'One Heart Betrayed' exposes human rights abuses in Eritrea

“One Heart Betrayed” is a container car exhibit designed to shed light the plight of thousands of political prisoners, or “prisoners of conscience,” who are imprisoned in steel shipping containers for such transgressions as religious beliefs, political views, or for family connections that run counter to authoritarian rule in the country of 5 million that lies on the Western coast of the Red Sea.

The exhibit will take place from 3-7 p.m., daily, in an area immediately south of the Sands Classroom Building on the West campus. An opening reception is scheduled March 23 at 5:30 p.m. south of Sands.

Rifugiati eritrei in Italia : Chiedono il rispetto dei Diritti Umani in Eritrea e una soluzione al conflitto con l’Etiopia.

Il  nostro popolo eritreo ha bisogno del vostro sostegno morale e umanitario perché da anni soffre la tirannia e le torture del regime.
Noi eritrei siamo altresì molto addolorati per la situazione dei nostri fratelli imprigionati nella  carceri di Gheddafi: chiediamo che vengano sospesi i rimpatri forzati  già in atto in Libia e impediti anche i quotidiani rapimenti di profughi eritrei in Sudan da parte dei servizi segreti governativi.

Vogliamo che la Comunità Internazionale sia sensibilizzata su questi argomenti, affinché possa portare le nostre istanze nelle competenti sedi dell’ONU.
Considerate che la nostra voce è la voce della vittime delle torture e delle persecuzioni. 

Secret Deportation of 12 Eritreans from Libya

According to Radio Erena (http://www.erena.org/), an independent radio station broadcasting Eritrean programmes from Paris, twelve Eritreans have now been kidnapped from among sixty-seven Eritrean detainees and they were sent back to Eritrea on 2nd February 2010, after being detained in terrible conditions, sometimes without food, and frequently beaten, in a Libyan detention centre for five months. It has been reported that nine of the deportees have been detained incommunicado in Embatkala prison, and their names are: 

Zigta Tewelde, Asmelash Kidane , Captain Zeraburuk Tsehaye, 2nd Lt. Zewde Teferi, Yohannes Tekle , Ghebrekidan Tesema, Assistance Tilinte Estifanos Halefom, Nebyat Tesfay and Tilinte Tesfagabre Mengstu. 
 
Habte Semere and Yonas Ghebremichael who worked for the President Office before they left Eritrea are detained in Ghedem prison near to Massawa.  
 

EYC Leadership Team @ Paltalk This Saturday, February 13 - 2010

We welcome you to join us in our “Empowering and Engaging Eritrean Youth for Positive Change Series Discussion” this Saturday evening at paltalk.  We are honored to present to you the leadership team of Eritrean Youth for Change (EYC) as our guest speakers for this paltalk program.   EYC is an independent, non-profit and non-partisan civic and human rights organization founded by Eritreans residing in the Bay Area, California.

Urgent Statement - Do not Attend a Demonstration in Support of a Tyrannical Regime

The Eritrean people at home aren’t allowed to organize a nation-wide demonstration inside Eritrea on this subject because the demonstration could get out of the governments control and turn against itself as it did in other totalitarian nations before. Yet the regime is willing to use Eritreans in democratic country to come out and support its undemocratic nature through democratic demonstration.

Those who decide to attend this unholy demonstration must see the contradiction in their posture. While we recognize and fully appreciate the right of all people to hold a peaceful demonstration without reservation we deplore, in the strongest term possible, the use of democracy to advance the oppression of people 10,000 miles away by defending and excusing the actions of a brutal regime that the world has decisively repudiated through the December 23, 2009 UNSC sanction.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF ESTABLISHMENT OF ERITREAN LAW SOCIETY

We, a group of Eritrean lawyers, professionals and academicians from across all over the world, are pleased to publicly announce the establishment of an “Eritrean Law Society”.  The Eritrean Law Society is a nonprofit organization registered in the state of Virginia and California with the aim of achieving, among others things, the following objectives:

Asmara, Eritrea A film by Caterina Borelli

Asmara - capital of the East African nation of Eritrea - is recognized as an architectural gem. In this film Asmarinos from different walks of life, guide us through the streets of their city and bring us to places of their choice. In doing so, and by talking about ‘their own’ Asmara, each person locates personal memories in public spaces investing the urban environment with individual meanings. Through their narrations - a chorus of different experiences embodying the nation - the country’s history from colonialism to independence comes to life.

Tegadalye Mr. Beshir Ishaq @ Paltalk Today Tuesday - 01-12-2010

Mr. Bashir Ishaq among other things will discuss the following agendas shown below and Q&A session will follow after his presentation.

• The state of Eritrean Refugees in Libya and Egypt.
• UN sanction against Mr. Isaias Afewerki dictatorial regime and its effect on Eritrean people
• The state of Eritrean democratic alliance (EDA) and update on Eritrean Democratic Conference
• His visit to North America and more….

 

A letter to António Guterres UN High Commissioner for Refugees

Officials from the Eritrean Embassy have been allowed access to Libyan prisons such as   Misratha, Garabula-2, Zawiyah, Zlitan, etc. where Eritreans who fled from Eritrea, who fled from these very people and the inhuman policies implemented by these very people, are exposed to their deceit and cruelty once again; are, in effect, under threat again. 
 
In the light of the above, I urge UNHCR to register these Eritreans who are under double threat from Libyans and Eritrean officials colluding with Libyans. I also urge UNHCR to extend their efforts at resettlement, especially for those Eritreans who find themselves in a Libyan prison so that if they survive one form of hell they will not have to endure it again when they are out, many of them suffering from serious untreated illnesses.

The African Humanitarian Aid Festival Melbourne, Australia

In this festival, many artists from the African communities performed live music. Hussein Mohamed Ali who is one of Eritrea’s renowned singers flew from London, UK especially for the event. He thrilled the audience with his messages of hope and brilliant creativity. Both TeKhlay Mesfin and Anbessa of Ethiopia excelled in traditional Ethiopian culture whilst the due of Samawal and Angelo played rhythms from their native Sudan to the receptive ears of the majority of the audience. Likewise, William from Brundi and his multi-cultural reggae band introduced the crowd to the styles of Bob Marley’s Afro-Caribbean music. The more than three hundred attendees enjoyed a memorable night of entertainment that bespoke across national boundaries.