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Which Description 
Most Aptly Fits The 
PFDJ Supporters That 
You Know? 
 They are naive,
gullible, and ill-
informed. 
 They harbor 
arrogant, 
chauvinistic views. 
 They relate to the 
PFDJ on a 
sectarian, 
regionalistic basis. 
 They are entirely 
driven by fear and 
loathing of others. 
 They are selfless 
nationalists. 
    
 
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GENOCIDE 
2008 
 
  
Awate - EHRAG 
By Translated by:EDA, English unit - Oct 20, 2008    
 
The PFDJ regime and the Issue of Human Right are two 
diametrically opposite realities.
 
1. Introduction:- If the historical back ground of the Eritrean people is unfolded, it can be 
realized that tremendous sacrifices were made to secure the liberty of citizens so that to 
materialize an independent state.  Finally the Eritrean statehood was actualized through 
referendum. In a general speaking, the people of Eritrea, apart from their physical participation in 
the course of the struggle, have paid a lot in money and labor including the precious lives of its 
citizens.
In line with the contemporary situation, citizens of the state are made to bow down and obey if 
want to live under the yoke uplifted and endorsed by no other than those who have led the 
liberation war to its final page. Those dedicated and determined leaders became and turned their 
back and antagonize the natives of the newly forged state to whom they have liberated. Today, 
the citizens of this new state are suffering and made to question the meaning of the hard-won 
freedom. They all are under reign of terror. Every national with Eritrean back ground, knows and 
accepts the sufferings as a daily bread. 
What has pressed me to disclose in such an exclusive way is nothing but the realities and the evil 
deeds of the regime for which I am fortuned to know. As a citizen of this badly led nation, 
therefore, I am not lured to choose silence while pure and innocent subjects are being purged 
unlawfully. Prior to dealing with the real subject on topic, I prefer to give a brief account of my 
self. Hoping this brief account will shed a light for the reader to grasp the item sequentially. 
2. I am Mengesteab and born to my father Girmay Asres Giorgish and mother Meaza 
Weldetensaee Kahsay. I was born in 1972 and brought up in the Sudan as my parents were 
 
   
 
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Congress Party 
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refugees. My place of origin is Serejeqa in sub zone of Embaderho. Separated from my parents 
and came to the Central zone and completed my junior secondary school (1-8) under the 
guardianship of my grand mother in the suburbs of Senbel, Asmara. I further continued and 
concluded my senior secondary school (9-12) at Barka Secondary School, previously Qeih Bahri 
(Quehas).
I joined EPLF in 1990and was assign to the logistics department and worked there till 1993, and 
then I was demobilized. While leading my ordinary life and working for a construction company, as 
the border war between Eritrea and Ethiopia broke out in 1998, I was ordered to join the 16th 
military intelligent unit of regiment 161. I, then, served as an expert of Information and 
Cartography in various military sections up to 2004.
Further, I joined the intelligence unit of third operational zone, as investigator in the counter 
intelligence section till 9th month of 2007. Counting, sensing and having observed the crimes 
made up on me and other nationals on daily base, as a matter of luck and with the help of the 
Almighty God, I was given the opportunity to slip off and rescue my self like those youths who are 
lucky enough to get relieved from the criminal government of Eritrea. I finally want to praise and 
thank the Almighty God for the golden opportunity rendered to me to save my soul.
3. The Party that disrespect rule of law:-  having observed the party’s inability to implement 
the ratified constitution and leading the country with jungle laws of DO OR DO NOT rules, and 
applying all the appalling and the ugly-facet crimes against its subjects, I am here to expose those 
compiled and organized crimes as an investigator in the intelligence unit I was assigned. I will 
especially delve in the specific crimes I came across as an investigator and intelligence worker.
The objectives of the counter-intelligence section where I was assigned as an investigator and 
served for three years, were, to follow up, control and foil any conspiracy by external or internal 
dissidents against the military and governmental institutions. On top of that, surveying the over all 
counter offensive movements be it public or military and curbing such activities is also another 
duty of this section. These are those authenticated principles of any counter-intelligence institution.
Contrary to the reality, on the base of the self-created problems and instead of solving them in a 
comprehensive way, as a lack of confidence and skill, the government is always at throats with 
those innocent and down-to-earth oppressed nationals of the state. It has developed an extreme 
mistrust with its subjects. Time and again, it creates unnecessary excuses and exploits them to 
the maximum level. Those helpless and genuine nationals, now and again are becoming targets of 
such pretexts.
In Eritrea, there are several sites selected for such hidden and criminal activities. Ala 17 is among 
the several cells owned by the intelligence branch of the Third Operational Zone situated at Sasah 
Ala near the logistics section of the ministry of defense. It is a prison place built by the 
construction units of the 3rd  OPERATIONAL ZONE in 2003.It’s a site carefully selected for its 
strategic and out of public sight, silence and “pacifism” and constructed amidst two hills that 
stands as a border line between Weqerti and Sesah villages. There are nine cameras or classes .An 
isolated room with 4x4 meters totally cemented so as not to transmit a sound serving for 
investigation or interrogation section. There is a wide room for guards, one room for the head of 
the section, a room for investigators and roofed cells for the prisoners and a kitchen.
4. Cases investigated in such sites and areas: The issue of the illegal flight (sigre dob).
  
 
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Suwera 
Togoruba 
Teshamo
AFP 
Amnesty I. 
BBC 
HRW 
Reuters 
RSF 
 
alenalki 
Biddho 
Dehai  
Meskerem 
Shaebia  
Shabait
 
 
 
•  Those nationals caught while crossing border to Ethiopia that is considered as “illegal 
immigration”, 
•  Suspects of escorting escapes or showing the way through the border "human 
traffickers, 
• Suspects of planning to cross the border after they were eavesdropped by informants 
or their mobile phones were tapped,
•  People arrested without rhyme or reason even if they had no intention to escape and 
•  dubbed as smugglers between those who want to buy their way out across the border 
and the human traffickers.     
B Counterfeiters of military   and other organizations pass papers, identity cards (of citizenship, 
schools etc.) and other official documents, 
•   Movement permits paper, 
•  Identity cards like students, residence, and membership. 
C. Evaders of military service. 
 
•   Accused of missing for a long period of time. 
•   Students who discontinued their education for a long period of time. 
D. Followers of “illegal” faiths, 
E. Corruption (with a special reference to teachers):-
•   Accused of issuing student identity cards to those above 18 years old  learners of 
elementary and junior high schools.
•  Accused of issuing student identity cards to non-students. 
Reasons why youngsters flee their country     
If stayed 18 months avoiding the decreed national service program they are liable to be caught as 
illegal. On top of the stated,
a. The extended and prolonged military service program. 
b. Labor exploitation of the military heads for personal consumption,
c. The influence of social condition, 
d. Unacceptable and dictatorial tendencies of the military leaders. To avoid all the 
enumerated factors, they are forced to leave their beloved, parents, children, families and 
land. While the exodus of the youth is emanated from the above stated realities, the 
government on the other hand is striving to misinform the masses as if the propaganda of 
neighboring governments is the cause for the flight.
5. Conditions of the ALA 17 prison cell:- 
 Handling of prisoners:-None of the human and democratic rights are applicable. 
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1.   confiscation of personal assets like money, jewelry, necessary documents and gifts, 
2.   forbid change of clothes and underwear’s, 
3.   inflict pain and weaken them through meager food,water,and medicine supplies,
4.   haunt them by applying strict sever security and surveillance measures,
5.   deny family access, 
6.   Wear them out through rigorous labor .
Interrogation system 
1.   Deviates from the traditional police system. Follow with a great menace and torture 
2.   fail to be accountable or responsible for the damage they brought,
3.   emotional rather rational, 
4.   Generally,   there is no clear legal method of interrogation and   thus, it is done on a 
whim and far–off from human rights and dignities. 
Decision Making There is no written penal code therefore, the decision maker’s construe their 
verdict and thus the weaknesses are:  
 
 
1.   Irrelevant and inappropriate penalty to the case, 
2.   give unjust decisions favoring and releasing some prisoners on reasons of  friendship, 
relationship, benefits etc. 
Decision Makers:-The decision makers and those who sketch the punishments are the military 
elites, who believe in experience than academic excellence, and among them, 
1.   Major general Omer Hassen Tawil-commander of the 3rd operational zone,
2.   Major Tekleberhan Hagos (weddi Ayney) - staff spy member of the 3rd operational 
zone. At times will pass decisions and resolutions through their representatives and 
secretaries as well. Let me name some nationals who were victims of the above stated 
decision makers. In the 10th month of 2006, members of ministry of information had made 
their ways toward the border illegally.
a. Journalist Ahmed Bahja- Arabic desk, 
b. Journalist Daniel Kibrom- Oromo desk
c. Simret Sereqe-member of the 28th  regiment,
d. and a civilian Selamawit by name were all caught at Tekondaa/ Adiqeih, and sent to us for 
further interrogation and punishment. As the attached information disclosed, four of them were 
tagged as “unlawful” deserters while Ahmed Baja was registered as a group leader and coordinator 
of the plan. At the final touch, the following sentences were passed: 
1. Journalist Daniel Kibrom for five years,  
2. Simret Sereqe for five years,  
3. The civilian Selamawit to stay jailed for a year and thereafter to go to Sawa. 
Ahmed Bahja the instigator and organizer, was released after two months of trouble-free 
detainment, because Ali Abdu, chief of the Ministry of Information and Omar Tawil, chief of the 
third operational zone intervened. To ease the rumor spread around As operational Asmara about 
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the arrest of Ahmed Bahja, he was made to host John The Baptist’s Day celebration with journalist 
Tirhas Kiflai on Eri TV.
Yonas Berhe with the intention to flee to Ethiopia was caught at Egela a village between Adi-Keih 
and Senafe, hit by three bullets. When he was being taken to Asmara, for medical care Kibrom 
Seyoum chief of the branch of counter intelligence of the third operational zone stopped the 
vehicle and forced the victim to sign saying that he was wounded trying to cross the border with 
Ethiopia, in case he is dead on the way to hospital. He was so weak to sign and prints of his four 
fingers were taken. After staying for eight months in hospital he was made to be handed over to 
the authorities by his own mother He was sent to Ala-Bazit prison for 7 years because he cant 
serve in the military due to injuries  on his right arm and lung. No one knows who took the 3227 
US dollars in his person when he was caught.
Mehari, a teacher who taught for more than 30 years in Elementary and Junior High School of 
Kudubour in sub-zone Emny Haily was fired, because he admitted a student in breach of the 
regulation that prohibits any one above 18 years of age to learn in elementary and junior high 
schools.
Tekle Tewolde Yakob graduate of Asmera University in Educational Administration and who was 
awaiting placement was arrested on visit to his family in Segeneity on the pretext that he escorts 
people to Ethiopia and Sudan for money. Though there was no evidence for the charges against 
him, he was sentenced, any how, to three years in prison.
Daniel Netsereab, a former teacher in sub-zone Golluj in Gash-Barka zone was sentenced, without 
any evidence, to 4 years in prison for trafficking youngsters to Ethiopia and Sudan. He is now in 
Adi-Quala prison.
Utban Mohammed, Counter Intelligence the third operational zone  was sentenced to 3 years in 
prison. He was maliciously accused by the chief of counter Intelligence of the zone   Kibrom 
Seyoum of passing secrets from prisoners to prisoners. He died of health problems after serving a 
year in Ala-Bazit prison.
Letemichael Hebtemariyam was detained for 4 month on the ground that she was illegally sending 
females to Bahren. Although she insisted that she works legally together with her Eritrean 
colleague in Bahrain she was maliciously accused by Paulos  a staff member of the Asmara 
National Security and by the help of his friend Teklebrhan Hagos. The diabetic Letemichael 
suffered for 4 months in custody until Tesfai came from Bahrain and proved their legitimacy. 
Mehret Beyene from the village Deqi shahai in the Asmera zone was caught with her husband 
trying to cross to Ethiopia. She was 3 months pregnant and was held until she was two weeks due 
to give birth, after her poor parents’ few cattle were sold and paid 10 thousand Nakfa plus a bail. 
Usually when women were detained pregnancy tests were carried out and were outright released 
on bail if they are positive.
Around 40 followers of un-permitted religion (most of them women) were arrested by security 
authorities of Mendefera and Dekemhare towns and forced to choose either prison or change their 
belief. Thos who said religion is personal but we will do what ever our country requires of us were 
imprisoned for a long time in the prison of the third operational zone Ala-Bazit under Warden 
Colonel Gebremedhin. One of these, Tesfaldet Abai was arrested for 3 years.
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Girmai Gebrezghi, Hannes, Afeworki, Gebremariam from the villages of Hebo and Meala, 
Segeneity sub-zone are among the old men imprisoned for 3 months on the pretext that their 
children evaded conscription.
Tecleberhan Berhe a soldier and former university student Melaku Feseha were executed allegedly 
intending to flee the country. The most painful thing is Melaku was shot in front of his uncle 
Debesay Tewelde and his other close relation Tsagai Mesfin. The list of the atrocities is so long for 
it is the daily acts of the dictatorial regime.        
Genocide
Let’s now see the genocide committed by the 3rd and 5th operational zones after they have 
changed and exchanged their places on Jan. 2007. The commander of the fifth Operational zone 
Colonel Wedi Welela came to replace our station from Asmara and we went to Mendefera. The 
commander of the third operational zone Major General Omer Tewil and his cronies were so eager 
to resume the unfinished ethnic cleansing plan that has been on function by the previous 
commander Major General Philipos W/yohanes and zonal administrator Mustafa Nurhussien.
As soon as the shifting of places is finalized, our command leaders brought all the containers 
(prison cells) from Dekemhare loading them in heavy trucks and put them in a place called Adi 
Tsetser some 3 kms away from Mendefera. They put the containers in private garage. After the 
transformation of the prison sites, they resumed hunting   members of the Kunama ethnic group. 
Under the previous plan and order of Mustafa and general Philipos, around 70 Kunama ethnic 
members were already in custody under horrific conditions in Barentu. Their crime is said to be 
nothing but their actual and practical resentment and rebellion against the PFDJ regime. 
Surprising enough, leaders of the 3rd operational zone had come up with a new mechanism and 
pretext to proceed with the brutal gunning down and detention of the Kunama labeling them as 
members and supporters of the Kunama resistance movement-the Democratic Movement for the 
Liberation of Eritrean Kunama (DMLEK).The labels conjured and tagged against the innocent 
Kunama were cynical as  feeders, fund raiser and contributors be it in kind or finance, providers of 
hiding places, spying for, ambushing and planting land mines. Under the pretext of the stated 
accusations, around 300 Kunama ethnic members were already in prison.
This massive and indiscriminate detention has covered overwhelming parts of the rural areas 
where member of the Kunama ethnic groups used to live for centuries. The age limit of the 
detention ranges from 9 to the doddering ages. The rural sites included in this appalling ethnic 
cleansing project were Faulina, Boshoka, Shambako, Bimbilna, Tolegamuja, Aymaba and Koyta 
biya. Further, to intensify and finalize the projected campaign on time, reinforcement forces were 
called up to take part in the campaign with the command force of the third operational zone. The 
prison cells of Shambako, Barentu, Boshoka, May Dima and Mendefera were actually administered 
under the intelligence unit of the ministry of defense, intelligence units of the 2nd and 3rd 
operational zones, and the intelligence unit of the 25th regiment respectively. 
The prisoners were bloodily harassed, molested and tortured to say yes to the accusations which 
are alien to them and know nothing about. Here, the main motive behind the curtain was to 
paralyze and to put an end or stoppage to the ongoing struggle being waged by the Kunama 
movement-DMLEK. Since DMLEK was getting strong backing and had intensified small scale 
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military operations through which it became popular in the Gash-Barka regional administration; 
and to retaliate and foil the resistance, the regime has piled all the crimes and punishments up on 
the innocent civilian Kunama.The calculations of the regime was to cripple the movement of 
DMLEK by revenging up on the parents, close relatives and wives of the fighters. The purposes of 
the torture, harassments and killings are nothing but emanated from the frustration the regime is 
getting on daily bases for which it has failed to keep up with the opposition’s pace.
Detailed cases abuses on the spot were as follows;                             
1.   10 children  ranged from 9-13 years old were sentenced for 6 months at Halhale 
rehabilitation center of the third operational zone,
2.   13 individuals aged 13-18 were sentenced 1-4 years in Adi Quala languishing up to the 
present,
3.   Around 250 Kunama of all ages including mothers with their little ones were sentenced 
1-20 years in Adi Quala,
4.   12 individuals were used for propaganda purposes,
5.   2 individuals died during interrogation,
6.   26 people were poisoned and killed, and
7.   28 Kunama ethnic members were brutally executed.         
Explanations for the cases abused under items 4, 5, 6, and 7;
It took 5 months (01/2007-05 /2007) to wrap up the out lined atrocities. To accomplish the 
project, the regime (PFDJ) has come up with a new dramatized fiction. The authors (writers of the 
fiction) were first, major General Omer Tewil, the commander of the third operational zone, Major 
Tekleberhan Hagos (weddi ayney) and the Minister of information, Mr. Ali Abdu .The prime motive 
was to  look for  Kunama individuals who are well articulated in Tigrinya language so that they can 
easily deceive Eritreans through mass media or propaganda. They were forced to confess and 
blame themselves that they were those who planted anti- vehicle mines in Shambako, Geze, Erab, 
Bimbilna, Sinshale, and Adi Teklehimanot at the beginning of 2001. 
Underlining the shortage of propaganda materials at hand, Mr. Ali Abdu was so grateful and once 
things are arranged well by the commanders of the third operational zone, he agreed to send the 
best camera man and journalist. He thought it to could be a great opportunity to blackmail the 
Woyane (Ethiopian government) in the eyes all Eritreans 
Next, the leaders of the third operational zone, Major Teklebrhan Hagos and Kibrom Seyoum have 
selected 12 Kunama prisoners from Mendefera for the mission at hand and took them to Boshoka. 
In order to make the mission successful, those prisoners were treated well in all conditions by 
stuffing them with food, clothing, cigarettes etc. Hereafter, they were taken to the sites where 
mines were blasted to rehearse and took lessons on how to plant a mine though they were all 
soldiers. They were told by the mission organizers that they will be free once they accomplished 
the given task.
Later, completing the first phase of the fictitious operation, Ali Abdu sent Girmay Debesay as a 
Journalist, Mohamed as a camera man and Alem as a driver with all the needed media equipments 
to report and record the drama in Boshoka.
To decorate the drama in utmost level and color, the prisoners were well advised, taught and 
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trained to say --they were stooges sponsored by the government of Ethiopia and planted mines ….
etc. On the other hand they were also told to praise and thank the PFDJ regime for the good 
handlings albeit to their wrong doings.  Amazingly enough, the contribution of Girmay Debessay–
the journalist in organizing that drama was marvelous. What else can he do if ordered from Ali 
Abdu?
Since I was in person in the process, I had been astonished by the drama; and the following were 
the innocent victims during the scandal.
Names of victims Village\ town Occupation
1 Kiros Beyene Adura Faulina regiment18 member
2 Hagos Shiday Boron Faulina demobilized Soldier
3 Bibo Fafu Tunga Faulina demobilized soldier
4 Andeberhan G/Micheal Tsibuk Girat demobilized soldier
5 Badme Gufle Bara Faulina militia
6 Anday Aroro Sale Boshoka pfdj member
7 Abdulahi Mario Andulu Boshoka farmer
8 Solomon Sahle (Ngaw) Boshoka militia
9 Yemane Merema Gobay Boshoka farmer
10 Munadil Siiday Alengay Boshoka soldier
11 Shali Frute Tolegamuja regiment 16 member
12 Gebremariam Desta(Aroro) Faulina farmer
After the successful completion of the dramatized project, the prisoners were immediately taken to 
the prison site of Maydima for which the intelligence unit of the 25th regiment is accountable. 
There after, the prisoners were told to dig a 4m x 4m hole with 5m depth around their prison cells. 
Additional 14 Kunama prisoners were also brought from Adi qaula to “help” the 12 prisoners in 
digging the hole. Now and then, the personnel of the prision site have used to tell the purpose of 
the hole as for a toilet. At other times they said for a water reservoir. Unfortunately they were 
digging their own permanent home with out their knowledge. 
First, Major Tekle Berhan Hagos “wedi Ayney” has brought two containers of twenty litters each 
containing chemical zed poison from Meanderer to May Dima. Then, the previous securities of the 
Maydima prison cell were given 10 days leave to stay at home so as not to observe the end of the 
beginning. They were replaced by the following committed and loyal individuals who were selected 
and brought from Mendefera to carryout that massacre.
Names of the individuals selected to carry out that massacre were;
1.   Sergent Kidane Tesfamicheal (wedi keren) group leader,
2.   Sergent Mihretu group leader,
3.   Sergent Girmay Ghebrezgher (Commando head),
4.   Sergent Kiflay (wedi Gash) group leader,
5.   Sergent Tsegab Measho (Chealo group leader), and
6.   Sergent Tsegay Abraham-interrogator.
All the 26 prisoners were poisoned together in one day and murdered in April 2007. Out of the 26 
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massacred Kunama, I have the names of six victims in my mind and these are;
 Names of the Victims Village \town Occupation
1 Tesfay Sheli Boshoka farmer & Priest
2 Musa Kebede Boshoka farmer
3 Meme Shara Boshoka militia
4 Gebremariam Dudu Faulina farmer
5 Awate Nada Baden Aymaba militia
6 Dule Abdela Aymaba farmer
Names of the two individuals died while being interrogated were;
1.    Gala Tabe Faki- Administrator of Faulina and who was tied in the style termed as 
helicopter  and  died  soon, 
2.    Ali Musa Geshu- tortured and gunned down by Tekleberhan Hagos (weddi ayney) and 
Major Bereket (Kewhi)
Evidences of my testimonies about the Genocide 
•        I was there in person when the prisoners were taken from Mendefera to May Dima.
•        After the Genocide, we were ordered by Major General Omer Tewil commander of the 
third operational zone to send all the personal documents of the victims to the head office. 
•        In one occasion after the Genocide Mr. Ali Abdu was looking for the Victims for another 
propaganda mission but Kibrom Seyoum told him that they have gone. I was with Kibrom 
while the two giants were talking over the mobile cell phone. Ali Abdu has expressed his 
dissatisfaction and regret by the measures taken so swift. 
•        As usual, when I was preparing reports of 3, 6 month and of year to the third 
operational zone and ministry of Defense, I have reported that 28 prisoners were executed.
•       One day when we went to Mai Dima with a member of the intelligence unit who has 
took part in that massacre, the guy has  asked me if I know that graveyard hinting me 
through a body language and when I said “yes” he nodded at me with a grief of any one 
can read from his face.
•        The exact place of the graveyard is located inside the prison premises of regiment 25 
intelligence unit in May Dima. It is around mountain Berakit on the way to Obal.
Profile of the poisoned and killed:-   
Both, Tesfay Shuli and Gebremariam Dudu are ex fighters of EPLF captured at the Barentu 
battle in 1985 during the Dergue regime and sentenced life long in Addis Ababa, discharged 
together with the political and war prisoners at the independence time. 
*Kiros Beyene and Badumme Gufle are maternal brothers. 
*Andebirhan Gebremicael is Tigrinya speaker, Tsibuq Girat of Mulqi sub zone is his birth 
palce.He was hired as a field guard in Faulina with a Kunama espouse.  
*Hagos Shadda Boron is killed for the very reason that he has a son called Abbu Hagos who 
joined the liberation struggle and his families are in Addi kuala.  
*Shulli Frute is killed because he has a brother called Bibi Furute who joined the Kunama 
movement.  
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*Anday Aroro is killed for he has a maternal brother called Manna Maku who joined the 
Kunama movement.  
*Galla Tabbe Fakki is killed because he has a son called Danga who is a member of the 
Kunama movement. 
Those whom I left languishing behind the bar:- 
*Kenna Tonki is sentenced 15 years for the sheer reason that his son Kuba is a member of 
the Kunama movement and is languishing in Addi Kuala.  
* Kalli Sabbot of Tole gamuja is sentenced 8 years for his son Dergi is member of the 
Kunama movement.  
*Tokko Abbadar along her baby and a resident of Boshoka is sentenced 10 years for her 
husband Sabab Bashay is member of the Kunama movement.  
*Asha Abdot, a resident of Boshoka is sentenced a year for she had a child from 
Woldemicael Lili, a members of the Kunama movement. 
Mehari weddi Mentur is a member from Tigrinya speaking ethnic group and married Gennet 
Mario, a lady from Kunama nationality has a vast arable land in Boshoka.He was 
interrogated severely for the very reason that he married a Kunama lady and suspected 
him as a sympathetic towards the Kunama and was released after three moths with a 
strong warning. 
I am giving a condensed part of the vast. From the 12 men selected for propaganda 
consumption, the former four, Anday Aroro, Yemane Meremma, Abdullahi Mario, and 
Selemun Sahle were brought in the Eri TV screen and the whole drama is presented by a 
journalist Gebremeskel Gerezgiher. 
At the final analysis, the government of Eritrea being accountable for the mass killing and 
genocide, those who are responsible for organizing such horrific plans of Atrocities are,
1.  
Major general Omer Hassan Tewil-commander of the third operational zone,
2.  
Major Tekleberhan Hagos (Weddiayney)-staff intelligence member of the third operational 
zone, 
3.  
Captain kibrom Seyoum Tsaada-Guna,head of the counter intelligence unit of the third 
operational zone, and,
4.  
Major Bereket Weldegebriel (qewhi)-Staff intelligence unit of the 25th regiment. 
Translated by: EDA, English unit. 
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