National Fund to Support the First Generation of the Eritrean Revolution

Invitation to Attend the First General Meeting.

In line with the principle of transparency, freedom of information and the importance of benefiting from suggestions by members of the fund, the administrative committee invites you to attend the first general meeting. In the meeting, we will discuss what have been achieved so far, and also discuss future plans on how to proceed.

Your attendance reflects the extent of your interaction with the project.

Date:        Saturday 6 February 2010

Time :       3PM [...]

God happened: 43000 people call for religious freedom in Eritrea

by Jenna LylePosted: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 15:58 (GMT)

A petition calling for religious freedom for Eritrea’s Christians has received more than 43,000 signatures.

The petition was handed in to the Eritrean Embassy and 10 Downing Street by the former bishop of Rochester Michael Nazir-Ali, patron of persecution ministry Release International.

Mr Nazir-Ali said: “We want to assure the government of Eritrea that Christians are loyal citizens and present no danger to the integrity of the Eritrean nation.

“We are appealing to the government [...]

ናብ ጀግና ሓፋሽ ህዝብና ኣብ ኣውስራሊያን ኒውዝላንድን

ኣብ ትሕቲ ዘቃጽል ሃሩር ንኻልኣይ መዓልቱኹም ደው ኢልኩም ናይ ሕፍረትን ውርደትን ፌስቲቫል ምልካዊ ስርዓት ህግደፍ ንምቅዋም ብጽንዓትን ተወፋይነትን እተካይድዎ ዘለኹም እንዳመጎስና ንሕናውን ብዝለዓለ ደረጃ ኣብ ሞንጎኹም ምሳኹም ክንርከብ ደስ ምበለና ኔሩ ኮይኑ ግና ናይ ስራሕን ቃልስን ጉዳይ ስለ ዝኾነ ናትኩም ተሳትፎ ናይ ኩልና ተሳትፎ ስለዝኾነ በዚ ኣጋጣሚʼዚ ንኹሉኹም ተሳተፍቲ እዚ ሰላማዊ ስልፊ እዚ መላእ ሓፋሽ ህዝብና ኣብ ኣውስትራልያን ኒውዝላንድን ዕዙዝ ገድላዊ ሰላምታና ነቅርበልኩም፡፡ እዚ ሎሚ ንመበል 8ይ ግዜ እተካይድዎ ዘለኹም ሰላማዊ ሰልፊʼዚ ኣብ ታሪኽ ተቃውሞ ቃልሲ ህዝብና ዓቢ ሃገራዊ ዕማም [...]

መግለጺ

ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ኣንጻር መደባት ስርዓት ህግደፍ

ኣውስትራልያ ጥሪ 07/2010

ህላወን ኩነታትን ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዓመት መጸ እናንቆልቆለን እናኸፈአን ይኸይድ ከምዘሎ ንኩሎ ኤርትራዊ ብሩህ እኳ እንተኾነ፡ ብፍላይ ኣብ’ዚ ግዜ’ዚ ብሰንኪ’ቲ ብዕሉግ ፖሊሲ ህግደፍ ከቢድ ጥምየት፡ ራዕዲ፡ ሕጊ ኣልቦ፡ ዓለምለኻዊ ተነጽሎ፡ ማእሰርቲ፡ ዝኣመሰሉ ሽግራት ደረት ተሳኢንዎም ኣሎ። ህልቂት መንእሰያት ኣብ ምደረበዳታት ሳሕራን ማእከላይ ባሕርን፡ ቃፍላያት ሰደት ናብ ጎረባብቲ ሃገራትን ዝተራኣየሉ ዘስካሕክሕ እዋን እዩ ክባሃል ይኽእል። ነዚ ድማ እዩ መራሒ ህግደፍ ብባጫን ኣሽካዕላልን “ፓሳጆ እዮም ከይዶም ዘለዎ ክምለሱ እዮም” ኢሉ ብጥፍእትን ህልቂትን መንእሰያት [...]

All means versus peaceful and democratic means of struggle against dictatorship

By Fesseaha Nair

All transitions to democracy that started from 70s up to 90s( Waves of democratization/ Huntington) have only 40 transitions that were successful but the rest were all failed.

The model for peaceful transition is built on from the early experiences of democratization of 1970s and 1980s in Latin American and southern Europe. However, in the end of cold war, peaceful transition to democratization in Eastern Europe was discredited. ( Yugoslav Wars) 

The Balkan wars against the Serbs dominance was won [...]

Eritrea: Another view

This is the third installation in a series following a conference in Brussels that focused on the human rights situation in Eritrea and the Horn of Africa. The original article by Nicolaj Nielsen generated considerable interest. That was followed by a question-and-answer with the Eritrean ambassador to explain why he didn’t attend the conference (click here to read the previous two installments).

Here, Derek Blyth talks to Mirjam van Reisen, director of Europe External Policy Advisors (EEPA), who organised the [...]

Public Announcement

Dear Sir/Madam,

The Melbourne Rally Organising Committee and the Eritrean Democratic Alliance – Melbourne Branch call upon ALL Eritreans in Australia to boycott the annual Eritrean government-sponsored so-called cultural ‘festival’. We also reach out to all of you with this urgent call to participate in the Peaceful Rally against the ‘festival’ for TWO days:

Date         Friday & Saturday 8th & 9th January, 2010

Time         From 5 PM Onward

Address   Polish Sports and Recreation Centre,

                19 Carrington Drive, Albion, Vic

مظاهرة الكرامة ضد مهرجان [...]

Preparation is underway to Face PFDJ ‘Festival’ in Melbourne – Australia

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Eritrean politics breed dictators in the name of national unity?

By Fesseha Nair

I would like to quote from the recent studies made by Kjetil Tronvoll under the title , “ The Lasting Struggle for Freeedom in Eritrea

Human Rights and Political Development, 1991-2009

Eritrean Rebels Say Kill 25 Government Troops In Attacks

By REUTERS
Published: January 1, 2010

ZALAM BESA, Ethiopia (Reuters) – Two Eritrean rebel groups said on Friday they have killed 25 government soldiers and wounded at least 38 others, in ambushes on two military camps.

There was no immediate comment from the Eritrean government and the report could not be independently confirmed.

Rebel spokesman Yasin Mohamed said the attacks by the Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization (RSADO) and the Eritrean Salvation Front (ESF) rebels were in retaliation for the repression of the Afar [...]