረስዑ ካልአይ ገጽ ናይቲ ሰልዲ ድማ ናይ ተቓወምቲ ተቓወምቲ፡ ጸገንቲ ክብሉ ይስምዑ። አብ ርብሒት አሉታ ምስ አሉታ ተራቢሑ አወንታ ውጽኢት ከም ዝህብ ድማ ንኽልተ ተቓወምቲ ቃላት አራጺምካ ደላይቲ ፍትሒ ዝብል ስም ክትህቦም ትግደድ። ኤርትራ ጽባሕ ንኽትህሉን፡ ስርዓተ ሕጊ ንኽህልዋን እዞም ደለይቲ ፍትሒ አዝዮም አገደስቲ እዮም። እዞም ደለይቲ ፍትሒ መን እዮም? ደቂ ምንታይ ብሄር፡ አውራጃ ወይ ሃይማኖት እዮም እንተተባሂሉ መልሱ ደቂ ኩሉ ብሄር ደቂ ኩሉ አውራጃ ደቂ ኩሉ ሃይማኖት ኮይኖም ንስለ ሓንቲ ፍትሒ ደው ዝብሉ እዮም። እንተ እቶም አብ ኢዶም ዘላ ፍትሒ ጓዕጺጾም ካብ ኣፍ ህግደፍ ፍትሒ ክምንዝዑ ዝህቅኑ፡ ቅድሚ ህዝባዊ አኼባ ብሚስጥራዊ ምትአኽኻብ ህዝባዊ ምርጫ ወዲኦም ዝመጹ ጸያቒቶታት፡ አብ ክፋእን ጽልእን ዝስስኑ አብ ቁም ነገር ዝስወሩ አምሰሉታት ብምንም መለክዒ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ክኾኑ አይክእሉን እዮም።
ሓንቲ ሃይማኖት፡ ብሄር ኮነ አውራጃ ዓብላሊ ቁጽሪ ዘይነቕሑ መጣቓዕቲ ወይ ፍትሒ ዘይርድኦም ተቓወምቲ ክህልዋ ይኽእል። እንተዘየልቦ ንሕና ዝበዛሕና ደለይቲ ፍትሒ አለውና ኢሉ ክንየት ዝኽእል ማንም ሃይማኖት፡ ብሄር ኮነ አውራጃ የልቦን። ደላይ ፍትሒ ካብ ብሱል ጥረ ምስ ልቦንኡ ዘሎ ሃገራዊ ምዃኑ አይንረስዕ። እንተዘየልቦ አብ ከባቢኻ ወይ አውራጃኻ መሰል ደቂ ሰባት (Human Rights) ዝምህራ ዩኒቨርሲቲታት ወይ ኮሌጃት ዘለዋኻ ይመስል አነ እየ ልዕሊ ሰበይ ንመሰለይ ዝቃለስ ዘለኹ ኢልካ እንታይነት መሰል፡ ፍትሕን ዲሞራስን ዘይፈልጡ ዓሳክር ብሓይሊ ሕሹኽሹኽ ምእካብ ጊዜያዊ ጓንጓ ሕሳባት፡ ጠጃኢ ውዲት መስመር ጥፍአት ሩዋንዳን ሶማሊያን ምዃኑ ዘይምርሳዕ።
ንሓደ ዓርከይ እንታይ ኮይኖም እዮም እዞም ንሕና ንሱ ነዚ አረመኔ ኢሰያስ ዝድግፉ፡ ሃገር እዳጠፍኤት ቁሩብ አይሓስቡን ዲዮም ምስ በልክዎ ዝሃበኒ መልሲ አግሪሙለይ። መዓስ ይድግፉ ኮይኖም በለኒ፡ እንታይ ደአ ምስ በልክዎ ነታ ናይ ቀዳሞት ምስላ “ካብ ዘይትፈልጦ መልአኽሲ፡ ትፈልጦ ሰይጣን” ⷅይር አቢሉ “ካብ ዘይትፈልጦ ሰይጣንሲ፡ ትፈልጦ ሰይጣን” ኢዩ ነገሩ በለኒ። ቁሩብ ዝን ድሕሪ ምባል እንታይ ይብለኒ ምህላው ተረድአኒ። ሓቁ እዩ እቶም አብ ናይ ህግደፍ ዳንኬራ ከይዶም እስክትሽም ዝብሉ ከማን ስርዓት ኢሰያስ ክልወጥ ይደልዩ እዮም። እንታይ ደአ ነቲ ደቂሶም ፈቲኖሞ ዘይሰለጦም ሕልሚ ሕጂ ደቂሰ ክቕጽሎ እየ ዝብል አብ ርእሲ ሕልሞም ተደሪቡ ይሓልም ንዘሎ ሓድሽ ሓላሚ ይትረፍካ እዮም ዝብሉዎ ዘለው፡ ከምዝመስለኒ ነገራቱ አብ ርእሲ ዋጣ ዘውጠጢ ነየውጠጢ ብዝዓይነቱ።
እዚ ኩሉ ስጊንጢር እኮ ፍትሒ ንምድላይ እዩ እምበር ከምቶም ረጎድቲ ቆርበት እንተንኽውንሲ ኤርትራ በቲ ኢልካ በቲ ፍትሒ ከውርደላ እዩ ኢልካ ትርንኪሉ ለጥ ምባል ይከአል ኔሩ። የግዳስ ሕልና ዝብልዎ ዘየደቅስ ኩርኳሕ አሎ። ስለዛ መሬት ስለ ህዝባ ቀትሪ ብጸሃይ ለይቲ ብወርሒ ንክትሓስብ ዝገብረካ። እዚ ከምዚ ኢሉ እንከሎ ቃልስና አብዛ ዝሓለፈት ዓመት ከመይ ኔሩ እንድሕር ኢልና ዳርጋ ጭርጭር ዓበደ ተቐይሩ እዩ ጸኒሑ። ሰባት ብስም ፍትሒ የዋጽአና’ዩ አብ ዝበልዎ ድፋዓት ክሕብኡ፡ እቶም ዝተረፉ ድማ ነታ ሚስጥራዊት መሕቢኢት ድፋዕ እንታይነታ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክሕብሩ ድሮ ዓመት ኮይኑ። እዚ ኩሉ ሃልኪ እኮ ነታ ለውጢ ንምግባትን ስልጣን ህዝቢ ንምጭባጥን ዝግበር ከንቱ ሃቐነ’ዩ እምበር ቅንዕና እንተዝህሉ እዚ ኩሉ ፋሕ ብትን አይምሃለወን።
ከምቲ ካብ ዘመነ ሉቃስ ናብ ዘመነ ማርቆስ ዝብሎ መጽሓፍ ቅዱስ ንሕና ድማ ካብ ዘመነ ሓሶትን ምስሉይነትን ናብ ዘመነ ሓቀኛ ቃልሲ እንሰጋገረሉ እዋን ይግበረልና እዩ ዘብል። አብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ክንደይ አእዛንና ዝሓርከኸ ጽውጽዋያት ኢና ሰሚዕና። አብ ዝሓለፈ ወርሒ ግንቦት ንኢሰያስን፡ ክልተ የማነ ማለት ማንኪን ቻርሊን ንፊሊጶስ ሓዊሱ አብ ውሽጢ ሰለስተ ወርሒ ዘቃብጽ ሓይሊ ተፈጢሩ ሽታትኡ አጥፊኡ። ንኢሰያስ ዝቐተለ ሓሙሽተ ሚልዮና ንበዓል ማንኪ ቻርሊ ድማ ከክልተ ሚእትን ሓምሳን ሽሕ ተገሚቶም ኔሮም አብቲ ዝወጸ ጨረታ። እታ ዝዓበየት ሽልማት ግና ንኢሰያስ ዝቐተለ አብ ባጤራ ኤርትራ ስእሉ ንዘንተ እለት ክነብር እዩ ትብል ነበረት። መቸም ዘይንሰምዖ የብልናን፡ ገና ነቲ ናይ መጻኢ ባጤራ ዘመሓድሩ ናይ ገንዘብ ሚኒስተር ድሮ ተሽይሞም አለው ማለት ዲዩ?
እዚ ጥራይ አይነበረን ህውተታ ሎሚ ዓመት። አብ አስመራ ክንደይ ሚስጥራውያን ጋዜጣታት ክዝርግሓ ምጅማረን ሰሚዕና። ምናልባት አይተ ኢሰያስ ነጻ ፕረስ አዚዞም ከይኮኑ ትብል እሞ፡ ንምንታይ ደአ አዳለውቲ ጋዜጣታት መታን እተን ዝተሃገራ ናይ ቀደም ጋዜጣታት ክዝከራ ምእንታን ነዘን ናይ ሕጂ ሰቲት፡ ቀስተ ደመና፡ አድማስ፡ መቓልሕ ዘይብሉወን ትብል። ልዕሊ ኩሉ እዘን ጋዜጣትታ ብኸመይ ይዝርግሓ አዝዩ ይጨንቀካ። ግና ጥርጣረታት አሎ ነዘን ጋዜጣትታ እትሸይጥ ህዝቢ ዝርእያ ካብ ህግደፍ ስውርቲ ሽሑር (Magic) ዘለዋ አንዳ መጻሕፍቲ ወይ ኪዮስኪ አብ ከባቢ ማርካቶ ወይ ባር ሮያል ተኸፊታ ከይትኸውን፡፡ ልክዕ ከም ብከኒና ምሕዋይ አቢዩዎ መርፍእ እንዶ አዙዙለይ ዝበለ ሕሙም፡ ነቶም ጋዜጣ አይጠቕመናን ዝበሉ’ውን መጽሔት ተዳልያትሎም አላ። አየ እወ ህውተታ ቃልሲ ናተይ እዩ አብ ኩሉ አለኹ ንምባል። እንድሕር ህዝብና ራድዮ ክሰምዕ ዝኽእል ኮይኑ እሞ ራድዮ ኤረና፡ መድረኽ፡ አሰና: EYSCን ስምረትን ዝአመሰላ በብሰዓቱ በብመዓልቱ ካብ ሓደጋ ወጻኢ ዝስምዓ ካብ ሃለዋ ንምንታይ ንህዝቢ ናብ ሓደጋ ዘእትው ምዝርጋሕ ጋዜጣታት ተደልየ ?
እንታይከ ዘየስመዓትና 2014 ዓ.ም። ሰበር ዜና አብ ሕምብርቲ ህግደፍ አብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ኮማንዶ አለውና ዝብል’ውን ሰሚዕና። አብ ውሽጢ ዓዲ ዘሎ ህዝብና ርዒዱን ሕልንኡን ዓሪቡዎ እዩ፡ ስለዝኾነ ለውጢ ከምጽእ አይክእል እዩ፡ ኮይኑ ተሪፉ ለውጢ ካብ ደገ ሰራዊት ፈጢርካ ብሓገዝ ጎረባብቲ እዩ ዝከአል ኢልካ ክልተ ዓመት ድሕሪ ምግዓር እዞም ኮማንዶ ደአ ካበይ ቦቖሉ ትብል? ዶስ እተን ቆረብትን ሰገድትን በዓል ዓባየይ አባ ሓጎይን እዮም ኮማንዶ ተቐይሮም? እቲ ዘገርም እቲ ሰበር ዜናስ ሓደ ምስቀተልና ዘይምኾነልና። አብዛ ብናይ እዝኒ ኩትሻ አዕለቕሊቓ ዘላ ሃገር ካን ሓደ ንመወዓውዒ ቃልስና ዝኸውን ዝቕንጸል ሃሱስ ሲኢኖም? ይፍታሓላ ኢልና ክንሓልፎ። ሓደ እዋን አብ ተሰነይ ፓንፍለት ተዘርጊሑ ዝሰምዓ ወዲ ተሰነይ፡ ናብ ገዝኡ ደዊሉ ገለ ዶ ናይ ፖለቲካ ጹሑፋት ተዘርጊሑ ክብል ንንእሽቶይ ሓፍቱ ምስ ሓተታ፡ መዓስ ክትብል ቁልቁል ዝአፉ ንሕትኡ ብ ሕቶ መለሰትሉ። ወዲ አግሪሙሉ ዝብሎ ምስ ጠፍኦ እዚ ፓንፍሌት ንግሆ ተደርቢዩ ክኸውን ይኽእል እዩ፡ ሽዑኡ እቶም ብንግህኡ ካብ ተሰነይ ናብ ከሰላ ስግረ ዶብ ዝጠፍኡ ዝነበሩ አልዒሎሞ ንከሰልኦም ተመርቂፎም ክኾኑ ይኽእሉ ድሕሪ ምባል፡ ሓሻካ ፓንፍሌት ካብ ስደት አትዩ ብዘይ ዕረፍቲ ናብ ስደት ተመሊሱ ብምባል ንነብሱ አጸናኒዕዋ ንብለኩም።
ጸሓፋይ ንኹውንነት ሃገርን ህዝብን እዩ ከምቲ ዘለዎ ከንጸባርቕ ዝግብኦ። ጸሓፍቲ ህግደፍ ንኽውንነትና ገዲፎም ንዘየሎ ነገር ክውርቑ ዓመታት ዘይኮነስ ዳርጋ ርብዒ ዘመን ኮይኑ። ንሕና እውን ንኽውንነትና ከምቲ ዝድለ ከነንጸባርቕ አይጸናሕናን። እዚ ሕጂ እንርእዮ ዘለና ጉልባቡ ዝቐልዔ ፈተነ ዕልዋ አብ ሓቅነትን ቅንዕናን ተቃለስቲ ንሓርነትን ተጣበቕቲ ሰብአዊ መሰላትን ድማ ውጽኢት ናይዚ ጥውጥዋይ መንገዲ እዩ። እስኪ ደሓን ይመሓየሽ ይኸውን ክበሃል እቲ መንሽሮ ሕብረተሰብ ቢኢስዎ እምበር ክፍወስ አይረአናን። ካብ ከምዚ ዝዓይነቱ ንቃልስና ዘየርብሕ ንመጻኢና ከጸልምት ዝኽእል ዉዲት ዕበጦ ዕበጦ ንወጻሉ መቐይሮ ዘመን ይግበረልና። መንገዲ ሓቂ እንዳፈለጥና ብውልቃዊ ዝና ወይ ምሕዝነት ተደሪኽና ሓቂ ምስ እንረግጻ ተመሊሳ ከምዛ ናይ ህግደፍ ጌራ ጽባሕ ከምእትረግጸና አይንረስዕ። እቲ ትማሊ ትማሊ ንህግደፍ ብሓደ እግሩ ጠልጠል ክብል ዝገበርናዮ እኮ ስንቅና ሓቀኛ ቃልሲ ስለዝነበርዩ። በንጻሩ ሕጂ ኮር ተገልበጥ ኮይኑ ህግደፍ ሕጂ ትንፋስ ክመልስ ንርእዮ አለና። እቲ ዶረና ትኪ ነቲ ከባቢ ዋላ እንተዓብዓቦ እታ ናብ ሰማይ እትዓርግ እታ ሮኬት እምበር እቲ ዶሮና ወይ ትኪ አይኮነን። እምበአርከስ ኩነታትና ገምጊምና እዛ ትመጽእ ዓመት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንኹሉ መስገደላት ብትብዓት ሰጊሩ ናይ ሰላምን ራህዋን አየር ዘስተንፍሰላ ዓመት መታን ክትከውን ወዓል ሕደር ዘይበሃሎ ሓቀኛ ቃልሲ ጥራይ እዩ እቲ እንኮ ፍታሕ። ሓቀኛ ቃልሲ ምስ እነካይድ፡ ቃልሲ ናይ ህዝቢ ምዃኑ ፈሊጥና ካብ ንግበታ ንምክብባር፡ ካብ ንስልጣን ንስርዓተ ሕጊ፡ ካብ ንዱሑር ምትእኽኻብ ንሃገራዊ ጽላል እንድሕር ተማእዚዝና ክንዕወት ኢና። እንተዘየልቦ ዓመት መጸ ንሕና ክንትስፎ፡ ቁጽሪ ብ ቁጽሪ ክቀያየር ኢሰያስ ድማ ብአብርሃም ክትካእ እዩ።
ሩሑስ ሓድሽ ዓመት ይግበረልና።
ሰሎሙን ገብረእየሱስ
ኦክላንድ - ካሊፎርንያ
ብፍስሃየ ሓጎስ
ጻድቕ ክመስል ሓፋሽ ኣታሊሉ
ኣብ ጕዕዞ ሰውራ ተደጒሉ
ንየዋሃን ጀጋኑ ኣዳህሊሉ
ንዝፈለጥዎ ኣሲሩ ቀንጺሉ
ኣብ ኮረቻ ስልጣን ኩድጭ ኢሉ
ኢሳያስ ዝብልዎ ድያብሎስ ባዕሉ
ንህዝብና ጨቍኑ ዓቕሉ ኣጽቢብሉ።
ንሰላሳ ዓመታት ተጋዲልና
ብሓያል ኒሕ ሃገራዊ ሕልና
ንመሰል ማዕርነት ተቓሊስና
ሃገራዊ ልዑላውነትና ጨቢጥና
ድሕሪ 24 ዓመታት ናጽነት ሃገርና
እስከ ነብስና ንሕተት ከመይ ኣሎና?
ግዳያት ስደትን ውርደትን ኰንና
ኣብ ምሉእ ዓለም ተዘሪእና ተበቲንና።
ነቲ ግዙፍ ሓይሊ መግዛእቲ
ብሃገራዊ ኒሕ ማእለያ ዘይብሉ መስዋእቲ
ጽምእን ጥሜትን ተጻዊሩ ሰፊሩ በረኻ በዓቲ
ቆራጽ ኤርትራዊ ዘጽነተ ጸላእቲ
ዋና ሃገሩ ዝዀነ ታሪኽ ተዓዋቲ።
ባህላውን ፖሊቲካውን ብዙሕነትና
ማሕበራዊ መበቆል ብዘገምታ ምዕብልና
ሃገራዊ ጸጋታትና እዩ ሃብትና
ሓደ’ኳ እዩ ሕብሪ ዓይንና
ሓደ እዩ’ውን ሕብሪ ቆርበትና
እንታ’ዩ ዝፈላልየና ወረ እንታይ ወረደና
ኣሳኒና ሓድነትና ኣትሪርና
ክንነብር ብልዕልና ሕጊ እናተመሓደርና
ሽግርና ንፍታሕ ድያብሎስ ኣልጊስና።
ፍልልያት ዝጽሕትሩ ኣሕዋትና
ዝግዕሩ እናበሉ ኣነ’ባ ንሕና
በጃኹም መዓድዎም ይተኣረሙልና
ኤርትራውነት ይኹን መዐቀኒና
ሃገራውነት ይኹን መምዘኒና
መፍቶ ድያብሎስ ኣይትግበሩና።
ብመግዛእቲ ጥልያን ዶባታ ዝተቐርጸ ኤርትራ
ካብ ጫፍ ቃሮራ ክሳብ ዱሜራ
ኵሉ ዝብህጎ ቀይሕ ባሕራ
ምንኣስ ሮማ ከተማኣ ኣስመራ
ብመስዋእቲ ደቃ ተሓሪራ
ብማዕረ ትብጽሓና ንዅልና ዜጋታታ ብሓበራ።
ሃገራዊ ቅዋም፣ ሓንጻጽን ወሳንን ባይቶ ዘይብላ
ደሞክራስያዊ ምርጫታት ዘይካየደላ
ፖሊቲካውን ሰብኣውን ሓርነታት ዝተሓረመላ
ስርዓት ሞናርኪ’ድዩ ምልኪ ህላላ
ድያብሎሳዊ ውልቀ-ገዛኢ ዝዕንድረላ
እንታይ ንጽበ፣ ተለዓሉ’ባ ተለዓላ።
ሃገር ብዘይ እንኮ ዩኒቨርሲቲ
ብዘይ ትካላት ምርምር መጽናዕቲ
ሓንጎል ሰባት’ኮ እዩ ዝልዓለ ሃብቲ
ብስነፍልጠት ዝምህዝ ዝሃንጽ ተበላሓቲ
ምህዞ ድያብሎስ ግን ኣብያተ ማእሰርቲ።
ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ተለዓል ተበራበር
ፍልልያት ወግድ ሓድነትካ ይትረር
ቀላጽምካ ይሕበር ሓሳብካ ይስመር
ሰውራዊ ተቓላሳይ ኢኻ ናጽነት ይመስክር
ፍትሕን ዲሞክራስን ከተንግስ ድገም ተኣምር።
ካብ ዝሓለፈ ተሞክሮ ተማሂርና
ንሓድሽ ዓመት ብሓድሽ መንፈስ ተዳሊና
ድያብሎስ ነልግስ ብዅሉ ዓቕምና
ንህነጽ ፍትሓዊትን ደሞክራስያዊትን ኤርትራና
ሰላም፣ ራህዋን ብልጽግናን ዝሰፈና።
ፍስሃየ ሓጎስ
EPDP Radio Demtsi Harnnet Jan 1, 2015
Written by EPDP Radio Demtsi HarnnetDemtsi Harenet from Sweden: 27-12-2014
Written by Demtsi Harenet - Swedenبيان تضامن مع الصحفيين الإرتريين في معتقلات نظام أسمرا / Free all the prisons of conscience in Eritrea, Now!!
Written by Interested Eritreansفي الوقت الذي يحتفل فيه العالم بأعياد الكريسماس ورأس السنة الميلادية يقبع العشرات من الصحفيين والصحفيات والكتاب والفنانين والتشكيليين الإرتريين في زنازين النظام التي لا تُعرف أماكنها منذ أكثر من ( 13) عاما.
ففي سبتمبر 2001 شنت السلطات الأمنية بأسمرا حملة إعتقالات واسعة في صفوف الصحفيين طالت جميع رؤساء تحرير ومحرري ( 8 ) صحف مستقلة أُغلقت جميعها ومنعت من الصدور، فوئدت الحريات الصحفية على قلتها.
وقد تم إنهاء هامش الحرية الذي كان متاحاً، لتوضع بذلك نهاية لسلسلة من الإجراءات التي ظلت تتخذها الأجهزة الأمنية التابعة للنظام الديكتاتوري الذي يحكم البلاد منذ الاستقلال دون تفويض او إنتخابات. لتدخل البلاد بعد هذا القرار التعسفي في مرحلة جديدة، لا صوت يعلو فيها فوق صوت النظام وأجهزته الإعلامية. ولتحتل البلاد مكانها ضمن الثلاثي الجهنمي في العام ، وليس "مكانها بين الأمم " التي تسعى لإسعاد إنسانها.
إن المئات من أبناء الشعب الإرتري يناضلون بعناد وشجاعة من أجل أن تسود الحياة الحرة الكريمة، ويتمتع المواطن الإرتري بالحقوق التي تضعه في مصاف الشعوب الأخرى في حين لا تزال في ذات الوقت وسائل وممارسات النظام مستمرة في البطش والتعسف على مرأى ومسمع من المجتمع الدولي دون أي حراك من العالم الحر.
إننا إذ نعبر عن عميق تضامننا مع زملاء أعزّة تغيبهم السلطات الإرترية في المعتقلات، فقط بتهمة ممارسة حقهم المهني والوطني، فإننا نناشد قوى المجتمعات الخيّرة والمحبة للسلم والحريات لأن تكف عن سياسة الصمت والتجاهل إزاء الإنتهاكات الجسيمة التي يدفع ثمنها المواطنون الارتريون باهظا.
التوقيعات :
1/ محمد طه القدال - شاعر - السودان | 2/ عبدالله محمود هيابو صحفي في عدوليس ــ هولندا |
3/ أمال علي صحفية بريطانيا | 4/ ابوبكر كهال راوائي ــ النيرويج |
5/ يوسف بوليسي صحفي ــ سويسرا | 6/ ابوبكر فريتاي صحفي إريتري ــ إثيوبيا |
7/ فيصل الباقر صحفي وناشط حقوقي | 8/ ياسين محمد عبدالله رئيس مركز سويرا لحقوق الانسان ــ لندن |
9/ درة محمد مختار قمبو . صحفية ــ الخرطوم | 10ـ محمد محمود الشيخ " مدني " شاعر تركيا |
11/ شوقي عبد العظيم صحفيــ الخرطوم | 12/ فتحي عثمان كاتب ــ باريس |
13/ احمد يونس صحفي مراسل صحيفة الشرق الأوسط ــ الخرطوم. | 14/ علاء الدين محمود صحفي سوداني الخرطوم |
15/ صلاح الزين صحفي ــ بريطانيا | 16/خالد عبده صحفي ــ السويد |
17/ عبد المنعم أبو إدريس صحفي سوداني مراسل وكالة الصحافة الفرنسية ــ الخرطوم | 18/ فيصل محمد صالح صحفي واستاذ جامعي ــ الخرطوم |
19/ عبد العزيز بركه ساكن روائي ــ النمسا | 20/ مصعب محمد علي سوداني رئيس القسم الثقافي بصحيفة المستقلة ــ الخرطوم |
21/ إبراهيم ميرغني رئيس القسم السياسي بصحيفة الميدان ـ الخرطوم | 22/ كمال كرار مدير تحرير صحيفة الميدان ــ الخرطوم |
23/ أسامة حسن عبدالحي صحفي بالميدن ــ الخرطوم | 24/ عادل إبراهيم " كلر " صحفي بالميدان ــ الخرطوم |
25/ عبدالرحمن فاروق قاص و محرر في صحيفة "نسق" الإلكترونية | 26/ أمانئيل براخي ناشط مدني كوبنهاجن – الدنمارك |
27/ علي هندي صحفي ومحلل سياسي ــ لندن | 28/ الفاتح عبد الله الحاج مصمم غرافيك ــ تركيا |
29/. هناء الزين ياسين صحفية في إس بي إس ــ ملبورن | 30/ تهاني عباس ناشطة مدنية ونسوية ــ الخرطوم |
31/ امانئيل قرماي صحفي ــ باريس | 32/ احمد محمد رئيس بمجلة مجلة سرديات ــ الخرطوم |
33 / عبد الرازق كرار كاتب ـ كمبيرا | 34/ احمد ابراهيم احمد عثمان "زروق" صحفي في إس بي إس ــ ملبورن |
35/ مصطفى لسداي صحفي ــ السويد | 36/ معاوية البلال صحفي ــ ملبورن |
37/ خالد عثمان رئيس تحرير صحفية المهاجر ـ ملبورن | 38/ صلاح أبوراي كاتب لندن |
39/ صداح سليمان الكناني صحفي ــ الدوحة |
/40صالح جوهر (قاضي) موقع عواتي – أمريكا ــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــــ 41/ جمال همــد صحفي في عدوليس ـ ملبورن 42برهاني تولدي صحفي آيرلاند |
Free all the prisons of conscience in Eritrea, Now!!
While the world is busy celebrating Christmas and new year's eve tens of Eritrean journalists and artists are languishing in prisons for more than 13 years without any clue on their presence and whereabouts.
In a notorious security raid in September 2001, Eight chief editors of free press dailies and other 20 journalists were rounded up and taken to unknown places. This last move which was preceded by harassment and terror killed the nascent press freedom and the right of free speech in newly born Eritrea.
Strangulation of free press by unelected government in Asmara for more than a decade has placed Eritrea at the bottom of the international list of countries which ban free press.
As we express our bold solidarity with our colleagues who committed no other crime than practicing their undeniable professional and national rights and simply ended up in dungeon, we appeal to all peace-loving peoples and organization to stand up for their moral responsibilities towards the atrocities committed by Asmara regime against the Eritrean people every day.
We call all peace loving nations to remember and act in favor our colleagues who are deprived for more than 13 years of enjoying these festivities with their beloved.
Free all the prisons of conscience in Eritrea, Now!!
1. Mohamed Taha Algaddel – Poet | 2. Tahani Abbas – HR Activist – Sudan |
3. Abdulrahman Farouk- Journalist | 4. Mussab .M.Ali- journalist |
5. Mohamed Madani – poet- Sudan | 6. Fathi Osman Writer – France |
7. Abubakar Fretay – Journalist | 8. Fathi Elhaj- Graphic designer- Turkey |
9. Abdulahi Mahmoud - Journalist | 10. Yaseen .M.abdalah journalist and HR Activist |
11. Ahmed Younis - Journalist | 12. Faisal Elbagir- Journalist |
13. Ahmed Ibrahim Osman-Journalist- Australia | 14. Hana Yassin – Journalist - Australia |
15. Sadah Suleman Alkenaney – Journalist –Doha | 16. Abdu Alrazig Karar – Journalist – Canberra |
17. Abubaker Hamed Kahal – Novelist – Norway |
Salah Abo Ray Civicactivis 18. – UK |
19. Shawgi Abd alazim – Journalist – Sudan | 20. Addel Colour – Journalist – Sudan |
21. Ibrahim Mergane – Journalist – Sudan | 22. Khaled Osman – Journalist – Australia |
23. Faisal Mohamed Salih – Journalist – Sudan | 24. Maawea Al balal - Journalist – Australia |
25. Mustafa Lasday – Journalist - Australia | 26. Ahmed Mohamed – Journalist – Sudan |
27. Abda Alaziz Baraka Saken – Novelist – Austria | 28. Abd Almonem Abo Idrees – Sudan – AFP |
29. Emaneel Barakhee – HR Activist - Denmark | 30. Khaled Abdo – Journalist – Sweden |
31. Kamal Karar – Journalist – Sudan | 32. Ali Hindi – Journalist – UK |
33. Doura Mohamed Mokhtar Gamboo – Journalist – Sudan | 34. Saleh Gadee – Journalist – USA |
35. Osama Abd al haey – Journalist – Sudan | 36. Amanuel Ghirmay – Journalist – France |
37. Salah Alzien – Journalist – UK | 38. Aladin Mahmoud – Journalist – Sudan |
39. Yousif Polisee – Journalist – Switzerland |
40. Amal Ali – Journalist – UK 41. Jamal Humed Journalist Australia Berhane Tewelde, Journalist - 42. |
EPDP Information Office
The 20 November issue of Le Matin, a daily French newspaper in Switzerland, carried a small item on Abba/Father Mussie Zerai entitled “Miraculous: This Priest Saves Lives from a distance by his mobile phone”, in which the writer believed the Eritrean priest is a yet little known hero who is viewed by some people as a potential future candidate for Nobel Prize for Peace.
A quick translation of the item goes like this:
“His name may, for sure, mean nothing to you (the reader). Yet, this Eritrean priest who lives in Erlinsbach (Swiss Canton of Solothurn), and viewed by some people as a future Nobel Peace Prize winner, is a hero. Since 2003, through repeatedly sending his mobile telephone number to all directions, he has saved thousands of lives of migrants lost between Africa and Italy by informing coast guards about their situation. These contributions give him the legitimacy to have enjoined recently at law court to Europe to come out of its ‘logic of militarized fortress’”.
Fr/Abba Mussie Zerai is currently assigned to Switzerland by the Eritrean Catholic Church in Asmara to serve the community of believers by a hectic shuttle in visiting 13 urban centres in Switzerland. On top of this, he is always on the phone communicating with Eritrean refugees in distress – both at sea, those in North Africa and others facing acute problems while inside Europe.
A googled piece also reads as follows him:
“Father Mussie Zerai has been working with refugees and emigrants to Europe since 1995. Though not an ordained priest by then, he dedicated his life to helping the refugees entering Europe by boat from North Africa. He uses satellite phone, which makes his contacts with the refugees easier; as he can access them directly in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea as they make dangerous attempts of crossing into Europe.
In desperation, many emigrants attempt to cross the Mediterranean in rickety wooden boats or inflatables. Many of the refugees run away from the Libyan detention centres, known as Kufra, where they undergo a lot of torture. Unfortunately many of the victims who contacted Fr. Mussie lost their lives while in detention centres”.
Eritrea in 125 Years: Listing a Few Good and Bad Legacies and Memorable Events
Written by Woldeyesus AmmarBy Woldeyesus Ammar
Today, 1st of January 2015, Eritrea completes its 125th year of existence under that name. According to the earliest available figures, the population of the colony in 1893 counted only 191,127 followed by the 1900 estimate of 300,000 residents that included this writer’s father. We can assume that no one of those “first Eritreans” is still alive to celebrate this anniversary with the distressed 5 or 6 million of us today, whose gross inadequacies include being unable to know even the real count of the population at home and the figure for our shamefully increasing number in exile after quarter of a century of independence.
Anyway, it is an occasion to say Happy 125th Anniversary to our (إرترياኤርትራ) Eritrea and then proceed to mention a few lasting legacies and notable events in the ups and downs of our past since the issuance of the Royal Decree of King Umberto the First on 1 January 1890 that put us on the world map.
Understandably, the figure of 125 years is reached by adding the:
- 51 years of Italian colonial rule;
- 11 years of the British ‘caretaker’ administration;
- 10 years of Eritrea-Ethiopia ‘federation’;
- 30 years of armed struggle, and
- The past 23 years under a home-grown repression that replaced alien rule.
Anyone of us may have his/her take in listing only two topmost legacies of our modern history, and add a few memorable events within each of these periods. I am taking today’s occasion to list mine. I will start with what I term the two topmost legacies – one positive, and the other negative.
- One People
Before the Italian advent, we belonged to our separate linguistic and small geographic entities and sub-entities. After common suffering under numerous hardships and humiliations, we have become one people – the Eritreans. To cut a long story short, our unity as one people with manageable diversities is the topmost legacy - achievement - of the past 125 years.
- One Military Mindset
The second enduring legacy in us is what one can call a military mindset. This is a legacy, a ‘philosophy’ in our lives, a social behaviour built - or at least further solidified - through the countless armed conflicts we participated at or conducted by ourselves in the past 12.5 decades of our modern history. Although the pieces of territorial units that became Eritrea were not at peace locally even before 1890, it is sufficient to mention here only the wars we fought as one people: wars that unfortunately bequeathed us an unwanted behavioural infection – the military mindset - that highly values wars and the bravado in violence. We are all part of it because of our past history briefly mentioned below.
The Unwanted Wars Fought for Italy
The Battle of Adwa:
Take the skirmishes with Ethiopia before the Battle of Adwa, like the one at Debre-Ayla, in which over 8,000 Eritrean militias (bandas) took part. Then the Battle of Adwa of 1896 in which almost every young man in the new colony was required to partake. In that single battle, over 2,000 Eritreans died; unaccounted number were left disabled, and selected 500 elite askaris (soldiers) of the numerous prisoners of war suffered the amputation of their right arms and left legs.
Campaign to colonize/pacify Somalia:
Between 1907 and 1910, well over 5,000 Eritrean askaris (soldiers) were recruited and sent to fight in Somalia. This was not a small number compared to the population of the territory. Although Italian Somaliland was declared Italian by 1908, Eritreans continued to be frontline fighters in the conflict that continued till 1920 against the Somali rebellion led by Sheikh Said Mohammed (‘Mad Mullah’).
Italy’s wars in Libya (‘Zemen Trubli’):
Between 1911 and 1932, an estimated 60,000 Eritreans were recruited and sent to fight Italy’s wars in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (Libya). After the defeat of Turkey in Libya, fierce conflicts continued to rage against the patriotic rebels led by Omar Mukhtar that claimed untold number of Eritrean casualties. Some of those Eritreans who perished then included the Setimo battalion that sunk and disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea - and remember what is happening to Eritrean youth of today in the same sea!!
The Battle of 1935-36 (Trenta Cinque):
Fascist Italy’s preparations for war against Ethiopia further militarized the entire Eritrean population. Eritrean askaris ranged in 28 battalions were the usual cannon folder at war frontlines in the battles that opened in October 1935 and continued till Mussolini’s declaration of his “East African Empire” in June 1936. An estimated 75,000 Eritrean askaris fought Italy’s conflicts in Ethiopia and in the pacification of the country till the end of Italian rule in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia in 1941.
The so-called period of ‘peaceful’ struggle: 1941-1961
We usually wish to believe that the duration of British care-taker administration (1941-1952) and the federal period (1952-1962) was somewhat peaceful. However, taking into account the absence of security and the killings organized by Ethiopia-supported unionists and the various banditries/Shifta of the time, those two decades can hardly be called a period of peace.
The 30-year war for national liberation:
This was the only period that Eritreans saw logic in conducting the war for their freedom. It was not only very costly but it also further militarized the society and its mindset. This prolonged war that was hoped to be the war that would end all wars did not prove to be so.
Other unwanted wars with Yemen, Ethiopia and Djbouti:
After its independence, Eritrea continued to suffer of the military mindset of its leaders and in the society. There was little logic to fight all these painful armed conflicts with neighbours after 1991, but they occurred. The main cause was not only the leadership but also the general society’s acquired belief in solving conflicts through the barrel of the gun.
The military campaigns and conscriptions introduced after independence; the 28 Sawa military camp training rounds, the regular army and militia formations etc have deepened militarization of the entire society.
The net outcome has been a negative mindset that denies space to moderation, dialogue, to tolerance and to the rule of law. In a word, the belief in the use of force/violence to solve differences is a collective madness. But it can be cured. It can be changed through steadfast struggle of the conscious segments in the society. For this reason, the struggle to fight and conquer this 125-year old negative legacy in us shall continue for quite some time to come – even in post-PFDJ years.
Notable Occurrences (other than wars) During the Italian Period
- Italy’s settlement project in Eritrea: One of the primary interests of Italy in creating colonies was the objective of finding suitable land for the resettlement of Italians who were facing economic/land problems at home. Between 1876 and 1889 alone, some 2.2 million Italians migrated to the Americas. hat is why a few months after declaring Eritrean an Italian colony, the Italian parliament and government passed laws that aimed to seize large tracts of land in Eritrea (terra domeniale). Pilot projects of the resettlement programme were started in a number of places. Extensive land confiscations deprived many peasants and herdsmen of their land. Eventually, all land below 850m altitude was declared state land and land concessions for up to 99 years were granted to Italians. However, the growing protests by the affected people, like the resistance led by Bahta Hagos of Segeneiti, and the unsuitability of many parts of the country for European settlement partly aborted the resettlement programme in Eritrea. Therefore, instead of going to Eritrea, 7.1 million Italian emigrants, mainly from southern Italy, settled in the United States (4.1m), in Argentina (1.8m) and in Brazil (1.2m) till the start of the First World War in 1914.
- Transport and communication Networks
Construction of the railway, the ropeway, and 3,400 km stretch of primary and second roads throughout the colony helped transform the life of the people who became “different” from the same peoples across the new frontier lines.
- Industrialization, urbanization
In its war efforts, Italy established nearly 2,200 industrial enterprises and built modern urban centers in the colony. The labour force in industries, mines, transport and modern agriculture reached nearly 40,000. Modernization was quick to spread in the colony, especially during the second half of Italian rule.
Notable/Memorable Occurrences during the British Administration
- The spread of education was the most important occurrence during the British care-taker administration from 1941 till 1952.
- The second most memorable event of this period is the emancipation of serfs in western Eritrea under the leadership of Ibrahim Sultan. It was estimated that up to 93% of the social groups in Barka and Sahel regions were, until the mid-1940s, subjected to serfdom that required them to provide heavy feudal payments and services to landlords. Vast majority of the emancipated serfs later rallied behind Ibrahim Sultan who led the largest pro-independence party and a block that helped create the symbolisms for Eritrean national awareness.
- The 2 December 1950 Resolution of the UN General Assembly on Eritrea.
Notable/Memorable Occurrences during the Federal Period
- This period was marked by succession of violations of the Federal Act decided by the UN General Assembly. Those unwarranted violations by Ethiopia and its local agents in Eritrea increased political consciousness among the urban population in all parts of Eritrea.
- The lowering of the Blue Eritrean Flag in late 1958 angered the general population, especially the young generation.
- The formation of the Eritrean Liberation Movement (ELM/Mahber Shewate) in Port Sudan in 1958 and the establishment of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) in Cairo in1960 were the other major events of this period.
Notable/Memorable Occurrences during 1961-1991
- The massacre of about 1,000 innocent civilians at Ona and Besik-Dira in December 1970 created renewed anger against the Ethiopian occupation among Eritreans at home and in diaspora (including students in the Middle East, Europe and North America). The student (youth) movements in turn rekindled the forces in the liberation struggle.
- The ELF-EPLF civil war of 1980-81 changed the direction of the liberation struggle at many levels, and planted seeds for power control and polarization in the society.
- The victory at Afabet in March 1988 reassured Eritreans of a final victory in the liberation war.
Notable/Memorable Occurrences during the Past 23 Years
- The final defeat of the Ethiopian army, 24 May 1991.
- The crackdown of the PFDJ regime on the G15 reform movement in September 2001.
- The Lampedusa tragedy of 3 October 2013 that symbolized all the suffering being inflicted upon the entire nation in recent years.
Eritrea in 125 Years: Listing a Few Good and Bad Legacies and Memorable Events
Written by Woldeyesus AmmarBy Woldeyesus Ammar
Today, 1st of January 2015, Eritrea completes its 125th year of existence under that name. According to the earliest available figures, the population of the colony in 1893 counted only 191,127 followed by the 1900 estimate of 300,000 residents that included this writer’s father. We can assume that no one of those “first Eritreans” is still alive to celebrate this anniversary with the distressed 5 or 6 million of us today, whose gross inadequacies include being unable to know even the real count of the population at home and the figure for our shamefully increasing number in exile after quarter of a century of independence.
Anyway, it is an occasion to say Happy 125th Anniversary to our (إرترياኤርትራ) Eritrea and then proceed to mention a few lasting legacies and notable events in the ups and downs of our past since the issuance of the Royal Decree of King Umberto the First on 1 January 1890 that put us on the world map.
Understandably, the figure of 125 years is reached by adding the:
- 51 years of Italian colonial rule;
- 11 years of the British ‘caretaker’ administration;
- 10 years of Eritrea-Ethiopia ‘federation’;
- 30 years of armed struggle, and
- The past 23 years under a home-grown repression that replaced alien rule.
Anyone of us may have his/her take in listing only two topmost legacies of our modern history, and add a few memorable events within each of these periods. I am taking today’s occasion to list mine. I will start with what I term the two topmost legacies – one positive, and the other negative.
- One People
Before the Italian advent, we belonged to our separate linguistic and small geographic entities and sub-entities. After common suffering under numerous hardships and humiliations, we have become one people – the Eritreans. To cut a long story short, our unity as one people with manageable diversities is the topmost legacy - achievement - of the past 125 years.
- One Military Mindset
The second enduring legacy in us is what one can call a military mindset. This is a legacy, a ‘philosophy’ in our lives, a social behaviour built - or at least further solidified - through the countless armed conflicts we participated at or conducted by ourselves in the past 12.5 decades of our modern history. Although the pieces of territorial units that became Eritrea were not at peace locally even before 1890, it is sufficient to mention here only the wars we fought as one people: wars that unfortunately bequeathed us an unwanted behavioural infection – the military mindset - that highly values wars and the bravado in violence. We are all part of it because of our past history briefly mentioned below.
The Unwanted Wars Fought for Italy
The Battle of Adwa:
Take the skirmishes with Ethiopia before the Battle of Adwa, like the one at Debre-Ayla, in which over 8,000 Eritrean militias (bandas) took part. Then the Battle of Adwa of 1896 in which almost every young man in the new colony was required to partake. In that single battle, over 2,000 Eritreans died; unaccounted number were left disabled, and selected 500 elite askaris (soldiers) of the numerous prisoners of war suffered the amputation of their right arms and left legs.
Campaign to colonize/pacify Somalia:
Between 1907 and 1910, well over 5,000 Eritrean askaris (soldiers) were recruited and sent to fight in Somalia. This was not a small number compared to the population of the territory. Although Italian Somaliland was declared Italian by 1908, Eritreans continued to be frontline fighters in the conflict that continued till 1920 against the Somali rebellion led by Sheikh Said Mohammed (‘Mad Mullah’).
Italy’s wars in Libya (‘Zemen Trubli’):
Between 1911 and 1932, an estimated 60,000 Eritreans were recruited and sent to fight Italy’s wars in Tripolitania and Cyrenaica (Libya). After the defeat of Turkey in Libya, fierce conflicts continued to rage against the patriotic rebels led by Omar Mukhtar that claimed untold number of Eritrean casualties. Some of those Eritreans who perished then included the Setimo battalion that sunk and disappeared in the Mediterranean Sea - and remember what is happening to Eritrean youth of today in the same sea!!
The Battle of 1935-36 (Trenta Cinque):
Fascist Italy’s preparations for war against Ethiopia further militarized the entire Eritrean population. Eritrean askaris ranged in 28 battalions were the usual cannon folder at war frontlines in the battles that opened in October 1935 and continued till Mussolini’s declaration of his “East African Empire” in June 1936. An estimated 75,000 Eritrean askaris fought Italy’s conflicts in Ethiopia and in the pacification of the country till the end of Italian rule in Eritrea, Ethiopia and Somalia in 1941.
The so-called period of ‘peaceful’ struggle: 1941-1961
We usually wish to believe that the duration of British care-taker administration (1941-1952) and the federal period (1952-1962) was somewhat peaceful. However, taking into account the absence of security and the killings organized by Ethiopia-supported unionists and the various banditries/Shifta of the time, those two decades can hardly be called a period of peace.
The 30-year war for national liberation:
This was the only period that Eritreans saw logic in conducting the war for their freedom. It was not only very costly but it also further militarized the society and its mindset. This prolonged war that was hoped to be the war that would end all wars did not prove to be so.
Other unwanted wars with Yemen, Ethiopia and Djbouti:
After its independence, Eritrea continued to suffer of the military mindset of its leaders and in the society. There was little logic to fight all these painful armed conflicts with neighbours after 1991, but they occurred. The main cause was not only the leadership but also the general society’s acquired belief in solving conflicts through the barrel of the gun.
The military campaigns and conscriptions introduced after independence; the 28 Sawa military camp training rounds, the regular army and militia formations etc have deepened militarization of the entire society.
The net outcome has been a negative mindset that denies space to moderation, dialogue, to tolerance and to the rule of law. In a word, the belief in the use of force/violence to solve differences is a collective madness. But it can be cured. It can be changed through steadfast struggle of the conscious segments in the society. For this reason, the struggle to fight and conquer this 125-year old negative legacy in us shall continue for quite some time to come – even in post-PFDJ years.
Notable Occurrences (other than wars) During the Italian Period
- Italy’s settlement project in Eritrea: One of the primary interests of Italy in creating colonies was the objective of finding suitable land for the resettlement of Italians who were facing economic/land problems at home. Between 1876 and 1889 alone, some 2.2 million Italians migrated to the Americas. hat is why a few months after declaring Eritrean an Italian colony, the Italian parliament and government passed laws that aimed to seize large tracts of land in Eritrea (terra domeniale). Pilot projects of the resettlement programme were started in a number of places. Extensive land confiscations deprived many peasants and herdsmen of their land. Eventually, all land below 850m altitude was declared state land and land concessions for up to 99 years were granted to Italians. However, the growing protests by the affected people, like the resistance led by Bahta Hagos of Segeneiti, and the unsuitability of many parts of the country for European settlement partly aborted the resettlement programme in Eritrea. Therefore, instead of going to Eritrea, 7.1 million Italian emigrants, mainly from southern Italy, settled in the United States (4.1m), in Argentina (1.8m) and in Brazil (1.2m) till the start of the First World War in 1914.
- Transport and communication Networks
Construction of the railway, the ropeway, and 3,400 km stretch of primary and second roads throughout the colony helped transform the life of the people who became “different” from the same peoples across the new frontier lines.
- Industrialization, urbanization
In its war efforts, Italy established nearly 2,200 industrial enterprises and built modern urban centers in the colony. The labour force in industries, mines, transport and modern agriculture reached nearly 40,000. Modernization was quick to spread in the colony, especially during the second half of Italian rule.
Notable/Memorable Occurrences during the British Administration
- The spread of education was the most important occurrence during the British care-taker administration from 1941 till 1952.
- The second most memorable event of this period is the emancipation of serfs in western Eritrea under the leadership of Ibrahim Sultan. It was estimated that up to 93% of the social groups in Barka and Sahel regions were, until the mid-1940s, subjected to serfdom that required them to provide heavy feudal payments and services to landlords. Vast majority of the emancipated serfs later rallied behind Ibrahim Sultan who led the largest pro-independence party and a block that helped create the symbolisms for Eritrean national awareness.
- The 2 December 1950 Resolution of the UN General Assembly on Eritrea.
Notable/Memorable Occurrences during the Federal Period
- This period was marked by succession of violations of the Federal Act decided by the UN General Assembly. Those unwarranted violations by Ethiopia and its local agents in Eritrea increased political consciousness among the urban population in all parts of Eritrea.
- The lowering of the Blue Eritrean Flag in late 1958 angered the general population, especially the young generation.
- The formation of the Eritrean Liberation Movement (ELM/Mahber Shewate) in Port Sudan in 1958 and the establishment of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) in Cairo in1960 were the other major events of this period.
Notable/Memorable Occurrences during 1961-1991
- The massacre of about 1,000 innocent civilians at Ona and Besik-Dira in December 1970 created renewed anger against the Ethiopian occupation among Eritreans at home and in diaspora (including students in the Middle East, Europe and North America). The student (youth) movements in turn rekindled the forces in the liberation struggle.
- The ELF-EPLF civil war of 1980-81 changed the direction of the liberation struggle at many levels, and planted seeds for power control and polarization in the society.
- The victory at Afabet in March 1988 reassured Eritreans of a final victory in the liberation war.
Notable/Memorable Occurrences during the Past 23 Years
- The final defeat of the Ethiopian army, 24 May 1991.
- The crackdown of the PFDJ regime on the G15 reform movement in September 2001.
- The Lampedusa tragedy of 3 October 2013 that symbolized all the suffering being inflicted upon the entire nation in recent years.
ብቐዳምነት፡ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራን ኵሎም ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ለውጥን ዝዀኑ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባቱን ሲቪላውያን ማሕበራቱን እንቋዕ ናብ ሓድሽ ዓመት 2015 ኣብጽሓኩም ዝብል ናይ ዮሃና መልእኽተይ ከመሓላልፍ እፈቱ። ኣስዒበ፡ ንዅሎም'ቶም ምእንቲ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ህይወቶም፡ ጕልበቶም፡ ገንዘቦምን ኵሉ ዝውንንዎ ዓቕምን ዘበርከቱ ኤርትራውያን ዘለኒ መጐስን ምስጋናን ክገልጽ ክብሪ ይስምዓኒ። ሳላኹም ኤርትራ ናጻን ልዑላዊትን ሃገር ኰይና፤ ህልውን መጻእን ወለዶ ድማ ንዘረከብክምዎ ሕድሪ ተሰኪሙ ኣብ ሽቶኡ ከብጽሖ ሓላፍነቱ ክስከም ከዘኻኽር እፈቱ።
ክቡራትን ክቡራንን
2014 ዓ.ም ዛዚምና ናብ 2015 ዓ.ም ንሰጋገር ኣለና። ከም ውልቀሰባት፡ ውድባትን ማሕበራትን ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ዘመዝገብናዮም ኣወንታታትን ኣሉታታትን ገምጊምና ኣብ 2015 ዓ.ም ንጌታትና ኣሪምና ንኣወንታታና ዝያዳ ዘበርኽ ስርሓት ከነካይድ ኢዩ ዝግብኣና።
ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ንዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ዝቃወም ድምጺ እናበርከተን እናሓየለን ምምጽኡ ዘተባብዕን ተስፋ ዝህብን ተርእዮ ኢዩ ነይሩ። ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ኵርንዓት ናይ ዓለምን ብዝተፈላለዩ ኣገባባትን ተቓውሞኦም ኣንጻር ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ክገልጹ ተራእዮም ኢዮም። ኣብ ርእስ'ዚ ናይ ሃይማኖት መራሕቲ፡ ነዚ ህልዊ ኵነታት ንምብዳህ ኤርትራዊ ዜጋ በብፊንኡ ሓወይ ኣበይ ኣሎ? ሓውተይ ኣበይ ኣላ? ሃገረይ ከመይ ኣላ ኢሉ ክሓትትን ሃገርን ህዝብን ንምድሓን ካብ ነፍስወከፍና ዝጥለቡ ግቡኣት ክንፍጽምን ኣተሓሳሲቦም ኢዮም። ካብ'ዚ ሓሊፎም ውን፡ መንግስቲ ኣብ ጕዳይ ናይ ሃይማኖት ዝገብሮ ዘሎ ምትእትታው ብግብሪ በዲሆም ኢዮም። ኣብ'ዚ እንኣትዎ ዘለና ሓድሽ ዓመት፡ ነዝን ከም'ዝን ዝኣመሰሉ ፍጻሜታት ከነተባብዕን ከነስፍሕን ከድልየና ኢዩ።
ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ብዝፈጸሞም ጌጋታት፡ ንነፍሱ ካብ ዓለም ባዕሉ ነጺሉ ኢዩ። እዚ ኵነታት'ዚ ንደለይቲ ፍትሒ ምቹእ ባይታታት ስለዝፈጠረሎም፡ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ብሓፈሻ፡ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድማ ብፍላይ፡ ኣብ ኣህጕራዊ መጋባእያታት ቀሪቦም ድምጾምን ድምጺ ውጹዕ ህዝቦምን ከስምዑ ዕድል ረኺቦም ኢዮም። ኣብ ላምፓዱዛ ዘጋጠመ ህልቂት ናይ መንእሰያት ድማ፡ ንሕማቕ ሃለዋት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዕሽሽ ኢላ ትሓልፎ ዝነበረት ዓለምና ካብ ድቃሳ ክትበራበር ገይርዋ ኢዩ። ነዚ ተረኺቡ ዘሎ መኽሰባት ንምኽዕባት ቃልስና ብዝተዓጻጸፈ ደረጃ ከነበርኾ ንጥለብ ኣሎና።
ኣብ ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ ምስ ስቅያት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝደናግጽ ናይ 15 ሃገራት ሲቪላውያን ማሕበራት ዝካፈልዎ ግብረ ሓይሊ ምቛሙ፡ ነታ ክሳብ ሕጂ ተርኣን ግዴኣን ክንድህስሳ ዘይከኣልና ኣህጕር፡ መእተዊ ዝኸውን ባብ ተፈጢሩ ስለዘሎ፡ ነዚ ማዕጾ'ዚ ኣርሒብና ብምኽፋት፡ ህዝብና ዝርብሓሎም ስርሓትን ዝምድናታትን ንምፍጣር ክንጽዕር ዕዙዝ ኣድላዪነት ኣለዎ።
መንግስታት ኣውሮጳ፡ በቲ ካብ ኤርትራን ማእከላይ ምብራቕን ዝውሕዝ ዘሎ ስደተኛታት ተሰናቢደን ንሃገራዊ ረብሐአን ብምቕዳም፡ ምስ ዲክታቶርያውያን መንግስታት ቀሪበን ክሰርሓ ዝብገሳሉ ዘለዋ እዋን ስለዝዀነ፡ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ኣብ ርእስ'ቲ ምስ መንግስታትን ሰልፍታትን ክገብርዎ ዝጸንሑ ርክባት፡ ኣብ 2015 ዓ.ም ኣብ ህዝባዊ ዲፕሎማሲ ዘትኰረ ንጥፈታቶም ከሐይልዎ ኣለዎም። ንኣህዛብ ምዕራባውያን ሃገራት፡ ብዛዕባ ኣብ ሃገርና ሰፊኑ ዘሎ ጭቆናን ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ግፍዕታትን ግህሰታትን ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኣፍልጥኦም ንምዕባይ ተሪር ቃልሲ ምክያድ ግዜ ዘይህብ እዋናዊ ዕማም ኰይኑ ኣሎ።
ክቡራትን ክቡራንን
ኣብ መዳይ ሓድነት ናይ ተቓውሞ ውድባት፡ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት፡ ንውድቀት ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ዘቃላጥፍ፡ ንፍናን ህዝቢ ዘበርኽ ጭቡጥ ስርሓት ተኻይዱ ኢልካ ምዝራብ ኣይከኣልን ኢዩ። ብኣንጻሩ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት፡ ኣንጻር ሕድሕድ ዝግበሩ ምጽልላማትን ምጥቅቓዕን ብዝያዳ ዝጐልሃሉ፣ ኣብ ዓዳውን ኣውራጃውን ምልዕዓላት ዝተሰረቱ ፋይዳ ዘይብሎምን ንህዝቢ ዘይጥርንፉን ከፋፈልቲ ድምጽታት ዝተቃልሕሉን ዓመት ኢዩ ነይሩ። ኣብ'ዚ ዓመት'ዚ፡ ነዝን ከምኡን ዝኣመሰሉ ጸበብቲ ኣንፈታት ወጊድና ንዝዓበየ ሃገራዊ ዕላማታት ንምዕዋት መዓንጣና ሸጥ እነብለሉ ዓመት ክንግብሮ ኣለና። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብመላኡ ካብ'ዚ ስርዓት'ዚ ብዘይካ ጕድኣት ፋይዳ ስለዘይረኸበ፡ ነዚ ንጹህ፡ ውፉይን ጻዕራምን ህዝቢ ካብ ኣርዑት ህግዲፍ ምንጋፍ ቀዳማይን መተካእታ ዘይብሉን ዕላማና ጌርና ክንወስዶ ኣሎና። ዕላማና ክንዮ ውልቅና፡ ዓድና፡ ኣውራጃና ዝጥምት ክኸውን ይግብኦ።
ተሳትፎ መንእሰያትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣብ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ንምዕባይ ናይ 2015 ዓ.ም ቀንዲ ዕላማና ክኸውን ኣለዎ። እዚ ድማ፡ ንሃለዋቶምን ሻቕሎታቶምን ብግቡእ ብምግንዛብን ንሕልምታቶም ጋህዲ ዝገብር ስርሓት ብምክያድን ይኸውን። ተሳትፎ ናይ መንእሰያትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣብ ውድባትን ማሕበራትን ኣብ ውሽጠን ለውጢ ንምምጻእ ኣዝዩ ኣድላዪ ምዃኑ ምግንዛብ ይግባእ።
ስደት ብዝምልከት ከኣ 2014 ዓ.ም ካብ ቅድሚኣ ዝነበራ ዓመታት ዝያዳ ናህሪ ወሲኻ ዝቐጸለትሉ ዓመት ኢያ ነይራ። ትሕቲ ዕድመ ዝዀኑ ናባዪ ዘይብሎም ህጻናት ከይተረፉ እውን ክስደዱ ዝተራእዩላ ዓመት ኢያ ነይራ። ኣብ ነፍስወከፍ ወርሒ፡ ካብ 3000-4000 ዝዀኑ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ንሃገሮም ራሕሪሖም ይስደዱ ኣለዉ። እዚ መንእሰይ'ዚ፡ ኣብ ትምህርቲ፡ ስራሕን ህንጻ ሃገርን ክዋፈር ዝነበሮ ተረካባይ ሕድሪ ናይ ዝሓልፍ ዘሎ ወለዶ ኢዩ። ብዘይ'ዚ መንእሰይ'ዚ ሃገር ክትህሉ ይኹን ክትምዕብል ፈጺሙ ዘይሕሰብ ኢዩ። 2015 ዓ.ም ንዋሕዚ ናይ ስደት ደው ምባል ሓደ ካብ'ቶም ቀዳሞት ኣጀንዳታት ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ለውጥን ክኸውን ይግባእ። ሰዲህኤ፡ ነዚ ጸገም'ዚ ንምፍታሕ የኽእሉና ኢዮም ኢሉ ዝኣምነሎም ዝዋስኣሎም ዘሎ መደባት እዞም ዝስዕቡ ኢዮም።
1. ነቲ መሰረታዊ ጠንቂ ናይ ስደት ኰይኑ ዘሎ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ኣሊኻ፡ ብዲሞክራስያዊ ናይ ምስግጋር መስርሕ ምትካኡ፤
2. ነቶም ድሮ ተሰዲዶም ኣብ መደበራት ስደተኛታት ሱዳን፡ ኢትዮጵያን የመንን ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ናይ ሞያን ኣካዳሚካዊ ትምህርትን ናይ ስራሕ ዕድላትን ምሃብ፤
3. መንግስቲ ኤርትራ፡ ጐረባብቲ ሃገራትን ኣህጕራዊ ማሕበረሰብን ተሓባቢሮም ኣንጻር ነጋዶ ደቂ ሰባት ዘካይድዎ ቃልሲ ከሐይሉ።
4. መንግስታት ዞባና ኣብ ንግዲ ደቂሰባት ንዝነጥፉ ዘለዉ ከም ራሻይዳ፡ በደዊን ....ወዘተ ዝኣመሰሉ ዝተጐስዩ ክፍልታት ሕብረተሰባተን፡ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ፡ ቍጣባውን ማሕበራውን ንጥፈታት ናይ ሃገሮም ከምዝሳተፉ ምግባር።
5. ሃገራት ምዕራብ ማዕጹአን ኣብ ክንዲ ምዕጻው፡ ስደተኛታት ብሕጋዊ ኣገባብ ናብ ሃገረን ዝኣትውሉ ዕድላት ከምዘስፍሓ ምግባር።
ክቡራትን ክቡራንን
ኣትኵሮ ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ለውጥን ናብ ውሽጢ ሃገር ገጹ ዘቕንዐ ክኸውን ኣለዎ። ኣብ ሕድሕድካ ካብ ምውጣጥን፡ ኣብ ጸቢብ ዓንኬል ካብ ምዅዳድን ወጺእና፡ ናብ'ቲ ዝሰፍሐ ህዝብና ዝርከቦ ሃገርና ቆላሕታ ክንገብር ህዝብና ንዘሕልፎ ዘሎ ሕማቕ ሃለዋት ንምቕያርን ዘኽእል ስትራተጂታትን ስልትታትን ክንሕንጽጽን ኣብ ተግባር ከነውዕልን ይድለ ኣሎ። ስለ'ዚ፡ ነፍስወከፍ ተቓዋሚ'የ ዝብል ኣካል ካብ ዝነብሮ ሳንዱቕ ወጺኡ፡ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ምስ ዘሎ ህዝብና ዝምድናታት ክፈጥር ጻዕርታት ክገብር ኣለዎ። ንተቓዋማይ ምቅዋም ብዙሕ ዘምጽኦ ረብሓ የለን እሞ፡ ኣዒንትና ናብ ስርዓት ህግደፍን ተግባራቱን ጥራሕ ይጠምታ። ህዝብና ብስእነት ማይ፡ መግብን መብራህትን ዝኣመሰሉ መሰረታያን ጕዳያት ይሳቐ ኣሎ። ንሕና፡ ከም ተቓወምቲ ነዚ ሽግር'ዝን ካልእ ሽግራትን ናይ ምፍታሕ መደብን ዓቕምን ከምዘለና ንህዝብና ከነርእዮ ክንክእል ኣለና። እዚ እንተዘይኣርኢናዮ፡ ኣብ ዙርያና ክዓስል ኣይክእልን ኢዩ። ዕለታዊ መነባብሮ ናይ ህዝብ ክንፈልጥን ንምቕያሩ ዘሎና መደባት ክንሕብሮን ኣገዳስነቱ ዕዙዝ ኢዩ።
ኣብ'ዚ ዓመት'ዚ፡ ኣብ ማእሰርቲ ዝርከቡ ናይ ፖለቲካን ናይ ሕልናን እሱራት፡ ሃለዋት ዝፍለጠሉ ኵነታት ክንፈጥር ኣለና። ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ፡ ብዛዕባ'ዞም እሱራት እዚኣቶም ተሓቢኡ ዘሎ ሓቅታት ከውጽእ ከነገድዶ ክንክእል ኣሎና። ናይ ዘለዉን ዝሞትን እሱራት ሃለዋት ግልጺ ሓበሬታ ዝውሃበላ፣ ህልዋት ናይ ፖለቲካን ናይ ሕልናን እሱራት ብዘይ ቅድመ-ኵነት ዝፍትሑላ ዓመት ንምግባ፣ ናይ ውሽጥን ናይ ግዳምን ጸቕጥታት ኣብ ልዕሊ ገዛኢ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ንምሕያል ኣበርቲዕና ክንሰርሕ ይግብኣና።
ክቡራትን ክቡራንን
ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ብእኩብን ብክልተኣውን ደረጃታት ኣብ 2014 ከካይዶም ዝጸንሐ ርክባት ኣብ 2015 ክቕጽሎም ኢዩ። እዞም ርክባት እዚኣቶም፡ ናብ ጭቡጥ ስምምዓት ንኽበጽሑ ዘኽእል መጽናዕትታት ክገብርን ግብራዊ ስጕምትታት ከውስድን ኢዩ።
ናይ ሰላም፡ ስኒትን ራህዋን ዓመት ይግበረልና
መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም
ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ
31 ታሕሳስ 2014
ብቐዳምነት፡ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራን ኵሎም ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ለውጥን ዝዀኑ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባቱን ሲቪላውያን ማሕበራቱን እንቋዕ ናብ ሓድሽ ዓመት 2015 ኣብጽሓኩም ዝብል ናይ ዮሃና መልእኽተይ ከመሓላልፍ እፈቱ። ኣስዒበ፡ ንዅሎም'ቶም ምእንቲ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ህይወቶም፡ ጕልበቶም፡ ገንዘቦምን ኵሉ ዝውንንዎ ዓቕምን ዘበርከቱ ኤርትራውያን ዘለኒ መጐስን ምስጋናን ክገልጽ ክብሪ ይስምዓኒ። ሳላኹም ኤርትራ ናጻን ልዑላዊትን ሃገር ኰይና፤ ህልውን መጻእን ወለዶ ድማ ንዘረከብክምዎ ሕድሪ ተሰኪሙ ኣብ ሽቶኡ ከብጽሖ ሓላፍነቱ ክስከም ከዘኻኽር እፈቱ።
ክቡራትን ክቡራንን
2014 ዓ.ም ዛዚምና ናብ 2015 ዓ.ም ንሰጋገር ኣለና። ከም ውልቀሰባት፡ ውድባትን ማሕበራትን ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ዘመዝገብናዮም ኣወንታታትን ኣሉታታትን ገምጊምና ኣብ 2015 ዓ.ም ንጌታትና ኣሪምና ንኣወንታታና ዝያዳ ዘበርኽ ስርሓት ከነካይድ ኢዩ ዝግብኣና።
ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ንዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ዝቃወም ድምጺ እናበርከተን እናሓየለን ምምጽኡ ዘተባብዕን ተስፋ ዝህብን ተርእዮ ኢዩ ነይሩ። ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ ኵርንዓት ናይ ዓለምን ብዝተፈላለዩ ኣገባባትን ተቓውሞኦም ኣንጻር ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ክገልጹ ተራእዮም ኢዮም። ኣብ ርእስ'ዚ ናይ ሃይማኖት መራሕቲ፡ ነዚ ህልዊ ኵነታት ንምብዳህ ኤርትራዊ ዜጋ በብፊንኡ ሓወይ ኣበይ ኣሎ? ሓውተይ ኣበይ ኣላ? ሃገረይ ከመይ ኣላ ኢሉ ክሓትትን ሃገርን ህዝብን ንምድሓን ካብ ነፍስወከፍና ዝጥለቡ ግቡኣት ክንፍጽምን ኣተሓሳሲቦም ኢዮም። ካብ'ዚ ሓሊፎም ውን፡ መንግስቲ ኣብ ጕዳይ ናይ ሃይማኖት ዝገብሮ ዘሎ ምትእትታው ብግብሪ በዲሆም ኢዮም። ኣብ'ዚ እንኣትዎ ዘለና ሓድሽ ዓመት፡ ነዝን ከም'ዝን ዝኣመሰሉ ፍጻሜታት ከነተባብዕን ከነስፍሕን ከድልየና ኢዩ።
ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ብዝፈጸሞም ጌጋታት፡ ንነፍሱ ካብ ዓለም ባዕሉ ነጺሉ ኢዩ። እዚ ኵነታት'ዚ ንደለይቲ ፍትሒ ምቹእ ባይታታት ስለዝፈጠረሎም፡ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ብሓፈሻ፡ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድማ ብፍላይ፡ ኣብ ኣህጕራዊ መጋባእያታት ቀሪቦም ድምጾምን ድምጺ ውጹዕ ህዝቦምን ከስምዑ ዕድል ረኺቦም ኢዮም። ኣብ ላምፓዱዛ ዘጋጠመ ህልቂት ናይ መንእሰያት ድማ፡ ንሕማቕ ሃለዋት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዕሽሽ ኢላ ትሓልፎ ዝነበረት ዓለምና ካብ ድቃሳ ክትበራበር ገይርዋ ኢዩ። ነዚ ተረኺቡ ዘሎ መኽሰባት ንምኽዕባት ቃልስና ብዝተዓጻጸፈ ደረጃ ከነበርኾ ንጥለብ ኣሎና።
ኣብ ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ ምስ ስቅያት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝደናግጽ ናይ 15 ሃገራት ሲቪላውያን ማሕበራት ዝካፈልዎ ግብረ ሓይሊ ምቛሙ፡ ነታ ክሳብ ሕጂ ተርኣን ግዴኣን ክንድህስሳ ዘይከኣልና ኣህጕር፡ መእተዊ ዝኸውን ባብ ተፈጢሩ ስለዘሎ፡ ነዚ ማዕጾ'ዚ ኣርሒብና ብምኽፋት፡ ህዝብና ዝርብሓሎም ስርሓትን ዝምድናታትን ንምፍጣር ክንጽዕር ዕዙዝ ኣድላዪነት ኣለዎ።
መንግስታት ኣውሮጳ፡ በቲ ካብ ኤርትራን ማእከላይ ምብራቕን ዝውሕዝ ዘሎ ስደተኛታት ተሰናቢደን ንሃገራዊ ረብሐአን ብምቕዳም፡ ምስ ዲክታቶርያውያን መንግስታት ቀሪበን ክሰርሓ ዝብገሳሉ ዘለዋ እዋን ስለዝዀነ፡ ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ኣብ ርእስ'ቲ ምስ መንግስታትን ሰልፍታትን ክገብርዎ ዝጸንሑ ርክባት፡ ኣብ 2015 ዓ.ም ኣብ ህዝባዊ ዲፕሎማሲ ዘትኰረ ንጥፈታቶም ከሐይልዎ ኣለዎም። ንኣህዛብ ምዕራባውያን ሃገራት፡ ብዛዕባ ኣብ ሃገርና ሰፊኑ ዘሎ ጭቆናን ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ግፍዕታትን ግህሰታትን ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኣፍልጥኦም ንምዕባይ ተሪር ቃልሲ ምክያድ ግዜ ዘይህብ እዋናዊ ዕማም ኰይኑ ኣሎ።
ክቡራትን ክቡራንን
ኣብ መዳይ ሓድነት ናይ ተቓውሞ ውድባት፡ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት፡ ንውድቀት ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ዘቃላጥፍ፡ ንፍናን ህዝቢ ዘበርኽ ጭቡጥ ስርሓት ተኻይዱ ኢልካ ምዝራብ ኣይከኣልን ኢዩ። ብኣንጻሩ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት፡ ኣንጻር ሕድሕድ ዝግበሩ ምጽልላማትን ምጥቅቓዕን ብዝያዳ ዝጐልሃሉ፣ ኣብ ዓዳውን ኣውራጃውን ምልዕዓላት ዝተሰረቱ ፋይዳ ዘይብሎምን ንህዝቢ ዘይጥርንፉን ከፋፈልቲ ድምጽታት ዝተቃልሕሉን ዓመት ኢዩ ነይሩ። ኣብ'ዚ ዓመት'ዚ፡ ነዝን ከምኡን ዝኣመሰሉ ጸበብቲ ኣንፈታት ወጊድና ንዝዓበየ ሃገራዊ ዕላማታት ንምዕዋት መዓንጣና ሸጥ እነብለሉ ዓመት ክንግብሮ ኣለና። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብመላኡ ካብ'ዚ ስርዓት'ዚ ብዘይካ ጕድኣት ፋይዳ ስለዘይረኸበ፡ ነዚ ንጹህ፡ ውፉይን ጻዕራምን ህዝቢ ካብ ኣርዑት ህግዲፍ ምንጋፍ ቀዳማይን መተካእታ ዘይብሉን ዕላማና ጌርና ክንወስዶ ኣሎና። ዕላማና ክንዮ ውልቅና፡ ዓድና፡ ኣውራጃና ዝጥምት ክኸውን ይግብኦ።
ተሳትፎ መንእሰያትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣብ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ንምዕባይ ናይ 2015 ዓ.ም ቀንዲ ዕላማና ክኸውን ኣለዎ። እዚ ድማ፡ ንሃለዋቶምን ሻቕሎታቶምን ብግቡእ ብምግንዛብን ንሕልምታቶም ጋህዲ ዝገብር ስርሓት ብምክያድን ይኸውን። ተሳትፎ ናይ መንእሰያትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣብ ውድባትን ማሕበራትን ኣብ ውሽጠን ለውጢ ንምምጻእ ኣዝዩ ኣድላዪ ምዃኑ ምግንዛብ ይግባእ።
ስደት ብዝምልከት ከኣ 2014 ዓ.ም ካብ ቅድሚኣ ዝነበራ ዓመታት ዝያዳ ናህሪ ወሲኻ ዝቐጸለትሉ ዓመት ኢያ ነይራ። ትሕቲ ዕድመ ዝዀኑ ናባዪ ዘይብሎም ህጻናት ከይተረፉ እውን ክስደዱ ዝተራእዩላ ዓመት ኢያ ነይራ። ኣብ ነፍስወከፍ ወርሒ፡ ካብ 3000-4000 ዝዀኑ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ንሃገሮም ራሕሪሖም ይስደዱ ኣለዉ። እዚ መንእሰይ'ዚ፡ ኣብ ትምህርቲ፡ ስራሕን ህንጻ ሃገርን ክዋፈር ዝነበሮ ተረካባይ ሕድሪ ናይ ዝሓልፍ ዘሎ ወለዶ ኢዩ። ብዘይ'ዚ መንእሰይ'ዚ ሃገር ክትህሉ ይኹን ክትምዕብል ፈጺሙ ዘይሕሰብ ኢዩ። 2015 ዓ.ም ንዋሕዚ ናይ ስደት ደው ምባል ሓደ ካብ'ቶም ቀዳሞት ኣጀንዳታት ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ለውጥን ክኸውን ይግባእ። ሰዲህኤ፡ ነዚ ጸገም'ዚ ንምፍታሕ የኽእሉና ኢዮም ኢሉ ዝኣምነሎም ዝዋስኣሎም ዘሎ መደባት እዞም ዝስዕቡ ኢዮም።
1. ነቲ መሰረታዊ ጠንቂ ናይ ስደት ኰይኑ ዘሎ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ኣሊኻ፡ ብዲሞክራስያዊ ናይ ምስግጋር መስርሕ ምትካኡ፤
2. ነቶም ድሮ ተሰዲዶም ኣብ መደበራት ስደተኛታት ሱዳን፡ ኢትዮጵያን የመንን ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ናይ ሞያን ኣካዳሚካዊ ትምህርትን ናይ ስራሕ ዕድላትን ምሃብ፤
3. መንግስቲ ኤርትራ፡ ጐረባብቲ ሃገራትን ኣህጕራዊ ማሕበረሰብን ተሓባቢሮም ኣንጻር ነጋዶ ደቂ ሰባት ዘካይድዎ ቃልሲ ከሐይሉ።
4. መንግስታት ዞባና ኣብ ንግዲ ደቂሰባት ንዝነጥፉ ዘለዉ ከም ራሻይዳ፡ በደዊን ....ወዘተ ዝኣመሰሉ ዝተጐስዩ ክፍልታት ሕብረተሰባተን፡ ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ፡ ቍጣባውን ማሕበራውን ንጥፈታት ናይ ሃገሮም ከምዝሳተፉ ምግባር።
5. ሃገራት ምዕራብ ማዕጹአን ኣብ ክንዲ ምዕጻው፡ ስደተኛታት ብሕጋዊ ኣገባብ ናብ ሃገረን ዝኣትውሉ ዕድላት ከምዘስፍሓ ምግባር።
ክቡራትን ክቡራንን
ኣትኵሮ ናይ ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ለውጥን ናብ ውሽጢ ሃገር ገጹ ዘቕንዐ ክኸውን ኣለዎ። ኣብ ሕድሕድካ ካብ ምውጣጥን፡ ኣብ ጸቢብ ዓንኬል ካብ ምዅዳድን ወጺእና፡ ናብ'ቲ ዝሰፍሐ ህዝብና ዝርከቦ ሃገርና ቆላሕታ ክንገብር ህዝብና ንዘሕልፎ ዘሎ ሕማቕ ሃለዋት ንምቕያርን ዘኽእል ስትራተጂታትን ስልትታትን ክንሕንጽጽን ኣብ ተግባር ከነውዕልን ይድለ ኣሎ። ስለ'ዚ፡ ነፍስወከፍ ተቓዋሚ'የ ዝብል ኣካል ካብ ዝነብሮ ሳንዱቕ ወጺኡ፡ ኣብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ምስ ዘሎ ህዝብና ዝምድናታት ክፈጥር ጻዕርታት ክገብር ኣለዎ። ንተቓዋማይ ምቅዋም ብዙሕ ዘምጽኦ ረብሓ የለን እሞ፡ ኣዒንትና ናብ ስርዓት ህግደፍን ተግባራቱን ጥራሕ ይጠምታ። ህዝብና ብስእነት ማይ፡ መግብን መብራህትን ዝኣመሰሉ መሰረታያን ጕዳያት ይሳቐ ኣሎ። ንሕና፡ ከም ተቓወምቲ ነዚ ሽግር'ዝን ካልእ ሽግራትን ናይ ምፍታሕ መደብን ዓቕምን ከምዘለና ንህዝብና ከነርእዮ ክንክእል ኣለና። እዚ እንተዘይኣርኢናዮ፡ ኣብ ዙርያና ክዓስል ኣይክእልን ኢዩ። ዕለታዊ መነባብሮ ናይ ህዝብ ክንፈልጥን ንምቕያሩ ዘሎና መደባት ክንሕብሮን ኣገዳስነቱ ዕዙዝ ኢዩ።
ኣብ'ዚ ዓመት'ዚ፡ ኣብ ማእሰርቲ ዝርከቡ ናይ ፖለቲካን ናይ ሕልናን እሱራት፡ ሃለዋት ዝፍለጠሉ ኵነታት ክንፈጥር ኣለና። ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ፡ ብዛዕባ'ዞም እሱራት እዚኣቶም ተሓቢኡ ዘሎ ሓቅታት ከውጽእ ከነገድዶ ክንክእል ኣሎና። ናይ ዘለዉን ዝሞትን እሱራት ሃለዋት ግልጺ ሓበሬታ ዝውሃበላ፣ ህልዋት ናይ ፖለቲካን ናይ ሕልናን እሱራት ብዘይ ቅድመ-ኵነት ዝፍትሑላ ዓመት ንምግባ፣ ናይ ውሽጥን ናይ ግዳምን ጸቕጥታት ኣብ ልዕሊ ገዛኢ ስርዓት ኤርትራ ንምሕያል ኣበርቲዕና ክንሰርሕ ይግብኣና።
ክቡራትን ክቡራንን
ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ብእኩብን ብክልተኣውን ደረጃታት ኣብ 2014 ከካይዶም ዝጸንሐ ርክባት ኣብ 2015 ክቕጽሎም ኢዩ። እዞም ርክባት እዚኣቶም፡ ናብ ጭቡጥ ስምምዓት ንኽበጽሑ ዘኽእል መጽናዕትታት ክገብርን ግብራዊ ስጕምትታት ከውስድን ኢዩ።
ናይ ሰላም፡ ስኒትን ራህዋን ዓመት ይግበረልና
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ድላዩ ይፍጽም ዓጋቲ ዘይብሉ ተገቲሩ
ንኣእምሮና ተቘጻጺሩ ኣብ ልብና ሰፊሩ
ብድንቍርናና ኣስተርሕዩ ከምድላዩ ኣመሓዲሩ
ንውሽጢ ገዲፉስ ንደገ እውን ሰጊሩ
ብሰንኪ ምፍልላይና ኣብ ሕቘና ሓዅሩ።
እቶም ንታሪኽ ብግልባጡ ዝስንዱ
ስም ደቂ ሰባት ዝቕርድዱ
ንጅግና ክዝልፉ ከጸልሙ ከዋርዱ
ዕንጨይቲ ዘናኽስ ሓዊ ኣጕዱ
ጥዑይ ተሳኢኑ ኩሉ ዓቢዱ
ነንሓድሕዱ ክወናጀል ንሰነ-ምግባር ወጊዱ
ለባም ይኹን ዓሻ ኩሉ ሓንጊዱ
ዓሌት ኣውራጃ ክፈላሊ ርሑቕ ዘየማዕዱ
መዓልቲ ኣኺሉ እዩ ክፍለጥ ጉዱ
ስርናይ ክምመ ካብ ክርዳዱ
ደጋፊ ይኹን ተቓዋሚ ቀሪባ ኣላ ፍርዱ
ቅዋም ምስ ተተኽለ ኣይኮነን በብኢዱ
ሓቂ ንሓዝ ለማጽ ኣይኮነን መገዱ
ኣይንሕተትን ኢልኩም ክውንን ዘይክውንን ኣይተንጐድጕዱ ።
ብድራር መንታይ
Head of UN Commission of Inquiry on PFDJ Abuses Interviewed by Eritreans in Melbourne
Written by EPDP Information OfficeEritrean human rights and democracy activists in Australia have, on 22 December, interviewed over a public service radio in Melbourne the head of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea, reported Mr. Arei Mohammed Saleh, member of the EPDP branch in Melbourne.
The newly designated head of the Commission, Mr. Mike Smith, who is a university professor in Australia, was interviewed by Mr. Arei Mohamed Saleh and Ahmed Mahmoud Alhaj to explain a long range of topics including the mandate of the Commission and what Eritreans can expect from its reports.
Summarized below are points from the radio interview with the chairpersonof the UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea of which Ms. Sheila Keetharuth, the UN Human Rights Rapporteur on Eritrea is also a member.
Question: Does the setting up of a UN Commission of Inquiry mean the possible existence of crimes against humanity committed in Eritrea? What is the time frame the Commission’s mandate?
Answer: The Commission of Inquiry has been mandated to investigate alleged human rights violations in Eritrea. We are required to report back by June 2015. There is no mention of crimes against humanity in the resolution but … the Commission will document what violations of human rights have been committed (since independence of Eritrea).
Q: How can people contact you?
A: We already called for submissions from all concerned …..You can also ask anyone who has information relevant to this inquiry to send us his/her input by email (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) before the closing date of 31st of January 2015. Some of those who submit information may be contacted in the future for further details.
Q: You launched your inquiry task on the 20th of November 2014 and have already met with Eritreans in Switzerland and Italy. Do you plan to meet Eritreans residing in other countries, in particular the Sudan ad Ethiopia where there are a large number of Eritrean refugees?
A: Yes and very definitely and we would like to meet Eritreans who are living in a number of different countries. We have in fact sent letters to a number of the neighboring countries to Eritrea. …. But we will be visiting a number of countries. We would like to visit all countries where Eritreans are living including Australia….
Q: Are you optimistic that the Eritrean government will allow you to visit Eritrea? If not, how will this affect your work?
A: We have written to the Eritrean government and also spoken to the diplomatic representative in Geneva and have asked for their agreement to our visiting and meeting people, and visiting various sites in Eritrea. They have not replied yet and I do not want to pre-judge… The Office of High Commission for Human Rights has a lot of experience in this area….where the commissions were not allowed to visit certain countries, information was collected from outside those countries from people who have first-hand experience, expertise … and were able to provide very credible and compelling reports. …we will do our report whether we visit Eritrea or not.
Q: How do you verify the creditability of information you receive?
A: Commissions of inquiry follow established standard procedures…. We check the credibility of the information and the reliability of the source of the information…..
Q: How will you protect the identity of those who provide you with information as many may need assurances that their information and identity will not be leaked to the Eritrean regime?
A: We have all the measures to ensure the full confidentiality of all information and the identity of people who have had contact with us. Their concerns are well addressed if they do not want to be mentioned by name…
Q: How do you report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva?
A: In March 2015, we will give an oral report to the Council. We will tell what we were doing and will answer questions from Council members…..Then in June 2015, we shall make a presentation to the Council in Geneva and to the UN General Assembly in its next session, probably in October 2015. ….I would expect that the reports will include recommendations….
ሱዳናውያን ወተሃደራት ነቶም ዝጨወይዎም 1,000 ዝዀኑ ስደተኛታት ኣብ ሰለስተ ከፊሎም፡ ኣብ ከሰላ፡ ሓልፋ ጀዲዳን ግርባን ኣሲሮምዎ ምህላዎም እሙናት ምንጪታት ሓቢሮም።
ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ስደተኛታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ እቶም እሱራት ብጅምላ ከይባረሩን ገበን ዘይፈጸሙ ድማ ብቐጥታ ተፈቲሖም ናብ መደበር ስደተኛታት ክምለሱን ብዘቕረቦ ተቓውሞ መሰረት 400 ናብ ቦትኦም ተመሊሶም ኣለዉ። ዝተረፉ ድማ፡ ምርመራታት ይካየደሎም ኣሎ። ብድሕር'ዚ ናብ ቤት ፍርዲ ከቕርብዎም ምዃኖም ይስማዕ ኣሎ።
ብኻልእ ሸነኽ ድማ፡ ምውታት ንምርካብ ኣብ ዝተገብረ ፍተሻ ሓደ ተረኺቡ ኣሎ። በዚ ጠቕላላ ክሳብ ሕጂ ተረኺቡ ዘሎ ሬሳታት ናብ 9 ክብ ኢሉ ኣሎ። ብርክት ዝበለ ቍጽሪ ዘለዎም ብዝወረዶም ማህረምቲ ኣብ ሆስፒታል ዝእለዩ ከምዘለዉ ዝዝከር ኢዩ።
ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ነቲ ኢሰብኣዊ ተግባራት ዝዅንንን ንላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ሕቡራት ሃገራት ሓላፍነቱ ክስከም ዝጽውዕን መዘክር ኣቕሪቡ ምንባሩ ዝፍለጥ ኢዩ።
ሱዳናውያን ወተሃደራት ነቶም ዝጨወይዎም 1,000 ዝዀኑ ስደተኛታት ኣብ ሰለስተ ከፊሎም፡ ኣብ ከሰላ፡ ሓልፋ ጀዲዳን ግርባን ኣሲሮምዎ ምህላዎም እሙናት ምንጪታት ሓቢሮም።
ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ስደተኛታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ እቶም እሱራት ብጅምላ ከይባረሩን ገበን ዘይፈጸሙ ድማ ብቐጥታ ተፈቲሖም ናብ መደበር ስደተኛታት ክምለሱን ብዘቕረቦ ተቓውሞ መሰረት 400 ናብ ቦትኦም ተመሊሶም ኣለዉ። ዝተረፉ ድማ፡ ምርመራታት ይካየደሎም ኣሎ። ብድሕር'ዚ ናብ ቤት ፍርዲ ከቕርብዎም ምዃኖም ይስማዕ ኣሎ።
ብኻልእ ሸነኽ ድማ፡ ምውታት ንምርካብ ኣብ ዝተገብረ ፍተሻ ሓደ ተረኺቡ ኣሎ። በዚ ጠቕላላ ክሳብ ሕጂ ተረኺቡ ዘሎ ሬሳታት ናብ 9 ክብ ኢሉ ኣሎ። ብርክት ዝበለ ቍጽሪ ዘለዎም ብዝወረዶም ማህረምቲ ኣብ ሆስፒታል ዝእለዩ ከምዘለዉ ዝዝከር ኢዩ።
ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ነቲ ኢሰብኣዊ ተግባራት ዝዅንንን ንላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ሕቡራት ሃገራት ሓላፍነቱ ክስከም ዝጽውዕን መዘክር ኣቕሪቡ ምንባሩ ዝፍለጥ ኢዩ።