He said the case of migrants should be regulated through legal openness to accept the required number of workers in the developed world and stop frontier controls which usually open markets for criminal trafficker organizations. He surmised that Europe can legally accept up to one million refugees and migrants in the coming five years and thus shut the door to criminal organizations.

The UN expert added that in the 1950-60s, big numbers of North Africans were legally allowed to migrate to Europe as labourers, and that time there were no casualties at sea. “The logic of frontier control by the Treaty of Dublin has utterly failed” he said stressing that it is “unsupportable to let people die in the gates of Europe.”

Mr. Crepeau also expressed satisfaction with the continued work by Italy to save lives in the sea despite the decision to stop the operations of its Mare Nostrum. The EU operated Triton is also far successful in saving lives in the sea a little beyond the limits previously reported.

During the first 11 months of 2014, over 207,000 refugees and migrants reached Europe via the Mediterranean Sea, while 3,400 have died or are still missing.

In 2013, the number of arrivals to Europe was 60,000 and deaths in the sea over 600. Those who died in the sea in 2012 and 2011 were 1,500 and 500 out of 22,500 and 69,000 arrivals, respectively. No estimates were made as to how many of those arrivals and deaths affected Eritreans.

Executive Director of SADC-CNGOs of 15 countries, Mr. Abie Ditlhake, opening the solidarity workshop; Eritrean delegation was at hand to tell the sad story from inside Eritrea and in diaspora.

By Member of Joint Eritrean Delegation

It was a visit unique of its kind: this joint Eritrean delegation to Nelson Mandela’s South Africa just a year after the passing away of modern Africa’s topmost statesman. The delegation consisted not only of representatives of three political and civic organizations but also an independent activist Eritrean lady from the Arab Gulf states. When the 3 to 9 December 2014 mission of the delegation was wound up, its members were reassured that strenuous efforts will be underway very soon to put Eritrea on the African agenda.

Africa was not that good to Eritrea during its long struggle for national liberation. Now, the continent appears to be moving up from the bottom to see to it that Eritreans enjoy what they rightly deserved as of 1991: peace, democracy, human dignity and prosperity that eluded them for too long. This quick reportage will highlight

1. The main issues raised and decided at the 3-4 December workshop of the Southern African Development Community’s Council of Non-Governmental Organizations (SADC-CNGO);
2. The Eritrean delegation’s press conference and its live interview with the S. African Broadcasting Corporation; and
3. The individual, limited and larger group meetings with important personalities, friends of Eritrea and Eritrean community members in Johannesburg, Durban and Pretoria.

Workshop of SADC-CNGO Solidarity Task Team

The workshop of the regional Civil Society Solidarity Task Team held in Johannesburg between 3 and 4 December 2014 was attended by the SADC-CNGO Executive Director himself and support staff, as well as senior representatives of umbrella organizations of member movements like the Southern African Trade Union Coordination Council (SATUCC); South African Trade Unions (COSATU); Fellowships of Christian Councils in 12 Southern Africa states (FOCCISA) and the Botswana-based Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA).  Invited civil society and political activists from Eritrea and Swaziland were availed to give adequate updates on the political and human rights situations in their respective countries. Technical hiccups prevented the expected Palestinian delegation from taking part. 

The workshop was an outcome of decisions taken by the 10^th Civil Society Forum of SADC-CNGOs held last July in Harare, Zimbabwe. Eritrea was one of the four countries identified for support and solidarity by the SADC Council of NGOs from 15 African countries whose main objectives include support for democratization, conflict resolution and good governance. Regarding Eritrea, the July declaration partly stated as follows:

“We are deeply concerned with the political situation in Eritrea and the oppressive conditions facing the people as a result of absence of respect of human rights and democratic governance.  We are alarmed by the widespread and systematic human rights violations perpetrated by the government of Eritrea against its own people. …. (10^th SADC Civil Society Forum) is concerned especially about the continued implementation of unlimited military service under which the Eritrean youth are kept under slave-like conditions rendering them futureless; indeed, the policy is forcing tens of thousands of young Eritreans to leave their country in search of safety and better future risking inhuman treatment at the hands of unscrupulous human traffickers, death in the high seas and deserts, rape and illicit organ harvesting....”

It was based on this understanding that the Harare Forum mandated senior SADC-CNGO leaders to further explore the situation in Eritrea and other affected countries in a workshop and see what can be done in the near future.

The four Eritreans attending the workshop were given the opportunity to present in great detail the ever worsening situation in their country. They also listed what the Eritrean opposition forces would like SADC-CNGO do for Eritreans inside the country and those in diaspora.

The invited delegation members were, as noted earlier, Ms Salwa Nour, a woman activist from the UAE, Ambassador Andebrehan Weldegiorgis of the Eritrean Forum for National Dialogue (Medrek), Mr. Woldeyesus Ammar from the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), and Mr. Kulubrehan Abraham of the South Africa-based Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR). Dr. Adane Ghebremeskel, the SADC-CNGO programme advisor also at times joined his compatriots in telling the appalling situation in today’s Eritrea.

Eritrean delegation with senior representatives of SADC-CNGO, SATUCC, COSATU, FOCCISA, MISA and Swaziland NGOs

The Johannesburg workshop thus decided, among others things:

• To establish a solidarity body dedicated to follow up the situation in Eritrea and the other three affected countries singled out for increased solidarity and support of SADC-CNGO and others beyond the region;
• To take action towards putting Eritrea in the African agenda so that it could be reviewed at the upcoming summit conference of SADC member states in February 2015;
• Make approaches to civil society movements in eastern, western and northern Africa and promote solidarity for Eritreans struggling for peace and democratic governance;
• Cognizant of the fact that Eritreans being forced to leave their country are not economic refugees or migrants but genuine refugees, the workshop believed that they deserve to obtain appropriate documentation in South Africa and rest of the SADC region and beyond until Eritrea transits from dictatorship to democratic rule.

Press Conference and SABC Interview

On 5 December, the SADC-CNGO organized a press conference to give further opportunity to the Eritrean delegation further explain the ever worsening political and human rights situation in the country. The Executive Director of SADC Council of NGO formations in all the 15 southern African countries opened the press conference with comprehensive explanation of what was discussed and decided at the workshop regarding Eritrea, Swaziland, Palestine and Western Sahara.

On their part, members of the Eritrean delegation expressed satisfaction with the historic solidarity and further pledges for support by the civil society in southern African countries and explained in more detail the distress facing Eritrea and its people under an extremely dictatorial regime. The outcome of the workshop was also disclosed to the attending members of the press, diplomats and civil society movements who came to the meeting in spite of the 5 December celebrations in Johannesburg marking the first anniversary of the death of Nelson Mandela.  Among the participants were diplomats from the Ethiopian embassy in South Africa.

Delegation members were also given the opportunity for a live radio interview with Channel Africa at the headquarters of South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) which enjoys big audience all over Africa. Questions asked to and responded by two delegation members included the political, economic and human rights situation inside Eritrea, the plight of its refugees, the border issue, decisions of the UN Human Rights Commission and the Eritrean regime’s isolation from the rest of the world.

Meetings in Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria

Ms Salwa Nour had to depart after the 5 December press conference, but the rest of the delegation members took the opportunity of meeting with Eritrean community members, mostly in smaller numbers, in three South African cities. Most of the estimated 5,000 Eritrean community members in South Africa have no valid residence permits and are held as literal hostages of the Eritrean embassy.

Many of them are self-employed (owning small shops) and are nowadays extremely busy to earn year’s income this Christmas/summer season. It was learned that many have distanced themselves from the regime but they cannot manifest this position by attending opposition meetings or, if they do attend, by letting their pictures taken in such occasions.

On 6 December, three members of the delegation held an extensive discussion with members of the Eritrean community in Durban. Problems explained by the delegation members and later raised for comprehensive discussion in the question and answer session included the situation inside the homeland, the changing attitude of external powers towards the regime in Asmara, the disquieting situation of Eritrean refugees in many parts of the world, the fragmentation of the forces opposed to the regime and new initiatives for dialogue and realigning of the struggling forces to create a viable alternative force or forces for change and democratization in the country.

 On 7 December, a similar get-together was held with members of the Eritrean community in the Johannesburg region.

A memorial picture of the ‘willing’ in Johannesburg

Members of the delegation also took the opportunity of meeting old friends and acquaintances individually and/or in smaller groups for exchange of notes on how the mobilization of the silent majority can be tackled and the forces in the opposition coalesced in an effective manner.

اعلام حزب الشعب

الديمقراطي الارتري

5 / 12 / 2014م

من خلال مشاركته في اجتماعات ورشة العمل التي عقدت مدة يومين بجوهانسبيرج/ جنوب افريقيا لمناقشة أوضاع الحقوق السياسية والانسانية في كلٍّ من ارتريا، فلسطين، سوازيلندا والصحراء الغربية، أشاد الوفد الارتري في تصريحه الصحفي الصادر في الخامس من ديسمبر 2014م بقرار الجمعية التنموية لدول الجنوب الافريقي ((SADC المكونة من 15 دولة تكوين فريق عمل لدعم ارتريا في مجالات تلك الحقوق، ووصف الخطوة بالتاريخية والعظيمة.

في خطابه أمام الحضور الذي ضم دبلوماسيين وممثلين لمنظمات مجتمع مدني وآخرين أعرب السيد/ آبي ديتلهاك المدير التنفيذي للجمعية عن قلقه إزاء تقاعس القادة الافارقة في مواجهة التحديات والمعاناة التي تعيشها شعوب القارة.

وقال آبي: علي القوى الديمقراطية الافريقية و منظمات المجتمع المدني أن تواجه بجدٍّ وإخلاص تحديات ما يعيشه الارتريون اليوم من اضطهاد وتشرد. وعلينا كشعوب افريقية أن نحافظ علي مكتسبات نضالنا في سبيل التحرر من قوى الاحتلال والاستعمار الأجنبي ونجدد العهد بتلك النضالات.

أضاف مدير منظمة (SADC-CNGO) غير الحكومية أنه سوف يعتبر الشأن الارتري شأناً افريقياً يستحق خدمة شعبه والانتباه لقضاياه، وفي تلخيص لمناقشات الورشة التي عقدت في 3- 4/ 12/ 2014م أكد أن الورشة التضامنية مع الشعوب الأربعة المذكرة أعلاه تأتي ضمن أجندتنا لإنفاذ إعلان المؤتمر العاشر لاتحاد منظمات المجتمع المدني الجنوب افريقية المعقود في يوليو 2014م، عقب ذلك قدم ديتلهاك المندوب الارتري لتقديم خطابه أمام الصحفيين.

 السفير/ عند برهان ولد جرجيس عضو الهيئة التنسيقية للمنبر الارتري للحوار الديمقراطي بعد التعريف بأعضاء وفده تلى علي الحضور بياناً صحفياً يشيد فيه بالموقف المشرف لمنظمة (SADC-CNGO)الافريقيةمن قضايا الشعب الارتري الراهنة. وأضاف أن هذا الموقف المطالب بالدعم الاقليمي والدولي لقضية الشعب الارتري إنما يؤكد ضرورة التضامن الدولي والاقليمي مع الشعب الارتري لتمكينه من إحداث التغيير الإيجابي في بلاده.

ضم الوفد الي جانب رئيسه كلاًّ من: السيد/ ولد يسوس عمار مسئول العلاقات الخارجية بحزب الشعب الديمقراطي الارتري، السيد/ كلو برهان أبراهام رئيس الحركة الارترية للديمقراطية وحقوق الانسان، السيدة/ سلوى نور الناشطة الحقوقية في مجالات التغيير الديمقراطي وحقوق الانسان. بعد أن شرح الوفد بالتفصيل الأحوال المزرية والانهيار المتسارع الخطى في ارتريا أجاب علي أسئلة الحضور.

خلال اليومين القادمين سوف يقوم الوفد بجولات تنويرية بمدينتي ديربن وجوهانسبيرج يعقد فيها ندوات تنويرية مفتوحة (نوافيكم بتقاريرها لاحقاً). أدناه تفضلوا بقراءة البيان الصحفي للوفد الارتري.

بيان صحفي ( هام وعاجل )

النظام الدكتاتوري في بلادنا يعيث في ارتريا فساداً ودماراً وأنزل بشعبها ما لا مثيل له من البؤس والعناء. حيث تعيش ارتريا أسوأ الأوضاع سياسياً واجتماعياً واقتصادياً. فقد تحولت البلاد الي جحيم لا يطاق يسوده الاعتقال والسجن بلا تهمة ولا محاكمة، السجن غير محدد الأجل، الاختفاء، القتل خارج القانون. وهذا ما أدى الي تشرد شعبها عموماً وشبابها خصوصاً والذي فاقت معدلات هجرته وتشرده كل خيال.

التغيير وسقوط النظام لا شك أمرٌ حتمي، أما مسئولية إنقاذ البلاد من الانهيار فتقع علي عاتق قوى المعارضة بالداخل والخارج. إن غياب الحقوق والحريات الأساسية أصبح من أشرس عوامل الهدم والتمزيق لبلادنا، إلا أن (تحقيق وحدة الهدف) بين مكونات المعارضة سوف يحيي فينا مجدداً روح الأمل والتفاؤل التي حققنا بها من قبل أحلامنا وآمالنا في التحرر من ربقة المحتلين الأجانب. لذا يجب أن نتفانى في نقل شعبنا وبلادنا الي التحول الديمقراطي بالطرق القانونية والدستورية الآمنة.

إننا علي قناعة بضرورة الدعم الدولي والاقليمي لقضيتنا النضالية العادلة في تحقيق التغيير الإيجابي، لذا نحيي ونشيد بما أبداه المؤتمر العاشر لمنبر اتحاد منظمات المجتمع المدني الجنوب افريقية من تعاطف قوي مع الشعب الارتري وقراره الشجاع بتكوين فريق عمل خاص بارتريا.

فيما يلي يتقدم الوفد الارتري المشارك في هذه الورشة بالمطالب والنداءات التالية:

• أن تقوم حكومة جنوب افريقيا الموقرة بمنح اللاجئين الارتريين بجنوب افريقيا الوثائق الرسمية التي تكفل لهم حقوق اللجوء السياسي والإقامة في أراضيها آمنين والعمل والإسهام في بناء وتنمية البلاد.
• أن ترفع منظمات المجتمع المدني الجنوب افريقية من معدلات دعمها لنضال المنظمات الارترية في سبيل الديمقراطية والعدالة والكرامة الانسانية.
• أن يتصدى الاتحاد الافريقي لدوره التمهيدي المساند للتحول الديمقراطي كما ينص دستوره.
• أن تقوم دول الجوار الارتري وسائر دول منطقة القرن الافريقي بما يمليه عليها الالتزام بالاتفاقات الدولية من حفظ ومراعاة حقوق وسلامة اللاجئين الارتريين اللائذين بحماها.

الجمعة/ 5 ديسمبر 2014م

جوهانسبيرج/ جنوب افريقيا

الوفد الارتري المشارك بورشة الجمعية التنموية لدول الجنوب الافريقي غير الحكومية

Southern African Development Community (SADC-CNGO)

EPDP Information Office

After attending a fruitful  two-day workshop in Johannesburg on the political and human rights situations in Eritrea, Palestine, Swaziland and Western Sahara, the Eritrean delegation to the workshop held a press conference on 5 December in which it hailed as “historic” the establishment of Solidarity Task Team for Eritrea by the sub-continental organ representing all civil society formations in the 15 member countries of the Southern African Development Community (SADC).

In welcoming the media, civil society activists, diplomats and other participants at the press conference, the Executive Director of the SADC - Council of non-governmental organizations, Mr.  Abie Ditlhake, expressed concern about the lack of sufficient commitment by African leaders to address difficulties facing the broad masses in Africa.

He described the current situation of repression and displacement in Eritrea as “a burning African problem” that requires the joint action of African democratic forces, including the civil society.  He added that the selflessness shown by all Africans during the struggle against foreign domination must be revitalized now “in order to save ourselves from facing the worst”.

The SADC-CNGO Executive Director also reassured that his umbrella organization will do all what it can to make Eritrea an African agenda and help its people overcome the huge problems facing them. He summarized the decisions taken at the 3 to 4 December workshop which he said was an important step towards putting in action the July 2014 declarations on Eritrea, Palestine, Swaziland and Western Sahara by the 10^th Southern Africa Civil Society Forum.  Mr. Ditlhake then invited the Eritrean delegation to deliver its message to the press conference.

Ambassador Andebrehan Weldegiorgis, member of the coordinating body of the Eritrean Forum for National Dialogue, introduced his colleagues in the delegation and read the press statement which hailed the SADC-CNGO for its firm solidarity with the Eritrean people. The statement urged for African and wider international support and  believed that “international and regional solidarity can make a significant contribution to positive change in Eritrea”.

The Eritrean delegation members, who included Mr. Woldeyesus Ammar, foreign relations head of the Eritrean People’s Party (EPDP); Mr. Kuluberhan Abraham, chairman of the Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Rights (EMDHR), and Ms Salwa Nour, an Eritrean human rights and democracy activist from the Gulf region, took part in further explaining the worsening situation in Eritrea and answered various questions raised at the press conference.

During the coming weekend, the Eritrean delegation is scheduled to hold public meetings for Eritreans in Durban and Johannesburg. (Reportage on the delegation mission to South Africa will follow soon).

Printed below is the text of the press statement read as introduction to the press conference on Eritrea.

PRESS STATEMENT

(For immediate release)

The dictatorial regime is destroying Eritrea and causing untold suffering on its people. The prevailing political, economic and social situation has created an appalling human condition. Arbitrary arrests, indefinite detention, forced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, etc., have rendered the country unlivable for its people. The state of sever repression has caused mass exodus, particularly of the youth, at an alarming proportion. 

Change is coming and the demise of the regime is imminent. The responsibility of national salvation has fallen on the shoulders of the growing opposition at home and abroad.  The absence of an institutional mechanism for succession and the lack of freedoms of expression, assembly and association risk the creation of a political vacuum that poses the danger of implosion. The gathering momentum towards “Unity of Purpose” within the opposition augers well for the realization of the aspirations that inspired and sustained our long struggle for freedom, justice, democracy, peace and prosperity. There is thus a need to manage the process of change to ensure an orderly transition to democracy.   

We strongly believe that international and regional solidarity can make a significant contribution to positive change in Eritrea. In this regard, we hail the 10^th Southern African Civil Society Forum’s firm declaration of solidarity with the Eritrean people and the establishment of a Regional Solidarity Task Team for Eritrea. 

The Eritrean delegation participating at the SADC Council of NGOs workshop just concluded here in Johannesburg, South Africa, would like to call upon:

-                      The South African Government to grant political asylum and the necessary legal documents to Eritrean refugees in South Africa to enable them to live in security and contribute to the socioeconomic development of the country;

-                      The Southern African civil society to enhance their solidarity with the struggle of the Eritrean people for democracy, dignity and justice.

-                      The African Union to play a facilitative role in accordance with its Constitutive Act;

-                      Eritrea’s neighbours in the Greater Horn of Africa to protect the rights and ensure the safety of Eritrean refugees in accordance with international conventions.

Friday, 5 December 2014

Johannesburg, South Africa

Eritrean Delegation Participating at the SADC-CNGO Workshop

ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜና ሰዲህኤ

5 ታሕሳስ 2014

ድሕሪ'ቲ ንኽልተ መዓልታት ኣብ ጆሃንስበርግ ዝተኻየደ ብዛዕባ ሃለዋት ፖለቲካውን ሰብኣውን መሰላት ኣብ ኤርትራ፡ ፍልስጤም፡ ስዋዚላንድን ምዕራብ ሰሃራን ዝዘተየ ዓወደ-ምይይጥ (ዎርክሾፕ)፡ ኣብ'ቲ ኣኼባ እተሳተፈ ኤርትራዊ ልኡኽ ብ5 ታሕሳስ 2014 ኣብ ዝሃቦ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ፡ በቲ ን15 ሃገራት ዝውክል ልምዓታዊ ማሕበር ሃገራት ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ (Southern African Development Community/SADC ንኤርትራ ዝድግፍ ግብረ-ሓይሊ ንምቛምዝተወስደ ስጕምቲ ታሪኻዊ ክብል ኣመጒስዎ።

ኣቶ ኣቢ ዲትልሃከ፡ ዳይረክተር ፈጻሚ ኣካል ልምዓታዊ ማሕበር ሃገራት ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ፡ ንወከልቲ ሲቪላውያን ማሕበራት፡ ዲፕሎማሰኛታትን ካልኦት ተኻፈልትን ኣብ ዝሃቦ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ፡ መራሕቲ ኣፍሪቃ፡ ንህዝብታት ኣፍሪቃ ዘጋጥም ዘሎ ጸገማት ንምብዳህ ብዕቱብነት ክተሓሓዝዎ ዘይምርኣዩ ሻቕሎት ከምዝፈጠረሉ ሓቢሩ።

ኣብ ህልዊ ኵነታት ኤርትራ ዝግሃድ ዘሎ ጭቆናን ምፍንቓልን፡ ኣፍሪቃውያን ዲሞክራስያውያን ሓይልታትን  ሲቪላውያን ማሕበራትን ብሓባር ክብድህዎ ዝግብኦም  እዋናዊ ሕቶ ኢዩ። ከምኡ'ውን፡ መታን ሕማቕ ከይንርኢ፡ እቲ ኣንጻር ባዕዳውያን ኣብ ዝካየድ ዝነበረ ተጋድሎ ብዅሎም ኣፍሪቃውያን ዝተፈጸመ ተወፋይነት ሕጂ እንደገና ክሕደስ ወይ ክድገም ኣለዎ ኢሉ።

ዳይረክተር ባይቶ ዘይመንግስታዊ ውድብ ልምዓታዊ ማሕበር ሃገራት ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ (SADC-CNGO) ኣብ ዝሃቦ መግለጺ፡ ጕዳይ ኤርትራ ናይ ኣፍሪቃ ኣጀንዳ ንምግባርን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ዘጋጥሞ ዘሎ ጸገማት ንምግልጋልን ማሕበሩ ኵሉ ዝከኣሎ ክገብር ምዃኑ ኣረጋጊጹ። ነቲ ካብ 3-4 ታሕሳስ ኣብ ዝተኻየደ ዓወደ-ምይይጥ (ዎርክሾፕ) ዝተገብረ ውሳኔታት ጸሚቑ ብምቕራብ ድማ፡ እዚ ነቲ ንኤርትራ፡ ፍልስጤም፡ ስዋዚላንድን ምዕራባዊ ስሃራን ዝምልከት ብሓምለ 2014 ዝተገብረ ኣዋጅ ዓሰራይ ጕባኤ መድረኽ ሲቪላዊ ማሕበራት ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ፡ ኣብ ግብሪ ንምውዓል ኣገዳሲ ስጕምቲ ኢዩ ክብል ገሊጽዎ። ብድሕር'ዚ፡ ኣቶ ዲትልሃከ፡ ንኤርትራዊ ልኡኽ መልእኽቱ ንጋዜጠኛታት ከስምዕ ናብ መድረኽ ዓዲምዎ።

ኣምባሳደር ዓንደብርሃን ወልደገርጊስ፡ ኣባል ኣውሃሃዲ ኣካል ኤርትራዊ መድረኽ ንዲሞክራስያዊ ዘተ ንኣባላት ኤርትራዊ ልኡኽ ድሕሪ ምልላይ፡ ነቲ ዘይመንግስታዊ ውድብ ልምዓታዊ ማሕበር ሃገራት ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ (SADC-CNGO) ኣብ ጐድኒ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ደው ብምባል ዝገለጾ ደገፍዘመጕስ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ ኣንቢቡ። እቲ መግለጺ፡ ንኣፍሪቃውን ኣህጕራውን ደገፍ ዝጽውዕን ኣብ ኤርትራ ኣወንታዊ ለውጢ ንምምዝጋብ ዞባውን ኣህጕራውን ደገፍ ኣድላዪነቱ ዕዙዝ ምዃኑ ዘብርህን ነበረ።

እቲ ኤርትራዊ ልኡኽ፡ ኣቶ ወልደሱስ ዓማር፡ ሓላፊ ቤት ጽሕፈት ጕዳያት ወጻኢ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፣ ኣቶ ኩሉብርሃን ኣብርሃም፡ ኣቦ መንበር ኤርትራዊ ምንቅስቓስ ንዲሞክራስን ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን፣ ወይዘሮ ሳልዋ ኑር፡ ኤርትራዊት ተጣባቒት ሰብኣዊ መሰላትን ተዋሳኢት ንዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጥን ካብ ሃገራት ወሽመጥ ዓረብ ነበሩ። እቲ ልኡኽ፡ ነቲ ካብ ዕለት ናብ ዕለት እናበኣሰ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ኵነታት ብዝርዝር ገሊጹን ካብ ተሳተፍቲ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ ንዝቐረበሉ ሕቶታት መሊሱን።

ኣብ ዝመጽእ ዘሎ ቀዳመ ሰንበት፡ እቲ ልኡኽ ኣብ ከተማታት ደርባንን ጆሃንስበርግን ህዝባዊ ኣኼባታት ከካይድ ኢዩ። ( ነዚ ዑደት ዝምልከት ሰፊሕ ሪፖርታጅ ውን ከነስዕበልኩም ኢና)።

እዚ ኣብ ታሕቲ ሰፊሩ ዘሎ ጽሑፍ፡ እቲ ልኡኽ ዘቕረቦ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ ኢዩ።

ጋዜጣዊ መግለጺ

(ብቕልጡፍ ዝዝርጋሕ)

ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ኤርትራ፡ ንኤርትራ የብርሳን  ንህዝባ ድማ  መዘና ዘይብሉ ስቅያት የውርደሉን ኣሎ።  ኣብ ኤርትራ ኣዝዩ ኣሕዛንን ኣሰንባድን ፖለቲካዊ፡ ቍጠባውን ማሕበራውን ኵነታት ኢዩ ተፈጢሩ ዘሎ። ብዘይ ክስን ፍርድን ምእሳር፡ ደረት ዘይብሉ ምሕያር፡ ምስዋርን ብዘይ ፍርዲ ምቕታልን ....ወዘተ ነታ ሃገር ህዝባ ክነብረላ ዘይኽእል ርስንቲ እቶን ገይርዋ ኣሎ። ብሰንኪ'ዚ መሪር ጭቆና ጅምላዊ ስደት፡ ብፍላይ ድማ ናይ መንእሰያት ስደት ኣብ ዘሰንብድ ብርኪ በጺሑ ኣሎ።

ውድቀት ናይ'ቲ ስርዓትን ለውጥን ዘይተርፍ ኢዩ። ሃገር ናይ ምድሓን ሓላፍነት ኣብ እንግድዓ ናይ'ቶም ኣብ ውሽጥን ኣብ ግዳምን ነቲ ስርዓት ዝቃወሙ ዘለዉ ሓይልታት ኢዩ ወዲቑ ዘሎ። ስልጣን ብሰላማዊ ኣገባብ ዝቀባበለሉ መስርሕ ኰነ፡  ናጽነት ናይ ምዝራብን ናይ ምእካብን ዘይምህላው፡ ንሓደጋታት ናይ ባዶነትን ምብትታን ብዝያዳ ኢዩ ኣጕሊህዎ ዘሎ። ኣብ መንጐ ተቓወምቲ ውድባት "ናይ ዕላማ ሓድነት ምርግጋጽ"፡ ነቲ ምእንቲ ናጽነት፡ ፍትሒ፡ ዲሞክራሲ፡ ሰላምን ብልጽግናን ዘካየድናዮ ነዊሕ ቃልስን ባህግታትን ዘባራብር ኢዩ። ስለ'ዚ፡ ናብ ዲሞክራሲ ዘብጽሓና ሕግን ስርዓትን ዝሓለወ መሰጋገሪ መድረኽ ኣድላዪነቱ ዓቢ ምዃን ክንፈልጥ ይግባእ።

ኣህጕራውን ዞባውን ደገፍ ኣብ ኤርትራ ኣወንታዊ ለውጢ ኣብ ምርግጋጽ እጃም ከምዘለዎ እምነትና ኢዩ። ካብ'ዚ ብምብጋስ፡ መበል 10ይ ጕባኤ መድረኽ ሲቪላውያን ማሕበራት ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝገለጾ ደገፍን ንኤርትራ ዝድግፍ ግብረ-ሓይሊ ምቛሙን ነመጕስ።

እዚ ኣብ ዓውደ ምይይጥ (ዎርክሾፕ) ናይ  ዘይመንግስታዊ ውድብ ልምዓታዊ ማሕበር ሃገራት ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ (SADC-CNGO) እተሳተፈ ኤርትራዊ ልኡኽ እዚ፡ ነዚ ዝስዕብ መጸዋዕታ የቕርብ።

• መንግስቲ ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ፡ ንኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ፖለቲካዊ ዑቝባን ኣብ ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ ብሰላም ክነብሩን ኣብ ማሕበረ-ቍጠባዊ ምዕባለ ናይ'ታ ሃገር ክሳተፉ ዘኽእሎም ዘድሊ ሕጋዊ ሰነዳትን ክህቦም፤
• ናይ ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ ሲቪላውያን ማሕበራት ንቃልስታት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ምእንቲ ዲሞክራሲ፡ ሰብኣዊ ክብርን ፍትሕን ዝገብርዎ ደገፍ ክብ ከብሉ፤
• ሕብረት ኣፍሪቃ ብመሰረት ቅዋሙ ናይ ኣሳላጢነት እጃሙ ክጻወት፤
• ጐረባብቲ ኤርትራን ሃገራት ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃን ብመሰረት ኣህጕራዊ ውዕላትን ንመሰላትን ድሕነትን ናይ ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ከሕልዋን ንጽውዕ።

ዓርቢ 5 ታሕሳስ 2014

ጆሃንስበርግ፡ ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ

ኤርትራዊ ልኡኽ ኣብ ኣኼባ ዓወደ-ምይይጥ/ዎርክሾፕ ዘይመንግስታዊ ውድብ ልምዓታዊ ማሕበር ሃገራት ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ (SADC-CNGO)

The dictatorial regime is destroying Eritrea and causing untold suffering on its people. The prevailing political, economic and social situation has created an appalling human condition. Arbitrary arrests, indefinite detention, forced disappearances, extrajudicial killings, etc., have rendered the country unlivable for its people. The state of sever repression has caused mass exodus, particularly of the youth, at an alarming proportion.  

Change is coming and the demise of the regime is imminent. The responsibility of national salvation has fallen on the shoulders of the growing opposition at home and abroad.  The absence of an institutional mechanism for succession and the lack of freedoms of expression, assembly and association risk the creation of a political vacuum that poses the danger of implosion. The gathering momentum towards “Unity of Purpose” within the opposition augers well for the realization of the aspirations that inspired and sustained our long struggle for freedom, justice, democracy, peace and prosperity. There is thus a need to manage the process of change to ensure an orderly transition to democracy. 

We strongly believe that international and regional solidarity can make a significant contribution to positive change in Eritrea. In this regard, we hail the 10^th Southern African Civil Society Forum’s firm declaration of solidarity with the Eritrean people and the establishment of a Regional Solidarity Task Team for Eritrea.  

The Eritrean delegation participating at the SADC Council of NGOs workshop just concluded here in Johannesburg, South Africa, would like to call upon:

• The South African Government to grant political asylum and the necessary legal documents to Eritrean refugees in South Africa to enable them to live in security and contribute to the socioeconomic development of the country;
• The Southern African civil society to enhance their solidarity to the struggle of the Eritrean people for democracy, dignity and justice.
• The African Union to play a facilitative role in accordance with its constitutive act;
• Eritrea’s neighbours in the Greater Horn of Africa to protect the rights and ensure the safety of Eritrean refugees in accordance with international conventions.​

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Friday, 5 December 2014

Johannesburg, South Africa

Eritrean Delegation Participating at the SADC-CNGO Workshop

ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም፡ ነቲ ኣብ ዓባይ ብሪጣንያ ንከሰላስሎ ጸሚድሉ ዘሎ መደብ፡ ኣብ ሎንዶን ምስ ዝርከብ ደላይ ፍትሒ ብምርኻብ ጀሚርዎ።

እዚ ብዕለት 30 ሕዳር 2014፡ ብሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጨንፈር ሎንዶን ዝተወደበ ክፉት ህዝባዊ ኣኼባ ኢዩ ኔሩ። ካብ ኩሉ ኩርንዓት ሎንደን መጸዋዕታን ዕድመን ኣኽቢሮም ዝመጹ ደለይቲ ለውጥን ፍትሒን ካብ ኩሉ ሸንኻት ህዝብና ምንባሮም ተስፋ ዝህብ ኣጋጣሚ ኢዩ ። እዚ ንኣርባዕተ ሰዓታት ዝቐጸለ ኣኼባ ብናይ እንቋዕ ደሓን መጻእኩም ቃል ኣቦ መንበር ሽማግለ ጨንፈር ዓዲ እንግሊዝ ፡ሓው ጎይቶኦም መብራህቱ ኢዩ ተኸፊቱ።

ካብዚ ብምቕጻል፡ ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ሓው መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮምን፡ ኣባል ፈጻሚ ሽማግለ ሓው ሓምድ ድራርን፡ ሃገርና ኣብ ትሕቲ ምልካዊ ስርዓት እትሓልፎ ዘላ ኩነታትን፡ ኩነታት ተቓዉሞ ደምበን ኣህጉራዊ ኩነታትን ብሰፊሑ ብክልቲኡ ቋንቋታት፡ ትግርኛን ዓረብኛን መግለጺ ኣቕሪቦም።ብተወሳኺ ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ህዝባዊን ዜናውን ዲፕሎማስያውን መዳያት ዘካይዶ ዘሎ ንጥፈታት ብዝርዝር ገሊጾም።

ተቓዉሞ ደምበ በዚ ሎሚ ዘለዎ፡ ዝተበታተነ ሃለዋት ከድምዕ ከምዘይክእልን፡ ብክንዲተን ኩላትና እንሰማማዓለን ዕላማታት ተወሃሂድና ክንሰርሕ ከምእንጥለብ ኣቦ መንበር ሰልፊ ገሊጹ።

ሰልፊ፡ መንእሰያት ኤርትራ ንዘጋጥሞም ዘሎ ጸገማት ንምቅላል ኣብ ዲፕሎማስያዊ ንጥፈታቱ ዓቢ ቦታ ከምዘትሕዞ ሓው መንግስተኣብ ገልጹ።

ብመራሕቲ ኣኼባ መግለጺ ድሕሪ ምሃቡ፡ መድረኽ ንተሳትፍቲ ኣኼባ ሕቶታት ከቕርቡ ተፈቒዱ። ዝቐረበ ሕቶታት ውን ብኣቦመንበር ሰልፊ ሰፊሕ መብሪሂታት ተዋሂብዎ። እቲ ኣኼባ ብክልቲኡ ዕላዊ ቋንቋታት ይካየድ ምንባሩ ኩሉ ተሳታፋይ ንትሕዝቶኡ ክርዳእ ኣብቂዕዎ ኢዩ። በቲ ካልእ ሸነኽ ግን ናይ ግዜ ጽበት ስለዘጋጠመ ናይ ህዝቢ ርእይቶ ብሙሉኡ ፈሲሱ ክበሃል ዝከኣል ኣይነበረን።

3/12/2014

ሰልፊ ደሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ

ጨንፈር ሎንደን 

Alleged human traffickers who had arranged more than 20 boat trips from north Africa to Europe picked up in sting operation in Italy and Germany

German Police Arrest 11 Human Trafficking Gangs | Photos from Livesicilia.it

The Guardian

Ten suspected migrant smugglers were arrested on Wednesday in Italy and Germany, including the alleged ringleader behind a treacherous journey that killed an estimated 244 people off the coast of Libya in June.

The alleged human traffickers, who were picked up in an operation called Tokhla, were all Eritrean. They were charged with conspiracy and aiding illegal immigration. An 11th Eritrean was arrested for harbouring the migrants.

The operation marked a significant victory for Italian police, who said the smuggling ring arranged more than 20 trips between north Africa and Europe between May and September. The suspects allegedly used their network across Italy, including the Lazio and Lombardy regions, to smuggle the migrants to other European countries.

“This is a very important operation carried out by the Italian police with the cooperation of the German police and other authorities, and we think we have caught some important people within the organisation,” said Giovanni Salvi, the chief prosecutor in the case.

Police in Catania, who lead the investigation, also found nine Somalis, including eight children, during the operation. The victims had been locked in an attic by the suspected smugglers while they awaited payment by from the migrants’ families.

Salvi told the Guardian that the children were in good health.

In October the Guardian highlighted the risks facing migrant children once they land in Europe, including sexual exploitation and forced labour. Of more than 12,000 unaccompanied minors who arrived in Italy from Africa this year, the article said about one-third had gone missing from foster homes and government shelters.

Traffickers are also increasingly using children to drive boats of migrants to Italy. This year, 18 minors have been arrested and sent to jail in Sicily on trafficking charges.

Investigators in Catania on Wednesday said the international smuggling organisation operated between Italy, Libya, Eritrea and other north African countries. Among those arrested was Measho Tesfamariam, who lives in Germany and was believed to be one of the organisers of the June voyage. Relatives of the victims in that sinking had sought to contact him for news of their loved ones, the police said.

The criminal group is alleged to have cells in several European countries and organised migrants’ journeys from their villages to the final destination in exchange for money.

Police said the investigation into the smuggling ring had begun in May, after another vessel carrying 206 people was rescued by the Italian navy as part of the now-curtailed Mare Nostrum programme to patrol the Mediterranean Sea and rescue migrants. Another 17 migrants had died on that voyage.

The Mare Nostrum programme, which was launched following the deaths of 360 migrants in a shipwreck in October 2013, was wound down in November due to political pressure and replaced by Operation Triton, a programme headed by the EU border patrol agency. Triton patrols will search for and rescue migrants up to 50km from Italian territory, leaving at least 150km of water between Libya and the Italian island of Lampedusa unpatrolled.

EPDP Information Office

On 23 November, the Frankfurt branch of the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP), held yet another well-attended regular meeting with many young and new participants showing increased interest in the current struggle for positive change,  justice and democracy in Eritrea.

Opened by welcoming remarks and outline of day’s agenda by the branch chairman, Haj Saleh Saeed, the meeting was extensively informed on recent developments affecting Eritrea and its people by explanations presented by Frankfurt branch leadership members Mr. Kubrom Andom, Ms Feven Gideon; EPDP Central Council member, Mr. Nigusse Tseggai, and Mr. Yebio Kifle, branch member.

Young Kubrom Andom recounted the root cause of the suffering and displacement of Eritreans and urged every Eritrean to play a role in the ongoing struggle to remove a cancerous regime in our country. Kubrom Andom added: “Make contacts with everyone around you in Germany. There is no fear of political activism here; we need to use our presence here to create friends for our struggle. We need everyone’s help because we cannot do the job in isolation”.  He also briefed the meeting on other recent events like a public meeting in Germany in which the supporters of the regime were exposed and shamed for their sympathies to the regime and had to leave a meeting with disgrace.

Ms Feven Gideon spoke about the importance of peaceful demonstrations at any place and time, and explained the 22 November demonstration in southern Germany against the regime and its agent associations like the so-called Eritrean women’s association. She stressed the ever building force of the opposition against the dictatorial regime in Asmara which is gradually but surely losing ground at all levels. Ms Feven predicted that those Eritreans still half-heartedly supporting the regime will join the forces of justice and democracy in the very near future.

On his part, Mr. Nigusse Tseggai presented a summary of recent activities by the EPDP in several parts of the globe. He said the already isolated PFDJ regime is being continually affected by what we in the opposition camp are doing to shorten its days in power, and that our activities must be intensified without a let up. The Party leadership member also explained the significance of latest activities by Party leadership members in Germany, Australia, Switzerland and other regions of the world.

Veteran freedom fighter Yebio Kinfe talked about the exeplary role of Eritrean youth in the struggle for national liberation, and reminded the new Eritrean generation that it has no other choice but the repeat the determined struggle expected from youth to save Eritrea from the home-grown oppression. He furtehr urged the meeting participants to strongly advise their peers still sympathizing with the regime to abandon it and join the forces fighting for change to a better Eritrea.