ሐዳስ  ዓመት ናይ ሰላም ኩንልና ናይ ቅሳነት

 ናይ ፍትሒ ኩንልና ናይ ሓድነት

 ይ ኣክል በለና ናብራ ስደት

                                   ነዚ መሪር ስቃይ ዋሕዚ ናይ ስደትና

                                   ነዚ ሕሱም ህልቂት ብርሰት ናይ ህዝብና

                                   መዕገቲ ረኪቡ ስላም ክነግሰና

                                   ነዚ ጨካን ስርዓት ኣምላክ ይእለየልና

                                   ነዚ ጨካን ስርዓት ኣምላክ ይእለየልና

                                   ሰቃይ በዚሑ ጸምያ ሃገርና

                                   ብሒም ዘዝበለ ኣብ ጉድጋድ ዓፈና

                                   ነፍሲ ወከፍ ስድራስ ዝርንዛሕ ነቢዕና         

                                   ክሳብ ማኣስ ኢና ከነብር ከምዚልና

እዞም ኣረመናውያን ሕልናኦም ዝሸጡ

መራሕቲ ናይ ህግደፍ ዓበይቲ ወጣጡ

ኣብ ኩርሲ ኮፍ ኢሎም ንህዝቦ ዘጽንቱ

ብናይ ሐፋሻ ገንዘብ ከብዶም ዝተመጡ

 ብሕሰም ናይ ህዝቦም እፎይታ ዝረከቡ

ሸይቦም  ከለዉ ጽጉሮ ዘጽልሙ

ኣብ ምንዝርና ዝሓድሩ ከም ናይ ሓክሊ ድሙ

ኣብ ኣጋዱ ሰንበል ብዳንሲ ዝተሸለሙ

ግዜ  ይ ኣክል’ዩ ዘሎ ናበይ ከይትሃድሙ

                               ሃገርና በሪሳ ቆላ ምስ ከበሳ

                               ህዝባን እንስሳን ብሐደ በሪሳ

                               ሸቃ ላይ ጠፊኡ በዓል ሞደሻ ኣፈራዛ

                               ተማሃራይ ወጺኡ እቲ በዓል ቦርሳ

                               ሐረስታይ ከተረፈ እቲ ንእሹቶይ ጋሳ

                              ኣብ ክንዲ ህንጸትሲ መቓብር ናይ ሬሳ

ገረብ ከይንተክል ንዓኪመጽለሊ

መሬት ክይንግድብ ከይነፍሪ እክሊ

ገሌና ኣብ እስርቤት ኣብ ጉድጋድ ንበሊ

ገሌና ከም ጫማ ጉልበትና ይበሊ

ገሌና ትሑዛት ከም እስርቲ በቅሊ

ገሌና ንስደት እንጀራ ክንደሊ

ኣብ ዘይናትና ባሕሪ  ድማ ረጊፍና ከም ቆጽሊ

ህዝቢ ተዓፊኑ መሰል ሐቢምዎ

ውሉድ ካብ ውለዱ ብሓይሊ ፈልይዎ

ካብዚ ንክሃድም ባሕሪ ውሒጥዎ

ንሬሳ ውላዱ ንቡር ከሊእዎ

                   እዚ ናኢስዎስ ብደዐ ወሲክዎ

                 ነቲ ቅዋም ሃገር መይቱ’ዩ ኢሉዎ

                 ነዚ ብሊሕ ህዝብ ደንቆሮ ጌርዎ

ንናይ ባዕሉ ድካም ክኮኖ መሸፈኒ

ብ ኣሜርካ ይጅምር ይሰግር ናብ ወያኒ

ንሶም’ዮም   ወራር ጀሚሮም ዘተዓናቀፉኒ

እምበር ምትግባሩ መኣስ ጠፊኡኒ

ሕጂ ብዝሞተ ቅዋም ኣይትሕተቱኒ

ኽነዽፈልኩም ‘የ ንዓይ ብዝሕሸኒ

                ኣንታ እምበር’ ዶ ጥዑዩ እቲ ኣእምሮካ

                ገና እይፈለጥካያን ንነብስካ

                ሓላማይ’ዶ ሲዪንካ የእኪልካ ዝብለካ

                ክንዲ ስቅ ኢልካ ትጽብ ግዜካ

                ንቅዋም ክትቀብርስ ኣብ ሚድያ ወጽእካ
                ቅዋምስ ኣይሞተን ንስካ ኢካ መትካ 

                መርድ ንዓኣቶም’ዩ ነቶም ደገፍትካ

ብፍረወይኒ  ገርግሽ 

ብዕለት 7 የካቲት 2015 ኣብ ከተማ ጅኔቭ ኣብ እተጋብኤ ሓፈሻዊ ኣኼባ ኤርትራውያን: ሓንቲ ብቐዳምነት ንሓደስቲ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ንምሕጋዝ ዝዓለመትነጻ ማሕበር ኣቚሞም።

እዛ «ማሕበር ስዊስ-ኤርትራ ንምትሕግጋዝ» ብዝብል ስም ብዕሊ ቈይማ ዘላ ማሕበር: ናይ ፓለቲካን ናይ ሃይማኖትን ጸግዕነት ኣይክህልዋን ኢዩ። ብጽዓት እታ ብመንእሰይ ዝቖመት መሰጋገሪት ሽማግለ: ኣብ ዝሓለፈ ኣስታት 6 ኣዋርሕ እተዓመ ስራሓት ከም ዝነበረ ኣብ መስራቲ ጉባኤ ተገሊጹ። ኣብ ከተማ ጅኔቭ ዝርከቡ ኣባላት ነባር ማሕበራትን ውደባታትን: ውልቀሰባትን ነዛ ሓዳስ ማሕበር ኣካላ ኰይኖም ከዐውትዋ ድልውነቶም ከም ዝረጋገጹ ተፈሊጡ።

«ማሕበር ስዊስ-ኤርትራ ንምትሕግጋዝ» ብቐዳምነት ከተዐውቶም እትጽዕተሎም ዕማማት ኣየኖት ምዃኖም እቶም ነቲ መስራቲ ጉባኤ ዝመርሑ ዝነበሩ መንሰይ ተድሮስ ኢያሱን: ተድሮስ ተኽለማርያምን: ሶፍያ ዓማርን ዓወት ኣረጋይን ደጋጊሞም ንጉባኤ ኣብሪሆምሉ።

እቲ ዕማማት ከኣ:-

1. ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታትን ዑቕበኛታትን ኣብ ስዊስ ኣብ ኩሉ መዳያት መነባብሮኦም፡ ሂወቶም ባዕሎም ኣብ ዝመርሕሉ ደረጃ ንምብጻሕ ምስናይን ምሕጋዝን። ብፍላይ ከኣ
   1. 1ዘድሊ ሓበሬታ ምሃብ (ንኣብነት ኣብ ናይ ስራሕ ዓለም፣ ኣብ ናይ መንበሪ ገዛ ምርካብ፣ ኣብ ማሕበራዊ ውሕስነት ኢንሹራንስ ዝምልከት) ።
   2. 2ኣብ ቋንቋ ምትርጓም ብፍላይ ኣብ ናይ ምምሕዳራት ዝካየድ መስርሕን ኣብ ሕክማናን ካልእን ።
   3. 3ግርጭት ከይፍጠር ኣቐዲምካ ኣብ ምክልኻልን።

1. ንኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታትን ዑቕበኛታትን ኣብ ናይ ስዊስ ሕበረተሰብ ንምውህሃድ ዝሕግዝ ናይ ትምህርትን ዓቕምታት ምድላብ መድባትን ምውጻእ።
2. ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታትን ዑቕበኛታትን ምስ ካልኦት ኤርትራውያንን ስዊስ-ኤርትራውያንን ንምቅርራብ ናይ መራኸቢን ንጥፈታት ዝግበረሉን ቆዋሚ ቦታ ምርካብ።
3. ባህልን ልምድን ኤርትራ ንምዕቃብ ዘኽእል ባይታ ምፍጣር።

መስራቲ ጉባኤ ንቅዋም ሓዳስ ማሕበር ድሕሪ ምጽዳቑ: ነቶም ኣብ መስራቲት ሽማግለ ዝጸንሑ ኣባላት ነቲ ተጀሚሩ ዘሎ ስራሓት ክቕጽልዎ ብምሉድ ድምጺ መሪጽዎም።

ነቶም ሓደስቲ (ብዙሓት ትዕቲ ዕድሜ ቈልዑ ዝርከብዎም) ስደተኛታት: ክተሓባበራ ንዝጸንሓ ኣደታትን: ነቶም ቋንቋ ፈረንሳ ዝምህርዎም ዘለዉ ኣብ ሃገረ ስዊስ እተወልዱ/ዝዓበዩ መንእሰይን ጉባኤ ብዓቢ ኣድናቖት መጐሱ ገሊጽሎም።

ኣብ ጉባኤ ተረኺበን ብዛዕባ ናይ ህዝብኦ ዘለዋ ናይ ቋንቋ ትምህርቲ ብስቡር ትግርኛ ክገልጻ እተረኽባ (ካብ የማን ንጸጋም) ቨሮኒካ ኣልመዶም: ኒያት ተስፋልደት: ሃናእ ዓማር እየን። ካልኦት ኣብቲ መደብ ትምህርቲ ዝተሓባበሩ መንእሰይ ፊልሞን ዘርኣይ: ሊና ሓምደ: ሰናይት ኣልመዶም ሁዳ በኺት ይርከብዎም።

On 7 February 2015, a relatively large gathering of Eritreans in Geneva formed a new association that primarily aims to help a successful integration of Eritrean refugees in Switzerland where over 25,000 new caseload of Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers have entered the country in the past few years.

The new community association, which will be known in French as “d’Entraide Suisse-Erythrée” (Eritrean-Swiss Mutual Aid), shall be free from political and religious affiliation. Existing Eritrean political and civil society groups as well as free individuals have committed themselves to promote the objectives of the community association.

The general assembly was informed by the organizing committee, mainly composed of young Eritreans raised in Eritrea and abroad, that a good number of support activities have been underway by volunteers in the community.

Four of the organizing committee members who led the proceedings of the general assembly included Tedros Eyasu, Sophia Ammar, Tedros Teklemariam, and Awet Aregai. Addressing the general assembly in turn, they explained to the general assembly the various objectives of the new mutual aid association which include the following:    

1. Granting a range of assistance to newly arriving Eritrean asylum seekers and refugees to help them become self-supporting members in the society. In particular

• Providing them necessary information related to job opportunities, housing, insurance etc
• Translation assistance at administrative offices and at health centres
• Taking preventive measures to avoid violent confrontations among them.

1. Preparing education and capacity building programmes to help Eritrean refugees to integrate in the Swiss society.
2. Creating a common centre where the asylum seekers, refugees and Swiss nationals of Eritrean origin can meet.
3. Preparing the ground to preserve Eritrean cultures and traditions.

The general assembly adopted the constitution of the new association in a unanimous vote and mandated the organizing committee to lead the association till the next general assembly.

The general assembly also voiced commended the services of mothers in supporting the new refugees, many of them still living in under-ground bunkers, and warmly applauded the work of Swiss-born young boys and girls who are granting French classes to the refugees, several of them being under the age of 20

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In picture are among the young educators who availed themselves to talk about the project at the assembly. They are from left to right: Hannah Ammar, Niyat Tesfaldet and Veronica Almedom. Other youngsters who take part in the teaching courses are Filmon Zerai, Uda Bekit, Lina Hamde, Senait Almedom.

Two opposition members tell the Guardian how Eritreans are becoming increasingly disillusioned with the repressive regime

Eritrea’s president, Isaias Afewerki, runs a one-party state and brooks no opposition. Photograph: James Akena/Reuters
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Martin Plaut

Eritrea is the most closed and repressive country in Africa, routinely denying access to the international media. No foreign journalists are based in the country and there is no independent local press. However, in a rare and courageous breach of the wall of silence, members of the internal opposition spoke to the Guardian and Radio France International last weekend.

Since independence from Ethiopia in 1993 Eritrea has been ruled by as a one-party state by President Isaias Afewerki, who brooks no opposition.
Two members of the Eritrean resistance, speaking via a secure connection, described conditions inside the country. “Essentials like water, electricity or petrol have disappeared,” they said. Food is so expensive that even middle-class families find it difficult to find enough to eat.

They said tension in the capital, Asmara, is high, with reports of trucks filled with Ethiopian “mercenaries” – from the Tigray People’s Democratic Movement (TPDM), known locally as Demhit, which Eritrea supports – ringing the city. The last round of compulsory military service failed, with only around 50 of the expected 400 conscripts reporting for duty. “We think it is highly likely that Demhit will carry out a door to door sweep to round up recruits,” said Sami (not his real name).

The TPDM, drawn from the ethnic group that now rules Ethiopia, has been given sanctuary, arms and training by Afewerki. Eritrea and Ethiopia have a long-standing border dispute, which has resulted in tens of thousands of troops confronting one another in the bleak, mountainous border region. Supporting Demhit is Eritrea’s means of maintaining pressure on the Ethiopian government.

A UN report published this month estimated that some 20,000 TPDM fighters are based in Eritrea, bolstering the president’s security. The report described them as having “a dual function as an Ethiopian armed opposition group and a protector of the Afewerki regime. Its fighters, who are from the same ethnic group as Afewerki, are seen to be personally loyal to him, unlike the defence forces whose loyalties have been questioned by the president in recent years.”

Since a failed army mutiny against the Eritrean regime in January 2013, the TPDM has become central to Afewerki’s survival. This reliance on foreign forces is deeply resented by the Eritrean population. “They demanded the identity documents of a friend of mine and I,” Sami said. “When this happened earlier this year there was a riot. People really hate them.”

Despite the intense security, the resistance is finding new ways of getting its message across. The group, which began over two years ago, started by helping organise phone calls from the diaspora abroad to Eritreans back home.

The resistance told the Guardian how it evaded tight security to put up posters protesting against conscription. “We lay on the streets, pretending to be homeless people,” said Sami. “It was freezing cold, but the security officials walked right over us. When they had gone we could put up our posters.

A smuggled video of “Freedom Friday”, now on YouTube, shows people in Asmara crowding round to read the posters.

Sami described the growing contempt for the regime. “In coffee bars you hear people talking – even high-ranking officials complain openly about the regime.” The government led the struggle for Eritrean independence, and for years relied on its legitimacy to demand the population’s support. “The movement was treated like a religion then, like the Bible or the Koran, and followed unquestioningly,” said Sami’s colleague, Temasgen. “Slowly, this has fallen away – and now it is gone.”

Both men know the risk they are taking in speaking to the international media. “I am willing to pay with my life,” Sami declared. “In history I would rather be remembered as someone who made the ultimate sacrifice rather than just sit and complain to my neighbours.”

They appealed for international pressure to be maintained on Afewerki: “Listen to our agony. We thank you for giving shelter to Eritrean refugees abroad, but if you are a decision-maker we beg you to keep up the pressure on the Eritrean regime.”

The opposition’s growing confidence and the fragility of the regime comes at a time when discussions are taking place about relaxing the sanctions against the Eritrean government. There are suggestions that the European Union is thinking about a new approach towards Asmara, and offering aid worth €200m (£158m) as a carrot for improved human rights.

Previous attempts by the former EU development commissioner Louis Michel to negotiate the release of the Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak in return for aid resulted in empty promises. Neither Dawit nor other political prisoners were freed. Instead, repression intensified, resulting in an exodus of refugees, who find their way across the Sahara and the Mediterranean to arrive at Calais in their hundreds.

Source=http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2014/oct/28/eritrean-resistance-pressure-isais-afewerki