History has proved that rights are things that you have to fight for. Thanks for the PFDJ regime that they eventually have persuaded the majority of Eritreans that rights are not conferred but they have to struggle for.
As an activist for Human Rights Concern – Eritrea, I believe that we have to fight against the tyranny of Isaias Afewerki’s regime in any way possible – but, I don’t believe in demonstrating just for show.
I am alarmed that unsubstantiated reports originating with the Everyone Group in Rome have been irresponsibly published on the internet and dispersed elsewhere: http://www.togoruba.org/togoruba1964/mainTogorubamap/mainMap/headingMap/2011B/0905OG11-04NE.pdf
This is a direct translation of the explanation given by the Norwegian EU-Program ‘Youth in Action’ that funded the last YPDJ conference in Oslo on how the YPFDJ cheated them to get funding
Isaias cannot change; only we can change if we voluntarily let go of our ignorance!9. On self-reliance: Is the present government really self-reliant as it has been deafening our ears for years on end? What is self-reliance by definition? Are we as a people self-reliant?
Who dares to disprove our ignorance as we mark its 20th anniversary?
It is unusual for a people to self-criticize. Leaders too do not take to criticizing their people wholesale. More often than not they reckon in terms of their political capital that can keep them in power. It is a rarity to find leaders who take confidence in their critical, measured opinion of their followers when circumstances demand.
Some of you are born in Diaspora. Some of you are born in Eritrea and raised in Diaspora. Some of you know very little about Eritrea; yet, you proudly identify yourself as Eritrean.
In the following days, the Congress Party Strategy Adi shall air out milepost essays and articles regarding the campaign for a National Congress.
Today Eritrea is characterized by poverty, repression and severe human rights violations. By closing Asmara University – the only university in Eritrea and militarising education above 11th grade PFDJ was able to pre-empt any student protest to the mismanagements of the people and the economy.
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Heed to the wise advice of our sister in her letter of April 24, 2011. But there is more to say in addition to what our beloved sister has stated in her outstanding letter to the active PFDJ members and supporters in Diaspora. Please re-read it. Open your eyes and ears |
“There should be a revolution of our free youth from inside; change should come from within and it is improbable for the people to trust the change that comes from outside whatever it is… The people should make their own revolution and get together…” Ahmed Mohammed Nakhuda
How can popular uprisings win the dictatorship or how can one organize the winner? Many leaders of the modern waves of democratic transition turned to Professor Gene Sharp’s books on transition to democracy and how to struggle the dictatorship.
By Naznet Emnetu
The questions that I dread most are, “How is the situation in Eritrea? What is happening in your country? What happened to your President?” etc. I get annoyed or embarrassed when such questions are asked by long time friends of Eritrea and Eritreans. These are individuals who stood with the Eritrean revolution during the time of our need. They follow events in Eritrea very closely and know very well about the situation at home.
Lesson to YPFDJ: The dictatorship and tyranny in Eritrea defined by non-Eritrean
Here are collected quotes and sayings concerning tyranny by famous intellectuals of the world. It is amazing how with almost detailed accuracy and similarity dictatorship unfolds itself at different epochs and different countries. Here is how men of history define dictators and dictatorship:
Lesson to YPFDJ: The dictatorship and tyranny in Eritrea defined by non-Eritreans Here are collected quotes and sayings concerning tyranny by famous intellectuals of the world. It is amazing how with almost detailed accuracy and similarity dictatorship unfolds itself at different epochs and different countries.
By Fesseha Nair
“Active support or acquiescence of the military is the key to any viable and sustained political transition to democracy”
Monshipouri
A couple of weeks ago, more than 400 mainly Eritrean asylum seekers perished on the Mediterranean Sea, apparently on their way to Europe, after their boat capsized in mysterious circumstances.
Young PFDJs, most of them born and raised outside Eritrea and have no authentic connection to Eritrea, are gathering in Norway in 3 days time to reaffirm their support for the absolute autocratic and totalitarian regime of Isaias Afewerki in rallies and meetings a la Nazi style.
Unless our watches and clocks are continuously synchronized with the Atomic Clock, our watches & clocks are out of sync with others. But again, we don’t need to know if the time shown in our watches and clocks are absolutely correct as long as it is able to tell time approximately to what everybody else’s watches & clocks show. You make up for the imprecision by showing up few minutes early to your appointment or meeting.
Tyranny is usually thought of as cruel and oppressive, and it often is, but the original definition of the term was rule by persons who lack legitimacy, whether they be malign or benevolent.
Human Rights Concern – Eritrea (HRCE) has in its possession a growing list of 336 people, mostly Eritrean, with 14 Ethiopians, who are missing and can only be presumed dead after the massacre of a refugee boat which had departed from Tajour in Tripoli at 5:00 a.m. on 22nd March 2011.
Eritrean Global Solidarity expresses its deepest sympathy and extends its sincerest condolence to the immediate families of the over 335 Eritrean that perished in the Mediterranean Sea. This is a dark day for all Eritreans. We all are under the shadow of this suffocating darkness.
“I was nothing – and then I was needed” – Karl-Heinz Schwenke, a German Nazi.
My views of the days ahead in Eritrea
It goes without saying that every Eritrean has become anxious for change (with the exception of the PFDJ diehards who will see their number shrinking by the day from now on).
Introduction of the issue
It is said that diplomacy is the art of persuasion, and together with money and military force an ability to persuade sets a Government’s power to shape the unravelling of international events to meet its own interests.
The PFDJ government has caused very serious harms to Eritrea and Eritreans. It has eroded Eritrean nationalism and has weakened the Eritreans’ resolve and determination for freedom and development of their country.
Thank you brother Mohammad Juma for a fine article which laid the foundations of struggle against the dictator , but I would like to give my point of view about the demands which you laid out in your article,
Eritrea is a country that suffers from exodus of skilled emigrants at a fastest speed. Skill shortage is a major problem in every sector and industries in the country.
By Petros Tesfagiorgis
“We are all Egyptians”
The people of Tunisia and Egypt may not know but they have become the agents of a vast cultural revolution. They have created a new political and social reality on the ground, “People’s Power”.
I am writing from the heart of Asmara, a part of what your site has aptly named the Belly of the Beast. This time around I want to share my view points on the Eritrean Opposition (represented by O in the title of this article). I tend to speak of the Opposition in comparison with the PFDJ (for which the P in the title stands).
Eritrea, one of the youngest countries on earth, is quickly emerging as one of the largest violators of human rights. Born in 1993 out of a brutal and hard-fought 30-year war with Ethiopia, Eritrean President Isayas Afewerki wasted little time in rewarding his beleaguered nation of five million people with a regime based on violence and oppression.
Tedros Abraham Tsegay
As the world governments desperately rush to rescue their own citizens from the ongoing chaos in Libya, the fate of thousands of Eritrean refugee’s remains at stake, as they are left stranded in the middle of nowhere with no one stepping up to give them a little help, least the very government they have abandoned for good.
We are witnessing “peoples-power” over dictators, one after the other, falling like avalanche of beasts. Blessed are those who live to see these days . . . .
Eritreans are suffering since libration; the young generation is forced to leave the country due to brutal activities of the regime.
Despite the difficulties and the dangers of protesting for change, the Tunisian and Egyptian people have demonstrated in large numbers and shown that ordinary people can bring about change even after thirty years of dictatorship.
Whether to engage or isolate Eritrea as a spoiler was what the quint group addressed. Germany reported not being encouraged by its efforts to engage with Eritrea and noted that the German government had decided to freeze its support for the Bisha mining project, which he predicted would paralyze the project.
It goes without saying that there are many nationalists serving the regime humbly for they have no alternative. In fact, they are between the devil and the deep blue sea.
The organization International Christian Concern ICC is publicizing revelations in a US embassy cable released by WikiLeaks concerning grave human rights violations in Eritrea.
The absolute Monarchial State of Saudi Arabia, in which democratic constitution and political power is traded down for Shari ‘a (Islamic Law) under King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz, is now an official safe heaven for criminals.
Let me start by saying Merry Christmas and happy New year for you and the entire Eritreans at home and in the Diaspora.