መለኽቲ ስርዓታት ንህዝቢ ኣብ ትሕቲ ቁጽጽሮም ኣእትዮም፥ሕራይ” ኢሉ ከም  ዝግዘኡሎም ንምግባር ዘይፍሕትርዎ መሬትን ዘይፍንቅልዎ እምንን የለን። ኩሎም መለኽቲ ስርዓታት ምናልባት ብገለ ደርጃታት ይፈላለዩ ይኾኑ እምበር ዝጥቀሙሉ ሜላታት ዳርጋ ዝመሳሰል እዩ። ቀንዲ መደቦም ከኣ ህዝቢ ንክርዕድን ንኽፈርህን ሓበረታ ሰኒዖም ከም ዝንብርከኽ ምግባር ዝጥቀሙሉ ሜላ ዓመጽ እዩ። ስለዚ ህዝቢ ኮንዶኾን ይሓልፍ ይኸውን ብምባል ነቲ ኩሉ ኣደራዕ፡ ሽግር፡ ጸበባን ከርፋሕ ናብራን ንገለ ግዜ ክጻወርዎ ይኽእሉ እዮም። ኣብ ውሽጦም ኣዝዩም ስሱዓትን ተበለጽትን ስለዝርከብዎም ከኣ ነቲ ስርዓት ተዋሳኺ ሓይሊ ኢዮም ዝኾንዎ ብኣኣቶም ኣቢሉ ከኣ ብዙሕ ክዝረግሓሉ ዝደልዮ ተንኮላት የዋፍሮም።
 
ስለዚ መለኽቲእቲ ህዝቢ ተንበርኪኹ ሕራይ ኢሉ ከም ዝኣምኖም ንምግባር ዝሕግዞም ቀዳማይ ነጥቢ ፍርሒ እዩ። እቲ ህዝቢ ኣብ ፍርሕን ራዕድን ምስ ዝኣቱ እቲ መላኺ ስርዓት ዕድመ ስልጣኑ ናይ ምንዋሕ ቀንዲ ረቛሒ ይኸውን። ብተወሳኺ ከኣ ወግሐ ጸብሐ ናይ ጥበራ ኣገባብ እውን ይጥቀም። ንኣብነት  መላኺ ስርዓት እሰያስ ኣብ ፈቐዶ ሓጽብታትን ሕርሻታትን ንይምሰል ዝንቀሳቐሶ ንሱ ጥራሕ ነታ ሃገርን ህዝባን ዝሓሊ ኮይኑ ንኽረአ ዝገብሮ ጉርሒ እዩ። እዚ ከኣ ነቲ ኣጠማምታን ቀልብን ናይቲ ህዝቢ ንምስላብ ዝገብሮ ትያትሮ እዩ።
 
መለኽቲ ነቲ ጭቡጥ ዝኾነ ህዝቢ ብቐሊሉ ክኣምነሉ ይኽእል ኢሎም ዝግምትዎ ጉዳያት እንድዮም ሃሰስ ኢሎም ዝጥቀሙ። ንኣብነት እቲ መንግስቲ ኣመሪካ ኣብ ሓምሳታት ንመሰል ርእሰ ውሳኔ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጎስያ ምስ መንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ዘሻረወቶ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ እቲ ንሰላሳ ዓመታት ዝወሰደ ውግእ ብሰንካ ምዃኑ እቲ ህዝቢ ስለዝፈልጥ ክሳብ ሎሚ ይምዝምዝዎ። ንዝኾነ እቲ ዝቃወሞ ኣካል ድማ ብእኩብ ይኹን ብውልቀ እንታይ እዩ ንዕኡ ከፍሽል ዝኽእል ብዝብል ሃሰውሰው ኢሉ ኣብ ቅድሚ ህዝቢ ዘእምን ዝመስል ሓሳባት ወይ ነጥቢ የቐልቅል። ንኣብነት ሃይለ ድሩዕ ኣብቲ  ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን ዝነበረ ውግእ “ተጠላቒና” ኢሉ ኣብ እኩብ ህዝቢ ምዝራቡ፥ ኢሰያስ ነቲ ባዕሉ ዝጻሕተሮ ውግእን ሃገራት ካብቲ ኤርትራ ሒዛቶ ዘላ መሬት ክትለቅቅ ተባሂሉ ምእባዩን ህዝቢ ከይፈልጦ ንኽዓባብጥ፥ ግርም ገይሩ ተጠቒሙላ እዩ። በዚ ዝኣክል ከኣ ንጉጅለ 15ን ካልኦትን ከም ከዳዕቲ ሃገርን ምስጢር ንወያኔ ዝሃቡን ኣምሲሉ ኣብ ህዝቢ ከቕርቦ ከሎ ዝተወሰነ ካብ ህዝቢ ንግዜኡ  ካኣምኖ ክኢሉ እዩ።
 
ካልኣ ጉዳይ እቶም ከሎ ጋና ድሕሪ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ካብ 1991 ኣትሒዞም ነቲ ስርዓት ብግቡእ ዝፈለጥዎ ሃገራውያን ሓይልታት ኤርትራደጊም ናይ ውድባት ሓሸውየ የለን” ክብል ከሎ፥ ነቲ ህዝብና ኣብ ግዜ መግዛኣቲ ዘሕለፎ ስቓይን መከራን ሕጂ ሰላም ብምርካቡ ንሰላሙ ይዘርጉ ኣለዉ ከብል ከኣ ተጠቂምሉ። ሕጂ እሞ ከኣ ብዝገደደ መልክዑ ወዮ ንሱ ምስ ወያኔ ኮይኑ ሃገራዊ ሓይሊ ከምዘየጥፈኣን፥ ንዝቃወምዎ ባይታ ከምዘይከልአን፥ ተመሊሱ ነተን ውድባት ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ መቃለሲ ባይታ ክኾነን ዝመረጻ ከም መጋበርያ ወያነወይጦታትከዳዓት ብማለት ንሱ ዝገብሮ እኩይ ተግባራት ህዝቢ ከየስተብህለሉ ንምኽዋል፡ ነተን ውድባት ብሰንኪ እቲ ብመንግስቲ ኢትዮጵያ ነቲ ዶብ ዘይምሕንጻጽ ግርም ገይሩ ንህዝቢ መተኣማመኒ ጭብጢ ተኾነኒ ኢሉ የደናግረሉ ኣሎ። ካብዚ ሓሊፉ በቶም ንዕኡ ከም ኣምላኽ ዘምልኽዎ ዝጽሕፍዎ ጽሑፋትን ዝዝርግሕዎ ኣዕናዊ ፕሮፓግንዳን ኣቢሉ ንሓይሊ ተቓውሞ ክበታትኖ ዝገብሮ ጻዕርን ፋሕተርተርን ብዙሕ’ዩ ሓደ ካብቶም ዕሉላት ደገፍቲ እዚ ዝስርዓት ኣቶ ተስፋማርያም ሓጎስ 21-05-2016 ኣብ ተስፋ ኒይውስ ዝጸሓፎ ሓደ ብሓደ ንእንታይነት እቲ ስርዓት ኣብ ጥበራን ፈኸራን ይገብሮ ዘሎ ጽሑፍ ከኣ ከምዚ ዝስዕብ ንረክብ።
 
‘’ወያነን ኣሜሪካን ሰዓብታን መዓርን ጠስምን ሒዞም ናብ ኤርትራ ከምዘይመጹ ርዱእ ኢዩ። እቲ ዝገርም ግን ናይቶም ከዳዓት መጋበርያ ጸላኢ ዝኾኑ ተቓወምቲ ዝብል ስም ዝተጠመቑ ወይጦታት እዩ እዞም ህዝቦምን መንግስቶም ዝኸሓዱ ኣብ ጥላም ሳእኒ ወያነ ዝተንበርከኹ ወይጦታት እቲ ባህጎምን ትምኒቶምን ኤርትራ ከም በዓል ዒራቕን ሊብያን ክትድምሰስን ክትዓኑን ህዝባ ክሃልቕን ድዮም ዝምነዩ ዘለዉ ?’’ ኢሉ ብሕቶ መልክዕ ዝዓጸዋ ጽሕፍቲ እንተተዓዚብና ባዕሉ እቲ ስርዓት ንህዝብና ዘጽንትን ህዝብና ቀሲኑ ንኸይነብር ዝገብርን ዘሎ እቲ ምዃኑ ጠፊእዎ ዲዩ ነቲ ጉዳይ ናብ ካልኦት ከሳብቦ ዝጽዕር ዘሎ። እዝስ ከምታ ናይ ሂትለር ባዕሉ ዝኾዓቶ ጐዳጉዲ ሃዶሽዶስ ምስ በሎ ጀርመን ኣብ ዓቢ ሽግር ምስ ወደቐት ናብቶም ኣይሁድ ዘሳበቦዶ ኣይመስልን።ንሰላሳ ዓመታት ደምና ከም ውሕጅ ዛርዩ ዓድታትና ዓንዮም ህዝብና ናብ ፈቐዶ ሃገራት ከም ዝስደድ ኮይኑ። እዚ ኹሉ ብሰንኪ ኣሜሪካ እዩ። እነሆ እዚ ሰብዓ ዓመታት ኣቝጺሩ ይርከብ። ኣብዚ ሰብዓ ዓመታት ህዝብና ካብ ምዕባለ ተሓሪሙ ዕጭኡ ውግእን ሞትን ህልቂትን ስደትን ኮይኑ ተሪፉ። ዘዝተወልደን ዘዝጎበዘን ኲናትን መቝሰልትን ስንክልናን መስዋእትን ኮይኑ ዕጭኡ” ከኣ ይብል ከይሓፈረ። እዚ ከኣ እሞ ነቲ እተን ኣብ ውሽጢ 25 ዓመታት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ናጽነት ረኺበ ኢሉ ክርህዎ ዝተጸበዮ እሞ ኣብ ክንድኡ ማእሰርትን መቕተልትን ጭቆናን ራዕድን በቲ ስርዓት ክፍጸም ከሎስ መንግስቲ ኣመሪካ ዲያከምኡ ግበር” ዝብል ትእዛዝ ሂባቶ እሞ ንመንግስቲ ኣመሪካ ዝኸሳ ዘሎ፥ ፈጺሙ ምስ ሓሳባቱን ምስቲ ዘሎ ክውንነት ዝራጸም እዩ።
 
‘’መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ንርእሱ ክመስልን ጉዳይ ሃገሩ ብዘይ ናይ ማንም ተጽዕኖ ክኣልን ክመርሕን ዝደሊ ኣብ ነብስኻ ምኽኣል ዝብል ቅኑዕ መትከል ረጊጹ ንህዝቡ ለይትን ቀትርን ኣስሚሩ ዝሰርሕ መንግስቲ እዩ። ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝኾነ ይኹን ኩነት ናይ ማንም መንግስቲ ተለኣኣኽን ከዳምን ክኸውን ኣይመረጸን እዩ። ከምዚ ዓይነት መንግስቲ ኣብ ኣፍሪቃ ንሃገራት ምዕራብ ብፍላይ ከኣ ንኣሜሪካን ሰዓብታን ሓደገኛ ኢቦላ ቫይረስ እዩ።” ይብል! እዚ’ሞ ኸኣ ዓቢ ናይ ሓሶት ቆፎ ጥራሕ ዘይኮነስ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ያኢ ነፍስኻ ምኽኣል እናበልካ ክጠምን ናይ ቁጠባዊ ናጽነት ምኽልካልንሲ ከም ዓቢ ቁምነገር ወሲዱ ህዝቢ ንኽጥብር ዝብሎ ዘሎ እምበር፡ ህዝቢ ኣቲ ጉዳይ መሪርዎን ደም ጥዒምዎን ከምዘሎስ ብሩህ ከም ብርሃን ጸሓይ እዩ።
 
መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ዝበሎ እንተ ደኣ ሃልዩ፣ መትከልና ርእስኻ ምኽኣል፣ ነብስና እንበር ንኻልኦት ክንመስል ኣይንደልን ኢና፣ ናይ ማንም ሃገር ጽግዕተኛን ተለኣኣኽትን ክንከውን ኣይንደልን ኢና ብጽፍርና ጻሕቲርና ክንነብር እምበር ኣእዳውና ንልማኖ ኣይንዝርግሕን ኢና ዝኾነ መዘዝ ሒዙ ዝመጽእ ዓይነት ሓገዝ ኣይንደልን፣ ኣብ ናይ ማንም ሃገር ውሽጣዊ ጉዳይ ኢድና ኣይነእቱን” ዝበሎ’ውን ኣሎ። እዚ ክብል ከሎስ ተስፋምርያም ንመን እዩ ከደናግርን ከዕሹን ዝሓስብ ዘሎ ፈጺሙ ኣይርደኣካን እዩ። ኣጽፋር እናኸራተምካስ ብጽፍርና እንነብር። 
መትከል ርእስኻ ምኻልዶ ነፍስኻ ምቕታል ከም ቁምነገር ድዩ ቆጺርዎ። ደሓርከ ኣብ 1994 “ንመንግስቲ ሱዳን ክንቅይሮ ኢና” ብማለት ኣብ ጉዳይ ህዝቢ ሱዳንዶ ኢዱ ኣየእተወን ድዩ? እቲ ምስ የመን፥ ጂቡቲ፥ ኢትዮጵያ ዝጻሕተሮ ኲናትሲ ጣልቃ ኣታውነት ኣይኮነን ክብለና ድዩ ዝፍትን ዘሎ? እንተኾነ እዚ ክሳብ ሕጂ ኣብ ዓመጽ፡ ጥበራ፥ ስለያን፥ ሓሶትን ዝነብር ስርዓት ዝገበረ እንተገበረ ናብ ምህሳሳን ምስባር’ቶም ደው ኣቢሎሞ ዘለዉ ኣዕኑድ ገጹ እዩ ዘንቈልቅል ዘሎ።
 

In a memorandum addressed to German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP) expressed "deep disappointment and frustration" with the Government of Germany and its "leading (rather, misleading) Europe towards supporting the wrong side in Eritrea." The message hinted that the delegation could include suspected perpetrators of "crimes against humanity."

German Authorities

Recipients of the EPDP Memo: Steinmeier; Gauck; Mueller and Ursula Eid.

 

The strongly-worded memo, also copied to the president of the German Parliament (Budestag), the minister of economic cooperation and development as well as to the major German parties, regretting the giving of "unmerited opportunity" to the repressive Eritrean regime to talk to German legislators, government officials and parties with the aim of 'improving' Germany's relations "with that autocratic system that has proven its incorrigibility in the past two decades".

The EPDP further stated that it could not find a rational explanation to the for talking with German officials as well as to Bundestag members "who last year condemned that regime for its brutalities against its own people". 

 

The discussion forum held in Berlin on 8 September for three Eritrean high officials including the notorious presidential advisor, Yemane Ghebreab, was organized by the German Africa Foundation, currently headed by Ms Ursula (Uschi) Eid of the German Green Party.

 

The EPDP memorandum also stated as follows:

"The German Government and the majority of your people know too well that things are intolerable and humanly inacceptable in Eritrea. Yet, the problem of migration, whose root cause in Eritrea and elsewhere is the denial of human rights and bad governance, cannot be addressed with appeasement and bolstering dictatorships like the one in Eritrea. In fact, this kind of compromise of well established values and old commitments to promote human rights, democracy and justice will lead to worse situations in Eritrea and in other places, as Syria has already exemplified it.

 

"And as the chairman of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea told the Human Rights Council on 21 June 2016, " So long as there is no constitution, so long as there is no parliament where you can debate national questions, so long as there is an abusive national service which is unending, so long as there is no free press, so long as there are no civil society organizations apart from government-appointed ones, so long as people are living in fear and controlled by the State, there will be no full enjoyment of all human rights and no real progress for the Eritrean people." The UN Commission's conclusion to collectively bring the Eritrean perpetrators of crimes to justice "is not only for the sake of the countless number of Eritrean victims but to demonstrate that such behaviour is simply unacceptable anywhere in the world today."

 

"In concluding this appeal, Sir, we can only repeat the appeal what we made in our June 2015 memorandum to your esteemed office:

  1. The Federal German Government to kindly oppose any gesture of appeasement and support to the Eritrean dictatorship;      
  2. Germany to start an open engagement with Eritrean non-state actors in the diaspora with the aim of empowering them to take part in a democratic transition in their country;
  3. The Federal German Government to kindly initiative the establishment of a solid programme for Eritrean refugees in Eastern Sudan and Northern Ethiopia by involving the support of EU and UN agencies. Such a multi-purpose and wide programme for thousands of desperate refugees should include not only the provision of adequate food, shelter, health facilities and security, but also give basic academic and vocational education to the big number of young Eritrean refugees in the Horn of Africa".

                          

Tuesday, 13 September 2016 20:47

Germany and Eritrea – friends again?

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Eritrea is often in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. Scores of young Eritreans have fled human rights abuses in their country. A recent high-level panel tried to charter new ways for an Eritrean-German dialogue.

Poster in Asmara reading - welcome to Eritrea. Next to it, a man standing alone

"To compare Eritrea with North Korea is the most inaccurate thing I have heard in my life. It is totally wrong," Uschi Eid, a seasoned politician and president of the German-African Foundation said.

Eid, a long-time observer of Eritrean politics, made the remark at the opening of a panel discussion on the current political and economic situation in Eritrea and the future of German–Eritrean relations. The discussion, co-hosted by DW, brought together Eritrean delegates, including Yemane Gebreab, head of the ruling (and only party) People's Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ) and a number of high ranking German officials, media professionals and representatives of NGOs working in Eritrea.

For some of the experts gathered in Berlin, the often-cited comparison between Eritrea and North Korea was not too far-fetched. Eritrea's clandestine foreign policy agenda, a forced military service, alleged human rights violations and ongoing cross-border skirmishes with arch-enemy Ethiopia, but mostly the exodus of young Eritreans applying for asylum in Germany, have set alarm bells ringing.

When it gained independence in 1993 Eritrea was paraded as a beacon of hope for Africa. But critics point to the fact that the Eritrean government has still not implemented the constitution drafted in 1997, thus setting the newly-independent country on a path towards the authoritarian, one-party state that it is today.

Eritrea Podiumsdiskussion Yemane Gebreab

Gebreab: "We want to build a political system that is suited to our own situation"

In response, Yemane Gebreab, Eritrea's head of political affairs and a close advisor to President Isaias Afewerkitold DWthat many African countries have dysfunctional multi-party systems and constitutions that only exist on paper. He argued that Eritrea is simply pursuing its own, unique governance approach.

National Service: 'a very important project'

On of the main reasons for young people to leave Eritrea is said to be its forced conscription to the military or "national" service, which can take 10 years or more. The country is listed among the world's top 10 source countries of migration. In late 2015, the Eritrean government pledged to shorten its national service to its original 18 months. One year later, very little has changed on the ground and youngsters continue to flee in droves.

Undeterred by the criticism, Gebreab told the Berlin panel that for the sake of nation-building and in the light of persistent threats from its neighbor Ethiopia, his country "should be commended" for its national service. He also said that it secured much-needed job opportunities for young people. It's a "very important project" and has "proved its value," he told DW later.

In an emotional challenge to Gebreab's argument, Almaz Zerai, a representative of the diaspora Network of Eritrean Women, said the reality on the ground totally contradicted the statements made by the Eritrean government. She said it was high time for them to "go out of the state of denial." The announcement of the government to increase the payment to conscripts holds little value for the activist: "They tell us that now that the salaries are increasing, the problem is going to be solved," she told DW. "No. It [should be] about letting the youth live their lives - to let them live free as they want to," she argued.

Eritrea Bisha Mine bei Asmara

Eritrea's Bisha Mine is supposed to be the first of four mines in the country

War economy

Eritrea today receives very little foreign assistance. Official development aid stood at $83.3 million (74 million euros) a year in 2014, according to the Development Assistance Committee of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (DCD-DAC).

Although agriculture takes the first position as a driver of the GDP, the country is said to have huge natural resources, including gold, copper, zinc and potash. It currently has one new mine and three more are expected to be working by 2018. However, for Gebreab the current cash flow from mining "cannot even cover the bill."

To keep the economy afloat, cash-strapped Eritrea greatly depends on remittances sent home from exiled citizens around the world. It has been alleged that the government, desperate for money, turns a blind eye to the mass exodus in expectation of euros and dollars.

Where to go from here?

Eritrea Podiumsdiskussion Christoph Strässer

German MP Christoph Straesser says Germany needs guarantees that rights are respected

So where does that leave future relations between Germany and Eritrea?

The reported human rights violations have so far made German officials reluctant to engage publicly with Eritrea. "We cannot give development assistance to any country, be it Eritrea or any other, without any guarantees that political and civil rights will be respected," Christoph Straesser, a German MP and former Special Rapporteur on Human Rights for a parliamentary group of the Social Democtrats (SPD) party, tells DW on the sidelines of the conference.

The recent EU decision to award an additional 200 million aid package to Eritrea to stem the wave of refugees has been questioned by many. Critics argue that the allocation of funds could result in strengthening the Eritrean government's muscle in silencing dissent, thus increasing the magnitude of the migration crisis.

Straesser, who led a group of German MPs on a recent fact-finding mission to Eritrea, asserted that the fund should be channeled to fight the cause of migration rather than supporting the regime.

Echoing his sentiments, the exiled campaigner Zerai told the panelists that pouring millions of dollars would not change anything unless the regime "diagnosed itself and was ready for treatment."

Georg Schmidt, the Foreign Affairs Office's Sub-Sahara representative, summed up the state of affairs: The Eritrean people have a "hunger for bread and a hunger for justice," he said. What this means for Germany's re-engagement with Eritrea is something that needs careful consideration.

Source=http://www.dw.com/en/germany-and-eritrea-friends-again/a-19548631

12 September 2016

Canada-based Nevsun Resources has sold and shipped the first zinc concentrate product from its Bisha mine in Eritrea, East Africa. 

Nevsun loaded a 10,000t lot at the Port of Massawa and sold the concentrate on the spot market.

Zinc flotation plant expansion at the Bisha mine was completed earlier this year. 

The company noted that the plant will allow the mine to produce separate copper and zinc concentrates simultaneously from processing primary ore from the Bisha open-pit mine.

"Bisha is the only significant new zinc concentrate coming to market in 2016." 

Nevsun Resources CEO Cliff Davis said: “We are pleased to have a high-quality zinc product coming to market in an environment of rising zinc prices. 

“Bisha is the only significant new zinc concentrate coming to market in 2016 and we are being aggressively courted for offtake by various customers.

“We would like to congratulate our partner, the State of Eritrea, for adding another export product to the economy and thank them for their support.”

The company plans to load additional shipments soon and is in the process of ramping up to commercial production, which is forecast for the fourth quarter of this year.

Nevsun owns 60% of the Bisha mine, which has nine years of reserve life and generates revenue from both copper and zinc concentrates containing gold and silver by-products. 

The State of Eritrea owns a 40% stake in the mine through the Eritrean National Mining Company (ENAMCO), with 30% of this bought from Nevsun before initial construction. 

Source=http://www.mining-technology.com/news/newsnevsun-ships-first-zinc-concentrate-from-bisha-mine-in-eritrea-5002673

Monday, 12 September 2016 23:23

'Eritrean migrants can return home safely'

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Swiss investigation confirms Eritrean 'refugees' may return to home country safely.

 
 
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The Swiss Ministry of Immigration sent a delegation to Eritrea to conclude whether returning Eritreans will face punishment after leaving Eritrea to avoid military service.

Switzerland hosts the largest population of Eritreans in Europe and the delegation’s findings were similar to those found by delegations from Britain and Denmark, published earlier this year.

According to the report, draft evaders who left the country and checked in with their respective embassies by paying a tax of two percent of their earnings while away, could return to Eritrea without facing penalties. Those who left the country for more than 3 years are not required to complete mandatory service.

The report details that draft evaders who did return under duress did not face more than several months in prison and then returned to active duty. These findings were similar to those of British delegation which published its findings last month. The Swiss delegation also met with evaders from Israel who returned to Eritrea independently and report that they faced no consequences.

Additionally, many Eritreans complete alternate national service. Women are exempt from service after the age of 27 or after they give birth. There are also many Eritreans today that manage to avoid service altogether. According to the report, even if, in the past, the country had harsh consequences for evading service, today, the Eritrean government is much more forgiving.

Yonatan Yaakovovich from the Israel Immigration Policy Center stated that, “We are pleased to see that leading European countries are declaring that returning Eritreans will not face harm upon return. This is a positive development for the country and for Israel, as Eritrea is the country of origin for many asylum seekers in Israel.”

Source=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/217657

Published: Sep. 9, 2016

Two Eritrean Ministers are in Germany at the start of a campaign to breach European opposition to doing a deal with a government the UN labels “a serial abuser of human rights”; the UN says 5,000 people leave Eritrea every month.

Eritrea, politically isolated for years, and often called the ‘North Korea of Africa, is the biggest source of asylum seekers in Europe relative to its population, at 2.13% (Syria, by contrast, is 1.25%).

Eritrea is a “Country of Particular Concern” for the US State Department due to severe violations of freedom of religion. Many Christians who leave it via neighbouring Sudan, Ethiopia, and Egypt, have become easy prey for human traffickers, especially in the Sinai desert. Some of them were caught and beheaded in Libya by Islamic State. Still many have made it to Europe by boat: the percentage of Christians is hard to estimate, but to visit camps in, for example, Calais in France, it is clear that the Christian proportion is high.

Despite this, the German government is welcoming representatives of the Eritrean government for discussions. Talks in November 2015 laid the groundwork of how European institutions would co-operate with African partners to fight “irregular migration, migrant smuggling and trafficking in human beings”.

This aim, says Martin Plaut, former BBC Africa Editor who’s visited the country several times “is laudable enough. But consider the implications through the eyes of a young refugee struggling to get past Eritrea’s border force, with strict instructions to shoot to kill, or to escape from the clutches of the dictatorship of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir”.

Under the plan Europe would offer training to “law enforcement and judicial authorities” in new methods of investigation and “assisting in setting up specialised anti-trafficking and smuggling police units”. The plans envisage Sudan receiving a range of computers, scanners, cameras, cars and all the necessary training at 17 border crossing points.

Germany has felt the consequences of the mass exodus: in 2015, 25,000 Eritreans sought asylum there.

Source: Martin Plaut

ህዝብና ብክብ ዝበለ ደረጃ ዝጽንብለን ክልተ ዓበይትን ኣገደስትን በዓላት ኣብ ሓደ ዕለት ወይ ኣብ እተቓራረበ ዕለት ይውዕላ ኣለዋ። እታ ሓንቲ ቅዱስ ዮውሃንስ ወይ ድማ ሓድሽ ዓመት ክትከውን ከላ፤ እታ ካልኣይቲ ከኣ፡ ዒድ ኣል ኣድሓ ኣልሙባረክ ኢያ።

 

በዚ ኣጋጣሚታት’ዚ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብስመይን ብስም ሰልፊ ዲሞክራሲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራን እንቋዕ ሓጐሰካ ዝብል ናይ ዮሃና መልእኽተይ ከመሓላልፍ እደሊ።

ፖለቲካዊ፡ ቍጠባውን ማሕበራውን ጸገማት ሃገርና ካብ ግዜ ናብ ግዜ እናኸፍአ ይኸይድ ስለዘሎ ግን፡ ህዝብና ነዘን ዕለታት እዚኣተን በቲ ዝምነዮ ኣገባብ ከብዕለን ከምዘይክእል ርዱእ ኢዩ። ስድራ ቤታት ኣብ ዝተበታተናሉ፤ መንእሰያት ኣብ መወዳእታ ዘይብሉ ናይ ባርነት ህይወት ኣብ ዝተጸምድሉ፤ ማይ፡ ባኒ፡ ጽዓት ብራሽን ኣብ ዝዕደለሉ፡ ብልሽውና ኣብ ዝነገሰሉ . . .ወዘተ ዝጽንበል በዓላት ምሉእ ክኸውን ፈጺሙ ኣይክእልን ኢዩ።

 

መንግስቲ ኢሳያስ፡ ንዅሉ ናይ ቍጠባ ማሕውራት፡ ንግድ፡ ትራንስፖርት፡ ሕርሻ፡ ቱሪዝም፡ ማዕድን፡ ፋብሪካ፡ ኣብ ትሕቲ ፍጹም ምቍጽጻሩ ብምእታው፡ ህዝቢ ወስ ቀስ ከይብል ቀይዱ ሒዝዎ ይርከብ። ብስም ብሕታዊ ጽላት ዝንቀሳቐሱ እንተልዮም ውን፡ ብድሕሪኦም ኢድ መንግስቲ ዘለዎ ኢዩ (ንኣብነት ሓዋላ)።

 

 

ብስም ምቕያር ባጤራ፡ ህዝቢ ኣብ ኢዱ ክሕዞን ከንቀሳቕሶን ዝኽእል ገንዘብ ስለእተደረተ ድማ፡ ዒድ ኣልኣድሓ ኣልሙባረክን በዓል ሓድሽ ዓመትን በዚ ብኣሉታ ክጽለዉ ምዃኖም ዝሰሓት ኣይኰነን።

 

ወዲሰብ ብተስፋ ስለዝነበር ግን፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ካብ ዘለዎ ሓሳረ-መከራ ዝናገፈሉ፤ ካብ ፋሕ ኢልዎ ዘሎ ቦታታት ኣብ ሃገሩ ዝእከበሉ፤ ሰላም፡ ስኒት፡ ፍቕሪ፡ ግዝኣተ-ሕጊ ዝሰፍነሉ ዝሓሸ ዘመን ክመጸሉ እምነ።

 

ርሑስ ሓድሽ ዓመትን ዒድ ኣልኣድሓ ኣልሙባረክን ይግበረልና

 

መንግስተኣብ ኣስመሮም

ኣቦ መንበር ሰዲህኤ

10 መስከረም 2016

Friday, 09 September 2016 20:44

Eritrea Liberty Magazine Issue No. 40

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Friday, 09 September 2016 20:10

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Eritrea update

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Good afternoon,                                                                                        

Please find below an update from the APPG on Eritrea.


The recent APPG meeting discussed the economic impact of indefinite national service in Eritrea. Daniel Nelson, News and Special Reports Editor at One World, who was in attendance at the meeting, wrote a summary outlining the contributions of the speakers and the dire economic and social impact of indefinite national service in Eritrea. The full article is available here

 

Charlotte King, senior analyst at the Economist Intelligence Unit, provided an analysis of the Eritrean economy, highlighting the dominance of party-controlled, State led firms, stifling any private sector enterprise. Professor Gaim Kibreab, research professor and course director of the MSc Refugee Studies at London South Bank University, discussed how the initially useful nation-building policy of national service was now producing terrible economic and social effects and is the prime reason for many Eritreans fleeing their homeland.

 

In other news, this August, the Home Office updated its guidance on asylum seekers from Eritrea -including those fleeing indefinite national service- following mounting pressure and criticism from various human rights groups and the Home Affairs select committee. The full guidance report is available here

 

Jim Shannon MP asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth affairs what discussions he has had with the governments of Ethiopia and Eritrea in reducing conflict in border areas between those countries, availablehere

 

Lord Hylton asked what action the Government and the UNHCR planned to take to protect Eritrean and Somali families now in Ethiopia, the Sudan, or South Sudan without legal status, availablehere

 

The APPG is currently planning its next meeting, and will be in touch soon with more information.

Thank you all for your continued support.