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Solidarity March with Eritrean Women – March 8, 2013

March 8, 2013 Solidarity March with Eritrean Women We are marching today in solidarity with our Eritrean mothers, sisters and daughters, who are suffering as victims of human rights abuse in their own country as well as

March 8, 2013

Solidarity March with Eritrean Women

We are marching today in solidarity with our Eritrean mothers, sisters and daughters, who are suffering as victims of human rights abuse in their own country as well as in lands where they have ended up refugees. Because of his failure to protect these women and for his role in perpetrating much of the abuse we are calling for Mr Isaias Afwerki to step down from office and hand political power to the people of Eritrea.

Eritrean women have trailed a blaze in their fight against oppression; they overcame traditional practices to rise and challenge political oppression and this has gained them international acclaim. Sadly, all that struggle bore little to no fruit.

Today many iconic women Freedom Fighters find themselves, political prisoners, without even the most basic of rights of a visit from their children or their elderly parents, to mention a few of these women:

  • Aster Yohaness mother of four and a wife of fellow prisoner in prison since 11th Dec 2003
  • Senait Debesay a mother of 3 imprisoned since 15th Nov 2003
  • Meriam Hagos mother of 1 and imprisoned since 6th of October 2001
  • Aster Fisehatsion a mother of one and a wife of fellow prisoner believed to have died in prison, herself imprisoned since Sept 18th  2001

These women and many like them simply disappeared into a prison system where people vanish without a trace. We condemn your government’s barbaric treatment of women prisoners and their families.

Additionally thousands of young women, including vulnerable teenagers, have become victims of rape and sexual harassment at the hands of military commanders who use their position in the system to take advantage of vulnerable young women, forcibly conscripted into the army as part of their compulsory national service.

As a result many women have become refugees falling into the hands of smugglers and traffickers who not only extort money from them, alongside their male counterparts, but also abuse them sexually, inflicting heinous sexual violence on them. The Eritrean Government remains silent on the matter despite the fact that a recent UN report identified high ranking military officials linked to the human trafficking racket.

These violations against our Mothers, Sisters and daughters is an abject indictment of the failures of the regime in Eritrea and particularly the failures of Isaias Afwerki, we therefore demand that he steps down and hands power to the people of Eritrea as the rightful custodians of political power in the country that they fought to free from colonial oppression.

Victory to the oppressed women of Eritrea

Eritrean women in the UK 

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  • MEHRETU HABTE March 10, 2013

    Selamat Hizbawi ,

    Someone decided to defame my sexy name

    Some one sent an opinion to Salina Radio Wegahta ,using my name,, I never sent any letter or messages to Wegahta radio.Some one impeersonated me,it was read on radio salina.I am sure Hizbawi you know what is happenning here and I say good job..to whoever did it, but , I do not move an inch because someone decided to defame my name .
    While my respect is at it´s place for Tegadalay Tesfay Temnewo…OUR ERITREAN PEOPLE DO NOT NEED A SIMPLTON LIKE ME TO DIVEDE THEM BY REGION.22 SOCCER P’LAYERS &A PIECE OF LEATHER CALLED SOCCER BALL CAN MOVE ¨GANTA ASMERA & GANTA EMBASOYRA¨.With all due respect to Tegadalay Tesfay Temnewo galluble people are ready to believe there is a boogey man called Akeleguzai who is there out there to get them..and that is not perpetuated by insignificant me but by the shifta organization that you are e4xposing.I am on your side Tegadalay Tesfay Temnewo.
    An Arab who thinks every jew with qa different opinion is out to get him or his messge is pure paranoia .I RESPECT YOUR HONESTY & I WILL CONTINUE TO RESPECT YOU .I AM NOBODY´S MESSENGER.
    hAWKA

  • Embasorya The Mighty March 11, 2013

    Don’t use Tigrayan tactics to divide the Eritrean people.

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