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RSADO FOREIGN MISSION
Advocating for the Rights and Dignity of the Red Sea Afar in the Horn of Africa

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RSADO Foreign Mission - PO Box 35051 - 1309 Carling Ave., Westgate Mall, Ottawa, ON K1Z 1A2
Email: info@rsadomission.com - Website: rsadomission.com -Tel: 613-266-0929 - Fax: 613-656-5323

Sept 3, 2012
Ref# 1001
For Immediate release,
State of Eritrea:
Crimes against Humanity and Genocide against Red Sea Afar People.

Brussels-Belgium, August 30, 2012, RSADO (Red Sea Afar Democratic Organization) is extremely
troubled to learn about the extent of crimes being committed in side Eritrea. Mass Murders, Rapes
and Sexual Violence are being committed against our indigenous Red Sea Afar people, the Red Sea
Afar men, women and children at the hands of Eritrean Government. The recent news of deliberate
killings of ethnic minority group by Eritrean government is proof positive of its policy and intent to
exterminate ethnic Afar from their ancestral homeland in Eritrea.

Our organization has confirmed the killing of large group Red Sea Afar elders, Businessmen, youth
who were missing for over a decade. A former political prisoner, and member of Afar Regional
assembly in Assab (Dankalia) Mr. Ahaw Ali Ahaw, who has been in detention for over 13 years have
made it safe to neighboring Ethiopia.

Mr. Ahaw revealed the death of all the Afar prisoners who were kidnapped by Eritrean security
forces in 1999. Among those were, Mr Ali Yussuf Mohamed (member of Afar regional assembly), Mr
Issa Ahmed (Abali-Isse, Afar elder & Bussinesman) and Mohamed Ahmed (Negro, Afar activist and
businessman). According to Mr. Ahaw the mass killing of defenseless Afar prisoners took place at
Tewahido prison near Assab City, Eritrea in 2000 amidst intense battle between Eritrea and Ethiopia.
As Eritreans were retreating from around Assab, the prison guards received orders to cleanse empty
the prison of Afar prisoners. These men were highly influential Red Sea Afar leaders from Ethnic
community.

The pattern and extent of crimes committed by Eritrean authority against Ethnic Afar population is
in line with the international legal definition of genocide, the intent to destroy ethnic group and the
actual committing of crimes against large group of people.

Eritrean government’s systematic ethnic cleansing of Afar at the top of their leadership attributes to
crimes of Genocide. It deprives the indigenous Red Sea Afar population from ever exercising their
fundamental rights and freedom as indigenous people, rights to self determine, self govern, it denies
them of basic human right to sustain their traditional way of life and economy in their historic
autonomous province of Dankalia.

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RSADO FOREIGN MISSION
Advocating for the Rights and Dignity of the Red Sea Afar in the Horn of Africa

Since its creation in 1991 Eritrea’s the massive human rights violations inside the country has gone
unnoticed by international community. Recently however, Eritrean Government’s involvement with
terrorist groups as financier, supporter and sponsor of illegal activities to destabilizing the entire
region of Horn of Africa, Including aggressive incursions on neighboring states has brought down
sever restrictions, sanctions and human rights abuses in Eritrea to the fore.

The international human right organizations, UNSC Security Council, USA and EU have all
criticized the Eritrean government for its ongoing serious human rights violation and raised their
concern for respect of human and democratic rights of population in the country.

RSADO Chairman, Mr. Ibrahim Harun has applauded the efforts by international communities to pressure
Eritrea to respect basic and fundamental rights for all Eritrean population. Mr. Harun further applauds
especially the appointment of Special Rapporteur to Eritrea by UN Human Rights Council. RSADO urge the
special rappoteur to investigate the genocide of Red Sea Afar population in Eritrea.

RSADO has obtained some names of Red Sea Afar from hundreds of missing. Due to reclusive
nature of Eritrean regime and stifled press freedom in the country this news had just surfaced now
even though these murders took place in 2000.

Name Age Date of death Profession Comments
1. Ali Yussuf Mohamed 52 2000 MP, regional asmly Father of 6
2. Mohamed Ahmed Hassan 45 2000 Afar elder/activist Brave activist
3. Omar Ahmed Ibrahim 54 2000 Afar elder /activist --------
4. Mohamed Ali Sugne 55 2000 Afar elder/activist Shy, respected
5. Mohamed Yussuf Ali(liynun) 35 2000 Businessman Polite
6. Mohamed Ali Haysama 35 2000 Businessman Father of 2
7. Issa Ahmed Mohamed 60 2000 Businessman/elder Generous
8. Ahmed Mohamed Sugne 45 2000 Businessman
9. Ahmed Hassan Ibrahim 43 2000 Businessman ------
10. Ahmed Omar Mohamed 25 2000 Businessman Courageous
11. Ahmed Ali Gibid 35 2000 Businessman
12. Mohamed Omar Ahmed 37 2000 Elder /activist
13. Issa Kamil Ali 55 2000 Elder/Businessman
14. Yarde Salih 50 2000 Businessman
15. Omar Mohamed Ali 38 2000 Elder/activist

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RSADO FOREIGN MISSION
Advocating for the Rights and Dignity of the Red Sea Afar in the Horn of Africa

Mass killings and Genocide of Red Sea Afar people by Eritrean Security Forces
Place of Crimes: Date: Cause/Reason Number#
1. Abehtekoma, Dankalia2009 Ethnic crimes 25 Afar Villagers were Murdered
2. Gaharee, Dankalia 2007 Mil- officer dead 27 Afar men taken, gunned down
3. Wade, Dankalia 2008 Nomadic- Caravan 32 young men executed
4. Wade, Dankalia 2009 Ethnic crimes 55 civilians raided and executed

Kidnapping:
Unknown numbers (Thousands) of Red Sea Afar from across Dankalia, in Eritrea, are missing since
1999-present (Dabaysima ,Harsile ,Garbaado ,Lamasan, Assab, Baylul ,Tio, Bada, Bori, Massawa)
and many are presumed dead in captivity.

Rapes, Sexual Violence and Torture of Red Sea Afar by Eritrean Security Forces
Name Date & Place Cause/Reason / Remarks
1. Fatuma(Balila)Med, 2008-Qekello Raped/Killed Mom of 5, eyes gouged out
2. Hawa Abdu Ali 2009-Qekkelo Raped/Killed
3. Halima Ali Beta 2011-Qekkello Raped/Killed Body dumped in the Sea
4. Two Girls (Unknown) 2011- Bada Raped /survived Infected by HIV/AIDS by Soldier
5. Two women (unknown) 2007-Awdaq Raped/killed
6. Three Women (unknown) 2007-Fura Raped, Killed -Security forces
7. Abdu Kore 2010, Assab Torture, killed Electrocution, private parts
8. Mohamed Ibrahim 2010, Harsile Torture, Killed Kidney exploded by beating.
9. Countless Red Sea Afar women and girls are used as forced concubines by army officers as their
Husbands forced to serve in Eritrean military or missing in captivity.

US, State Department Report on Eritrea 2011, acknowledges “The government did not take steps to
prosecute or punish officials who committed abuses, whether in the security services or elsewhere in
the government. Impunity was the norm”.

RSADO urgently appeal to International Criminal Court (ICC) and other Right organizations to
bring those responsible and complicit in crimes against humanity of the Red Sea Afar People in
Eritrea, including Maj General Humad Ahmed Karikare (Navy) and Maj. General Haile Sameul
(China) for crimes against Humanity and Genocide against Red Sea Afar.
RSADO FOREIGN MISSION
September 10th, 2012