The Washington Freedom March and symposium represents a spark of a sort:
The 3 day event (18-20 June 2009) in Washington is taking place against the background of the state Eritrea is in. Now in its 18th year of independent statehood, Eritrea finds itself in a moment of neither war nor peace, the PFDJ making a scapegoat of a “Weyane” Ethiopian government threat of invading Eritrea in order to maintain repression and control of the youth.
The 3 day event (18-20 June 2009) in Washington is taking place against the background of the state Eritrea is in. Now in its 18th year of independent statehood, Eritrea finds itself in a moment of neither war nor peace, the PFDJ making a scapegoat of a “Weyane” Ethiopian government threat of invading Eritrea in order to maintain repression and control of the youth.