Lampedusa Memorial by Eritrean Demtsi Hezbi
Eritrean Demtsi Hezbi 12 October 2014 Program
ተጋዳላይ ተወልደ ተስፋማርያም (ወዲ ቫካሮ) ብዝሓደሮ ሕማም ትማሊለይቲ ዕለት 22 ጥቅምቲ 2014 ብሞት ካብ'ዛ ዓለም ምፍላዩ፡ ንቤተሰቡን ንመቓልስቱ ደልዪቲ ፍትሕን ኣዝዩ ዘሰንብድን ዘሕዝንን ተረኽቦ ኢዩ።
ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ንመዋቲ መንግስተ-ሰማይ ንቤተሰቡን መቓልስቱን ድማ ጽንዓት ይሃቦም፡ ጠሉ ድማ የውርደሎም እናበለ ናይ'ቲ ወሪድዎም ዘሎ መሪር ሓዘን ተኻፋላይ ምዃኑ ይገልጽ።
ስውእ ተወልደ ቫካሮ ብስጋ እኳ ካባና እንተተፈልየ፡ ብመንፈስ ግን፡ ዝኽሩ ነባሪ ኢዩ።
መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም
ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ
23 ጥቅምቲ 2014
نعي أليم
تلقت قيادة حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري ببالغ الحزن والأسى نبأ وفاة المناضل/تولدي تسفاماريام (ودِّي فكارو).
وأمام هذا الفقد الوطني الجلل لا يملك حزبنا إلا أن يشارك أسرة الفقيد الأحزان متمنياً للفقيد الرحمة ولأسرته وشعبه جميل الصبر وحسن العزاء.
منقستئاب أسمروم
رئيس حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري
23 اكتوبر 2014م
Lampedusa: The Site of PFDJ Injustice and Dictatorship
Written by EPDP Information OfficeEPDP Editorial
October 3, 2014 marked one year of the loss of 368 Eritreans in the island of Lampedusa. Diaspora Eritreans held memorial on the loss with profound grief and mourning. They lit vigil candles, conducted prayers, and placed grief flowers on the area where the 368 Eritreans drowned. Others who couldn’t travel to Lampedusa remembered the loss in their respective countries and regions with the same zeal of love and respect, the way we Eritreans treat and honor our dead whether it is back home or in the Diaspora. The memorial was also notably public: it was attended by many European government officials, Eritrean humanitarian rights advocates, EPDP, including the representative of his Holiness Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church who addressed Eritreans on the tragedy, giving his consolation to the grieving families and close relatives and friends.
The memorial was a somber expression on Eritrea’s picture in general, and on the larger social, political, and economic dictatorship that is gripping the country and its people under the PFDJ regime in particular. In a point, what the Lampedusa memorial reminds us is that the unending death of hundreds of Eritrean youth, women, and children in high seas and in the Sinai desert stems from the total absence of fundamental freedom and justice in our country being caused by the PFDJ regime whose policies are designed to cause the maximum affliction possible on our people to the degree of annihilating the entire population like an uncontrollable plague.
Whether those who died in the island of Lampedusa or in other places, we must hold them as victims of the PFDJ dictatorship and injustice: they were jailed, tortured, harassed, and persecuted before they left their country - because they opposed the PFDJ’s tyrannical political order and demanded justice and rule of law in their country, like the thousands of our citizens who are either languishing in the PFDJ dungeons or already gave their lives for freedom and change. Hence, their sacrifice for justice and freedom is a national hallmark, meaning resistance and refusal to be governed by a repressive state.
Among other things, we must continue to challenge the narrative and depiction of the PFDJ that those hundreds of Eritreans fleeing their country and dying all over the world are victims of foreign forces who work to undermine Eritrea’s independence and sovereignty. Although the facts we know is that there is no entity other than the PFDJ regime so determined to subvert and undermine Eritrea’s sovereignty and independence, and its national unity, simply in pursuit of its ruthless power and tyranny in our country. If we do not tackle such a false narrative of PFDJ, it would continue to create a false sense of insecurity and fear among Eritrean citizens rather than fuelling a collective opposition against the PFDJ.
EPDP strongly believes that the memorial of Lampedusa victims should not be about wailing and weeping, or outcry over their death as the tragedy stems from the dictatorial system we have in our country. Although it is our revered tradition and culture to honor and remember them, we should not view them as tragic victims as this will disenable us from focusing and addressing the root cause facing our country and our people, removing the PFDJ tyranny, which is solely responsible for the plight of the entire country by producing an endless state sanctioned violence, terror, and fear that is paralyzing the lives and future of Eritrean people.
The point is the Lampedusa memorial should be seen as a political one, i.e. as a fight for the principles of freedom and democracy for which successive Eritrean generations paid enormous treasures, bled, and died for it for over half a century. It should be a memorial as a reminder of the total absence of fundamental human rights and the perpetual misery in Eritrea, which resulted and continues to result not only in the death of 368 Eritreans in the island of Lampedusa on October 2013, which we are observing, but also a tribute for all those who died in Sudan, Ethiopia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, as well as those who perished in places of no man’s land at the hands of gangs and human traffickers and never gotten the proper burial as the areas they died are beyond the reach of governments or human rights organizations.
Last, the memorial observance of Lampedusa must translate into action. As we pay tribute to those who perished in the island of Lampedusa and in other places, we must look to what is happening in our country and what should we do as an opposition. The country is paying a high price. The tyranny being perpetuated by the PFDJ regime is fundamentally shredding the social fabric of our society, our values, our morals, our ideas, our cultures, our politics, and atomizing the public good so as to perpetuate its corrupted political power. And this is a moment in which we must change the dynamics essential to developing a broad-based political opposition that provides a real alternative to the PFDJ regime. But for this to happen, it is crucial that the opposition develops a strategy that captures the aspiration and dreams of the Eritrean public so that Eritrean people can invest in the struggle against the PFDJ regime. So, Lampedusa memorial must used to remind us our patriotism, our pride, and our historical resolve as Eritreans. Lampedusa victims and others died for us; they died for the sake of justice and we must not settle for anything short of launching a radical transformative struggle that should establish a democratic Eritrea by establishing a collective struggle and strong opposition leadership that is capable of destroying and shattering the power of PFDJ that is currently wielded by Issaias and his elite. This is the time for Eritrean forces opposed to the PFDJ regime to face the tough road ahead; it is-make-it-or-break-it time. Again, we can either roll our sleeve and crush the wall of PFDJ tyranny, or fold our cards and give up. And the latter is not an option.
Lampedusa: The Site of PFDJ Injustice and Dictatorship
Written by EPDP Information OfficeEPDP Editorial
October 3, 2014 marked one year of the loss of 368 Eritreans in the island of Lampedusa. Diaspora Eritreans held memorial on the loss with profound grief and mourning. They lit vigil candles, conducted prayers, and placed grief flowers on the area where the 368 Eritreans drowned. Others who couldn’t travel to Lampedusa remembered the loss in their respective countries and regions with the same zeal of love and respect, the way we Eritreans treat and honor our dead whether it is back home or in the Diaspora. The memorial was also notably public: it was attended by many European government officials, Eritrean humanitarian rights advocates, EPDP, including the representative of his Holiness Pope Francis of the Roman Catholic Church who addressed Eritreans on the tragedy, giving his consolation to the grieving families and close relatives and friends.
The memorial was a somber expression on Eritrea’s picture in general, and on the larger social, political, and economic dictatorship that is gripping the country and its people under the PFDJ regime in particular. In a point, what the Lampedusa memorial reminds us is that the unending death of hundreds of Eritrean youth, women, and children in high seas and in the Sinai desert stems from the total absence of fundamental freedom and justice in our country being caused by the PFDJ regime whose policies are designed to cause the maximum affliction possible on our people to the degree of annihilating the entire population like an uncontrollable plague.
Whether those who died in the island of Lampedusa or in other places, we must hold them as victims of the PFDJ dictatorship and injustice: they were jailed, tortured, harassed, and persecuted before they left their country - because they opposed the PFDJ’s tyrannical political order and demanded justice and rule of law in their country, like the thousands of our citizens who are either languishing in the PFDJ dungeons or already gave their lives for freedom and change. Hence, their sacrifice for justice and freedom is a national hallmark, meaning resistance and refusal to be governed by a repressive state.
Among other things, we must continue to challenge the narrative and depiction of the PFDJ that those hundreds of Eritreans fleeing their country and dying all over the world are victims of foreign forces who work to undermine Eritrea’s independence and sovereignty. Although the facts we know is that there is no entity other than the PFDJ regime so determined to subvert and undermine Eritrea’s sovereignty and independence, and its national unity, simply in pursuit of its ruthless power and tyranny in our country. If we do not tackle such a false narrative of PFDJ, it would continue to create a false sense of insecurity and fear among Eritrean citizens rather than fuelling a collective opposition against the PFDJ.
EPDP strongly believes that the memorial of Lampedusa victims should not be about wailing and weeping, or outcry over their death as the tragedy stems from the dictatorial system we have in our country. Although it is our revered tradition and culture to honor and remember them, we should not view them as tragic victims as this will disenable us from focusing and addressing the root cause facing our country and our people, removing the PFDJ tyranny, which is solely responsible for the plight of the entire country by producing an endless state sanctioned violence, terror, and fear that is paralyzing the lives and future of Eritrean people.
The point is the Lampedusa memorial should be seen as a political one, i.e. as a fight for the principles of freedom and democracy for which successive Eritrean generations paid enormous treasures, bled, and died for it for over half a century. It should be a memorial as a reminder of the total absence of fundamental human rights and the perpetual misery in Eritrea, which resulted and continues to result not only in the death of 368 Eritreans in the island of Lampedusa on October 2013, which we are observing, but also a tribute for all those who died in Sudan, Ethiopia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, as well as those who perished in places of no man’s land at the hands of gangs and human traffickers and never gotten the proper burial as the areas they died are beyond the reach of governments or human rights organizations.
Last, the memorial observance of Lampedusa must translate into action. As we pay tribute to those who perished in the island of Lampedusa and in other places, we must look to what is happening in our country and what should we do as an opposition. The country is paying a high price. The tyranny being perpetuated by the PFDJ regime is fundamentally shredding the social fabric of our society, our values, our morals, our ideas, our cultures, our politics, and atomizing the public good so as to perpetuate its corrupted political power. And this is a moment in which we must change the dynamics essential to developing a broad-based political opposition that provides a real alternative to the PFDJ regime. But for this to happen, it is crucial that the opposition develops a strategy that captures the aspiration and dreams of the Eritrean public so that Eritrean people can invest in the struggle against the PFDJ regime. So, Lampedusa memorial must be used to remind us our patriotism, our pride, and our historical resolve as Eritreans. Lampedusa victims and others died for us; they died for the sake of justice and we must not settle for anything short of launching a radical transformative struggle that should establish a democratic Eritrea by establishing a collective struggle and strong opposition leadership that is capable of destroying and shattering the power of PFDJ that is currently wielded by Issaias and his elite. This is the time for Eritrean forces opposed to the PFDJ regime to face the tough road ahead; it is-make-it-or-break-it time. Again, we can either roll our sleeve and crush the wall of PFDJ tyranny, or fold our cards and give up. And the latter is not an option.
يصادف الثالث من اكتوبر 2014م مرور العام الأول علي مأساة جزيرة لامبيدوزا الايطالية التي راح ضحيتها أكثر من 360 شاباً ارترياً غرقاً أو احتراقاً نتيجة اشتعال حريق داخل العبارة الناقلة لهم وهي في عرض البحر.
واليوم نجد كل الارتريين أينما وجدوا يحيون هذه الذكرى الحزينة والتي أدمت قلوب الشعب الارتري وقلوب حكومات وشعوب العالم.
لذلك ولأهمية هذه الذكرى علي قلوبنا جميعاً أوفد حزبنا الأخ/ ولد يسوس عمار مسئول العلاقات الخارجية لحضور احتفال الشموع إحياءاً لذكرى مرور العام الأول علي هذه المأساة الذي يقام في ذات المكان (جزيرة لامبيدوزا الايطالية) والزمان ( الثالث من اكتوبر ).
المرجو من جميع الأخوة أعضاء الحزب أن يشاركوا في مثل هذا الاحتفال وحدهم أو بالتعاون مع الآخرين إن وجدوا.
حزبنا بهذه المناسبة الوطنية الحزينة لا يملك إلا أن يشارك ذوي الضحايا الأحزان متمنياً لهم الصبر وحسن العزاء.
منقستئاب أسمروم
رئيس الحزب
3 / 10 / 2014م
Six Ancient Eritrean Monasteries Excommunicate Regime-Appointees Abusing the Orthodox Church
Written by EPDP Information Office
In a joint statement issued on October 1, 2014, six ancient and powerful Eritrean Orthodox Church monasteries of Debre Bizen, Emba Selassie, Debre Sina, Debre Libanos, Debre Tsege Sef’a and Debre Yohannes Metmik (the Baptist) have strongly condemned and excommunicated two topmost government appointed “leaders” of the Eritrean Orthodox Tewahdo Church.
The excommunicated individuals are the civilian Yeftahe Dimetros Ghebremariam and the cleric Keshi Habtom Rusom Habte, both of whom won notoriety in church circles and in the Eritrean society in general during the last ten years.
The strong condemnation and excommunication of the two persons is believed to be a direct finger pointing of all the wrong doing in the country to the one-man regime of Isayas Afeworki itself.
According to an Eritrean website, Assena.com, the tyrannical regime (read: the dictator) has already taken desperately trying to save face by removing the two accused persons from their church posts. Yeftahe Dimetors, has been the key figure in the Church following the illegal dethroning of the Eritrean Orthodox Church leader, His Holiness Patriarch Antonios, a decade ago.
The ancient Monastery of Debre Bizen is located a stone’s throw east of Asmara.
The six signatory monasteries of the Eritrean Orthodox Church summarized their charges in seven accusations and informed the Eritrean people to never have any relation with these persons as regards Church affairs.
The Monastery of Emba Selassie, built on top of precipitous mountain, is located south of Keren.
The statement, so far existing in Tigrinia and expected to be translated to several languages, affirmed that the two persons were the key figures responsible for all the evil acts that bedeviled the Church and left it fragmented and weakened.
Debre Sina
It stated in sharp and clarion clear wording that:
· The two individuals repeatedly violated the most venerated laws and rules of the Eritrean Church;
· Dishonoured and usurped the Patriarchate and its head;
· Sided with evil doers in the country and gave them favourable cover;
· Actively divided and weakened Eritrean monasteries;
· Sowed confusion and destroyed the unity of the Church;
· Victimized honest servants of the Church and its followers;
· Promoted corruption and dishonesty.
Debre Libanos
Translation of the statement in English is expected to be obtained soon.
ብዕለት 12-10-2014 ጨንፈር ፍራንክፎርትን ከባቢኣን ብርክት ዝበሉ ኣባላት ዝተሳተፉዎ ወርሓዊ ስሩዕ ኣኼባኡ ኣካይዱ። እቲ ኣኼባ ብኣቦ መንበር ጨንፈር ሓው ሓጅ ሳልሕ እዩ ብእንቋዕ ደሓን መጻእኩምን አጀንዳ ኣኼባ ብምግላጽን ተኸፊቱ።
ቀጺሉ፡ እዋናዊ ሓበሬታታት ብምልውዋጥን፡ መለለይታት ሰልፍኻ ምፍላጥን ዝብሉ ኣርእስትታት ብምልዓል ኣስተምህሮታት ብምቕራብ ስሩዕ መደብ ኣኼባ ተኻይዱ።
ኣብቲ ቀዳማይ ኣርእስቲ ናይ ሓበሬታታት ምልውዋጥ፡ ሓው ንጉሰ ጸጋይ ኣባል መሪሕነት ሰልፊ፡ ብዛዕባ እቲ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ሰሙን ኣብ ምሉእ ዓለም ክካየድ ዝቐነየ ቀዳማይ ዓመት ዝኽሪ ህልቂት ላምፓዱሳ ስፍሕ ዝበለ መግለጺ ኣቕሪቡ። ኣብ መግለጺኡ፡ ኣብ ናይ ጀርመን ከተማታት ዳርምሽታትትን ፈራንክፎርትን ቃሬዛታት ሒዝካ ዝነበረ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍታትን፡ ነቲ ጠንቂ ናይ‘ዚ ኩሉ ጸገማት ዝኾነ እቲ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ዝኽተሎ ዘሎ ግፍዕታት ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብናን፡ ብስም ኣገልግሎት ዝካየድ ዘሎ ባርነትን ውርደትን መንእሰያትናን ዝገልጽ፡ ብመንእሰያት ዝቐረበ ድራማን ከም ዝነበረ ተንቲኑ ኣቕሪቡ።
ብዘይካዚ ኣብቲ ህልቂት ዝተፈጸመሉ ደሴት ላምፓዱዛ ዝተኻየደ ዝኽሪ፤ ተሳትፎ ሊቀ ጳጳሳት ኣባ ፍራንሲስን ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ሕብረት ኤውሮጳን ሰበ-ስልጣን ጣልያንን ንስደተኛታት ዝምልከት ዘቕረብዎ መግለጽን ድሕሪ ምሕባር፡ ሓላፊ ኣህጉራዊ ዝምድናታት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ሓው ወልደሱስ ዓማርን ካልኦት ተወከልቲ ውድባትን ምንቅስቓሳትንውን ተሳቲፎም ምንባሮም ገሊጹ። መራሕቲ ሃይማኖትን ፖለቲከኛታት ሕብረት ኤውሮጳን ንዝኽሪ ህልቂት ላምፓዱዛ ብዘስካሕክሕ ጥፍኣት ክዝክሩ እንከለዉ፡ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ህግዲፍ ግን ብሩሑቕ ይኹን ብቐረባ ዘይምዝካሩ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ፡ ኣባላቱ ዕጅብ ከይበሎም ኣብ ጀርመን ከተማ ጊስን ንጓላይን ዕንደራን ዝኸውን መደባት ሰሪዖም ኣብ ትልሂት ምሕዳሮም፣ ናይ ሕፍረት ሕፍረት ምዃኑውን ኣዘኻኺሩ።
ብተወሳኺ ኣብ መግለጺኡ፡ እዚ ኩሉ ጸገማት‘ዚ ክፍታሕ ዝኽእል፡ ነቲ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ንምቕያሩ ብምቅላስ፡ ብፍላይ ከኣ መንእሰያት ከም ውዑይ ሓይሊ መጠንን ተካእቲ ወለዶ ብምዃኖምን ተቢዖም ክቃለሱ ሓላፍነት ክወስዱ ከም ዘለዎምን ተማሕጺኑ። ኣብ ርእሲዚ‘ውን፡ ገለ መንእሰያት፡ ካብቲ ናይዚ ኩሉ ናይ ምድረበዳን ባሕርን ህልቂት ጠንቂ ዝኾነ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ኣምሊጦም ከብቕዑ፡ ኣብ ዝዕቆቡሉ ቦታ በጺሖም ኣብ ስደቶም ናይ ምንባር መሰላቶም ምስ ኣረጋገጹ፡ ተመሊሶም ነቲ ስርዓት ከገልግሉ ክትርኢ ከሎኻ ኣዝዩ ሕማቕን ዘሕፍርን ተግባር ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ኩላቶም መንእሰያት ካብዚ ጌጋ ስጉምቲ‘ዚ ተቖጢቦም ኣብ ዝመረጽዎ ፖለቲካዊ ኮነ ማሕበራዊ ውዳቤታት ጸኒዖም ክቃለሱ ተላብዩ።
ኣብ ርእሲ‘ዚ መንእሰያት ክብሮምን ፌቨንን፡ ኣባላት ጨንፈር ሽማግለ ብወገኖም፡ ብጉዳይ መንእሰያት ኣልዒሎም፡ ኣብዚ ግዜ‘ዚ ዘሎ ናይ ኣቀላልሳ ሃለዋቶምን፡ ብሕጂ ከኣ ከም ናይ ቃልሲ ተካእቲ መጠን ክገብሩዎ ዝግባእን ብምጥቃስ አተባባዕን መሃርን መግለጺ ኣቕሪቦም።
ካብዚ ብምቕጻል፡ ኣብቲ ካልኣይ ክፋል ናይ ኣጀንዳ ብምእታው፡ መለለይታት ሰልፍኻ ምፍላጥ ዝብል ኣርእስቲ ብምልዓል፡ ብፍላይ ንሓደስቲ ኣባላት ኣስተምህሮ ክኸውን ዝኽእል ፖለቲካውን ማሕበራውን መለለይታት ሰልፊ ዲምክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝሕብር ሰፊሕ መግለጺ፡ ብሓው ታደሰ ኣስመላሽ ቀሪቡ። ኣብ ርእሲኡ‘ውን ገለ ኣባላት በብተራ ተወሳኺ መብርሂታት ብምቅራብ፣ ተሳተፍቲ ኣኼባ ብዛዕባ ሰልፎም ዝህልዎም ተረድኦን ኣፍልጦን ንኽሰፍሕ ሓጋዚ ግደ ኣበርኪቶም።
ኣብ መወዳእታ ከኣ ኣባላት መሪሕነት ጨንፈር፡ ብዛዕባ ኣገባባት ስርርዓዊ ኣሰራርሓ ሰልፊ ብሓፈሻ ብፍላይ ድማ ንጨንፈር ዝምልከት መግለጺ ብምሃብ ኣኼባ ብዝኽረ ስዉኣት ተዛዚሙ።
ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ እንኸሰሉ ምኽንያታት ኣዝዩ ብዙሕ ምዃኑ ፍሉጥን ቅድሚ ሕጂ ደጋጊምና ዝዘርዘርናዮ መዓንጣ ከብድና ዘሕረረ ስለ ዝኾነ ሕጂ መሊስካ ምድግጋሙ ኣድላይ ኮይኑ ኣይረኸብኩዎን። ኣጠቓሊልካ ንምስፋሩ ግና “ጉጅለ ህግደፍ፡ ናይ ሎሚ ኩነታት ዘይድህስስ፡ ናይ ጽባሕ ዘይእምትን ኣብ ናይ ትማሊ ኩነታት ክነብር ዝህቅን ካብ ናይ ሎሚ ውድዕነት ክሃድም ዝፍትን መታለሊ እዩ” ኢልካ ገሊጽካዮ ምሕላፍ ዝከኣል ይመስለኒ። እዚ ጉጅለ ነቲ ናይ “ሪትለስ ወይ ንድሕሪት ተመለስ” ጉዕዘኡ ብዙሕ ስም እዩ ዝህቦ፡ ኣበሩ ንምሕባእ ዝምህዞ ማእለማታት እውን ከምኡ ብዙሕ እዩ። እቲ ጉጅለ በታ ብሕታዊት ተሓቢኡላ ዘሎ ልሳኑ ኤሪ-ቲቪ ኣቢሉ፡ ንሓንሳብ መደብ “ጉዳያት ብጋህዲ” ንሓንሳብ ድማ መደባት “መርሓባ” ይምህዝ። ንውርሻን ያታን ዝግደስ መሲሉ ክቐርብ ድማ ይመጣጠር። እቲ ናይ ዝሓለፈ ገድሊ ያታን ውርሻን ምዝካርስ ንሕናውን ኣይመጸላእናዮ። ግና ብዋጋ ምሕባእ ህልዊ ኣጸጋሚ ኩነታት ህዝብና ክኸውን እንከሎ ምትላል እዩ ዝኸውን’ሞ ንቃወሞ። ጉዳይ ህልቂት ደሴት ላምፓዱሳ ጓሲኻ፡ ብዛዕባ ሓደ ቅድሚ 40 ዓመታት ዝተኻየደ ውግእን ሽዑ ዝተማረኸ ኣጽዋርን ክትዛረብ ምውዓልስ ምስ ምንታይኮን ይቑጸር።
ኣብ 60ታት፡ “ለኣሎ ላሎ፡ ወደባት ዓደይ ይረኣየኒ’ሎ፡ እቲ ገዛና ዓብዪ ህድሞ ቁንጪ ቱኻን መሊኦሞ፡ ሽገይ ሃቡኒ ኣይተታልሉኒ … ወዘተ” ክድረፍ እንከሎ፡ መግለጺ ናይቲ ሽዑ ኣብ ልቢ ህዝብና ተደጒሉ ዝነበረ ሃረርታ ነጻነትን ትጽቢት ሃገርነትን ስለ ዝነበረ እዋናውነቱ ዘዳዲ ኣይነበረን። ከምኡ ስለ ዝነበረ ድማ ኣብ ልብን ቀልብን ነፍሲ ወከፍ ኤርትራዊ ክሳብ ሎሚ ምድሙድ ቦታ ረኺቡ። ከምቲ ዝነቐለሉ ድማ ኣድሚዑ። ከምቲ “እንዳ ኣንበሳስ ዓጽሚ ኣይሰኣኖን” ዝበሃል፡ እቲ ናይ ሽዑ ርሾ ፍቕሪ ሃገር ሎሚ እውን ካብ ሕልና ህዝብና ኣይተሓኸኸን እንተበልና ምግናን ኣይኮነን። ቀጻልነቱ ግና ዘተሓትት እዩ። እቲ ናይ ሽዑ ደርፍታት ኣብዚ ሎሚ ህዝብና ዘለዎ ኩነታት ቅድሚት ሰሪዕካ ከተቃለሖ ምፍታን ዕላምኡ ንህዝብና ንድሕሪት ክትመልሶ ምፍታን እንተዘይኮይኑ ካልእ ትርጉም ክወህቦ ኣይከኣልን። ሎሚ ህዝብና ዘለዎ ኩነታት ተመዚኑ ንዓኡ ዘንጸባርቕ መዝሙር፡ ዜማን ግጥምን እንተ ዝዝውተር ኣብ ልቢ ህዝብና ቦታ መረኸበ “ኣብዚ እነኻ ዘረባ” ድማ መተባህለሉ። እቲ ምስ ናይ ሎሚ ርኡይ ኩነታቱ ዘየሳኒ ዜማታት ክሰምዕ እንከሎ ህዝብና “እንታይ ዋጋ ኣለዎ ሽዑስ ግዜ ነይሩ፡ ንሕበን ድማ ኔርና፡ ሎሚ ግና ብሰንኪ ባዕልና ተማህሊልና ዘምጻእናዮ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ከምሽንቲ ገመል እንዲና ንድሕሪት ተመሊስና፡ ናይ ሎሚ ግዳ ዘይንገብር” ናብ ዝብል ጣዕሳ እዩ ዝወስዶ። እዞም ነዚ ዘሳስዩ ዘለዉ በዓል ኣስመሮም ሃብተማርያም ድዩ ኢንጅነር ኣስጐዶም ወልደሚካኤል፡ ኣልኣሚን ዓብደለጢፍ ወይ በረኸት መንግስተኣብ፡ ኣብ ልቢ ህዝብና ሞያዊ ቦታ ንክረኽቡ፡ “ ፍሽኽታ ኣመለይ ወይ እምኒ መሲሉካ ከይትረግጽ ዓፍራ” ንዝብሉ ግዜ ዘይሓለፎም ማዕረ ህልዊ ስምዒት ህዝብና ዝጐዓዙ፡ ዜማታት ግቡእ ቦታ ክህብዎ ምተገብኦም። ምስ ህግደፍ ኣይመሳነዩን ብህዝብና ግና ክብሪ ኣምበይተፈልዮምን። ካብኡ ሓሊፎም ቀደም ናይ ህዝቢ ትርግታን ክውንነትን ዳህሲሶም ሃገራዊ ምልዕዓል ከም ዘይፈጠሩ፡ ሎሚ ናይ ሓደ ገበነኛ ጉጅለ ኣበር ሓባእቲ ኮይኖም ክልተሻብ ካብ ዝረኣዩ ስቕ መሓሾም። “ይገርመና ኣሎ” ንዝብል ዜማ ቦታ እንተዝህብዎ’ሞ ከከም ተርጓሚኡ እንተዝትርጎም’ውን ኣምበይመኸፈአን።
ሎሚ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ህግደፍ ተስፋኡ ጸንቂቑ እዩ። ድሕሪ ሕጂ ልቢ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከም ዘይርህርህ፡ ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ተረዲእዎ እዩ። ከም መግለጺ ናይ’ዚ ዘሻቕል ኩነታት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ንሓደ ኤርትራዊ ኣማንየይ “ነዚ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝገብሮ ዘሎ ኣረመናዊ ተግባራትሲ ከመይ ትርእዮ?” ኢለ ምስ ሓተትኩዎ፡ “እዚ ሓደ ስርዓት ኣሪጉ ናብ ሞት ገጹ ብቕልጡፍ ክጐዓዝ እንከሎ ዘርእዮ ምልክት’ዩ” ኢሉ ዝመለሰለይ ንዝነበረኒ ግምት ኣድሚቑለይ። ሕጂ ህዝብና ናብቲ “ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣወጊደ ለውጢ ከረጋግጽ እየ” ክብል ዝጸንሐን ዘሎን ደንበ ተቓውሞ እዩ ብምሉእ ልቡ ዘጨናጭን ዘሎ። እሞ እዚ ደንበ ተቓውሞኸ ልቢ ኤርትራዊ ኣረስሪሱ ነቲ ወሳኒ ፈተና ክሓልፎ ድዩ ወይስ ኣይፋሉን? ጌና መዕለቢ ዘይረኸበ ኣብ መስርሕ ዘሎ እዩ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ወዮ በቲ ብጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝተጠልሞ፡ ግዲ ሰኪሑ፡ ንመብጽዓታት ደንበ ተቓውሞ ሃንደፍ ኢሉ ክቕበሎ እንጽበዮ ኣይኮነን። ህዝብና “ቀዳማይ ስሕታን ካለኣይ ግና ዕብዳን” ከይኮኖ እንተተጠራጠረ ኣይፍረዶን እዩ። እዚ ክበሃል እንከሎ ግና ሕልሚ ፈሪሕካ ካብ ድቃስ ምህዳም ከም ዘይከኣል፡ ህዝብና”ውን እምብዛ ከይረሓቐ፡ ንውድባቱ ገናጺሉ ብምርኣይ “እዚ ጥዑይ እዚ ግና ኣይፋሉን” ናይ ምባልን ምስቲ ጥዑይ ናይ ምስላፍ ሓላፍነት ኣብ ዝባኑ ከም ዘሎ ክዝንግዕ ኣይግበኦን። ከምኡ ዘይምግባር ግና ተሓታትነት ከስዕብ ባህርያዊ’ዩ። ደንበ ተቓውሞና ከዓ ኣብ ልቢ ህዝብና ቦታን ተቐባልነትን ንክረክብ ኣዝዩ ግሉጽ፡ ጸዋር፡ ገዳፍ፡ ሓላዪን ሓላፍነታውን ዋጋ ምኽፋል ይጽበዮ ከም ዘሎ ክግንዘብ ይግበኦ። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ስለ ዝቐበጸ ጥራይ ሓላይን ደጋፍን ደንበ ተቓውሞ ክኾነልካ ምጽባይ ቅቡል ኣይኮነን። ህዝብና ካብ ብእምነትን ግርህነትን ምድጋፍ ፍረ ስለ ዘይረኸበ፡ ንኩነታት ብግብራዊ ውጽኢት ክዕቅኖ ግድን ክኸውን እዩ። ተቓውሞና በታ ውስንቲ ዓቕሙ’ውን፡ ኣብ ልብን ቀልብን ህዝብና ቦታ ንምርካብ ካብ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝያዳ ሓላይ ህዝቢ ምዃኑ ዘረጋግጽ ተግባር ክፍጽም ይግበኦ። ህዝብና ነዚ መረጋገጺ ክሳብ ዘይረኸበ ኣይምስ ህግደፍ ኣይምስ ተቓውሞ ናይ ምዃን ኩነት ዘይፍጠረሉ ምኽንያት የለን። ድሮ ነዚ ዝመስል ምልክታት ስለ ዘሎ እዩ ድማ “ተሳትፎ ህዝብና ኣብዚ ቃልሲ ከም ዘንቀሳቕሶ ማዕበል ስለ ዝሰኣነ ዝረግአ ባሕሪ” ዝምሰል ዘሎ።
ናይ ሓደ ሓይሊ ወይ ውድብ ብቕዓት ዝልከዓሉ መምዘንታት፡ ከከም መድረኹን ናይቲ ዝተሰለፍሉ ቃልሲ ባህርን ከም ዝፈላለ ፍሉጥ እዩ። ንኣብነት ኣብ ግዜ ብረታዊ ቃልስና ምእንቲ ነጻነት እቲ ጐሊሑ ዝመጽእ መምዘኒ ናይ ሓደ ውድብ ብሓይሊ ናይ ጸላኢ መዛግብ ምፍራስን ቦታታት ምሕራርን ናይ ብቕዓት መምዘኒ ነይሩ። ሓቂ እዩ ድማ እቲ መድረኽ ከምኡ ዝጠልብ’ዩ ነይሩ። ንህዝቢ ባህግታቱ ኣለሊኻ ኣብ ጐንኻ ንምስላፍ ምንቃሕ፡ ምውዳብን ምንቃሕን እውን ከምኡ ካብ ቅድም ካልእ መምዘኒ ነይሩ። እቲ ናይ ቃልሲ እዋንን ናይ ቃልሲ ባህርን ክቕየር እንከሎ ድማ እቲ በሪኹ ዝረአ ናይ ሓደ ሰልፊ ወይ ውድብ ናይ ብቕዓት መምዘኒ ሓቢሩ ዝቕየር’ዩ። ክምዚ ሎሚ ንዕዘቦ ዘለና፡ ነቲ ናይ መድረኽን ባህሪ ቃልስን ለውጢ ኣብ ግምት ከየእተኻ ኣብቲ ግዜኡ ዝሓለፎ መምዘኒ ተወጢሕካ ምንባር ግና “ዓሚ ዝሞተ ምራኽ ፈኑ” ካብ ምዃን ሓሊፉ ካልእ ክኸውን ኣይክእልን’ዩ። ከምዚ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብ ክንዲ ነቲ ዓይኑ ኣፍጢጡ “ኣብዚ ኣለኹ” ዝብል እዋናዊ ሕቶታት ዝምልስ፡ ናይ ነበረያነበረ ኣረግቶት ታንክታት ከሰልፍ ዝሃልኽ ማለትና እዩ።
ብናተይ ርኢቶ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ብፍላይ ኣብ ደንበ ተቓውሞ፡ እቲ ናይ ብቕዓት መምዘኒ ክኸውን ዝግበኦ ነቲ ቀንድን መሰረታውን ሕቶታት ከከም ክብደቱ ክትምልስ ምኽኣልን ዘይምኽኣልን እዩ። ኣየናይ እዩ እሞ እቲ ቀንዲ መድረኻዊ ዕማም ኣብ ደንበ ተቓውሞ? ዝብል ሕቶ፡ ኣብ ምምላስ ምናልባት ፍልልያት ክህልወና ይኽእል ይኸውን። ክሳብ ተመሳሳሊ መልሲ ንውንን ከኣ ክንጽዕት ናይ ግድን እዩ። ብናተይ እምንቶ፡ እቲ ቀንዲ እዋናውን መሰረታውን ጉዳይ ኣብ ደንበ ተቓውሞ ኤርትራ ነዚ ብሓባር ክስለፍ ስለ ዘይከኣለ፡ ዓቕሙ ተበቲኑ፡ ክብደቱ ንኢሱ፡ ተቐባልነቱን ከዓ ሃሲሱ ዛህሩ ጠፊእዎ በታ ዝርካባ ዓቕሙ ኣብ ሕድሕዱ ክናቖት ዝውዕል ዘሎ ሓይልታት ብሓባር ከተሰልፎ ምኽኣልን ዘይምኻልን ሓደን ቀንድን ናይ ውድባትና ናይ ብቕዓት መለክዒ እዩ እብል። ካለኦት በብደረጃኦም ዝስርዑ ዕማማት የለዉን ማለት ግና ኣይኮነን። ኣብዚ ወሳኒ መድረኽ ርኡይ ሓላፍነታዊ ሓቛፊ እጃም ዘበርከት ውድብ፡ ሰልፊ ወይ ማሕበር፡ ምናልባት እውን ግዱስ ኤርትራዊ ባእታ “ከምዚ ገይረ እየ” ኢሉ እንተዝንየት ጥራይስ የውዕሎ እምበር መመልከዓሉን ምተመጐሰን በሃላይ እየ። እቲ ዝጽላእስ ኣብ ጥራይ ጐልጐል ተሰንጠቕኩ ምባልን ኣብ ልዕሊ መሓዛኻ ውድብ ኲናት ከፊትካ መን ከማይ ምባልን እዩ። ሎሚ ሓጥያት ደንበ ተቓውሞና በዚሑስ “ኩዳ ብዘይ ስብራ” ዝብል ምድጋሙ ዘሰክፍ ስም ክወሃቦ እንከሎ ዘየሳሕየና እንተኾይኑ፡ ብሓቂ “ብደውና ሞይትና ወይ ጥዕና ስኢና ኣለና” እንተበልና እንተዘይውሒዱና ይበዝሓና እዩ ኣይብልን።
ኣብ ደንበ ተቓውሞና ብዙሕ ዓይነት ኣወዳድባ ኣለና። ኣብዚ ብዙሕነታዊ ኣወዳድባ ዘለና ኣረኣእያ ዝተፈላለየ እዩ። ምናልባት ገሊኡ ውዳበታት ምስ ኤርትራዊ ባይታ ዘየሳኒ፡ ትርግታ ህዝቢ ዘየጨናጨነ እቶም ወደብቱ ካብ ጸቢብ ድሌት ዝፈጠርዎ ክኸውን ይኽእል። ገሊኡ ውዳበ ከዓ ኤርትራዊ ብዙሕነትና ዝፈጠሮ ካብ ኤርትራዊ ትንፋስ ዝነቅል መግለጺ ብዙሕነትና እዩ። በዚ ይኹን በቲ እዚ ዝተፈላለየ ኣወዳድባ መልክዕናን ግርማናን እምበር መጻልኢና ክኸውን ኣይግበኦን። እቲ ካብ ጸቢብ ባዕላዊ ድሌት መሃዝቱ ዝነቅል፡ ኣብ ኤርትራዊ ኣከዋውና ግና ባይታ ዘየብሉ ውዳበ እውን ክሳብ ኣብ ግዜኡ ህዝባዊ ፍርዲ ዝወሃቦ’ሞ ንወደብቱ ቅቡል ካብ ኮነ፡ ተቐቢልናዮ ብውሕልነት ንሓባራዊ ጉዕዞ ኣብ ምውዳቕ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ብዘይዕንቅጽ ኣገባብ ክንቃወሞ እንተዘይኮይኑ፡ ናይ ህዝቢ ዘይገሃስ ሉኣላዊ መሰል መንዚዕና ካብ ሕጂ ካብ መድረኽ ቃልሲ ከነወግዶ ክንፍትን ቅኑዕ ኣገባብ ኣተሓሕዛ ፍልልይ ኣይኮነን። ንሓደ ርኢቶ ኣኽቢርካዮ ማለት ናትካ ገይርካዮ ማለት ከም ዘይኮነ ንፈላለዩ ኣይኮነን ዝብል እምነት ኣለኒ። ነቲ ዘይንቕበሎ ርኢቶ ብሕጋውን ሰላማውን ኣገባብ ኣብቲ እዋኑ ህዝቢ ኣእሚና ባይታ ከነስእኖ ክንቃለስ ግና ዝኽልክለና የለን። እቲ ቃልሲ ንሰባት ኣእሚንካ እቲ ንስኻ ቅኑዕ እትብሎ ከም ናቶም ቅኑዕ ገይሮም ከም ዝወስድዎ ናይ ምኽኣሎም ሰላማዊ መስርሕ ምዃኑ ግና ኣይንረስዕ። ኣዚ እምንቶና ንቓለ ዓለም ክኸውን ኣይግበኦን። ኣብዚ መስርሕ ምእማንን ምትግባሩን ሓደ ካብ በሓቲ ባህርያት ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ዝፈልየና፡ ኣውንታዊ መምዘኒ ኮይኑ ክም ዝምዝገብ ከዓ ኣይንረስዕ። እቲ ናተይ ቅኑዕ ንዓኻትኩም’ውን ቅኑዕ፡ እቲ ናተይ ግጉይ ድማ ንዓኻትኩም’ውን ግጉይ እንተዘይኮነ ኢልካ ከተገድድ ምፍታን ግና ብባህሪኡ እምንቶ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ምዃኑ ኣይንዘንግዕ በሃላይ እየ። ከምቲ ወለድና “ቆልዓ ብንእሱ ቆርበት ብርሕሱ” ዝብልዎ፡ ከሎ ጌና ኢና ነዚ “ብፈቓድ ህዝቢ ዝምእዘዝ” ናይ ብዙሕነት ኣመሓዳድራ ክንርዕሞን ከነኽብሮን ዝግበኣና። እቲ ኣብዚ ከነስተውዕሎ ዝግበኣና መርገጻትና እንታይ ምዃኑ ብዘየገድስ ኤርትራ ናይ ኩላትና ምዃና እዩ። ብዘይናይኩላትና እኩብ ድምር ኣበርክቶ ድማ ክርህዋ ኣይኮነን። ስለዚ እየ ድማ ኣይንገዳደፍ ንከይንጸድፍ ዝብል መልእኽቲ ንምትሕልላፍ፡ ቅድሚ ሕጂ “ተመሊስካ ንእትረድኦ ሓዲግካዮ ኣይትእቶ” ዝበልኩን ሎሚ ናይዚ ጽሑፈይ’ዚ ኣርእስቲ “ንዘይተርፈካ ጋሻስ ጠዊቕካ ሰዓሞ” ኢለዮ ዘለኹ።
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ኣብ ንግዲ ኣካላት ደቂ ሰብ ተዋፊሮም ዝጸንሑ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ቍጽጽር ከምዝወዓሉ ሰበስልጣን ጣልያን ኣፍሊጦም። እዞም 5 ኤርትራውያን፡ ካብ'ቶም ብጀላቡ ኣቢሎም ናብ ኣውሮጳ ንምስጋር ዝፍትኑ ዝነበሩ እሞ ናይ መጓዓዚኦም ወጻኢታት ክኸፍሉ ዘይክእሉ ስደተኛታት ኰላሊታቶምን ካልኦት ክፍላት ናይ ኣካላቶምን እናተቐንጠበ ክሽየጥ ተሓባቢሮም፤ ከምኡ ድማ፡ ካብ'ቶም ምሉእ ናይ መጓዓዚኦም ዋጋ ክኸፍሉ ዘይከኣሉ ስደተኛታት፡ ኣብ ኣውሮጳ ምስ በጽሑ ሰሪሖም ክኸፍልዎ የገድዱ ነይሮም ብዝል ክሲ ተኣሲሮም ምህላዎም ሰነዳት ቤት ፍርዲ የረጋግጹ ይብል ዶን ማከይ።
ብላምፓዱዛ ኣቢሎም ናብ ኣውሮጳ ዝኣተዉ ስደተኛታት 150,000 ኣቢሎም ምዃኖምን ካብኦም ድማ 3,000 ኣቢሎም ኣብ ባሕሪ ከምዝሃለቁ እቲ ጸብጻብ ይሕብር።
እቶም ተታሒዞም ዘለዉ፡ ሚኪኤል ብርሃነ ዝብሃል ተሓዝ ገንዘብ ናይ'ቲ ገበነኛ ጕጅለ፡ ምስ ሃይለ ሰይፉ፡ ርእሶም ገብረሚካኤል፡ ሚኪኤል ሀኖክን ተስፋይ ባህታን ዝተባህሉ ብጾቱ ምዃኖም ተሓቢሩ ኣሎ።
ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ዓመት ገዳልያ ቶበር እተባህለ ፍሉጥ ናይ ክፍለ-ኣካላት ናይ ደቂ ሰባት ኣብ ምንጋድ ዝተዋፈረ እስራኤላዊ ኣብ ጣልያን ከምእተታሕዘ ዝፍለጥ ኢዩ። ንሱ ካብ ብራዚል ኰላልቲ ብሕሱር ዋጋ እናገዝአ ኣብ እስራኤል ብኽቡር ይሸጦ ምንባሩ ይዝከር። እቲ መጥባሕቲ ድማ ኣብ ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ ይፍጸሞ ምንባሩ እቲ ምንጪ ሓቢሩ።
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Reportage on Events of 1st Anniversary of The Lampedusa Tragedy of 3 October, 2013
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“Every day is October 3”, read one of the placards of demonstrators at the Lampedusa airport on 2 and 3 October 2014. The slogan aimed to tell European Union and Italian high officials that over 3,000 lives have perished around Lampedusa since last October because EU and Italy did not show enough commitment to stop death of desperate refugees in the Mediterranean Sea. Yet, the focus remained on the heartbreaking death of 368 victims, almost all Eritreans, on October 3, 2014.
Reports had it that Eritreans all over the world marked the first anniversary of that tragedy by gathering in large and small groups for candle vigil and for voicing out their recommitment to the struggle that aims to end the ongoing death and untold suffering of their nation. But none of those events could match the events organized in Italy, especially in Lampedusa. Needless to say, nothing was done in Asmara to commemorate this day of national tragedy that the Eritrean regime a year ago called an incident that affected “African migrants”. And no wonder that the regime also failed to send even a junior representative to the memorial events in Lampedusa at which the EU and Italy were represented by their highest office holders.
The spot where 368 lives perished is just a mile away from the safe shores of Lampedusa!!
Pope Francis on Lampedusa Anniversary
The events of marking the anniversary of the tragedy started on October 1 in the Vatican City when Pope Francis met with the survivors and close family members of the victims.
Pope Francis gave words of consolation to family members and promised to do all what he can to help speed up the delayed process of identifying the remains of the victims and to see they are given proper burial in Eritrea or at least in one place in Italy. The family members of the victims and the survivors were provided accommodation by the Vatican for their short stay in Rome.
Events in Lampedusa on October 2
On October 2, family members of the victims and the survivors were met at a meeting hall at the Lampedusa airport by the delegation of the European Union that included Mr. Martin Schultz, president of the European Parliament. The family members expressed their frustrations about the lingering lack of commitment to speed up giving dignified burial to the victims who were abandoned to die only 1 mile from the shores of Lampedusa.
Civil society members from the region demonstrated at the airport and accused the EU and Italy of not doing enough to save lives in the Mediterranean Sea at least since October 3, 2013.
Muslim and various Christian denominations gathered for inter-faith services in memory of the victims and made calls to the conscience of Europe and the rest of humanity to help people in distress because of man-made and natural causes. Later in the day, Eritrean survivors of the tragedy and family members led wall writings in memory of the victims by addressing to each of them words of love and prayer.
Conference on Lampedusa Tragedy, on 3 October
The first speaker at the conference held in the morning hours of 3 October at the Lampedusa airport meeting hall was Ms Guisy Nicolini, the mayor of Lampedusa, who bluntly stated that “nothing was changed since 3 October 2013” and that lives are being lost in the shores of Lampedusa, the first “Port of European port” in the region. The Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini, who is also the designated EU Commission Vice-President and High Representative for Foreign and Security Policies, said “Europe must open migration channels” and pledged to push Italy and the EU to do more in promoting policies that can solve critical refugee and migration problems in a just manner.
President of the EU Parliament, Mr. Schultz, said that the death of so many Eritreans at “the tragedy of Lampedusa is a stain on the conscience of Europe” and that strong efforts are needed now to solve refugee and migration problems, including the root causes. He noted that the EU, which could spend €700 billion to stabilize the euro, should be able to spend sufficient millions to save threatened human lives at least in the shores of Europe. Mr. Schultz also cited figures of Syrian refugee inflows to countries like Jordan and comparative figure in population sizes would be 40 million refugees entering his country, Germany. He added that Europe is not yet sharing the refugee burden at the world scale.
The task of solving the root causes of the flight of refugees and migration was mentioned by several speakers at the conference which, in addition to high level delegations of EU and Italy, was attended by Eritreans and regional and international humanitarian and human rights organizations.
Migration experts at the conference spoke about the 19th century emigration waves from Europe to the rest of the world and that the present day criminalization of refugees and migrants by certain groups and media outlets should be fought strongly and be defeated. For instance, Mr. Christopher Heir of the Italian Refugee Council questioned the use of words like “emigrant” and “illegal” to people fleeing from conflicts who should always be seen as refugees – people looking for a safe and better refuge than the hellish environment they left behind them.
At the end of the conference, the EU and Italian dignitaries laid wreath of flowers at the spot where the fateful incident occurred a year ago. Parents of victims, survivors and representatives of Eritrean political and civil society organizations were present at the occasion.
The 3 October events in the Island of Lampedusa included another inter-denomination church led by the representative of Pope Francis to the occasion. Following the church ceremony, a demonstration, which braved a heavy rainfall, was led by singing Eritrean survivors of the tragedy and walked up to the shores from where the survivors and the bodies of the dead were pulled out of the sea on 3 October 2013.
Italian civil society members staged a memorial walk into the shores of the sea clad in white boat-like outfits, each representing the 368 victims while survivors and family members of the victims also lit 368 balloons and let them fly over Lamedusa in memory of the victims.
On 4 and 5 October, Eritreans continued paying visits to a reserve area on the shores of the island with 368 trees planted in memory of the victims.
During the Lampedusa anniversary events, Eritrean representatives of political and civil society organizations took time to meet and discuss about this first anniversary of the tragedy in which Eritrean participation was not that satisfactory. The meeting thus reviewed the possibility of effectively organizing future events in memory of the victims of Lampedusa and all other Eritreans who perished in the high seas and deserts while fleeing from the gross political and human violations of the Eritrean regime. It was finally agreed on actively organizing an annual Lampedusa Memorial Day that should include the participation of all Eritrean communities in Europe and other parts of the globe. Eritrean groups in Italy who are already members of an existing coordination body were mandated to centralize the preparation of the annual Memorial Day with the participation of other sister groupings in the European region.
من المسؤول عن معاناة اللاجئين الإرتريين في السودان ؟
Written by إبراهيم محمد عليفي شهر أغسطس/آب 2014 أجرت قناة الجزيرة الفضائية مشكورة لقاءات مع أشخاص من اللاجئين الإرتريين في السودان، تحدثوا فيها عن المعاناة الطويلة في معسكرات اللجوء التي امتدت إلى نصف قرن من الزمن تقريباً. حيث كانت البداية في عام 1967م، وذلك حينما قام جيش الاحتلال الإثيوبي بتطبيق سياسة الأرض المحروقة مستهدفاً إقليمي القاش وبركة، عقاباً لهما لكونهما مركز انطلاق الكفاح المسلح. ارتكب جيش الاحتلال الإثيوبي خلالها مجازر بشرية وحرب إبادة جماعية راح ضحيتها أرواح الآلاف من السكان القرويين الأبرياء.كما أسفرت عن اختفاء مئات القرى عن الوجود، وإجبار عشرات الآلاف على ترك مزارعهم وممتلكاتهم ومنازلهم، وعبور الحدود إلى الأراضي السودانية هرباً من الموت الذي كان يحيط بهم من جميع الاتجاهات. وبحسب الداخلية السودانية حينها فإن أعداد الموجة الأولى، وخلال الأسبوع الأول فقط، قد بلغت ثلاثين ألف لاجئ . ولم يتوقف منذ ذلك الحين تدفق اللاجئين إلى السودان، خاصة بعد أن شملت حركة اللجوء كامل الجغرافيا الإرترية، حتى تجاوزت أعداد اللاجئين نصف مليون نسمة.
وكان المتوقع بل المفترض ومن الطبيعي أن يعودوا إلى وطنهم وتنتهي معاناتهم فور انتهاء أسبابها المتمثلة بوجود الاحتلال على الأرض الإرترية، والذي خرج إلى غير رجعة منذ ربع قرن. ومع ذلك لم تتح لهم فرصة العودة ووضع نهاية لمعاناتهم التي ما تزال مستمرة حتى الآن. والسؤال الذي يطرح نفسه هنا ما هي الأسباب التي تحول دون عودتهم؟ ومن هو المسؤول عن ذلك؟
وإذا كان جيش الاحتلال مسؤولاً عن جريمة إخراج اللاجئين من منازلهم وتشريدهم إلى خارج وطنهم، فإن المسؤولية عن جريمة استمرار معاناتهم في معسكرات اللجوء البائسة وعدم عودتهم إلى وطنهم بعد ربع قرن من زوال الاحتلال وإعلان قيام الدولة الوطنية المستقلة، تقع على عاتق الحاكم الإرتري الذي حل محل الحاكم الأجنبي، والذي يدعي زوراً أنه جاء لتحرير الإرتريين من عبودية الأجنبي ومن آثاره المدمرة، وفي مقدمتها مأساة اللاجئين.
إن المسؤولية الوطنية والمعايير الأخلاقية والإنسانية تفرض على الحاكم أسياس أفورقي العمل بجدية وإخلاص وتفانٍ لمساعدة مواطنيه ضحايا الاحتلال المشردين إلى خارج وطنهم بالعودة إليه. ولكنه للأسف لم يفعل شيئاً ولم يهتم يوماً بمأساة اللاجئين المظلومين ومعاناتهم، بل على العكس من ذلك فقد ساهم بطرق مباشرة أو غير مباشرة بوضع العوائق أحياناً بصورة متعمدة أمام عودتهم، وبالتالي استمرار معاناتهم على مدى خمس وعشرين عاماً بعد الاستقلال.
كما حدث بعد الاستقلال مباشرة، على سبيل المثال، وذلك عندما شرعت بعض المنظمات الدولية المعنية بشؤون اللاجئين في تنظيم حملة تبرعات من الجهات المانحة خصيصاً لمساعدة اللاجئين الإرتريين في السودان للعودة إلى وطنهم. وعقد أول لقاء لهذا الغرض في مدينة لندن البريطانية، وإن المعلومات التي تسربت من اللقاء في حينه كانت تفيد بأن سلطات أسمرا قد تدخلت عبر وفدها بصورة متعمدة لإجهاض الجهود الخيرية للمنظمات الإنسانية؛ وذلك عندما تقدم وفدها بمطالب تعجيزية تركزت على تسليمه الأموال لكي يتولى هو تنظيم عودة اللاجئين، الأمر الذي أثار شكوك الجهات المنظمة حول نيات الوفد، واعتبرت موقفه هذا إعلاناً غير مباشر يعبر عن رفض التعاون معها، وعن عدم استعداد السلطة في أسمرا لاستقبال اللاجئين في الداخل. ومنذ ذلك توقفت المنظمات الإنسانية الدولية عن الاهتمام بشؤون اللاجئين الإرتريين. وإذا كانت المعلومات المسربة من لقاء لندن صحيحة، فإن السلطة في أسمرا قد نجحت فعلاً ليس في حرمان اللاجئين من العودة إلى وطنهم فحسب، ,بل وفي حرمانهم أيضاً من اهتمام العالم بقضاياهم الإنسانية.
وفي وقت لاحق انتشرت أعداد من كوادر السلطة في معسكرات اللاجئين بشرق السودان، وقامت بحملات تعبوية بطريقة انتقائية وتمييزية اقتصرت على تحريض الموالين لهم للعودة وهم أقلية، وقدمت لهم التسهيلات والضمانات التي يحتاجونها، وبعد عودتهم منعوا من العودة إلى مناطقهم الأصلية التي لجؤوا منها، وأجبرو على الاستقرار في إقليم القاش –ستيت. في حين تُركت الأغلبية الساحقة من اللاجئين لتواجه مصيراً مجهولاً في معسكرات اللجوء البائسة. علماً أن تلك الأغلبية هم لاجئون من الأقاليم الوسطى والمنخفضة التي تحملت عبء تضحيات المواجهات العسكرية التي دارت مع جيش الاحتلال هناك خلال النصف الأول من عمر الكفاح المسلح؛ أي على مدى خمسة عشر عاماً ابتداء من انطلاقته في العام 1961 حتى العام 1975.
وفي حقيقة الأمر فإن أفورقي و نظامه لم يكن راغباً على ما يبدو أصلاً في عودة اللاجئين من السودان؛ وذلك لدوافع سياسية اقتصادية اجتماعية. فمن ناحية، كان يخشى من عودة مئات الآلاف من غير الموالين له بل من قواعد خصمه اللدود تاريخياً؛ أي جبهة التحرير الإرترية، ما قد يشكل تهديداً لانفراده بالسيطرة على الساحة الوطنية. ومن ناحية أخرى فإن عدم عودة اللاجئين كان سيوفر له مبررات منطقية لمصادرة أراضيهم وممتلكاتهم تحت شعار الأرض ملك للدولة، وبذريعة أنهم قد تخلوا عن هويتهم الوطنية أو أنهم اختاروا العيش في الخارج.
ومما يؤكد عدم رغبة إسياس في عودة اللاجئين من السودان تصريحاته في إحدى مقابلاته الصحفية موجهاً اللوم إلى الحكومة السودانية بقوله: إنه لولا نظام الحكم الإسلامي في السودان لعاش هؤلاء اللاجئون في السودان، وما كانوا احتاجوا للعودة إلى إرتريا. هكذا يكشف عن نياته الحقيقية المعادية للحق الطبيعي للاجئين في العودة إلى وطنهم. وتسهيلاً لتحقيق رغبته غير الإنسانية تلك كان يريد من الحكومة السودانية، أو يتمنى عليها على الأقل، أن تسمح بتوطين اللاجئين في أراضيها ودمجهم في امتداد لبعض مكوناتهم في السودان، وهكذا يتخلص منهم نهائياً.
صحيح أن إسياس ونظامه لا يتحملان مسؤولية إخراج اللاجئين من أبناء المنخفضات من ديارهم، وإنما يتحمل مسؤولية ذلك الاحتلال الإثيوبي. ولكنه أي إسياس وأركان سلطته قام بوضع العوائق بطريقة أو بأخرى أمام عودتهم أو لم يقم بواجبهم على الأقل كسلطة وطنية كما يدعي لمساعدة مواطنيه بالعودة إلى وطنهم الذي أخرجهم منه الاحتلال الأجنبي .
إن مأساة تشريد الإرتريين إلى خارج وطنهم لم تتوقف بخروج الاحتلال الأجنبي، فقد استمرت في ظل الدولة الوطنية دون انقطاع، وإذا كانت أغلبية من لجأ جراء وحشية الاحتلال الأجنبي هم من المكون المسلم، فإن أغلبية من هجروا وشردو جراء سياسة الإفقار المتعمد والإذلال وانعدام الأمن وانتهاكات حقوق الإنسان في ظل الدولة الوطنية التي يديرها إسياس أفورقي، والذين ابتلعت مياه المتوسط الكثير منهم في الطريق إلى أوروبا ومياه البحر الأحمر في الطريق إلى السعودية واليمن، هم من الشباب المسيحيين ذكوراً وإناثاً على حد سواء. وهذا دليل آخر على أن الإرتريين كافة مسيحيين ومسلمين كما كانوا بالأمس ضحايا الاحتلال الأجنبي، هم كذلك جميعاً اليوم ضحايا الاستبداد والقهر وانتهاكات حقوق الإنسان بجميع أشكاله الذي يمارسه ضدهم الحاكم إسياس أفورقي على مدى ربع قرن من الزمان.
وهنا أقول لكل من لديه الاعتقاد بأن إسياس وجماعته يمثلون إرادة المسيحيين ويعملون من أجل مصلحة المسيحيين هو مخطئ؛ لأن هؤلاء لا يمثلون إلا أنفسهم ولا يعملون إلا من أجل مصالحهم الذاتية، فقد استولوا على السلطة بالقوة والإرهاب والمؤامرات، وليس عبر توافق وطني أو تفويض شعبي وانتخابات حرة. وعدوهم الأول الذي يستحق القتل هو كل من يقف في طريقهم مسلماً كان أو مسيحياً أو غير ذلك. والدليل على ذلك هو ما انتهى إليه مصير القيادات التاريخية للجبهة الشعبية، مسلمين ومسيحيين، من أمثال هيلي دروع، وبيطرس سلمون، ومحمود شريفو، وغيرهم الذين اختفوا داخل سراديب معتقلاتهم الرهيبة تحت الأرض أو فوقها.
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