Tag Archives: Demographics of Eritrea

Eritrea: From Here to Dignity

Selam Kidane From Here to Dignity The lord and master rides by on his horse and the peasant bows lowly and silently farts (a clever old saying… apparently) I came across the above saying in my readings on: shame pride … read more »

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Press Release: Eritrea Rejects Amnesty International’s Wild Accusations

Eritrea rejects in the clearest of terms Amnesty International’s wild accusations  that  it has “jailed at least 10,000  political prisoners.” Amnesty’s    transparently    political     assault    on    Eritrea     is    totally unsubstantiated, with  the  organization unable  to  back  its  claims  with facts.  It … read more »

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Moral Crusade that Has Changed the Political Landscape of Eritrea – Part 2

By Petros Tesfagiorgis The legacy and the challenge: The Forto 2013 uprising remarkably highlighted the issues critical to democratic change. They are the rule of law, respect of human rights, freedom of worship and freedom of expression and of course … read more »

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Eritrea: A Response to Allegations Made against Me by Red Sea Fisher

A Response to Allegations Made against Me by Red Sea Fisher This is a brief explanation prompted by what has been said lately about me in a certain blog known as Red Sea Fisher, ostensibly administered by Eritrean government apologists. … read more »

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ICER Action Alert: Kidnapped from Barantu in Broad Daylight

ICER Action Alert: Kidnapped from Barantu in Broad Daylight International Commission on Eritrean Refugees March 26, 2013 Volume 2013, Number 18 The Eritrean people’s predicament is too complex that even the Government whom some of us hold responsible is in … read more »

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My observations on ‘Muslims protest’ in Ethiopia

A couple of months ago I had a two weeks’ vacation in Ethiopia. Since I can’t go to my country of origin i.e Eritrea, I am becoming a regular visitor to what I now call ‘my second home’ Ethiopia. Growing … read more »

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Eritrea: Human Trafficking and the Human Rights Agenda Against Eritrea

By Awet nay Gdin Iyu Introduction On March 1, 2013, Joel Millman of the Wall Street Journal published a piece entitled “Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities.” The article chronicles the touching personal accounts of Eritrean … read more »

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Discontent at the Top: Mismatching Disjointed Eritrea

Discontent at the Top: Mismatching Disjointed Eritrea On 21st January, 2013, something momentous that the opposition was hoping for took place in Asmara: about one hundred soldiers, supported with two tanks, took over the Ministry of Information and were able … read more »

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Moral Crusade: that has changed the political landscape of Eritrea

By Petros Tesfagiorgis The occupation of Forto, the Ministry of Information, on January 21, 2013 by soldiers from the   Eritrean Defence Forces has shaken the foundations of PFDJ and exposed the emptiness of its repressive ideology. The demands for the … read more »

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Eritrea: Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities

Joel Millman Ruthless Kidnapping Rings Reach From Desert Sands to U.S. Cities CAMPBELL, Calif.—Ande Zerasion’s voice chokes up reliving the sound of his daughter pleading for help: “Baba, I am in Sinai. Please call me.” It was early October, recalls … read more »

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The Coup fiasco in Eritrea and it’s scanty support

Ghirmay Yeibio Do people pick grapes from thorn bushes,  or figs from thistles?   Likewise, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit.  A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, and a bad tree cannot bear … read more »

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Eritreans arrested in Sweden for extortion

By The Local; Two men and one woman have been arrested in Stockholm on suspicion of blackmail and conspiring to commit murder in a case believed to be connected to the Eritrean regime’s systematic oppression of Eritreans living in exile. … read more »

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Israel accused of coercing Eritrean refugees to ‘volunteer’ for deportation

Israel accused of coercing Eritrean refugees to ‘volunteer’ for deportation Local UN official, NGO claim Israel tells Eritrean nationals that they can either go back to home, where their lives would be in danger, or remain in jail. By Talila … read more »

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Another 30 believers arrested in Eritrea

A group of 30 believers from Philadelphia Church in the suburbs of Asmara known as Mai- Temenai were taken to prison after their respective houses were raided and some were found to be praying together. These arrests follow an earlier … read more »

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Eritrea: Asmara Residents Post Calls for Street Protests in the Capital

Arbi Harnet Asmara Residents Post Calls for Street Protests in the Capital Members of the Freedom Friday Movement (ArbiHarnet/ JumAt AlTaHrir) in Eritrea have successfully posted flyers and posters with the call for street protests against the regime and in … read more »

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Eritrea’s Information Minister confirms defection but who’s next?

After over two months of secrecy and denials, controversies surrounding his whereabouts, the Eritrean Information Minister and Issaias Afewerki’s right-hand man, confirms his defection on January 30th 2013 to a Swedish tabloid called Expressen. You remember months of media saga … read more »

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January 21st, is it the beginning of the End to the two decades of Eritrean tyranny?

Over the past few days, after the alleged failed “coup d’etat” attempt on 21st of January 2013 at the Eritrean Ministry of Information which resulted the National to be off from the air one day, a series of raids and … read more »

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Ethiopia: Eritrean refugees hold anti-regime rally, say ready to fight

(MEKELLE, ETHIOPIA) – Thousands of Eritrean refugees held a demonstration on Saturday at a camp in northern Ethiopia in support of the actions taken by a dissident army group to bring about democratic change in one of the most repressive … read more »

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Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia protest in support of renegade soldiers

(Reuters) – Eritrean refugees in Ethiopia demonstrated on Saturday in support of soldiers who forced state media in the Eritrean capital Asmara to call for all political prisoners to be freed. Dissident Eritrean soldiers with tanks stormed the information ministry … read more »

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Eritrean migrants in Paris rally in support of compatriots

By BEN HARTMAN, jpost Around 150 migrants gather outside embassy in Ramat Gan in solidarity with political prisoners, army officers in Eritrea. Around 150 Eritrean asylum seekers protested outside the Eritrean embassy in Ramat Gan on Friday morning, in a … read more »

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The Beginning Of The End Of Eritrean President Isayas Afeworki

Ezana sehay There is a remarkable consistency over the course of human history: every repressive regime perishes not because of destiny’s blows or external onslaught, but because of internal disease. The imminent slow motion collapse of Isayas Afeworki is no … read more »

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Eritrea: The Last Askari

One of, if not the last, Eritrean askari, aboy Welday Tecle Weldekidan Melkai Tensai of the village of Damba Minche in the Serai region has passed away at the age of 93. Aboy Welday was drafted into the Italian African … read more »

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The Kind of Investment Eritrea Needs

by Daniel Semere In today’s world where interactions and transactions have reached to its highest point, investment has become extremely fluid concept. Especially starting from the second half of the previous century, a number of steps have been taken, globally … read more »

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As an Eritrean: My vision of Eritrean Republic

Eyob Ghebreziabhier What will be Eritrea after dictatorship or recycled colonialism? I have a vision that hzbawi baytotat1 ሕዝባዊ ባይቶታት (sing. ባይቶ) will rise above the ashes of their past. And the Eritrean villages will go away from being Axumite … read more »

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‘Investment’ and the Danger of Oligarchy in Eritrea

Bana from Asmara On December 17 and 18, 2012 a second round of investment conference will take place in the Eritrean capital, Asmara. If this event is going to be anything similar to the first round that was held at … read more »

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Eritrea: colonized mind, false sense of self and delusion. Towards “decolonizing the mind”

Jossy Romanat The legacies of European colonization of Africa have different forms – economic, social, political and cultural imperialism and perhaps the cultural aspect is the most destructive. The famous Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong’o in his book “Decolonizing the … read more »

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Analysis: Why would anyone defect from ‘flawless’ Eritrea?

By Simon Allison, Eritrea, if its vocal praise-singers are to be believed, is a wonderful place, where everyone is happy and the government works tirelessly to improve the lives of its people. Their national football team didn’t agree. After a … read more »

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Re: Dutch courage? A TPLF warlord denounces the 1998 ethnic cleansing campaign

Berihu I think Bereket has to work to make things better than worse. The deportation of Eritreans is not the heart of the problem. It is how their property is treated. When you say you have a country where other … read more »

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“Independent Eritrea” A crumbling nation and a tragedy, born of baseless fear, meaningless Hatred and a mountain of lies

  “Independent Eritrea” A crumbling nation and a tragedy, born of baseless fear, meaningless Hatred and a mountain of lies Ghirmay Yeibio Part 1   For the leaders of this people cause them to err, and they that are led … read more »

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Leadership And The Geopolitics Of The Horn (Part-II)

Amanuel Hidrat Our struggle, instead belting with reassuring chorus to the weight, is indeed ram-shackled and directed into all wrong targets as if we are thrown into an elbow-throwing arena of political punditry.  We lacked brotherhood and sisterhood that foster … read more »

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