ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ) ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ዝመርሖ፡ ሓው ረዘነ ተስፋጽዮን፡ ሓላፊ ቤት ጽሕፈት ገንዘባዊ ጕዳያት፡ ሓውቲ ኣልጋነሽ ኢሳቕ፡ ኣባል ማእከላይ ባይቶን ሓው መድሃኔ ንርኣዮ ኣቦ መንበር ጨንፈር ስቶክሆልምን ከባቢኡን ዝርከብዎ መሪሕነታዊ ኣካል ብ11 ግንቦት 2019 ክፉት ናይ ህዝቢ ሰሚናር ኣካይዱ።

ሓው መድሃኔ ንርኣዮ፡ ንኣኼበኛታት ናይ እንቋዕ ደሓን መጻእኩም መልእኽቲ ብምትሕልላፍ ኢዩ ነቲ ኣኼባ ከፊትዎ። ብድሕር’ዚ፡ ኣቦ መንበር ሰዲህኤ ብዛዕባ፡ ህልዊ ኵነታት ሃገርናን ከባቢናን ስፍሕ ዝበለ መግለጺ ኣቕሪቡ። ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ካብ ዝተዛረበሎም ኣርእስታት፡-

1.      ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝተኸስተ ናይ ለውጢ መስርሕን ኣሰራቱ ኣብ ልዕሊ ክልቲኡ ህዝብታትን

2.     ኣብ መንጐ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ዝተኸተመ ዘይንጹር ውዕላትን ብመራሕቲ ክልቲኡ ሃገራት ዝተዋህቡ ንህዝቢ ዘሻቕሉ መግለጺታት

3.     ናይ ይኣክል ምንቅስቓስን መንቀሊታቱን

4.    ህዝባዊ ምጥርናፋትን ኣድላዪነቱን

5.     ኣብ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ዘሎ ዘይርጉእ ሃለዋትን ተራ ናይ ግዳም ሓይልታትን

ዝብል ነበረ።

MA 3

ሓው ረዘነ ተስፋጽዮን፡ ግደ መንእሰያት ቀደም ከመይ ከምዝነበረ ድሕሪ ምግላጽ፡ ናይ ሎሚ መንእሰያት ድማ፡ ነቲ ናይ ቃልሲ ሽግ ተቐቢሎም ኣብ’ቲ ዕላምኡ ከብጽሑ ሓላፍነት ክወስዱ ክብገሱ ከምዘለዎ ገሊጹ። ቃልሲ ምእንቲ ዲሞክራሲ፡ ምስ’ቲ በትሪ እናተቐባበልካ ትወዳደረሉ ቅድድም እግሪ ብምዝማድ፡ መንእሰያት ሕጂ ኣብ’ቲ ቃልሲ ብምጽንባር  ነቲ ሓላፍነት ክወርስዎ ከምዝግባኦም ኣዘኻኺሩ። ሓው መድሃኔ ንርኣዮ ድማ፡ መንእሰያት ብኣተሓሳስብኦምን ተሳታፍነቶምን ኣብ ቃልሲ ደኣ’ምበር ብዕድመ ጥራሕ ሓላፍነት ክስከሙ ከምዘይክእሉ መብርሂ ሂቡ።

ብድሕር’ዚ ኣኼበኛታት ንግደን ራኢን ሰዲህኤን ዝካየድ ዘሎ ናይ ይኣክል ምንቅስቓሳትን ዝምልከቱ ሕቶታትን ለበዋታትን ኣቕሪቦም። ከምኡ’ውን፡ ኵሎም ደለይቲ ፍትሒ ዝዀኑ፡ ፖለቲካውያን ውድባት፡ ሰልፍታት፡ ጽላላት፡ ሲቪላውያን ማሕበራት፡ ኣገደስቲ ውልቀሰባትን ናይ ሚድያ ትካላትን ዝሳተፍዎ ዋዕላ ሓባራዊ ስራሕ ምድላው ክድፍኣሉ ዝግባእ ህጹጽ ዕማም ምዃኑ ኣተሓሳሲቦም።

ኣብ መወዳእታ ንዝኽሪ ሰማእታት ኤርትራ ደው ድሕሪ ምባል ኣኼበኛታት ብመንእሰይ ዓወት ተመሪሖም ይኣክል ዝብል ጭርሖ ብምቅላሕ ኣኼባ ብናይ ምርድዳእን  ሓድነትን መንፈስ ተዛዚሙ።

 
Saturday, May 11, 2019 5:12PM
As the U.S. remains locked in a debate over asylum seekers from Central America, lawyers and advocacy groups say they are seeing an alarming uptick in deportations to the African nation of Eritrea -- a country that President Donald Trump's government acknowledges arbitrarily imprisons and tortures its own citizens.

The plight of Eritrean refugees, while relatively small, strikes at the heart of the ongoing dispute in America over who is entitled to seek refuge within its borders, and what to do with people who are already here.

Eritreans in the U.S. whose bids for asylum have been denied say they fear that deportations are akin to a death sentence, immigration attorneys told ABC News.

Zeresenay Ermias Testfatsion, a 34-year-old Eritrean whose asylum claim was rejected, was found dead last year in a shower area at a detention holding area during a layover at Cairo's international airport en route to East Africa. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said his death was an "apparent suicide."

"He explained to the U.S. government, if he gets deported, the Eritrean government will imprison him and torture him, all that kind of stuff," his close friend in the Washington area, Tesfom Debesai, told ABC News. "If he went back to this country, something was going to happen to him."

President Trump has primarily focused on migrants and asylum-seekers from Central America, which advocates say deflect attention from the plight of Africans and others seeking refuge in the United States.

"I think certainly on the ground, we see all the communities in our state and folks who we serve across the board ... impacted by administration policies," Tim Warden-Hertz, an attorney at the Northwest Immigrant Rights Project in Seattle, told ABC News

Eritrea's authoritarian government tortures, forcibly disappears, and indefinitely detains its citizens, who lack an array of civil rights and freedoms, according to the State Department's 2018 report on human rights in the country. Human rights groups say it also uses extortion and threats of violence to compel its nationals residing abroad to pay a 2% income tax before they can obtain basic services.

Nearly half a million Eritreans have fled in recent years, with many of them escaping indefinite military service that the United Nations has said amounts to mass enslavement, and tight restrictions on leaving. Some have made their way to ports of entry on the United States' southern border with Mexico and claimed asylum -- only to have American immigration courts deny them refuge.

Eritrea, which borders Ethiopia, Djibouti and Sudan in the Horn of Africa, has for years refused to provide U.S. immigration authorities with the documents needed to repatriate Eritreans, and those who are denied asylum can end up in a state of limbo.

To force Eritrea's hand, in September 2017, the Department of Homeland Security announced that it would stop issuing a wide range of U.S. visas to Eritreans. Since then, the number of Eritreans deported has spiked by over 50%, an increase ICE has attributed to the heightened pressure.

The U.S. deported about 62 Eritreans in the year since the sanctions announcement, and an ICE spokesperson told ABC News that at least a dozen more people have been deported since October.

The America Team for Displaced Eritreans, an advocacy group, told ABC News that, over the years, it had tracked scores of cases of Eritreans fighting to stay in the United States. As of last month, there were 936 Eritreans in the U.S. who had been ordered deported but who were not detained, including 147 convicted criminals, according to an ICE official.

As the United States pushes to accelerate deportations, several immigration attorneys who work with Eritreans told ABC News that individuals who go before U.S. immigration judges without a legal assistance might struggle to counter claims that the human rights situation in their home country has improved. There is no guarantee to a lawyer in U.S. immigration courts.

"That is the climate that we are living in, especially under the Trump administration," said one immigration attorney, who requested anonymity out of fear of reprisal from Eritrea. "I'm seeing just the craziest arguments being made -- decisions, rulings that place people's lives in danger."

The Eritrean embassy in Washington did not respond to multiple requests for comment, and the State Department referred questions about Eritrea's cooperation with the U.S. to ICE. The Department of Homeland Security, which oversees ICE, also referred questions to the agency.

The brother of one Eritrean man facing deportation, who requested anonymity for fear of retaliation by Eritrean and American authorities, told ABC News that he worries that if his brother is forced to return home, he will never see him again.

His brother had been conscripted into the country's notorious "national service" and was tortured repeatedly after refusing an order to shoot at someone who was trying to escape. He escaped across the border to Sudan and eventually made his way to a port of entry on the U.S.-Mexico border in 2016, but his asylum claim was later denied. He is now being held in ICE detention.

"In the past, he was going in and out... of the prison. And got tortured, got beaten up," he said of his brother. "But this time, he will not make it out [of Eritrea] alive."
 
 
Saturday, 11 May 2019 22:47

Radio Demtsi Harnnet Sweden 11.05.2019

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Friday, 10 May 2019 21:33

Enough is Enough ....... ያኣክል

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እዚ "ብያኣክል" ዝብል ህዝባዊ ምልዕዓል መታን ክዕወት ዓሚቁን ሰፊሕን መጽናዕቲ ዝሓትት ስለዝኾነ መራሕቱ  ኣብ ዘዘለውዎ ሃገር ምስተን ዓለምለኸ ትካላት ክተሓባበሩን ትምህርታዊ ዝኾነ ፍልጠት ንክቀስሙ ክጓየዩ ኣለዎም።እቲ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ሒዝናዮ ዝጸንሓና ልምዲ ናይ ወጋሕ ትበል ለይቲ ተሪፋ ፣ትምህርታዊ ዓውደ መጽናዕትታት፣ ኮርሳት ኢዩ እቲ ንኣፍልጦኻ ዘዕቢ፣ፍልጠት ድማ ንክትምዕብል ይሕግዘካ። ዘመን ከበሮ ተሪፋ ዘመን ምንባብን ምምርማርን ይኹን፡፤

Eritrean fourth democratic wave towards Inclusive political   participation and representation

The struggle from dictatorship to democracy depends on its ownership expressed through its meaningful participation to affirm this it needs democratic institutions and campaign strategy and grand strategy. The goal of the struggle from dictatorship to democracy is clear to remove the dictatorship from its deep roots and system and lay foundations for democratic system and democratic society.

Looking to the Eritrean Movements struggling against dictatorship in Diaspora the main challenge was to unify the Movements under a grand strategy including all political, civic and individuals.

The struggle from dictatorship to democracy is not similar like the struggle for national liberation from colonialism and occupation.

In the past 20 we have seen many national dialogues and conferences held by political and civic organizations but all were not sustainable and successful. This article will try to provide an overview of the process pursued in the past 20 years

During these 20 years of struggle for democratic change in Eritrea the Eritrean Opposition in Diaspora couldn't achieve structured participation but encountered multiple challenges internally ( lack of strategic partnership) and externally( foreign intervention-Ethiopian Government) but still there is hope that one day they will come together and achieve more in the coming future. To achieve this the opposition forces require along-term commitment from all its members in order to guarantee the sustainability of the struggle of all forces regardless of their political affiliations.

The Eritrean Opposition in Diaspora campaign strategy has been against each other for the past 20 years being aware of this failed strategy the opposition must direct their campaign strategy( win- win strategy) against the dictatorship, strengthening participation by all forces for democratic change, through greater participation we can win our peoples' legitimacy.

Through such campaign strategies the opposition can gain a keener understanding of the struggle from dictatorship to democracy and enhance their cooperation providing them more precise and unified message to the Eritrean people inside Eritrea. Let us promise not to campaign against each other, for example, the social media has been an instrument for defamation and blackmailing against each other let us stop this and direct the campaign strategy against it.

The Eritrean Forces for democratic change in Diaspora have tried gradually to build up alliances and coalitions but all were not sustainable and successful. We have learned many lessons during this time why these alliances and coalitions were not successful.

Building alliances and coalitions are democratic instruments in the struggle for democratic change but the Eritrean Opposition still need to learn the importance of these instruments.

The Eritrean Opposition in Diaspora have not succeeded to lay a grand strategy ( See, Gene Sharpe's research studies) winning the dictatorship in Eritrea and laying foundations( What form of Government- State Structure/Federalism/ Unitary) for democratic change inside Eritrea.

Laying grand strategy is the most important instrument to be established to remove the dictatorship and lay foundations for democratic change.

If the call of , " Enough is Enough" for national united platform is out of shared lessons learned they must first assess the past experiences of unity attempts inside themselves and with other compatriots for democratic change. Building national united platform needs a long-term commitment from all the parties involved and I hope the youth will take this initiative and revitalise the method of struggle from dictatorship to democracy.

References

  1. Einstein Institute Branch in Sweden
  2. IDEA, International Institute For Democracy and Electoral Assistance
  1. Expert Group- UD Sweden

ርእሰ-ዓንቀጽ ሰዲህኤ

ጭቆናን ወጽዓን ህግደፍ ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ እቲ ኣመዓባብላኡ ደኣ ዘገምታውን ብረቂቕ ሜላታት ዝተቓነየን ኮይኑ እምበር፡ ድሕሪ ውድቀት ደርጊ ሽዑ ንሽዑ ዝጀመረ እዩ። ወረ ሓደ ሓደ ብዛዕባቲ ቅድሚኡ ዝነበረ ኣካይዳ በዓል ኢሳይያስ ዓሚቕ ኣፍልጦ ዝነበሮም ተዓዘብትስ፡ ናይቲ ጭቆና ኣመዓባብላ ዝያዳ ነዊሕ ሱር ከም ዝነበሮ እዮም ዝምስክሩ። ዋላ’ኳ ህግደፍ ሓቀኛ ባህሪ ጭቆናኡ ክሓብእ ይፍትን እንተነበረ፡ ምናልባት ነቲ ኩነታት ካብ ርሑቕ ንዝዕዘብዎ ዘይኤርትራውያን ወገናት እምበር፡ ንዓና ንኤርትራውያንስ ዝተኸወለና ኣይነበረን።

ካብቶም ካብ ቅድም ዝረአዩ ዝነበሩ፡ ናብዚ ሕጂ ንዓለም ዘገርም ዘሎ መሪር ጭቖና ዝማዕበሉ ምልክታት፡ ዲክታቶር ኢሳይያስ ኣብ ከተማ ኣስመራ ምስ ኣተወ፡ ኣብ ናይ ኣስመራ ስታዲዩም ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ በኹሪ መደረኡ ኣብ “ካብ ሕጂ ንዳሓር ናይ ውድባት ሓሸውየ የለን” ምባሉ፡ ንዘቕለበሉ መልእኽቲ በሓትነቱ እዩ ነበረ። ድሕሪ ዝተወሰነ ግዜ መሰሎም ስለ ዝሓተቱ ጥራይ፡ ኣብ ማይ ሓባር ኣብ ልዕሊ ንህዝብን ሃገርን ኣካሎም ዘውፈዩ ስንኩላን ወገናትና ዝተፈጸመ ጨካን ቅትለት እውን መልእኽቱ ንዘቕለበሉ ቀሊል ኣይነበረን። ግዜ እንዳነወሓ፡ ማዕሪኡ ድማ ሓቀኛ ባህሪ ህግደፍ ደፊኡ እናወጸ፡ ዝተወስዱ ናይቲ ጭቆና ገለጽቲ ስጉምትታት ከኣ ኣዝዮም ብዙሓት እዮም። ሕጂ እሞኸኣ ህግደፍ መትሓዚ ተሳኢንዎ ኩሉ ተግባራቱ እዉጅ ወጽዓን ጭቆናን ኮይኑ፡ ኣይኮነንዶ ነዓና ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ዓበይቲ ዓለምለኸ መጋባእያታት እውን “ተወዳዳሪ ዘይብሉ” ናይ ዘበንና ጨቋንን ጨካንን ኮይኑ ከም ናይ ሕማቕ ኣብነት ይጥቀስ ኣሎ። ምስዚ ኩሉ ግና ከምቲ “ንሰፍላላስ ይፈጥረላ” ዝበሃል፡ ንህግድፍን መራሕቱን ሰብ ረኺቦምስ፡ ውሱናት ዝድግፍዎምን  ዝተዓራረኽዎምን ግሩሃት ኣይተሳእኑን።

ነዚ ኩነታ ዝተዓዘቡ ኤርትራውያን፡ ህግዲፍ ናብ ልቡ ንክምለስ ዝሃብዎ ግዜን ዘርኣይዎ ትዕግስትን ከምዘይሰርሕ ምስ ኣረጋገጹ፡ ገለን ብዝተወደበ ገለን ድማ ብዘይተወደበ ኣገባብ ክቃለስዎ ናይ ግድን ኮይኑ። ኣንጻር ህግደፍ ምቅላስ ዋጋ ከም ዘኽፍል ይርድኡ’ኳ እንተነበሩ፡ ከምቲ “ንዘይተርፈካ ጋሻስ ኣጥቢቕካ ሰዓሞ” ዝበሃል  ብዘይካ ምቅላሱን ምኹናኑን ካልእ ምርጫ ኣይነበሮምን። ህግደፍ ብወገኑ ነቲ ካብ ቅድም ብውሑዳት ክካየድ ዝጀመረ ቃልሲ፡ ከምዚ ሕጂ ዝረአ ዘሎ እንተ ዓንቲሩን ሰፊሑን ኣብ ሓደጋ ከምዘውድቖ ስለ ዝተረደአ ብዕሸሉ ክቖጽዮ ዘይፈንቀሎ እምኒ ኣይነበረን። ኣብቲ ኣንጻሩ ዝቐንዐ ቃልሲ የድምዑ እዮም ዝበሎም ወገናት ንምድሃል ዝተጠቖሞ ሜላታት፡ ምቕንጻልን ምስዋር ዘጠቓልል ኮይኑ፡ ቀንዲ ሕመረቱ ከኣ ድሑር ዝንባለታት እንዳጻሕተርካ ሓድነትን ምትእምማንን ሓይልታት ለውጢ ኤርትራ ምዝራግ ነይሩ፡ ሕጂ’ውን ይቕጽለሉ ኣሎ። ክሳብ ግብኣተ መሬቱ ካብዚ ድሑር ኣካይዳ ከምዘይምለስ ከኣ ፍሉጥ እዩ። ስለዚ ኣብዚ መዳይዚ እታ ኩዕሶ ኣብ ኢድና’ውን ከምዘላ ክንእመን ይግበኣና። መርኣያ ብዙሕነትና ዝኾነ ዘይመሰረታዊ ፍልልያትና ዓቂብናዶ ኣብቲ ሓደ ዝገብረና ኤርትራዊ ዛዕባ ኣትኪልና ንቃለስ፡ ወይስ ንከፋፋሊ መርዚ ህግዲፍ ርዒምና መፍትኡ ንኸውን ንዝብል ንሕና  እንውስኖ እዩ።

ደረጃታቱ ክፈላለ እንተዘይኮይኑ፡ እቲ ናይ ለውጢ ድሌትን ዓቕምን፡ ብዘይካ ኣብ ጉጅለ ህግዲፍ ኣብ ኩልና  ተጸበይቲ ራህዋን ፍትሕን ኤርትራውያን ከምዘሎ ክንእመነሉ ይግበኣና። ስለዚ ኢና ከኣ እቲ ናይ ሎሚ ናይ ለውጢ ሓይሊ ኮነ፡ እቲ ናይ ጽባሕ ተካኢ ዓቕሚ እኩብ ድምር ናይ ኩልና ኣበርክቶ እዩ እንብል። ነዚ ክሳብ ሕጂ ከምቲ ትጽቢትና ኣየዕወትናዮን። ምናልባት እውን ናይ ኩሉ ድኽመትና መሰረት ኣብዚ መዳይዚ ዘይምዕዋትና ይኸውን። እዚ ሕጂ ዝያዳ በሪኹ እሞ ኣብ ኩሉ ኩርነዓት፡ ብሓያል ተሳትፎ መንእሰያትን ደቂ ኣንስትዮን ዝቃላሕ ዘሎ ድምጺ “ይኣክል” ድምጺ ኩልና ኣብ ኤርትራ ለውጢ እንብህግን ምእንትኡ ንቃለስ ዘለናን እዩ። ከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ እዋናውን ኩልና እንዓስሎን ድምጺ ምስማዕና ከኣ ዝድገፍን “ኣሰይ’ዛ ሓሳብ ልበየ ሰሚራትለይ” ዘብልን እዩ። ከምዚ ዓይነት ናይ ሓባር መበራበሪ ምልዕዓል ምርካብና ናይ መወዳእታ ዓወትና ኣብ ልዕሊ ህግዲፍ ከምዘይኮነ ብሩህ እዩ። እዚ ውዑይ ንቕሎ ዕዉት ንኽኸውን፡  ሓቚንካ ኣጻዒኻ ናብ ውጽኢት ምብጽሑ እቲ ዝኸበደ ዕማም ከም ዝኸውን ክንስሕቶ ኣይግበኣናን። ነዚ ንምዕዋትን ካብ ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ፍሽለታት ንምድሓንን ከኣ ኤርትራውያን ብግቡእ ከነቕልበሎም ዝግበኣና ጉዳያት ኣለዉ።

ነዚ ናይ “ይኣክል” እዋናዊ ድምጺ ዝምጥን፡ ንኹሎም ዘቃልሕዎ ዘለዉ ኣካላት ዘጽልል ሓቛፍን እዋናውን ውደባ ክህልወና ናይ ግድን ኣድላይ እዩ። “ሰሪሑ ዘድምዕ፡ ተዛሪቡ ዘስምዕ” ናይ ለውጢ ዓቕሚ ክንከውን፡  ካብ ክሳድ ንላዕሊ ንቓለ-ዓለም ዘይኮነ፡ ብምሉእ ልብን ሓላፍነትን፥ ንሕና፡ ናትና፡ ንዓና፡ ብኣና ዝቓንዑ፡ ነቲ ናይ ክሳብ ሕጂ ዘየድመዐ ጭረሖ “ንሕናን ንሳቶምን” ዝስዕር ኣካይዳ ክንርዕም ክንበቅዕ ናይ ግድን እዩ። ኣተሓሕዛና “ገጽ ርኣ ወይ መሕደሲ” ዘይኮነ፡ ንተበግሶ “ይኣክል” ምስ ናይ ክሳብ ሕጂ ተመኩሮናን፡  ኣብ መጻኢ ይጽበየና ምስ ዘሎ ቃልስን ብደሆታትን ብሓላፍነት ኣዛሚድና ክንርደኦ ክንበቅዕ ይግበና። ካብቲ ናይ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ክንድቲ ዝተጸበናዮ ዘየኽሰበና ናይ ምንጽጻግ መንገዲ ከይወጻእና፡ ብተኣምር ሓድሽ ውጽኢት ከነመዝግብ እንተ ተጸቢና ግና፡ እቲ ንጽበዮ ኣይክንረኽቦን ኢና። ካብ ባህሊ ምንጽጻግ፡ ምግላልን ጸቢብ ሕሳብን ክሳብ ዘይወጽእና መፍቶ ህግዲፍ ካብ ምዃን ከምዘይንድሕን ከሎ ጌና ነስተውዕል። ስለዚ ኣብዚ እዋንዚ “ንሓድሽ ውጽኢት፡ ሓድሽ ኣገባብ” ክንክተል  ምራጫ ዘይኮነ ግድነት’ዩ።

ንሕሉፍ ዝለዓለ ክብሪ እናሃብና ንትስፍው መጻኢ ንርኢ!

Speaking at an awareness seminar in the Swedish city of Gothenburg on 4 May 2019, the Honourable Johan Buser, member of the Swedish Parliament and a senior official of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, expressed his deep sadness about the unchanging human rights and political situation in Eritrea. 

Mr. Johan Buser, who is chairman of the transport committee, said he will make efforts to again raise the problems of Eritrea and its people at the Swedish Parliament. Concerning the reception and  housing problems of Eritrean refugees in Gothenburg, he said promising contacts have been made with city authorities and other party structures in the region.

Swedish Eritrean Event in Gothenburg 1

The educative event was organized by the Swedish-Eritrean Solidarity Association in Gothenburg and was held under the motto: “Let us voice in unison to be heard, and work jointly to be effective.”

The meeting was opened by introductory statements of the association president, Mr. Thomas Magnusson, and Mr. Zehaie Keleta, association board member. Adding colour to the opening session was a poetic rendition in Tigre language entitled ‘my country’ by Artist Mussa Nashih. Attending the event included two secretaries of the Mayor of Gothenburg, Mr. Ruben Maelstrom and Mr. Joseph Akarn, as well as the chairman of International Folk Skolan, Mr. Yoni Aderson.

Another key speaker at the awareness seminar was a young Eritrean lady, Milio Tekle, who is an integration expert and public relations advisor in the city council of Gothenburg. She presented an educational speech on social development and childcare of Eritrean families in Sweden today.  

The awareness and solidarity gathering was concluded after a tea party with sweets and kitcha/bread prepared by Eritrean ladies and Somali friends. Also at the closing session, which was graced by Eritrean folkloric music, Artist Mussa Nashih presented another moving poem in Tigrigna about the plight of Eritrean refugees.

ኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ፖለቲከኛ ካብ ዝኸውን ነዊሕ ገይሩ እዩ። ዳርጋ ኩሉ ናይ ሓደ ሃገር ህዝቢ ፖለቲካኛ ክኸውን እንከሎ፡ እቲ ህዝቢ ኣብ ስግኣት ናይ ምህላዉ ምልክት እዩ፡ ዝብሉ ናይዚ መዳይ ምሁራት ኣለዉ። እቲ ፖለቲከኛ ምዃን ብዙሕ ኣገባብ ኮይኑ፡ ክሳብ ዕላማኻ ኣነጺርካ ብግቡእ ተወዲብካን ናይ ኣተገባብራ ሜላታት ስኢልካን ምቅላስ ዝምጠጥ እዩ። ኣብዚ እዋንዚ ኤርትራዊ ኣብ ሃገሩ ኮነ ኣብ ወጻኢ፡ መውጽእ ኣፉ ኮይኑ ዘሎ ዛዕባታት፡ ጉዳይ ሕገ-መንግስቲ፡ ጉዳይ እሱራት፡ ጉዳይ ብኩራት ሕግን ፍትሕን ጉዳይ ውሕስነትን ቀጻልነትን ሃገርን ልኡላውነታን ጉዳይ ምምልካት ዶብን ኮይኑ ምህልዉ ከኣ ናይ ህዝብና ኣብ ፖለቲካዊ ጉዳያት ናይ ምስታፍ ጻዕቁ ዘርኢ እዩ።

ብመንጽርዚ ኣብዚ ቀረባ መዓልታት ክልተ ናይ ነዊሕ ግዜ ኣዕሩኽ ኤርትራውያን፡ ብዛዕባቲ ቀደም ከም ዘይድፈር ሕዛእቲ ዝፍራህ ዝነበረ ሎሚ ግና ተሳዒሩ ዘሎ ፖለቲካ ሃገርና ወግዒ ይጅምሩ። እዚ ዕላሎም ቅድሚ ኩሉ እቲ ኣብ መንጎኦም ዝነበረ ናይ ስግኣትን ዘይምትእምማንን መንደቕ ከም ዝፈረሰ ዘመልክት ነይሩ። በዚ ዝጀመርዎ ዕላል ከኣ ዳርጋ ንኹሉ ክበሃል ብዝኽእል ንኤርትራዊ ፖለቲካዊ ዛዕባታት ብፍሩዩ ዳህሰስዎ። ኣብ መንጎኦም ከኣ ዘየግሃደ ነናብ ኢድካ ናይ ምስሓብ ምልክታት የርእዩ ነበሩ።

ኣብ መንጎ ዕላሎም እቲ ሓደ፡ “ኣነስ እዚ ሰብኣይ ጉድ ከይገብረና እሰግእ እየ” ይብል። “እዚ ሰብኣይ” ዝብሎ ዘሎ ንኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ እዩ። ብስሙ ዘይጸወዖ ስለ ዘኽበሮ ዘይኮነስ ስለ ዝጸለኦ እዩ። እቲ መዓልልቱ ትቕብል ኣቢሉ፡ “ኣንታ ንስኻስ ዘይተመጸኦ የብልካን፡ ጉድ ከይገብረና ክትብል እንከለኻ እንታይ ማለትካ እዩ?” ኢሉ ይሓቶ። እቲ ዓብይ ዘረባ ዝጀመረ ሳብኣይ ከኣ “እዋእ ምስዚ ዘርእዮ ዘሎ ዘይግሉጽን ዘይትካላውን ኣካይዳ እሞ ምስቲ በብኹርንዑ ዝነፍስ ዘሎ ዘረባታትስ፡ ወያ ኣእላፍ መላምል ሰማእታት ዝኸፈልናላ ነጻነትና ብናይ ኣብይ ኣሕመድ ዓሊ ልኡም ናይ “ንደመር” ስብከትን “ብኢሱን ወዲ ኣፎምን” ናይ ቅብጥሮት ኣስማትን ተሰሊቡ ከየጥፈኣ ኣየስግእንዶ ኢልካዮ ኢኻ?” ኢሉ ንሕቶኡ ብሕቶ መለሰሉ።

ወዮቲ ክሰምዕ ዝጸንሐ ከኣ “ክላእ እዝስ ኣብ ግብሪ ከውዕሎ ስለ ዘይክእል ስግኣት ከሕድረልካ ኣይግባእን እዩ” በሎ። እቲ ዕላል እንዳሞቐ ከደ እሞ “ከምኡ ከየጋጥም እንታይ መረጋገጺ ኣለካ? ቀደም’ውንኮ ብኸምዚ ምስ ጀመረ እዩ ኣብ ክንደይ ክሳብ ሕጂ በሰላኡ ዘይሓወየ ቁስሊ ዝወደቕና” በሎ። እቲ ከኣ ቁሩብ ናህሪ ወሲኹ “ ኣብ ልኡላዊትን ናጻነትን ሃገር ንዝግበር ምውጋይ እሞ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣይድግፎን እዩ” በሎ። እቲ ሓደ ከኣ ዝያዳ ናህርን ሕርቃንን ወሲኹ፡ “እንታይ ኢኻ ትብል ዘለኻ፡ ናይ ህዝቢ ምድጋፍን ዘይምድጋፍን እንተኾይኑ ደኣ መዓስከ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ  ንተግባራት ኢሳይያስ ኣሚንዎን  ደጊፍዎን ይፈልጥ”   ምስ በለ፡ ነቲ መተዓልልቱ ዕድል ከይሃበ ኣስዒቡ፡ “ኣብ ኤርትራ ሕገመንግስቲ የለን። ኣብ ኤርትራ ሰብኣውን ዲሞክራስያውን መሰል ኣይክበርን እዩ። ናጻ ሓሳብካ  ናይ ምግላጽን ብእትእምነሉ ኣተሓሳስባ ናይ ምውዳብን መሰል የለን። ከምዚ ትርእዮ ዘለኻ ብገዛእ ገንዘብና ብመንግስታዊ ባንክ ጀሆ ተታሒዙ እቲ ንደልዮ ዘይኮነስ  መንግስቲ ብዝቑንጠረልና መቑነን ኢና ሰለይ ንባል ዘለና። እዚ ኩሉ ዝኸው ዘሎ ከኣ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ስለ ዝደገፎ ዘይኮነ፡ ንሱ እዚ ግናይ ሰብኣይን ኣብ ገዛእ ሃገርና ንክቐጽዓና ዝመሃዞ ባዕሉ ዝመሃዞ ተንኮል’ዩ” ኢሉ ከብቅዕ ሕጂ እውን ነቲ መዓልልቱ ዕድል ከይሃበ፡ “ስለዚ ከምቲ ኣይትብከ እንድዩ ዘብክየኒ ዘሎ” ዝበሃል ብመሰረቱ እኮ ናይ ጸገምና ቀንዲ ጠንቂ ህግደፍ ብዘይ ኣፍልጦና ኣብ ልዕሊ ህዝቢ ዘለዎ ክቱር ንዕቀትን ብደዐን እዩ” በሎ። እቲ ብውሽጡ ንህግዲፍ ከመኻንየሉ ዝደሊ ዝመስል ግና፡ መርተዖ ዝሰኣነ ሰብኣይ፡ ርእሱ እንዳሓኸኸ “ ንሱስ ሓቅኻ ኢኻ ዘደቅስ ኣይኮነን” ብምባል ብሓሳብ ኢዱ ክህብ ተገደደ።

እዚ ዝተጠቕሰ ዕላል ናይዞም ዝጠቐናዮም ኣብ ማእከል ከተማ ኣስመራ ኮይኖም ወጃዕ ዝብሉ ክልተ ሰባት ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ሎሚ ኣብ እንዳኩሉ ኤርትራዊ ዘሎ እዩ። ከምቲ “ኣይትብከ እንድዩ ዘብከየኒ ዘሎ” ዝበሃል፡ ብመሰረቱ ናይቲ ኣንጻር ህግዲፍ ዝካየድ ዘሎ ቃልሲ ቀንዲ ጠንቂ ህግደፍ ንድምጽን ድሌትን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ግምት ዘየእቱ ምዃኑ እዩ። ካብ ሕገመንግስታውን ትካላውን ኣሰራርሓ ዝሃድም ከኣ ካብ ህዝባዊ ተሓታትነት ንምህዳም ምእንቲ ክጥዕሞ እምበር፡ ካልእ ምኽንያት የብሉን። ብመንጽር እዚ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣይሰምዖን እዩ ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ብዓይኒ ጽልኢ እዩ’ውን ዝርእዮ። ንዘይፈትዎ ህዝቢ “የመሓድሮ ኣለኹ” ምባሉ ከኣ ፈጺሙ ናይ ደሓን ከምዘይኮነ ህግደፍ ብተግባር የርእየና እዩ  ዘሎ። ብሚዛነይ ህግዲፍ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ስለ ዘይፈትዎን ሓሳቡ ስለ ዘይቕበልን፥ በቲ ሕጂ ዝኸዶ ዘሎ ህዝቢ ናይ ምድሃኽ ስራሑ እዩ ዝሰርሕ ዘሎ። እቲ ንዘይፈትዎን ሓሳቡ ንዘይቅበልን ህግዲፍ “ወጊድ” ክብሎ ዝግበኦ  ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ግና፡ እቲ ናይዚ እዋንዚ ፍኒሕኒሑ’ኳ ተስፋ ዝህብ እንተኾነ፡ ክሳብ ሕጂ ንህግዲፍ ናይ ምቕጻዕ ዕማሙ ክንድቲ ዝድለ ከምዘይፈጸመ ክእመን ይግበኦ። እቲ ንጉጅለ ህግዲፍ መመሊሱ ዘሻድኖ ዘሎ ከኣ ናይ ህዝብና ደረቱ ዝሓለፈ ትዕግስትን ጹረትን ምናልባት’ውን ፍርሒ ኮይኑ ጸኒሑ። ህግደፍ ከኣ ነቲ ትዕግስቲ ናብ ፍርሒ ተርጒሙ፡ ንህዝብና ኣብ ርእሱ ክሸነሉ ክንዕዘብ ጸኒሕና። ደጊም ግና ትዕግስቲ’ውን ደረት ስለ ዘለዎ ህዝቢ ትዕግስቱ ወዲኡ እዩ። ከምቲ “ኣብ ስቕ ዘሎ መሰቓስቕ” ዝበሃል እቲ ኣድብዩ ዝጸንሐ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እንተተላዒሉ ተመኩሮ ግብጽን ሱዳንን ኣብ ሜዳ ባሕቲ መስከረም ዘይድገመሉ ምኽንያት የለን።

Wed 10 Jun 2015 Last modified on Wed 29 Nov 2017
President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea

President Isaias Afwerki of Eritrea, who ‘rules through fear’. Photograph: Goh Chai Hin/AFP/Getty Images

Europe’s response to the migrant crisis in the Mediterranean has rightly – if belatedly – focused on saving lives. Not a week goes by now without thousands of Africans, Asians and refugees from the Middle East being rescued off the coast of Italy by European ships. That is the welcome result of a humanitarian effort decided in late April, after a series of tragedies at sea had pushed EU leaders to act at last. But it would be dangerous to suppose that the deeper problem has been addressed. Europe deals only with the symptoms of migration, not its root causes. Eritrea is a striking case in point.

This east African nation of 6 million people is now one of the biggest sources of migrants who take the perilous journey into Sudan and then across Libya before finally setting out to sea towards Europe’s shores. There is no civil war in Eritrea, nor has there been an international military intervention. What Eritreans desperately try to escape is a dictatorship that sounds close to being Africa’s equivalent of North Korea. The UN’s inquiry on human rights in Eritrea, in a damning report published earlier this week, found what it called “a pervasive control system used in absolute arbitrariness to keep the population in a state of permanent anxiety”. It describes torture, arbitrary detentions, enforced disappearances, indefinite military conscription, forced labour. It is a comprehensive description of how President Isaias Afwerki, in power for 23 years, rules through fear.

In the face of the systematic inhumanity of his regime, Europe has turned a blind eye. Even worse, the EU has in recent months decided on a new development aid package to Eritrea, worth over €300m. The argument is that financial support will help stem the flow of asylum seekers pouring out of the country. But it is not likely to work like that. Rather, the aid will first feed the cynicism of a dictatorial system only too happy to feel vindicated in its twisted assertion that Eritreans are migrating for predominantly economic reasons, not political ones. Second, such a policy does nothing to relieve those who so desperately need urgent help. Europe is not only compromising its own values by turning a blind eye to tyranny, it is rewarding a regime with aid instead of thinking strategically.

Any reading of the UN report should tear down this convenient myth. The EU must base its action not on wishful thinking but on the report’s core conclusion, which is that crimes against humanity may be being committed in Eritrea. This means that European governments, including the UK’s, that have tried to cast Eritreans as economic migrants, must seriously consider changing course. If Eritreans are fleeing persecution, Europe’s obligation is to be open to them, not to retreat behind false representations. If aid is to be delivered, it must come with strict obligations attached. There may be no easy solution to Eritrea’s domestic situation, but the very least one should expect from Europe is to recognise the facts: it is a totalitarian state whose refugees are not, or not only, in search of work but who are fleeing a very real terror.

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