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A Document That Minimizes The Mistrust Among Us
The following is a response to a recurring question presented by some members of ENA and the Global Solidarity group; it asked if there is even a need for a transitional constitution! These members as well as the EGS suggested abandoning the constitution; they would like to transfer the responsibilities over to the “youth”. These…
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The National Congress And The End Game
So we convene again and this time, perhaps for the last time at such a level before PFDJ thugs are chased out of town and are hunted dead or alive from every fox hole, every sewer pipe or every other crevice in the land where they might attempt to hide, and are finally brought to…
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The Wisdom To Know The Difference
In February 2011 myself and my friends went to visit an ill friend in his house, we sat there for half an hour and then we thought of leaving, surprisingly it started raining heavily in that February day! I guess we can’t ignore global warming anymore. Anyway our sick friend insisted that we should wait…
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Comments On The Go To Bro Semere Tesfai
I will keep it short here and will do so the lazy way. In an interview with a VoA journalist on September 27, 2011, President Isaias Afwerki responded to why he would keep doing this to helpless Eritreans at a time when human rights organizations are appealing for the release of those who are already…
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As You Head To The Conference…
The conference is almost here! In a few days, hundreds of Eritreans from all over the world representing all kinds of political organizations and civil associations will converge in Addis to participate in what will surely be recorded in Eritrean history as an important milestone. The grand gathering will attempt to tie up all the…
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Notorious Human Smuggler Shot Dead; 611 Eritreans Released
Suleiman Abdellah Necklawi, aka “The Sultan”, a notorious Egyptian human smuggler, was killed in a shoot-out by Bedouins of another tribe. Consequently, according to the UNHCR and EveryOne Group, 611 Eritrean refugees who had been held hostage in Egypt’s Sinai have crossed safely to Israel. Criminal elements within the Sakrawi bedouin tribe had been on…
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Eritrea’s National Congress: Avoid Failure Of Imagination
There are many tragedies in recent history—9/11, Somalia, the mess in the Congo—that could have been foreseen by smart people but weren’t. Such failure to predict what is predictable is called “failure of imagination.” And this could happen in Eritrea. The State of Eritrea is giving warning signs that it is about to implode. Future generations…
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Eritrea’s Minister of Information, Ali Abdu, in Melbourne
In a trip shrouded by secrecy, Ali Abdu, Eritrea’s Minister of Information, made a surprise visit to Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday November 5th. He was received by a handful of regime loyalists. Since his arrival, his movements have been controlled and he has not appeared in public and there has not been any public meeting…
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The Atrophied Deny Their Atrophy: Part 1
On October 17, 2011, the Eritrean authorities provided a reply to the UN. The Reply, which is 38 pages, not counting the 54-page annex, was drafted in response to the Report of the UN Monitoring Group on Somalia and Eritrea (“Report”), which issued its 416-page report on July 18, 2011. The Reply of the Eritrean authorities is…
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Kenya Threatens To Bomb Unidentified (Eritrean) Planes In Somalia
The government of Kenya, which accused the Eritrean regime of landing a plane in Baidoa, Somalia to arm Somali’s Shabab group, has threatened to bomb “any unidentified planes” if it believes they are supplying Shabab. On November 1st, The Standard, a private news journal in Kenya, reported that it has photographed a plane, with an…
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“This Too Shall Pass”: Time For Real Outrage
According to Abrahamic religions, the Sinai Peninsula (and Jebel Mussa or Mount Moses), is where God gave Moses the Ten Commandments, the first set of rules of ethics and worship that still shape the moral values of much of humanity. One of the commandments is Thou Shalt Not Kill, (according to other translations, you should…
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The Eritrean National Congress: A Metaphor Of Hope
In association with the Eritrean national congress to be held in Addis on November 21, 2011, there is a question which I seem to be unable to repress: can this time the Eritrean people count on the good will of the leaders of the opposition groups, or their will is so corrupted thus nothing good…
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The Ethiopian Roar And The Weary Eyes of Eritrean Mothers (P. 1)
When Ethiopia roars from the South the threat is real. We Eritreans don’t take Ethiopian threat lightly. Generation after generation, we Eritreans have been on the receiving end of Ethiopia’s Tuta, Zeraf, Geday, Yematreba Fiel Zetegn Tweldalech….adventure. And we have deep scars to prove it. We have layers of tears still fresh. We have dark…
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هل يعي نظام الإنقاذ الدرس?
يصعب على المرء التكهن أو معرفة الفوائد التي يجنيها نظام الإنقاذ، من وراء محاولات التضييق والتنكيل باللاجئين والمعارضين الإريتريين المتواجدين على أراضيه وتسليمهم قسراً لنظام أسمرا القمعي المعروف بوحشيته وبطشه، بشهادة منظمات حقوقية عالمية، خصوصاً وأن إريتريا تأتي في الذيل الأخير وفقاً للتصنيف العالمي وفق هذه المنظمات. نظام الخرطوم اعتقل الأسبوع الماضي الزميل جمال عثمان…
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Liberating Civil Society
I should probably start by saying a few words about how amazing the developments in the opposition camp in general and the civil society component in particular have become. I haven’t been following much of the written material with the exception of my favorite writers on Awate and Asmarino. This, added to what we have…
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ورقة إعلان مبادىء
ورقة إعلان مبادىء الإسم: إرتريون من أجل الديمقراطية والعدالة والمساواة (إدعم) نوع المنظمة: شبكة عمل الهدف من هذه الورقة هو الدعوة إلى خلق رأي عام توافقى وبلورة مواقف حول بعض الحقوق الأساسية، والمبادئ والسياسات – بهدف حشد الوعي الفردي والجماعي لطيف واسع من الوطنيين الإرتريين في مختلف مناحي الحياة. والدافع الأساسي هو تأسيس لوبي…
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Position Paper for a Network Group (EDJE)
Position Paper for a Network Group Name: Eritreans for Democracy, Justice and Equality (EDJE). Organization Type:Network Group. The purpose of this paper is to strive for and create a consensual public stand and opinion on some basic rights, principles and policy matters that are envisaged to rally all conscious and patriotic individuals, groups or organizations…
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حكومة الإنقاذ السودانية والمعايير المزدوجة
تعتمد حكومة الإنقاذ في الخرطوم، معايير مزدوجة في علاقاتها الخارجية، ودائماً ما تلجأ إلى تطبيق مبدأ ” الإيد اللي ما تقدر تعضها، بوسها وادعي عليها بالكسر” فالنظام الذي يستأسد على مواطنيه ويتوارى عن الأعداء، دائماً ما تجده يتغاضي عن تجاوزات الغير خاصة إذا كان هذا الغير قوياً، ويهاب أفعاله، كما كان الحال مع القذافي أو…
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المكونات الإرترية والدولة المدنية في المؤتمر الوطني للتغيير الديمقراطي
المفاهيم القومية:- كلمة القومية تعني وتفهم بمعاني ومفاهيم مختلفة من الأفراد والجماعات فكل ينظر إليها من منظاره المكاني والزماني والظرفي ثقافيا وسياسيا وحقوقيا. وفي مجال العمل السياسي، فالقومية تُعنى، في جانبها الإيجابي، بالمحافظة على الحقوق والعدالة والسلام وقد تتحول إلى سلاح مدمر ينهي الشراكة الوطنية لأن من أهدافها السياسية الأساسية بناء وطنا قوميا . وعلى…
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The G13 ’Berlin Manifesto’: Lessons & Way Forward (Part II)
In Part I, I dealt with the circumstances that led to the writing of the letter and the reactions then. President Isaias, neither listened to the G13 nor the G15. He has been systematically eliminating all his potential opponents or competitors since the early 1970s. It was not in his nature to listen, the fact…
