Year: 2001
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A Tale of Two Eritreas
“But you just told me that they have been involved in illegal acts but you cannot tell me what the illegal acts are; I have asked you what these people are charged with, you can’t tell me what they are charged with. This is hardly a, you know, an open process.” – BBC Reporter, October…
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shaEbia ktHaqiq alewa (PFDJ Should Dissolve Itself)
Earlier this year, around Feburary 2001, the editors of Hwyet magazine, a quarterly Eritrean newspaper published by one of the para statal organizations, asked me and two other Eritreans, to write an article about the future of PFDJ. I did, as did the two other Eritreans. The editors decided against publishing the articles and, instead,…
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An Interview With Mr. Seyoum Ogbamichael
An Interview conducted with Seyoum O. Michael by Saleh Younis San Jose, California, June 21, 2001 [published June 29, 2001] Editor’s Note: His name is Seyoum O. Michael but everyone within ELF knew him as Seyoum Harestai (Seyoum the Farmer.) The “Harestai” monicker is due to the fact that he was the organizer of the…
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Government Of Eritrea About To Expel Two Americans
[Republished from the archives] For weeks, there have been rumors circulating that the Government of Eritrea was about to expel two Americans, including an employee of USAid, for fraternizing with the Reformers and linking with the increasingly-independent private press. The decision to expel them was reversed under heavy pressure by the American Embassy in Eritrea. Contacted…
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رداً على مغالطات الدكتور برخت هبتي سلاسي حول اللغة الرسمية في الدستور الإرتري
(1) يرد الدكتور برخت هبتي سلاسي ، في الجزء الثالث من المقابلة التي يجريها معه هذه الأيام الكاتب النشط الأخ صالح يونس، قائلاً وبكل صلف واستفزاز لمشاعر الشعب الإرتري عامة والمسلمين الإرتريين خاصة، بأن أغلبية الشعب الإرتري قد اقتنعت باستخدام كل جماعة عرقية أو اثنية للغاتها الخاصة في التعليم والمعاملات. والسؤال هنا يا دكتور: من…