Mereja Forum

[Eri luv]

July 30, 2019
RE: Open Letter to Tiffany Haddish
Dear Ms. Tiffany Haddish:
The Eritrean-American community has been following your career with great pride! To see one of our own shining in Hollywood after overcoming unmentionable obstacles gives us hope and countless life lessons. Eritrea is a young country and the positive image you show of it is admirable.

However, the fact that we celebrate our country, our culture and our diverse community doesn’t mean we should support a brutal dictator, Isaias Afwerki, who has been in power for 28 years. During his reign, he has imprisoned thousands of citizens including journalists, students, artists, politicians, religious leaders, the youth and the elderly. All Eritreans who voice their concerns about the human rights abuses in the country or who ask about the thousands of Eritreans in prison for over 20 years to have their day in court is thrown into prison indefinitely and never to be heard from again. Consequently, Eritrea is now the only African country without a constitution, a parliament, or a private press. Eritrea is the only country that has experienced mass exodus due to indefinite conscription of youth into national service, also known as “national slavery.” According to Global Slavery Index, there are 451,000 Eritreans living in Eritrea under modern slavery.

An estimated 10,000 people remain unjustly imprisoned, and the government continues to enforce coercive conscription policies. The full list of abuses is so horrific (including widespread and systematic enslavement and sexual abuse of girls as young as 17 years old) that a UN Commission of Inquiry, which documented the testimonies of hundreds of Eritreans, accused senior government officials at the highest level of committing crimes against humanity.

These reasons are why we are appalled by recent reports that you will be attending an event for the few supporters of the Eritrean dictator in the San Francisco Bay Area from August 9 – 11th. These supporters go by the name of PFDJ. They are members of the same group the UN has accused of committing crimes against humanity in Eritrea.

We can only assume that you are not aware of the brutal nature of the Eritrean government. As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Now that you are aware of the horrors the government inflicts on the people, we urge you not to gather with those who terrorize the Eritrean people and to cancel your attendance.

Because you are in a position of power, you have likely gotten the red carpet treatment when you visit Eritrea. The few PFDJ supporters who live in the West also get similar preferential treatment when they visit Eritrea. However, for the majority, life in Eritrea is cruel; particularly for youth who are subject to indefinite national service and young women who receive no protection from the frequent reports of rape and sexual harassment perpetrated by people in positions of power.

Ms. Haddish, recently you made a moral decision to cancel your show in Georgia over the state’s abortion law saying “I need to stand with women… I cannot in good faith perform there.” The sexual abuse and enslavement of young girls and women in Eritrea under military officials are well documented. We, Eritreans, urge you to take a similar stand to protect the lives of women and young girls in Eritrea.

We urge you to understand and support your people and not be swayed by the deliberate disinformation spread by the dictator. As fellow Eritrean-Americans, we stand ready and willing to provide any information you need that will help you reach an informed decision. We understand the need to connect with your homeland and roots. However, we firmly believe that this cannot be done by cheering for a government that enslaves, disappears, and exiles its citizens

Thank you and we look forward to working with you.

Association of Eritrean Americans

*Bayto Yiakl North America (35 US & Candian Cities)
*Eritrean Community for Justice – DC Metro Area
*Eritrea Digest
*Bay Area Eritreans for Democratic Change
*Free Ciham
*One Day Seyoum
*Reclaim Eritrea
*ERISAT – Independent Satellite TV
*Eritrean Sinit Study Group (ESSG)
*Network of Eritrean Women

Source: www.eritreadigest.com/aea-open-letter-t ... nd_Mhh7eOA

[Degnet]

July 30, 2019
RE: Open Letter to Tiffany Haddish
Dear Ms. Tiffany Haddish:
The Eritrean-American community has been following your career with great pride! To see one of our own shining in Hollywood after overcoming unmentionable obstacles gives us hope and countless life lessons. Eritrea is a young country and the positive image you show of it is admirable.

However, the fact that we celebrate our country, our culture and our diverse community doesn’t mean we should support a brutal dictator, Isaias Afwerki, who has been in power for 28 years. During his reign, he has imprisoned thousands of citizens including journalists, students, artists, politicians, religious leaders, the youth and the elderly. All Eritreans who voice their concerns about the human rights abuses in the country or who ask about the thousands of Eritreans in prison for over 20 years to have their day in court is thrown into prison indefinitely and never to be heard from again. Consequently, Eritrea is now the only African country without a constitution, a parliament, or a private press. Eritrea is the only country that has experienced mass exodus due to indefinite conscription of youth into national service, also known as “national slavery.” According to Global Slavery Index, there are 451,000 Eritreans living in Eritrea under modern slavery.

An estimated 10,000 people remain unjustly imprisoned, and the government continues to enforce coercive conscription policies. The full list of abuses is so horrific (including widespread and systematic enslavement and sexual abuse of girls as young as 17 years old) that a UN Commission of Inquiry, which documented the testimonies of hundreds of Eritreans, accused senior government officials at the highest level of committing crimes against humanity.

These reasons are why we are appalled by recent reports that you will be attending an event for the few supporters of the Eritrean dictator in the San Francisco Bay Area from August 9 – 11th. These supporters go by the name of PFDJ. They are members of the same group the UN has accused of committing crimes against humanity in Eritrea.

We can only assume that you are not aware of the brutal nature of the Eritrean government. As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Now that you are aware of the horrors the government inflicts on the people, we urge you not to gather with those who terrorize the Eritrean people and to cancel your attendance.

Because you are in a position of power, you have likely gotten the red carpet treatment when you visit Eritrea. The few PFDJ supporters who live in the West also get similar preferential treatment when they visit Eritrea. However, for the majority, life in Eritrea is cruel; particularly for youth who are subject to indefinite national service and young women who receive no protection from the frequent reports of rape and sexual harassment perpetrated by people in positions of power.

Ms. Haddish, recently you made a moral decision to cancel your show in Georgia over the state’s abortion law saying “I need to stand with women… I cannot in good faith perform there.” The sexual abuse and enslavement of young girls and women in Eritrea under military officials are well documented. We, Eritreans, urge you to take a similar stand to protect the lives of women and young girls in Eritrea.

We urge you to understand and support your people and not be swayed by the deliberate disinformation spread by the dictator. As fellow Eritrean-Americans, we stand ready and willing to provide any information you need that will help you reach an informed decision. We understand the need to connect with your homeland and roots. However, we firmly believe that this cannot be done by cheering for a government that enslaves, disappears, and exiles its citizens

Thank you and we look forward to working with you.

Association of Eritrean Americans

*Bayto Yiakl North America (35 US & Candian Cities)
*Eritrean Community for Justice – DC Metro Area
*Eritrea Digest
*Bay Area Eritreans for Democratic Change
*Free Ciham
*One Day Seyoum
*Reclaim Eritrea
*ERISAT – Independent Satellite TV
*Eritrean Sinit Study Group (ESSG)
*Network of Eritrean Women

Source: www.eritreadigest.com/aea-open-letter-t ... nd_Mhh7eOA

What great to read,it shows you that there is the country called Eritrea.Respect friends,oppose faults and so forth,JFK.

[Hawzen]

July 30, 2019
RE: Open Letter to Tiffany Haddish
Dear Ms. Tiffany Haddish:
The Eritrean-American community has been following your career with great pride! To see one of our own shining in Hollywood after overcoming unmentionable obstacles gives us hope and countless life lessons. Eritrea is a young country and the positive image you show of it is admirable.

However, the fact that we celebrate our country, our culture and our diverse community doesn’t mean we should support a brutal dictator, Isaias Afwerki, who has been in power for 28 years. During his reign, he has imprisoned thousands of citizens including journalists, students, artists, politicians, religious leaders, the youth and the elderly. All Eritreans who voice their concerns about the human rights abuses in the country or who ask about the thousands of Eritreans in prison for over 20 years to have their day in court is thrown into prison indefinitely and never to be heard from again. Consequently, Eritrea is now the only African country without a constitution, a parliament, or a private press. Eritrea is the only country that has experienced mass exodus due to indefinite conscription of youth into national service, also known as “national slavery.” According to Global Slavery Index, there are 451,000 Eritreans living in Eritrea under modern slavery.

An estimated 10,000 people remain unjustly imprisoned, and the government continues to enforce coercive conscription policies. The full list of abuses is so horrific (including widespread and systematic enslavement and sexual abuse of girls as young as 17 years old) that a UN Commission of Inquiry, which documented the testimonies of hundreds of Eritreans, accused senior government officials at the highest level of committing crimes against humanity.

These reasons are why we are appalled by recent reports that you will be attending an event for the few supporters of the Eritrean dictator in the San Francisco Bay Area from August 9 – 11th. These supporters go by the name of PFDJ. They are members of the same group the UN has accused of committing crimes against humanity in Eritrea.

We can only assume that you are not aware of the brutal nature of the Eritrean government. As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Now that you are aware of the horrors the government inflicts on the people, we urge you not to gather with those who terrorize the Eritrean people and to cancel your attendance.

Because you are in a position of power, you have likely gotten the red carpet treatment when you visit Eritrea. The few PFDJ supporters who live in the West also get similar preferential treatment when they visit Eritrea. However, for the majority, life in Eritrea is cruel; particularly for youth who are subject to indefinite national service and young women who receive no protection from the frequent reports of rape and sexual harassment perpetrated by people in positions of power.

Ms. Haddish, recently you made a moral decision to cancel your show in Georgia over the state’s abortion law saying “I need to stand with women… I cannot in good faith perform there.” The sexual abuse and enslavement of young girls and women in Eritrea under military officials are well documented. We, Eritreans, urge you to take a similar stand to protect the lives of women and young girls in Eritrea.

We urge you to understand and support your people and not be swayed by the deliberate disinformation spread by the dictator. As fellow Eritrean-Americans, we stand ready and willing to provide any information you need that will help you reach an informed decision. We understand the need to connect with your homeland and roots. However, we firmly believe that this cannot be done by cheering for a government that enslaves, disappears, and exiles its citizens

Thank you and we look forward to working with you.

Association of Eritrean Americans

*Bayto Yiakl North America (35 US & Candian Cities)
*Eritrean Community for Justice – DC Metro Area
*Eritrea Digest
*Bay Area Eritreans for Democratic Change
*Free Ciham
*One Day Seyoum
*Reclaim Eritrea
*ERISAT – Independent Satellite TV
*Eritrean Sinit Study Group (ESSG)
*Network of Eritrean Women

Source: www.eritreadigest.com/aea-open-letter-t ... nd_Mhh7eOA

If I have understood the content of this open letter, there are clearly two groups of people. The first group are Eritreans who are allegedly supporters of the dictator and decided to attend Eritrean festivity. The second group are the combination of Eritreans and Eritrean wannabe agames who are allegedly financed by TPLF to disrupt Eritrean Independence and Festivity events like they have tried many times. I am just wondering if you have to be a supporter to participate in Eritrean Independence Celebration and annual Festivity. These events have nothing to do with the government.. They are just all about Eritrea.

I would like to know why Tiffany Hadish or any Eritrean who cares about Eritrea and Eritrean people for that matter should listen to a bunch of useless people who cheered when the people of Eritrea were sanctioned again and again sponsored by their financer TPLF. Not only that, the same bunch of useless people dined with agames in Addis and gave lap dance to the worst enemy of the Eritrean people during agames honeymoon in Ethiopia.

If I might have to choose, I would prefer the dictator that I know who defended the sovereignty of my country against the worst enemy of the Eritrean people to a bunch of sell-outs who worked hard to sanction my people and country. We don't have a perfect or even near perfect government but we know our government will not sell our country. I am sure Tiffany is smart enough to realize that these group are either infested by Eritrean wannabe agames or financed by the worst enemy of the Eritrean people, agames.

These bunch of sell-out have to first prove to the people of Eritrea that they are a better choice than the dictator government we have. As a starting point, they should cut any relationship they have with agames and declare agames are the worst enemy of the Eritrean people. Until then, we will celebrate our independence day and festivity events while these [deleted] screaming....

May God bless Eritrea and Eritrean people..

Dedebit is always dedeb
R.I.P Abay Tigray and TPLF

[Degnet]

July 30, 2019
RE: Open Letter to Tiffany Haddish
Dear Ms. Tiffany Haddish:
The Eritrean-American community has been following your career with great pride! To see one of our own shining in Hollywood after overcoming unmentionable obstacles gives us hope and countless life lessons. Eritrea is a young country and the positive image you show of it is admirable.

However, the fact that we celebrate our country, our culture and our diverse community doesn’t mean we should support a brutal dictator, Isaias Afwerki, who has been in power for 28 years. During his reign, he has imprisoned thousands of citizens including journalists, students, artists, politicians, religious leaders, the youth and the elderly. All Eritreans who voice their concerns about the human rights abuses in the country or who ask about the thousands of Eritreans in prison for over 20 years to have their day in court is thrown into prison indefinitely and never to be heard from again. Consequently, Eritrea is now the only African country without a constitution, a parliament, or a private press. Eritrea is the only country that has experienced mass exodus due to indefinite conscription of youth into national service, also known as “national slavery.” According to Global Slavery Index, there are 451,000 Eritreans living in Eritrea under modern slavery.

An estimated 10,000 people remain unjustly imprisoned, and the government continues to enforce coercive conscription policies. The full list of abuses is so horrific (including widespread and systematic enslavement and sexual abuse of girls as young as 17 years old) that a UN Commission of Inquiry, which documented the testimonies of hundreds of Eritreans, accused senior government officials at the highest level of committing crimes against humanity.

These reasons are why we are appalled by recent reports that you will be attending an event for the few supporters of the Eritrean dictator in the San Francisco Bay Area from August 9 – 11th. These supporters go by the name of PFDJ. They are members of the same group the UN has accused of committing crimes against humanity in Eritrea.

We can only assume that you are not aware of the brutal nature of the Eritrean government. As Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Now that you are aware of the horrors the government inflicts on the people, we urge you not to gather with those who terrorize the Eritrean people and to cancel your attendance.

Because you are in a position of power, you have likely gotten the red carpet treatment when you visit Eritrea. The few PFDJ supporters who live in the West also get similar preferential treatment when they visit Eritrea. However, for the majority, life in Eritrea is cruel; particularly for youth who are subject to indefinite national service and young women who receive no protection from the frequent reports of rape and sexual harassment perpetrated by people in positions of power.

Ms. Haddish, recently you made a moral decision to cancel your show in Georgia over the state’s abortion law saying “I need to stand with women… I cannot in good faith perform there.” The sexual abuse and enslavement of young girls and women in Eritrea under military officials are well documented. We, Eritreans, urge you to take a similar stand to protect the lives of women and young girls in Eritrea.

We urge you to understand and support your people and not be swayed by the deliberate disinformation spread by the dictator. As fellow Eritrean-Americans, we stand ready and willing to provide any information you need that will help you reach an informed decision. We understand the need to connect with your homeland and roots. However, we firmly believe that this cannot be done by cheering for a government that enslaves, disappears, and exiles its citizens

Thank you and we look forward to working with you.

Association of Eritrean Americans

*Bayto Yiakl North America (35 US & Candian Cities)
*Eritrean Community for Justice – DC Metro Area
*Eritrea Digest
*Bay Area Eritreans for Democratic Change
*Free Ciham
*One Day Seyoum
*Reclaim Eritrea
*ERISAT – Independent Satellite TV
*Eritrean Sinit Study Group (ESSG)
*Network of Eritrean Women

Source: www.eritreadigest.com/aea-open-letter-t ... nd_Mhh7eOA

If I have understood the content of this open letter, there are clearly two groups of people. The first group are Eritreans who are allegedly supporters of the dictator and decided to attend Eritrean festivity. The second group are the combination of Eritreans and Eritrean wannabe agames who are allegedly financed by TPLF to disrupt Eritrean Independence and Festivity events like they have tried many times. I am just wondering if you have to be a supporter to participate in Eritrean Independence Celebration and annual Festivity. These events have nothing to do with the government.. They are just all about Eritrea.

I would like to know why Tiffany Hadish or any Eritrean who cares about Eritrea and Eritrean people for that matter should listen to a bunch of useless people who cheered when the people of Eritrea were sanctioned again and again sponsored by their financer TPLF. Not only that, the same bunch of useless people dined with agames in Addis and gave lap dance to the worst enemy of the Eritrean people during agames honeymoon in Ethiopia.

If I might have to choose, I would prefer the dictator that I know who defended the sovereignty of my country against the worst enemy of the Eritrean people to a bunch of sell-outs who worked hard to sanction my people and country. We don't have a perfect or even near perfect government but we know our government will not sell our country. I am sure Tiffany is smart enough to realize that these group are either infested by Eritrean wannabe agames or financed by the worst enemy of the Eritrean people, agames.

These bunch of sell-out have to first prove to the people of Eritrea that they are a better choice than the dictator government we have. As a starting point, they should cut any relationship they have with agames and declare agames are the worst enemy of the Eritrean people. Until then, we will celebrate our independence day and festivity events while these [deleted] screaming....

May God bless Eritrea and Eritrean people..

Dedebit is always dedeb
R.I.P Abay Tigray and TPLF

I was blaming myself for being the first to comment here but it is personal and I respect these Eritrean Americans.