SEPTEMBER 23, 2020  NEWS

Source: Watson

[Note: computer translation from the original]

Switzerland reveals data from rejected asylum seekers to the regime in Eritrea. In the National Council, answers are now required from the Federal Council.

9/19/20, 10:09 9/19/20, 2:37 pm
Petar Marjanović
Petar Marjanović

Eritrean refugees have experienced one tightening of asylum after another in the past few years.

In fact, those people fleeing the dictatorship and national service have little chance of protection in Switzerland today: first, illegal departure was denied as a reason to flee, then it was claimed that deserting from national service posed no danger to returnees the Federal Administrative Court ruled that there was no situation of general violence in Eritrea and that a return there would not be generally unreasonable .

This had precarious consequences for the people affected: They are not even “temporarily admitted” – instead, they are increasingly receiving negative decisions on their asylum applications. But because Eritrea still does not accept forced deportations, these people stay here anyway. Paperless and with a minimal need for emergency aid.

The federal government reports rejected refugees to the Eritrean authorities

Research by watson now shows a further tightening. The Switzerland since 2019 informed the Eritrean authorities if a rejected asylum seeker does not want to voluntarily leave Switzerland.

This data exchange was touted by the Federal Council last May as “improved cooperation in the area of ​​identifying individual cases”. Behind it, however, is a new practice that is being criticized by politicians, those affected, lawyers and activists.

The SEM takes the position that expelled persons have to organize their departure themselves by the given deadline. In the case of Eritrea, a voluntary return is reasonable if it is legally established that an asylum seeker no longer needs the “protection of Switzerland”. “However, if the person who is now required to leave the country remains inactive in obtaining travel documents and preparing to leave the country, the SEM will clarify the origin and identity of this person.”

The door of the Embassy and Mission of Eritrea to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva is pictured, in Geneva, Switzerland, Wednesday, August 12, 2015. (KEYSTONE / Salvatore Di Nolfi)

The Swiss authorities exchange personal data with the Eritrean authorities. pictured: keystone

Principle: The Home country must not know anything about the asylum application – does that still apply?

Such identification checks are not unusual in the asylum sector. However, the principle applies that the home authorities of a refugee may not find out about the asylum application, even if the Swiss authorities have rejected it. This principle has been anchored in law since 2007. The asylum law prohibits since then the exchange of personal data of asylum seekers, if as a result the person or members would be harmed.

It is doubtful whether this principle will be adhered to – i.e. whether the SEM is violating the law by forwarding the data to the Eritrean authorities. The exchange of personal data can in principle take place in such a way that officials in Eritrea do not find out about an asylum application. A person involved, who does not want to be named, explains:

«We only report to them that we have an Eritrean here who has to leave the country. The authority then confirms whether this person is really an Eritrean citizen or not. “

Even if the Swiss authorities formulate their identification requests carefully and in accordance with the law: The Eritrean authorities will most likely be able to assume that it is a compatriot who has applied for asylum in Switzerland. This conclusion allows the statistics on “return assistance”: At the end of August, one of 430 ongoing identification requests to Eritrea concerned a case outside the asylum area.

There is no legal answer whether this practice violates the Asylum Act. The renowned migration lawyer and asylum law expert Alberto Achermann describes this as a “question of interpretation”. “It has not been legally clarified from what statistical probability an identification request reveals something about a possible asylum application,” says Achermann. The only thing that is undisputed is that this should not endanger a person or their relatives.

Federal data protection agency defines clear guidelines for data exchange

The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (EDÖB for short) is more critical. His spokesman Hugo Wyler does not comment on whether figures reveal anything about a possible asylum application. He notes, however, that the Swiss authorities are only allowed to contact their home country or country of origin if “eviction actually takes place / can take place”.

“If you don’t do that for compulsory eviction and also not for voluntary returnees: then what for?”

Asylum law expert Alberto Achermann

In the case of Eritrea, the conclusion is obvious: if a rejected Eritrean refugee does not want to leave Switzerland voluntarily and cannot be brought to Eritrea due to the lack of a return agreement, then data exchange is not allowed. Asylum law expert Achermann asks himself what the purpose of such identification requests is: “If you don’t do it for compulsory eviction and also not for voluntary returnees: what then?”

The SEM justifies this with the statutory mandate, according to which the federal government must provide the cantons with implementation support. “The fact that a person does not want to return voluntarily or that the cooperation in his country of origin is inadequate does not change anything,” SEM spokesman Reto Kormann continues.

Diplomacy and millions did not get Eritrean politics any further

It is possible that Switzerland will want to keep the communication channel to Eritrea open through such cooperation in order to somehow, at some point, be able to negotiate a readmission agreement. The efforts made so far have not been politically successful. An internal SDC report that watson received on the basis of the Public Information Act states that Eritrea’s government does not want any returnees from abroad. “On the one hand because of the lack of remission payments, on the other hand because of a certain fear of troublemakers.”

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The SDC report from 2019 was blackened in important parts. screenshot: watson

The report also notes that so far not a single state has had luck with a readmission agreement. Not even a “confidence-building measure” in the form of EU investments amounting to 200 million euros helped . The internal analysis adds laconically: “There was no corresponding consideration in the form of a readmission agreement”.

Eritrea can collect diaspora tax thanks to information from the federal government

The delicate exchange of data is therefore not well received by the Swiss Refugee Aid. She describes the SEM’s approach as “very questionable”. Eritrea is still a “repressive dictatorship and human rights violations are the order of the day”. If the Eritrean authorities learn that there may be citizens critical of the regime in Switzerland, then family members in Eritrea could be put under pressure.

epa04190193 Eritrean refugees sleep on the sidewalk of a street as they wait for help from UNHCR in Sana'a, Yemen, 03 May 2014. Reports state over 210 Eritrean refugees, including women and children, called on the UN Refugee Agency to provide them with protection and assistance, especially most of them allegedly having fled from Eritrea to Yemen to avoid forced military service. EPA / YAHYA ARHAB

Eritreans on the run: here in Yemen in 2014. image: epa / epa

Eliane Engeler, spokeswoman for refugee aid, also mentions the so-called “diaspora tax”. Eritrea levies a 2 percent tax on its citizens abroad, with which the country is to be built up. In 2013, the Federal Council was unable to confirm rumors that this tax would also be collected by force or with attempted pressure. However, he found that Eritrean embassies sometimes insist on paying the diaspora tax before offering a compatriot any consular service.

Such a consular service would be, for example, official papers, birth certificates or even passports. If it turns out that a rejected asylum seeker has deserted from the Eritrean national service, a higher payment or a “letter of remorse” will be required. There is no guarantee that you can feel safe after voluntary return. That is why many Eritreans stay in Switzerland or hide elsewhere in order to be outside the radar of the regime-loyal embassy.

SP National Councilor wants to request answers from the Federal Council

Samira Marti, candidate as the new JUSO President, before the JUSO delegates' meeting in Zurich on Saturday, June 18, 2016. On June 18, Fabian Molina will step down as JUSO President. Samira Marti and Tamara Funiciello have applied to be the new JUSO President. (KEYSTONE / Walter Bieri)

The SP politician Samira Marti represents the canton of Baselland in the National Council. pictured: keystone

The delicate exchange of data is also causing criticism in the Federal Palace. SP National Councilor Samira Marti says: “If it is true that the SEM lets the Eritrean authorities know which people have been refused asylum in this country, then that is a real scandal.” The Basel bidder sits on the National Council’s State Political Commission, which deals with the Federal Council’s migration policy. Marti announced that she would address this exchange of data in the commission and demand answers from the Federal Council on the legality of this “questionable partnership between Switzerland and Eritrea”.

In her statement, the social democrat emphasizes the precarious asylum situation of the people from Eritrea. «Since the tightening of the case law, many Eritreans have been living in unworthy conditions. If Switzerland now reports rejected asylum seekers to the Eritrean regime, then it is a new summit in the tragic asylum policy. “

Switzerland was sharply criticized for this in May 2020 by a special rapporteur for the UN Human Rights Council. The report expressed concern about the 56 people who have voluntarily returned to Eritrea: “These people could be at risk because their return conditions cannot be adequately monitored.”

Former Federal Councilor Didier Burkhalter, the predecessor of today’s Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis, does not want to comment on the current development between Switzerland and Eritrea. Burkhalter stresses, however, that his principle on human rights issues has not changed. “Only a clear improvement in very specific areas of human rights” would make it possible to start a “real dialogue with this country”. In a statement to watson, he mentions the possibility for “neutral and credible organizations” such as the International Red Cross to visit prisons in Eritrea.

This is still not the case today.

“እስኪ ጸሓይ ይብረቕ ማይ ይዛሪ፡ ፈታውን ጸላእን ከነለሊ” ዝብል ኣበሃህላ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራዊ ባህልና ነባርን መሳጥን እዩ። እዚ ኣበሃህላ ዓሚቕ ትርጉም ዘለዎ እዩ። በቲ ግሉጽ ትርጉሙ፡ ናይ ክረምቲ ሓያልን ዘፍርሕን  ዝናብ፡ በረድ፡ ውሕጅ፡ በርቂ፡ ነጐዳን ህቦብላን ግዜ ይሕለፍ እሞ ደሓር ኣብ ግዜ ራህዋን ብርሃንን ብሰላም የራኽበና ዝብል መልእኽቲ የመሓላልፍ። ብዘይካዚ፡ ብዛዕባ ሓደ ጉዳይ ንምዝራብ፡ ንምምዛንን ንምውሳንን ዘኽእል ጥጡሕ ግዜን ኩነታትን ምጽባይ ክሳብ ክንደይ ኣገዳሲ ምዃኑ ዘመልክት መንፈስ ዘለዎ ኣርሒቑ ዝጥምት እዩ።

ኣብ ኤርትራ  ክረምቲ፡ ቀውዒ፡ ሓጋይን ጽድያን እንብሎም ክፋላት ዓመት ኣለዉና። ኣብ ነፍሲ ወከፍ እዞም ክፋላት ዓመት እነንጸባርቖም ማእቶታውን ባህላውን ትግባራት ከኣ ኣለዉና። ሕጂ ናብቲ ኣብዚ ንርከበሉ ዘለና እዋን ካብ ዝዝውተር ባህላዊ ትሕዝቶ ኢና ከነተኩር።  እዞም ዝዝውተሩ ባህላዊ ፍጻመታት በቲ ሃገርና እትውንኖ ናይ ባህሊ፡ ሃይማኖት፡ መሬታዊ ኣቀማምጣን ካልእ  ብዙሕነትን ዝጽለዉ ምዃኖም ርዱእ እዩ። ስለዚ እዚ ነቕርቦ ዘለና ንኤርትራ ብዝምልከት ምሉእነት ዘለዎ ዘይኮነ፡ ንዝተወሰነ ከባቢ ዝውክል ምዃኑ ኣብ ግምት ክኣትዉ ነዘኻኽር። ነዚ ኣብ ዝምልከት በብኹርናዑ ዝመጽእ ባህላዊ ዳህሳሳት ተደሚሩ ኤርትራዊ ምሉእነት ክህልዎ ከም ዝኽእል ርዱእ’ዩ።

ምስዚ ኩሉ ናብ ባህላዊ ነጸብራቕ ሎሚ ቅነ ኣባ ኣብርሃም፡ ቅዱስ ዮሃንስን መስቀልን ነድህብ። ኣብ ሓያሎ ከባብታት ኤርትራ ሸግ ኣዳሊኻ ኣብ ዓመት ሰለስተ ግዜ “ሆየሆየ” ይበሃል። እቲ ሆየሆየ ዝበሃለሉ 1ይ  ኣባ ኣብርሃም፡ እቲ 2ይ ቅዱስ ዮሃንስ እቲ 3ይን መወዳእታን ድማ መስቀል እዩ። እዞም ሰለስተ  ባህላዊ  ኣጋጣምታት ነብሲ ወከፎም ዝንጸባረቕሎምን ዝደምቅሎምን ባህላዊ ግጥምታትን ዜማታትን ኣለዉዎም። ካብቶም ዝውቱራት ግጥምታት ሓደሓደ ንኣብነት  ክንጠቅስ እንከለና ነዞም ግጥምታት ብዜማ ኣመቂርካ ኣብ ምቕራብ፡ ኩሎም መንእሰይያትኳ ግደ እንተለዎም፡ ግደ ኣሓትና ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ግና ኣዝዩ ዕዙዝ ምዃኑ ግንዛበ ክረክብ ዝግበኦ እዩ። እቲ ካልእ እዚ ባህላዊ ቅነ ምርዑዋት ይኹና ዘይተመርዓዋ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ወቂበን ካብ ገዛ ወጺአን ምስ ኣሕዋተን ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ናይ ምጽዋት ካብ ወለደን ፈቓድ ዝረኽባሉ ግዜ ምዃኑ እዩ።

ኣብ ድሮ ኣባ  ኣብርሃም ማለት ምሸት  2 መስከረም፡ መንእሰያት መምስ ዕድመኦም ዝመጣጠን ሽግ ሒዞም፡ ብሓባር ኣብ ማእከላይ ቅርዓት ዓዶም ተራኺቦም ናብ ዝተፈላለዩ ኩርነዓት እንዳዘሩ ብስራት ዘስምዕሉን ምልክት ብርሃን ዘርእይሉን እዩ። ነበርቲ ሓንቲ ዓዲ ከኣ ብርሃን ከይረኣዩ ንዘይምድቃስ እቶም ሽግ ዝሓዙ ብኸባብኦም ክሳብ ዝሓልፉ ይጽበይዎም። ኣደታት ኣብ ዘዝበጽሕዎ ብዕልልታን ሓጐሰን ይቕበለኦም። እቶም ሰብ ሽግ መንእሰያት ኣብዚ ዑደቶም፡ “ኣባ ኣብርሃም ጢጡ ክጐዪ ጠሪጡ፡ ኣባ ኣብርሃም ዓጓ ክጐዪ ተጐጓ፡ ኣጆኽን ኣንስቲ ጸዕዳ ጣፍ ለወስቲ፡ ኣጀኹም ጓሶተ ባልደንጓ ሸወተ፡ ኣጆኹም ቆልዑ ባልደንጓ ጨልቂዑ” ዝብሉ ግጥምታት ብዝተመርጸ ከራሪ እንዳተምርሑ ይቕበሉ። እቶም ንኹሉ ናይ ክረምቲ ዝናብን ቁርን ክኢሎም ሽጎም ኣብሪሆም ዝዞሩ መንእሰያት ነቶም ኣብዚ ኣጋጣሚ ዘይተሳተፉ መንእሰያት መሳትኦም “ሆየ ዘይበለ ካብና ይፈለ፡ ሆየ ዘይበሉ ዓመት ይማህለሉ፡ ውሰን ወሰን እገለየ ነዲኡ ዘላውሰን፡ እቶን እቶን እገለየ ነዲኡ ዘጋዕተን” እናበሉ ይነቕፉዎም። ንገዛእ ርእሶም ከኣ “ሆየ ዝበልና ዓመት ይዕቆረና” እናበሉ ይመጓጐሱ። ምስቶም ኣብ ጐደብኦም ዓዲ ዘለዉ መንእሰያት ንምውድዳር ከኣ፡ “ኣንታ በልዓ ማዕዶ እሞ ነዓያንዶ- ብሽመል ጠጠዓሎ ክንተዓላሎ፡ እታ በዓል ታህሰስ-እሞ ነዓያንዶ ክንኰላሰስ” እንዳበሉ የላኻ ይብልዎም።

ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ነቶም ዑደቶም ወዲኦም፡ ናብቲ ጓይላ ዝሕደሮ  ቅርዓት ክመጹ ክጽበየኦም ዝጸንሓ ኣሕዋተን ንምንኣድን ምትብባዕን፡  በቲ መሳኹቲ ሰማይ ዝኸፍት መሳጢ ዜማአን፡ “ዝለል ኮታ ዝለል ኮታ-ፍልሖ ኣለዎ ባይታ፡ ሰስኑ ሰስኑ  ሽሕን ዋልታን ኩኑ-ወያ ዛዓድና ከይኣትዋ ጓና” ይብላኦም። እዚ ሽግ ኣብሪህካ  እናዞርካ ዝግበር ብስራት ምስ ተፈጸመ፡ ካብኡ ንደሓር በቲ ዝተረፈ ሽግ ሓዊ ተኣጒዱ ኣብ ዙርያቲ መጋርያ ብመሪሕነት ብመንእሰያት ኣፍልጦ ዝተዋህቦን ሳዕሳዒትን ምውቃዕ ከበሮን ብማዕረ ዘባጽሕን ኣባጓይላ እንዳተመርሓ ብባህላዊ ናይ ሙዚቃ መሳርሒን ጣቓዒትን ዝደመቐ ጓይላ ሂር ክብል ይሓድር።

ኣብ ቅዱስ ዮሃንስ ድሮ 11 መስከረም፡ መንእሰያት ደቂ ተባዕትዮን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ኣብቲ ልሙድ ቅርዓት ይእከቡ። እቶም ነቲ ጉዳይ ዘወሃህዱ ኣባጽሕ እኹል መንእሰይ መምስ ሽጉ ተኣኪቡ ኣብ ዝበልሉ ሸጋት ኣብሪሆም ከምቲ ናይ ኣባ ኣብርሃም፡ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ኩርነዓት ዓዶም ሽግ ዘለዎን ዘየብሉን ንእሽቶን ዓብይን ተዛኒቖም ርሕቀቱ ብዝተመጠነ መስርዕ  ምንቅስቓስ ይጅምሩ። ኣብቲ ጉዕዘኦም እቲ ልሙድ “ሆየሆየ” ምባል ኮይኑ “ቅዱስ ዮሃንሰ ደሓን ተመለሰ፡ ሆየ ዝበልና ዓመት ይዕቈረና” ዝብል ግጥምታት መሪሕ ቦታ ይሕዝ። ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ከኣ ቅድም ነቶም መንእሰያት ናብ ዑደት ከፋንወኦም እንከለዋን ደሓር ከኣ ዑደቶም ወዲኦም ናብቲ ልሙድ ማእከላይ ቅርዓት ክቕበለኦም እነከለዋን “ዮሃንሰይ መስቀለይ ጥቓጥቓ ሃበኒ ሽቶለይ ክዕጠቓ፡ ዮሃንሰይ ቅዱሰይ ምሓርዋ ንነብሰይ፡ ሕዮባ መሲለየ ሕዮባ ከምስላና፡ ቅዱስ ዮሃንሰይ ወለባ ሰኲዐ ኣብ ርእሰይ” ዝብሉ መሰጥቲ ዜማታት የዚማ። ድሕሪዚ  ጓይላ ምስ ሓደረ፡ ወጋሕታ ኩሎም መንእሰያት ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ደቂ ተባዕትዮን ናብ ሩባ ወሪዶም  በበይኖም ናይ ምሕረትን ንጽህናን ምዃኑ ዝእመነሉ ማይ ይሕጸቡ። ክኢላታት ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ከኣ ይሕንብሱ። ኣብዚ ወጋሕታ ዘይተሓጽበ ሰብ ዋላ ቀትሪ ኣብዛ ዕለት ክሕጸብ ናይ ግድን እዩ።

መስቀል ኣብ ድሮ 27 መስከረም ከምቲ ናይ ኣባ ኣብርሃምን ቅዱስ ዮሃንስን መንእሰያት ሽጋቶም ሒዞም ኣብቲ መራኸቢ ቅርዓት ይእከቡ። እቲ ቁጽሪ እንተውሒዱ እሞ እቶም ዝደንጐዩ ምእንቲ ክመጽዎም፡ ብዝተፈላለየ ባህላዊ ግጥምታት ይጽውዕዎም። ግዜ ምስ ኣኸለ ከኣ እቲ ልሙድ ሽግ ኣብሪህካ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ከባብታት ቁሸትካ ናይ መስቀል ብራቕ መበሰሪ ዑደት ይቕጽል። ዑደቶም ወዲኦም ናብቲ ልሙድ ቅርዓት ክበጽሑ እንከለዉ ዝቕበለኦምን ኣብቲ ጓይላ ሓቢረን ዝሓድራን ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ከኣ፡ “ ንመስቀለይ ንመስቀለይ ድርብ ከበሮ ሓዛለይ፡ መስቀለይ ከይዳከይዳ ሕዛለይ ብኽሳዳ፡ ኣይኮነንዶ ንመስቀል ንወለሎ ንሰብኳ ዝዕለሎ” ይብላ። እቶም ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ከኣ ብናይ ሓባር ናይ ኢድን እግርን ህርመት “ዓመት ናብ ዓመቴ ይዕቆረና” እንዳበሉ የድምቑለን። ድሕሪ እዚ መንእሰያት ጓይላ ምስ ሓደሩ፡ ንግሆ ነናብ ገዝኦም ተመሊሶም፡ ኣቐዲሙ ነቲ ጉዳይ ዝተዳለወ ሽግ ኣብሪሆም ኣብ ጐረባብቶም ገዛገዛ እናኣተዉ “ዓኾዃይ ዓኾዃይ፡ ብርሃን ገዳይ መስቀል ገዳይ፡ ቁራዕ ሓምሊ ይውጻእ ቁራዕ ጥጥቖ ዕፉን ይእቶ፡ ትዃን ይውጻእ ቁንጪ ይእቶ” እናበሉ ክረምቲ ዛርዩ ጸሓይ ከም ዝወጸን ፍርያት ሓረስታይ ከምዘርከበን የበስሩ። ኣብ መንእሰያት መን ቀዲሙ ዓኾዃይ በለ ውድድር ኣሎ። ሰባት ከኣ ነቲ ንዓዀዃይ ዝበርሀ ሽግ ደሓር ኣብ መሬት ምስተጋደመ፡ ሰለስተ ግዜ እንዳተሳገሩ “ዓመት ናብ ዓመት ይዕቆረና፡ ንዓመታ ከምዚ እዋን  ብሕቡርናን ብስሙርናን የጽነሓና” ብዝብል ሰናይ ትምኒቶም ይገልጹ። ድሕሪዚ ናይ ዝተፈላለየ ዘራእቲ ሸዊት ምብላዕ ከም ዝከኣል ብዓበይቲ ይብሰር። እዚ ካብ ማይ ባሕሪ ብጭልፋ ዝጠቐስናዮ ግጥምታት ናይ ኣባ ኣብርሃም፡ ቅዱስ ዮሃንስን መስቀልን ተባሂሉ ዝሕዛእ ዘይኮነ ዝወራረስን ኣብ ኩሉ ክዝውተር ዝከኣልን እዩ።

ኣብዚ ከይተጠቐሰ ዘይሕለፍ፡ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ቅድሚ ዮሃንሰን መስቀለን ኣብ ግዜ በዓላት ማርያ፡ ድሕሪ 22 ነሃሰ ዘሎ ሰሙን “ኣሽንዳ” ዝብላሉ ባህላዊ ኣጋጣሚ ምህላዉ እዩ። እቲ ናይ ኣሽንዳ ስርዓት፡ ኣተገባብራኡን ናይ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ ምድላዋትን ምስዚ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኣብ ትግራይን ምስ ትግራይ ኣብ ዘራኽብ ከባብታት ኣምሓራን ዝዝውተር ዝመሳሰል እዩ። ኣብዚ ናይ ኣሽንዳጋ ግዜ ደቂ ኣንስትዮ “ኣሽንዳ ወዲዓደይ-ብበራውዶ ክሳብራ ዛኢደይ፡ ኣሽንዳብየ ኣይጉልንድየ ክጻወት እየ” ዝብሉ ዜማታት የዘውትራ። ኣሽንዳ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ብፍላይ ኣብ ትግራይ ኣዝዩ ማዕቢሉ ናይ በጻሕቲ ሃገር ሓያል መስሓቢ ኮይኑ፡ ኣብ ዩኒስኮ (ኣብ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ትካል ባህልን ትምህርትን) ክምዝገብ ኣብ ዝቀራረበሉ ደረጃ በጺሑ ኣሎ። ኣብ ኤርትራ ግና ባህላዊ ትሕዝቶኡ ከይሰሓተ ዘበራብሮ  ስኢኑ ከም ዘይነበረ ሃሲሱ ክተርፍ እንከሎ  ዘሕዝን እዩ።

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Source: OCHA
Posted:  21 Sep 2020
 
Originally published  21 Sep 2020

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Khartoum, 21 September 2020. Humanitarian organizations in Sudan have reached over 350,000 people with life-saving assistance as continued torrential rains threaten more damages in the worst floods to hit the country in three decades. Over 120 people have lost their lives and the number of people critically affected exceeds 770,000, according to the Government’s Humanitarian Aid Commission. The Government declared, two weeks ago, a State of Emergency in the country due to the unprecedented flooding.

“We are, in fact, talking about one of the worst floods since 1988, when one million houses were damaged or destroyed. We are assisting thousands of people, but the rains will probably continue, and the number of people affected could further increase over the coming days,” said Paola Emerson, Head of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan.

Since the beginning of the season in July, aid organizations, in support of the Transitional Civilian Government of Sudan, provided emergency shelter and household items such as kitchen utensils to more than 150,000 people who have lost everything when their houses collapsed or where washed away by floodwater. Humanitarians have also provided health services to over 200,000 people affected by the storms and critical support on water and sanitation to over 350,000.

The quick response has been possible as UN agencies and partners, with support of its donors, prepositioned supplies to meet the most immediate needs of 250,000 people before the rains started. But the numbers exceeded all forecasts and Government and humanitarians are now in a race against time to mobilize more funds and supplies to continue the operation. “The Government is responding, and donors are coming forward. Civil society organizations are also supporting people who are in dire need of assistance. But Sudan was already facing a very difficult situation before the rains and the floods increased the need of assistance,” said Ms. Emerson.

The crisis will not be over when the rains stop, and the full impact of the destruction will be felt in the months ahead. Thousands of farms have been damaged in the middle of the agricultural season, compromising the harvest and the food security of thousands of families.

Access to clean water, in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic, has been compromised. “Nearly 16,000 latrines were destroyed and the collapse of the Bout Dam hampers access to water to more than 100,000 people in Blue Nile alone,” warned the Head of OCHA Sudan.

Extreme weather events are a reality in the region and affect Sudan year after year. “But these shocks are becoming more frequent and unpredictable. We connect droughts with floods and this year we had the locust infestation in several countries in Eastern Africa,” said Ms. Emerson. Humanitarian organizations in Sudan are increasing operations and the support from donors is impressive. But the Humanitarian Response Plan remains underfunded. “We only received 15 per cent of the US$110 million requested for health services. This is less than half of the total received last year, when we didn’t have a COVID-19 pandemic,” said Ms. Emerson.

The funding for water, sanitation and hygiene services, critical for COVID and floods response is also extremely low, less than 22 per cent of the total required. “If we don’t receive more support soon, we will not be able to continue our work. It means that fewer people will receive medical attention or have access to clean water and sanitation services to prevent diseases. We are running out of stocks. More is urgently needed to ensure that we do not fall short at this critical moment for the people of Sudan,” finalized Paola Emerson.

Note to editors:

Additional information on the humanitarian consequences of floods in Sudan can be found here.

For further information and interview requests, please contact OCHA Sudan:

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ብኣባላት ማእከላይ ባይቶ፣ ሓው ንጉሰ ጸጋይን ሓብትና ትዕበ ተኪኤን ዝተመርሔ፡ ኣኼባ ኣባላት ንኡስ ዞባ ጀርመን፡ ኣብ ዕለት 19.09.2020 ብመራኸቢ ብዙሓን ተኻይዱ። እቲ ኣኼባ ብናይ ሓው ተስፋማርያም ክብረኣብ ኣቦ መንበር ንኡስ ዞባ ጀርመን ሰናይ ትምኒትን ካብዚ ለበዳ ኮሮና ቫይሩስ (Covid-19) ብደሓን ኣጽንሓናን ዝብል ትስፉው መግለጽን ንተሳተፍቲ ኣባላት ዘለዎ ኣድናቆ ብምሕባር እዩ ተኸፊቱ። ኣስዒቡ ዕላማን ናይቲ ኣኼባ ሓጺር መእተዊ ብምቅራብ ኣኼባ ንኣባላት ማእከላይ ባይቶ ኣሕሊፉ። ኣባላት ባይቶ ሒዞሞም ዝመጹ ኣጀንዳታት፡

  1. ሓፈሻዊ ሓበሬታ ኣብ ውሽጣዊ ኩነታት ሰልፍን ሃገርናን፣
  2. ኣብ ከባቢና ብፍላይ ኣብ ሱዳንን ኢትዮጵያን ዝረኤ ዘሎ ፖለቲካዊ ለውጥታትን ኣብ ህዝብናን ሃገርና ዝህልዎ ጽልዋ፤
  3. ኩነታት ደንበ ተቓውሞን ምጥርናፍ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን ሰልፍታትን፡ በጺሑዎ ዘሎ ደረጃን፤ዝብሉ ነይሮም።

  ብቐዳምነት ሓው ንጉሰ ጸጋይ ሰልፍና ሒዝውዎ ዘሎ መርሆ ናይ ቃልስን ዘጥርዮ ዘሎ ባይታን ተቐባልነትን ድሕሪ ምግላጽ፥ ብዛዕባቲ ኣብ ሃገርና  ካብ ግዜ ናብ ግዜ እናኸፍአ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ኩነታት እዩ ዝሰፍሐ መግለጺ ሂቡ። ህዝብና ኣብ ልዕልቲ  ብስርዓት ኢሳያስ ክወርድድዶ ዝጸንሔን ዘሎን ኩሉ መዳያዊ ግፍዕታት፡ ተወሳኺ ብኮረና ቫይረስ  (Covid-19) ኣምሲልካ ዝወርዶ ዘሎ ኣሰቃቒ መርጋጥ ዝብል ኩነታት ከይኣኽሎ፡ ብባህርያዊ ሓደጋታት ምዕልቕላቕ ናይ ዝናብን፡ ዕስለ ኣንበጣን እውን እህሰ ከም ዘሎ ብሰፊሑ ኣብሪሁ። እዚ ከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ዝወርድ ዘሎ ተደራራቢ ሕሰማት ድማ ኣብ እነካይዶ ዘለና ቃልሲ ተወሳኺ ጻዓትን ምቅልጣፍን ከድልየና ምዃኑ ሓቢሩ። ብካልእ ሸነኽ ድማ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዘሎ ዘይርጉእ ኩነታትን፡ ካብ 1.5 ሚልዮን ዘይውሕድ ህዝቢ ብሓደጋታት ዝናብ ምዝንባሉን፡ ኣብ ክልል ትግራይ ነቲ ብኢሳያስን ማሓዙቱን ዝግበር ዝነበረ ፈኸራ ኣፍሺሉ ምርጫ ተኻይዱ፡ ኣባላት ፓርላማ ሚኒስተራት ኢትዮጵያ‘ውን ምርጫ ክካየድ ከምዝካኣል ይዛረቡ ምህላዎን ዝኣመሰሉ ምዕባለታት ንዓና ከም ህዝብን ሃገርን ጸለውቲ ምዃኖም ብሰፊሕ መግለጺ ኣቕሪቡ።

ካብዚ ብምቕጻል እቲ ዝያዳ ግዜ ዝወሰደ እቲ ካልኣይ ዛዕባ ኣተሃላልዋን ምዕባለታትን ምጥርናፍ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ተቓውሞ እዩ። ኣብዚ እውን ሓው ንጉሰ ጸጋይን ሓብትና ትዕበ ተኪአን ኣባላት ማ/ባይቶን፡ ሓው ይሳቕ ወ/ማርያም ኣቦ መንበር ዞባ ኤውሮጳን፡ እናተመላልኡ ዝርዝር መግለጺ ኣቕሪቦም። እዚ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ምቛም ሓይሊ ዕማማት እውን ናብ ዝለዓለ ተግባራውነት ናይቲ ጥምረት ከብጽሓና ከም ዝኽእል ኣብሪሆም። ብዘይካዚ ኣባላት ሰልፊ ንዘለና ድርብ ዕማማት ንምዕዋት ኣብ ሓባራዊ ስራሓት ኮነ ሰልፋዊ መደባት ትግሃትን ተጻዋርነትን ክህልወና ከምዝድለ ኣመልኪቶም። ደምበ ተቓውሞ  ኣብዚ ፈታኒ እዋንዚ፣ ኩሉ ገዲፉ እዚ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝወርድ ዘሎ ተደራራቢ ፖለቲካዊ ኮነ ባህርያዊ ሕሰማት ንሓቢርካ ምስራሕ ዝደፍእን ኣብ ምውጋድ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ደፋኢ ተርእዮ ምዃኑ ተገንዚቡ ካብ ምቕልጣፍ ንላዕሊ መዋጽኦ ከምዘይብሉ ኣገንዚቦም።

ብድሕርዚ እቲ ኣኼባ ብሕቶን መልስን ተሰንዩ፡ ዝቐርብ ዝነበረ ሕቶታት‘ውን ነቲ ዝተዋህበ መግለጺ ብዝያዳ ከም ዝሰፍሕ ከምዝህብትምን ጌሩዎ። ብዘዕግብ መልስታት ኣኼባ ኣብ ምድምዳም፣ ኣኼበኛ ንዝኸይድ ዘሎ ምጥርናፍ ፖለቲካዊ ሓይልታት ኣሞጒሱ፡ ኣብ መላእ ዓለም ዘሎ ህዝባዊ ምንቅስቓሳትውን ብስፍሓቱ ደረጃ ናይ ለውጢ ተራኡ ከበርክት፡ ኣኼባታትና ብምሉእ ሕልናን ትግሃትን ክንቅጽሎ ተማሕጺኑ  ሰላስተ  ሰዓታት ካብ ሰዓት 20፡00 ክሳብ 23፡00 ዝወሰደ ምርድዳእን ናይ ሓሳባት ምልውዋጥን ኣኼባ ተደምዲሙ።

 

Monday, 21 September 2020 10:16

እቲ ኣሳሪ እንተዘይተወጊዱ!

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ጸረ ህዝቢ ስርዓታት ዝግለጽሎም ተግባራትን ኣብ ህዝቢ ዘውርድዎ ሳዕቤናትን ብዙሓት እዮም። ድኽነት፡ ድንቁርና፡ ሕማም፡ ማእሰርቲ፡ ጥሜትን ስደትን ካብቶም  ጸረ ህዝቢ ስርዓታት ህዝቢ ንምርዓድ ዝጥቀምሎም ብዙሓት መሳቐይታት  ሒደት እዮም። ሓደ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ እምንቶ ዘየብሉ እሞ  ብሰንኪ ተግባረይ ህዝቢ ኣይድቅሰለይን እዩ ኢሉ ስለ ዝሰግእ፡ ዝያዳ ንምድኻሙ “ከምዚ ኢልካ” ኢሉ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ “ከምዚ ክትብል ሓሲብካ” ኢሉ ይገንሖን የፈራርሖን። ዝመረጾ ሃይማኖታዊ እምነት ናይ ምስዓብን ናይ ምዝራብን ምውዳብን መሰረታዊ መሰሉ እውን ይነፍጎ።

እዚ ጥራይ ኣይኮነን፡ እቲ ንጸረ ህዝቢ ተግባራት ዝተዓጥቀ ስርዓት በዚ ስለ ዘይዓግብን ነቲ ዝጸልኦ ህዝቢ ዓይኑ ክርእዮ ስለ ዘይደልን “ብማይ ቀጠነ” ኣሲሩ የሳቕዮን ይስውሮን። እዚ ኩሉ ተግባራት ብህግዲፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክፍጸም ዝጸንሐን ጌና ዝፍጸም ዘሎን እዩ። ሎሚ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዋላ ሓንቲ ትካል ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ትምህርቲ የለን። ብዘይካተን ካብ ግዜ መግዛእቲ ዝተወርሳ ሓድሽ ሆስፒታል ተሃኒጹ ዝብል ዜና ኣብ ኤርትራ ኣይስማዕን። ጉዳይ መራኽብታት፡ መንገድታትን ካልእ መሳለጥያታትን እሞ ከኣ ኣይለዓልን እዩ። ንጸዓት ዝምልከት ከኣ “ተኸዲኑ ይብሰል” ኢልካዮ ምሕላዩ’ዩ ዝቐልል። ኤርትራውያን ኣይኮነንዶ ኣብ ሃገሮም ላዕለዋይ ደረጃ ሕክምና ክረኽቡ ቀሊል መዕገሲ ቃንዛ  ንምርካብ እውን ናብ ወጻኢ ኣብ ዝቋምትሉ ኩነታት እዮም ዝርከቡ።

ካብዚ ጉዳይዚ ከይወጻእና፡ ቅድሚ ለባዳ ኮረና ቫይረስ ምግጣሙ፡  ብሓፈሻ ናብ ብዙሓት ሃገራት ዓለም ብፍላይ ድማ ናብ ጐረባብትና ሃገራት ኡጋንዳ፡ ሱዳንን ኢትዮጵያን ንሕክምና ዝኸዱ ኤርትራውያን ኣሸሓት እዮም። እዞም ኤርትራውያን ኣብዚ እዋንዚ  ካብዘን ሃገራት ናብ ሃገሮም ምምላስ ተኸሊኦም ኣደዳ ክራይ ኣባይትን ስእነት መግብን ኮይኖም ይሳቐዩ ኣለዉ። ህግዲፍ ናብ ሃገሮም ከይምለሱ ኣጊድዎም ዘሎ፡ ብምክልኻል እቲ ቫይረስ ኣመሳሚሱ ካብን ናብ ኤርትራ ምምልላስ ነፈርቲ ስለ ዝኸልከለ  እዩ። ኣብ ህግዲፍ ሓደ ጸገም ከጋጥም እንከሎ ኣብ ክንዲ መፍትሒ ምርካብ ምንጻግ፡ ምዕጻውን ምኽልካልን ልሙዳት እዮም።  ህግዲፍ ብሓቂ ጉዳይ ቫይረስ ዝገድሶ እንተዝኸውን  ነቲ ኣብ ምክልኻል እቲ ቫይረስ ዓብይ ብጽሒት ከም ዘለዎ ብተመራመርቲ ናይቲ ሕማም ዝእመነሉ “ምርሕሓቕ”  መተገደሰሉ። ካብዚ ተገዳስነት ነቒሉ ከኣ ተመሃሮ እኹል መከላኸሊ ኣብ ዘየብሉ ኣገዲዱ ናብ ዝተጨናነቐ ሳዋ ወሲዱ ኣይመዳጐኖምን። ነቶም ብዘይፍርዲ ኣብ ፈቐዶ ጐዳጉድን ኮንተይነራት እሞ ኣብ ዘይምቹእ ኩነታት ኣየር ኣሲርዎም ዘሎ  ግዳያት እውን መፈተሖም።

ኣብዛ “ቤት ትምህርቲ ተሃኒጹ” ወይ “መዘናግዒ መንእሰያት ተኸፊቱ” ዝብል ጥዑም ዜና ዝሓረማ ሃገርና፡ ልዕሊ 300 መብዛሕትኡ ስዉር  ኣብያተ-ማእሰርቲ ከም ዘለዋ ግና ዓለም ብዓለሙ ዝፈልጦን “ዓገብ” ዝበሃሎ ዘሎን እዩ። መብዛሕተኦም ካብቶም ህዝቦም ዝጠለሙ ላዕለዎት ወታደራዊ ሓለፍቲ እቲ ስርዓት ከከም ናብቲ ጉጅለ ዘለዎም ቅርበት “እንዳ ጀነራል እገለ” እናተባህለ ዝጽዋዕ ነናቶም ቤት ማእሰርቲ ክውንኑ መሰል ኣለዎም። እዚ ናይ ሓለፍቲ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ንጹሃት ዝሳቐይሉ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ጉልበቶም ተመዝሚዙ ርሃጾም ፈሲሱ ብዘይክፍሊት ሕርሻ ናይቶም ሰብ ጽሩራ ዘልምዕሉን ገዛውቶም ዝሃንጽሉን እዩ። እዚ ናይ ባርነት ህይወት ነቶም “ኣገልግሎት” ዝበሃሉ ከይተኣስሩ እሱራት እውን ክሳብ ራሕሪሐምዎ “ዝወሓጠ ይውሓጠና” ኢሎም ዝስደዱ ዘረኻኽበሎም እዩ።

ሎሚ ኣብ ኤርትራ “ናይዚ ሙያ’ዚ ክኢላታት ብከምዚ ዓይነት ደረጃ ተመሪቖም” ዝብል ወረ ዳርጋ ኣይስማዕን እዩ። ክንድዚ ኣመንቲ ካብ ቤተ ጸሎት ምስ ስድራቤቶም ተኣሲሮም” ዝብል ግና መዓልታዊ ዜና እዩ። እቶም ዝእሰሩ፡ መእሰሪኦም ምኽንያት ዘይንጹር፡ ዝተኣስርሉ ቦታታት ዘይፍሉጥ፡ ኣብ ቅድሚ ፍትሒ ከይቀረቡ ልዕሊ 20 ዓመታት ዝገበሩ ዝርከብዎም ምዃኖም ከኣ ነቲ ማእሰርቶም ዘስደምም ይገብሮ።

ካብዞም ናይ ማእሰርቲ ግዳያት መብዛሕተኦም ወይ ዝኣመንዎ ሃይማኖት ብምስዓቦም ወይ ድማ ህዝብን ሃገርን ክርህዎምስ “ብኸምዚ እንተንምራሕ” ዝብል ሓሳብ ዘተንፈሱ ምዃኖም ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ክሳብ ክንደይ ጸረ ዲሞክራስያውን ሰብኣውን መሰላት ምዃኑ ብንጹር ዘርኢ እዩ። ኣብ ኤርትራ ጠንቂ ማእሰርቲ “ከምዚ ተዛሪብካ ከምዚ ፈጺምካ” ጥራይ ኣይኮነን።  “ከምዚ ክትብል ሓሲብካ” እውን ዘእስርን ሃለዋትካ ዘጥፍእን እዩ።

ማእሰርቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ሳሕቲ ዘጋጥም ዘይኮነ፡ ዕለታዊ ተግባር ናይቲ ስርዓት  ኢልካ ዝውሰድ እዩ። እንተኾነ ከምቲ ኣብ ግዜ ምምሕዳር ህግዲፍ ስደትን ኣብ ስደት ዘጋጥም ሞትን ሓደጋን  ዳርጋ ንቡር ክነሱ፡ ነቲ ብ3 ጥቅምቲ 2013 ኣብ ላምፓዱሳ ኣብ ልዕሊ ዝያዳ 350 ኤርትራውያን ዝወረደ መቕዘፍቲ እሞ ንዓለም ዘደንጸወ ሓደጋ  ፍሉይ ጠመተ እንህቦ፡ ኣብ ተመኩሮ ማእሰርቲ እውን ፍሉይ ቆላሕታ ዝወሃቦ ኣጋጣምታት ኣሎ። እቶም ንምልኪ ኣወጊዞም፡ መስርሕ ዲሞክራሲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ብግብሪ ይጀመር ዝበሉ ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝነበሩን ንፖለቲካ ኤርትራ ናብ ሓድሽ ምዕራፍ ንምስግጋር ጽቡቕ ኣንፈት ሒዞም ዝነበሩ ናይ ብሕቲ ጋዜጠኛታትን ጸሓፍትን ብወፈራ ዝተኣስሩላ 18 መስከረም 2001 ፍሉይ ጠመተ ዝወሃባ እያ። ኣብዚ ግና እዚ ምእንቲ’ቲ መጻኢ ዕድል ህዝብና ዝውስን ራህዋን ቅሳነት ስለ ዝተሰለፉ ጥራይ ቅድሚ ተረኽቦ 18 መስከረም 2001 ተኣሲሮም ኣብ ፈቐዶ ጐዳጉዲ ኤርትራ ዝተዳጒኖም ዝበልዩ ብዙሓት ኤርትራውያን ከም ዘለዉ ዝዝንጋዕ ኣይኮነን። ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ ሰውራዊ ባይቶን ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ዝነበሩ  ወልደማርያም ባህልቢ፡ ተኽለብርሃን ገብረጻድቕን  መሓመድ ዓሊ ኢብራሂምን ብኣብነት ዝጥቀሱ እዮም።

እዚ ማእሰርቲ ኮነ ኩሉ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝብና ዝወርድ ዘሎ ሕሰማት ካብ ህልውና ህግዲፍ ፈሊኻ ስለ ዘይርአ፡ ንሱ ክሳብ ዘሎ እቲ ስቓይ ቀጻሊ ምዃኑ ፍሉጥ እዩ። ስለዚ ነዚ ኣገዳሲ ጠመተ ዝወሃቦ ናይ ማእሰርትን ህልቂትን ኣጋጣሚታት ክንዝክር እንከለና፡ እቲ ቀንዲ ኣድህቦና ናብ ምዝርዛር ዛንታ ቃልስን ቅያን ናይቶም ግዳያት ማእሰርቲ ዘይኮነ፡ ናብ ሓቢርካ ምውጋድ እቲ ጠንቂ ማእሰርቶም ክኸውን ይግበኦ። ምኽንያቱ “እቲ ኣሳሪ እንተዘይተወጊዱ” ኣረዲእናን ጸዊዕናን ባህሪኡ ኣቐይርና ፈታሕን መሓርን ክንገብሮ ስለ ዘይንኽእል።

ጨንፈር ሰዲህኤ ፍራንክፎርትን ከባቢኡን ሃገረ ጀርመን ኣብ ዕለት 18.09.2020 ሰዓት 20፡00 ጀሚሩ ሰዓት 22፡30 ዘወደኤ፡ ስሩዕ ወርሓዊ ኣኼባኡ ኣካይዱ። ኣኼባ በዚ ንዓለምና ኣሸጊሩ ዘሎ ኮረና ቫይረስ  (Covid-19 ) ምኽንያት ብምገባር ብኣካል ንምርኻብ ዝድፋኣሉ ብዘይምዃኑ ብመራኸቢ ብዙሓን እዩ ተኻይዱ። ኣኼባ፡ ብናይ ኣቦ መንበር ጨንፈር ናይ እንቋዕ ካብዚ ዘሎ ቀዛፊ ለበዳ ሕማም  ቫይሩስ ብጥዕናን ሰላምን ኣጽንሓና ብምባል፡ ነቶም ሰዓቶም ኣኽቢሮም ኣብ ኣኼባ ዝተረኽቡ ብምምስጋን እዩ ኣኼባ ከፊቱ።

ኣብቲ ኣኼባ  ካብዝቐረቡ መዛረቢ ዛዕባታት ድማ፡-   

  1. ምምሕዳራዊ ጉዳያት ጨንፈር ሰልፍ፡
  2. ብሓፈሻ  ኲነታት ደምበ ተቓውሞን ንምዕዋት ሓባራዊ ዕማማት ዝሰላሰል ዘሎ ናይ ስራሕ ውዳቤታትን፡ ህልዊ ዞባዊ  ኩነታትን ኣብ ሰልፋዊ ጉዳያትን ዝተመርኮሰ  ናይ ሓበሬታ ምልውዋጥ፤
  3. ጉዳይ መንእሰያትን ምንቅስቓሳቶምን ዝብሉ ነይሮም፤

ብመጀመርያ ብኣባላት ሽማግለ ዝቐረበ ውሽጣዊ ኩነታት ጨንፈርና፡ በዚ ህልዊ ኩነታት ለበዳ ኮሮና ቫይሩስ (Covid-19 )  ከይተዓናቐፍና ስሩዕ ኣኼባታትና ብመራኸቢ ብዙሓን ክቕጽል ምኽኣሉ፡ ውሽጣዊ ዲሲፕሊን ጨንፈርና ብዝምልከትን መግለጺ ቀሪቡ። ግዜ ዘምጽኦ ተክነሎጂ ተጠቂምካ እቲ ንቡር ዝኾነ ወርሓዊ ኣኼባታትካ ምትግባር ናብ ቀጻሊ ምዕቡል ናይ ርክብ ኣገባብ ክንምርሽ ከም ዘሎና ተገሊጹ። ኣባላት ጨንፈር‘ውን ብዛዕባ ውሽጣዊ ጨንፈራዊ ጉዳያቶም ስፍሕ ዝበለ ምርድዳኣትን ዝርርብን ኣካይዶም። ንዘጋጥም ሕጽረታት ብግቡእ ክንምልስን ክገጥምን ድማ፡ ሕድሕድ ምትሕግጋዝ ከምዘድሊ ብሰፊሕ ተዘሪብሉ።

 ብድሕሪኡ ኣብቲ ካልኣይ ኣጀንዳ ተኣትዩ። ኣብዚ ጉዳይዚ‘ውን ሰልፍናን፡ ደምበ ታቓውሞን፡ ኩነታት ሃገርናን ዞባናን ዘለዎ በዳሂ ኩነታት ሓበሬታ ድሕሪ ምልውዋጥ፤ ኣቦመንበር ዞባ ኤውሮጳ  ሓው ይሳቕ ወልደማርያም  ብወገኑ፡ ንምጥርናፍ ፖለቲካዊ ውድባትን ሰልፍታትን  ዝምልከት ሰፊሕ መግለጺ ሂቡ። ኣብዚ  ኣኼበኛታት ብሕቶን መልስን ሰፊሕን ዓሚቍን ሓበሬታታት ድሕሪ ምልውዋጥ፡ ንተበጺሑ ዘሎ ምጥርናፍ ካብ ፈላሚ ደረጃ ሓሊፉ ኣብ ምቛም ሓይሊ ዕማማት ምብጽሑ፡ ኣብ ተግባር ንምእታው ንዝተበጽሔ መስርሕ ኣኼበኛታት ብምድጋፍ  ሓደ ስጉምቲ ኣብ ምጥርናፍ ሓይልታት ተቓውሞ ከምዝኮነ ርእዮም። እዚ ዝካየድ ዘሎ  ተወሃሂድካ ናይ ምስራሕ መደባት፡ ነቲ ክሳብ ሕጂ ከየዐወትናዮ ዝጸናሕና “ጠመተ ናብ ድሕነት ሃገር”  ዓቢ ናይ ዓወትና መንገድን ንህዝብና ድማ ዓቢ ብስራትን ስለ ዝኾነ፡ ኩላትና ኣባላት ደምበ ተቓውሞ ከይሰልከና ናብ ዝዓበየ ደረጃኡ ንምብጽሑ ክንቃለስ ከም ዝግባእ  ኣኼበኛ ምሕጽንትኡ ኣቕሪቡ።

ኣብ መወዳእታ ኣብ‘ዚ ንመንእሰያት ዝምልከት ዛዕባ‘ዚ ብቐዳምነት ኣባል ሽማግለ ጨንፈር መንእሰይ ክብሮም ዓንዶም መንእሰያት ኤርትራውያን ኣብዚ ግዜ‘ዚ ዘጓንፎም ዘሎ ጸገማትን፡ ጸገማቶም ንምፍታሕ ልዕሊ ዓቕሞም ስለ ዝኾነን ኣብ ዘይተደልየ ስጉምትታት እኣትዉ ከም ዘለዉን ኣብነታት ዘሰነዮ ብሰፊሑ  ኣብሪሁ። ነዚ ጸገማት እዚ ንምቅላልን ብዝምልከቶም ኣካላት ጠመተ ክግበረሉን ድማ ነቲ ቅድሚ ሕጂ መንእሰያትን ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ብጠቕላላ ዝተሳተፉዎ ሰላማዊ ሰልፍታት ኣብ ፍራንክፎርትን ኣብ በርሊንን ዝተኻየደ ኣሞጒሱ። መንእሰያትና እቲ ኩሉ ብምልካዊ ስርዓት ዝወርዶ ዘሎ  ሽግራት ከይኣኽሎም፡ ኣብ ኤውሮጳ ምስ ሰገረ ድማ ናይ ስድራ-ቤት ምጥርናፍ መሰል ዘይምርካቦምን፡ ናይ ተቐባልነቱ መሰል ድማ ብዝተፈላለየ ምኽንያት ምስንኻሉን ስለ ዝቕጽል ዘሎ፤ ኩላትና ከይሰልከና ደጋጊምና ሰላማዊ ሰልፍታት ብምክያድን መዘክራት ብምጽሓፍን ጉዳይ መንእሰያትና ክንቃለሰሉ ኣሎና ብማለት ስምዒት ኣኼበኛ ዝማርኽ መግለጺ ሂቡ። ኣኼበኛ‘ውን ሰልፍና ንሽግር መንእሰያት ንምፍታሕ ምስ ኩሎም ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ብምትሕብባር ከይሰልከየ ንከካይዶ ዝጸንሐ ንጥፈታት፡ ሕጂ‘ውን ክቕጽሎ ከም ዝኾነ ብምትእምማን ቅሩብነቱ ብምግላጽ ኣኼባ ኣብ  ተደምዲሙ።

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020  NEWSPOLITICAL PRISONERSRESEARCH & INFORMATION

Source: Prisoners List

An online memorial to missing Eritrean prisoners.
An online memorial to missing Eritrean prisoners. Setit site

On September 18, 2001, 19 years ago, the main reformists in Eritrea were arrested after denouncing the “dictatorial drift” of President Issayas Afewerki. This roundup marked the start of a wave of arrests in the following days, especially among journalists in the capital. None of these prisoners have been released to date and it is not known where they were held or their state of health. But to ensure that political prisoners are not forgotten, Eritreans in the diaspora have compiled an exceptional document released last month, listing the missing in detail.

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We inevitably think of a memorial. Leafing through the fifty or so pages published last month on the Setit site , named after Asmara’s major newspaper which forcibly ceased to appear in September 2001, is like walking along the wall of a virtual monument: page after page follows one another. identity photographs, old and banal images, faces never seen for twenty years; short biographies, a job, a background; sometimes just a name and an approximate date of arrest, for lack of being able to find the families or relatives of the countless political detainees in this closed country in the Horn of Africa.

Since his New York exile, the former Eritrean journalist Ahmed Raji coordinated this publication based on data from NGOs, human rights associations, activists in exile, and families. He who was the friend of many of these disappeared from Eritrean prisons assumes a militant act in the face of ”  exceptional cruelty  “.

“  The government’s strategy is to simply throw these people in jail and forget about them ,” he explains. The prisoners are not even questioned! Some have been in prison for years, even decades, without knowing why they are being held. The guards who fled the country say that they are simply told: your role is to prevent them from escaping, period!  ”

Enforced disappearance is a common practice

Thanks to these rare testimonies from fugitives, it is also assumed that some of these prisoners died in detention, for lack of treatment or as a result of unfathomable psychological distress. Sometimes, very rarely, a body is returned to the families, but most of the time their death remains only a hypothesis. Similarly, we know the places where they would be held, secret or not, but without great certainty. The document published on theSetit also offers a satellite photo of one of these prisons, the isolated penitentiary of Eiraeiro, lost in the mountains, opening a sad chronological timeline going from independence in 1991 to the present day.

Because enforced disappearance is a common practice in Eritrea. “  It turns out that this is an old tactic of the ruling party, the Popular Front for Democracy and Justice, the FPDJ, which during the national liberation struggle was called the Popular Front for the Liberation of ‘Eritrea, the EFLP, explains Ahmed Raji. We have data on disappearances in the bush, long before independence. But that would be another story, more work to be done.  ”

“Remembering is an act of defiance”

On the cover page of the document is a motto: “  Remembering is an act of defiance . This is the same message that Ahmed Raji hammers to justify this painstaking work. “  By making these people disappear, the intention of the government is to ensure that they are forgotten ,” he explains. The intention is to erase them from the collective memory of the people. And our goal is quite simply to prevent the regime from achieving that goal.  ”

The profiles of the missing are diverse. They are not only famous politicians or opponents, rebellious soldiers, but also ”  young and old, women and men, intellectuals, peasants or teachers,” says Ahmed Raji. A bit like a parallel Eritrea.  “. A host of faces and shattered destinies, he concludes, in the form of “a  mirror image of Eritrea.” But an Eritrea that would be underground.  ”

Saturday, 19 September 2020 21:54

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2020  NEWS

Source: CSW

Conditional release of 27 Christian prisoners

11 Sep 2020

CSW has confirmed that 27 Eritrean Christians were released from Mai Serwa Prison near Eritrea’s capital, Asmara, on 4 and 8 September, possibly in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. 

According to CSW’s sources, the group consisted of 19 men and eight women who had been detained without charge or trial for between two and 16 years, and who are thought to be the first of around 54 anticipated releases. However, the releases are reportedly conditional on the submission of  property deeds ensuring their guarantors are held liable for their future actions.

Sources confirmed that the releases did not include any detained church leaders.  Moreover, the releases were preceded by the arrests of several Christians in Asmara, including around four church leaders, two weeks earlier.

Commenting on these events, a CSW source said: It is a government strategy. They cannot detain everybody, so they keep you for some time, hoping that you will become weak or frightened.  Then they put in other people. They release and put other people in prison at the same time.” 

The source put the number of Christians currently detained at a little over 300, including 39 children, “although these numbers fluctuate.”

Tens of thousands of Eritreans are currently held without charge or trial in life threatening conditions in more than 300 sites across the country. Among those incarcerated are prisoners of conscience, some of whom have been detained for well over a decade on account of their political views or religious beliefs. Conditions in these facilities are overcrowded, unsanitary and inadequate; detention facilities include shipping containers, underground cells, and the open air in the desert, and access to medical attention is insufficient and often withheld as punishment. Mai Serwa prison, where the former detainees were jailed, is infamous for utilising metal shipping containers as holding cells.

The spate of recent releases is being attributed to the spread of COVID-19 in the country’s overcrowded prison system.  However, Eritrea is officially reporting just 341 cases, and claims that no one has died of the virus so far. There has been no independent verification of these assertions.

In an earlier development, reports emerged in August indicating that members of the Muslim community who were  detained in 2018 in connection with protests following the death of respected Muslim elder Haji Musa Mohammed Nur had been released.

CSW’s Founder President Mervyn Thomas said: “While applauding the fact that people who were deprived of their liberty have regained their freedom, it is also important to recall that they were detained arbitrarily and without due process for excessive periods simply on account of their religious beliefs.  Moreover, these releases remain conditional, as they were secured by property deeds, leaving the guarantors vulnerable to losing their properties.  The guarantors could also lose their freedom should a former detainee exercise the right to leave the country, a right articulated in Article 12 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Eritrea is party. Far more prisoners of conscience remain arbitrarily detained than have been released, and the fact that these releases were preceded by further arrests is indicative of an ongoing repression of the right to freedom of religion or belief.  CSW therefore continues to call for the immediate and unconditional release of prisoners detained arbitrarily, particularly in view of a pandemic that poses a risk to life for those still held in inhumane conditions.”

Eritrea ‘releases Christian prisoners on bail’

Kahsay Tewoldebirhan

BBC Tigrinya

The Eritrean government has released on bail more than 20 prisoners who had been in detention for years because of their faith, sources have told the BBC.

The prisoners from Christian evangelical and Pentecostal denominations are among those being held in a prison outside the capital, Asmara.

In Eritrea only four religious groups are officially recognised – Christian Orthodox, Catholic Church, Lutheran Church and Sunni Islam.

Since 2002 all other religious groups have lacked the legal basis to practise their faiths publicly, including holding prayer meetings or weddings, according to the US Commission on International Religious Freedom.

US-based Hannibal Daniel, who campaigns for religious freedom, said people imprisoned for about 16 years were among those freed.

He said their conditional release could be linked to the coronavirus pandemic.

The Eritrean government has not officially commented on the reported release of the prisoners, but it has previously dismissed accusations of intolerance to religious freedom.

Campaigners advocating for religious freedom say three Jehovah Witnesses have been in prison in the country for more than 25 years.

The US State Department estimates that there are 1,200 to 3,000 prisoners of faith in Eritrea

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