Mereja Forum

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17 September 2019

... the 11 politicians and 17 journalists who were arrested in 2001 after criticising President Isaias Afwerki’s rule, and have never been seen or heard from since ...

The 11 politicians were arrested for writing an open letter to President Afwerki urging him to respect the constitution by holding elections and upholding the rule of law, while the 17 journalists were arrested for reporting on the politicians’ letter. None of the 28 have been seen or heard from since nor have any of them been formally charged with any offence.

Background

Among the 11 politicians arrested 18 years ago is Aster Fissehatsion, a veteran pro-independence fighter and prominent member of the Eritrean Peoples’ Liberation Front (EPLF), and her ex-husband, former vice-president and foreign minister Mahmoud Ahmed Sheriffo. Others are former foreign ministers Haile Woldetensae and Petros Solomon. Dawit Isaak and Seyoum Tsehaye, both editors and journalists for Setit, an independent publication were arrested the same day for covering the politicians’ arrests.

Petros Solomon’s wife, Aster Yohannes, returned from the USA to care for her children on learning of his arrest only to be arrested on arrival at Asmara International Airport in December 2003..

https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/ ... -released/

[eden]

Compare and contrast treatment of prisoners between Eritrea and next door Ethiopia. Read the above and then watch these videos:

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Compare and contrast treatment of prisoners between Eritrea and next door Ethiopia. Read the above and then watch these videos:

Abdu elle is Corrupted Politician The G15 are Political Prisoners Two Completely different things.

[Meleket]

‘ጌም ኦቨር’ ተባሂሉ እገዳ ምስተላዕለ ዝተገጥመት ግጥሚ እያ፣ ንባህጊ ዝበዝሀ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድማ ተመልክት! ዳግማይ ኣስማቕርዋ!

እዚኣ ግጥሚ ኣብ ልዕሊ መቓብር ዚበርዐነ ጥንግናግ ሽርሒ ሓሳዳት ኾይና ዝገጠምናያ ያ፤ ምስትምቓር ንኣስተማቐርቲ ንገድፎ!

ማዕቀብ እገዳ ካብ ተላዕለ ደጊም

ማዕቀብ እገዳ ካብ ተላዕለ ደጊም፣
ብፍቕሪ ብህድገት እስከ ንሰዓዓም፣
ቅርሕንቲ ኣወጊድና መብጽዓና ንዕመም፣
እቲ ሃሳዲና ይምላእ እቲ ዓይኑ ደም፣
ይቕረ ክንበሃሃል እስከ ንቀዳደም፣
ናብ ደገ ዘይኮነስ ናብ ሃገር ንሳግም።

ደቂ ኤሩ ሽኾር ዓቢ ምስ ንእሽቶ፣
ካብ ዓዲ እንዳማትና ናብ ዓድና ንእቶ፣
ባህ አይበሎ ሓሳድ ሕድሕድ ንፈታቶ።

እቶም ጸላእትና እቶም ዘይሓንኹ፣
ህዝቢ ዚጥብሩ ተንኮል ዚሕርንኹ፣
ብሰላሕታ ወራር እንተ ተንፈሐኹ፣
ፈንጠርጠር እንተበሉ ናብ ዓዲ ኪሶልኩ፣
ኣብ ዓዱ ኣሎ ጅግና ከውድቆም ሓሊኹ።

ትልዝብ ኣቢልና ተፋቂርና ሕድሕድ፣
ሓርነት ኣዊጅና ንእሱር ንቕዩድ፣
ሕጂውን ከምትማል ንሓዝ ነታ ክሳድ፣
ብፍቅሪ ሟሚቕናስ ብስኒት ንሰውድ፣
ጸላኢ ስምረትና ‘እንጦርጦስ’ ይውረድ።

ደቂ ሃላል መሬት ፈለማ እሞ ንስመር፣
ዶብና ተሐንጺጹ በወግዒ ይሰመር፣
ሽዑ ንምርምሮ ጉዳይ ናይ “መደመር”!
ካብ’ቲ ግርሕነትና’ስ ሕጂዃ ንመሃር!
ጉድ ከየምጽኡልና እቶም ታሕተዎት ሰፈር።

ኣስላማይ ክስታናይ ተጋዳላይ ገባር፣
ከምቲ መብጸዓና ሰሚርና ብሓባር፣
ሕድሪ ጀጋኑና ኣብ ሃገር ነተግብር፣
ዶብና እናስመርና ሕድሕድ ንጠማመር።

ህዝቢ ንመንግስቲ ጸኒዑ ዘጽነዐ፣
ሎቅመጽመጽ ከይበለ ብንዋይ ከይሰድዐ፣
ሳላ ዝተጸመመ ዘረባ ብድዐ፣
ሳላ እታ እምነቱ ንመትከል ዘይከድዐ፣
ልቦና ህዝብና ብሓቂ ተርነዐ፣
ኣብ ልዕሊ ክብሩ’ውን ክብሪ ተደረዐ።

ኢዋኡ በዳሊና እዝጊ ጸሊኡሉ፣
ወትሩ ናብ ሕስረቱ ኮሊሉ ኮሊሉ፣
ሳላ ጽንዓት ሕዝቢ ዝበደሀ ኩሉ፣
ፈጋግር ዞባና እቶም ተዃላሉ፣
ብመከተ ህዝቢ ምስተዐዃለሉ፣
እምነትን ጽንዓትን ካብ ልቢ ፈልፊሉ፣
ኣሎኹ ምስ በላ ንኤረይ ሓላሉ፣
ምስክር ኢዩ ኾይኑ ኩሉ ፈናቂሉ፣
ሓርበይናዊት ኣደ ደጊም ዓልልሉ።


ሳዕስዕሞ ሓዳርኻ ኣይትረስዕ!
ብዘይ ሃገር ክብረት የሎን!

ብዘይ ሃገር ክብረት የሎን! ምስዚኣ ጎድኒ ጎድኒ እትከይድ ካብ መልእኽትታት ጳጳሳትና ዝተመሃርናያ ድማ ንወስኸላ እምበር - ብዘይ ህዝቢዉን ሃገር የሎን!