Category: Documents
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Grave Human Rights Violation in Aksum
Disclaimer: This report is issued by the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission which is established by the Ethiopian Government Investigation into Grave Human Rights Violations in Aksum City Report on Preliminary Findings Introduction In its January and February, 2021 reports on the human rights situation in Tigray, the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC/the Commission), indicated that it
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ብሰላም ዕረፍ ክቡር ሓርበኛ ጅግና ተጋዳላይ ኣድሓኖም!
ሓርበኛ ተጋዳላይ ኣድሓኖም ገብረማርያም ዕለተ መስዋእቲ፡ ለካቲት 19 2021 ካብ ኣብኡ ባሻይ ገብረማርያም ካሳን ካብ ኣዲኡ ወይዘሮ ውነሽ ርጆን ኣብ ወርሒ መስከረም 1945 ኣብ ኣፈልባ ተወሊዱ። ወላዲቱ ካብቲ ዝነበራ ከቢድ ናይ ሕርሲ ኩነታት፣ ብዘይ ጉድኣት ክትገላገል ብምኽኣላ፣ ልዑል ፈጣሪ ንምምስጋን ወለዱ “ ኣድሓኖም ” ዝብል ረዚን ስም ከምዝሃብዎ ታሪኽ ቤተሰቡ ይሕብር። ሕሳስ ልደ እንዳ ኣቦይ
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2020-Eritrean Prisoneres’ List
Read the entire list in PDF format here: Eritrean prisoners’ list: 2020 On 17 July 1991, barely seven weeks after liberation day, state security arrested Mohammed Maranet and took him to an undisclosed location, not to be heard from again. Thus began the plight of one family in Keren for which the dark side of our
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Will President Sahlework Zewdie Of Ethiopia Do it?
The following letter addressed to Ethiopian leaders is written by Abdulrahman Yousif, a Kuwaiti writer and a friend of Eritrea. It is translated from the original Arabic by Awate Staff. ____ I do not like to write on politics but there is a compelling reason for writing this letter to President Sahlework Zewdie the new
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PM Abiye Meets Diaspora Ethiopians
https://youtu.be/ckg3h-jwsjI The Q & A: https://youtu.be/WmzhT40r8Us
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GEAN: Memorandum of Understanding
On the initiative of Global Eritrean Advocacy Network (GEAN), and after a series of deliberations, we, the undersigned individuals, civil societies, political organizations, veterans, community and religious leaders subscribe to this memorandum of understanding (MoU) to serve as a basis for: Understanding and articulating the daunting challenges that Eritrea faces, and offering a clear and
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Awate 2020 Project Launch
The Ad-Hoc Task Force (ATF) for the Awate2020 project* is glad to announce a Paltalk session for Saturday, April 23, 2016, at 8pm Berlin Time, and 2pm, North American West Coast**. We cordially invite all friends and supporters of awate.on-forge.com to attend the session. The session will be held at the Awate2020 room and we will try to
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The Intellectual Leader Osman Saleh Sabbe
All Eritrean martyrs have a story behind them. In addition, we have the disabled, crippled and deformed survivors to remind Eritreans of the hell they went through. Eritreans need them. Yes, they need them around… for they need to be reminded about the sufferings and the price they had to pay for self-determination and freedom. Individual Martyrs are representatives
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Leaked Memo: Eritrea’s Plan To Neutralize Susan Rice
The following memo, written on January 23, 2015 by Mr. Berhane Gebrehiwot, Eritrean Chargé d’affaires to the United States and addressed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, was leaked to asmarino.com, a US-based Eritrean website, which published it on July 2, 2015. The gist of the memo is a report of his meeting with Ambassador
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A Crisis of a Ruling Regime or An International Conspiracy? A Glance at the Administration of the Battle
(This document was sent to awate.on-forge.com by Tesfai Sherif and is being republished for the third time in 14 years. After publishing it for the second time ten-years ago, we still find it relevant to today’s Eritrea. 3/20/2015) Editor’s Note: In mid-April 2001, we received the following message from the author of the article which
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Eritrea: Land Proclamation No 58/1994
PART II – 1 PART II — CORRECTED TRANSLATION OF LAND PROCLAMATION PROCLAMATION NO. 58/1994 A PROCLAMATION TO REFORM THE SYSTEM OF LAND TENURE IN ERITREA, TO DETERMINE THE MANNER OF EXPROPRIATING LAND FOR PURPOSES OF DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONAL RECONSTRUCTION, AND TO DETERMINE THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE LAND COMMISSION. Preamble Whereas the systems
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National Salvation: A Citizen’s Approach Citizen’s Initiative for the Salvation of Eritrea
National Salvation: A Citizen’s Approach Citizen’s Initiative for the Salvation of Eritrea (CISE) Ericitizens@yahoo.com September 25, 2002 Concerned by the deepening crisis that threatens to endanger the very foundation of our nation Eritrea; Disheartened by the culture of polarization that impedes debate, compromise and peaceful resolution to conflicts; Inspired by Eritrea’s indomitable spirit that calls
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Presenting Master Painter Michael Adonai
Recently I had a lengthy conversation with master painter Michael Adonai. What was planned as a brief interview expanded and in the middle of the conversation, I discarded the list of questions that I had prepared and let the flow of conversation lead wherever it may. Below is an abridged version of the lengthy conversation
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WiA: Testimony of University of Asmara Students
This article was originally published by awate.on-forge.com on September 12, 2005. It is awate.on-forge.com’s translation (from English) of a testimony provided to Elsa Chyrum, an Eritrean human rights activist, executive director of Eritrean Human Rights Concern (EHRC), by a persons who chose to remain anonymous. This is part of a series of testimonies she has
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AI: Twenty Years of Independence but still No Freedom
Twenty years after its independence, Eritrea’s prisons are filled with thousands of political prisoners, locked up without ever being charged with a crime, many of whom are never heard from again, Amnesty International said in a report released today. Twenty years of independence but still no freedom details how throughout the past two decades government
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A Letter From The Voice Of The Kunama People
The Official Letter, written in the Name of the Voice of the Kunama People, and sent to both;“EDA-KIDAN’s“ and “ENCDC-BAYTO’s“ Leaderships: The Leaderships and the Leaders of the The Voice of the Eritrean Democratic Alliance, (EDA), Kunama People, Addis-Ababa, (Ethiopia) November 23, 2012 Honourable ladies and gentlemen, in the name and voice of the
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A Hen Goes To The Dentist: Eritrea’s Ambassador Visits The Knesset
Eritrea’s ambassador to Israel, Tesfamariam Tekeste Debbas, was invited by the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, to testify about the presence of tens of thousands of Eritreans in Israel. The Eritreans, mostly youth, have escaped the dictatorship that the regime the ambassador serves has created in Eritrea: indefinite conscription, labor camps, and massive violations of human rights.
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Eritrean Coalition: Proposal For Creating A New Reality
Introduction: The following proposal has been prepared after countless consultations with many Eritrean activists who were also thinking of similar initiatives. The proposal was prepared with national concerns and legitimate issues that fall within the sphere of civil action; and it has avoided issues that are supposed to be the concern of political parties and
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Srryet Addis: Blatant Lie?
This is the last of a three-part series. On February 13, 2012 we presented the first part (He And His Objectives) and on March 7, 2012, we presented the second part, detailed testimonies contained in Gebremedhin Zegergis’ eye witness report which are, to our knowledge, the first detailed first-hand testimony of the subject we are
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Gebremedhin Zegergis: Eyewitness To Eritrean History
Editor’s Note: [the name of the author has been wrongly typed as Zerizghi, it is Zegergis. We appologize for the error] This eye-witness account by Gebremedhin Zegergis, veteran combatant with the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF), was originally written in Tigrinya and published by the ELF-RC of which Gebremedhin was a member. About seven years ago, Gebremedhin