After 25 years of rule by unelected President Isaias Afwerki, Eritrea’s citizens remain subjects of one of the world’s most oppressive governments. In May 2016, a United Nations Commission of Inquiry (CoI) established by the Human Rights Council in its final report said it found reasonable

Global Initiative to Empower Eritrean Grassroots Movement – Global Initiative (GI) Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) December 25, 2016 Dear Reader, Since the release of the “Urgent Call to All Eritreans World-Wide” on the eve of Eritrea’s 25th Independence Anniversary, we have received a number of encouraging responses.

The absence of equality in rights and dignity for those who are caught up in the political turmoil and economic turmoil of the isayas’s no-peace no-war, their sufferings can no longer be endured without tears.  The regime has failed to conquer Baduma but succeeded in

By Fesseha Nair "Let us hope the year 2017 be the Year of Dialogue for Democratic Development and co-operation between all the peoples of the Horn of Africa in general and the Ethio-Eritrean people in particular."                       Let bygones be Bygones! A Peaceful coexistence in progress based on

European officials under pressure to cut migration should have learned by now that ignoring human rights violations is unlikely to succeed Martin Plaut As the European parliament hosts another Eritrean politician in the hope of reducing the number of refugees fleeing the small African state, the fact

Forget Objectivity: For The Atlantic Council, Eritrea’s Prison State Isn’t That Bad by Martin Plaut By François Christophe, December 2016 Risk analyst on sub-Saharan Africa, who worked at the French embassy 2008 – 2009 Original source with references Eritrea is in many ways one of the world’s few totalitarian states, although

In the last 25 years in Eritrea, “The crimes of enslavement, imprisonment, enforced disappearances, torture, other inhumane acts, persecution, rape and murder have been committed as part of a widespread and systematic campaign against the civilian population. The aim of the campaign has been to

By Andrew Korybko Global Research, December 03, 2016 Oriental Review 2 December 2016 The first part of the research on the Horn of Africa described the regional state-to-state political dynamics, and now it’s time to delve into each country more in depth in order to acquire a heightened sense of

December 2nd is an international awareness day to end slavery.  On this awareness day, the world is called upon to stay awake and aware paying attention and making efforts to understand the ugly faces of slavery.  Those who see and understand the sufferings of those

Eritrean People's Pacifism and PFDJ's Untold Crimes; (Crimes  against Humanity:) There are several different sorts of pacifism, but they all include the idea that war and violence are unjustifiable, and that conflicts should be settled in a peaceful way (BBC ethics guide)which is noble in the first

Justin L. Wilson - International Policy Digest Ambassador Herman J. Cohen (Ret.) served in the U.S. Foreign Service for 38 years and has dedicated his entire professional career to African affairs. During his tenure as Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs during the first Bush

    Intense Anxiety Engulfing Eritrea(awate.com)   Disgust is not the only word to be used in the period of avoidance by our king Issayas,aka Yohannes V. who can argue with now, it is more than disgust and anxiety or evenif we call it hell. It is a situation which annoys

Isayas has been suiting everything to his whims commending and condemning or avoiding and compromising or admitting and denying in order to benefiting the vision for his tyranny.  As powerful as he is, nothing lies outside Isayas’s power in that he shuts the door on

Book Review “Understanding Eritrea”, by Martin Plaut Plus a brief interview   By Dawit Mesfin London 3 Nov 2016   Book Title: Understanding Eritrea - Inside Africa's Most Repressive State Author: Martin Plaut Publisher: Hurst & Company, London - 253 pp Martin Plaut's book, 'Understanding Eritrea', is a timely and crucial read. The book

  Tesfagabir Berhe Tesfu (George) At a time when some critics are undermining the power of Non-Violence struggle, Meron Semedar (probably the youngest dynamic and vibrant human rights activist in the US) has managed to organize to Host the first ever conference on Eritrea titled: Eritrea at 25:

Eritrean Journalists cut in the Bud - the case of seyoum Tsehaie By Petros Tesfagiorgis 23 September 2016. Network of Eritrean women carried out “Taped mouths protest for the jailed prisoners of conscience in front of the Kings Cross Train Station – London. The silent vigil which

 “It’s not at war, but up to 3% of its people have fled. What is going on in Eritrea?” The Guardian, September 29. The answer is because Eritrean activists have been scratching the regime in segmentation instead of removing it with unified punch. As you know,

Thousands of people flee Eritrea illegally every month to skip military service, but getting out is too expensive for most People wait for a bus in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea. Life is hard for those who cannot afford a border crossing. Photograph: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters Outside a

By Allison Martell and Edmund Blair Filed Sept. 26, 2016, 10:52 a.m. GMT A Canadian company operating in one of Africa's poorest countries faces compensation claims from some workers. They say they were military conscripts and suffered harsh conditions. TORONTO/ASMARA – Bemnet Negash never got to

Searching for an Effective Strategy to End the Eritrean Nightmare: Global Initiative to Empower Eritrean Grassroots Movement. Araya Debessay[i] Paper presented at the Eritrean Forum, University of San Francisco September 24, 2016 Introduction First and foremost, I would like to thank Meron for inviting me to this Eritrean Forum

By Petros Tesfagiorgis The day was Saturday 17 September 2016.  A colleague and I members of Eritrean Refugees Support Association in the United Kingdom ( ERSA-UK)  made it to the 11.30 am appointment with Migrant and Refugees Communities Forum (MRCF)  at Marble Arch/Speakers Corner.   MRCF is

I will have a series of articles on this title informing the public briefly about what goes on with the GI community in relation to our activists in the resistance. I am doing this to make sure our people stay informed about their political business

The Eritrean opposition formed, on March 12, 1999, a political alliance with the purpose to strengthening their information-sharing and improving their relationship with the people by discussing their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats as well as to achieve common goals.  From the start the opposition

The GI group has posted the Open Letter to Eritrean Political Party Leaders for support only to those within reach of its knowledge, still trying to get contact information of the remaining parties to complete the effort but missed to put the name of Chairman

“A NATION'S GREATNESS DEPENDS ON ITS LEADER To vastly improve your country and truly make it great again, start by choosing a better leader. Do not let the media or the establishment make you pick from the people they choose, but instead choose from those they

By Petros    Tesfagiorgis It was Tuesday 30 August 2016, I woke up at 7 am and Tuned BBC radio. It said the Italian coast Guards rescued 6500 people mostly Eritreans and Somalis from drowning in the Mediterranean Sea, yesterday 29 August 2016. They could have been drowned

The truth: We brought this regime by unlimited conformism and voluntary unity but we couldn’t get rid of it because of our chaotic resistance and destructive division. We are victims of our unwise decisions as the fragmentation continue to elongate the dictatorship and exploitation of

Subject: Book Review on: “ THE CURSE OF BEING AND LIVING IT “ by Fetsum Abraham, Copyright 2012 1. Introduction First of all, let me apologize for my audacity to call my ‘take’ a “Book Review” because, in all honesty literary world was not my forte in

The GI group has posted the Open Letter to Eritrean Political Party Leaders for support only to those within reach of its knowledge, still trying to get contact information of the remaining parties to complete the effort but missed to put the name of Chairman

By Obo Arada Aba Shawl alias Wolde Tewolde August 13, 2016 The obvious commonnality is in their initial (GE’EZ) alphabetical names. All three nations evolve with similar vowels and if not in pronunciation in intonation. The A-bomb had a tremendous impact on the nature and structure of these

This article is in response to “Professor Asmerom Legesse denouncing the methodology of COIE Report in Geneva with thousands of Eritreans in Geneva”, Published on June 5, 2016 A person acquires a beautiful name from one’s parents but falls short of practically living it like president

As you know, the Ethiopian and Eritrean people have been victims of reckless and destructive wars that only serve the interests of their leaders at the dire expense of their destruction. War has been a mechanism of staying in power that the two countries religiously

ERITREANS FOR FACILITATING NATIONAL DIALOGUE (EFND)                                                                     Eritrean Global Solidarity (EGS) Our Unequivocal Support for the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea Under difficult circumstances, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea labored hard and issued its correct

QUOTE OF THE MOMENT: We Eritreans have finally caught the evil dictator’s tail successfully closing our humanitarian case against his system; we must now swiftly close the political void by hammering his head through the hard working intellectuals’ Global Initiative GRASSROOTS movement to confidently and