Sweden has ordered a diplomat from Eritrea’s embassy to leave the country within the next 48 hours.
“I can confirm that a foreign diplomat has been ordered to leave the country but I can’t go into the reasons,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Charlotta Ozaki Macías told the TT news agency. The ministry has a
The ministry has a policy of not revealing the nationality of diplomats ejected from Sweden.
A number of TT’s sources however were able to independently confirm that Sweden had given the first secretary at the Eritrean embassy just two days to leave.
A spokeswoman for the embassy declined to comment when reached by The Local.
One source, who asked not to be named, told TT: “It’s been in the works for a long time that an Eritrean diplomat was to be ejected.”
Sweden’s reasons for taking the unusual step are unclear.
Diplomats cannot be prosecuted if they commit a crime but they can be declared persona not grata and told to leave the country.
Many Swedish-Eritreans accuse the embassy of demanding they pay a two-percent exile tax. Failure to pay can result in the embassy refusing to give them ID documents or even harming their families in Eritrea, they say.
The embassy has also faced repeated accusations that it spies on Swedish-Eritreans who are critical of the country’s dictatorial regime.
In Sweden, the best-known such critic is Dawit Isaak, a Swedish-Eritrean journalist who has spent 13 years in an Eritrean jail without trial.
Source: The Local
HIT PFDJ September 5, 2014
izi chenawi guhaf hgdef meas iyu zikedelna tewarida iko IZA HAGER!!! imber do yirideom iyu seb ab risom hariulom kemzelo izom muwutat atrasat.
simerrr2012 September 5, 2014
Late but not to late. We can’t say thank you till they close the Embassy. The use embassy cover to do dirty job in Sweden. I can tell you , that person will not go to Eritrea but seek asylum in US or Europe . All of them have only money in their mind not love to higdef or Isu Ass. Tebelezti cockroach are they.
Danny September 5, 2014
Thank You Sweden! it is about time. Last time Canada now in Sweden! what country would be next?
Peter September 5, 2014
People I hate HGDEF but if that guy goes does we will see Alquaida in Sahel and barka and civil war in the middle and millions in migration and refugee camps. May The Lord have mercy upon us.
ahmed saleh September 5, 2014
Peter
People like you are our society’s
parasite . You said ;
” I hate HGDF but if he ( Issayas )
went down …….. civil war ” .
Write your ill wish in a paper and
eat it , you moron .
mrs Eritrea September 5, 2014
Intay iyu om izi hade seb keyidu kali ymexi nishitey nger misehogoskium bailukum dea beyenay mantakum belu kof ilkum tesebeyu imo hizbawi ginbar si kab dilyetom inte terifom triuwm korakur wyane 😉
Mengesha September 5, 2014
Finally Sweden is waking up …The sad story is the reason for expulsion of the diplomat Wedi Mengistu is associated with bootlegging (illegal selling of alcohol PGDJ diplomat bought tax free alcohol which is designated to be consumed privately and sold it to the idiot supporters in the Stockholm PFDJ festival).
It is to appreciate that Sweden is showing some spine in deporting this person. This may open the way to end the presence of the Eritrean Embassy in Sweden liberating Eritreans from the harassment and blackmail of PFDJ
Berazio September 5, 2014
This kill goes to ASSENNA.COM.Job Well done to all contributors of assenna. the only opposition web site with no string attached. its only mission is to hammer the ruthless dictator. voice of the voiceless,some one is hearing.Let open our wallet and support Assenna
bekhit September 5, 2014
ፔተር ሓውና
ተስፋ እገብር ትጻወት ክትህሉ። ”ንህግደፍ ይጸልኦም እየ። ግን ከኣ ንሳቶም ምስ ዘይህልዉ ሳሕልን ባርካን መደበር ኣልቓዒዳ ክኾና የን። ውግእ ሓድሕድ ድማ ክባራዕ’ዩ። ከም ሳዕቤን ናይዚ ኪናት ድማ ሚልዮናት ክስደዱ’ዮም።” ቃል ሓውና ፔጥሮስ ኣብ መስከረም 2014 እዩ። ኣብ ጽባሕ ናይቲ ኣሽሓት ኤርትራውያን ህጻውንቲ ኣብ ማእከላይ ባሕሪ ዝጠሓሉሉ ሳምንቲ፣ ኣብ’ቲ ኣስመራ ብሕጽረት ማይን ኤለክትሪክን ትሳቐየሉ ዘላ ኣብ ታሪኻ ተራእዩ ዘይፈልጥ እዋን፣ ኣብቲ ኤርትራውያን ስድራቤታት ጠገለ ብዘይብሉ መጠን ዝተባታተናሉ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ዝፈጠሮ ተሃዋሲ ግዜ፣ ኣብ’ቲ ውሉድን ወላድን ማዕዶ ማዕዶ ኮይኖም ብናፍቖት ሓድሕድ ዝሳቐዩሉ እዋን፣ ኣብቲ ኤርትራ ብጽሬት ትምህርቲ ፣ ትሕቲ ኩለን ሃገራት ዓለም ዝተሰርዓትሉ ሕሱም እዋን፣ ኣብቲ ወሎዶታት ኤርትራ ዋጋ እናኸፈሉ ዝሃነጽዎ ጸጋ ሃገራዊ ሓድነት ዝዓነወሉ ታሪኻዊ እዋን፣ ኣብቲ ኤርትራዊ ንኤርትራዊ ሓዊ ከም ንዋት ዝሸጠሉ እዋን፣ ኣብቲ ዓዲታት ኤርትራ ሓመድ ኣዳም ዝደፍን ጎቦዝ በቲኸን ዓዲ ብናፍቖት ውላዶም ብዝበኽዩ ኣረጋውያን ሒዛ ዝተረፈትሉ እዋን፣ ኣብቲ መወዳእታ ዘይብሉ ሻዕብያ ዝፈጠሮ ንኤርትራን ደቃን ሕልምታቶምን ዝውሕጥ ናይ ግዜ ጋህሲ ልዕሊ ዝኾነ ይኹን እዋን ዝዓበየሉ ተካል እዋን ፠፠፠፠፠፠፠፠፠፠፠፠፠፠፠፠፨ጴትሮስ ዝበሃል ገና ረመጽ ናይዚ ሕሱም እዋን ዘይተንከፎ ኣብ ኣቐዲሙ ዝተሰደን አሕዋቱ ካብ ኣፍ ኣራዊት መዝሒቑ ዘውጸአን ጨካን ኤርትራዊ ”ድሕሪ ህግደፍ ሳሕልን ባርካን ዓዲ ኣልቓዒዳ፣ ኩነታት ድማ ውግእ ሓድሕድ ዝፈጠሮ ናይ ስደት እዋን ከይከውን ስኽፍትኡ ገሊጹልና። ኣንታ ጴትሮስ ሓውና ቅሩብ እባ ሕሰብ። ሰብ እኮ ዘርኣ ያ ጸኒታ ብሰንኪ ህግደፍ፣ ሰብ እኮ ኩሉ ጸጋታታ ያ ስኢና ብሰንኪ ኢሳያስ፣ ዓዲ እኮ ጥራሓ ተሪፋያ። በጃኻ በጃኻ ቁስልና ኣይትግዳኣና። መርገም ናይተን ዝበኽያ ዘለዋ ወላድ መኻን ዝኾና ለዋሃት ኣዴታትና ውላድካ ከየስእነካ። ክሳብ ክንድኡ ኣይትዓሹ። ወይ ድማ ስቕ በል። ጉዳይ እንጀራኻ ግበር። ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ልዕሊ ህግደፍ ዘሳቐየን ንህልውናኡን መጻኢኡን ከጸልምት ዝኸኣለ ጉጅለ ፈጺሙ ኣይተራእየን። ሰብ ካብታ ናይ ህግደፍ ናጽነት ናይ ደርጊ ባርነት ኣብ ምምራጽ ዝበጽሓሉ እዋንዩ እሞ ስለ ዘይተተንከፍካ ንዝተተንከፉ ኣይትህሰ፣
ሓውኻ በኺት
luna September 5, 2014
Kokeb Yibrah, a 14 year old Eritrean survivor of the Lampedusa tragedy gave his own eye witness account that Eritreans are selling Eritreans. He didn’t say word for word as such but by implication that is what is said. A net work of human smugglers beginning from Eritrea, across borders to the ends of the world are part of it. Adults chose not to talk about it and all the same we heard it from this kid. It is very sad! We must be ashamed for remaining silent in face of such a shameful reality. It is a sad chapter in our history which is a black spot hard to erase.
rahel September 5, 2014
thank you sweden ,toTHE PEOPLE OF ERITREA living inside the country every body is doing his part EMBARGO ,DEMOSTRATION ,EMBASSY CLOSURE ,IT is time you wake up and stand for your right ,NO ONE WILL FIGHT AND DIE FOR YOU IT IS YOUR TURN TO FIGHT,ANY WAY YOU ARE DYING A SLOW DEATH .WAKE UP WAKE UP
Robel September 5, 2014
TEKLE MENGSTU.. UWUR WILL EXPEL WITHIN 49 HOURS…..Idiot,,