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ውልቀመለኽቲ ብዘይ ናይ’ቲ ዝገዝእዎ ህዝቢ ሓገዝ ስልጣ ክዕቅብዎ አይኽእሉን እዮም” "ውልቀመለኽቲ [ከምበዓል ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ] ብዘይ ናይ'ቲ ዝገዝእዎ ህዝቢ ሓገዝ ስልጣን ክዕቅብዎ አይኽእሉን እዮም::" (ካብ "From Dictatorship to Democracy" ዘርእስታ: ብ ዳንኤል ረዘነ ናብ ትግርኛ ተተርጒማ ብ ናጻ ዝተዘርገሐት መጽሓፍ::)

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Our attitude determines the destination: an Eritrean cry

Our attitude determines the destination: an Eritrean cry

By Desale Okubamichael dessu81 (AT) gmail (DOT) com

The euphoria

During our long and tortuous history, our attitude made us win, and it made us lose. We feel both the successes and the losses deep in our hearts.

The achievement of independence in 1991 was a miracle. All the heroism and determination that went into winning caused an awesome feeling. The joy and the celebration are printed in my…

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Eritrea and the left

Eritrea and the left

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ሕቡራት ሃገራት ገበናት ኣንጻር ሰብኣውነት ኣብ ኤርትራ ረኺቡ።

ሕቡራት ሃገራት ገበናት ኣንጻር ሰብኣውነት ኣብ ኤርትራ ረኺቡ።

Access article in English or French from OHCHR website.

ካብ ናይ ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዌብሳይት ዝተወስደ ጽሑፍ።

Geneva (8 June 2016) –

ገበናት ኣንጻር ሰብኣውነት (Crimes against humanity)፡ ብዝሰፍሐን ሜላውን መልክዕ ኣብ ናይ ኤርትራ መዳጎኒ ማእከላት፡ ወተሃደራዊ መሰልጠኒ ማእከላት ከምኡ ውን ኣብ ካልኦት ቦታታት እታ ሃገር ኣብ ውሽጢ ዝሓለፋ 25 ዓመታት ተፈጺሞም፡ ብመሰረት ረቡዕ ዝተዘርግሐ ሓድሽ ጸብጻብ ናይ ሕ.ሃ. ኮምሽን ምጽራይ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ኤርትራ።

ገበናት ባርነት፡ ማእሰርቲ፡ ግዱድ ምስዋር፡ መስቀይቲ፡ ምግፋዕ፡ ጾታዊ ዓመጽ፡ ቅትለትን ካልኦት ኢሰብኣዊ…

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Leaked document: government estimates over half a million signatures on its petition denouncing UN human rights report on Eritrea

Leaked document: government estimates over half a million signatures on its petition denouncing UN human rights report on Eritrea

An Eritrean whistleblower that goes by the name Samuel has recently started publishing leaked government documents through a Facebook page: SACTISM: Classified documents of the dwindling PFDJ.

On April 20, SACTISM posted a seven-page document, in Tigrinya language, of a letter by Eritrean Ministry of Foreign Affairs detailing a government plan to collect over 300,000 signatures from Eritreans for…

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Isaias Afewerki hides behind 'Shaebia': a selfless servant of the system

Isaias Afewerki hides behind ‘Shaebia’: a selfless servant of the system

As the leader of an authoritarian government, president Isaias Afewerki is responsible for everything his government does. This is one of those very few facts that everyone agrees on–government supporters as well as opponents.

In spite of this fact, it is not normal for Eritreans to refer to the political system or the ‘era’ of its rule by the supreme leader (like you would for similar dictators…

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ዋጋ ኣልቦ፡ ዓለምለኻዊ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት

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ሓደሽቲ ስውኣት ፦ መንግቲ ኣብ ማእከል ኣስመራ ሰብ ይቐትል

ሓደሽቲ ስውኣት ፦ መንግቲ ኣብ ማእከል ኣስመራ ሰብ ይቐትል

ዝሓለፈ ሰንበት፡ 4 ሚያዝያ፡ መንግስትና ካብ ኣገልሎት (ግዱድ ዕስክና) ከምልጡ ኢሎም ካብ ተሰቒሎመን ዝነበሩ ናይጽዕነት መኪና ዘሊሎም ክሃድሙ ንዝፈተኑ መንእሰያት፡ ከምቲ ኣብ ዶባት ኤርትራ ዝገብርዎ፡ ብብረት ተኩሶም ሰብ ከም ዝጎድኡን፡ ካብቶም ዝተጎድኡ ድማ ዝሞቱ ከምዘለው ውን ብዝተፈላለየ ምንጭታት ክንገር ቀንዩ።

ጋዜጠኛ ማርቲን ፕላውት፡ ካብ ውሽጢ ኤርትራ ብዝረኸቦ ሓበሬታ  መሰረት፡ ክሳዕ ሕጂ ዝተፈልጠ 29 ሰባት ከም ዝጎድኡ፡ ካብኣቶም ሽዱሽተ ብቕጽበት ክሞቱ ከለዉ ካልኦት 5 ድማ ኣብ ሕክምና ከምዝሞቱ፣ እቶም ዝተረፉ ድማ ኣብ ‘ሆስፒታል’፡ ኣብ ትሕቲ ጽኑዕ ሓለዋ ከምዘለዉ ሓቢሩ። ማርቲን ኣብ ጽሑፉ ናይቶም ዝሞቱ…

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ዝተመላኽዐ ዛንታ ገድሊ (ብ ዮሴፍ ገብሪሂወት)

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__________________________ እዛ ጽሕፍቲ ትርጉም ናይታ “Romanticizing Ghedli (I)” ዘርእስታ ብዮሴፍ ገብሪሂወት ተጻሒፋ፡ ብ 12 መጋቢት 2008 ኣብ መርባእብ ሓበሬታ ኣስማሪኖ ዳት ኮም ዝተዘርግሐት ጽሕፍቲ እያ። ናብ ቛንቛ ትግርኛ ብ ኣዳለውቲ ጋዜጣ መሰለይ ተተርጒማ፡ “ምቅንጃው ገድሊ” ብዝብል ኣርእስቲ ከኣ ኣብ 2008 ተዘርጊሓ ኔራ። ንምርዳእ ይሕግዝ ብዝብል ገለገለ ናይኣተረጋጉማ ምትዕርራያት ገይረ ኣቅሪበያ ኣለኹ።  _________________________________________ መእተዊ ሓደ ካብቲ ቀንዲ ንህዝብና ኣጋጢምዎ ዘሎ ጸገማት፡ እዚ ተቐናጅዩ [ካብ መጠን ንላዕሊ ተመላኺዑ] ዝቐርብ…

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ዐሰርቱ ትእዛዛት ሻዕብያ ካብ መግዛእቲ ዘውጻእኩኻ፡ ኣነ ኣምላኽካ እየ። ኣብ ቅድመይ ካልኦት ኣማልኽቲ ኣይሀልዉኻ። ፓርቲ ዘበለን ንርእስኻ ኣይትግበር። ቀናእ እየ እሞ፡ ብዝኾነ ምኽንያት ኣይትጠርነፍ፡ ኣይትተኣከብ። ስም ስውኣት ብኸንቱ ኣይተልዕል። ሃገራዊ ብዓላት ንኸተብዕል ሐልወን። ሰለስተን-ስሳን-ሰለስተን መዓልቲ ዕየ፣ ብዘይ ደሞዝ፣ ንሃገራዊ ብዓላት ግና ብሓጎስን ብጭፈራን ዘክረን። ኣብታ ምድሪ ዕድሜኻ ምእንቲ ኺነውሕ፡ ንሹማምንቲ ኣኽብር። ኣይትቕተል። እንተድልዩ ትሕቲ ብርኪ ተኩስ። ኣይትዘሙ። በዓል ስልጣን ኣይኮንካን። ኣይትስረቕ። ኩሉ ሃብቲን እታ መርየትን ንመንግስቲ እተቐደሰ'ዩ። ብሓሶት ኣይትመስክር። ናይ መርመራ ግዜ ከይናውሓካ። ዘይናትካ ዕረፍትን ሰላምን ኣይትመነ። ትምኒት ናይ ስግረዶብ ሓሳብ ትዘርእ እያ።

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ኣውሊዐይ ናበይ ከይዳ? -- ስግረዶብ ይጥርጠር።

ኣውሊዐይ ናበይ ከይዳ? — ስግረዶብ ይጥርጠር።

ኣውሊዐይ ናበይ ከይዳ? -ስግረዶብ ትጥርጠር።

እታ እንኮ ሓላፍነታ ኣብ ማእከል ባንዴራና ምህላው ዝኾነ ቆጽሊ ኣውሊዐይ፡ ቅንያቱ ንስራሕ ከም ዘይተቐልቀለት ተፈሊጡ። ሃገራዊ ግቡኣ ጠንጢና ብስግረዶብ ተሸሪባ ከይትኸውን ይጥርጠር።

ኣውሊዐይ ንኹላቶም ባእታታት ባንዴራ ኤርትራ ትቕድሞም እያ፣ ብግድምና ። እቶም ካብ ፈለማ 1950ታት ጀሚሮም ዝፈልጥዋ ከምዚ ናይ ሎሚ ብጫ ዘይኮነስ ቆጽለዋይ ሕብሪ ከም ዝነበራ ይዝክሩ።

ወግዓዊ መዝገባት መንግስቲ ኤርትራ ንጉዳይ ምቅይያር ሕብሪ ኣውሊዐይ ኣመልኪቶም ዝህብዎ መብርሂ የልቦን። ይኹን እምበር ገለገለ ሰባት ሕብራ ዝቐየረት ኣንጻር ውልቀመላኽነት ተቓውሞ’ዩ ዝብሉ ኣለው (ኣነ)። ብምረት’ያ…

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What’s really ‘inside Eritrea’? a comment on the misuse of Millennium Development Goals records by the BBC World News and others

What’s really ‘inside Eritrea’? a comment on the misuse of Millennium Development Goals records by the BBC World News and others

The recent European migrant crisis has added to the curiosity about the African state of Eritrea[1].

Eritreans make up a huge proportion of migrants to Europe. In 2015, one-fourth of the migrants to reach Italy by boat were Eritreans[2]. These numbers are alarming given the population size of Eritrea. Eritrean population, estimated at six million, is only a fraction of the other top…

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Eritrean Martyrs and the Price of Human Soul

Eritrean Martyrs and the Price of Human Soul

Thousands of revolutionary soldiers (the Fighters) paid with their life to bring about Eritrean independence and overthrow the brutal Ethiopian dictator.

Eritreans are mindful of this high price paid by so many. For the government and its supporters, this high price the martyrs paid is where thy get their confidence and their courage. To those that are bitterly opposed to the government, from the…

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ሸለል ብምባል ርዝነትና ንሓሉ።

ሸለል ብምባል ርዝነትና ንሓሉ።

ናይ ኢንተርነት መራሰንቲ፣ ሰባት ኣብ ዝመያየጡሉን ሓበሬታ ኣብ ዝቀያየሩሉን ናይ ኢንተርነት ገጻት ኮነ ኢሎም ኣነዳሪን ኣረሳሳኒን ጽሑፍ ብምጽሓፍ ታዕታዕን ዕግርግርን ይፈጥሩ። ብዛዕባዞም ናይ ኢንተርነት ‘መራሰንቲ’ (trolls) ክሓስብ ከለኹ እታ፡ “ከምቲ ድዅዕን ማይን ንተዘራእቲ፣ ምምልላስ ን ኢንተርነት መራሰንቲ።” እትብል ናይ ጥንቲ ምስላ እያ ትዝ ትብለኒ።

ምርሳን (trolling) ኣብ ኤርትራውያን፡ ኣብ መንጎ ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ደገፍቲ መንግስትን፡ ጥራይ ዝተወሰነ ተርእዮ ኣይኮነን። ይኹን ደኣ እንበር ናይ ኢንተርነት ምርሳን፡ ንቑነገርን ርዝነትን ምይይጥ ኤርትራውያን ደለይቲ-ፍትሒ ሃስይዎ እዩ።

ናይ ኢንተርነት መራሰንቲ…

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A recent article published by The Guardian goes beyond the current issues that have brought Eritrea into the headlines (which have to do with European migrant crisis) and goes back in time. To a time when Eritreans where experimenting with speaking-up, to a time where some mistakenly believed that there were alternatives to fleeing the country at any cost.

The article remarks imprisoned Eritrean journalists “forgotten”. It honors six of the at least 23 disappeared journalists with a brief biography leading to their arrest. The full article written by PEN Eritrea can be found here.

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Seyoum Tsehaye. Freelance journalist and former TV director. Disappeared by government in 2001. Photograph: PEN Eritrea

Amanuel Asrat. Editor-in-chief of Zemen (a private newspaper) and award-winning poet. Disappeared by government in 2001. Photograph: PEN Eritrea

Medhanie Haile. Editor of Kestedemena (a private newspaper) and a lawyer. Disappeared by government in 2001. Photograph: PEN Eritrea

Fessahaye ‘Joshua’ Yohannes. Poet, playwright, journalist and co-owner of Setit (a private newspaper). Disappeared 2001. Photograph: PEN Eritrea

Idris Abu’Are. Author and freelance journalist. Disappeared by government 2001. Photograph: PEN Eritrea

Dawit Habtemichael. Assistant editor of Meqalh (a private newspaper). Disappeared in 2001. Photograph: PEN Eritrea

“Forgotten journalists” – The Guardian A recent article published by The Guardian goes beyond the current issues that have brought Eritrea into the headlines (which have to do with European migrant crisis) and goes back in time.

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Mother of five, now alone.

mother of five, now alone her beautiful sons, all gone was it too ambitious? a dream? to have a family at home.

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Why some people support the government?

Short answer, they are evil.

“Forgiveness does not mean ignoring what has been done or putting a false label on an evil act. It means, rather, that the evil act no longer remains as a barrier to the relationship.”

“We must recognize that the evil deed of the enemy-neighbor, the thing that hurts, never quite expresses all that he is. an element of goodenss may be found even in our worst enemy.”

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