Sudan tribune: Eritrean border guards shoot dead 10 civilians trying to flee
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle August 22, 2014 (SHIRE, ETHIOPIA) – Eritrean border guards have allegedly shot dead 10 Eritreans citizens as they attempted to cross in to Ethiopia, a recent escapee told Sudan Tribuneon Friday. Samuel Gedion said he was
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
August 22, 2014 (SHIRE, ETHIOPIA) – Eritrean border guards have allegedly shot dead 10 Eritreans citizens as they attempted to cross in to Ethiopia, a recent escapee told Sudan Tribuneon Friday.
Samuel Gedion said he was among a group of 18 Eritreans who were trying to flee to Ethiopia two weeks ago.
“Ten of them were killed, while three of us made it to Ethiopia. I am not sure on the fate of the remaining five,” he said.
He said border guards had opened fired on the group without any prior warning.
One of those reportedly killed was a young woman who had recently finished 18 months of military service.
Eritrea has a long-standing shoot-to-kill policy against those who attempt to flee the repressive nation, dubbed the North Korea of Africa.
Eritrean opposition groups in Addis Ababa told Sudan Tribune that hundreds of young Eritreans have been killed by border guards in the past two years alone.
The regime in Asmara considers citizens who attempt to flee as traitors. Those who are caught are often subject to indefinite prison terms and serious human rights abuses.
Many others are also punished by death, particularly if they are believed to have links to exiled Eritrean opposition groups.
Many young people, however, are still prepared to take the risk, fleeing to neighbouring countries in protest against indefinite military service, serious human rights abuses and bad governance.
Last week, the A report released last week by the International Crisis Group (ICG) entitled Eritrea: Ending the Exodus? calls on the Eritrean government to implement the long-delayed 1997 constitution
The group underscored the need to address the country’s growing internal crisis which is behind the ongoing exodus, as well as calling for greater engagement with Eritrea – potentially ending a decade of isolation that has been both self-imposed and externally generated.
It urged the leadership in Eritrea to work towards gradual demobilisation of the military and undertake a restructure of the country’s economy in order to create wider job opportunities.
“The youth exodus from Eritrea is symptomatic of social malaise and growing disaffection with the Asmara regime,” said Cedric Barnes, the think tank’s director for the Horn of Africa.
“The state’s demand for the sacrifice of individual ambition to the greater good of the Eritrean nation – resigning oneself to, in effect, indefinite national service – causes more and more Eritreans to leave the country, even if that means risking their lives,” adds Barnes.
He called on Eritrea’s government to end the policy of indefinite national service and to work with international partners to build an economy that will create jobs for its citizens.
The secretive Red Sea nation currently has up to ten thousand political prisoners languishing in the country’s secret detention facilities, including in underground prisons and shipping containers.
(ST)
Tamrat Tamrat August 24, 2014
What frightning is the Level of intrigue of pfdj is beyound the accepted culture of the common Citizens of eritreans.
This is what the presidant had said during the Forto incident:
“All’s well that ends well and the three “mutinous” officers were duly found and arrested. The “mutinous” national service citizen soldiers were taken out to a very tasty dinner at the Malobar restaurant (quite a treat for troops used to a diet of sorghum, chick peas and lentils), spent the night in the daKorea apartments were they enjoyed hot showers, clean sheets and comfortable beds for a change. The next day they and their tanks returned to their base with a well deserved thanks from the countries leaders.
The moral of the story is that the reality on the ground here in Eritrea is that the military is composed of citizen soldiers, not the “professional” ie mercenary armies found in most of the rest of Africa”
How come a nation who even treats a coup maker like respected guests could kill his own children crossing a boarder for what ever reason. Why dont the soldiers encircled them, forget the Nice dinner but send them back to their camps. This is the most frightning part. What pfdj doing is that no ones believes their children killed on the boarder. Who knows how many mothers is sitting and waiting for her children to come back home from thier duties while they are killed by the monsters.
Kidan f, Sudan August 24, 2014
ISSAIS IS CRAZE
Merhawi August 24, 2014
Gragualy it became a Normal thing to hear earitreans are deing Evrywhere,,, so Sad to be an Eritrean;; Hangol Zelewom dekisebat Kitsimemiwo deykiEl Negerat MerdiE mot-Kem MeAltawi Zenana Lemidnayo,,Los Teteratire Kab Seb Diyu Aletna wals Kab Insisa ?
Mekelle August 24, 2014
Antum Eritrean tibehalu hizibi ab mekelle zigeberikumo gifiE yikireta hatitkum mis fetarikum teAreku .awiyat hitsawinti nab seamy arigu fetari kabakum rihiku alo !
Ask forgiveness form God for what you did in mekelle !
Please read Bible Abel and kael !
Simon G. August 24, 2014
What kind of people are killing their brothers and sisters? I do not care if they were given blanket order to shoot to kill. Don’t they have their own mind? They had many options not to shoot them. Stop blaming just I say as, the society has already turned into cruel creatures. Need proof – just look around some people you know.
Fisehaye August 24, 2014
Ab ketema keren 40 zegatat b tseta HGDEF teasirom abey kem zeatewu zefelet yelen eti meknyat dema Amahadari zoba anseba Gergis Ghirmai b welke melaki Isias nab zoba semenaw keyih bahri sle ztekeyere etom shmagletat dema betshuf teran akribom abzi zobana ksenih yefekedelu sele zebelu halewatom tefiu.
Fisehaie
oromay August 24, 2014
መቐለ ለባም ኩን። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ከሕዝነካ መዓልቲ መዓልቲ ይቅተል እዩ ዘሎ። ዕግርግርን ውግእን ዝለመደ ወላፍ ስርዓት ዝፈጸሞ ገበን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝደለዮ ኣይኮነን። ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንሰላም ይናፍቓ እዩ እንትኾነ ግና ጋሳ ስኢኑ ከም እስራ ኤላውያን ብሂትለር ዝተጨፍጨፉ ኣጥፊእካ ጥፋእ ዝዕላማኦም ውሑዳት ኣብ ስልጣን ተኾይጦም ኣብ ዓለም ዘይተሰምዔ ግበን ምጽባት ህዝቢ ይፍጽሙ ኣለዉ። እንትኪኢልካ ኣብ ጎኒ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኩን ከመይሲ ይብጸሓካ እዩ።
Mesinas August 24, 2014
ኣብ እዶ!
ሕሰምን መከራን ብቓልሱ ክቕንጥጥ
ከምቲ ዝሓለፈ ዓመጽቲ ከይቅጥቅጥ
ኣብ ታሪኽ ህይወቱ ጌርዎ ዘይፈልጥ
ኣብ ትሕቲ መለኽቲ ብፍርሂ ከንቀጥቅጥ
ካብ ግፍዕን ጭቆናን ሃዲሙ ከምልጥ
እኖሆ እዚ ህዝቢ ክስደድ የዕለብጥ!
ዘበን’ያ ግርንቢጥ ማይ ንዓቐብ
ድሕሪ ናጽነቱ ኣብ ስደት ክዕቆብ፡
በድራጋ ጠያይት እናወደቐ ኣብ ዶብ
ንስደትን ሞትን ይብለሉ ኣሎ ተብተብ!
*ሃሴት ምስ ሓረሞ’ወ ኣብታ ማሙቕ ቤቱ *ፍስሓ/ተድላ
ቀሲኑ ንምንባር ኣብ ጎረባብቱ
ዓይኑ እናረኣየ ናብ ሓዊ ዝኣቱ
ኣብ *እዶ ዝወድቕ ብዓረር ኣሕዋቱ *ኣብ ታሕቲ ረኣ፥
መዘና ዘይብሉ *ዘላሚ ዝመንግስቱ *ጨቛኒ/ረጋጺ
መንዶ ኣሎ ከም ኤርትራዊ *ዲባ ትዕድልቱ! *ሕማቕ ዕድል
Mesinas August 24, 2014
ኣብ እዶ!
ሕሰምን መከራን ብቓልሱ ክቕንጥጥ
ከምቲ ዝሓለፈ ዓመጽቲ ከይቅጥቅጥ
ኣብ ታሪኽ ህይወቱ ጌርዎ ዘይፈልጥ
ኣብ ትሕቲ መለኽቲ ብፍርሂ ከንቀጥቅጥ
ካብ ግፍዕን ጭቆናን ሃዲሙ ከምልጥ
እኖሆ እዚ ህዝቢ ክስደድ የዕለብጥ!
ዘበን’ያ ግርንቢጥ ማይ ንዓቐብ
ድሕሪ ናጽነቱ ኣብ ስደት ክዕቆብ፡
በድራጋ ጠያይት እናወደቐ ኣብ ዶብ
ንስደትን ሞትን ይብለሉ ኣሎ ተብተብ!
*ሃሴት ምስ ሓረሞ’ወ ኣብታ ማሙቕ ቤቱ *ፍስሓ/ተድላ
ቀሲኑ ንምንባር ኣብ ጎረባብቱ
ዓይኑ እናረኣየ ናብ ሓዊ ዝኣቱ
ኣብ *እዶ ዝወድቕ ብዓረር ኣሕዋቱ *ትርጉም ኣብ ታሕቲ ረኣ
መዘና ዘይብሉ *ዘላሚ ዝመንግስቱ *ጨቛኒ/ረጋጺ
መንዶ ኣሎ ከም ኤርትራዊ *ዲባ ትዕድልቱ! *ሕማቕ ዕድል
*እዶ ኣብ ወሰን ወሰን መጥሓን ዘሎ እኽሊ ከይወድቕ ዝኽልክል ከንፈር’ዩ! ስለዚ፡ እኽሊ ብመዲድ ከይጥሓን ክሃድም ኣብ እዶ ይዕገት፡ ኤርትራዊ ኸኣ ካብ ስቅያት ህግደፍ ክሃድም ኣብ ዶባት ይዕገት!
Paradiso August 24, 2014
Every time I open Eritrean websites for news, it is so bad that the “Eritrea” in me dies slowly.
The idea of Eritrea surviving as a nation is dying slowly as a cancer patient.
“Eritreans die in the sea; Eritreans die in Arab slavery; Eritreans die crossing to Sudan; Dozens of Eritreans shot to death crossing Tigray and Afar regions; Eritreans dead in Hgdef gulags …” is a weekly story.
It has become a shame to be born Eritrean. Even my co-workers who does not give a shit to African news know the misery and life of Eritreans in Arab slavery.
selamawit2 August 25, 2014
“Paradiso”, something that never existed can not die. So if there is an deadly ill patient in you, it has no eritrean roots.
Anyway, RIP my poor brothers and sisters.