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In a memorandum dated 10 September 2014, the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) paid gratitude to the Government of Norway for comprehensive response on  the condition of Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers in Norway, and encouraged Norwegian authorities to take appropriate measures against those Eritrean refugees who violate asylum conditions by establishing relations with the regime in Asmara and by visiting Eritrea soon after obtaining the permission to stay in Norway.

Responding to EPDP’s memo of 26 June, the Norwegian Government informed the EPDP in a letter dated  2 September 2014 that a Norwegian delegation visited Asmara on 13-14 June for a dialogue on “reasons for migration from Eritrea”.  The letter also stated that Norway is considering with “grave seriousness” the visit to Eritrea by Eritrean refugees soon after obtaining political asylum in Norway.

The EPDP memo stated that taking measures against everyone who travels to countries neighboring Eritrea “will require caution” because many Eritrean refugees travel to the Sudan to meet their family members in the Sudan for many of those families in Eritrea come to the Sudan for medical  services which are not available in Eritrea. 

The EPDP memo noted that Norway and other countries can ask Eritrean opposition organizations to find out if the concerned persons travelling to the Sudan are members or not of the Eritrean organizations opposed to the regime in Asmara. The EPDP memo further asserted that sympathizers of the regime do not deserve political asylum and legal protection, and reassured the Norwegian authorities “full support in taking the intended measures to reveal those who violate conditions for their protection and then work with the regime in Asmara or travel to Eritrea using different routes”.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

PRESS RELEASE

By Bologna Forum

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

(Bologna, Italy – September 2, 2014) – Eritrean organizations, civic groups, and individual activists came together for a second time in the historic city of Bologna to accelerate the establishment of a united national front against the dictatorship and for democracy in Eritrea.

Held under the theme of Eritrean Solutions for Eritrean Problems, the Summit was endorsed by twelve organizations most which sent their representatives. These were:

·         Citizens for Democratic Rights in Eritrea (CDRiE)

·         Eritreans For Action (E4A)

·         Eritrean Forum for Change (EFC)

·         Eritrean Independent Democratic Movement (EIDM)

·         Eritrean Movement for Change (EMC)

·         Eritrean Movement for Democracy and Human Right (EMDHR)

·         Eritrean National Democratic Front (ENDF)

·         Eritrean People Democratic Party (EPDP)

·         Eritrean Youth Solidarity for change (EYSC)

·         Forum for National Dialogue (FND) (Medrek)

During the four day summit that took place from August 29 – September 1, 2014 participants who came from all over the world worked diligently on a framework that will enable the progressive forces to deliver on their objectives and advance the cause for democratic Eritrea in concrete and measurable terms.

The Summit reinforced the importance of 1) Emboldening pro-democracy forces inside Eritrea; 2) Mobilizing the silent majority; and 3) Bringing the younger generation and women into leadership positions. It also stressed the immediate need for a national vision for development, national reconciliation, and international cooperation and solidarity.

To facilitate these and other important priorities, the Summit established a Task Force to immediately start working on 1) Building a United National Movement; 2) National Dialogue and Reconciliation; 3) Building a Formidable Media; 4) Responding to Refugee Crisis; 5) Mass Mobilization; 6) Building International Solidarity 7) Involving Creative Artists. The Summit also adapted the resolutions of Bologna 2013 and the Pretoria Summit Declaration.

With the contribution of its many participants, the Bologna Forum succeeded in putting in place a solid foundation for formation of a United National Movement that is able to mobilizing and harnessing resources, skills, and capacities of Eritreans to advance towards a democratic transition driven from within Eritrea.

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Sverige utvisar eritreansk diplomat

Friday, 05 September 2014 21:52 Written by

 Sverige har beordrat förstesekreteraren vid diktaturen Eritreas ambassad att lämna landet, erfar TT.

– Ett väldigt, väldigt bra beslut, säger riksdagsledamoten Arhe Hamednaca (S) och hävdar att mannen styrt flyktingspionage.

Diplomaten fick 48 timmar på sig att lämna landet.

– Jag kan bekräfta att en utländsk diplomat har blivit ombedd att lämna landet, men jag kan inte gå in på anledningen, säger UD:s kommunikationschef Charlotta Ozaki Macías.

UD har också som policy att inte säga vilket land en utvisad diplomat kommer ifrån.

TT har flera av varandra oberoende källor som bekräftar att det rör sig om den eritreanske förstesekreteraren.

– Det har varit på gång länge att en eritreansk diplomat skulle utvisas, säger en källa mot löfte om att vara anonym.

Förstesekreteraren är enligt samstämmiga uppgifter till TT den som i praktiken leder ambassaden.

Den svensk-eritreanske riksdagsledamoten Arhe Hamednaca (S) välkomnar utvisningen.

– Jag gläder mig åt det här. Det är ett väldigt, väldigt bra beslut, säger han.

Han pekar ut diplomaten som en nyckelperson på ambassaden som ytterst ansvarat för flyktingspionage i hela Norden.

Enligt Arhe Hamednaca är Eritreas beskickning ingen ambassad i egentlig mening, utan ett verktyg för att terrorisera demokratiska krafter.

– Och för att samla in pengar på olika sätt för att regimen ska överleva. Det här är en tydlig signal att Sverige inte är en plattform för en tyranni, tillägger han.

Utvisningen av en enskild diplomat är en av de skarpaste markeringarna som den svenska regeringen kan använda sig av och det är väldigt ovanligt, enligt Jan Hallenberg, professor i statsvetenskap vid Försvarshögskolan.

– Den svenska regeringen signalerar att relationerna till Eritrea är ansträngda och att denne diplomat eller någon annan diplomat har betett sig på ett sätt som inte är acceptabelt enligt svenska normer, säger Jan Hallenberg.

– Steg ett är att utvisa en diplomat, steg två att utvisa flera, steg tre utvisa hela ambassaden och steg fyra att säga upp de diplomatiska förbindelser. Men de här sista stegen, då är det förberedelser för krig och det kan det ju inte vara frågan om.

Han menar att det antagligen har någon form av koppling till den fängslade svensk-eritreanske journalisten Dawit Isaak.

– Min gissning är de på något sätt spionerat eller motverkat andra eritreaner som finns i Sverige eller möjligt vid den här Free Dawit Isaak-gruppen. Men det är ju bara en gissning.

FP:s utrikespolitiske talesperson Fredrik Malm är engagerad i frågor som rör Eritrea.

– Det är välkommet att Sverige vidtar åtgärder mot Eritrea. Detta bör vara ett första steg. Målet måste vara att den ekonomiska indrivning Eritrea ägnar sig åt i Sverige upphör.

Många svensk-eritreaner vittnar om hur ambassaden pressar dem att betala en särskild exilskatt på två procent av inkomsten - annars får de inte ID-handlingar, deras anhöriga i hemlandet råkar illa ut, hävdar de.

TT har sökt företrädare för den eritreanska ambassaden i Sverige för en kommentar, men inte lyckats nå någon.

 

 

 

The new EU High Representative Mogherini with the outgoing Lady Ashton

In a congratulatory message sent to former Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini for becoming the new High Representative for the European Union, the Eritrean People’s Democratic Party (EPDP) asked the EU to give “appropriate attention to the ever worsening situation in Eritrea” and help Eritreans to stop their country’s ongoing slide o the worst.

 All the campaign by the PFDJ and its enablers, which was designed to preempt, silence the voices of change, and efface the importance of the 2014 Frankfurt Eritrean festival did not work. In fact, the campaign had a backfire effect. In defying the maneuvers, misinformation, and lies launched by the PFDJ regime and by those who parrot and perpetuate its ruthless police state, Eritreans of all stripes and hues showed up in the festival and raised hell to the PFDJ regime.

Surviving the terror of the organ-harvesting trade

Tuesday, 26 August 2014 14:00 Written by

An Eritrean refugee living in Melbourne has spoken to SBS in graphic detail about being kidnapped and held captive in Egypt by Bedouin tribesmen who demanded either a ransom or one of his kidneys.

des Vorsitzenden der

Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP)

Herr Mengesteab Asmerom

 

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren,

ich heiße Sie in Namen der EPDP zum Eritrea Festival 2014 in Frankfurt am Main herzlich Willkommen. Ich hoffe, dass wir gemeinsam ein fröhliches und

On Sunday August 10, 2014 EPDP Bay Area participated in a Bologna 2014 Conference hosted by EYSC local chapter. The agenda was to discuss core topics of the upcoming Bologna 2014 Conference. Mr. Solomon Assefaw presented the topics of Bologna 2014 in detail. Participants discussed the topics and specifically on the area of Eritrean issue by Eritreans concept, change from inside Eritrea, concept of non-violent means of struggle, building alliance with people who has the same vision and value, and mass mobilization.

Dear colleagues:

Thank you very much for a well organised festival of people and ideas! I just put together this piece to reflect on my experience with you

Highlights of Eritrea Festival 2014 in Frankfurt

Tuesday, 26 August 2014 12:34 Written by

The Eritrea Festival 2014 in Frankfurt, which was officially opened by a seminar on Friday, continued on Saturday, 9 August, in which the main events that lasted for 10 hours included political presentations; solidarity messages; an in-depth presentation on human trafficking in Sinai, followed by a highly successful Festival Panel that continued till 11:15 pm followed by an all-night folkloric music and dancing accompanied by Eritrean singers of good renown like Andit Oqbai of UK.