Eritrea president targeted by new Swedish law
Several top Eritrean leaders have been reported to the police for crimes against humanity by a Swedish law firm, as a new law took effect enabling such crimes committed anywhere else in the world to be
Several top Eritrean leaders have been reported to the police for crimes against humanity by a Swedish law firm, as a new law took effect enabling such crimes committed anywhere else in the world to be prosecuted in Sweden.
The report lists a series of alleged crimes including torture and kidnapping, and targets Eritrean President Isaias Afewerki and several of his ministers by name.
“This is not only symbolic. We believe there are legal grounds to prosecute the people we have named,” human rights lawyer Percy Bratt told the AFP news agency on Tuesday.
The legal move, the first of its kind in Sweden, was filed the same day that crimes against humanity were introduced into the Swedish penal code.
The code enables judges to prosecute crimes regardless of where they have been committed or by whom.
“There is a lot of evidence from human rights groups, particularly about indefinite imprisonment without trial (in Eritrea),” Bratt said.
“There are also many Eritreans in Sweden who could give information about the conditions in the country in general.”
According to the latest figures, 12,800 Eritreans live in Sweden, and the number of asylum seekers from the country keeps growing.
Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak has been imprisoned in Eritrea since 2001, and 13 years on little is known of his fate.
Bratt said that even if the case was taken on by the prosecutors, it could take years before criminal charges were laid, given the complexity of the allegations.
Eritrea, with a population of five million and a size about the same as Britain, is one of the most isolated and secretive countries in the world.
According to the United Nations, 4,000 Eritreans flee the country every month to escape ruthless repression, including unlimited forced labour for the government.
Source: AFP
Whedi Hagher March 27, 2016
Eritrean lawyers should help Sweden to make a strong case against the regime.
Eventually, there is may be a way to get the European Union involved, once it’s carrot policy is failed, as it happened several times in the past.
Hailom March 28, 2016
Yes about time no more that monkey going to do YPFDG meeting if shows up that will be our job to notify to the Lows.
David March 28, 2016
I Thank God for this wonderful news.
It is about time that the government of
Eritrea and his irresponsible group
pay the price of all the innocent Erireans who are safering in Etitrea and living as refugees all over the world. All this sufferings are not by choice but by force
for the inhuman treatment they get. The responsible parties need to pay the price
and it is time now finally.
Someone March 29, 2016
Fuck u,,,ypfdj we the best
Sol March 30, 2016
Mr. No One,
Is that what Mr. monkey taught you?
Berhane Redda March 28, 2016
I think.this’s a big victory to the people of our country who safferedred so much under this crule oppressive rague regime!!! The world is not saying any thing about this dictator, murderer all they say he’s the North Korean man, but no any action has taken against this idiot, crazy oppressive murderer guy…the world has to put eye in Eritrea specially the USA because Eritrea is a very important country in this region and the USA should be more envolved and active to watch very closely to this small nation before it!s going to be like Somalia without a leader??????. I hope we as Eritreans we need to be more united than to be devided if we want to get rid of this dictator other wise our people and our country will suffer and we are going to be with out home just like Somalia … Please we all let stand up and join hands to hands and destroy the one enemy who is destroying our country by iron and blood!!!
haeleka1990@gmail.com March 29, 2016
Good Topic Assena.
Truth March 29, 2016
Let’s fight Nezom Belaeti SAERRI. @@@@@
sidi abdu March 28, 2016
I don’t think this case will make the Eritrean regime crumble right away. However, it is part of taking down the house down brick by brick. The Swedish case is pulling a brick out of a crumbling house. The sad part is, the thugs is determined to have the people buried with him when the house finally crumble if you get my drift.
The analogy is pricking an elephant with needle each time at a different part of its huge body. The outcome finally is obvious,the elephant can no longer tolerate the pricking and will give in and fall down. Great job Sweden,but you have some responsibility for making this mad man. You have being funding his regime before.
Yohannes March 28, 2016
Yes it is excellent news that the ills of the PFDJ and Esayas are being exposed to the world, first by UN Human Right Commission, by European Parliament and now Swedish government.
However, we should not expect these activities will bring change to Eritrea. Only active struggle by Eritrean will bring about change.Only Eritreans can save Eritrea.
We should not let ourselves be smoke screened by these.
Setit March 28, 2016
Great News! It’s probably easier to get started with the exiled ex-pfdj officials who have yet to stand before the public to explain what they have done. I am referring to Shengeb, Ali Abdu and the likes!
simon March 29, 2016
I thing its great newes for the eritrean poeple he sufered from the regime.this regime is the worst dictator ever.a lot of eritreanes killed and torterd by the regime .so we hope to stand in front a rule of law.
Desalegn March 29, 2016
እቲ ዘገድስ ምዝራብ ዘይኮነ ምስራሕ እዩ
ምዝራብን ምስራሕን መኻይዲ ምኻኖም ተረዲእና [ንስኒት ዘረባን ስራሕን] ኣብ ግምት የእቲና ዕዉት ስራሕ ንምስራሕ ንበገስ።
ወዲ ሰብ ክሰርሕ ዝኽእል ኣቐዲሙ ብኣእምሩኡ ንዝገብሮ ዉሳኔ ብሽጡ ወይ ንግዳም ምሰንጸባርቕ ነቲ ክትግብሮ ዝደሊ ነገራት ናይ ምትግባር ዓቕሚ ብምጥራይ ንዝወጠኖ ዕላማ ክዓየሉ ይጅምር።
ናይ በሓቂ ስራሕ ክንስራሕ እንተኾይኑ መበገሲና ብንጹር ምስ እንፈልጥን ንጹር ዕላማ ምዝህልወናን ጥራሕ እዩ። ክንዛረብ ምስ አንደሊ ቅድሚ ምዝራብና ኣቐዲምና ነቲ ክንብሎ ንደሊ ብዝተፈላለየ ሸነኻቱ ብምርኣይን ብምስትውዓልን ረብሓታቱ ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው ንምዝራቡ ወይ ንትግባሪኡ ኣብ ምዉሳን ደረጃ ንበጽሕ ማለት አይ።
እንሰርሖ ስራሕን ኣገባብ ኣሰራርሕኡን ንዝምልከት ኣብ ቀንዲ ዕላማታትና ስለዝምርኮስ ንጹር ዕላማ መሰረት ናይ ስራሕና ጌርና ክንብገስ ይግብኣና ።
ንሕና ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ወጻእ ሃገር ይኹን ኣብ ዉሽጢ ሃገር ንነብር ብዛዕባ ኢሳያስ ኣፈወቂ ይኹን ብዛዕባ ህግደፍ ቡዙሕ ክንዛረብን ክንልፍልፍን ንውዕል ኣለና ይኹንደእምበር ካብዘረባ ሓሊፍና ክንዮው ዘረባ ክንሰግር ኣይከኣልናን ዘለና።
ስለዚ ክንዛረብ እንተኾይንና ትግባረ ስራሕ ኣብ ቅድሜና ተገቲሩ ይጽበየና ከምዘሎ ፈሊጥና ምስትውዓልን ብልሕን ብዝተመልኦ ኣገብብ ተኸቲልና ክንዛርብ ምስ እንፍትን ንዛረቦ ዘረባ ምስ እንዓዮ ስራሕ ክሳነ ክምዘለዎ ብምግባር ዓቲብና ክንሰርሕ ከምዘለና ተረዲእና ንኽንዛረበሉ ንውዕል ዘልና ጉዳያት ንትግባሪኡ ንስርሕ።
k.tewolde March 29, 2016
The tyrant is to slick for the naturally emotional Eritreans,in order to bring him down you have got to out slick ,out maneuver ,out smart him at his own game, so far, despite a substantial educated and intellectual diaspora force, no one has figured out how to deliver the knockout punch yet.That tells you we don’t have what it takes even if the job was done for us by others.And the big boys that has the region under 24 hour surveillance know that,they don’t want open the Pandora box.. That is why they keep him there as a peacemaker.A different kind of peace- a violent and repressive peace.