(Birmingham 15-05-2010) Around 50 Eritrean young people from the city of Birmingham and its surrounding gathered on Sunday May 15 2010 to agree a charter and terms of reference as well as a
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?
(Cairo 12-05-2011) Eritrean refugees in Egypt continue to face major obstacles according to reports from Release Eritrea volunteers in the region. The volunteers who have been working to support Eritrean immigration detainees report that, in the weeks since the revolution in Egypt, little has changed for the better for the Eritrean asylum seekers and refugees currently there.
EVERY ERITREAN IS WELCOME ON SATURDAY 21ST OF MAY.
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.
afrol News, 6 May – Voices among the exiled opposition of Eritrea increasingly call for a Libya-style foreign intervention in the country, saying the situation is even worse in Eritrea.
Three dozen refugees whose claims were rejected by a Canadian official in Egypt could see their cases reconsidered after a Federal Court judge ruled the visa officer made grave errors.
The Eritrean pro-democracy forces in Sweden have started its resistance activities against the dictator’s evil activities in Sweden. Sweden has been a haven of the dictator’s enablers since long time. We will not stop from exposing their misleading information to the Swedish Parliament, government and political organizations.
The Eritrean Government representative to the African Union, Ghirma Asmerom, was reportedly pleaded with some African Ambassadors to Ethiopia to mediate between his government and Ethiopia.
Members of the Eritrean Catholic Church in Seattle today protested that the right of their people in Eritrea to freely practice their faith is severely encroached by that nation’s Government.
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.
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.
Dear Eritrean youth! Did you know that Eritrea under Isaias Afwerki?
(London 07-04-2011) UK based Eritrean human rights organisations welcome the designation of Eritrea as a country of serious concern for human rights violations, by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
ኣለና፣ ኣብ ዝሓለፉ 20 ክፋላት ጽሑፋት “ትልሚ፣ ንዘርኢ ክርዳድ” ንዝነበሩ ፖለቲካዊን ታሪኻውን ትንታነታት ሓፈሻዊ ገምጋም ክገብር ኢዩ።
Reported: In the past for weeks the Eritrean government has been said by credible sources to have sent two batallions of Eritrean army of artillery unit and a commando unit to Libya in the last four days to support Moamar Ghadafi. Please follow the
The Washington branch of the Eritrean national Commission for Democratic change congratulates Eritrean Youth Global Movement – EYGM for its 2nd congress, held on March 11th, 2011 – Las Vegas, USA.
The refugee situation in Libya has become a tragic especially for refugees who do not have countries to take care of, as Mr. Antonio Guterres, High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR,
Appeal the European Parliament for the emergency evacuation of 4,000 refugees of the Horn of Africa who are in an extremely dangerous situation in Lybia.
It might have been cold outside, but Eritrean refugee Adam Salim Idris received a warm welcome when he arrived at Cranbrook airport on Monday.
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.
It is known to the whole world that hundreds of Eritreans flee their country every day to escape the tortures, repression and suffering perpetrated by the Eritrean regime.
On February 19, 2011 the Board Members of EGS conductive an extensive teleconference and endorsed the proposal made by the Executive Committee to call for a massive protest demonstration against the 20 years tyrannical rule of the PFDJ regime in the coming three months.
We, Eritrean Community members in Sheffield, are issuing this short press Release following our successful demonstration to explain for all concerned people both Eritrean Citizens, and the United Kingdom people and government that we staged a protest a meeting called by the Eritrean Ambassador to the UK with Eritrean refugees residents of Sheffield.
Eritrean Youth for Change (EYC)
General Body Meeting
Rome, February 10th, 2011. We have received another chilling update from don Mussie Zerai on the situation of the migrants being kept in chains in Northern Sinai.
Los Angeles residents have hosted a warm welcome diner party to the Eritrean refugee who arrived from Refugee camp Shimbela in northern Tigray Ethiopia on Jan 17-01-2011 at Eritrean restaurant.
Couple apparently involved in an argument when husband attacks wife as she tries to get on bus; woman dies as result of wounds.
Haile Mengisteab, who made perilous journey to escape persecution, says children in his home country ‘absolutely do not’ dream of moving here.
Shlomit Sharvit
In special interview with Ynet Eritrean envoy blames Israel for recent immigration wave from Africa. ‘You should have deported the first one to arrive, now it is too late,’ he says
Reports coming out from Asmara Airport say that the mother of the incarcerated Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak passed away a week ago.
Tel Aviv — On a bed in his tiny shared apartment in Tel Aviv, Mekonen Kefete bares his right leg to illustrate the story of his journey to Israel. It is dotted with dark black marks where red-hot iron bars were cruelly poked into his skin.
For the last 9 years, we rallied peacefully against PFDJ-sponsored ‘so-called’ cultural festival in Australia, demanding the transfer of power to the people; respect for human rights; an end to oppression and extra-judicial killings; an end to confiscation of people’s land; the prevailing of the rule of law; citizens’ rights to education, proper health services, employment and other rights that a decent and good government provides to its people.
The European Parliament has passed a resolution on the Eritrean refugees being held hostage by people traffickers in the Sinai Desert, urging the Egyptian authorities to take “all necessary measures” to secure their release, and to allow the UNHCR access to all refugees and asylum seekers in state custody, including those in the Sinai.
The government of Eritrea needs to act promptly to stop its rogue mid-ranking officers who are causing havoc among Ethiopian opposition groups if it is genuine about building a strong relationship with Ethiopians.
Summary: Isaias is an austere and narcissistic Dictator…. He is paranoid and believes Ethiopian PM Meles tried to kill him and that the United States will attempt to assassinate him.
Vatican City – Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday urged an end to the plight of dozens of migrants, mainly from Eritrea, believed to be held hostage by human traffickers, along the Egypt-Israel border.