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[Awash]

ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ፡ 'ንኤርትራ ክህቦ ዝሓሰበ ልዕሊ 50 ሚልዮን ዩሮ ስሒብዎ'

23 መስከረም 2020, 19:54 EAT


]ኣብ ማእቶታዊ ስርሓት ዝተዋፈሩ ኣባላት ሃገራዊ ኣገልግሎት

ኣብ ሆላንድ ዝመደበሩ ትካል ሰባዊ መሰላት ንኤርትራውያን፡ ነቲ ኣንጻር ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ ከፊትዎ ዝጸንሐ ሕጋዊ ክሲ ከምዝሰሓቦ ኣፍሊጡ።

"እቲ ውሳነ፡ ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ ድሕሪ ተኸታታሊ ነቐፌታታት 'ብሕጂ ጽርግያ የለን' ['no more roads'] ዝብል መርገጺ ድሕሪ ምውሳዱ'ዩ ተወሲዱ" ክብል ጠበቓ ናይቲ ተሓላቒ ጉጅለ መሰላት፡ ከነዲ ቫን ደር ላን ኣብ ዘውጽኦ መግለጺ ጠቒሱ።

እቲ ጠበቓ ከምዝበሎ፡ ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ፡ ነቲ ብሕጂ ንተመሳሳሊ ዕላማ ክወሃብ ተሓሲቡ ዝነበረ ገንዘብ፡ ንካልእ ማዓላ ከምዝወሃብ ኣፍሊጡ ኢሉ። ...

https://www.bbc.com/tigrinya/news-54272 ... VmJ7a0bYVY

[pushkin]

The filthy wedi kelbi Agame Adwusha! Despite the fact that the EU is bragging for withdrawing €50m that is initially allocated to fund road repair works inside Eritrea connecting Ethiopia, it can't stop or slow down the gov't from taking the repair work to the finishing line.

ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ፡ 'ንኤርትራ ክህቦ ዝሓሰበ ልዕሊ 50 ሚልዮን ዩሮ ስሒብዎ'

[( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)]

[Tog Wajale E.R.]

Bissbiss Shettattam Agga*me:--- Enna Minn Ye-Tebbess. Is This Good News For Dedebit Woorgach Woyane T.P.L.F. Agga*me.

[Awash]

bushtino and Mujale

European Union promises to halt building Eritrean roads following criticism of “slave labour”

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 ERITREA HUB NEWS

Eritrean human rights organization withdraws claim against EU, but remains vigilant about forced labour

Source: Kennedy van der Laan

Amsterdam, 22 September – The Foundation Human Rights for Eritreans has decided to withdraw the lawsuit filed against the European Union (EU) over 80 million euros in aid provided to Eritrea. This decision was taken in response to the ‘no more roads’ approach announced by the EU, after repeated criticism of its financial support.

“We will continue our investigation into forced labour in Eritrea and will come back to this issue if new facts come to light.” States Muluberhan Temelso, Director of the Foundation.

Legal case

The lawsuit was filed on 13 May 2020 in relation to EU funding of a project in Eritrea which uses forced labour from the Eritrean national service. This is openly acknowledged by the EU. The situation is and remains contrary to the most fundamental norms of international and European law.

In response to criticism from the media, the European Parliament, and European member states, partly as a result of this lawsuit, the EU has indicated that it will change its policy with regard to road construction projects in Eritrea. The EU has announced a ‘no more roads’ approach, whereby further funds that were earmarked for road construction on top of the 80 million euros have been diverted to Sudan and other projects in Eritrea. The EU will also evaluate the ‘dual track approach’ of diplomatic relations with Eritrea, of which the road building project was a part.

The Foundation is largely pleased with these steps, says Emiel Jurjens, the Foundation’s lawyer. “The EU has recognized that supporting a project using forced labour is unacceptable. That is why the EU has now abandoned this policy by saying “no more roads”. The goal of the Foundation has thus been achieved. This is an important victory that means alot to the Foundation and to the Eritrean people”. However, this does not change the fact that the human rights situation in Eritrea remains of great concern.

Ongoing concerns

With these new developments, which are considered as unconditional and permanent by the Foundation, the core requirements of the lawsuit have been met. However, the Foundation will continue to closely monitor the situation and continue its investigation into aid in Eritrea implemented through use of forced labour.

The Foundation remains very concerned about the way aid is organized through the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF). From the beginning, the EU knew that forced labour would be used in the implementation of the road construction project, and the EU agreed with this. The EU argues that a national court could not review this case, but a collective claim cannot be reviewed by an EU court. “If this argument is followed, cases where the victims cannot be directly present, for example because they are still in repressive countries such as Eritrea, cannot be reviewed. This puts the EUTF in a legal vacuum,” states Jurjens.

“We remain seriously concerned about the road building project.” Says Temelso. “For example, the EU indicates that money will still end up in organizations under the control of the Eritrean regime, specifically the Red Sea Trading Corporation. It is not clear how the EU can adequately control this.”

https://eritreahub.org/european-union-p ... ave-labour

[Temt]

The filthy wedi kelbi Agame Adwusha! Despite the fact that the EU is bragging for withdrawing €50m that is initially allocated to fund road repair works inside Eritrea connecting Ethiopia, it can't stop or slow down the gov't from taking the repair work to the finishing line.

ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ፡ 'ንኤርትራ ክህቦ ዝሓሰበ ልዕሊ 50 ሚልዮን ዩሮ ስሒብዎ'

Listen ወዲ ኣንጺፋ ቊልጭ፡ The so-called EU aid was meant for Ethiopia's requirement to use our ports. They can shove their aid up their nose. Eritrea will continue to build the roads come rain or shine. Eritrea never succumbs to such hooliganism for she is a proud nation and stands tall alone with no need of alms, sadly, like many African leaders, including the Agames, habitually do!

[Awash]

“The EU has recognized that supporting a project using forced labour is unacceptable. That is why the EU has now abandoned this policy by saying “no more roads”. The goal of the Foundation has thus been achieved. This is an important victory that means alot to the Foundation and to the Eritrean people”. However, this does not change the fact that the human rights situation in Eritrea remains of great concern.

The filthy wedi kelbi Agame Adwusha! Despite the fact that the EU is bragging for withdrawing €50m that is initially allocated to fund road repair works inside Eritrea connecting Ethiopia, it can't stop or slow down the gov't from taking the repair work to the finishing line.

ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ፡ 'ንኤርትራ ክህቦ ዝሓሰበ ልዕሊ 50 ሚልዮን ዩሮ ስሒብዎ'

Listen ወዲ ኣንጺፋ ቊልጭ፡ The so calle EU aid was meant for Ethiopia's requirement to use our ports. They can shove their aid up their nose. Eritrea will continue to build the roads come rain or shine. Eritrea never succumbs to such hooliganism for she is a proud nation and stands tall alone with no need of alms, sadly, like many African leaders, including the Agames habitually do!

[Zmeselo]

Stupid idiot, 1st of all, all workers get paid. Not to the level of people in the West, of course, but it's a lie they work for nothing.

Secondly, as brother Temt said, the money was meant for roads that lead to Ethiopia to facilitate trade b/n the countries. Peoples of both countries win by that, except for your shefatu bosses in Meqele.

But to reiterate once again, what my brothers have already said: ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!!

“The EU has recognized that supporting a project using forced labour is unacceptable. That is why the EU has now abandoned this policy by saying “no more roads”. The goal of the Foundation has thus been achieved. This is an important victory that means alot to the Foundation and to the Eritrean people”. However, this does not change the fact that the human rights situation in Eritrea remains of great concern.

The filthy wedi kelbi Agame Adwusha! Despite the fact that the EU is bragging for withdrawing €50m that is initially allocated to fund road repair works inside Eritrea connecting Ethiopia, it can't stop or slow down the gov't from taking the repair work to the finishing line.

ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ፡ 'ንኤርትራ ክህቦ ዝሓሰበ ልዕሊ 50 ሚልዮን ዩሮ ስሒብዎ'

Listen ወዲ ኣንጺፋ ቊልጭ፡ The so calle EU aid was meant for Ethiopia's requirement to use our ports. They can shove their aid up their nose. Eritrea will continue to build the roads come rain or shine. Eritrea never succumbs to such hooliganism for she is a proud nation and stands tall alone with no need of alms, sadly, like many African leaders, including the Agames habitually do!

[Awash]

Zombie aka moronic,
The term "forced labor" mean anything to you? It means not voluntary but forced, you idiot. You could care less about the Eritrean people, that's obvious. Indefinite servitude of the people under duress, Fessfass Agame.

Stupid idiot, 1st of all, all workers get paid. Not to the level of people in the West, of course, but it's a lie they work for nothing.

Secondly, as brother Temt said, the money was meant for roads that lead to Ethiopia to facilitate trade b/n the countries. Peoples of both countries win by that, except for your shefatu bosses in Meqele.

But to reiterate once again, what my brothers have already said: ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!!

“The EU has recognized that supporting a project using forced labour is unacceptable. That is why the EU has now abandoned this policy by saying “no more roads”. The goal of the Foundation has thus been achieved. This is an important victory that means alot to the Foundation and to the Eritrean people”. However, this does not change the fact that the human rights situation in Eritrea remains of great concern.

The filthy wedi kelbi Agame Adwusha! Despite the fact that the EU is bragging for withdrawing €50m that is initially allocated to fund road repair works inside Eritrea connecting Ethiopia, it can't stop or slow down the gov't from taking the repair work to the finishing line.

ሕብረት ኣውሮጳ፡ 'ንኤርትራ ክህቦ ዝሓሰበ ልዕሊ 50 ሚልዮን ዩሮ ስሒብዎ'

Listen ወዲ ኣንጺፋ ቊልጭ፡ The so calle EU aid was meant for Ethiopia's requirement to use our ports. They can shove their aid up their nose. Eritrea will continue to build the roads come rain or shine. Eritrea never succumbs to such hooliganism for she is a proud nation and stands tall alone with no need of alms, sadly, like many African leaders, including the Agames habitually do!

[Zmeselo]

Wedi kelbi, who measured that & how did they come to that conclusion? It's a very subjective & convenient statement, to as usual, harass Eritrea.

ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!! This is just fuel to our fire!!!

Zombie aka moronic,
The term "forced labor" mean anything to you? It means not voluntary but forced, you idiot. You could care less about the Eritrean people, that's obvious. Indefinite servitude of the people under duress, Fessfass Agame.

Stupid idiot, 1st of all, all workers get paid. Not to the level of people in the West, of course, but it's a lie they work for nothing.

Secondly, as brother Temt said, the money was meant for roads that lead to Ethiopia to facilitate trade b/n the countries. Peoples of both countries win by that, except for your shefatu bosses in Meqele.

But to reiterate once again, what my brothers have already said: ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!!

“The EU has recognized that supporting a project using forced labour is unacceptable. That is why the EU has now abandoned this policy by saying “no more roads”. The goal of the Foundation has thus been achieved. This is an important victory that means alot to the Foundation and to the Eritrean people”. However, this does not change the fact that the human rights situation in Eritrea remains of great concern.

The filthy wedi kelbi Agame Adwusha! Despite the fact that the EU is bragging for withdrawing €50m that is initially allocated to fund road repair works inside Eritrea connecting Ethiopia, it can't stop or slow down the gov't from taking the repair work to the finishing line.

Listen ወዲ ኣንጺፋ ቊልጭ፡ The so calle EU aid was meant for Ethiopia's requirement to use our ports. They can shove their aid up their nose. Eritrea will continue to build the roads come rain or shine. Eritrea never succumbs to such hooliganism for she is a proud nation and stands tall alone with no need of alms, sadly, like many African leaders, including the Agames habitually do!

[Awash]

You're an idiot. Do you think the Eritrean people voluntarily subject themselves to indefinite servitude with prisons and torture chambers as a condition of refusing or wanting to pursue other vocation? You're one baztard wedi komarit.

Wedi kelbi, who measured that & how did they come to that conclusion? It's a very subjective & convenient statement, to as usual, harass Eritrea.

ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!! This is just fuel to our fire!!!

Zombie aka moronic,
The term "forced labor" mean anything to you? It means not voluntary but forced, you idiot. You could care less about the Eritrean people, that's obvious. Indefinite servitude of the people under duress, Fessfass Agame.

Stupid idiot, 1st of all, all workers get paid. Not to the level of people in the West, of course, but it's a lie they work for nothing.

Secondly, as brother Temt said, the money was meant for roads that lead to Ethiopia to facilitate trade b/n the countries. Peoples of both countries win by that, except for your shefatu bosses in Meqele.

But to reiterate once again, what my brothers have already said: ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!!

“The EU has recognized that supporting a project using forced labour is unacceptable. That is why the EU has now abandoned this policy by saying “no more roads”. The goal of the Foundation has thus been achieved. This is an important victory that means alot to the Foundation and to the Eritrean people”. However, this does not change the fact that the human rights situation in Eritrea remains of great concern.

The filthy wedi kelbi Agame Adwusha! Despite the fact that the EU is bragging for withdrawing €50m that is initially allocated to fund road repair works inside Eritrea connecting Ethiopia, it can't stop or slow down the gov't from taking the repair work to the finishing line.


Listen ወዲ ኣንጺፋ ቊልጭ፡ The so calle EU aid was meant for Ethiopia's requirement to use our ports. They can shove their aid up their nose. Eritrea will continue to build the roads come rain or shine. Eritrea never succumbs to such hooliganism for she is a proud nation and stands tall alone with no need of alms, sadly, like many African leaders, including the Agames habitually do!

[Zmeselo]

Your usual crockodile tears aside wedi may Telamit, I wanna remind you & all other Eritrea haters that, your whining can never magically turn into facts nor does your continouse finger- pointing at the govt turn the eritrean people against it. You'd have succeeded at it by now had it been remotely possible, because there's evidently no lack of trying from your side. And that, for years & years with no tangible result to show for it; except to prolong the suffering of the eritrean people. But, we'll pass through this stages as well as we've passed tougher stages before, & will come out shining brighter on the other side!

All Hasadat, mark my words!

These are the same ppl, who're hypocritically placing moral/ethical judgements upon Eritrea:

You're an idiot. Do you think the Eritrean people voluntarily subject themselves to indefinite servitude with prisons and torture chambers as a condition of refusing or wanting to pursue other vocation? You're one baztard wedi komarit.

Wedi kelbi, who measured that & how did they come to that conclusion? It's a very subjective & convenient statement, to as usual, harass Eritrea.

ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!! This is just fuel to our fire!!!

Zombie aka moronic,
The term "forced labor" mean anything to you? It means not voluntary but forced, you idiot. You could care less about the Eritrean people, that's obvious. Indefinite servitude of the people under duress, Fessfass Agame.

Stupid idiot, 1st of all, all workers get paid. Not to the level of people in the West, of course, but it's a lie they work for nothing.

Secondly, as brother Temt said, the money was meant for roads that lead to Ethiopia to facilitate trade b/n the countries. Peoples of both countries win by that, except for your shefatu bosses in Meqele.

But to reiterate once again, what my brothers have already said: ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!!

“The EU has recognized that supporting a project using forced labour is unacceptable. That is why the EU has now abandoned this policy by saying “no more roads”. The goal of the Foundation has thus been achieved. This is an important victory that means alot to the Foundation and to the Eritrean people”. However, this does not change the fact that the human rights situation in Eritrea remains of great concern.

[Awash]

You can't tell the difference between right and wrong let alone between tears, you moron. Everybody, from UNHCR to UNHRC is aware of what the Eritrean people are going through.
They are paying for those thousands of refugees and they have made a thorough and indebt investigation into your Agame junta's human rights violations. The facts have been well documented and substantiated the commission. Just because the Arab deqi sebeyti wielded their corrupt clout to save your savage Agame regime from ICC does not mean the facts are wrong. It just means your masters could care less about the human rights of the Eritrean people just like you and your Agame savage. Fessfass Agame.

Your usual crockodile tears aside wedi may Telamit, I wanna remind you & all other Eritrea haters that your whining can never magically turn into facts or your continiouse finger- pointing at the govt turn the eritrean people against it. You'd have succeeded at it by now had it been remotely possible, because there's evidently no lack of trying from your side. And that, for years & years with no tangible result to show for it; except to prolong the suffering of the eritrean people. But, we'll pass through this stages as well as we've passed tougher stages before, & will come out shining brighter on the other side!

All Hasadat, mark my words!

These are the same ppl, who're hypocritically placing moral/ethical judgements upon Eritrea:

https://tter.com/petros_berhe/status/13 ... 27042?s=20

You're an idiot. Do you think the Eritrean people voluntarily subject themselves to indefinite servitude with prisons and torture chambers as a condition of refusing or wanting to pursue other vocation? You're one baztard wedi komarit.

Wedi kelbi, who measured that & how did they come to that conclusion? It's a very subjective & convenient statement, to as usual, harass Eritrea.

ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!! This is just fuel to our fire!!!

Zombie aka moronic,
The term "forced labor" mean anything to you? It means not voluntary but forced, you idiot. You could care less about the Eritrean people, that's obvious. Indefinite servitude of the people under duress, Fessfass Agame.

Stupid idiot, 1st of all, all workers get paid. Not to the level of people in the West, of course, but it's a lie they work for nothing.

Secondly, as brother Temt said, the money was meant for roads that lead to Ethiopia to facilitate trade b/n the countries. Peoples of both countries win by that, except for your shefatu bosses in Meqele.

But to reiterate once again, what my brothers have already said: ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!!

“The EU has recognized that supporting a project using forced labour is unacceptable. That is why the EU has now abandoned this policy by saying “no more roads”. The goal of the Foundation has thus been achieved. This is an important victory that means alot to the Foundation and to the Eritrean people”. However, this does not change the fact that the human rights situation in Eritrea remains of great concern.

[Zmeselo]

Arabs? You sound like Mengie

But, you Meqele c@cks@ckers being supported by the sole superpower against us for over a decade is ok?

Funny creatures!

The arabs were not there to support us then, but we sailed through with grit & resilience.

You can't tell the difference between right and wrong let alone between tears, you moron. Everybody, from UNHCR to UNHRC is aware of what the Eritrean people are going through.
They are paying for those thousands of refugees and they have made a thorough and indebt investigation into your Agame junta's human rights violations. The facts have been well documented and substantiated the commission. Just because the Arab deqi sebeyti wielded their corrupt clout to save your savage Agame regime from ICC does not mean the facts are wrong. It just means your masters could care less about the human rights of the Eritrean people just like you and your Agame savage. Fessfass Agame.

Your usual crockodile tears aside wedi may Telamit, I wanna remind you & all other Eritrea haters that your whining can never magically turn into facts or your continiouse finger- pointing at the govt turn the eritrean people against it. You'd have succeeded at it by now had it been remotely possible, because there's evidently no lack of trying from your side. And that, for years & years with no tangible result to show for it; except to prolong the suffering of the eritrean people. But, we'll pass through this stages as well as we've passed tougher stages before, & will come out shining brighter on the other side!

All Hasadat, mark my words!

These are the same ppl, who're hypocritically placing moral/ethical judgements upon Eritrea:

https://tter.com/petros_berhe/status/13 ... 27042?s=20

You're an idiot. Do you think the Eritrean people voluntarily subject themselves to indefinite servitude with prisons and torture chambers as a condition of refusing or wanting to pursue other vocation? You're one baztard wedi komarit.

Wedi kelbi, who measured that & how did they come to that conclusion? It's a very subjective & convenient statement, to as usual, harass Eritrea.

ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!! This is just fuel to our fire!!!

Zombie aka moronic,
The term "forced labor" mean anything to you? It means not voluntary but forced, you idiot. You could care less about the Eritrean people, that's obvious. Indefinite servitude of the people under duress, Fessfass Agame.

Stupid idiot, 1st of all, all workers get paid. Not to the level of people in the West, of course, but it's a lie they work for nothing.

Secondly, as brother Temt said, the money was meant for roads that lead to Ethiopia to facilitate trade b/n the countries. Peoples of both countries win by that, except for your shefatu bosses in Meqele.

But to reiterate once again, what my brothers have already said: ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!!

[Awash]

Moron,
The ones selling kidneys and selling human beings like cattle are not the Ethiopians. Your arab friends could care less about Eritreans or, "African migrants" as you'r agame would like to call them, just as you and your agame tyrants. Why do you think Eritreans are fleeing to Ethiopia or "Meqele", as you put it, in droves and by the thousands?

Arabs? You sound like Mengie

But, you Meqele c@cks@ckers being supported by the sole superpower against us for over a decade is ok?

Funny creatures!

The arabs were not there to support us then, but we sailed through with grit & resilience.

You can't tell the difference between right and wrong let alone between tears, you moron. Everybody, from UNHCR to UNHRC is aware of what the Eritrean people are going through.
They are paying for those thousands of refugees and they have made a thorough and indebt investigation into your Agame junta's human rights violations. The facts have been well documented and substantiated the commission. Just because the Arab deqi sebeyti wielded their corrupt clout to save your savage Agame regime from ICC does not mean the facts are wrong. It just means your masters could care less about the human rights of the Eritrean people just like you and your Agame savage. Fessfass Agame.

Your usual crockodile tears aside wedi may Telamit, I wanna remind you & all other Eritrea haters that your whining can never magically turn into facts or your continiouse finger- pointing at the govt turn the eritrean people against it. You'd have succeeded at it by now had it been remotely possible, because there's evidently no lack of trying from your side. And that, for years & years with no tangible result to show for it; except to prolong the suffering of the eritrean people. But, we'll pass through this stages as well as we've passed tougher stages before, & will come out shining brighter on the other side!

All Hasadat, mark my words!

These are the same ppl, who're hypocritically placing moral/ethical judgements upon Eritrea:

https://tter.com/petros_berhe/status/13 ... 27042?s=20

You're an idiot. Do you think the Eritrean people voluntarily subject themselves to indefinite servitude with prisons and torture chambers as a condition of refusing or wanting to pursue other vocation? You're one baztard wedi komarit.

Wedi kelbi, who measured that & how did they come to that conclusion? It's a very subjective & convenient statement, to as usual, harass Eritrea.

ምስ ተሰርሐ የራኽበና: ኣንታ ዉላድ ከልቢ!! This is just fuel to our fire!!!

Zombie aka moronic,
The term "forced labor" mean anything to you? It means not voluntary but forced, you idiot. You could care less about the Eritrean people, that's obvious. Indefinite servitude of the people under duress, Fessfass Agame.

[Zmeselo]

No Building Of Eritrean Road Will Be Halted!!! Is The European Union Paying A Lip Service Or Has It Caved In At The Expense Of Its Interest?

By Daniel Berhane

http://serawr.com/2020/09/25/no-buildin ... be-halted/

September 25, 2020



A Netherlands-based organisation that claims to stand for human rights of the Eritrean people is proudly claiming that European Union has promised “to halt building Eritrean roads”. The organisation also credited itself and claims that

the EU has indicated that it will change its policy with regard to road construction projects in Eritrea. The EU has announced a ‘no more roads’ approach, whereby further funds that were earmarked for road construction on top of the 80 million euros have been diverted to Sudan and other projects in Eritrea.

The organisation says, that it has decided to withdraw the lawsuit it filed against the European Union for funding to repair roads between Eritrea and Ethiopia. Following the peace agreement reached between Eritrea and Ethiopia, the EU decided to fund the road repairs. At the same time the so called “human right organisation” started its campaign against the decision.

Many people are dumbfounded why an organisation that claims to stand for human rights of the Eritrean people, could engage in such inhumane acts and is proud of the promise it claims to have gotten from the EU to divert funds for infrastructure that are vital for peace-building. However, taking a closer look at the organisation reveals that it is only using “human rights” as a cover for a bigger political agenda. This will be discussed below.

One fundamental fact that needs to be clear is that even if this story turns out to be true, there is no road project that will be halted in Eritrea. First, while Eritrea does not mind receiving assistance, at the heart of everything Eritrea does, is based on self-reliance.

Building roads, is nothing new to Eritrea. It has built thousands of kilometers with its own resources and construction capability in the last three decades. Eritrea is currently engaged in building major road works that it finances itself; including the strategic modern highway that will connect the central region to the breadbasket of the country, Gash Barka region.

Second, the narrative that the motive behind the European Union providing funds to poor countries is just about lending a helping hand is false. The European Union has a great economic interest in Eritrea and the region at large, which happens to be one of the most strategic and wealthiest regions on earth in terms of natural resources.

The European Union also wants to maintain the power imbalance, and also have an upper hand in its competition with other powers. The expected gratitude for their charitable action is to impose an economic and political system on poor countries, which allows them to exploit these countries as they please.

Let us discuss the so-called “human rights” organisation, that is priding itself for halting building Eritrean roads. First, it is important to point out that the Netherlands-based organisation is one of the few organisations that are based in different European countries, which trade in the name Eritrean people.

These organisations are presented as though they were formed and run by “exiled Eritreans”, but the main operators and strategists are non Eritreans- including a Dutch Professor, Mirjam van Reisen, who is influential around European parliament political circles, and a journalist named Martin Plaut.

The aim of these individuals and groups, have nothing to do with the human rights of the Eritrean people. They are “regime change” campaigners; who were at the forefront of implementing the Western policy to overthrow the Eritrean government for two decades. Now the only difference is, while these groups are stuck in their old ways, due to development on the ground- namely the defeat of the TPLF that ruled Ethiopia, the Western World had to adjust their regime change policy in Eritrea from active hostility to constructive engagement.

Having been swept away by the massive changes that followed the end of the twenty seven-year rule of the TPLF regime in Ethiopia, these “regime change” campaigners held a conference in Brussels, Belgium, from 12 to 14 of December 2018.

The aim of the conference was to regroup and come up with a new strategy, against Eritrea. Lobbying the European Union “ to end support” for the Eritrean government, was one of the main tasks that were set. Top TPLF officials, also attended the conference. This was opposed by some Eritreans, who asked why the TPLF was taking an active role in Eritrean affairs.

As stated above, the human rights of the Eritrean people is not the concern of these groups. In fact, all their activities, including their campaign to impose sanction on Eritrea was to produce a humanitarian crisis in Eritrea; which could serve as pretext for foreign entities to intervene, and to turn the Eritrean people against their government.

Eritrea is a country with a small population and unique history, which has been sentenced to death by the most powerful entities in the world. No stone was left unturned, for the collapse of the country. In fact, Eritrea was written off as a country that would inevitably collapse by these groups and their backers.

The enormous challenges including military invasions, sanctions, political and economic pressures, have affected Eritrean people greatly. The ugly war that was waged on Eritrea, required a rule of engagement fit for the challenge. Eritrea has come out of the trying times that put its very existence into question, as a formidable nation and with its principles intact.

These groups are still having problem, to come to terms with reality. Undermining the peace agreement between Eritrea and Ethiopia, has become one of their top priorities. However, the bumper harvest, when these groups were given funds and support from governments that pursued regime change in Eritrea is over.

The world powers are competing for their own economic and geopolitical advantages, in the region. The western powers that not long ago demonized Eritrea as a country that destabilized the region, now accept the key leadership role Eritrea plays in peace building and the stabilisation of the region.

These groups are also well aware, that Eritrea does not seek charity or political support from the EU or any world body. What Eritrea seeks, is a good partnership and cooperation for mutual benefit.

With the emerging peace, Eritrea is focusing its effort and resources towards rehabilitation processes, improving the living stand of its people and building a strong and viable political and economic system.

Here, let it be clear to these groups, no amount of repositioning or false narrative that they now bring or lobbying the EU, could turn back time. Even if the EU has promised to change its policy on Eritrea as these groups report, it will not affect Eritrea greatly. It is also unlikely beyond paying lip service, the EU would make any major policy change towards Eritrea at the expense of its interest.

[YAY]

Dear Awash: Could there be "slave labour" without slavery's existence in Eritrea?

To say that there is "slave labour" in Eritrea, one must also claim and prove that there are slaves, or there is slavery, in Eritrea. Let us see what the definition of the term slave is. I would show two sources---i.e. one is old and the second is a more recent source of information.

1. According to translations in the older English Bible [online dictionary of King James Version Bible words],a SLAVE, n. is

A person who is wholly subject to the will of another; one who has no will of his own, but whose person and services are wholly under the control of another. In the early state of the world, and to this day among some barbarous nations, prisoners of war are considered and treated as slaves. The slaves of modern times are more generally purchased, like horses and oxen

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https://av1611.com/kjbp/kjv-dictionary/slave.html

2. According to Richard Hellie, Professor of Russian History, University of Chicago. Author of Slavery in Russia, 1450–1725,
1983,

Slavery, condition in which one human being was owned by another. A slave was considered by law as property, or chattel, and was deprived of most of the rights ordinarily held by free persons.

There is no consensus on what a slave was or on how the institution of slavery should be defined. Nevertheless, there is general agreement among historians, anthropologists, economists, sociologists, and others who study slavery that most of the following characteristics should be present in order to term a person a slave. The slave was a species of property; thus, he belonged to someone else. In some societies slaves were considered movable property, in others immovable property, like real estate. They were objects of the law, not its subjects. Thus, like an ox or an axe, the slave was not ordinarily held responsible for what he did. He was not personally liable for torts or contracts. The slave usually had few rights and always fewer than his owner, but there were not many societies in which he had absolutely none. As there are limits in most societies on the extent to which animals may be abused, so there were limits in most societies on how much a slave could be abused. The slave was removed from lines of natal descent. Legally, and often socially, he had no kin. No relatives could stand up for his rights or get vengeance for him. As an “outsider,” “marginal individual,” or “socially dead person” in the society where he was enslaved, his rights to participate in political decision making and other social activities were fewer than those enjoyed by his owner. The product of a slave’s labour could be claimed by someone else, who also frequently had the right to control his physical reproduction.

https://www.britannica.com/topic/slavery-sociology

Based on my knowledge about Eritrea(ns), I firmly believe that there is no Eritrean who is currently the property of any other person(s). Therefore, I conclude that there is neither slavery nor slaves in Eritrea. Nobody with a healthy mind and proper understanding of the term "SLAVE", could rightfully claim that there is "slave labour" in Eritrea and his/her conclusions be accepted as reasonable. Do you, or does any one, have a different opinion? Let your voice/reasoning be heard.

[deleted] and Mujale

European Union promises to halt building Eritrean roads following criticism of “slave labour”

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 ERITREA HUB NEWS

Eritrean human rights organization withdraws claim against EU, but remains vigilant about forced labour

Source: Kennedy van der Laan

Amsterdam, 22 September – The Foundation Human Rights for Eritreans has decided to withdraw the lawsuit filed against the European Union (EU) over 80 million euros in aid provided to Eritrea. This decision was taken in response to the ‘no more roads’ approach announced by the EU, after repeated criticism of its financial support.

“We will continue our investigation into forced labour in Eritrea and will come back to this issue if new facts come to light.” States Muluberhan Temelso, Director of the Foundation.

Legal case

The lawsuit was filed on 13 May 2020 in relation to EU funding of a project in Eritrea which uses forced labour from the Eritrean national service. This is openly acknowledged by the EU. The situation is and remains contrary to the most fundamental norms of international and European law.

In response to criticism from the media, the European Parliament, and European member states, partly as a result of this lawsuit, the EU has indicated that it will change its policy with regard to road construction projects in Eritrea. The EU has announced a ‘no more roads’ approach, whereby further funds that were earmarked for road construction on top of the 80 million euros have been diverted to Sudan and other projects in Eritrea. The EU will also evaluate the ‘dual track approach’ of diplomatic relations with Eritrea, of which the road building project was a part.

The Foundation is largely pleased with these steps, says Emiel Jurjens, the Foundation’s lawyer. “The EU has recognized that supporting a project using forced labour is unacceptable. That is why the EU has now abandoned this policy by saying “no more roads”. The goal of the Foundation has thus been achieved. This is an important victory that means alot to the Foundation and to the Eritrean people”. However, this does not change the fact that the human rights situation in Eritrea remains of great concern.

Ongoing concerns

With these new developments, which are considered as unconditional and permanent by the Foundation, the core requirements of the lawsuit have been met. However, the Foundation will continue to closely monitor the situation and continue its investigation into aid in Eritrea implemented through use of forced labour.

The Foundation remains very concerned about the way aid is organized through the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF). From the beginning, the EU knew that forced labour would be used in the implementation of the road construction project, and the EU agreed with this. The EU argues that a national court could not review this case, but a collective claim cannot be reviewed by an EU court. “If this argument is followed, cases where the victims cannot be directly present, for example because they are still in repressive countries such as Eritrea, cannot be reviewed. This puts the EUTF in a legal vacuum,” states Jurjens.

“We remain seriously concerned about the road building project.” Says Temelso. “For example, the EU indicates that money will still end up in organizations under the control of the Eritrean regime, specifically the Red Sea Trading Corporation. It is not clear how the EU can adequately control this.”

https://eritreahub.org/european-union-p ... ave-labour

[Awash]

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ሀፂፁ ልበፅሓና ዘይና፤

አይተ ደብረጭዮን አውሮብላን ተሳፊሮም ላብ ኢትዮጵያ ክገሹ ይሸባሸቡ ሀምዘለዉ ካብ መቐለ ዝበፅሓና ሓበሬታ ይሕብር። ወኪልና አይተ ፕረዘንት ሀምዝፀወየና፡ ኡቱይ ድራሽና ካብ መንግሥቲ ኢትዮጵያ ልዋሃበና ቕርሺ ጊሓት ጊሓት ይንኪ ምህላዉ ጠቒሱ፡ ለዙይ ሽግር ልምቕራፍ ምስ አብይ ክንነጋገር የግዲና የውዲ ሙዃኑ አብሪሁ አብራህሪሁ።

ብተጨማሪ፣ ካልአይ ወኪልና አይተ አዋሽ ብወገኑ፡ "... ዓሰርተይ ዓመት አው መረጃ ፎሩም ቆሎ እላተቐለብኩ ዝተቓለስኩዎ ለዙይ አይኾነይ። ቅርሺ ዝጭምሩልና ተኾይኖም ግርም፡ ኡንተዘይኮነ ግን አው ትሕቲ መንግሥቲ ቀጠር ብቅርሺ ተቆፂርና አው መረጃ ፎሩም እላሸቀልና ትግራይና ሲንጋፑር ክንገብራ እይና!!!" ፣ እንክብል አው ማዓንጥኡ ቆፂርዎ ልነበረ ጓሂ ብአንደበቱ ዶርጊሑዎ።

[YAY]

Dear Awash: International Law does not consider Conscription or National Service as Slavery or "Forced Labour"

Mr. Mesfin Hagos can say whatever he wants to say, but his opinion must be scrutinized. For example, his opinion that 'PIA is the worst enemy of the Eritrean people' and 'recent young conscripts are being taken to train for the next war' are hard to fathom. I do not agree with his opinions because both of them are not proven true. The best way to go is for Mesfin Hagos (or the Opposition) to focus on working creatively with the Government of Eritrea in setting up a common State where all possible political parties could compete for power through peaceful elections based on a Constitution. That is good for the Eritrean people in general. It is better to work together for better outcomes.

That said, I want to point out that National Service is not condemned by international law as Slavery or "Forced Labour". Britain's Human Rights Act (which "incorporates the rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights") is an instance. Article 4 of that Act addresses cases of slavery and forced labour as follows:

Article 4: Prohibition of slavery and forced labour
1. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude.
2. No one shall be required to perform forced or compulsory labour.
3. For the purpose of this Article the term ‘forced or compulsory labour’ shall not include:
• any work required to be done in the ordinary course of detention imposed according to the provisions of Article 5 of this Convention or during conditional release from such detention
• any service of a military character or, in case of conscientious objectors in countries where they are recognised, service exacted instead of compulsory military service
• any service exacted in case of an emergency or calamity threatening the life or well-being of the community, or
• any work or service which forms part of normal civic obligations.

Conscription in Eritrea is compulsory, but number 4.3 states an exception---i.e. "the term 'forced or compulsory labour' shall not include" the prohibition of programs like the Eritrean conscription or National Service. It is hard to understand why some people are trying to find slave labour or forced labour in Eritrea's conscription and National Service programs. I urge them to revisit their opinions and correct them.

https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/ ... rights-act