Eritrean nationals residing in South Africa conducted colorful and peaceful demonstration in front of the Embassy of Eritrea in the Republic of South Africa on the 28th of September 2006 demanding an end to all sorts of violence in Eritrea, immediate release of all political and religious prisoners as well as prisoners of conscience, and for constitutional supremacy and rule of law.

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ሰማእታት ኤርትራ 

ሰነ 20፡ ኤርትራና፡ ጀጋኑ ሰማእታታ ብኽብሪ እትዝክረላ ዕለት እያ። እዛ ዕለት፡ መዓልቲ ሰማእታት ክትከውን ዝኸኣለት መሪሕነት ህዝባዊ ግንባር ሓርነት ኤርትራ (ህ.ግ.ሓ.ኤ)፡ ኣብ 1991 ብዘጽደቖ ውሳኔ መሰረት እዩ። ብወግዒ ከም ዝተገልጸ፡ እዛ ዕለት ክትምረጽ ዝበቅዓትሉ ምኽንያት “ዝበዝሕ መስዋእቲ ተጋዳላይ ህ.ግ.ሓ.ኤ. ኣብ 6ይ ወራር ስለ ዘጋጠመን፡ ወርሓቱ ድማ ወርሒ ሰነ ስለዝነበረን” እዩ።

ንምንታይ ምኽንያት 20 ሰነ ተመሪጻ ብዘየገድስ፡ አብዛ ዕለት፡ ንሕና ሽምዓ ኣብሪህና ሰማእታትና ብኽብሪ እንዝክረላ ክብርቲ ዕለት ኮይና እያ ጸኒሓ።

ብተወሳኺ፡ እዛ ዕለት፡ ምልክት ሓድነትናን ኤርትራዊ መንነትናን እያ እንተተባህለ ምግናን ኣይኮነን፡፡ ከምኡ እናበለት ንወለዶታት እትቕጽል ክትከውን ንምነ። 

ሎሚ 20 ሰነ ንኽትከውን ሒደት መዓልታት ተሪፍዎ ኣብ ዘሎ ግዜ፡ ንድሕሪት ምልስ ኢልና ኤርትራና ዝሓለፈቶን እትሓልፎ ዘላን መድረኽ ታሪኽ ደጊምና ክንድህስሶ ንጅምር’ሞ፡ ሻቡ ድማ ኣብ ማንታ ስምዒት ንጥሕል። በቲ ሓደ ንትስፎ በቲ ሓደ ድማ ነስተንትን። ነዊሕ ከይጸናሕና፡ ዘለናዮ መድረኽ ኣዝዩ ጽልግልግ ዝብለ ከምዝኾነ ንርዳእ። ነዮናይ ሃገራዊ ጉዳይ ኣልዒልና ነዮናይ ከም ነወንዝፍ ብንጹር ከነለልየሉ ኣብ ዘይንኽእለሉ ደረጃ ንበጽሕ’ሞ፡ ሽዑ ንሽዑ ኩሎም እቶም ኣብ ተፈላለዩ ቦታን መድረኽን ካባና ብመስዋእቲ ዝተፈልዩ መቕርብናን መሓዙትናን ኣብ ቅድሚ ዓይንና ቕጅል ይብሉና። “ንምንታይ?” ዝብል ቃል ድማ ብትሑት ድምጺ ሕሹኽ ንብል።

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ክቡራት ኣሓትን ኣሕዋትን ኤርትራውያን፦

ኩልና ኣባላት ኤ.ም.ዲ.ሰ.መ.፡ ልባዊ ሰላምታና እንዳቕረብና፣ ንህዝብና፡ እፎይታ፣ ነቲ ኣብ ወጻኢ ሃገራት ስሩት መነባብሮ ዘሎዎ ድማ፡ ሻቕሎት ስድራ ዘይብሉ ቅሱን ህይወትን ምዕባሌን ንምነ። ብተመሳሳሊ፡ ንኩልና እቶም ብሰንኪ ናይ ዜጋታት ድሌትን ባህግን ቐዳምነት ዘይህብ፣ ግዕዙይን ፍትሒ-ኣልቦን ስርዓተ-ምምሕዳር ህግደፍ፡ እነፍቅሮም ስድራናን፡ ኣሓትናን ኣሕዋትናን በጃ ዝሓለፉላ ምቅርቲ ዓድና ገዲፍና፡ ኣብዘን ዝሓለፋ ዓሰርተ ዓመታት ናብ ኩሉ ኩርናዓት ዓለም ፋሕ-ጭንግራሕ ኢልና ዘሎና ኤርትራውያን፡ ፍትሕን ግዝኣተ ሕግን ኣብ ዝሰፈና ኤርትራና፣ ብቅዋም ዝምእዘዝ፣ ርትዒ ዝፈቱ፣ ፍትሒ ዘውጽእ፣ ኣርሒቑ ዝጥምት፣ ንሰራዊት ብሓልዮት፣ ንመንእሰይ ብፍቕሪ፣ ንዓበይትን መራሕቲ ሃይማኖትን ድማ፡ በኽብሮት ዝከናኸን ስርዓተ ምምሕዳር ተኺልና፡ በብኽእለትናን በብዓቕምናን፡ ንምዕባሌ ነብስናን ራህዋ ህዝብናን ክንሰርሓሉ እንኽእል ሃዋህው ክመጸልና፡ ንምነ።

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 04 ጥቅምቲ 2006

ዕላማ እዚ መልእኽቲ’ዚ: መርገጺ ኤ.ምዲ.ሰ.መ. ኣብ ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ ካብ 6-7 ጥቅምቲ 2006 ንኽካየድ ዝሕለን ዘሎ ፌስቲቫል ንጹር ንምግባር እዩ። ቡዙሓት ኣብ ደቡብ ኣፍሪቃ ዝቕመጡ ኣሕዋትናን ኣሓትናን ብዛዕባ እዚ ጉዳይ ሕቶታት ንኤ.ምዲ.ሰ.መ ከቅርብሉ ጸኒሖም። እንሆ ሕጂ በዚ ዝስዕብ መገዲ ኣቢልና ወግዓዊ መግለጺና ከነብርህ ንፈቱ።

Attention:
African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights
Kairaba Avenue
P.O. Box 673
Banjul, The Gambia
Tel (220) 4392 962
Fax (220) 4390 764
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Dear Sir/Madam
Please do accept our warm greetings. 
We, in the EMDHR, are yet very sad once again to learn about the fate of another 450 Eritrean nationals of which 56 are women and about 7 are young children between the age of 2 and 4 who are presently in detention in the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya facing imminent deportation to Eritrea. We have also confirmed that pregnant women are part of this unfortunate crowd.

Reference: EMDHR/Public/81/06
28 September 2006

ATTENTION TO:

His Excellency
Ambassador Tesfamichael Gerahtu
Embassy of Eritrea
Pretoria, RSA

Delivered by hand 

Eritrea’s armed struggle for freedom and the dignity of the human person as well as for self-determination was launched by our fathers and forefathers 45 years ago on the 1st of September 1961. After nearly 30 years of bitter fighting, we affirmed our right to national sovereignty. Accordingly, in a UN monitored referendum held in the year 1993, we overwhelmingly voted for independence from Ethiopia. We did so, not for the mere fact of becoming an independent nation-state, but also, and most importantly, to ensure that each and every citizen’s basic rights, freedom and dignity were to be safeguarded.