By Tom Rhodes/CPJ East Africa Consultant: If you pass by Kronoberg Prison in Sweden's capital, Stockholm, you will see journalists chained to its gates. They have committed no crime. For over a week, journalists have taken turns locking themselves up in front of the prison to
CAIRO: A leading international human rights organization has said 34 Eritrean men and five women are being held by Egyptian authorities and could face being returned to their country, where they “would face a real risk of torture and arbitrary detention.” According to London-based Amnesty International,
ብተስፋማርያም ወ/ጊዮርጊስ 18/10/2011 Norway እዚ ኹሉ ብድዐ እዚ ኹሉ ንዕቐት ተቐሚጡሎ ኣብ ደብተር ወረቐት ዘይርሳዕ ዝበደልካዮ ንዓና ንጎረቤት ኣቃጪጭካ ንዓበይቲ መንግስታት ሓለቓ ዓዋሉ ዝራሓቖ ስነስርዓት ምስ ሸ.ራኣት ሰዓብቱ ዘይዉጁሃት በላዕቲ በይኖም ኮለስቲ ሱሱዓት ጥዑይ ዘይመኽሩ ብዘይካ ክፍኣት ንወራዙት ዘጸልሙ በዳዕቲ ስድታት ደብዳበ ንፕ. ኦባማ ደብዳበ ንኢጋድ ንዓያሹ ኣዳህሊልካ ተሓቢዕካ ምስጋድ መልሓሱ ሜትሮ ለዛ ዘይብሉ ጀልጋድ ብማዕዶ ዝመስል ጅና ሒዙ
By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Mining companies would be banned from investing in Eritrea's potentially booming minerals sector under a draft U.N. resolution that Security Council members are due to start negotiating on Tuesday. The council is weighing the investment ban, as well as an
ማሕበር ኤርትዋውያን መንእሰያት ንለውጢ (EYC) ናይ 2011 ሳልሳይ መንፍቓዊ ስሩዕ ኣኼብኡ ብኽብ ዝበለ ድምቀትን ተሳታፍነትን ኣብ ጥቅምቲ 15 ኣብ ከተማ ኦክላንድ ኣካይዱ:: እዚ ኣብ መርያት ኮርትያርድ(Marriotte Courtyard) ዝተጋብአ ኣኼባ: ብቑጽሮም ብርክት ዝበሉ ካብ በይ ርኤርያን ካልኦት ከባቢታትን ዝተፈላለያ ማሕበራትን ውልቀሰባትን ዝተሳተፍዎ እዩ ኔሩ:: ቀንዲ ዕላማ
UNHCR Briefing Notes, 18 October 2011 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 18 October 2011, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. UNHCR condemns the deportation
September 29, 2011 Foreign Minister Guido Westerwell Federal Minister for Federal Republic of Germany Werderscher, Market 1 10117 Berlin Federal Republic of Germany Ambassador Peter Ammon Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany 2300 M Street NW Washington DC 20037 USA Ambassador Dr. Peter Witting The Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations New York, New York Ambassador
ኣብ ዝተፈላለያ ሃገራት ኤውሮጳ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን ኣብቲ ኣብ ለንደን ዝካየድ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ተቓውሞ ንምስታፍ ምድላዋት ይገብሩ ከምዘለዉ ተፈሊጡ። ኣብቲ ን22 ጥቅምቲ ኣብ ለንደን ክካየድ ተመዲቡ ዘሎ ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ንምስታፍ ካብ ዓዲ ጥልያን፡ ኣየርላንድ፡ ጀርመንን ዝኣመሰላ ሃገራት ኤውሮጳ ዝረከቡ ኤርትራውያን ምድላዋት ይገብሩ ከምዘለዉ ተፈሊጡ። እዚ ከምዚ ኢሉ ኸሎ፡
ብሰፊሑ ክግለጽ ከምዝጸንሐ፣ ኣብዚ ዝመጽእ ቀረባ ማዓልታት ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብ ለንደን ፌስቲቫል ንምክያድ መዲቡ ኣሎ። ልክዕ እዩ ኣብ ስደት ዝነብር ህዝቢ ምስ ኣሕዋቱን ህዝቡን ዝእክቦ ባህላዊ ኣጋጣሚ ረኺቡ ክሳተፍ ምድላይ ነዉሪ ኣይኮነን። ብናይ ገለ ጥበበኛታት ኣዛራርባ ምስቲ ቅድሚ ናጽነት ኣብ ባዓል ቦለኛ ዝካየድ ዝነበረ ኣምሲልካ
In any struggle of any society, getting support from neighboring countries is natural. If we take our case, without the support of the Sudanese people and government it would have been difficult to achieve independence, if not impossible. Similarly with the support of the Ethiopian
UNITED NATIONS (AFP) — The Security Council will begin Tuesday discussing a draft resolution on imposing new sanctions on Eritrea for what a UN report describes as destabilizing actions in East Africa. Neighbor and long-time rival Ethiopia has sought reinforced international sanctions since a UN panel in
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Every Eritrean-registered prisoner in Egypt, particularly, in Hurghada, Aswan and Bene'ab Prisons have had their phones removed and are being transported to Cairo today for deportation to Eritrea. Please, take whatever action you can; contact anyone and everyone to get this deportation stopped!! A young Eritrean lady
ኣቦ ወንበር ኮምሽን ሃገራዊ ቅዋም ኤርትራ ነበር፡ ካኢላን መምህርን ሕጊ ዶክተር በረኸት ሃብተስላሰ፡ ብሰፊሕ ተሳታፍነት መንእሰያት ኣብ ሃገርና ኤርትራ እቲ ህዝቢ ሃንቀው ዝብሎ ዘሎ ዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ኣብ ዝሓጸረ ግዜ ክመጽእ ከምዝኽእል እምነት ከምዘለዎም ብምምልካት፡ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ኣብ ዝተፈላለያ ሃገራት ወጻኢ ስለ ዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ዘርእዩዎ ዘለዉ
ውጽኢት ምርጫ ናይ ሕጹያት ንውክልና ኣብ ሃገራዊ ጉባኤ ዝሳተፉ- 08ን 09ን/10 2011 ድሕሪ ቀጻሊ ጻዕሪ ንልዕሊ ዓመት መመላእታ ካብ ምቅናዕ ሃገራዊ ዋዕላ ጀሚርና ከይተሓለልና ምስ ተሓጋገዝቲ ሽማግለታት ኣብ ሎንደንን በርሚንግሃምን ንምዕዋት ሃገራዊ ጉባኤ ነቲ ዝድለ ዘሎ ናይ ዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ሸቶ ክዉን ንምግባር ጽዒርና። ስራሕና ኣብ ግብሪ ንምርግጋጽ
By Matthew Russell Lee, Exclusive UNITED NATIONS, October 14, updated -- For days as the Eritrean Permanent Representative Araya Desta has been checking and re-checking the Security Council, Gabon's Permanent Representative Nelson Messone has been speaking to other member's ambassadors one by one. When Inner City Press
By Stephanie Busari, CNN and Emily Wither for CNN Sudanese billionaire and communications mogul Mo Ibrahim has issued a warning to African leaders clinging to power, saying people are no longer prepared to put up with bad governance on the continent. Ibrahim says the face of Africa
ንሕና ኣብ ዓባይ ብርጣንያ ከተማ ሎንዶን እንርከብ: ንምዕዋት ሃገራዊ ጉባኤ ንደሞክራሲያዊ ለውጢ ከይተሓለልና ክንጽዕት ዝጸናሕናን ዘለናን ኣባላት ናይ ዝተፈላለያ ተቓወምቲ ውድባትን ሲቪካውያን ማሕበራትን ውልቀ ተቓወምቲ ዜጋታትን ምዃና ኣቐዲምና ክንሕብር ንፈትው። ኣብዚ ቅሉዕ ደብዳቤ ከነልዕሎ ዝደለናዮ ጉዳይ እዚ ዝስዕብ ኢዩ። ኩልና ከም እንፈልጦ ዓሚ ከምዚ እዋን ብዘይሕለል ጻዕሪ
A man claiming to be from al-Qaeda has distributed aid in Somalia, highlighting the group's links with al-Shabab militants. The man identified as US citizen Abu Abdulla Almuhajir and speaking with an American accent handed out food, hijabs and Korans to people at a refugee camp
We the Eritreans who live in UK, members and supporters of Eritrean Political and civic organisations struggling for democracy and justice in Eritrea have jointly organised a peaceful demonstration. We call on all peace loving and law abiding Eritreans who wish to see justice and democracy
ክቡራት ኣንበብቲ፣ እዚ ፈሊምናዮ ዘለና ኣርእስቲ ንዓና ንኤርትራውያን ንጉዳይ ሓድነትና ዝምልከት ምዃኑ እንዳኣገንዘብና መበገሲና ኩልና ንጥምረትና እእጃምና ንምብርካት ነቶም ሕማም ዓበቕ ኮይኖም ነንሕድሕድና ከይንተሓቛቖፍ ንዝኽልክሉናን ዘየልቦ ነገራት ክንሓክኽ ሰለም ከይበልና ከምንሓድር ዝገብሩና ዘለው ፈሊና ንምፍላጥ ምዃኑ ብትሕትና ንገልጸልኩም። ጉዳያትና ኣብ ክንዲ ብምዝንጣል ብምክብባር፣ነድርን ሕርቃንን ገዲፍና
Recently we have learned about three Eritreans who were living in Tel Aviv who were kidnapped by some Israeli Arabs whilst they were in search of work. The criminals took all their money and other belongings, and then forced them to cross into Egypt. Once
ሰላም ተኸታተልቲ ጽሑፋት ዋዜማ ዘመነ ቅብጸት ኢሳይያስ! ቁሩብ ስራሕ ስለዝጸዓቐኒ ዝግ ኢለ ቀንየ’ሞ እነሆ ተኸታታሊ ጽሑፍ ደምበ ኣለና። ቅድም ቀዳድም ነቶም ኣንጻር ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብ ሙሉእ ዓለም “ስመር” ብዝብል ቴማ ብሰላማዊ ሰልፊታት ዝምክቱ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ብሓፈሻ፣ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት ድማ ብፍላይ ክብሪ ይወሃቦም። ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ጸባ
ዳዊት ሽለን ዝብሃል ካብ ኤርትራ ብነጋዶ ተዓዲሙ ናብ እስራኤል ዝመጸ ውሩይ ደራፋይ ኣብ ቴልኣቪቭ ምርኢት ከካይድ ኣብ ዝተረቐረበሉ ኣጋጣሚ፡ ኣምባሳደር ስርዓት ህግደፍ ኣብታ ሃገር ኣቶ ተስፋማርያም ተኸስተ (ወዲ ባሻይ) መኽፈቲ ክህብ ናብ መድረኽ ምስ ደየበ፡ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰያት፡ “ንዓና ንኤርትራውያን ኣይትውክለናን ኢኻ፡ መደረኻ ክንስመዕ ኣይንደልን ኢና፡
ሃገራዊ ጉባኤ ንዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ካብ ጥቅምቲ 2011 ናብ ሕዳር 2011 ብሓደ ወርሒ ስለምንታይ ከምዝተሰጋገረ ህዝቢ መረዳእታ መታን ክረክብ ፡ ንኣቦ ወንበር ኮምሽን ጉባኤ ንዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጥን ኣቦ ወንበር ሃገራዊ ዲሞክራስያዊ ኪዳንን ከነዘራርቦም ኣቐዲምና ፈቲንና ስለዘይሰለጠና፡ ኣብ ናይ ሰኑይ 10 ጥቅምቲ መደብና፡ ብቐረባ ክንረኽቦ ንዝኸኣልና ኣባል ኮምሽን
A queue of small puzzled faces greet Dr Tamer Alaredy as he sets up for the day in his mobile dental surgery. For on this day he was not working in the comfort of his South Shore surgery, but in a refugee camp in Al Qadarif
By Alexandra Waldhorn Dawit Isaak, who left Sweden for Eritrea to help build the country's independent press -- and was imprisoned for his efforts - has been awarded the 50th anniversary Golden Pen of Freedom, the annual press freedom prize of the World Association of Newspapers
Dar es Salaam, Tanzania - Tanzanian authorities have turned down a request for asylum by 13 Eritrean football players on grounds that they did not qualify for refugee status. In a statement late Wednesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said the youths
MOHAMMED SELMAN: VOICES OF AFRICA Hostile neighbours Ethiopia and Eritrea passed the bloodiest decade of war in 2000, with a tragedy that consumed about 80 000 lives. Yet, a decade later, the two countries are falling in love in the northern Ethiopian regional capital, Mekelle. For centuries
(ሃብተማርያም ሚካኤል ካሊፎርንያ/ሳክራመንቶ) ብዕለት 10/09/11 ኣብ መራኸቢ ብዙሃን ዝተዘርግሔ ናይ ኣባላት ደግሓኤ ኣብ ሰሜን ኣመሪካን ካናዳን ከምኡ’ውን ኤውሮጳ ዘውጽእዎ ቴማ ወድዓዊ ሓቅነት ዘይብሉ ስለዝኾነ ውሻል ናይ መርሕቲ ኰንካ ውድባዊ ዓብላልነት ንምርግጋጽ እዩ። ወኻርያስ ጻድቕ ክትመስል ዝዋውዕ ትኣስር ከምዝብሃል፡ ሓለይቲ ሃገራዊ ጉባኤ ክመስሉ ካብቲ ዝተገልጸ ንምጥቃስ ዝኣክል እዘን
አብ ዝሓለፈ ሰሙን ነቲ ምስ ኢሰያስ አፍወርቂ ዝገበርኩሞ ቃለ ምልልስ ምኽንያት ብምግባር ንኽልተ ዝተፈላለየ አረአእያ ዘለዎም ውልቀሰባት አቕሪብኩም ምዝርራብኩም ዝዝከር እዩ:: እቲ መደብ ሚዛናዊ ንክኽወን ምሕሳብኹም ዝምጎስ እኳ እንተነበረ: አብ ተግባር ግና እቲ መደብ ሚዛን ምሕላዉን ዘይምሕላዉን መዔቀኒ ብዘይምግባርኩምን ኣብቲ ኣተሓታትታ እንተኾነ እውን እቲ ዝቀረበ ሕቶታት
Eritrean Youth for Change (EYC) in the Bay Area works on hosting quarterly seminars with guest speakers, panels or local members. The purpose of these seminars are to learn and share ideas on several concepts involving democracy, constitutionalism, and strategy planning as it pertinent to
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Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, October 12, 2011 WASHINGTON – Mohamad Anas Haitham Soueid, 47, a resident of Leesburg, Va., has been charged for his alleged role in a conspiracy to collect video and audio recordings and other information about individuals in
by ICER and EveryOne Group Tuesday, October 12 , 2011 For the attention of: Mr. António Guterres, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Mrs. Navanethem Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mr. Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights, Council of Europe The intervention group Rabit (Rapid Border Intervention Team) is part of