By Petros Tesfagiorgis
Festival of shame is the title of a report of a popular German news agent called Bild The report is of a festival organised by the supporters and embassies of the repressive regime in Eritrea. It took place on 6 -9 July 2023 in Giessen, Germany. Bild boldly labelled it the Festival of shame because it meant to raise funds for the regime to continue subjecting the entire people of Eritrea to gross human rights violations and intimidating the opposition in Diaspora dispersed all over the world. At the same time the festival is used to preach hate against the people and Government of Tigray.
One thousand police were deployed to stop the demonstration. Helicopters and drones were flying over the Giessen skies. It just looked like a war zone.
The police tried to prevent the demonstrators to go near the festival where they intended to protest peacefully. But it resulted in clashes with the police arresting more than 120 protestors. 22 police officers were also injured. The police stopped the festival half way asking the participant to clear the hall. It was an amazing victory for the demonstrators and their legitimate causes.
The Eritrean regime’s profile of brutality has never been exposed like this before. This festival was widely covered by more than 10 news agents including CNN and BBC.
The youth movement Brigade Nhamedu (BN) proved to be the most powerful voice of the oppressed people of Eritrea. Protests against the rogue-festivals spread like wild fire all over the countries where diaspora Eritreans live. The Next festival supposed to take place in London UK on 15, 16 July was also cancelled.
The London Brigade Nhamedu demonstration was named the mother’s hub. The participation of women in the protest was extraordinary. They carried out most of the logistics such as the preparation of all the food and drinks for the protesters particularly for those who came from outside London.
Few days after the cancellation of the festival there was leaked information that the festival organisers had plan B to do it secretly in a Hotel. The protesters committed to foil the plan were able to gathered in front of the hotel shouting slogans attracting the attention of passers byes.
The supporters of the regime started walking to the hotel lowering their heads. It was a show of defeat of the festival organisers.
What happened next was fascinating. The protestors got the chance to dance to the music and lyrics of defiance. It gave them a chance to connect and know each other better and consolidate their unity and strengthen their resolve ready for more future activities.
The cancellation in Germany and in United Kingdom was repeated in many other places such as Stockholm, Minnesota and Toronto. The protest was covered extensively by Fox News, CNN, BBC and many other Newspapers such as the Washington Post and the Guardian of UK. The repressive regime failed totally in its endeavour to raise funds and intimidate the opposition.
The success created a momentum to be seized to raise many relevant issues. To demonstrate against the refusal of the regime to call the Eritrean troops home. The UN commission of Inquiry on human rights in Eritrea reported that “Since 1991 Crime against humanity has been committee in Eritrea by Eritrean authorities “the commission referred the matter to ICC but it was ignored by the UN security Council.
That is why the then UN special rapporteur Sheila B. Keetharuth in her address to the UN General Assembly bitterly blamed the UN for letting down the people of Eritrea. The opposition must lobby to raise the issue again at a time when Eritrea in collutions has invaded Tigray and committed crime against humanity.
Another burning issue is that of the plight of the Eritrean refugees. In Ethiopia the refugees are being mass arrested and deported to Eritrea. UN experts urged Ethiopia to halt mass deportation of Eritreans. Thousands of Eritrean refugees are caught in the civil war in Sudan. Those who cannot leave Sudan are starving and are at the mercy of looters, smugglers and even rapists.
The success of Brigade Nhamedu would definitely inspire the just seekers to get more active. For example, there is a need to support the Eritrean refugees who found themselves in such crises because of the war in Sudan and in Ethiopia. So far the opposition are doing very little to help the refugees languishing in those countries. They can form a special committee to focus on helping the stranded refugees.
Other point is to challenge the legitimacy of the regime in power. This was debated by the successful “Regime Change” symposium in Washington DC on July 14-16 2023 organised by Seedling for Peace and Democracy in Eritrea (ፈልሲ). For that I congratulate the organisers for launching conference, at a time when the impact of Brigade Nhamedu demonstrations is making a lot of difference in the campaign to isolate the regime worldwide.
Among the speakers who were mostly Eritrean intellectuals there were Dr Michael Rubin former advisor of Secretary of defence at the Pentagon USA. He gave advice to Eritreans not to side with one camp or the other in their foreign relations. This is fundamental to Eritrea’s security and also to the rest of African leaders to avoid proxy wars to take place in their countries, instead to concentrate on social and economic development to relieve the people of Africa from famine and underdevelopment.
Dan Connell and Martin Plaut were also speakers. They are long-time supporters of the Eritrean struggle and frequent visitors to the Liberated Base areas. In their books, reports and seminars they have immortalized the history of the Eritrean people’s struggle for independence.
I feel it is appropriate to recommend readers to buy the book written by one of the top leaders and battle hardened fighters of EPLF, Mesfin Hagos with Awet Tewelde Weldemichael. The title is AN AFRICAN REVOLUTION RERCLAIMED. Mesfin from his perspective is in a position to highlight the strength of the EPLF – the amazing commitment of the Eritrean people’s struggle defeating one of the strongest army in Africa and the EPLF’s dark side that gave birth to a brutal dictator, Isaias Afwerk in a quo d’état he carried out by arresting most of the prominent EPLF leaders called G-15 in September 18, 2001. That was the black day of Eritrea when the EPLF manifesto to give power to the people was betrayed by Isaias preventing the nationwide election the prisoners demanded. Most of the leaders being in prison, Mesfin is one of the few left to tell the inside working of the EPLF leadership.
To continue 20/08/2023
Subject: If Eritreans wish to make themselves laughing stocks of the World the field is wide
open
a) If Eritreans are determined to maintain their blind outlook of themselves by themselves
no force in the world can prevent them.
b) And so, Eritrea will be what it is for eternity.
c) No force on Earth can extricate Eritrea out from its dang-en.
d) And the old adage says: EACH AND OLD, ACCORDING TO HIS WISHES.
Please correct me >>> I may have fumbled
“Most of the leaders being in prison, Mesfin is one of the few left to tell the inside working of the EPLF leadership.”
Petros Tesfagiorgis
ሰላማት ኩቡራት ኣሕዋተይ
ብሪገድ ንሓመዱ ብዝምልከት ፣ –
እዚ ፣ ብናህሪ ተበጊሱ ዘሎ ምንቅስቃስ መንእሰያት ፣ ዘይጎነጻዊ ሜላታት ተጠቂሙ ፣ ንህግደፍ ከዳኽም ይኽእል ኢዩ። ስለዚ ፣ ከም ግብረ ሽበራዊ ሓይሊ ኮይኑ ንኽረአ ዝግበር ዘሎ ፈተነታት ንምፍሻል ፣ ኣካይዶኦም እንዳ ገምገሙን እንዳ ኣጽፈፉን ንክኸዱ ምትብባዖም ወይ ምዝኽኻሮም ምሓሸ ይመስለኒ።
ሉኡኻት ህግደፍ ፣ ኣብ ዉሽጦም ሶሊኾም ፣ ብሕጊ ከሕትቶም ዝኽእል ገበናት ክገብሩ ዓብይ ተኸእሎ ስለ ዘሎ ፣ ምጥንቃቅ የድሊ።
መጽሓፍ ተጋ. መስፍን ሓጎስ ፣-
ብትግርኛ ንሱ ባዕሉ እንተ ዝጽሕፋ ፣ ብርግጽ እንታይ ክብል ከም ዝደለየ ምፈለጥና።
ሎሚ ፣ ንምልእቲ ሃገር ሓሚሱዋ ዘሎ ፣ እቲ ትማሊ ፣ ንሰዉራ ብዉሽጢ ከድሚያ ዝጸነሐ ሚስጢር ኢዩ። ዝተቀየረ ነገር እንተሊዩ ፣ ዝተዓጻጸፈ ደረጃ ዕንወትን ህልቂት መንእሰያት ጥራሕ ኢዩ።
ተጋ. መስፍን ሓጎስ ፣ ካብቶም ታሪኽ ህግ ዝሰረሑ ሓደ ስለ ዝኾነ ፣ ወቀሳ ከይፈረሐ ፣ ብእንግሊዘኛ ተረት ምጽብባቅ ንጎነ ገዲፉ ፣ እቲ መሪር ሓቂ ባዕሉ ብብርዑ፣ ከም ዘለዎ እንተ ዝነግረና ፣ ንዑኡ’ዉን ምፎኾሶ።
‘ሎሚ ፣ ንምልእቲ ሃገር ሓሚሱዋ ዘሎ ፣ እቲ ትማሊ ፣ ንሰዉራ ብዉሽጢ ከድሚያ ዝጸነሐ ሚስጢር ኢዩ።’, Kemey TiQini W.H.—– the secret is already out in the open, the filthy laundry is flapping all over the world making foreign nationals to cover their nose, it is a story told over and over again by those who lived and endured the trauma of the brutal killing enterprise (EPLF/HGDEF), that said, is there any book that can tell us today the story better that this decadence and destitution of a nation in full display? do me a favor, instead of wasting time recounting old stories through one foggy lens, join the blue wave (BN), they are out to fix what was broken by their predecessors, reclaim their identity, give them a hand if you can, instead of telling them to recite a book which they themselves lived through, they are writing their own book, help them put it together, it is their time, lead if you can, follow or get out of the way.
Listen to the diaspora born kids and those who’s been through hell joining hands and sending a seismic jolt through the enemy’s fortifications like never seen before, they don’t need to read a book about Gebre killed Tekle, Isayas slapped Haile…. they have their work cut out for them, they are busy, they have big plans, they are out to take the entire house down… One thing they don’t want to do is relive their trauma—- reading the book of their tormentors.
As one young Brigadier Nihamedu asserted, ‘CHANGE IS COMING!
It is here already!
“… is there any book that can tell us today the story better that this decadence and destitution of a nation in full display? ”
k.tewolde
ኤሪትራ ፣ ብጸላኢኣ “እትምራሕ” ዘላ ሃገር ኢያ።
እዚ መሪር ሓቂ ፣ ሎሚ ፣ ንመንእሰያትና ጹቡቅ ተረዲኡዎም ኣሎ።
ኣብ ሓደ ሃገራዊ ኣጀንዳ ምዕሳል ወሳነ ግደ ክህልዎ ኢዩ። ሃገራዊ ሓድነት ፣ ኣብ ጉዕዞ ሓርነታዊ ቃልሲ ክረጋገጽ ኢዩ። ጉዳይ ግዜ እንተ ዘይኮይኑ ፣ ናብኡ ገጽና ኢና።
‘ኤሪትራ ፣ ብጸላኢኣ “እትምራሕ” ዘላ ሃገር ኢያ።’, no excuses, it is written in Tgrigna for those who has been following the so called “MERIHINET’ and then “MENGSTNA” for a while now, take off your blinds and see the light, there has been a time lapse, the kids have grown and are trying to show you what has been ailing you.
Shed your arrogant stance and give them a chance.
Let’s heal our wounded nation.
W.H. I am still hopeful.
The darker the night gets, the closer the dawn, because people like you are still gracing us with their presence.
Love you ‘all, even the ones who are lost in the enemy’s camp, don’t let the Lucifer get the best of us.
“W.H. I am still hopeful.
The darker the night gets, the closer the dawn, because people like you are still gracing us with their presence.”
k.tewolde
ኩቡር ዶቶረ ፣ ክብረት ይሃበለይ
እዚ ጹንኩር መድረኽ ፣ ብምድግጋፍ ጥራሕ ኢና ክንሰግሮ እንኽእል። ለዉጢ ክመጽእ ኢዩ ፣ ግን ኣወንታዊ ንክኾዉን ፣ ምርድዳእን ሓቢርካ ምስራሕ ግድን ክኾዉን ኢዩ። ብዘይ ቡኡ ፣ እቲ ጉዕዞ በዳሂ ክኾዉን ኢዩ።
ተስፋ ኣሎ። ሰማያዊት ድሮ ብርሃን ሪኣ።
እዚ ቀሊል ምዕባለ ኣይኮነን።
የቀንየለይ ፣ ኩቡር ሓወይ።
Genzebka, it is all yours zihawey, HGDEF dug his own grave, he thought he’s going sequester them in SAWA forever, God had another plan, they came out with scalding blue blood and splattered his face beyond recognition and set ablaze his kiosks and set their sight to storm adi halo in the near future to claim what is theirs and build our homeland from the ground up.
BN has notched 8.0 on the Richter scale of the Eritrean political landscape, expect a blue tsunami soon.
Eternal glory to those who has fallen for us.
The oldest teenager from Adi halo delivered a stunning lecture on the world stage reading from a painstakingly prepared paper which very much sounded self-incriminating, even Mr. Gutierrez looked aghast sitting next to him.
Will there be a Fulton County spectacle in our homeland soon with real time mag shot of the Lucifer and his bats.
The Lord will execute his verdict on his own term.
The signs are all over the place.
“ The oldest teenager from Adi halo delivered a stunning lecture on the world stage reading from a painstakingly prepared paper which very much sounded self-incriminating, even Mr. Gutierrez looked aghast sitting next to him.”
k.tewolde
ጎይታ ህዉከት ፣ ጎይታ ዉግእ ፣
ራያዩኒ ፣ ስምዑኒ ክብል ፣ ንኤሪትራ መሕፈሪኣ ካብ ዝኾዉን መዋእል ሓሊፉ ኣሎ ።
ብኮንትሮባንዶ ዝነብር ሰብኣይ ፣ ኣየናይ ቁጠባ ስለ ዘለዎ ኢዩ ኣብ ቅድሚ ዓበይቲ ዝምድር ?።
ጋዜጠኛ ቻይናዊት ፣ ብዛዕባ ኩነታት ሃገሩ ንኽሕብራ ሓቲታቶ። ” ኣነ ኩሉ ግዜ ፣ መጺኹም ራኣዩዎ ኢየ ዝብል ” ክብል መሊሱላ። ንሳ’ዉን ፣ ከምቲ መንእሰይ ግብጻዊ “ዩቱበር” ዝበሎ ፣ ” ኣብ ሆተል ማይ ስለ ዘየለ ፣ [ነብሰይ ንኸይጨኑ] ፣ ጨና ነስኒሰ ኢየ ዝንቀሳቀስ ዘለኹ … ” ዳኣ ከይትብል !።
ግን ፣ እዚ ግናይ ፍጥረት ፣ ዉጽኢት ናይ ኩሉ ኣሉታዊ ኣታሓሳስባና ኢዩ። ናትና እንብሎ ፣ ከኩፉኡ እንተ ንጽብጽብ ፣ ብጹሟቁ ዝተሰርሐ ፣ ሰብ-ዝምገብ ጣኦት ከም ዝሰራሕና ምበረሀ።
ለዉጢ ፣ ካባና ክጅምር ኣሎዎ። መንእሰያት እዚ ተረዲኡዎም ኣሎ። ተስፋ ዝመሎኦ ዘመን ይጅምር ኣሎ።
ክብርን ዘልኣከማዊ ዝኽርን ነቶም ፣ ምልኪ እንዳ ተቃወሙ ዝተሰወኡ ጀጋኑ።
‘እዚ ግናይ ፍጥረት ፣ ዉጽኢት ናይ ኩሉ ኣሉታዊ ኣታሓሳስባና ኢዩ።’… this statement encapsulates the Eritrean condition today, it is a precise political and psychological diagnosis by a seasoned Wedi Hagher who’s been through it all, and he further expounds it by saying,’ከኩፉኡ እንተ ንጽብጽብ ፣ ብጹሟቁ ዝተሰርሐ ፣ ሰብ-ዝምገብ ጣኦት ከም ዝሰራሕና ምበረሀ።’…
What is left to say!? the clown indeed exponentially cloned himself among us that every time we see ourselves in the mirror, voila!
Will Brigade Nihamedu gonna break this mold? it seems the decloning process has just begun, it is a daunting task which needs to unravel at the cellular level.
Nothing is impossible, it can be done, who would have thought a poor nation like India will take a Sunday ride in a rover on the surface of the moon? Spectacular!
BSUSAN HADE BIBAHTI MESKEREM
SEWRANA AWUJA TSELA’EE KIHREM
B2023 BIBAHTI MESKEREM
BRIGADE NIHAMEDU YIHAMIM
NIHGDEF KIDIRE’EM
SEBDO QUAH ILU YIHALM
INEHO GIZE AKILU, MELAKI KIHADIM.
Let the blue waters cascade and the olive branches bloom, it is redemption time for our homeland, it is still occupied by the enemy, BN has declared war to snatch it back and give it to the righteous owners——- The downtrodden Eritrean People.
He’s done it again, unscathed sitting in his heavily guarded enclave he pushes the buttons replaying decades old scenes on his flat screen, only this time staged far away from home in the holy land and other foreign venues, and muses ‘I still got it’ and nods back to his afternoon nap.
Folks we have unresolved issues, it is called precious blood that he fomented among us to be spilled and it keeps bubbling up time and time again, and we haven’t figured out how to stop him from siphoning this fresh sanguine which keeps him looking younger than his defunct cabinet.
Lord save this little nation from all the monsters who are poised to devour her from inside out.
ሰላማት ኩቡር ዶቶረ
ህግደፍ ፣ ኣብ መንጎ ኤርትራውያን ነገር ኣሳዊሩ ይነብር ምህላዉ ፣ ኩሉ ሰብ ዝፈልጦ ጉዳይ ኢዩ።
ግን ንሕና ክሳብ ሎሚ ፣ ሓቢርና ክንኣልዮ ኣይበቃዕናን። ብጣዕሚ ዘሕዝን ኢዩ።
ሓንሳብ ብሰንኪ ምሳድ ይብል።
ሓንሳብ ብሰንኪ ሲኣይኤይ ይብል።
ሓንሳብ ብሰንኪ ሃሱሳት ይብል።
ግን ብሰንኩ ሙዃኑ ዘይርዳእ ሰብ እንተሊዩ ፣ ሓደ ጸማም ኢዩ ዝኾዉን።
ኤሪትራዊያን ፣ ፖሊቲካዊ ፍልልያት ክህልዎም ኑቡር ኢዩ። ክልተ ኣሕዋት’ዉን ኣብ ሓደ ሃገራዊ ጉዳይ ዝተፈላለየ ሪኢቶ ክህልዎም ኑቡር ኢዩ። ንሱ ኣይኮነን ጸገምና። ፍልልያት ንምእላይ ፣ ዝኾነ ሕጋዊ መስርሕ ነኸይህሉ ዝገብር ዘሎ ህግደፍ ኢዩ ፣ እቲ ታሓታቲ ናይዚ ረኺብናዮ ዘለና መከራ።
ስደትን ምቅትታልን ፣ ዉጺኢት ናይ ህግደፍ ዝፈጠሮ ሕጊ ኣልቦነት ኢዮም።
ተራዳዲእና ፣ ንሕግን ፍትሕን ሓቢርና ንቃለስ።
ዉድቀት ንስርዓት ዉልቀ መላኺ
ክብርን ሞጎስን ንሰማእታት ኤሪትራ
It is time W.H., let’s take it a notch, nurture this movement into a highly organized, cohesive, and well-funded revolution with clear vision and mission statement, front center democratically elected leadership which clearly articulates and executes its short- and long-term goals, pick or mold young statesmen who will be the future face of the democratic republic and start building the prototype as soon as possible.
We have the reserve; all is not lost.
Let’s redeem those early trailblazers who paid the ultimate price in the political wilderness.
Let the blue streams flow in our homeland again and the fresh green olives filter our ills.
Eternal glory to those who gave it all for us.
“… clear vision and mission statement, front center democratically elected leadership …”
k.tewolde
ሰላማት ኩቡር ዶቶረ
ኣብቲ ዝበልካዩ ፣ ቡዙሕ ዝዉሱኾ የብለይን።
ዝኾነ ምንቅስቃስ ፣ ዑዉት ንክኾዉን ፣ ከማልኦም ዝግባእ መሰረታዊ ነገራት ኣለዉ።
– ንጹር ዕላማን ፣ ንጹር “ሮድ ማፕ” ።
– ኣሳታፊ ፖሊቲካዊ መስርሕ።
– ንሃገራዊ ሓድነት ቀዳምነት ምሃብ።
– ዘይጎነጻዊ ኣገባብ ምዝኽታል።
እዚ ሕጂ ብመንእሰያት ተጀሚሩ ዘሎ ምንቅስቃስ ፣ ዕላሙኡ ንኽዕወት ፣ እቶም ዝመርሑዎ ዘለዉ ሰባት ፣ ምምሕያሽ ዝዕላሙኡ ፣ ገለ ለዉጢታት ንኽገብሩ ምትብባዖም የድሊ።
ጉዳይ ትግራይ ፣ ሓደ ካብቶም ክንጸር ዘለዎም ጉዳያት ሓደ ኢዩ።
ቡዙሕ ዝተሓዋወሱ ሪኢቶታት ኣለዉ።
– ” ናይ መንነት ቃልሲ ነካይድ ኣለና … ”
– ” ምስኦም ብሓባር ክንቃለስ ኢና …”
– ” ኣብ ክልተ ሃገር ዝነብሩ ትግራዎት ኢና ..”
– ” ዓባይ ትግራይ ፣ ሃገረ ኣጋዚያን …ወዘተ ”
ጉዳይ ትግራይ ፣ ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ፣ ሕማቅ ይኹን ጹቡቅ ፣ ሕጂ ታዓጺዩ ኣሎ።
ንትግራዎት ኣብ ኢትዮጵያ ዝወረዶም ፍሽለት ፣ ኣብ ኤሪትራ ፣ ከም ኤሪትራዊ ጉዳይ ቀሪቡ ፣ ኣብ ሞንጎ ተቃወምቲ ኣካታዒ ክኾዉን ኣይግባእን።
ነቶም ብዉግእ ንዝተማዛበሉ ሰባት ካብ ዝግበር ፣
ሰብኣዊ ሓገዝ ሓሊፉ ፣ ኣብ ናይ ነንሕድሕድና ዉሽጣዊ ጉዳያት ምትእትታዉ ፣ ፈጺሙ ጠቃሚ ኣይኮነን። ንሕና ጸገማትና ባዕልና ክንፈትሖ ይግባእ። ኮሞኡ’ዉን ንሶም።
መራሕቲ “ብርገድ ንሓመዱ” ይኹን ካልኦት ፣ ኣብ ኩሉ ሃገራዊ ጉዳያት ፣ ንኹሎም ደቂ ሃገር ቁቡል ዝኾነ ፖሊቲካዊ መደብ እንተ ሃሊዩም ጥራሕ ኢዮም ፣ ዝረአ ለዉጢ ኣብ ባይታ ክገብሩ ዝኽእሉ።
ዉድቀት ንምልካዊ ጉጂለ
ዓወት ንደለይቲ ፍትሒ።