#Eritrea: መላኺ ኢሰይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ኣኼባ ረጊጹ ወጺኡ!!

ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ

መላኺ ጉጅለ ህግደፍ ኣብ መጀመርያ ወርሒ ሚያዝያ 2012  ኣብ ኣስመራ
ንወታሃደራውን ስለያውን መጋበርያታቱ ንህሉው ወታሃደራዊ ኩነታቱን ኩነተ-ዶብን
ኣመልኪቱ ኣብ ዘካየዶ ዓቕሊ ጽበታዊ ርክብ፡ ብዘይካ’ቲ ካብቶም ኣሰሰይቱ ዝቐረበሉ
ክምልሶም ዘይካኣለ ሕቶታት ‘’ዓቕሚ ምክልኻል ዶብናን ኩነታት ካድረታትናን ከመይ
ይመስል’’  ክብል ኣብ ዝሓተተሉ ግዜ ካብ ኣሰሰይቱ’’ ተስፋ ዘቕርጽን ካድረታት
ከምዘየለዉን ናብ ስደት ከምዘምሩሑን ዓቕሚ ከምዘየለን ኣብ ዝመለስሉ ግዜ ብሚሒር
ኣንጸርጽሮትን ተስፋ ምቕራጽን ነቲ ባዕሉ ዝጸወዖ ኣኼባ ረጊጽዎ ከምዝወጸ ምንጭታት
ግንባር ሃገራዊ  ድሕነት ኤርትራ ካብ ኣስመራ ሓቢሮም ።
እዚ ብሚሒር ዓቕሊ ጽበትን ራዕደ-ውድቀትን ዝተኸበበ መላኺ’ዚ ኣብ ዝተፈላለዩ ግዜ ናይ
ኲናትን ወረ ኲናትን መናፍሓት እንዳወቕዐ ኣበየ ከባቢ ሃገር ህዝቢ ብምእካብ   ንኲናት
ድልዉ ክኸውን ከምዘለዎ ኣብ ዝሰብከሉ ዝነበረ እዋን ብዘይተስፋ ካባ ሕፍረት ተኸዲኑ
ከምዘሎን ብሰንኪ እዚ’ውን ኣብ ከቢድ ወጥርን ራዕድን ከምዝተሸመመን ምንጭታትና
ብተወሳኺ ይሕብሩ። ስርዓት ህግደፍ ብሰንኪ ጻሕታሪ ፖሊስኡ ኣብ ከባብያውን ኣህጉራውን
ተነጽሎ ኣብ ዘለወሉ ግዜ ንላዕለዎት    ሰበ-ስልጣናቱ ብተደጋጋሚ ክእክብን ቃና ኲናት
ክነፍሑ ክእዝዝን’ኳ እንተ ፈተነ ክኾነሉ ከምዘይካኣለን ዝኣመኖም ሰበ-ስልጣናቱ ገገዲፎሞ
ክኸዱን ንትእዛዛቱ ክሕሰሙን ብተደጋጋሚ ይርአ’ሎ ።


ቤት ጽሕፈት ዜናን ባህልን
ግንባር ሃገራዊ ድሕነት ኤርትራ
19 ሚያዝያ 2012

#Eritrea: Still think a #May24 Revolution not possible?

How it all started

On December 17, 2011 a young man named Mohamed Bouazizi (محمد البوعزيزي) set himself on fire in protest of confiscation of his fruit cart and humiliation inflicted upon him by local police officers, including females.  Nobody ever believed that this self-immolation would topple the dictatorship of long time President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, let alone spark regional and international revolution in what has been called the Arab Spring.  Only 1 month after protests erupted on the streets of Tunisia, the dictator was overthrown and seeking asylum in Saudi Arabia.  For a dictator in power for 21 years to be ousted was a miracle, but for the surrounding dictators it was a nightmare.  Soon after the Tunisian revolution, Egyptians and Mauritanians were setting themselves on fire in protest of their own tyrannical governments.  Then people erupted into protest in Libya, which Moammar Gaddafi had been in power for more than 40 years.  Bahrain's revolution was brutally crushed, only to resurface months later threatening the hosting of F1 grand prix.  


Still think a revolution is impossible in Eritrea?  Consider this:  Last year more than 100 youths took to the streets to protest government repression.  On May 28 2011, More than 66 Eritreans were rounded up on trucks and arrested arbitrarily.  Nobody knows of their status since.  Worldwide, the large Eritrean diaspora community have broken the barrier of fear and, for the first time, openly condemned the Eritrean regime in front of embassies around the world.  This new wave of democratic and youth oriented movement is blossoming despite threats from government informants, spies, and security agents arresting activists' families back home.  The government is cracking down on internet cafe's, international communication channels, and social media in a desperate effort to suppress any movement.  The government even went so far as to reshuffle the military to avoid a coup d' etat.  A coalition of Eritrean youth movements are organizing anti-government protests on May 24, 2012, on the 21st anniversary of Eritrean independence from Ethiopia.

Here is a playlist of 59 videos of Eritreans denouncing the dictatorial regime (PFDJ/HIGDEF):

Revolt Asmarino's photostream

Revolt Asmarino's photostream on Flickr.

The people want the overthrow of the government

Tough times for the Criminal PFDJ regime in Eritrea

Thousands of Eritreans flee forced conscription

April 18, 2012 - As the clock ticks closer to May 24, the Eritrean government grows increasingly worried.  Its isolation is only superseded by its brutality and paranoia.  After 20 years of suppressing the will of the people of free speech, democratic rights, equality, and justice, cracks are emerging on the surface.

Today in Asmara, new rounds of arrests had taken place after the distribution of flyers calling for revolution in the streets the past couple of week. Security agents raided internet cafés, bars, shops, and restaurants arresting dozens of customers on unspecified charges under the banner of "national security." Mind you, this is not the first time the regime arrests its own citizens arbitrarily and without trial. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Eritrea has the highest number of jailed journalists in the world, even surpassing North Korea, China, and Iran.

RT @NickKristof: RT @pressfreedom: #Eritrea, for 10 consecutive years, is the leading jailer of journalists in #Africa.
— CPJ (@pressfreedom) February 10, 2012

Thousands of Eritreans flee the country every month due to Isaias Afewerki's repressive PFDJ military regime, which is the only legal political party allowed to operate in Eritrea. "I didn't want to be a soldier" says 12-year-old Eritrean refugee Abel. As soon as Eritrean students finish high school they are forced into indefinite labor under the guise of "national service." Youths are routinely rounded up and those that flee are shot. You can read more about the roundups (giffa in Tigrinya) from Page 41 of this Document.

Eritrean Youth are at it again: Massive Demonstrations planned in Eritrea on May 24

ASMARA, April 9, 2011 – A coalition of Eritrean Youth all over the world are planning massive nationwide protests against the regime of Isaias Afewerki, who has clinched to power for 21 years. Eritrean Diaspora are organizing for support within Eritrea by disseminating flyers in Eritrean bars, schools, and restaurants and also using "Robo-calls" to an estimated 10,000 Eritreans (see:http://www.gereger.com/media/pdf/Eritrean%20Youth%20Solidarity%20for%20Change%20%20EYSC%20Press%20Release%20in%20regards%20to%20Robocalls%20made%20to%20Eritrea%20today%20%20Press%20Release%20(TGRNYA)%20%205-4-2012.pdf ). The group Eritrean Youth Solidarity for Change (EYSC) which boasts 11,000+ members has organized a campaign inside Eritrea called "Arbi Harnet" which translates to Freedom Friday. The Freedom Friday Campaign calls upon the people inside Eritrea to protest dictatorship by emptying the streets of Eritrea’s cities every Friday after 6 PM.

In the past 21 years, Isaias Afeworki had failed to deliver on the pledges he made in the areas of political, economic and cultural democracy. Eritrea once a “Beacon of Hope” now has one of the worst authoritarian rule with violations of human rights, religion and suppression of the press. Eritrea remains the only county in Africa without a working constitution. The country’s process towards democratization has essentially ended, as there are no elections and no multiple party systems. The only political party existing in Eritrea is the ruling party known as the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ).

The regime in Eritrea has shocked many Eritreans in the diaspora when the president denied the defection of the entire Eritrean soccer team to Kenya (Interview on Al-Jazeera TV). Eritreans were also shocked at the level of human trafficking taking place in the Sinai and its own government's tight lips on the issue. Thousands of Eritreans flee the country each month due to the regime's repressive rule and mismanagement of the economy. Routinely, Eritrean refugees are subjected to torture, rape, and abuse by human traffickers in Egypt and Sudan until their family abroad can pay their ransom. Ransoms for Eritrean refugees have inflated from $4,000 to almost $60,000 USD today. One of the many factors for this is due to Israel building a large electric fence on its border with Egypt, thereby impeding the human trafficking system. To this day, the Eritrean government has not condemned this situation, and even worse, the President claims those Eritreans are "going for picnic." The CNN documentary "Death in the Desert" showed the remarkable risks Africans were prepared to make to try to get to Israel.

"Death in the Desert" by CNN Freedom Project

Interview with Isaias Afewerki:  At 2:10 Isaias claims Eritreans "are going on picnic"

Eritreans are demanding the country's defense forces and the police to stand with the people's aspiration for freedom. They also demand Eritreans abroad to withdraw funds and material support from the Eritrean regime. Eritrean Opposition youths have repeatedly crashed Pro-government festivals and events in protest of their support and as a show of force.

Eritrean opposition youth movements around the world are coordinating major demonstrations on May 24 in order to bring down the regime of Isaias Afewerki. Coalition groups include, but are not limited to: Popular Movement for Democracy and Justice, May 24 – Eritrean Youth Movement, EYC-EYSC NA Interim Board, Eritrean Youth Movement for Change.

Google Map sites of Protests:
View Eritrea Revolution May 24 2012 in a larger map
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&aq=&ie=UTF8&t=h&msa=0&msid=212379760256998214643.0004a4321d50d67680fb3&ll=15.335704,38.937618&spn=0.015513,0.025565

http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-773369

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