ካብ ግዜ ገድሊ ኣብ ሓለዋ ሰውራ፡ ከምኡ ውን ድሕሪ ናጽነት ከም ኣባል ስለያን ኣብያተ ማእሰርትን ንተመክሮኡ ብዝምልከት ምስ ድምጺ ኣሰና ቃለመጠየቕ ዘካየደ ተጋዳላይ ስዒድ ሳልሕ፡ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ኢሳይያስ፡ ንህዝቢ ብፕሮፖጋንዳ ኣታሊሉ ፖለቲካዊ ዒላማታቱ ንምውቃዕ፡ ማእሰርትን ቅትለትን ዘጠቓልል ውዲታዊ ድራማታት ናይ ምስራሕ ኣመል ከምዘለዎ ኣገንዚቡ።
ተጋዳላይ ስዒድ ሳልሕ ኣብቲ ሰፊሕ ቃለመጠየቕ፡ ንተንኮላትን ውዲታትን ስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ብኣብነታት ኣብ ዝገለጸሉ ኣጋጣሚ፡ ኣብዛ ብምልካዊ ስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ተባሒታ ዘላ ኤርትራ፡ “ ዘይተሰምዐ እምበር፡ ዘይተገብረ የለን” ኢሉ።
ቀዳማይ ክፋል ቃለመጠየቕ ታጋዳላይ ስዒድ ሳልሕ፡ ጽባሕ ረቡዕ መደብ ራድዮ ኣሰና ተኸታተሉ።
Sinai torture for Eritreans kidnapped by traffickers
By Mike ThomsonBBC News, Sinai
Lamlam, 17, is one of thousands of people who make the treacherous journey from Eritrea to Egypt each year. Many fall victim to unscrupulous people traffickers, who kidnap them and demand ransom money from their families.
“The kidnappers would make me lie on my back and then they would get me to ring my family to ask them to pay the ransom they wanted,” she says, lifting up the back of her shirt to expose a rash of deep scars.
“As soon as one of my parents answered the phone, the men would melt flaming plastic over my back and inner thighs and I would scream and scream in pain.
“This, they hoped, would put extra pressure on my mother and father to find the money.”
A man standing next to her gently places a hand on her shoulder as she finishes speaking.
Zere, his faced swathed in a red and white scarf, was one of those kept with her in a windowless basement room for almost a year.
“They had about four of five of us tied up together and they would pour water on the floor and then electrocute the water so that all of us would get electrocuted at the same time,” he says.
“They would starve us, they would burn us and they would not let us sleep.”
Zere says that nine out of the 20 people held hostage with him died. But, he tells me, by that point those still alive would have welcomed that fate.
“All of us were actually hoping for death because that would have been an escape from the torture.”
In fact Lamlam and Zere were able to escape – rescued by a local Bedouin leader, Sheikh Mohammed al-Maniri.
It estimates that 3,000 Eritreans alone fled their repressive and impoverished country last year.
Many headed for the swollen refugee camps of neighbouring eastern Sudan, now home to more than 90,000 people.
The UN says that 70% of the new arrivals then vanish.
Many fall into the hands of ruthless and well-armed people-smuggling gangs as they try to make their way to Israel or Egypt in search of a better life.
Whilst some do make it through, others are sold on to different gangs two or three times as they are trafficked north.
Hostage victims are often taken to the largely lawless, desert area of north Sinai, where their kidnappers can operate with near impunity.
In 2012, the UN’s High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, said that a “criminal network” of smugglers and traffickers was “taking profit of the desperate situation of many Eritreans”.
Egyptian security forces do operate in this region but only in limited numbers because of a long-standing peace agreement with neighbouring Israel.
In the mortuary in the town of El Arish, the extent of the carnage caused by the gruesome kidnap trade is even more evident.
“Since the revolution there have been hundreds of bodies because the borders have been more lax,” says mortician Era Ki, as he points towards the deep-freeze cabinets in front of us.
“The corpses usually have torture-style injuries.
“The ones that come from the Bedouin [people-traffickers] have always been tortured to get their families to pay ransoms.
“If their families can’t pay, they have no use for them and torture them to death.”
Even those whose families somehow manage to pay the large ransoms demanded, often feel they cannot go home now that their relatives have been financially ruined.
Berhane, an Eritrean refugee I met living in a squalid Cairo slum is one.
After being beaten, tortured and electrocuted for months before his family paid $30,000 (£20,000) for his release, he says he has constant terrifying flashbacks and cannot face going home.
Berhane has this message for any Eritreans thinking of following in his footsteps: “Stay where you are.
“Whatever you do, don’t let yourself fall into the hands of the traffickers.”
Mike Thomson’s Assignment, Escape from Sinai, will be broadcast on the BBC World Service on Thursday 7 March at 09:05 GMT.
A news report will also be featured on Radio 4′s Today Programme onWednesday 6 March
BBC Link: Sinai torture for Eritreans kidnapped by traffickers
The kidnap trade in Sinai has been described by the United Nations as one of the most unreported humanitarian crises in the world and little seems to be being done to stop it. Mike Thomson travelled to the heart of the kidnap region in northern Sinai to report.
Click on the Radio 4 Link to Listen: ‘Kidnappers melted plastic on my back’
መበገስ ጽሑፈይ: ብምኽንያት እቲ ኣብ ክበብ ኤርትራውያን ኮሚኒቲታት ስቶክሆልም፡ ሽወደን፡ ዞጋነፈ ባርዕ ሓዊ ኣመልኪቱ: ሓው ሮቤል ተስፋይ ብዕለት 3 መጋቢት: ምስ ራድዮ ናዝ ኣብ ዝገበሮ ቃለ-ምልልስ ዝተዛረቦ ዘረባ’ዩ። ኣብዚ ቃለ-ምልልስ: ሓደ ዘደንጽው ዘረባ ሰሚዕና: ካብ ሓውና ሮቤል። እዛ ሕጽር ዝበለት ጽሕፍተይ ድማኒ ከም ግብረ-መልሲ ነቲ ከይሓነኸ ዝተዛረቦ ዘረባ’ያ።
ቅድሚ ዝኣገረ ግን፡ እቲ ዝተገብረ ነገር ፈጻሚኡ ብዘየገድስ፡ ዘይሙኽኑዩን፡ ክኹነን ዝግብኦ ተግባር ምኻኑን ርእይቶይ ክገልጽ እፈቱ። ንዑዑ ብዝምልከት፡ እቲ ነገር ተጻርዩ፡ ናይቲ ነገር ፈጻሚ ብፖሊስን ቤት ፍርድን መን ሙኻኑ ምስ ተነግረ፡ ብዝሰፍሐ ክጽሓፈሉ ከምዚኾነ ዘማትእ ኣይመስለንን። ገበነኛን ምኽንያቱን ከይተፈልጠ ግን፡ ብይኸውንን ህውተታን ምዝራብ ቅኑዕ ስለዘይኸውን፡ ንግዜ ምግዳፉ ይሓይሽ።
ኣቶ ሮቤል ተስፋይ፡ ኣዳላዊ ተለቭዝን ድምጺ ኤርትራውያን ስቶክሆልም’ዩ። ኣብቲ ምስ ራድዩ ናዛ ብሓንሳብ ምስ ጋዜጠኛ ዮውሃንስ፡ ንገለ ኮሚኒቲ ኤርትራውያን ስቶክሆልም ወኪሉ፡ ዝሃቦ ቃለ-ምልልስ፡ ካብ ሓደ ጋዜጠኛ ዘይትጽበዮ ዘረባ ተዛሪቡ። “ጋዜጠኛ ድዩ ኣይኮነን?” ዝብል ሞገተ ንድሕሪት ገዲፍና፡ እቲ ዝተዛረቦ ዘረባ ልቢ ዘየብቆለ ህጻን’ውን ዝዛረቦ ከምዘይነበረ ከውክእ እደሊ።
ያኢ ኣምሒሩለይ ኢሉ፡ ካብ ካድራት ህግድፍ ብዝተለቅሖ ዘረባ፡ ንኤርትራውያን ብዝምልከት፡ ተቃወምትን ደገፍትን ዝብሃል ዘረባ የለን ኢሉና። ብኣዘራርባ ኣቶ ሮቤል፡ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ክልተ’ዮም ዝኽፈሉ፤ ንሳቶም ከኣ ሃገራውያንን ዘይሃገራውያንን። ተቃወምቲ ኣይሃገራውያንን እዩ እቲ ኣባህላ ሮቤል። በንጻሩ፡ ኣቦይ ዓንዱ ባዕሎም ይናኣዱ ከምዝብሉኹም፡ እኒ ንሱን መሰልቱን ድማኒ ሃገራዊያን።
ሃገራውያን ይብሉኹም ከምዞም ከማታትና’ዩም ኢሉና ከይሓፈረ። ወረ ዳሕራዩ ይገድድ፡ ሓደ ሓው ምስሓተቶ፡ ነተን 40 ዘይመልኣ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ቤት ምህርቲ ኻድር ህግደፍ ዝነበረለን መዓልታት፡ ክእሕበነለን ሰሚዕና። ኣየ በዓል ሮቤል! ወግዕኹም ብኾራርምትኻ’ዩ ዘስሕቅ። ከምቲ ኣብዚ ዝሓለፈ 4 ክሳብ 5 ዓመታት፡ ዕረ እንዳጠዓሞ፡ ንሃገሩ ኹቦ ደርብዩላ ንስደት ዝወሓዘ መንእሰይ፡ ን10ተታት ኣመታት፡ ኣብቲ ሃገራዊ ኣገለግሎት ዝሳጉኡ፡ ሃገራዊ ባርነት፡ ከርቲትካ እንተትነብር ደኣ፡ ሓውና ሮቤል፡ ክንደይ ምተነየትካልና ክንደይ ኮን ምሃደድካና። ኣቦይ ዝጊ ነዓና ክብል ኣየውረዶን እምበሪ፡ ኣብ ልዕሌና ምሸነ ዶ ሓቀይ?።
ኣቦታትና ከምዚ እንከጋጥሞም፡ “ጠሪጡ እንተ ዝሓንክ ዶ ጸሊእኹም” ይብሉ። ንሙዃኑ ሃገራውነት ትርጉሙ እንታይ ሙዃኑ ትፈልጦ ዶ፡ ጋዜጠኛ ሮቤል? ኣብ ፌስቲቫላት፡ ለይታዊ ትልሂታትን ኣኼባታትን ምውድኽዳኽ ድዩ ሃገራውነት? ካድረታት ህግደፍ ክመጽኡ እንከለው፡ ከም በቅሊ ተወጢሖም ናብ ባህትኦም ስለዝጠምዘዙኹም፤ ዝበሉኹም ከም ጠባብቅ ርእስኹም እናነቅነቅኩም ስለዝሰማዕኩምን፤ ከም ሕንጻይ ሓንቲ ብዘይምጉዳል ስለዝደገምኩምን ዲኹም ሃገራውያን ኮንኩም? እቲ ሃገራውነት ዝብል ቃል ካብ ሃገር ዝብል ቃል ከምዝመጸን፡ በቲ ዝወሓደ መዓቀኒኡ፡ ንዝመጹን ዝኸዱን ስርዓታት ዘይኮነስ፡ ንሃገርካ ምግልጋልን ብሃገርካ ምሕማምን ምኻኑ ይርደኣኩም ዶ? ኣረ ሃገር ማለት፡ እዚ ዘሎ ስርኣት ዘይኮነስ፡ እቲ ነባሪ ህዝቢ ምኻኑ ይስቆረኩም ዶ? ወረ መን’ዩ ንህዝቢ፡ እዚ ሃገራዊ እዚ ዘይሃገራዊ፡ ኢልኩም ክትውዝዑ ሓላፍነት ዝሃበኩም? ኣረ ነዛ ኤርትራናስ እንታይ ኢኹም ጌርኩምላ? በኣል “ሃገራውያን”፡ እስከ ተሓተቱ። ሕጂ ክትዋራዘዩስ፡ ኣብቲ ሃገር ምድሓን፡ መንእሰይ ምስ ጸላኢ፡ ድንሽ ችፕስ ዘይኮነስ፡ ጓህሪ፡ ዓረርን ቦንባታትን ኩኮላለስ እንከሎ ኣበይ ኢኩም ኔርኩም ብዓል ሮቤል? ። ብዓል ‘ሃገራውያን’፡ ኣብቲ እዋን ሓጋይ፡ ሰብ ንባሕሪ ወሪዱ ክደራገም፡ ኤርትራ ክትጣራዕ፡ ኣበይ ኮን ኢኹም ኔርኹም? ሓጋይቶ ዶ ነበርኩም ሓቀይ?
መንእሰይ ክኮራሸም፡ ምስ ወታሃደራት ጸላኢ ብዃሌታ ክታሓናነቅ፡ ብሳንጃ ክበዛበዝ፡ ምናልባት፡ ማናልባትዶ ኣብ ጎደናታት ስቶክሆልም ማክዶናልድ እናበላእኩም፡ ካፈ እንዳሰተኹም፡ «We want peace! Stop Ethiopian aggression! Stop War!» ኢልኩም: ብቋንቋ ሽወደን ኢንኮላይ ጨዲርኩም ትኾኑ?
ከምኡስ ጌርኩም ትኾኑ ኢኹም። ሓቂ ይሓይሽ፡ ክሳብ ጎረረኹም ዝጭደድ፡ ቀዝሒ ሽወደን ድምብርጽ ከይበለኩም፡ ኣስሚዕኩም ኢኩም። ስለዚኾነ ድማኒ ዝለዓለ ሽልማት መዳልያ ጅግንነት ይግባኣኩም’ዩ። ንስለ ሓቂ ዝኣክል’ዩ። ግዜ እንተፈቂዱ ድማኒ፡ ከም ወዮ መንግስትኹም ዝብሎ፡ ናይ ወያነ ተጻብኦታት ደው ኣብ ዝበለሉ፡ ዶብ ምስተሓንጸጸን ቅዋም ምስተተግበረን፡ መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ከም ሓደ መደብ ሒዝዎ’ሎ ይበሃል፤ እዚ ሽልማት መዳልያታት። ካብቶም ኣብ ቅድሚት ሑጽያት ኮይኖም ተሓርዮም ዘለው ድማኒ ‘ሃገራዊ’ ሮቤል ሙኻንካስ ዑፍ መስቀል ነጊራ ኢሎማ። ሽኩሹካ ወይ ጭርጭር ዓበደ ይብሉኹም ከምዚ’ዩ።
ብዝኾነ፡ ሓው ሮቤል ቁሩብሲ ሕንከት ደኣ ተማሃር። እቲ ምድጋፍ ከምድላይኩም፡ እንተ’ቲ ዘረባ በሃማትስ ኣየድልየኩምን። ሃላይሲ ትም ኢሎም እንተሰምዕዎ ጽቡቅ ዘሎ ይመስሎ’ዩ እቲ ነገር። እዞም ሕጂ እንሓንሳብ ዘየሃገራዊያንን ኸደምቲን፡ ካልእ እዋን ሃደምቲን ኸዳዓትን፡ በልዎም ተባሂልኩም፡ ንስኻን ጁጅ ማጁጅካን ትዝልፍዎም ዘለኹም መናእሰያት፡ ትማል ንኤርትራ ካብ ወራራት ጸላኢ ዘናገፍዋን፡ ደው ኢሎም ኣለናልኪ ዝበልዋ ንሳቶም’ዮም። ኣለናልኪ፡ ምሽ ኣብ ወረቀት፡ ኢንተርነትን ካናተራታቶምን? ኣለናልኪ ኣብ ግብሪ ብኣካል፤ ኣብ ሜዳን ሽንጭሮን፤ ኣብቲ እምባታታን ዶባታን፤ ብደሞምን በዕጽምቶምን። ከምዚ ጌርና ኢሎም ኣፎም መሊኦም ዘይተዛረቡን ዘይተነየቱን፡ ከምዘይከማኻ ልቢ ስለዘዕበዩ ጥራይ’ዮም። እቲ ምንታይሲ ጽምኢ ኽረምትን ጥምየት ቀውዕን ረረኻቢኡ ከምዚፈልጦ ኣንዳዕዲዖም ሰለዘፈልጡ ጥራይ’ዩ።
ንስኻ፡ ርእስካን ከብድካን፡ ብችክንን ድንሽን ሽወደን፡ ወላእላእ ክሳብ ዝብል ኽትህንጉልም እንከለኻ፡ እዞም ‘ዘይሃገራውያን’ ዝጠቀንካዮም መናእስያት፡ ክልተ ባኒ ወዲ ዓከር ምስ ማይ ሩካን ዝመስል ጸብሒ ዓደስ እናበልዑ’ዮም፡ ማዓልታት ኣረ እንሓንሳብሲ ሳምንታት ከይደቀሱ ምስ ጸላኢ ዝተረባረቡ ንድሕነት ኤርትራ፤ ብዘይምግናን ካብዞም ሕጂ ከይሓነኽኻ ትጸርፎምን ኣነዋሪ ዘረባታትካ ትስንድወሎም ዘለኻን፡ 99% ኣብዚ ዳሕረዋይ ኩናት ምስ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ምእንቲ ድሕነት ሃገር ሓመድ ድፋጭኦም ዝሰተዩ’ዮም። ቁሩብሲ ልቢ ደኣ ኣቡቁል፡ ኣስተውዕል ሓው ሮቤል።
እዞም ኣብ እስራኤል፡ ኣብ ከተማታት ኤውሮጳ፡ ኣመሪካ፡ ኣውስትራልያ፡ ኣፍሪቃን ማእከላይ ምብራቅን ነዚ ስርኣት ዝቃወሙ ዘለው መናእሰያት ብዙሕ ርእዮም’ዮም። ሂወት ብዙሕ ምሂርዎም’ዩ። ከሙኡ ደኣ ሚዛንኩም መዓቀኒኣ በበይኑን ሓባልን እያ እምበሪ፡ ከምቲ መሰል ናትካ፡ ብዝውሓደ ብዝውሓደ ነዚ ንስኻ ከም ሰብ ረኪብካዮ ዘለኻ ዕድላት ክረኽቡን ዝመሰሎም ፖለቲካዊን ካልእን ኣረኣእያ ክህልዎም መሰሎም ሙኻኑ ክርደኣካ ነይርዎ፡፡ ጉቡኦም ገይሮም ከብቅዑ፡ መሰላቶም ኣብ ሃገሮም ክረኽብዎስ ይትረፍ ጥቃ ምርካብ ውን ዘይሓልፍ ስለዝኾኖም’ዮም ሃገር ንድሕሪት ገዲፎም ንዓኻ ክመስሉ ንኤውሮጳን ካልእን ተሰዲዶም። ገሊኦምሲ ወረ ኣቦታቶምን ኣደታቶምን ነዛ ሃገር ንምምጻእ ዝከርተቱ፡ ዝሰንከሉን ዝተሰውኡን’ዮም። እቲ ሃገራውነትሲ ኣብ ደሞም’ዩ ዝዘውር። የዕጽምቶም፡ ኣንጉዖም፡ ቆርበቶም፡ ኮታ ኩልንትንኦም ሃገራውያን’ዮም። እቲ ንቡር ስለዝራሓቆም ጥራይ’ዩ ናብዚ ዘለኻዮ ሃገር ኣምሪሖም። እምበኣርከስ፡ ሃደምቲ እንተኾይኖም ንስኻውን ምሳሊኣዊ ሃዳሚ፡ ደቂ ከዳኣት እንተኮይኖም ንስኻውን ወዲ ከዳእ ምኻንካ ብደንቢ ከተስተዕውልን ክስቆረካን ምተገብኣ።
ወዮ ድኣ ሰብ ረሳዓይ እዩ እምበሪ፡ ነታ 40 መዓልታት ዘይትመልእ ትምህርቲ ካድር ክትወስድ ኣብ ኤርትራ ከመይ ከምዝተጣላቀኻ ተረሲዑ ድዩ? እዚ ኸማን፡ ምሽ ከምቲ ሽግር እዞም ‘ዘይሃገራውያን’ ዘሕለፍዎ፡ በቲ ናይ ኤርትራ መዓቀኒ፡ መግቢ ሆተል እንዳበላዕኻ፡ ወርሒ ዘይትመልእ ከመይ ዲኻ ተጣሪዕኻን ተጠላቅኻን ኔርካ? ዶስ ሓባል በልያ እዩ…እቲ ነገር። ወይ’ውን ሰብ የሎን ዝፍለጥ ኢልካ ኢኻ።
ሓደ ግዜ እቶም ካብ ሚኒስትርታት ዘመጽኡ ተኣኪቦም ንመንግስቲ ክሓምዩ ምስ ጸንሑኻ፡ “እዞም ካድረታት ተባሂልኩም ዝመጻእኩም ከምዚ ትብሉ እንተድኣለኹም፡ ህዝቢ ደኣ እንታይ ይብል ኣሎ ማለት እዩ ክትብል ረሲዕካዮ ዲኻ፡” ዶስ ንሱውን ንይምሰል ዝበልካዮ ዘረባዩ?
ስርኣት ህግደፍ ልጋም ኣጉርሱ ድልየቱ ክዝውረኩምን፡ ከም መቃልሕ ዝበሎ ክትደግሙ ክግብረኩምን ንኣካን መስለትኻን ከተፍቅዱ ሰብኣውነትኩም ምሻጥ ጥራይ እዩ። ምናልባት ገለ ቁሩብ ጣፍያ ይድርብየልኩም ይኸውን፡ የግዳስ እንገራ ጀላእ ኣይበላእዩ’ሞ እዚ ኤህ! ህዝብናስ ክይሓንቀኩም ደኣ ተጠነቀቁ።
ሕዝብኹምን ሃገርክሙን ድኣ ፍተው ኣቶ ሮቤል። ስርዓታትን መራሕትንስ ምስ ግዜ ከየድትን መጻእትንዮም። ንሕዝብኹም ደኣ ኣገልግሉ። እቲ ትማል፡ መኣዓጋጉርትኹም እናተደራረዝኩም፡ መባሃልቲ ‘ኣንታ እዚ ናትካ ክንደይ ይለምጽ፡ ናትካባ’ ዝነበረ ዓርክኻ ኣሊ ዓብዱ ኸማን፡ እንተስ ባንደርኡ ወዲቃ ፈሊጡ፡ እንተስ ፍራንካ መንሺቱ፡ እንተስ ኣብ ኣጋ ዕራርቦ ተረዲእዎ፡ ነዚ ስርዓት ራሕሪሑዎ እናሃልካ ተሸሪቡ። ትማል ትማል ከም ወዩ ትዝክሮ፡ክመዚ ንስካ ትብሎ ዘሎኻ ሕጂ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ “ዝጎደለ ዘየልቦ፡ ወላ ጸባ ደርሆ” ይብል ከምዘይነበረ፡ ሕጂ ኣብቲ ተሓቢኡዎ ዘሎ ውሻጠ ኮይኑ ‘ወላ ዝፈልጦ ኣይነበረንን’ ኢሉ፡ ከምዛ ጻድቅ ወኻይራ ኮይኑልና። ንስኻ ከኣ ሓው ሮቤል፡ ከም ወያ ኣቦው ዝብልዎስ፡ ‘ስጋ ኣድግስ፡ ኣብ ማእሲ እንተበልዎስ፡ ኣብ ምድሪ ይሕሸኒ ይብል፡’ ዝብልዎስ፡ ስጋ ኣድጊ ኣይትኹን። ኣብ ማእሲ ምስ ህዝቢኻ ይሕሸካ።
ሓንቲ ነገር ግዳ ቅንዕቲ ተዛሪብካ ኣብ ወዮ ቃለ-ምልልስካ። ክዕረ ንደልዮ ነገር እኮ ክህሉ ይኽእል’ዩ በልካ። ናይ ልብካ ይግበሮዩ። ክዕረ ዝግብኦ ደኣ ብኸፈር። የግዳስ ክሳብ ክንድዚ ዲኹም የዋሃት፡ ወይስ ኣብ ቤት ትምህርቲ ካድር ዝቀሰምኩሞ፡ ንስለ ፖለቲካዊ ሃልኪ፡ እትጥቀሙሉ ታክቲክ’ዩ። ጂ-15፡ ጂ-13፡ ነናይ እዋኑ ተቃውሞ ተጋደልትን ስንኩላንን፡ ክዕረይ ዝደለይዎ ነገራት ሰልዝጠለቡ እንዳ ጦርቶሶም ከምዝኣተው ገና ኣይተረድኣኩምን ኣሎ?
ከም ሓሳባት ግን፡ እዚ ምዕራይ ትብሎ ዘሎኻ፡ ካብቲ ትሰርሓሉ መደበር ተለቭዥን እንተጀመርካ ድንቂ ምኾነ። ኣብ ክንዲ ዘዝመጸ ወዳሳይ ወይ ደራፋይን፡ ዘዝመጸ ካድር ስርኣት ህግደፍን ጥራይ ቃለ-መጠይቅ ትገብርሲ፡ ብዛዓባ ዞም መዓልታዊ ሀገሮም ራሕሪሖም ፋሕ ዝብሉ ዘለው መናእሰያት መደብ እንተትሰርዕ ኣይምሐሸን’ዶ፡፡ እስከ ንፈውሲ ማሕላ በዛዕባ እዘን ኣምዑት ዘይቆጸራ፡ ጨለግዕ ናኣሽቱ ኣሓትካን ሕጻውንትን፡ ብዛዕባ እተን ቀጢን ኣውያትን ዝሰምዖ ስኢኑ ተዓፊንነ ኣብ ሲናይ ብጉሓላሉ ራሻይዳን በድወይኒ የዕራብን መጻወቲ ኮይነነ ዘለዋ፡ ብዛዕባ እቶም ናውቲ ከብዶም ተጎልጊሉ ሬስኦም ከም ሬሳታት ኣኻልብ ተጓሒፉ ዘሎ ኣሕዋትካ ተዛረብ፡፡ እስከ ንሓንቲ መዓልቲውን ትኹን፡ ብዛዕባ እቲ ሽግርን፡ ጠንቁን ሳእቤኑን መፍትሒኡን ተላዘበሉ። ጋዘጠኛ’የ በሃላይ ኢኻሞ እስከ ንሓንቲ እዋን ስራሕ ናይ ሓቀኛ ጋዜጠኛ ስራሕ። እቲ ዝናኣሰ ንኤርትራን ህዝባን ክትገብረላ እትክእል እምባኣር እዚ’ዩ። ሽግር የሕዋቱ ዘሕምሞ፡ ናይ በሓቂ ሃገራዊ ኸኣ ከሰይመካ’ዩ።
ሃገራውነትካ ዝምስከረሉ፡ ነዚ ዘሎ ስርዓት ስለ ዝተቃወምካን ወይ’ውን በንጻሩ ስለ ዝደገፍካን ዘይኮነስ፡ ሃገርን ህዝብን ወሪድዎ ዘሎ ሽግር ብቅንዕናን ብዘይሻራን ኣጽኒዕካ፡ ንሃገርን ህዝብን ዘርብሕ ነገር ምስ እትዛረብን ምስ እትገብርን’ዩ። ከም ኣብ ሰላምን ሓርነትን ዘለዎ ሃገር ተቀማጢ መጠንን፡ ከም ጋዜጠኛን ሃገራዊ ሓላፍነትካ’ዩ። ምናልባት ሽዑ ነዞም ኣብ ዝሑሉን ኣብ ውዑዩን፡ ብጻዕዳን ጸሊምን የእዳዎም ነዛ ሃገር ዘገልገልዋን፡ ደሞምን ረሃጾምን ዘንቱዑላን፡ እንግድዕኦም ዝተሰብሩላን መናእሰያት፡ ዘይሃገራውያንን ሃገራውያንን ኢልካ ክትውዝዕ የምሕረልካ ይከውን። ምናልባት።
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ስብሓት ዘይቀሰነ
Every year thousands of young men and women make the treacherous journey from Eritrea to Egypt via Sudan in search of a better life. Along the route many fall victim to unscrupulous people traffickers who kidnap them and demand ransom money from their families. Some are able to pay and their loved ones are released. Others are not so lucky. Mike Thomson talks to the people caught up in this brutal trade and travels to Sinai to meet those who are trying to help them.
Click here to Listen: Escape from Sinai
Dedicated teachers are essential to a good quality education, especially for students with disabilities. I strive to kindle the passion of those who have chosen this sometimes stressful yet incredibly valuable career, and inspire students to learn the secret to success that is self-advocacy.
In November I gave a keynote at the North Carolina Conference for Exceptional Children. There, I met a young DeafBlind girl and her mother. Over a year ago the two of them watched one of my speeches on YouTube. After listening to the speech, the girl told her mother, “Play it again! She’s the only one who understands me.” Hearing this story at the conference, I found that I did in fact understand. I, too, longed for a strong DeafBlind role model at age eleven. Helen Keller, while inspirational, offers very little guidance for a DeafBlind woman in the 21st Century. The sad fact is that students with low incidence disabilities and their teachers struggle to find strategies that enable them to overcome challenges in classrooms and social settings. When unable to find solutions in their local communities, teachers and families tap into national networks like the Office of Special Education Programs, the Helen Keller National Center, Perkins, and the National Federation of the Blind. Through speeches and workshops around the country, I use my own story of growing up with exceptional teachers to stress the importance of using technology and creative problem solving skills to develop solutions for students.
The most important lesson I received from my special education teachers was self-advocacy. It was through persistent self-advocacy that I convinced my father to let me spend three weeks of my sophomore year of high school building a school in Mali through BuildOn. My father had perfectly valid worries: how would a DeafBlind girl survive in an African village, let alone build a school? Through my determination and the optimism of BuildOn’s leaders, I succeeded in both earning my father’s blessing and making a place for myself among the brick-making, shoveling, and culture sharing.
When teachers develop self-advocacy skills in students, those students grow up to become advocates for others. As part of DeafBlind Young Adults in Action, I spent a week teaching advocacy skills to DeafBlind young adults from around the country. We have been working together to establish a new organization, DeafBlind Citizens in Action, that would bring a stronger voice to the national scene. I recently joined hundreds of blind Americans in educating legislators about issues facing the blind, such as the TEACH Act, during the National Federation of the Blind’s Washington Seminar. Last but not least, in Massachusetts I serve on the Board of Directors for Deaf, Inc., a non-profit organization empowering the Deaf and DeafBlind to lead independent live.
As a Skadden Fellow at Disability Rights Advocates, I will use the skills I have been developing at Harvard Law School to expand educational opportunities for students with disabilities. Many colleges and universities have historically failed to ensure that students with print disabilities have equal access to instructional materials. This problem is being compounded as schools transition from inaccessible print to inaccessible digital materials. At this critical moment schools have the unprecedented opportunity to use technologies with accessibility features, such as Apple’s iPads, that have the capacity to allow students with disabilities to use the same materials at the same time as non-disabled students. When investing in new technologies, schools should first research which technologies would benefit all rather than just some of their students. Schools that use inaccessible instructional materials violate the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Alongside other advocates, I will work to remove digital barriers that deny equal educational opportunities to students with disabilities.
Haben Girma is a student at Harvard Law School
Source: White House Blog
ሎሚው`ን እናሃለት ሸሞንተ መጋቢት «ዓለምለኻዊት ማዓልቲ ደቀንስትዮ» ከም ወትሩ ከተፍ ኢላ። ጽቡቕን ዕዉትን ማዓልቲ ድማ ይግበረልና። ከምቲ ልሙድ ማዓልቲ ደቀንስትዮ ክብርቲ ከም ምዃና መጠን ድማ እነሆ፡ ነዛ ማዓልቲ’ዚኣ ንምብዓላ ተባሂሉ ኣብ መላእ ዓለም ዓበይትን ንኣሽቱን ምድላዋት ይግበር ኣሎ።
ንሕና ኤርትራውያን እንተኾነ’ውን፡ ኣብ ክልተ ዝተፈላለየ ደንበታት ኰንና በበይንና ከነብዕላ ንሻባሸብ ኣሎና። ካብ ወረደና ድኣ ንኽኣሎ’ምበር እንታይ ’ይባሃል ኮይኑ። ነዛ ክብርቲ ዕለት’ዚኣ ከም ደቂ ሓንቲ ሃገር መጠን፡ ኩላትና ብሓባር ኰንና ከነብዕላ ዝካኣል ኔሩ እንተ ዝኸውንሲ ክንደይኮን ደስ ምበለና። ዝክኣል ግን ኣይኮነን።
«ኣቦይን ኣደይን በበይኑ ጸሎቶም» ከም ዝበሃል በዚ ሓደ ሸነኽ ንሓቀኛ መሰልን ማዕርነት ደቀንስትዮ ንምውሓስን፡ ሃገር ከይትጠፍእ ድማ ንምድሓን ብዝቃለሱ ሃገራውያን ክትብዕል ከላ፡ በቲ ሓደ ሸነኽ ድማ ነቲ ሃገር ዘጥፍእ ዘሎን ብባህርያቱ ጸረ ደቀንስትዮ ዝኾነን ስርዓት ብዝድግፉ ህልኸኛታት’ያ ትበዓል ዘላ።
ከም ትፈልጥዎ፡ ኣብዛ ንነብረላ ዘለና ዓለም፡ ካብ ጥንትን-ጥቅምትን ኣትሒዙ፡ ኣብ ዝኾነ ሕብረተሰብ እታ ናይ ብሓቂ ውጽዕቲ ጓል ኣንስተይቲ ምዃና ዘካትዕ ኣይኮነን። ስለ ዝኾነ ድማ ደቀንስትዮ ንመሰለን ኩሉ ግዜ ካብ ቃልሲ ቦዂረን ኣይፈልጣን’የን። ስለዚ ድማ’ዩ እቲ ደቀንስትዮ ዘካይድኦ ዝነበራ ዘይሕለል ቃልሲ ፈኸም እንዳበለ ክኸይድ ድሕሪ ምጽንሑ፡ ኣብ መጀመርያ ናይቲ ዝሓለፈ ክፍለ-ዘመን፡ ማዓልቲ ደቀንስትዮ ንኽህሉ ከም ሓሳብ ክቃላቐል ዝጀመረ።
ከም ውጽኢት ናይ’ዚ ሓሳብ’ዚ ድማ ንመጀመርያ ግዜ ብ1908 ዓ.ም «ሶሻሊስት ፓርቲ» ናይ «ኣሜሪካ» 28. ለካቲት፡ ከም ሃገራዊት ማዓልቲ ደቀንስትዮ ንኽትከውን ወሰነ። ብመሰረት’ቲ ውሳኔ’ቲ ድማ ማዓልቲ ደቀንስትዮ ኣብ «ኣሜሪካ» ንመጀመርያ ግዜ ብ28 ለካቲት 1909 ዓ.ም ከቢራ ዋዓለት። ብድሕር’ዚ ኣብ «ኮፐንሃገን ዴንማርክ» ንመጀመርያ ግዜ ኣብ ዝተኻየደ «ዓለምለኻዊ መጋባእያ» ደቀንስትዮ «ክላራ ዜትኪን» ዝተባህለት «ጀርመናዊት» ዘቕረበቶ ሓሳብ ደገፍ ድሕሪ ምርካቡ፡ 8 መጋቢት ከም ዓለምለኻዊት ማዓልቲ «ቃልሲ ደቀንስትዮ» ንኽትከውን እቲ ጉባኤ ወሰነ። ብድሕሪ ኣገዳሲ ጉባኤ «ኮፐንሃገን» ከኣ ቃልሲ ደቀንስትዮ ከልካሊ ከምዘይብሉ «ውሕጅ» ኣብ ሙሉእ ዓለም ጃሕ-ጃሕ ኢሉ ውሓዘ።
ዝተቓልሰ ክዕወት ናይ ግድን ስለ ዝኾነ ድማ፡ ደቀንስዮ ብዝገበርኦ ቃልስን ዝኸፈልኦ መስዋእትን፡ ብዙሕ ዓወታት’የን ኣመዝጊበን። እቲ ቃልሲ ግን በዚ ተወዲኡ ማለት ኣይኮነን፡፡ ኣብ ሳልሳይ ዓለም፡ ብፍላይ ድማ ኣብ «ኣፍሪቃ» ’ቲ ተሪፉ ዘሎ መንገዲ ኣዝዩ ነዊሕ`ዩ።
ቃልሲ ናይ ደቀንስትዮ ኣብ’ቲ ምዕቡል ሃገራት ብዙሕ ዓወታት ኣመዝገቡ’ዩ። ኣብ ገለ-ገለ ሃገራት’ሞ ኽኣ ደቀንስትዮ ካብ ወዲ ተባዕታይ ንላዕሊ ሓለፋታት ኣለወን፡፡ መሰል ደቂ ተባዕትዮ እጋሃስ ኣሎ፡ ዝብል ክትዓት ይቃላቐል`ዩ።
ሓደ ኣብነት ክጠቕሰልኩም፡ ሓደ ግዜ ኣብ «ኖርወይ» «ካሪታ ቤከመለም» ዝተባህለት «ፌሚኒስት» ዝመለለዪኣ ሓንቲ ፍልጥቲ ብመሰል ደቀንስትዮ ኣዝያ ግድስትን ተቓላሲት ኣላ። «ካሪታ» ሚኒስተር ናይ «ትሕቲ ዕድመን ማዕርነትን» ኮይና ኣብ ዝተፈላለየ እዋን ዘገልገለት ናይ ሰልፊ ሰራሕተኛታት ኣባል’ያ፡፡ ኣብ’ቲ እዋን’ቲ «ካሪታ» ደቀንስትዮ ክንብል፡ ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ይርስዑ ኣለዉ። ማዕርነት ክንብል ከለና፡ ንኽልቲኡ ጾታ ማለትና ክኸውን ኣለዎ በለት። ካብዚ ሓሳብ’ዚ ተበጊሳ ድማ ሓደ ናይ ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ጉዳይ ዝከታተል «ሜን ፓኔል *ማኣዲ ተባዕትዮ*» ተባሂሉ ዝጽዋዕ ሽማግለ ኣቚማ ነበረት።
ቃልሲ ደቀንስትዮ ብሓፈሻ ክሳብ’ዚ ደረጃ’ዚ ምብጽሑ ዘሐጉስ እኳ እንተኾነ፡ ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን፡ ድሕር’ቲ ኹሉ ዝኸፈልኦ መስዋእትን ስንክልናን ፍረ ናይ’ቲ ተባዕን ልሉይን ቃልሰን ዘይምርካበን ግን ንኹሉ ኣእምሮ ዘለዎ ፍጡር ኣዝዩ ዘሕዝንን ዘብክንዩ።
ኩቡራት ኣንበብቲ፡ ኣነ ነዚ ኣብ ላዕሊ በታ ዘላትኒ ንዕሽቶይ ዓቕሚ ኣቕሪበዮ ዘለኹ ንቓልሲ ደቀንስዮ ዝምልከት ታሪኽ፡ ካብ ሰበይ ንላዕሊ ስለ ዝፈለጥኩ ኣይኮነን። እኳ ድኣ ክንደይ ሊቃውንቲ ደቀንስትዮ ኮነ ደቂ ተባዕትዮ ኤርትራውያን፡ ነዚ ዝተሓላለኸ ታሪኽ ቃልሲ ደቀንስትዮ፡ ብሰፊሑ ተንቲኖም ከረድኡና ዝኽእሉ ብዙሓት ኣለዉ። ኣነ ነዚ ዘጥቅሰኒ ዘሎ ምኽንያት ግን፡ ንጽሑፈይ ድሕረ ባይታ ክኾነንን፡ ነተን ህ.ግ.ዲ.ፍ ማዓልቲ ደቀንስትዮ ትርጉሙ ሳዕሳዒትን ጸወታን ድኣ’ምበር፡ ካልእ ቁምነገር ከምዘይብሉ ኣምሲሉ ከረድአንን ከታልለንን ዝፍትን ዘሎ፡ ንኡሳት ደቀንስትዮ ኣሕዋትና ገለ ቁሩብ ሂንታ ክኾኾነን’ሞ፡ ነቲ ዓበይቲ ኣሕዋተን ዝኸፈልኦ መስዋእትን፡ ገና ዘካይድኦ ዘለዋ ዘይሕለል ቃልስን፡ ባዕላተን መርሚረን ኣብ ቅኑዕ ቃልሲ ንኽሳተፋ፡ ክሕግዘን ይኽእል’ዩ ካብ ዝብል ሓሳብ ተበጊሰ’የ።
ብዝኾነ ኣብቲ ንዓና ዝምልከት ጉዳይ ክመልሰኩም፡ ቁሩብ ልዕል ኢለ ቃልሲ ደቀንስትዮ ኣብ ስሉስ ዓለም፡ ብፍላይ ድማ ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ ንኽዕወት ተሪፉዎ ዘሎ መንገዲ ነዊሕ’ዩ ኢለ ኔረ። እቲ ኣዝዩ ዘሕዝን ግን ናይ ደቀ’ንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን’ዩ። ኩላትና ከም’ንፈልጦ፡ ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘበርከትኦ እጃም ኣዝዩ ዓቢ’ዩ። እቲ ብ1991 ዓ.ም ዝመጸ ነጻነት ብዘይ ተሳትፎአን ክዕወት’ዩ ኢልካ’ውን ፈጺሙ ዘይሕሰብ ስነ ሞጎት’ዩ ኔሩ። ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን ንነጻነት ጥራይ ዘይኮነ እንኮላይ ንማዕርነተን’የን፡ ድርብን ተባዕን ቃልሲ ተቓሊሰን`የን ዝተሰዋን፡ ዝሰንከላን ብዘይውላድ ተሪፈን ዝመኸናን።
ከም’ቲ ዝጠቐስኩዎ፡ ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ሰውራ ኤርትራ ንነጻነትን ሓርነትን፡ ከምኡ’ውን ንመሰለን ብትብዓትን ብንቕሓትን ድርብ ቃልሲ’የን ኣካዪደን። እቲ ከም ደቀንስትዮ መጠን ዘለወን ባህርያዊ ጸገማት ከይዓገተን ድማ’የን ብመስዋእቲ፡ ነቲ ቃልሲ ክሳብ ነጻነት ኣብ ሸቶኡ ኣብጺሐንኦ። ስለዚ ድማ እቲ ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን ዘካየድኦ ቃልስን ዝኸፈልኦ መስዋእትን፡ ካብቲ ’ተን ቃልሰን ምሉእ-ብሙሉእ ታዓዊቱ መሰለን ረኺበን ዘለዋ፡ ኣብ ምዕቡል ሃገራት ዝነብራ ደቀንስትዮ ንላዕሊ’ዩ።
ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን፡ ኣብ ሜዳ ኤርትራ ብረት ዓጢቐን ጥራይ ዘይኮነ፡ ኣብ ውሽጢ ዓድን ኣብ ስደትን ኮይነን ብዝተፈላለየ መንገዲ ዝገበርኦ ኣስተዋጽኦ፡ ኣብ ቃልሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ወሳኒ ተራ’ዩ ተጻዊቱ። ኣብ ከተማታት ኣብ ውሽጢ ጸላኢ ኮይነን፡ ምስጢር ናይ ሰውራ ዓቂበን ዘሐብን ስራሓት ሰሪሐን፡ ኣብ ማእሰርቲ ዝተሳቐያን ዝተሰውኣን ጀጋኑ ደቀንስትዮ ኣሕዋትና ውሑዳት ኣይኮናን።
ኣብ ገጠራት እንተኾነውን ጸላኢ መጺኡ «ወንበድየዶ» ሪኢኽን ኢሉ ከሳራጥየን ከሎ፡ ብትብዓት ሓንቲ ምስጢር በጨቕ ከየበላ ኣይርኣናን’የን ዝብላ ኔረን፡፡ ኣብ ግዜ ኲናት በቲ ርህሩህ ከብደን ዋይ ’ሕዋተይ ዋይ ደቀይ እንዳበላ፡ ጠያይት ኣብ ዝባነን እንዳዓለበ ንተጋደልቲ ማይን መግብን ከቐብላን፡ ንዝተወግኡን ዝሓመሙን ክኣልያን፡ ዘካየድኦ ቃልሲ ቀሊል ኣይኮነን።
ኣብ ስደት ዝነበራ ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን እንተኾነ’ውን ደኺምና ከይበላ፡ ስሚንቶ እንዳማተን ፋሕፊሐንን ተዋሪደንን፡ ዝሓዝኦን ዘረምሰስኦን ክሳብ ስልማተንን ወርቀንን ከይተረፈ፡ ስልማተይ ሃገረይ። ኣሕዋተይን ደቀይን እንዳተሰውኡ፡ ገንዘብን ወርቅን እንታይ ክኾነኒ። ብዘይ ሃገር ክብረት የለን። እንዳበላ ከም ዓንዲ ሕቖ ሰውራ ኮይነን ዘካየድኦ ቀሊል`ውን ቀሊል ኣይነበረን።
ኣብ ትሕቲ’ዚ ንምልእቲ ሃገር ገቢቱ ዘሳቕያ ዘሎ ስርዓት ግን፡ ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን ፍረ ጻማ ናይ’ቲ ዘካየድኦ ዘይሕለል ቃልሲ ክረኽባስ ይትረፍ፡ ኣብ ኣዝዩ ሕማቕ ዝኾነ ኩነታት’የን ወዲቐን ዘለዋ። እተን ንሙሉእ ሂወተን ኣብ በረኻ ከርተት ዝብላ ዝነበራ ጀጋኑ ተጋደልቲ ከይተረፈ’ውን፡ ኣብ ፈቐዶ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ይሳቐያ’የን ዘለዋ።
እቲ ኣዝዩ ዘሕዝን ግን ናይ’ተን ነዚ ኹሉ፡ ደቀንስትዮ ኣሕዋተን ዝኸፈልኦ መስዋእትን፡ ሕጂ ዘሕልፍኦ ዘለዋ ስቓይን እንዳፈለጣ፡ ህልኽ ሒዙወን ኣንጻር ጥቕመን ን.ህ.ግ.ዲ.ፍ ከዳምቓሉ ዝውዕላ ዘለዋ ደቀንስይዮ ኤርትራውያን’ዩ። በዚ ኣጋጣሚ’ዚ ድማ ኣንትን ኣሕዋተይ እንታ’ዩ ወሪዱክን? ሕድሪ ስዉኣት ኣሕዋትክን’ባ ኣይትጥለማ። ህልኽ’ኮ ኣብዘብጽሓክን የብሉን`ሞ፡ ኣብ ጎኒ’ተን ንመሰል ህዝቢ ኤርትራን፡ ንመሰል ደቀንስትዮን ዝቃለሳ ዘለዋ ጀጋኑ ኣሕዋትክን ምዃን ይሕሸክን ክብለን ይፈቱ።
ሓንቲ ሃገር፡ ኣብ ትሕቲ ከም ህ.ግ.ዲ.ፍ ዝኣመሰ፡ ልቦና ዝጎደሎ ዓመጺ ስርዓት ወዲቓ ክትሳቐ ኸላ፡ እቲ ሽግር ዝያዳ ንደቀንስትዮ’ዩ ዘረኻኽበለን። ንሱ ስለ ዝኾነ ድማ ሎሚ እተን ዝያዳ ተዋሪደንን ከፊኡወንን ዘለዋ ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን’የን። መንእሰያት ደቀንስትዮ ሎሚ፡ ኣብ ክንዲ ዝሕንቅቓን ዝመሃራን፡ ገሊአን ብሰንኪ መስዋእቲ ኣቦታት ደቀን፡ ገሊአን ድማ ብዓመጽ ብዘይድሌተን፡ ንዝወለድኦም ቆልዑ ንበይነን ኮይነን ብዘይ ገለ ሓገዝ ከዕብያ ከርተት ይብላ ኣለዋ። ወለዲ ደቀንስዮ ሎሚ፡ ደቆም ገና ናኣሽቱ ከለዋ እዛ ጓለይ እንተትማሃረለይ እንተትምዕብለለይ ኣብ ክንዲ ዝብሉ፡ ተመርዕያ ሰፈራ እንተትሕዘለይ እንተትኸደለይ፡ ኣብ ምባል በጺሖም ኣለዉ።
ዝኸበርኩም ኤርትራውያን፡ ጓልኩም ወድኹም፡ ዓቢኹም ንእሽቶኹም፡ እዚ ወሪዱና ዘሎ ኩነታት ውዓል-ሕደር ዝባሃሎ ጉዳይ ኣይኮነን። ካብዚ ንላዕሊ እንታይ ክወርደና ኢና ንጽበ ዘለና። ሃገርናን ህዝብናን ከነድሕን ተቓላጢፍና ኢደይ ኢድካ ዘይንብል። እስከ ነዛ ክብርቲ ሸሞንተ መጋቢት «ማዓልቲ ቃልሲ ደቀንስትዮ» ብቕንዕና ንሓድነትና መደልደሊትን፡ ንቓልስና መሕነኒትን፡ ጌርና ተጠቒምና፡ ንሓመድ ድበ ህ.ግ.ዲ.ፍ ነቃላጥፎ። ሓደራ..ሓደራ!! በብዓቕምና አእጃምና ንግበር። ጉዳይ ሃገር ናይ ኩልና ሓላፍነት’ዩ።
ክብሪ ንድርብ ቃልሲ ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን!!
ክብሪ ነታ ፈቃርን ርህርህትን ወላዲት ጀጋኑ፡ ኤርትራዊት ኣደ!!
ዝኽሪ ነታ ኣብነት ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን፡ ፈለማ ሂወታ ዝኸፈለት ጅግና ስውእቲ «ኣለም መስፍን»!!
ዝኽሪ ነተን ድሕሪኣ ዝሳዓባ ጀጋኑ ስዉኣት፡ ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን!! ዝኽሪ ነተን ሳላ መስዋእቲ ኣሕዋተን ኣብ ክንዲ ዝሕንቅቓን መሰለን ዝረኽባን፡ ብሰንኪ ፖለቲካዊ ዕሽነት ህ.ግ.ዲ.ፍ፡ ኣብ ዳግማይ መስዋእቲ ዝተሳጥሓ ንኡሳት ኣሕዋትና ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን!!
ጽንዓት ነተን ሓበን ናይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝኾና፡ ማዓንጥአን ሸጥ ኣቢለን፡ ገና ንፍትሒ ዝቃለሳ ዘለዋ ጀጋኑ ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን!! “ወልድኣብ ፍስሓጼን ኦስሎ ኖርወይ”
“ ንፍቕሪ ኮስኳሲት ”
መጋቢት 08 – 2013
ቅድሚ ኩሉ ንኹልኽን ደቂ እንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን እንቋዕ ነዛ ዕለት መሰልክን ትኽበረላ መዓልቲ ብሰላም ኣብጻሕክን። ከምቲ ኩሉ ልሙድ ዓመታዊ ናይ ደቂ እንስትዮ መዓልቲ ዝኽበር፣ ሎሚም ተዘኪሩ ይበዓል እምበር፤ ኣብ ሃገርና ብሓቂ መሰል ደቂ እንስትዮ ናብ ውልቀ ከደምትን ናይ ዕቡዳት ሓለፍቲ ህግደፍ መዘናግዕቲ ካብ ዝቕየር ነውሕ ኮይኑዎ። እቲ ዝገደደ ዘየድሊ ዓመጽን፣ ናይ መጻኢ ህይወተን ዘበላሽው ተግባራት ስለዝፍጸም ብዙሕ ዘሕዝን’ዩ። መሰለን ንማዕርነትን ምዕባለን ብውሑዳት ተቖጽዩ ኣብ ዘይደለይኦን ዘይሓለምኦን ጥንስን ውላድን ብዓመጽ ይጋሰስወን አለዋ።
እዚኸአ ብዘይ ሐደ ሓላፊነት ንእስነተን ጥራይ ከይኮነስ ሙሉ ህይውተን ንድኽነት ናብራ ብዘይ ናተን ገበን ይፍረዳ አለዋ። በዚ ተግባራት ዘይሓዝንን ዘይትሓዝን ዜጋ እንተሎ ካብቶም ገበን ፈጸሚቲ ዝፍለይሉ መገዲ የሎን። ኣብ ውሽጢ ሃገርናን ኣብ ወጻኢን ዝርከባ ደገፍቲ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ብዛዕባ እዚ ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ገበን ኣብ ሊዕሊ ደቂ ኣንእስትዮ ኣሓትን እታይከ ይብላ ይኾና? እንታይከ ይስምዐን ይኸውን? ኢልካ ምሕሳብ ንቡር ኢዩ። እታ ኣጣቃዒት ግፍዒ ወላ ንሳ ኣይትኹን ተበዳሊት እምበር፣ ሓፍታ፣ ጓል ሓፍታ፣ ጓል ሓትንኣ፣ ጓል ኣሞኣ፣ ጓል ኣኮኣ፣ ጓል ሓውብኣ፣ ጓል ዓርካ ክትኸውን ትኽእል። ብዓቢኡ ግን ኤርትራዊት ሓፍታ፣ ጓል እንስተይቲ ከምኣ ምኻኑ’ዶ ዘንጊዓቶ ትኸውን። መሰል ደቂ እንስትዮ’ኸ ብኸመይ ይርድኣን ተብዕሎን? ብጓይላን መደረን ጥራይ ክኸውን ይኽእል።
እንተኾነ መልኽተይ በዛ ሓጻር ግጥሚ ንምግላጽ ክፍትን። ከምቲ ንነብስኺ ትሓስብያን ትግምትያን ነቲ ግፋዓዊ ተግባር ክትኣምንሉ ከሸግረኪ ይኾውን። ብቦታኺ ነታ ውጽዕቲ ሓፍቲኺ ተኪእኺ፣ ንስኺ ኣብ ቦተአ ከምዘለኺ ማዕረ ማዕረ ሕሰብሉ እሞ፣ ብዛዕባ እታ ትግፋዕ ዘላ ኤርትራዊት ሓፍትኺ፣ ኩሉ ዝወረዳ ግፍዒ ተረዱኢኪ ንነብስኺ ትምነይላ’ዶ? መሰልን ማዕርነት ደቂንስትዮ ክኽበር’ከ እንታይ ጊደን ሕላፊነትን ከምዘለኪ ትርድእዮ’ዶ ይኸውን። ንስኺ’ውን አደ፣ ሓፍቲ፣ ብጻይ ብምኻንኪ ዓይንኽን ኣእምሮኽን ክኽፈት ተስፋ እገብር።
“ ንፍቕሪ ኮስኳሲት ”
ጓል ሃገረይ መዘና ዘብላ
ቅጭን ዲየ ክብል ወለላ
እርግቢት ሰላም መንጣሊት ሽላ
ኩሉ ዘይንሳ እንድአላ።
ቅጭን ብመልክዕ ብቑመና
ወለላ መዓር ምቁር ከናፍራ
እርግቢት ሰላም እድብቲ ጸባያ
መንጣሊት ሽላ ንዘፍቀራ ኣለልያ
ቃላ እንድዩ ዘይዕጸፍ ማዕተባ።
ክትስሕቕ ክትጻወት ትዕገስ
ኩራ ዘይትፈልጦ ለጋስ
ዕድመ ዘይድልዮ ናታ ዳስ
ንኹሉ ትእክብ ብታሕጋስ
ቀያሲት መገዲ ጽቡቕ መንፈስ።
ቅጭን ጓል ሃገረይ ኪኢላ
እርግቢት ሰላም መንጣሊት ሽላ
መጋቢት ፍቕሪ ኣካቢት ስድራ
ጸባይ ድዩ መልክዕ ዝጎድላ
ለዛ አንደበታ መዓር ወለላ።
አደ እንተኾነት ተኹርዕ
ሓፍቲ እንተኾነት ተሕብን
ስድራ ኣካቢት ዘይትብትን
ኮሪዓ ተኹርዕ ብሚዛን
ክብሪ ሃገር ደጀን ሓየት
ውላድ ህዝቢ ሓላይት
ንሰላም ንፍቕሪ ኮስኳሲት።
ጓል ሃገረይ መዘና ዘብላ
ቅጭን ዲየ ክብል ወለላ።
ሰለሞን ብርሃነ ሠንጋል
“ ሕልና – 03/08/2013 ”
By Rally Organizers
The day was Thursday, 7th 2013, the weather of Stockholm was sunny but very cold minus eight degrees centigrade.. Demonstrators started gathering at 12.45 local time. They came from cities of Uppsala, Sheleftea, Malmo, Katrineholm from Sweden and a bus carrying about 30 people came from Denmanrk. They all met in the heart of the city of Stockholm with their slogans , streamers and brochures explaining the Eritrean Refugees suffering in Sinai and giving tribute to the Forto Asmara Martyr Wedi Ali- the symbol/icon of the struggle for democrtic change. The rally was all inclusive in its composition – representing unity in diversity. Rally organizers welcomed the demonstrators defying the cold weather and their steadfastness and determination to demonstrate against the totalitarian regime in Eritrea which is the main root of ll these agonies.
When all the assumed participants arrived in the decided place after 40 minutes it started its march towards the Swedish Parliamnet escorted by police and own guards. Shouitng and reciting slogans and catchwords made the whole city and trafic wait and watch the rally. On their way to the Parliament through the main street all trafic stopped and echoes of the slogans were heared in all the city of Stockholm. The marching rally was as long as one 1km. It was the first time to conduct such marching rally in Stockholm since the foundation of the partnership for democratic change was established in 2009 comprising all political, civic and independents in Stockholm and its suburbs. The marching from the centre of the city to the parliament has taken 30 minutes
Key note speakers at the demonstration were two MP parliamentarians, Meron Estifanos- human right activist and journalist and Br. General Tekeste Haile veteran liberation fighter.
Mr. Arhe Hamednaca from Social Democratic party delvered his speech stressing the illegal activities of the regimes emabassy extorting and collecting taxes from Eritrean diaspora. He further analysed that the his party is working hard to stop this illegal activities and instead support the democratic forces in Eritrea. He urged the demonstrators to come united and and appela the international community together instead coming in groups.
Mr. Kaplan Mehmet from the Green party , in his part, presented the situation in Eritrea as inhumane and brutal. He appreciated Mr. Arhe’s courage to bring the case of Eritrea in the Swedish parlaiment and het old the rally that they will drive the case until they persuade the governmewnt of Sweden to take a clear stand against the regime in Eritrea. Both of them agreed that the silent diplomacy has no effect and cannot function with dictatorship in Eritrea.
Meron Estifanos presented her speech focusing the tragedy of the Eritrean refugees in Sinai/ Egypt. She stressed the brutalities, rape, torture and murder with illustrative pictures. She urged the Swedish government and parliament to act to save these refugees.
Br. General Tekeste Haile presented his speech on the current situation in Eritrea and urged that the opposition forces unite their efforts to get rid of the dictatorship in Eritrea and build a democratic Eritrea representing all the Eritreans.
A wonderful support speech was delivered by a journalist from Syrian. Het old the demonstrators that the Syrian people and their movements for democratic change are on the side of the Eritrean people.
Other speakers were the youth born in Sweden who has explained their anger against the systme in Eritrea that has been the root cause of refugees.
The rally submitted its memorandum both to the government and parliament early in the morning.
The rally was concluded successfully at 16.00 local time.
Media Coverage: The rally was covered by Gash- Barka chief editor, Mr. Nuredin Al, Tv Peoples Voice by Antonio Tesfay and TT news Bureau- and Swedish Daily News/ SVD
Rally Organizers
ተስፋማርያም ወ/ጊዮርጊስ
0/7/03/2013 Norway
ፕሮፓጋንዳ ብዛዕባ ትካላት
ዓዲ ዘየሎ ኣራቢሕካ ብሓሶት
ኣገርህ ኣቢሉ ክእክብ ዶላራት
ይኣክል በልዎ ንማፍያ ስርዓት
ንጻዕዳ ሓሶት ናይ ሸፈጥ ወፍሪ
ቅድም ሕሰበሉ ከይኣትወካ ቁሪ
ሽርክነት ህግደፍ ንምሸቱ በትሪ
ልቐቕ ብኣግኡ ሕማም ከይተጥሪ
እንዳ ሜስ ትካላት ካብ በልዎ
ዕዳጋ ከብቲ ኣድጊ ተወሲኹዎ
ከደናግሩ ነኣስመራ ዘይፈለጥዎ
ነዚዮም ፋብሪካታት ዝጽውዕዎ
ዝጠፈሸ ትካል ዓያሹ ክተኽልዎ
እንዳ መሎቲ ቦኽቢኹ ዝኣረገ
ሎሚ ጽባሕ ዝብል ዘሎ ዝሃጎገ
ይጎሓፍ.ምበር እዝዶ ምተዓደገ
ተሰሪዮም ድኣ ብህግደፍ በዓለገ
ባራት እንዳ ስዋ እንዳ ኣመንዝሮ
ዋናጩ ከም ፍርያት ሃገር ዝቖጽሮ
ምዕባለ ክራር ሳዕሲዒት ብኾቦሮ
ፋብሪካ ብዕልግና ዓለም ዘይገበሮ
ኣሓት ተበላሽየን መሲለን ሓሮሮ
ድኽነት በዲላተን ከላእ ትዋፈሮ
ብዕሱባት ህግደፍ ብወቓዕ ኮቦሮ
ደቅና ተደፊረን ንጸላኢና ይግበሮ
ቱሪስቲ ህግደፍ ዓመታዊ መንሽሮ
መላገጺኹም ኮይኑ ድኻ ዝሸገሮ
ከምጽጉብ ህዝቢ ጌሮም ዘውሪዩ
ሓሰውቲ ገያሾ ተጠውዮም ዘእውዩ
ብሓለንጊ ህግደፍ ዝላደዩ ዝሰልከዩ
ፈራሓት በቲ የጣቕዑ በቲ ይበኽዩ
ክዋጡዩ ክትሰምዖም የሕዝኑኻ
ንሽጉር ህዝቢ ጸጊቦም ዝብሉኻ
ዘይኮነ ዝምሕሉ ብገዛእ ከብድኻ
ናትናዮም ክትብሎም የስጉኡኻ
ሰነፋት ከለዉ ዝብሉ ማዕቢልና
ንድኻ ሃገር ከም ሃብቲ ብልጽግና
ዘይ ራኣይዎ ወርቂ ኣእዛና ጸሚምና
ትቕንጠጥምበር ትሽለምሲ ነይራአና
ብተንተንቲ ህግደፍ ዓይንና ነቝርና
ሙሁራቲና ሊቃውንቲና ካብ በሉና
ዚኣስ ሓቆም ንሲንጋፖር በሊጾማ
ፈጣን ሰረገላ ሰሪሖም ብዘይ ጎማ
ሓዳስ ንDream line ትቕድማ
ዓለም ደንጺዩዋ ብህግደፍ ተገሪማ
ጠፈር በጺሖም ንኣመሪካ በሊጾማ
ህግደፍ ሓሳቦም ተዝሰምረሎም ኔሩ
ዓለም መጥፍኡዋ በይኖም ክዕንድሩ
ዋላ ነቶም ኣለናካ ዝብልዎም ወኻሩ
ቅድመና ሓመድ ኩዒቶም ምቐበሩ
ብዛዕባ ዞም ጎሓፋት ክዓጹ ይኣክል
ናብቶም ሰብ ቅያ ጀጋኑ ክዝምብል
ታኣምር ዝሰርሑ ንህዝቢ ዘገልግል
ብስራት ዓወት ዘይርሳዕ ንመዋእል
21 ጥሪ ናይ ወዲ ዓሊ ጅግንነት
ብስራት ዓወት ዓለም ዘቃልሐት
ከቢድ ቅያ ዘይውዳእ ብጽሕፈት
ንዓና ኣሐጒሳ ንህግደፍ ዘሕዘነት
ታሪኽ ነባሪዩ ትውጋሓልና መሬት
ብማዕዶ ንተጣራጠርቲ ዘበራበረት
ንህግደፍ ዘሰምበደ ታሪኻዊት ዕለት
መንእሰይ ሰጉም ህዝብኻ ከተዐውት
ዕድመ ዝደፋእና ድማ ብሕልና ጸሎት
ኤረና ኩሑሎ ሎም ዘመን ሓዲኡሎ
Two Eritrean activists from the North East of England, Bini Araia and Sirak Hagos met with William Hague, the British Foreign Secretary today to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Sinai desert.
Mr Hagos represents a charitable organisation called Investing in People and Culture (IPC) and Mr Araia represents a local campaigning group established to raise concerns about human trafficking and slavery in Sinai. Mr Araia had previously met the Foreign Secretary on the 13th of July 2013 to discuss the same issue in which the Foreign Secretary promised to raise the concern directly with the Egyptian president. The Foreign Secretary kept his promise and raised the matter with the Egyptian president to resolve the problem and also reiterated that he will continue to press the issue. He said he would maintain regular contact with the Egyptian Government on human rights issues to urge that full respect for human rights, including protection for minorities and accountability of the security forces, be enshrined in the new Egyptian Constitution. He also said that he has been in contact with the UNHCR office in Cairo.
The two activities are determined to continue the campaign and will continue to work with the Foreign ministry to see actual fruits on the ground.
Tesfamihret Habtemariam spent six days living in Cairo airport room after being refused asylum in Uganda
An Eritrean man who sought asylum in Israel but voluntarily left the country after he agreed to be deported to Uganda, is now back in Eritrea where he likely faces severe prosecution and possible death as an army deserter.
Tesfamihret Habtemariam, 28, was denied entry to Uganda last Thursday and put on a flight to Egypt, where he had connected on his way from Israel. He spent six days detained in an enclosed room at Cairo airport, while authorities and human rights groups tried to persuade him to fly back to Israel.
But having spent the last few months in an Israeli prison as an illegal immigrant, with the likelihood of three more years incarcerated on return, Mr Habtemariam decided to fly home. “It is my choice. For me it is better,” he said through tears on the phone, hours before his departure.
Israel has around 60,000 immigrants from Africa, the majority Eritrean, most of who entered the country illegally over the last decade. But its controversial attempts to deport them have sparked controversy, for methods include imprisonment, detention centres and so-called voluntary repatriations, where the choice is to leave the country or remain in prison for three years under legislation called ‘Infiltrators Law.’
Mr Habtemariam spent years living in Israel but was arrested several months ago, put in prison, and “tricked” into signing up for voluntary repatriation to Uganda, says human rights activist and journalist Meron Estefanos.
“The government bought him the ticket to fly to Uganda. But Israel has no deal with Uganda. They’re just dumping people in Uganda and hoping somebody will take him,” she said.
While at Cairo airport Mr Habtemariam was made to sleep on the floor, given a bread and rice once a day and his only source of recreation was a copy of the Oxford English Dictionary. Over the phone he assessed his hopeless situation. “I don’t have a choice. I don’t want to go home to Eritrea…. I don’t want to go to Israel.”
Despite the efforts of the UN in Israel to persuade him otherwise, and despite facing possible death in Eritrea, Mr Habtemariam decided to fly home on Wednesday evening.
“He knows that he will be prosecuted but he says that being prosecuted in Eritrea is better than being imprisoned in Israel,” said Ms Estefanos, who first alerted the Israeli press last weekend.
Mr Habtemariam’s private lawyer, Lior Peretz, confirmed that his client would almost certainly face three years in jail should he return, but said it was a better option that Eritrea where “the chance is they will kill him. That is what happens to men who run away from Eritrea and come back later.”
Eritrea remains one of the most repressive countries in the world and the UN estimates that hundreds of thousands of Eritreans have fled in recent years. On Tuesday, Israel’s attorney general Yehuda Weinstein halted the deportation of Eritrean migrants “to prevent, God forbid, such incidents from occurring again.”
The Independent
Peace is the home of justice that fosters economic growth, political stability, and social harmony. The power of peace creates a fertile ground to instill a practical democracy and genuine human right values for which Eritreans have struggled for decades. The goal has not yet been achieved; the journey for establishing a democratic, unified and peaceful state has not yet completed. Eritreans are moving away from their decent traditional values- the sense of humanity is lost; the motive and courage to build a platform for mutual understanding and peace among Eritreans get vanished.
TEGADALIT AB WUSHATE
by
Fetsum Abraham
The author of ‘From Feminist to Rapist”
I dedicate this input to the eccentric Eritrean Feminist Martha Mebrahtu
Quote of the moment:
If the shelving of the first lady in Eritrea does not wake up women to Afwerki’s degree of Male Chauvinism, nothing will. A woman’s acceptance of second-class citizenship in Eritrea and her support of the president are mutually inclusive. Supporting the president in Eritrea directly implies a female’s admission of being inferior to the male gender.
Narrative
Eritrea has always been a deeply rooted male chauvinistic society. Added the burden of colonialism to this, the Eritrean women were circumstantially conditioned to suffer from two distinct forms of oppression: Domestic Male domination and colonialism triggered national oppression similar to any other Eritreans in general. The Eritrean struggle for independence, therefore offered a unique opportunity for Eritrean women to resolve the two oppressions through equal participation in the liberation army. At the end, they stood and still stand at the top of the list universally for personally participating in the struggle at about 30% of the liberation army composition. They were active internally and externally through out the struggle.
The Eritrean independence was impossible without the gallant participation of our women. So is the success of men in society without gender equality. Men have to support gender equality for their own advantage. The fact remains that our women’s incomparable input in the struggle liberated the country from Ethiopian colonialism together with the rest of the people. Yet; they failed short of achieving gender equality in our society. The dictatorship stood in the way of their freedom. As a result, the condition of women in today’s Eritrea remains to be more terrible than in the past; negatively reflecting the problem in our society in terms of family destruction.
The “dehan kuni wishate” moto of our women reflected by the talented Tegadalit Tanki during the struggle went down the drain by the chauvinist system that decided to confine the first lady in the kitchen (wishate). In so doing, the president dispatched male chauvinism from home grounds for the outlook to practically set the standard as to how women should be treated in our country, which is nothing more than second-class citizenship. He Role-modeled gender oppression by giving Eritrean men the green light to dominate their women at will.
As a consequence, sexual corruption became the government officials’ mode of communication with women. Divorces; intimidation and favoritism induced sexual abuse reigned in the society that was known for its cultural decency in this regard. With mistresses and side-kids everywhere, the wives of the government officials have as well been contained in the kitchen like the first lady of Eritrea.
Ladies and gentlemen! Eritrea after independence has become the entertainment bonanza of internal and external perverts and pedophiles that are reducing our young teenage girls to sexual objects. The Commanders rape them at SAWA and the sex-starved Eritreans travel to the country to sexually abuse them for small changes. Too many of them are left uneducated but rather making babies by unknown fathers and the escapees face human trafficking and asylum affiliated prostitution without any interference from the government.
Apparently, one of the most distinguished Eritrean revolutionaries in the history of the struggle happened to be Feminist Martha Mebrahtu. Martha was an attractive and intelligent medical student at Haile Sellasie I University (now Addis Ababa University) back in the 1970s. As an elected president of the university’s medical students’ association; she was a fierce critic of the King Hailesselassie’s feudal system, a passionate advocate of women’s rights, an active member of the university students movement and a dedicated supporter of the Eritrean struggle for independence. Martha was an internationalist civil rights activist and an icon of East African FEMINISM, a socio-political position strongly influenced by the Leftist air of the moment and activists of the likes of Professor Angela Davis (a notorious Afro American Civil Rights Activist from California). They actually nicknamed Martha after this famous Feminist because she resembled her in intellectualism and looks.
As much as Zerai Deres dignified the Eritrean society by sacrificing his life in front of Hitler and Mussolini in Rome for freedom from European colonialism, the selfless sister Martha Mebrahtu sacrificed herself in dramatic fashion for democracy, justice and gender equality overall and for Eritrean independence from Ethiopia in particular. Martha was killed on air on the 8th December 1972 by the Ethiopian government in the active process of hijacking an Ethiopian airliner with few prominent revolutionary members of the radical Ethiopian Student’s Movement of the time.
Feminist Martha left behind the following message (‘”written on the 7th December 1972”) a day before she participated in that historical plane hijacking experience that consumed her life for good.
“The Martha Manifesto”: (Thursday, 7 December 1972), (roughly translated from Amharic):
“Our struggle demands a bitter sacrifice in order to liberate our oppressed and exploited people from the yokes of feudalism and imperialism. We, women of Ethiopia and Eritrea, are not only exploited as members of the working classes and peasants, we are also victims of gender inequality, treated as second-class citizens. Therefore, our participation in this struggle must double the efforts of other oppressed groups; we must fight harder, we must be at the forefront. We must equally participate in the struggle for economic and social justice that our brothers have waged. We have a responsibility to become a formidable force in the revolutionary army. The rights for freedom and equality are not manna from heaven. We, women, have to be organized and have to make ourselves ready for any armed struggle. We affirm our full support for the oppressed people of the world who are struggling to free themselves from imperialism, colonialism, neocolonialism and racism! We stand by the freedom fighters in Vietnam, Palestine, Guinea-Bissau and in other African and Latin American countries; we also support the civil rights leaders in North America.
Victory to the popular struggle of the people! May the people’s movement for freedom in both Ethiopia and Eritrea live forever! My sisters and my brothers, let’s keep on fighting!”
May God bless her soul in heaven!
Colonialism produced humiliation; Feudalism, oppression
Federation was domination; Sexism, psychic manipulation
I went through all this to wake up for the call
And joined the fight for the freedom of all
30 years after roughing it in the jungle;
For independence to reign, oppression to rumble;
The excessive sacrifice, hardship and strife
Got me dictatorship that controls my life
Freedom of speech caught by the throat, creativity bleeding in the gut
Intelligence rendered irrelevant, slap for assisting jail for thought
Abuse here, abuse there; control, control
Don’t touch anything I got to have it all
When they pushed freedom all the way to the wall
How long can a society sustain this?
When a burden dies out a parasite succeeds!
Kids running away from slavery, mothers left behind in misery
Schools colonized by the Army, young girls selling it for money
Prostitution instead of education, silence for expression
Parent-less children everywhere, in this hopelessness with no destination
Traumatized girls in pregnancy, society feeling their dependency
How terrible life is, under this autocracy!
Oh Liberation! The mother of total destruction
You have left our women in desperation, exposing them for rape and abduction
You liberation! Allowed chauvinism to manifest itself
By storing the first lady on the shelf
This role modeling undermined women’s dignity
Gender equality lost essence in society
Sexual abuse became a priority; for perverts obsessed with busting virginity
Leaders with mistresses, wives in divorce
Raising the kids alone having had no choice
What a disaster what an experience!
Is this really the time for women to rejoice?
Where are you Senait, where in the world is your guitar?
How is your sister Amina, after thrown in the gutter?
Ahmed melts without explanation, his brother Girmai dissolves in incarceration
What did my people do for this elimination?
I thought we secured freedom through the revolution
If the fight was to liberate me at the expense of their freedom
To hell with Eritrea and its totalitarian kingdom!
Long live the Eritrean women’s struggle for gender equality!
ሌላ ምስ ከፊላዊ ምስሊ ሚኒስትሪ ዜና “ህግደፍ” 10ይ ክፋል
”ዉረስ ተወራረስ!” ፦ ጓንጓ ፕሮፖጋንዳ ሚኒስትሪ ዜና
ኣብ ሃገርና ኣዉራሲ ወለዶ ነቲ ወራሲ ወለዶ ብዛዕባ እንታይ ይትርኸሉ!? ብዛዕባ ኲናት! ማዕከናት ዜና “ህግደፍ” ብዛዕባ ኲናትን ወረ ኲናትን ካብ ምዝራብ ዘዕረፋሉ ግዜ ተሰሚዑ’ዶ ይፈልጥ!? ኣብ ወርሒ ለካቲት ብምስልታት ስርሒት ፈንቅል ኣዕለቕሊቑ ዝወርሐ መስኮት ኤሪ ቲቪ፡ ኣብኡ ከሎ ኣብ ወርሒ መጋቢት ድማ ብምስልታት ኲናት ኣፍዓበትን ሻድሻይ ወራርን ይቕጽል። ወርሒ ሚያዝያ ኮምሽን ዶብ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ብይን ዝሃበሉ ወርሒ ስለዝኾነ ንዕኡ ምኽንያት ብምግባር ከኣ ኣሰቃቒ ምስልታት ኲናት ባድመ፡ ቡሬ፡ ዓሊተና መረብን ዛላምበሳን ኣብ ኤሪ ቲቪ ይቕጽል። ኣብ ወርሒ ግንቦት ከኣ ንበዓል ናጽነት ምኽንያት ብምግባር፡ “ህዝባዊ ግንባር ሽግርን ጸበባን ኣሓሊፉ ናጽነት ዘምጽአ በዓል ዉዕለት እዩ” እናተባህለ ኣብ ሰዉራ ኤርትራ ዝተኻየዱ ከበድቲ ዉግኣት ዝረኣዩሉ ምስልታት ኣብ ኤሪ ቲቪ ክፍነዉ ይዉርሑ።
(ንምዃኑ ናጽነት ዘምጽአ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድዩ ህዝባዊ ግንባር!? ዋንነት ታሪኽ ብኸምዚ ኣገባብ ተጠቕሊሉ ንሓደ ዉድብ ዝወሃብ እንተኾይኑ‘ሞ ህዝባዊ ግንባር፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘይመርሖ፤ ዘየስነቖ፤ ዘየዕጠቖን ዘይተሰዉኣሉን ቃልሲ እዩ ዘካይድ ነይሩ ማለት እዩ። ሓደ እዋን ኢሳያስ ኣብ ሓደ ቃለ መሕትት፡ “ዋላ‘ኳ ንቐልዓለም ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እዩ ናጽነት ኣምጺኡ እንተተባህለ፤ ግደ ሓቂ ግና ህዝባዊ ግንባር እዩ ህዝቢን ክንዲ ህዝቢን ኮይኑ እዩ ናጽነት ኣምጺኡ” ኢሉና ነይሩ። “ህዝባዊ ግንባር ህዝቢ እዩ! ህዝባዊ ግንባር ክንዲ ህዝቢ እዩ!” ኣስተማቒርኩሞ‘ዶ ኣለኹም ነዚ ዘረባ!?………. ዋና ታሪኽ ህዝቢ ክነሱ ፈለማ ህዝባዊ ግንባር /ህግደፍ/ ጨውይዎ። ጸኒሑ ድማ ተጠቕሊሉ ኣብ ኢድ ሓደ ሰብ ኣትዩ። ስለዚ ሕጂ እዛ ናጽነት ኣዋዲኣ ህዝቢ ወይ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ዘይኮነ ኢሳያስ እዩ!)
ወርሒ ሰነ ምስ ተቐልቀለ ንመዓልቲ እቶም ሕድሮም ዝተጠልመ ሰማእታትና ምኽንያት ብምግባር ምስልታት ኲናትን መሪር መስዋእትን ኣብ ኤሪ ቲቪ ክረአ ሰሙናት ይገብር። ክራማት ኣብ ምዉድኡ ድማ “ዝኽሪ ምጅማር ብረታዊ ቓልሲ” ተባሂሉ ኦሪት ቃልሲ ክጽወ ይቕኒ። ብዘይካ ኣብዞም ዝገለጽኩዎም ተኸታተልቲ ኣዋርሕ ኣብ ካልኦት እዋናት’ዉን ምኽንያታት ሃሰዉ እናበልካ ብዛዕባ ኲናት ምዝራብ ልሙድ እዩ። በዚ ኩሉ ዝተገልጸ ምኽንያታት ኤርትራዉነትን ኲናትን’ሲ ዳርጋ ክልተ ገጻት ናይ ሓንቲ ሳንቲም እዮም ዘብሎም ምስሊ ሒዞም ኣለዉ እንተተባህለ ምግናን ኣይኮነን። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ስለ ናጽነት ክብል ብዂናት ደምዩ፡ ሰንኪሉን ተሰዊኡን ከብቅዕ ኣብ ትሕቲ ስማዊ ናጽነት ብዘመናዊ ባርነት እናተገርፈ እንከሎ ክንዲ’ዚ ብዛዕባ ሕሉፍ ኲናትን ሳዕቤናቱን ክንገሮ ዝድለ ዘሎ ስለምንታይ እዩ እንተተባሂሉ መልሱ ብዙሕ ዘመራምር ኣይኮነን። ብሓደ ወገን፤ መራሕቲ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ብዘይካ ብኲናት ብኻልእ ዘይንየቱ ሰባት እዮም። በቲ ኻልእ ወገን ድማ ዋናን ዋሕስን ናጽነት ኤርትራ መራሕቲ ህዝባዊ ግንባር እዮም እናተባህለ እዞም መራሕቲ እዚኣቶም ብናይ ድሕሪ ናጽነትን ቅድሚኡን ገበናቶም ከይሕተቱ መረሳስዒ ወይ መደዓዓሲ እንተኾነ ተባሂሉ እዩ።
ሚኒስትሪ ዜና እምበኣር መሳርሒ ኢሳያስን ጭፍራኡን ኮይኑ ባህሊ ኲናት ከዉርስ ሒኲ ዝብል ትካል እዩ። ናይዚ ምስክር ድማ ስርዓት “ህግደፍ” ካብ ፈለማ ናጽነት ኣትሒዙ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝተኸተሎ ኣካይዳ እዩ። እዚ ስርዓት እዚ ረፈረንደም ተኻይዱ ኤርትራ ኣብ ካርታ ዓለም ካብ ዝሰፈረትሉ ዕለት ኣትሒዙ፤ ነዛ ብናይ 30 ዓመት ኲናት ዝባደመት ሃገር ንምህናጽ መገዲ ልምዓት ኣብ ክንዲ ዝሕዝ ገዚፍ ወተሃደራዊ ሓይሊ ንምህናጽ እዩ ተሃንዲዱ። ወተሃደራዊ ባጀት ነክዩ ባጀት ልምዓት ኣብ ክንዲ ዘዕቢ “ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት” ዝብል ኣዋጅ ኣዊጁ ኲናት ኣብ ምጽሕታር እዩ ኣትዩ። መንእሰይ ኤርትራ ካብ ህዝባዊ ግንባርን መራሕቱን ባህሊ ኲናት ጥራይ ንኽወርስ እዩ ተደልዩ።
ምስዚ ኣተኣሳሲረ ሓደ እዋን ዘጋጠመ ከዕልለኩም። ተቓዉሞ ህዝቢ ኣበየናይ ደረጃ ከም ዝበጽሐ ንምዕቃን ዓበይቲ ካድራት ዝመርሑዎ ኣኼባታት ብቐጻሊ ምዉዳብ፤ ልሙድ ፖለቲካዊ ጠባይ “ህግደፍ” እዩ። ናይ መንእሰያት፡ ናይ መምሃራን፡ ናይ ተማሃሮ፡ ናይ ሸቃሎ፡ ናይ ሓረስቶት፡….ኣኼባ!… . .ኣኼባ!….. ኣኼባ!…
ሓደ ግዜ የማነ ገብረኣብ ንተማሃሮ ኮለጅ ማይ-ነፍሒ ኣብ ኣዳራሽ ናይቲ ኮሌጅ ኣኼባ ይገብረሎም ነበረ። ካብቲ ሒዝዎ ዝነበረ ኣጀንዳ ሓደ ብዛዕባ ምዉርራስ ነበረ። ኣብቲ ኣኼባ ኣቐዲሙ ወጺኡ ብዝነበረ መምርሒ መሰረት ሕቶታት ብጥርኑፍ እዩ ዝሕተት ዝነበረ። መግለጺ የማነ ተወዲኡ ኣብ ናይ ሕቶን መልስን መድረኽ ምስ ኣተዉ እቶም መንእሰያት ተማሃሮ ንሓደ ደፋር መዘንኦም ሓርዮም ንሕቶታቶም ከቕርበሎም ብዝሓተትዎ መሰረት ሕቶታቱ ጀመረ። ንየማነ ከምዚ ዝስዕብ ከኣ በሎ፦
“እቲ ኣብ ሚድያ ብተደጋጋሚ ንሰምዖ ኢኻ ደጊምካልና። ኩሉ ግዜ ምዉርራስ ኢኹም ትብሉ እምበር መራሕቲ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ንዓና ብዘይካ ባህሊ ኲናት ካልእ ክተዉርሱና ኣይትደልዩን ኢኹም። ምዉርራስ እንተኾይኑ ሃገር ናይ ምምራሕ ሓላፍነት ክንወርስ ኣለና። ኣብ ቁጠባ ቀለስቲ ክንከዉን ኣለና። ኣብ ኩሉ መዳያዊ ህይወት እዛ ሃገር ክንትኣኩም ኣለና። ንስኻትኩም ግን ነዚ ዝተቐረብኩም ኣይትመስሉን። ክብሎ ዝደለኹ ብምሳሌ ክነግረካ ኣፍቅደለይ። ቀደም ቈልዑ ከለና ዓበይቲ ኣሕዋትና ኣብ ግዜ ሃንሰ መስቀለ ሽግ ሒዞም ሆየ! ሆየ! ክብሉ እንከለው፡ ንሕና’ዉን ነታ ሽግ ሒዝና ሆየ! ሆየ! ክንብል ኣዚና ኢና ንብህግ ኔርና። እቶም ዓበይቲ ኣሕዋትና ግን ኣይህቡናን ነይሮም። ኣብ መወዳእታ ግን እታ ሽግ ነዲዳ ነዲዳ ኣብ ኢዶም በጺሓ ምስ ኣቃጸለቶም ይድርብይዋ። ንሕና ድማ ናይ ምሓዛ ህርፋን ስለዘለና ነታ ዝደርበይዋ ክንሕዛ ንፍትን’ሞ ምስ ኣንደደትና ከኣ ንገድፋ። ስለዚ እዛ ሒዝኩማ ዘለኹም ሽግ ስልጣን ከኣ ፈቲኹም ኮነ ብህይወትኩም ከለኹም ከምዘይተረክቡና ንፈልጥ ኢና። ምስ ኣንደደትኩም ግን ክትህቡና ኢኹም፡ ሽዑ ከኣ ንሕና ኣይክንቅበለኩምን ኢና” በሎ። ነገር ብምሳሌ ዝብልዎ ዘረባ ለባማት ከምዚ እዩ።
ኣብ ሓደ ካልእ ኣጋጣሚ ጀነራል ስብሓት ኤፍሬም ኣብ ሳዋ ንተማሃሮ ሰሚናር የካይድ ነበረ። ነቲ ሰሚናር እናካየደ እንከሎ፡ ኣብ መንጎ ህንጸት ገዛን ህንጸት ሃገርን ምምስሳላት ብምፍጣር ሃገር ትህነጸሉ ኣገባብ ካብቲ ገዛ ዝህነጸሉ ኣገባብ ከም ዘይፍለ ከረድእ ፈተነ። ስብሓት ኣብ መግለጺኡ፦ “ገዛ ክህነጽ እንከሎ ገሌኻ ነዳቓይ፡ ገሌኻ ሚነዋለ፡ ገሌኻ ፎርማን፡ ገሌኻ ኢንጂኔር ኢኻ ትኸዉን። ኩልኻ ኢንጂነር፡ ኩልኻ ድማ ሚነዋለ ኣይትኸውንን ኢኻ። ንኣብነት ኣብ ዉግእን ወተሃደራዊ ህይወትን እንተርኢና ኩልኻ ጀነራል ኣይትኸዉንን ኢኻ።” እናበለ ፍልስፍናኡ ኣንጎድጎዶ። ብርግጽ ኣብ ሓደ ፍሉይ ሃገራዊ ዕማም ኩሉ ዜጋ ዘዝበቕዖ መዝነት ሒዙን ኣብ ዘድምዓሉ ተዋፊሩን እዩ ዝዋሳእ። እንተኾነ ግን ከምቲ ኣብ ህንጸት ገዛ እቲ ሚነዋለ ዝነበረ ንመዋእሉ ሚነዋለ ኮይኑ ዘይተርፍ፤ ኣብ ህንጸት ሃገር ይኹን ኣብ ምክልኻል ሃገር እዉን እቲ ሓንሳብ መራሒ ወይ ጀነራል ዝኾነ ንሓዋሩ መራሒ ወይ ጀነራል ኮይኑ ይቕጽል ማለት ኣይኮነን። ስብሓት ከሕልፎ ዝደለየ መልእኽቲ “ሃገር ክትህነጽ ከላ ውሑዳት መራሕቲ፡ ብዙሓት ድማ ተመራሕቲ እዮም ዝኾኑ” ንምባል ዝመስል እዩ ዝነበረ። ንለባም ኣምተሉ ከም ዝበሃል ግና “እቶም መራሕቲ ዝኾንና መራሕቲ ኰንና ክንቅጽል ኢና፡ እቲ ዝተረፈ ሓፋሽ ድማ ኣብታ ንሕና እንዝዉራ ባቡር ተሳፋራይ ጥራይ ኮይኑ እዩ ዝኸይድ” ዝመልእኽቱ መደረ እዩ ኣቕሪቡ። እንዳ “ህግደፍ” ዝዝዉርዋ ባቡር ደኣ ርኢናያ እንዲና! “ንኺድ ጥራይ…!” ዝብል ጭርሖ እናተጨርሓላ ናብ ዉድቀት ገጻ እትሕምበብ ዘላ ባቡር’ዶ ኣይኮነትን!? ናብ ናይ ስብሓት ኣጉል ፍልስፍና ንመለስ። “ኤርትራ ናይ ብሓቂ ትህነጽ ድያ ዘላ!?” ዝብል ሕቶ ግቡእ መልሲ ከይረኸበ እንከሎ ብዛዕባ ህንጸት ሃገር ክንዲ’ዚ ምፍልሳፍ እንታይ ኣምጽኦ!? ሓለፍቲ ስርዓት “ህግደፍ” ዝዝረብ ሓቂ ስለዘይብሎም ኣብ ናይ ፍልስፍና በዓቲ ተሓቢኦም እዮም ህዝቢ ክጥብሩ ዝደልዩ።
ህዝቢን መንግስትን….. ኢድን ጓንትን!?
ብሓድነት ዝመጻደቕ ትሕተ ሃገራዊ ስርዓት!
ኣብ እዋን ኲናት ኢትዮ ኤርትራ፤ ሚኒስትሪ ዜና ነቲ ኢሳያስ ኣብ ግዜ ኲናት ጥራይ ዝጭርሖ “ሓደ ህዝቢ ሓደ ልቢ” ዝብል ፍልስፍና ሒዙ ብምዉጻእ ኣቓልቦ ህዝቢ ክገዝእን ንሓይሊ ህዝቢ ኣብ ምቕጻል ስልጣኑ ከዉዕሎን ክኢሉ ከም ዝነበረ ኣይርሳዕን። ብርግጽ ስርዓት ኢሳያስ ዉጽኢት ሓድነት ህዝቢ እዩ። ኣብ ኮረሻ ስልጣን ምስ ደየበ ግን ሓድነት ህዝቢ ተኣምር ከም ዝሰርሕ ስለዝፈልጥ ንህዝቢ ብብሄር ሃይማኖትን ኣዉራጃን ዝኸፋፍል ተግባር ክፍጽም እዩ ተራእዩ። ስለዚ ኢሳያስ ንጉዳይ ሓድነት ኣብ ናይ ፈተነ እዋን ክኣቱ ከሎ ጥራይ እዩ ዝደልዮ። ሕጂ’ሞ ከኣ ንድሕሪት ዘይምለሰሉ ጉዕዞ ዉድቀት ክዛዝሞ ቀሪቡ ብምህላዉ ድሕረይ ሳዕሪ ኣይትብቈላ ዝዓይነቱ ናይ ምጉጅጃል ተግባራቱ ብዝሓየለ መልክዑ ይቕጽሎ ኣሎ። ምኽንያቱ ህዝብና ናይ ናጽነት ሕጽኖቱ ወዲኡ ብሓድሽ ንቕሓት ነቲ ኣብ ቅድሚ ዓይኑ ዘሎ ክዉንነት ብነቐፌታዊ ዓይኒ እናረኣየ ክምርምሮ ጀሚሩ ኣሎ። እቲ ኢድን ጓንትን እናተባህለ ዝግለጽ ዝነበረ ዝምድና ህግደፍን ህዝብን ናይ ብሓቂ ኢድን ጓንትን ከም ዝነበረ ንርእዮ ኣለና። ነዚ ክብል ከለኹ ነቲ እንዳ ህግደፍ ዝብልዎ ዝምስክር ዘለኹ ከይመስለኩም። ዝምድና ኢድን ጓንትን ግዝያዊ እዩ። ስለዚ እንዳ ኢሳያስ ምስ ህዝቢ ኢድን ጓንትን ኢና እንተበሉ ሓቆም እዮም። እንቋዕ ጥራይ ምስ ህዝቢ ናይ ጽብዒትን ጽፍሪን ዝምድና እዩ ዘለና ኣይበሉ። እቲ ምንታይ ዝምድና ጽብዒትን ጽፍሪን ባህርያዊን ነባሪን እዩ። ዝምድና ኢድን ጓንትን ግን ግዝያዊን ሰብ ሰርሖን እዩ።
እንዳ ኢሳያስ ናይ ደገፍ ተዋስኦ ክሰርሑ ከለዉ ዝበዝሕ ግዜ ነቶም ኣብ ዲያስፖራ ዝርከቡ “ደገፍቶም” እዮም ከም ኣብነት ዘቕርብዎም። ነዚ ተዋስኦ እዚ እተፍርስ ሓንቲ ኣብነት ከቕርበልኩም፦
ጽንብል መበል 30 ዓመት ምምስራት ሃገራዊ ኮንፈደረሽን ሰራሕተኛታት ኤርትራ /ሃኮሰኤ/ ኣብ ሆቴል ኣስመራ ፓላስ (ሆቴል ኢንተርኮንቲነንታል ነበር) ይካየድ ኣብ ዝነበረሉ እዋን ዘጋጠመ እዩ። ሃኮሰኤ ድምጺ ናይቲ ብመደብ ዝተረመሰ ደርቢ ሸቃላይ ኤርትራ ንምዕባስ ዝቘመ ማሕበር እዩ። ነዚ ብመደብ ዝረመስካዮ ደርቢ “ማሕበርካ ካብ ትምስረት 30 ዓመት ስለዝገበረት ንዓ ንጸንብላ” ክትብሎ ጸርፊ’ዩ። ብዝኾነ ኣብቲ ኣጋጣሚ ብዙሕ መጽናዕታዊ ጽሑፋት ቀሪቡ። ሓደ’ኳ ካብቲ ዝቐረበ ወረቓቕቲ ንእዋናዊ ሕቶ ሸቃሎ ኤርትራ ዝምልስ ኣይነበረን። ኣብቲ ብምኽንያት ዝኽሪ መበል 30 ዓመት ዝተዳለወ ሲምፖዝዩም መልሲ ዘይረኸቡ ብዙሓትን ከበድቲን ሕቶታት ክለዓሉ ምዃኖም ስለ ዝተፈልጠ፡ ወደብቲ ናይ’ቲ ሲምፖዝዩም ክለዓሉ ንዝኽእሉ ሕቶታት መልሲ ክህበሎም ንየማነ ገብረኣብ ከም ናይ ክብሪ ጋሻ ዓደምዎ።
እቲ ማሕበር ኣብ እዋን ብረታዊ ቃልሲ ኣብ ኤውሮጳ ስለዝተመስረተ ካብ ብዙሓት ሃገራት ኤዉሮጳ ዝመጹ ኣማኢት “ደገፍቲ” ሰብ ዲያስፖራ እዉን ተሳተፍቲ ናይቲ ስምፖዝዩም ነበሩ። ኣብ ሳልሳይ መዓልቲ ናይቲ ሲምፖዝዩም፤ እዞም መዋእሎም “ህዝባዊ ግንባር ወይ ሞት!” ዝብሉ ዝነበሩ ደገፍቲ ነቲ ኣጋጣሚ ተጠቒሞም ብዛዕባ እቲ ባህ ዘይበሎም ኣካይዳ እቲ ስርዓት ሕቶታት ክሓቱ ጀመሩ። እዚ ተርእዮ’ዚ ኣቐዲሙ ምድላዋት ተገይሩሉ ብምንባሩ የማነ ንሕቶታቶም ክምልስ ናብ መድረኽ ደየበ። ሓደ ካብቲ ዘቕረብዎ ሕቶ ከምዚ ዝስዕብ ዝብል ነበረ፦ “እቲ ቐደም ዝሓብሓብናዮ፤ ዘዕጠቕናዮ፤ ዘስነቕናዮ፤ ህይወትና ዝኸፈልናሉ ህዝባዊ ግንባር’ሲ ደሊና ስኢናዮ። ኣበይ እዩ ኣትዩ? እዚ ድዩ ነይሩ ንህዝቢ ዝትኣትወሉ መብጽዓ? ኣበይ’ዩ ጠፊኡ እቲ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ዝበሃል!?”
እቶም ኣብቲ ኣጋጣሚ ሪፖርተራት ኰንና ዝወዓልና ኣባላት ሚኒስትሪ ዜና፤ ነዚ ሕቶ’ዚ ካብቶም ዕሙታት ደገፍቲ እዮም ንብሎም ዝነበርና ሰባት ምስማዕና ሕዉስዋስ ስምዒት እዩ ፈጢሩልና። በቲ ሓደ ዘይልሙድ ሕቶ ብምንባሩ ተገረምና፤ በቲ ካልእ ድማ “ኣንታ እዘን ደገፍቲ ሎሚ’ስ እምበር ኣዒንተን የንቁሓ ኣለዋ” በልና። ልዕሊ ኩሉ ዝገረመና ግን መልሲ የማነ ገብረኣብ ነበረ። የማነ ኣብ መልሱ፦ “ህዝባዊ ግንባር ማለት’ኮ ኣብ ኣየር ዝተንጠልጠለ ዉድብ ኣይኮነን። ህዝባዊ ግንባር ማለት ንስኻትኩም ኢኹም። ንስኻትኩም ከም ቀደምኩም እንተሃሊኹም ህዝባዊ ግንባር ከም ቀደሙ ኣሎ። ንስኻትኩም ከም ቀደምኩም እንተዘይሃሊኹ ከኣ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ከም ቀደሙ የለን” በሎም። ህዝባዊ ግንባር ደኣ ቀደም ኮነ ሎሚ ናይ ኢሳያስን ሕብእቲ ሰልፉን እምበር ካብ መዓስ ናይ ህዝቢን ተጋዳላይን ኮይኑ ይፈልጥ!? ብዝኾነ ንፍልስፍናዊ መልሲ የማነ ንጎኒ ኣጽኒሕና ብዛዕባ ከምዚ ዝመሰለ በጨቕታ ሓቂ ናይቶም “ደገፍቲ” ምስ እንሓስብ፤ ሕቶኦም ዘርእየና ነገር እንተሎ፤ “ህግደፍ” ካብቶም ኣብ ወጻኢ ኮይኖም “ንድግፈካ ኢና” እናበሉ ዝዋጥዩሉ ዜጋታትና እዉን ሓድሽ ንቕሓት ዝወለዶ ብድሆ ይገጥሞ ከም ዘሎ እዩ።
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ኣምባሳደር ስርዓት ኢሰያስ ተስፋሚካኤል ገራህቱ፣ ኣብ ከተማ ሊድስ ንዘካየዶ ኣኼባ ጸጥታ ንምዉሓስ ንዝተዋፈሩ ኣስታት 100 ሓይሊ ፖሊስ ዝተኸፍለ ገንዘብ ክዓዲ ካብ ምምሕዳር ፖሊስ ሊድስ £7000 ክፍሊት (BILL) ከምዝቐረበሉ ምንጭታት ካብ ከተማ ሊድስ ሓቢሮም።
ኣብቲ ዝሓለፈ ሰምበት 03 መጋቢት 2013 ንቁንጣሮ ደገፍቱ ዘካየዶ ኣኼባ ተዓጻጻፊ ቁጽሪ ደለይቲ ለዉጢ ኣብቲ ኣኼባ ስለዝተረኽቡ ኣኽበርቲ ጸጥታ (ፖሊስ) ልዕሊ ንቡር ዓቕሚ ሰብ ከሰልፉ ከምዝተገደዱ ይፍለጥ። እቲ ብዝኸዶ ከቢድ ተቓዉሞ ዘጋጥሞ ዘሎ ኣገልጋሊ ዉልቀ መላኺ ኢሳይያስ፣ ነቲ ብዉሽጣዉን ግዳማዉን ተቓዉሞ ህዝቢ ኣብ ሰሎሎ ዘሎ ስርዓት ኢሰያስ ገለ ሞራላዉን ፋይናንስያዉን ሓገዝ ተረኸበ ዘካየዶ ፈተነ፣ በንጻሩ ክትቁነን ኢላ ዝኸደት ተነጽያ ተመልሰት ኮይንዎ ሎ።
ምስዚ ኣብ ዝተኣሳሰር ዜና፣ ፖሊስ ምስ ወከልቲ Home Office ሆም ኦፊስ ኣብ ከባቢ በርማቶቭስ ብፍላይ ነቶም ብምትሕብባር ኤርትራዉያን ከተማ ሊድስ ብምባል ፍጮ ማሕበረ ኮም ንምቋም ትንቃሳቀስ ዘላ ቢሻ ዝብል መለለዪ ካርድ ዘለዋ ጉጅለ ንጥፈታታን ኣባላታን ንምጽራይ መጽናዕታቶም ከምዝጀመሩ እቶም ብኣካል ዝተሓቱ ዜጋታት ሓቢሮም።
ብመሰረት እቶም መሰኻክር እቶም ፖሊስ እዞም ሰባት ካብ ኤርትራ ፖለቲካዊ ዑቍባ ሓቲቶም ከብቅዑ ስለምንታይ ምስ ኣምበሳደር እቲ ስርዓት ይታሓባበሩ ዝብሉ ሕቶታት ከምዝሓቱ ተረጋጊጹ ኣሎ። በቲ ብዕለት 03 ስምበት መጋቢት 2013 ዝተኻየደ ብርቱዕ ተቃዉሞ ዝተዳህሉ ደገፍቲ ህግደፍ እዚ ሓድሽ ተበግሶ ምጽራይ ኣርዒድዎም ሸለብ ገለብ ክብሉ ይራኣዩ ከምዘለዉ ተዓዘብቲ የሊጾም።
ብዘይካ እዚ ኣብ ከተማ ሊድስ ዝርከቡ ደለይቲ ለዉጢ ነዞም ምስቲ ሓይኹ ጡፍ ዝበሎም ዉልቀ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ብምትሕብባር ስቃይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ምንዋሕ ዝጻወትዎ ዘለዉ ኣዕናዊ ንጥፈት ብሕጊ ኣምሳያ ገበናዊ ንጥፈታቶም ንምፍዳይ ምስ ቤትጽሕፈት ሆም ኦፊስን (Home Office) ኣባላት ፓርላማ ዓዲ እንግሊዝን ኣማኸርቲ ሕግን ብምትሕባብ ኣበርቲዖም ይሰርሑ ከምዘለዉ ገሊጾም።
This article was being prepared when the events of January 21, 2013 invigorated our souls and spirits. Forto 2013 reinforced what we all wanted to believe but had denied all along – that despite the outward absence of any sign of opposition within Eritrea that it is in fact bubbling just beneath the surface.
Diaspora opposition has taken cue and anted up its campaign against the regime. Some question how effective these actions are but judging by the confused reactions from the regime and its idol worshippers, indeed it is has been very effective. After all, the regime is busy “jamming” Al Jazeera for covering Eritrean opposition; putting itself on a head-on collision with its main benefactor – Qatar. The agitated minds of regime supporters are now pulling out all stops to slow down the momentum gained from Forto 2013.
Regardless, the heroic acts of Col. Saleh Osman, Wedi Ali, and company are entrenched into the history of Eritrea – and, for Col. Saleh, it wasn’t his first.
For the first time in 22 years, PIA missed the Fenkel celebration in Massawa except to lay a wreath at a war cemetery in private affair. Here is a man concerned about his security after the incidents of Forto 2013 – an event that didn’t happen according to idol worshippers but confirmed by State Media itself. Notable from the absence at the Fenkel celebration, as some have already observed, is Gen. Sebhat, Min. of Defence, at the wreath laying event. In fact, no representation was made from the army (only Navy). The spark for freedom and justice that was relit on January 21, 2013 will bear its fruits in not so distant future.
Alenalki.com and Meskerem.net are now tasked with “jamming” reinvigorated Diaspora opposition. Meskerem.net, trying to prove its worthiness to the regime, is just a louder version of Alenalki.com. Meskerem.net is trying in futile to create noise by sounding false alarms about Ethiopia’s military movements, then feigning outrage over Forto2013 occupations of Eritrean embassies claiming diplomatic violations, then the unfortunate incidents in Sweden, and now going back to its two-year mission to drive a wedge within the opposition through character assassinations and innuendos. There is no bigger tragedy in life than losing oneself – losing those core beliefs that make us decent human beings – peace, love, forgiveness, patience, justice, respect oneself and others, etc…
Amandla, Awethu!!!
According to RJ Rummel, during the last 100 years far more people have been killed by their own governments than by foreign armies.
http://www.developmenteducation.ie/5-50-500/_files/067-murderous-governments.pdf
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the Earth. Abraham Lincoln
Government is formed out of an EXPLICIT contract between the people (citizens) and its government, through Constitution, to govern the affairs of the society or state as agreed by the people. Anything else, a godhead or Pharaoh, which usurps the power of the people claiming to do good, is a recipe for misery.
PIA consistently derides ‘Western’ democracy. However, the first question should always be, ‘Is there a rule of law in Eritrea’?
2012 PIA VOCABULARY WATCH
Words/Phrases forgotten for over 5 years
Words/Phrases on their Way Out
Words/Phrases Still in Vogue
Words/Phrases on their Way In
Words/Phrases Coming Back
Words/Phrases Always Implied — VIRTUAL
Year 2012 Newsmaker #1: Continued sufferings of Eritrean Refugees
The character of a country – who we as a people, is not judged by the roads we claim to build or the excuses we make for abusing our own people. A strong and enduring nation is one that is built on compassion and rule-of-law.
In 2012, some 3,000 Eritreans escape every month PIA’s slavery campaign into the hands of waiting vultures that abuse them and demand extraordinary sums from their families for their freedom. A nation unable to tender and nurture its young ones – its torch bearers – is a dying nation. Those who turn their blind eyes become part and parcel of the cruelties and crimes of those are meting out these punishments.
Asmarino.com deservedly declared Ms. Elsa Chyrum as ‘Woman of the Year’. Ms. Chyrum could easily be ‘person of the year’ for each of the last decade. Her unrelenting efforts and campaigns are inspirations to all of us. As part of her efforts, the UN Human Rights Council has appointed a Special Rapporteur to Eritrea to look into human rights abuse in Eritrea. That can only be yet another omen to this brutal regime.
UN sanctions against Eritrea are ostensibly for meddling in Somalia. In reality, it is a punishment for bad behaviour by a troublemaker. Above all, the US and the West are punishing the regime for abusive human rights records, which is not only a domestic Eritrea issue but has become a human tragedy on global scale. Eritreans being taken as hostages for global organ trafficking, ransoms being extracted in the millions of dollars by unknown groups using this money for unknown purposes, tragedies on the High Seas, and asylum seekers in mass in the Middle East and Europe are all international issues, NOT just an Eritrean issues. PIA is exporting human tragedy!
The Canadian and other governments’ efforts in the year 2012 to stop the flow of remittances to the regime have little to do with Somalia (but being used as a pretext) and is more about addressing human tragedies.
Year 2012 Newsmaker #2: Chipping Away at the Regime
The most under-reported Eritrean movement is ‘Arbi Harnet’, and yet their unrelenting efforts to mobilize domestic opposition through of robo-calls are what effective campaigns are about. These are the types of actions that chip away a deeply entrenched regime.
There are those who say that an entrenched regime can only be removed by an organized armed force. This is but an excuse to do nothing. The main Diaspora opposition groups are totally absent in this campaign to chip away at the regime.
Arbi Harnet’s very transparent manner of operation gives us a clear understanding what its contributors funds is buying in its campaign.
http://togoruba.org/togoruba1964/mainTogorubamap/mainMap/rightMap/temp-13A/1301AH3-RE.pdf
One wonders if only a small portion of the money spent on flying around on less productive opposition activities is contributed towards these causes that we could be chipping away at the regime.
Others who are chipping away at the regime (in Diaspora) include:
Some say that the various demonstrations and rallies before and after “Forto 2013” do not achieve much. Again, this is an excuse for doing nothing. In reality, PEACEFUL RESISTANCE and MASS ACTIONS, which are the bedrocks of future democracy, are about engaging in activities that do not yield immediate results, unlike armed battles, but yield results by applying constant pressure over time. DEMOCRACY can only be attained, and more importantly MAINTAINED, when we disconnect mass actions from immediate results, but believe that constant actions are needed to maintain future benefits and results. These demonstrations and rallies weaken the regime over time by:
On related observations, most OPPOSTION WEBSITES are not designed for action. If our philosophy is that ONE ACTION is worth thousands of meetings and political blabbers, the layouts of every opposition website should fully reflect this by giving PERMANENT and PROMINENT exposure to these activities on their websites. A rally and a blabbering political article, such as this article, shouldn’t be given the same ‘First-in, First Out’ website space. Some websites have separate columns for other purposes but not to promote actions, such as Arbi Harnet, human rights actions, etc… Eritrean political junkies know about these actions because they check these sites daily. But for casual observers who peruse these websites, the chances of noticing such resistance actions are totally random; unless such a person is diligent by digging into opposition websites’ archives.
Year 2012 Newsmaker #3: Floodgates have opened (Exodus)
Eritreans, esp. young ones, have been fleeing Eritrea in droves for the last ten years. What makes 2012 different is that high officials and professionals have joined the ever increasing exodus.
It is alleged that Emperor Haileselassie said that Ethiopia wants Eritrean land, not its people. The irony is that it is PIA and his idol worshippers who are making this happen.
As articulately said, when people can’t vote in ballot boxes, they vote with their feet. Some of those who have fled PIA’s giant prison called Eritrea are:
Year 2012 Newsmaker #4: Newsmakers themselves Newsmakers
True to form of every authoritarian/totalitarian regimes, propaganda is the centre piece of their population control. This is a psychological warfare full of veiled threats and false hopes. But the days of total control over media is over. Ever since printing press became popular in the Middle Ages and with the advent of radios and televisions, dictators were able to control all media outlets and use them to advance their wicked agenda. Those days are over!
A State media called ERITV financed with war-chest of over $5 million dollars to broadcast its stale messages worldwide is met with a much cheaper and yet more potent technology called social media; facebook, twitter and other cyber media. The Arab Spring is an example.
Although there are few radio broadcasts into Eritrea, Assenna website and radio and ERENA are said to be the most popular in Eritrea. Personally, Assenna.com is the most active journalist that has made the most difference in the opposition movement – and deserves to be one of the Newsmakers of 2012.
What sets Assenna.com apart from most others is that it actively attends and participates in political activities for the purpose of ‘live’ reporting. No other cyber media is engaged in such activism other than occasionally engaging in phone interviews or chat rooms – or may rarely engage in face-to-face interviews if they happen to meet prominent person ‘along the way’.
Definitely Assenna.com can take credit for one thing no other opposition has been able to do: make PIA respond directly to opposition action. Assenna.com’s speculation as to the state of PIA’s health, and even possible demise, forced PIA to appear on ERITV to dispel rumors. Some members of the opposition criticized Assenna.com for inaccurate reporting but in reality Assenna.com was simply doing its job – connecting the dots and keeping a close watch on a regime that attempts to suffocate any information from leaking out. Those who were accusing Assenna.com, such as Alena, are themselves engaged in deliberate misinformation within the opposition camp, which Assenna.com doesn’t do in its reporting.
The criticisms against Assenna.com are unwarranted:
Moreover, it should be remembered that political news is as much a propaganda, misinformation and achieving other political agenda as they are providing accurate information. For instance, Eritrean National Salvation Front (ENSF) is very active in disseminating information about the internal situations within PIA’s regime. Whether accurate or not in its reporting, ENSF is doing its job by carrying out a VERY effective propaganda war against the regime. In this psychological warfare, it is not the job of other opposition members’ to act like ‘boy scouts’ and become ‘fact-checkers’. We should leave the job of responding to these ‘inaccuracies’ to the regime – i.e. keep the regime busy lest these inaccuracies become facts.
‘Investigative journalism’, which most us respect or idolize, is mostly possible in societies where there is a degree of ‘openness’. “Investigative” suggests that a reporter takes time (days, months and even years) to collect evidence by interviewing various people from both sides of stories and researches through legal and documentary evidences to build up his or her reports. ‘Investigative journalism’ is not possible in totalitarian states. In fact, if there is any ‘investigative journalism’ in Eritrean space, it is this writer’s belief that, possibly, Assenna.com (i.e. Mr. Amanuel Iyasu) would be the only one who qualifies. Mr. Amanuel is very actively involved by interviewing various opposition leaders, visiting, or participating in major opposition meetings and reporting ‘first-hand’ on the working of the Eritrean opposition world. Moreover, Mr. Amanuel appears to have NO outward affinity towards any political organization, other than his commitment to push the opposition towards achieving its ultimate aim.
One other point pertains to one accusation that Assenna.com’s quick reports jeopardize the refugee status of asylum seekers – implying that Assenna.com should delay reporting such matters until asylum is granted. The counterargument is that quick news exposure of asylum seekers in fact helps in publicizing around the world on the plight of these individuals. For instance, when the 17-members of Eritrean National Football team defected, world publicity forced the Ugandan government to take their cases seriously and, more importantly, act quickly. In case of Min. Ali Abdu, the regime must have known what Min. Ali Abdu was up to and took whatever action long before Assenna.com reported it. It would disingenuous to allude that whatever happened to Min. Ali Abdu’s family is due to Assenna.com. But regardless, Assenna.com was doing its dutiful job!
Constructive criticism is always good! But dismissive-type criticisms only weaken all of us.
Professionalism is a word thrown around without clear definition, but is generally used to differentiate from amateur ones who have either less education in a given area or less experience. In general, professionalism is about displaying certain behaviours consistent with job being performed. Naturally, that behaviour must be complemented with job proficiencies and skills. But behaviour is the most critical component, and despite even lacking full proficiencies, a behaviour that projects professionalism can be earned much faster.
In denigrating Assenna.com’s experience as being limited to working within Ministry of Information and nothing else, Awate.com is pursuing a slippery road. First, Awate.com didn’t elaborate what makes Assenna.com less professional than others. Second, dismissive attitude towards others, esp. those in the media, is reflective of repressive regimes and is not encouraging. Considering that Awate.com occasionally propagates similar dismissive attitudes towards Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) (stating that this is the only view it shares with a major opposition leader) is quite disconcerting. Just because one feels shafted from the very organization one “founded” is no reason to dismiss an entire sector. What makes this view or attitude any different than a regime that is dismissive about everything it disagrees with?
We can only disagree on many issues. But ‘respect’ is what enables us to come closer and work together despite our differences. No one needs validation from any other.
Although criticising Awate.com for its unwarranted criticism of Assenna.com, no one denies its outstanding reporting and contributions towards the opposition campaign to bring about change in Eritrea. Unfortunately, like life, it takes seconds to destroy what it took to build thousand days or years. Broad-brushed criticisms that are poorly postulated create unnecessary ill-will, and create slippery slope towards intolerance. No one is above criticism, but such criticisms should be constructive and devoid of underlying sarcasms or ill-will. SUCCESS IS ABOUT WORKING TOGETHER, WHICH IN TURN REQUIRES MUTUAL RESPECT. The most important lesson that we, the older generation, can teach the younger generation is positive and respectful attitude. Everything else – the political savvies, negotiating and other skills – are all secondary.
Year 2012 Newsmaker #5: Opening Up the regime
There may have many interviews in Eritrean news media in the year 2012. But in this writer’s view, two interviews stand out above all others – interviews with Mr. Tesfai Temnewo (Radio Wegahta) and Mr. Kuflom Dafla (Assenna.com).
Until few friends strongly recommended that I listen to Mr. Tesfai, I was reluctant to spend so many hours listening to the stories of ‘gedli’ era. After all, some previous spoilers who qualify more as fiction writers trying to make quick bucks had closed our appetite for such things. But the apparent sincerity of Mr. Tesfai coupled with his detailed accounts of that part of our campaign for independence was so well presented that it was irresistible to listen to the whole interview in one shot. It is important that our history – the good, bad, and ugly – should be recorded.
Our history of ‘gedli’ or our current struggle for change shouldn’t be framed by sole discussion of ‘how bad is/was PIA? He is/was so bad that …” In this writer’s view, Mr. Tesfai presented a balanced and historical dynamics of the various Eritrean liberation movements and stated many times that there are enough blames to go around. It is NOT just one person but our collective behaviours which are responsible for our current predicament. It would be superficial and naiveté to wind back the clock in our discussions today and suggest that somehow our current predicament would have been different if the Eritrean revolution had taken a different path. Examining human history, revolutionaries are known for becoming the worst abusers of the people they claimed to protect. This is the rule rather than the exception – and Eritrea is no exception. There are many PIAs within us who want to grab power. Our struggle is against a totalitarian system in general and not just PIA. It is about transitioning into a modern nation from liberation era followed by a totalitarian system. In this writer’s view, PIA played an indispensable role in bringing about independence and nothing will erase that. Our quarrel is with post-independence PIA – and if debates are needed, it should just be what could have been done to control a dictator created during the struggle period – and not much could have been done would be our only conclusion. The dynamics of an armed struggle coupled with lower level of political enlightenment, oppression under previous regimes and poor economic conditions among the Eritrean population in general are all contributing factors leading to today’s predicaments.
While on the topic of EPLF/PFDJ, it is worth reminding idol worshippers that the last EPLF/PFDJ Congress was held 20 YEARS ago in 1993, and the last EPLF/PFDJ Central Committee meeting was held in September 2000 – i.e. nearly 13 years ago. There is no ONE PARTY STATE in Eritrea but PIA & Family Private Limited Co. (PIA & Family PLC) – with personal funds, i.e. Eritrea’s wealth, deposited in Fubon Bank of China.
Equally important and irresistibly enjoyable interview was conducted with Mr. Kuflom Dafla, who had key positions with Himbol Financials, Treasury Department, Red Sea Corporation, Tax Department, Eritrean Airlines, as well as serving on the various boards of PFDJ ventures. His interview was timely as it was broadcasted around the regime’s ‘Investment Conference Drama’.
A key component of the struggle against the regime is to counter every propaganda disseminated by the regime. The two components of the propaganda relate to ‘Hizbawi Mekete’ (National Defence) and ‘Self Sufficiency.’ The opposition have largely failed to dispel this propaganda and thus allowing the regime to gain the benefit of the doubt among the general population, esp. those in Diaspora. Instead the opposition has chosen to simply harp on ‘how bad is PIA?’ propaganda – thus among others, the popularity of fiction writers such as Alena.
A strong and most capable opposition would have used Mr. Kuflom’s, as insider as one can get, interviews and willingness to educate the Eritrean opposition, to hammer into the Eritrean people, esp. those in Diaspora, how badly the regime’s economic policies are failing. Unfortunately, the opposition struggle is so fragmented that the efforts of one group or individuals are totally ignored by others, probably because that would be construed as giving credits to others. Instead, the opposition should be feeding on each other in positive ways.
Year 2012 Newsmaker #6: NO Respect for Idol Worshipers
The death of Mr. Naizghi Kiflu, a veteran fighter, one-time Head of Eritrean Ministry of Information, and head the regime’s security organs while in Great Britain and the regime’s refusal to repatriate for burial in Eritrea was a shocking ‘wake-up’ to the idol worshippers.
Here was a guy that supported the regime ‘through-and-through’ and largely remained a supporter, with some alleged small complaints against PIA, and yet was condemned for unknown reasons. Some suspect that Mr. Naizghi’s occasional complaints against the regime were the cause. Others attribute his persona-non-grata to one major occasion when Mr. Naizghi made comments to PIA that landed Mr. Naizghi in foreign hospital with busted face.
Inadvertently, in campaigning for Mr. Naizghi’s return to Eritrea for burial, Meskerem.net occupied the top half of its website for over 4 months and, in the process, spooking the regime’s supporter by reminding them everyday with running clock. Equally interesting, Mr. Naizghi’s fate spawned so many articles that it kept the cyber opposition writers busy for few weeks.
Before leaving this newsmaker, it should be reminded that Human Rights Concern Eritrea (HRCE) had launched a complaint in Great Britain against Mr. Naizghi before his demise. This goes to show that Eritrean human rights organizations, news organizations, and individuals outside of the established opposition political organizations are the only action oriented movements that are effectively campaigning against the regime.
Year 2012 Newsmaker #7: Much Ado about Nothing
Possibly to counter the ever increasing economic and political isolation, the regime conducted two rounds of ‘Investment Conference Drama’ in August and then December 2012.
Although much can be said about PIA’s investment drama, and which was eloquently addressed by Mr. Kuflom Dafla, it is suffice to quickly reiterate two projects that illustrate how the regime is disinterested in developing Eritrea’s economy.
For instance, in the latest PIA news, the Ministry of Agriculture claims that it has budged Nakfa 5 billion to expand food production in Eritrea over the coming 5 years. This is only $25 Million a year; which is small change! Moreover, the regime is trying to achieve self-sufficiency by employing slave labor, thus its efforts aren’t sustainable. We should recall that Eritrea managed to produce 78% (over 450,000 MT) of its grain needs in 1998 without tying up 300,000 youths in slavery campaign and “economic plans”. No one is asking what is different between 1998 and today.
Electricity – Nothing is more telling of the neglect of Eritrean infrastructure than the capacity of Eritrea to produce electricity. Eritrea is currently suffering from severe electrical outages (shortage) although it has no sign of economic life. There is such severe electrical shortage that the 300,000 Ton/year cement factory near Hirgigo doesn’t receive sufficient electricity to produce full time.
What is the regime doing about it today? Nada, zilch, nothing! Is there any plan to expand electricity capacity in the next, say, five years? Nope, nada, zilch, nothing!
Ashegoda Wind Farm in Tigrai will produce 120MW of energy. Before the end of 2013, Tigrai alone will be producing over 420 MW (nearly 4 times Eritrea’s capacity) of electricity from hydro and wind energies. When Takezze II goes operational in few years, Tigrai alone will produce over 870 MW of electricity.
The question to idol worshippers and the Real Wives of PFDJ remains, what are the infrastructures PIA is building?
Cement - Tigrai is producing over 900,000 ton of cement while is struggling to produce 300,000 ton, although Eritrea has significantly more advantages. As Mr. Kuflom informed us, even Chinese companies have been beseeching PIA to grant them production licences as far back as mid-1990s.
What happened to Eritrean Airlines? It was banned in 2012 from flying into Europe.
WATCH THE ETHIOPIAN RAILWAY PROJECT HERE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCjJNon2CqM
Among other benefits, Ethiopia intends to mine Potash in its Afar/Denkelia region. What is PIA doing? This is a case of North Korea vs. South Korea. Sixty years after the end of the Korean war, North Korea is still living in 1953 hoping for another rematch with the South. In the meantime, the Kims are living the life while the population lives in misery.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21710219
Privatization of State businesses – what are you really buying? It is suffice to say the privatization process is not transparent. For instance, the offer to sell 4.5 million ordinary shares of Telecom Eritrea at a subscription price of $50 per share lacks transparency. The offer is closed to foreign investors. What is missing is an official prospectus telling investors what stake $ 225 Million US will buy them in Telecom Eritrea. The regime is loath to divulge any financial information about Telecom Eritrea. It is asking Eritrean investors to buy share through faith only. Is this how business conducted?
Eritrea is poor by PIA’s choice for unknown political end!
Year 2012 Newsmaker #8: It is not Personal; it is only Political
In March 2012, Ethiopia invaded the areas around Lailai Deda (Badme Region) and occupied it for few days before withdrawing. Many Eritrean soldiers were killed and captured. PIA licked his wounds and kept quiet. The Lion of May 13, 1998 has been reduced to small cat – bitter lessons of the last 14 years. For PIA, who is well known for keeping grudge he did what no one expected – signed condolences book, through his representative, for PM Meles.
Eritrea’s Deputy Ambassador to the AU, Beynam Berhe, signed the condolences book for PM Meles Zenawi on August 27, 2012. This is significant news that was reported in Eritrean cyber space but in a very low key manner.
As attributed to Lord Palmerston, nations do not have permanent friends nor permanent enemies, but permanent interests. Those who wish to portray the conflict between Ethiopia and Eritrea, even at the government level, as Horn of Africa’s Armageddon should think twice.
The whipped up frenzy of hatred against the Ethiopian regime among idol worshippers under the guise of ‘Hizbawi Mekete’ is nothing more than a ploy to breath life into a dying Eritrean regime. No one is more active in this frenzy than Meskerem.net. It is so active in trying to sow doubt about the viability of post-PM Meles Ethiopia on behest of its benefactors that it is campaigning on this account more than the regime.
Meskerem.net and other idol worshippers remind us the story of a man who discovers a genie in a bottle and was told that he would be granted any wish, except whatever he receives that his neighbour would get twice as much. Idol worshippers wish for the genie to take out one of their eyes so that their neighbours lose both of their eyes.
It is only ‘temberkektis’ that would flame hatred. Eritrea’s existence is not threatened because of economically strong or united Ethiopia. Border demarcation would come in due time among amicable regimes, as happened between Nigeria and Cameroon. After all, the (virtual) delimitation is defined enough to be addressed in the future. Fortunately, land can’t be moved.
A strong and viable Ethiopia is good for Eritrea and all its neighbours. As Eritreans, we can only wish peace, stability, and prosperity for Ethiopians – and nothing else.
Year 2012 Newsmaker#9: Meeting to Cement Irrelevancy
No news would be complete without reviewing the performance of the opposition camp, and especially the opposition umbrella group Eritrean National Council for Democratic Change (ENCDC).
Some may consternate over revisiting this flaring failure as if raising it again would only weaken the regime. In my view, sweeping this issue under the rug is tantamount to setting ourselves up for perpetual failure. It is not the incident itself but the behaviour that is a deep concern.
Let us cut to the chase! The 2nd regular meeting of ENCDC held at the end of November 2012 was unmitigated disaster. Eritrean opposition needs success story. Putting it all in perspective, ENCDC’s failures are not recent but the same mistakes being repeated from EDA and other earlier experiences.
As many have already eloquently stated, ENCDC should not have spent 4 of its 6 days discussing whether to penalize DMLEK (Kunama Movement) for declaring that it doesn’t accept Idris Awate as a hero, while more urgent issues facing Eritreans both at home and abroad as refugees are kept in the backburners.
Of course, the fact that the leadership of DMLEK has chosen such a critical juncture in struggle to rock the boat within the opposition camp is a reflection of its poor political judgment. However, the bigger reflection is on the ineffectiveness and lack of political savvies of ENCDC’s leadership.
The bigger concern is, if ENCDC leadership gets bogged down on simple issue such as this one, how could it manage more complex issues? What has it achieved in its two years of existence?
The interesting question is that the entire political opposition is, as we are told, predicated on picking and choosing political platforms, and yet working together for bigger cause. Some refuse the 1997 Constitution and Eritrean flag as EPLF/PFDJ. We have celebrated Awate as a hero and September 1st, 1961 as symbol of our armed struggle as far back as we can remember. But the question remains, does something become a de-facto symbol or law simply from conventional use only, or do we still have an unfinished business of creating a legitimate people’s assembly that would endorse all these?
The fundamental question is whether ENCDC regards itself as an umbrella organization or as government/parliament in exile. The answer to this question has a fundamental impact on the decisions taken against DMLEK. If ENCDC is simply an umbrella organization then its members have every right to kick out one its members as may be permitted by its internal laws. If the leadership of ENCDC took actions against DMLEK which are outside or beyond the authority given by its internal laws, then it is up to its members to take it up as an issue. According to some dissenting members, it appears that ENCDC leadership took discretionary actions that don’t bode well for rule-of-law.
However, if ENCDC views itself as government/parliament in exile, then leadership or membership doesn’t not have the right to suspend its members unless explicit laws are enshrined in its internal constitution giving it such authority. It is equivalent to suspending a member from a national institution, i.e. from a Parliament, which would be fundamentally undemocratic.
To reiterate, if ENCDC is simply an umbrella organization, then the fiasco within ENCDC is just another internal matter to be dealt with by its members like any other organization. Of course, we would still have our observations on competencies, prudence and political judgement. In contrast, if ENCDC is supposed to be microcosm of Eritrean parliament, then such acts, i.e. suspension of fundamental rights, would be viewed as dangerous precedence for Eritrean democracy. Overall, Eritrean democracy has an uphill battle.
Finally, this writer would like to address another of Awate.com’s dismissive attitude towards the youth movement as being no different than the older generation. This criticism is totally unwarranted because the observation is clumsily stated. The older generation, including Awate.com and all of us – including this writer, have failed the younger generation. Nation building is like a relay race, where one generation passes the baton to the next. The younger generation doesn’t start from clean slate but with all the negativities, failures, and shortcoming of the previous generation. We haven’t shown them how to skilfully resolve conflicts, how to negotiate, how to organize, and how to become prudent politicians – and worse, we haven’t shown them how to behave properly, which is a breakdown of the most basic values. We just need to look at how our ‘politicians’ of both sides of the aisles behave – embarrassing! We have failed them. What the next generation brings is significantly less ‘excess personal baggage’ which has become a shackling burden on the older generation. On the rest, they have an uphill struggle, first digging Eritrea out of the hole created by the older generation, and then building a prosperous Eritrea – indeed a long journey. Unfortunately, they won’t have prudent leaders like the late Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (PMMZ) to hold their hands. The G-15 and many other political prisoners were the same calibre as PMMZ but they are largely silenced now – and that is a deliberate effort to destroy Eritrea of its rich human resource.
Political opposition in general
May the seeds of Forto 2013 bear its fruits soon!
May Forto 2013 become a repeat of 1990 Fenkel Operation!
Amandla, Awethu!!!
Berhan Hagos
March 08, 2013