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In an urgent Christmas-day message to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) regretted the continued failure of UNHCR to protect refugees and condemned the mayhem carried out by the Sudanese security forces at the Shagarab camp on 24 and 25 December 2014

The memorandum stated that following the drowning of about 28 out of 30 Eritrean refugees in the Setit-Atbara River on Christmas Eve of 2014, misunderstandings flared up between the locals and the refugees.

By taking this excuse to intervene, the Sudanese security forces have invaded the Shagarab camp and committed untold atrocities. They mindlessly beat camp residents, burned their improvised shacks, and looted property. The security forces also loaded to army vehicles nearly 1,000 young people under duress and reportedly took them to the Ghirba region. They are currently threatening to send them to Eritrea

Shegerab1UNHCR’s Antonio Guterres while on visit to Shagarab camp on 12 January 2012

The EPDP message also informed UN High Commissioner Antonio Guterres that well over 50 camp residents, many of them with seriously broken hands and legs, are reportedly in hospital. Many refugees who fled from the camp are also scattered around the region and are under the fear of being taken hostage by the Rashaida human traffickers in east Sudan.

The memo further expressed anger and frustration with Sudan’s and UNHCR’s  continued failure to protect the residents of the reception camp at Shararab which has been under the constant threat of human traffickers and their accomplices in the Sudanese security forces.

The EPDP memo recalled the High Commissioner’s visit to the camp in January 2012 and his promise to boost protection to the residents from all abusers in the region. Unfortunately, what followed in January 2013 was the tragic incident of January 2013 in which 8 camp residents were taken hostage from inside the camp only a year after that visit, the memo added.

This memorandum underlined the inescapable responsibility of the Sudand and the  UNHCR for what is going on at Shagarab now, and that they should have done all what it needed to protect the affected Eritrean refugees.

The EPDP memo, which was copied to the government of the Sudan, concerned EU offices,  and the UN Permanent Missions to regional Europe office in Geneva,  also called on the international community to make pressure bear on the Sudan not to forcibly hand  over the Eritrean refugees to the criminal regime in Eritrea.

قامت اللجنة التحضيرية للمؤتمر الثاني لحزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري التي أناطت بها قيادة الحزب مهمة التحضير للمؤتمر الحزبي الثاني، قامت بوضع خطتها لمباشرة أعمالها.

تتكون اللجنة من 9 أعضاء ولها لائحة داخلية تنظم أعمالها، وفي اجتماعها الدوري المعقود في العشرين من ديسمبر 2014م قدم رئيسها/ السيد/ تسفا ميكائيل يوهنس تنويراً شاملاً للأعضاء. حيث أوضح أن اللجنة قد عقدت خلال هذه الفترة 4 اجتماعات متتالية وكونت ثلاثة أقسام هي:

1-    قسم إعداد أوراق المؤتمر

2-    قسم الشؤون التمويلية واللوجستية

3-    لجنة الاعلام وتحديد طرق التمثيل في المؤتمر

هذا ونسبة لكبر حجم العمل المطلوب إنجازه وفي فترة أقصاها خريف هذا العام فقد استعانت اللجنة بمن لهم مختلف القدرات والكفاءات في الحزب لمساعدة التحضيرية في أقسامها المختلفة وقد أبدى كل من اتصلوا بهم استعدادهم للتعاون مع اللجنة. وسوف يكثف القسم المختص باللجنة من عمله واجتماعاته حتى تنزل وثائق المؤتمر الي قواعد الحزب في أقرب فرصة ممكنة لتتمكن بدورها من الاطلاع عليها بصورة كافية وعميقة.

قسم الاعلام باللجنة التحضيرية

21 / 12 / 2014م

The Stockholm and environs branch of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) on Sunday 21 December 2014 held a meeting with Mr. Woldeyesus Ammar, head for foreign relations office of the party, and received a wide-ranging updating on current developments affecting Eritrea and its people.

The topics covered in the updating included the worsening condition inside the country manifested by the frightening displacement of the people; the “refugee fatigue” of countries like Denmark, Italy and the rest of the EU member states and their search for excuses to deny legal protection to Eritrean refugees; EPDP diplomatic efforts and their outcome so far, and the still fragmented situation of the opposition camp and prospects of creating a viable opposition to the dictatorial regime in Asmara.

EPDP Stockholm Branch

The EPDP leadership member stated that the dictatorial regime will never be expected to change its old erroneous and harmful ways and that the political and human rights situation has no prospect of improving until a real change is effected on time. He said the ever increasing outflow of young refugees from the country is the worst occurrence that Eritrean patriots worth the name should stand together and find a solution before it gets too late.

He noted that the recent visits to Eritrea by a number of European delegations looking for ways of re-establishing “relations” with the criminal regime at the cost of the affected people are acts of desperation at the international level that must be firmly opposed by forces struggling for democracy and human rights anywhere in the world. He added that the latest expression of support to and solidarity with the Eritrean people by the Council of Non-Governmental Organizations in the 15-member states of the Southern African Development Community is an encouraging recent development that deserves the full attention of all Eritreans struggling for positive and timely change in the country.

Regarding the state of affairs in the opposition camp, Mr. W. Ammar said the concerned forces are aware of their past shortcomings and that they are currently considering to come out of their “old boxes” and engage in joint tasks that can give hope to the people inside the homeland.

Later in the day, the EPDP executive committee member was interviewed by Voice of the People television broadcast every week for the inhabitants of Stockholm and its environs. The interview covered party activities, including the recent mission to Southern Africa, the plight of Eritrean refugees and prospects for working alliances in the camp opposed to the dictatorial regime in Asmara.

ካብ መሪሕነት ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ) ብዝተዋህባ ሓላፍነት መሰረት፡ ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ 2ይ ሰልፋዊ ጉባኤ ሰ.ዲ.ህ.ኤ፡ ንስርሓታ ዝሕግዝ መደባት ሓንጺጻ ንምትግባሩ ተበጊሳ ኣላ፡፡ መሪሕነት ሰልፊ 9 ዝኣባላታ ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ 2ይ ጉባአ ሰደህኤ ድሕሪ ምምዛዙን ትምርሓሉ ሕግታት ድሕሪ ምንጻሩን፡ ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ ብመሰረት ዝተዋህባ መምርሒ፡ ነብሳ ሰሪዓ/ወዲባ ስርሓታ ተሰላስል ኣላ፡፡ ብ20 ታሕሳስ 2014 ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ስሩዕ ኣኼባኣ፡ ኣቦ-መንበር ኣሰናዲት ሽማግለ፡ ሓው ተስፋሚካኤል ዮሃንስ፡ ኣብ'ዘን ዝሓለፈ ኣዋርሕ ዝተዓመ ስራሓት ንሽማግለ ብዝርዝር ገሊጹ። ሓው ተስፋሚካኤል ዮሃንስ ኣብ መግለጺኡ፡ ኣሰናዳኢት ሽማግለ ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣርባዕተ ተኸታተልቲ ኣኼባታት ከም ዘካየደትን ሰለስተ ክፍልታት ከም ዝመስረተትን ሓቢሩ።

እተን ቆይመን ዘለዋ ክፍልታት፡-

1. ክፍሊ ምድላው ንድፊ ሰነዳት ናብ ጉባአ

2. ክፍሊ ሎጂስቲክን ፋይናንስን፡

3. ክፍሊ ኣምራጺት ናይ ጕባኤ ተወከልትን ዜናን ....ኢየን።

ጉዳይ ምስንዳእ ናይቲ ኣብ ዝመጽእ ዘሎ ክረምቲ ክጋባእ ትጽቢት ዝግበረሉ 2ይ ጉባአ ሰደህኤ፡ ነታ 9 ዝኣባላታ ኣሰናዳት ሽማገል ጥራይ ከም ዘይግደፍ ብምርዳእ፤ ብዙሓት ኣባላት ሰልፊ ኣብ'ዘን ክፍልታት ኣትዮም ንኽሰርሑ መጸዋዕታ ከም ዝተገብረሎምን ድልውነቶም ከም ዘረጋገጹን ካብታ ሽማግለ ዝተረኽበ ሓበሬታ ኣረጋጊጹ። ኣባላት ሰልፊ ብዛዕባቲ ናብ ጉባአ ዝቐርብ ሰነዳት ኣቐዲሞም ዝመያየጥሉ እኹል ግዜ ምእንቲ ክረኽቡ፡ ነዚ ዝምልከት ክፍሊ ቀልጢፋ መታን ክትውድእ ተኸታታሊ ኣኼባታት ንምክያድ መደብ ሰሪዓ ከም ዘላ’ውን ተፈሊጡ ኣሎ።

ክፍሊ ዜና ኣ/ሽማግለ    

21 ታሕሳስ 2014

اعلام حزب الشعب

الديمقراطي الارتري

17 / 12 / 2014م

خلال زيارته للندن في الخامس عشر من ديسمبر 2014م التقى وفد حزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري مسئولي الخارجية البريطانية، وناقش الوفد الذي ترأسه رئيس الحزب السيد/ منقستآب أسمروم مع المسئولين البريطانيين الأوضاع المتردية في ارتريا.

في لقائه بالسيد/ برندن فيتسباتريك مدير شعبة ارتريا واثيوبيا بالخارجية البريطانية أوضح الوفد الذي ضم الأخ/ قويتئوم مبرهتو رئيس فرع الحزب ببريطانيا أن كل ما تعانيه ارتريا من أزمات حادة وشاملة لجميع النواحي السياسية، الاقتصادية والاجتماعية من تردي المعيشة وتدفق سيل هجرة الشباب الارتري إنما تعود أسبابه الي الدكتاتورية وغياب الحكم الراشد، وأن السبب المباشر لكثافة هجرة الشباب بالذات يتمثل في وجود برنامج الخدمة العسكرية الاجبارية التي لا نهاية محددة لها.

عن قضية هجرة الشباب أوضح الوفد أن حزبنا لا يرى علاجها في قفل الحدود والإعادة القسرية الي ارتريا لمن عبر منهم الحدود، إنما في تغيير الوضع الإداري القاصر الذي تعاني منه البلاد. بالإضافة الي ذلك فإن من عوامل علاج تلك المشكلة أيضاً حل قضية النزاع الحدودي بين ارتريا واثيوبيا وتقديم العون الفني والأكاديمي للاجئين الارتريين الشباب بمعسكرات اللجوء بكلٍّ من اثيوبيا والسودان، فضلاً عن قيام حكومات المنطقة بمحاربة تجارة البشر.

من جهةٍ أخرى ناشد وفد حزبنا وفد الخارجية البريطانية الزائر لارتريا هذه الأيام أن يضع في اعتباره وضمن أجندته مناقشة أوضاع حقوق الانسان هناك والاطلاع علي تقرير المبعوثة الدولية لحقوق الانسان المكلفة بالتحقيق في تلك الأوضاع بارتريا والذي أودع منضدة مجلس حقوق الانسان الدولي.   

By Ahmed Alhaj

وافت المنية في العاصمة الاثيوبية أديس أبابا يوم السبت 17 ديسمبر 2005 المناضل / سيوم عقباميكئيل رئيس جبهة التحرير الأٍترية ـ المجلس الثوري سابقا وواحدا من المناضلين الأرتريين المعروفين من خلال دوره النضالي وعطاءه الثوري اللامحدود ومعاناته الطويلة من أجل تحرير اريتريا من الاستعمار الاثيوبي أولاً ومن قبضة الدكتاتورية ثانياً.

Seyom Ogbamichael2فقد أنخرط في جبهة التحرير الاريترية في 

بداية الستينات وأعتقل لسنوات طويلة في السجون الاثيوبية بعد إلقاء القبض عليه مع "ولدداويت تمسقن" في أغسطس 1965 وهما في مهمة لتأسيس خلايا لجبهة التحرير بتكليف من القيادة الثورية بكسلا، وبعد أن أفرج عنه من سجن (عدي خالا) بفبراير عام 1975 ناضل في صفوف جبهة التحرير الاريترية متقلداً عدة مناصب ولصق به لقب "حرستوت" لترأسه اتحاد الفلاحين التابع للجبهة لعدة سنوات ـ وبعد أحداث عام 1981 ناضل سيوم عقباميكئيل ضمن صفوف جبهة التحرير الاريترية ـ المجلس الثوري ويعد من أكثر الشخصيات شهرةً داخل هذا التنظيم، وبجانب نضاله اللامحدود عرف بعمق ثقافته وتحليله للأوضاع السياسية. وكان يجيد عدة لغات من بينها اللغتين العربية والانكليزية بطلاقة مثيرة، كما أتاحت له سفرياته العديدة من أجل ارساء الديمقراطية في أرتريا لبناء علاقات مع شخصيات أروبية وأمريكية، وفي يونيو عام 2005 قام بزيارة الي أستراليا شهدت عدة أنشطة وألتقي بالعديد من أفراد المجتمع مخلفا 

Seyom Ogbamichael3

انطباعا مثيرا للاعجاب من خلال الاراء الوطنية التي عبر عنها في اللقاءات العامة والخاصة.

لقد رحل الفقيد وهو في أوج عطائه الوطني ونضاله المستمر منذ أن كان يافعاً وطالبا بثانوية "لؤول مكنن" بأسمرا أعطي كثيراً لاريتريا ـ مثل غيره من المناضلين الشجعان ـ ورحل دون أن يأخذ منها شيئاً، أتيحت له فرص عديدة للإستقرار والتفرغ لحياته وعائلته في دول أروبية وأمريكا لكنه رفض أن يآثر راحته ومصالحه الذاتية علي راحة وقضايا شعبه ووطنه، قد تختلف معه في رؤي أو في موقف ما وذلك أمر مفهوم لكنك تقر ببذله وعطائه وإيثاره وانحيازه المطلق الي طموحات شعبه المتمثلة في الانعتاق والحرية. لقد ترك وطنه مكرهاً ولم يستطع العودة اليه معززاً مكرماً..

فيما يلي لمحة سريعة عن حياة الفقيد الكبير :ـ
قائد ومحرض وطني طلابي في الستينات (1961ـ 1965)
غادر أسمرا في مارس 1965 ملتحقاً بجبهة التحرير الارترية.
مفوض أو مندوب سياسي بالمنطقة الخامسة لفترة وجيزة.
عاد الي أسمرا في أغسطس 1965 في مهمة نضالية.
أعتقل بعد فترة وجيزة من عودته وأفرج عنه في عام 1975 من سجن "عدي خالا" في عملية بطولية قامت بها جبهة التحرير.
مسئول أعلي من الدوائر الادارية في منطقة "أكلي قزاي" من عام 1975 ـ 1977.
مدير مدرسة الكادر السياسي بالميدان عام 1977م.
أحد مؤسسي اتحاد الفلاحين والمزارعين الاريتريين وأصبح رئيساً له في عام 1977 وحتي عام 1982م.
عضو بالمجلس الثوري منذ العام 1984م.
رئيس العلاقات الدولية بتنظيم جبهة التحرير الاريترية ـ المجلس الثوري منذ العام 1993 الي عام 2002م.
رئيس جبهة التحرير الاريترية ـ المجلس الثوري منذ أغسطس عام 2002 وجدد إنتخابه في يونيو عام 2003.
ووري الثري في موكب مهيب شارك فيه المئات من الأرتريين القادمين من دول أروبية وأمريكا وكندا ووفد من الحكومتين الهولندية والإثيوبية وشخصيات من المعارضة الأرترية وذلك في مقبرة بالقرب من مدينة روتردام الهولندية يوم 30 ديسمبر 2005.
الصور : من زيارته لأستراليا عام 2005.

ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰዲህኤ

17 ታሕሳስ 2014

ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ (ሰዲህኤ)፡ ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም ዝመርሖ ልኡኽ ብ15 ታሕሳስ 2014 ብዛዕባ'ቲ ካብ ዕለት ናብ ዕለት እናኸፍአ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ፖለቲካዊ፡ ቍጠባውን ማሕበራውን ሃለዋት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምስ ቤት ጽሕፈት ሚኒስትሪ ወጻኢ ጕዳያት ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ ኣብ ለንደን ተራኺቡ።

ሓው ጐይትኦም መብራህቱ፡ ኣቦ መንበር ጨንፈር ሰዲህኤ ኣብ ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ ዝርከቦ ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ፡ ንሓላፊ ጕዳያት ኤርትራ ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ'ቲ ሚኒስትሪ፡ ኣቶ ብረንደን ፊትስፓትሪክ ብምርካብ ጠንቅታት  ናይ'ቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝርአ ዘሎ ፖለቲካዊ፡ ቍጠባዊ፡ ማሕበራዊ ቅልውላትን ዋሕዚ መንእሰያትን ንስደትን ሕማቕ ምሕደራ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ምዃኑ ኣብሪሁ። ኣብ ርእስ'ዚ፡ ደረትን ፍትሕን ዘይብሉ መደብ ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት ንትጽቢታትን መጻኢ ዕድላትን መንእሰያት ዘጸልመተ ምዃኑ ኣስሚርሉ።

ልኡኽ ሰዲህኤ ናይ ስደተኛታት ጕዳይ ዶባት ብምዕጻውን ናብ ሃገሮም በስገዳድ ብምምላስን ከምዘይፍታሕን ሰዲህኤ፡ እቲ መሰረታዊ ፍታሕ ነቲ ሕማቕ ምሕደራ ምቕያር ምዃኑ እምነቱን ኣስሚርሉ። ኣብ ርእስ'ዚ፡ ንውሳኔታት ኮሚሽን ዶባት ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ ግብሪ ምውዓል፡ ኣብ ሰሜን ኢትዮጵያን ኣብ ሱዳንን ዝርከቡ ስደተኛታት ሞያውን ኣካዳሚካውን ትምህርቲ ክቐስሙን ናይ ስራሕ ዕድላት ክውሃቦምን፡ ናይ'ቲ ዞና መንግስታት ብሓባር ንነጋዶ ደቂ ሰባት ክዋግኦኦም ከምዝግባእ ኣዘኻኺሩ።

እቲ ልኡኽ፡ ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዑደት ዘካይድ ዘሎ ልኡኽ ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ፡ ነቲ ብተጣበቕቲ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት፡ ብናይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ተወካሊት፡ ወይዘሮ ሸይላ ኪትሁርስን ብባይቶ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝተሰነዱ ግህሰታት መሰላት ደቂ ሰባት ኣትኵሮ ክገብረሉ ተማሕጺኑ።

EPDP Information Office

On 30 November and again on 13 December 2014, chairman of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party, Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom, and other party leadership members conducted public meetings in the UK cities of London and Birmingham in which burning national issues were raised.

Meetings in both cities were attended by a good number of national figures and prominent veterans of the much stretched and yet unfinished struggle of the Eritrean people for national liberation and democratic governance.

Accompanied in both meetings by EPDP executive committee member, Mr. Hamid Drar; Central Council member, Mr. Assefaw Berhe, and chairman of the UK branch, Mr. Goitom Mebrahtu, the party chairman took the opportunity to first highlight the ever deteriorating political, social, economic and human rights situation in Eritrea and the insurmountable problems being faced by Eritrean refugees scattered all over the globe.

UKMeetingbirmingam4In his comprehensive presentation made both in Arabic and Tigrinia, the EPDP chairman gave adequate outline on the party’s role in public mobilization, diplomacy, information and humanitarian spheres, and stressed that these contributions can be considered satisfactory inputs to the collective struggle being waged by forces opposed to the repressive regime in Eritrea.

Mr. Menghesteab Asmerom also expressed deep concern about the state of fragmentation prevailing in the opposition camp and believed that the only way out is to come together by narrowing down the existing points of difference. He also stressed the paramount importance of laying the ground to attract the full participation of the younger generation in the ongoing struggle for positive change in our country.

Both meetings were enriched by question and answer sessions in which lively discussions touched on all topics of high concern in the current struggle and the desirable political atmosphere in post-dictatorship Eritrea.

EPDP Information Office

In a strongly-worded memorandum addressed to the Foreign Ministry of Denmark, the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) criticized the recent report of the Danish Immigration Service (DIS) which, after a visit to Eritrea, said the situation in the country  is not “as bad as reported” and wrongly called Eritrean asylum seekers as “economic refugees”.

In the memorandum urging the branches of the Danish government to ignore the report, the EPDP believed that the Danish team’s report has “reached an utterly erroneous and dangerous conclusion that we see as a travesty of justice and an added insult to injury to the Eritrean pe

ople currently condemned to live under the worst repressive regime in the whole of Africa, if not the world.”

The EPDP regretted the wrong picture conveyed by the DIS report which intended to deny all world bodies including the UN Human Rights Rapporteur who has been denied entry to Eritrea while the likes of DIS are welcomed by the Asmara regime which is well aware of the wishes of the visiting team.

Below is the full text of the EPDP memorandum to Denmark.

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To: H.E. Mr. Martin Lidegaard,  

The Foreign Minister of Denmark,

Copenhagen

  

Denmark1

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mr Martin Ldegaard

 

Subject: Eritreans Fleeing All-Round Repression at Home Are Genuine Refugees

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      12 December 2014

 Dear Mr. Martin Lidegaard,  

We, in the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), one of the mainstream opposition organizations in exile struggling for change and democratization through people-power,  received with shock and dismay the recent report by the Danish Immigration Service (DIS) which reached an utterly erroneous and dangerous conclusion that we see as a travesty of justice and an added insult to injury to the Eritrean people currently condemned to live under the worst repressive regime in the whole of Africa, if not the world.

The DIS report wished to show that the political and human rights situation in Eritrea is not “as bad as reported” by many honorable bodies including the UN Human Rights Rapporteur and her two submissions endorsed by the UN Human Rights Commission, which in turn upgraded its concern about Eritrea by establishing a UN Commission of Inquiry on that regime’s excesses. The UN Human Rights Rapporteur was denied entry to Eritrea. The same fate could await the UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea because their findings would not pre-drafted conclusions, as the case was with DIS’s report, which is already judged as a gross distortion by many sources including Professor Gaim Kibreab, the only Eritrean source the DIS fact finders approached. The report forces its readers to easily conclude that it is a shallow document apparently drafted by not-so-serious team of “fact finders” who could not even see why their mission was so welcome by the regime in Asmara. We are not surprised that they did not see any checkpoints on their pre-planned travel to two localities south of Asmara.

Dear Foreign Minister,

We are aware that Denmark is not the only country pressurized by domestic politics to find an excuse to call Eritrean asylum seekers as “economic refugees” which they are not. We recall that the Italian Government sent a high level mission to Eritrea last summer and expressed its wish to resume work with the regime in Asmara with which it had no relation for a long time. UK government team is now on visit to Eritrea. We hope that its conclusions are not pre-drafted.

As you may very well know, Sir, we are talking about the most disquieting case in regard to gross violations of political, economic, social and human rights in Africa.  One would even dare say that the open-ended national service that has been turned into an illegal act of forced labour is by itself sufficient to inflict havoc to the life of an entire nation. But our country has many more worrisome causes that turned it into a hell on earth. Eritrea is, Sir, a country where:

  • No elections have been held for the past 23 years;
  • No constitution exists and no rule of law can be dreamt of; 
  • No freedom of  press and assembly is allowed;
  • No free worship by the faithful permitted;
  • No basic human rights respected;
  • No private entrepreneurship allowed to thrive;
  • No quality or higher education encouraged; the list of no’s is endless……..

These are among the key causes of refugee outflows in any part of the world. Becoming a refugee is not a choice, and only to reiterate: those Eritreans who are fleeing the country are doing so because they were deprived of all basic political and human rights under the repressive regime that made the country unlivable for the time being.

Mr. Lidegaard,

An increasing number of Eritreans inside the homeland and those in diaspora is currently engaged in an ever growing struggle to bring about a positive change in the country. But until then, people are forced to flee, and those who escape arrest or death while crossing the borders are bona fide refugees who deserve temporary protection until the situation is changed. At this moment in time, all Eritreans fleeing the regime in Asmara are genuine refugees and deserve your support and protection.

We, therefore, request your esteemed Ministry to share this message with the Danish Government, the Danish Parliament and the Danish Judiciary. We are asking Denmark and its people to ignore the shallow DIS report and instead continue to give Eritrean asylum seekers at least temporary but adequate protection until the situation in our country is changed to the better through the growing struggle of our people inside the homeland and those in the diaspora.  

Sincerely yours,

Wolde-Yesus Ammar,

Head, EPDP Foreign Relations Office

CC: Danish Government; the Danish Parliament, and the Danish Ministry of Justice.