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Seyoum Tesfaye
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Original spelling: Seyoum Tesfaye. No reviewed aliases or translations have been assigned.
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· All prisoners of conscience should be immediately and unconditionally released. They include:
o Haile Woldetensae, Mahmoud Ahmed Sheriffo, Petros Solomon, Aster Fissehatsion and the other G15 detainees;
o Yosuf Mohamed Ali, Mattewos Habteab, Seyoum Tesfaye, Fessahaye Yohannes, Saadia Ahmed, Semret Seyoum and all others of the 15 journalists detained in September 2001 or later without charge or trial;
o Ali Muhammed Saleh, Sunabera Mohamed Demena, Roma Gebremichael, Miriam Hagos, Idris Aba'ere, Tesfaye Gebreab and others detained after the September 2001 crackdown;
· Other political prisoners should be released if they are not to be promptly charged and fairly tried in accordance with international standards for fair trial;
· Amnesty International calls on the Government of Eritrea to state publicly a commitment to recognize and uphold the rights to freedom of expression, opinion and belief, including the rights of political association and the freedom of the press. The government should not order or perpetuate the detention of critics who express and publish their opinions peacefully and who do not advocate violence. Laws which place restrictions on these rights in contravention of international standards of freedom of expression should be amended;
· The government should recognize the right to conscientious objection to national military service and should provide an alternative to military service: the civil and political rights of members of the Jehovah's Witness sect which were removed on account of the sect's opposition to national service should be immediately restored, in order to respect, ensure, and protect their basic human rights as citizens, including the equality before the law.
· All prisoners of conscience should be immediately and unconditionally released. They include:
o Haile Woldetensae, Mahmoud Ahmed Sheriffo, Petros Solomon, Aster Fissehatsion and the other G15 detainees;
o Yosuf Mohamed Ali, Mattewos Habteab, Seyoum Tesfaye, Fessahaye Yohannes, Saadia Ahmed, Semret Seyoum and all others of the 15 journalists detained in September 2001 or later without charge or trial;
o Ali Muhammed Saleh, Sunabera Mohamed Demena, Roma Gebremichael, Miriam Hagos, Idris Aba'ere, Tesfaye Gebreab and others detained after the September 2001 crackdown;
· Other political prisoners should be released if they are not to be promptly charged and fairly tried in accordance with international standards for fair trial;
· Amnesty International calls on the Government of Eritrea to state publicly a commitment to recognize and uphold the rights to freedom of expression, opinion and belief, including the rights of political association and the freedom of the press. The government should not order or perpetuate the detention of critics who express and publish their opinions peacefully and who do not advocate violence. Laws which place restrictions on these rights in contravention of international standards of freedom of expression should be amended;
· The government should recognize the right to conscientious objection to national military service and should provide an alternative to military service: the civil and political rights of members of the Jehovah's Witness sect which were removed on account of the sect's opposition to national service should be immediately restored, in order to respect, ensure, and protect their basic human rights as citizens, including the equality before the law.
Had Awate been resurrected what would have said after learning the current state of Eritrea? He would have hoped to see all the revolutionary changes experienced by Rip Van Wrinkle when he awoke after twenty years of sleep. Unfortunately, it wouldn't take him a split of a second to feel that Eritrea is still under the colonialist yoke of Ethiopia. He would see untold number of political prisoners perhaps some of his own comrades in arm languishing in untold number of prisons. He would see members of mass organizations imprisoned or disappeared. He would see many Eritreans living in the refugee camps in the Sudan and thousands internally displaced. He would see fleeing Eritrean youths for fear of persecution, imprisonment and disappearance. He would learn about the university students mass imprisonment at the inhospitable places called WiA and GelaElo where so many Eritreans are being incarcerated and tortured. He would meet army divisions digging trenches. He would also see the Warsay Yikealo projects of labor slavery. He would soon learn about the home grown dictator Essayas and his henchmen Wuchu, Yemane Monkey, Zemhret,etc. but would ask the whereabouts of King Hailesselassie, Indarkachew Mesay, Tedla Okbit, Demetros (Melake Selam) etc and would conclude that the current regime's oppression is at its worst. He would confess that after forty-two years of straggle the Eritrean people are not yet liberated. Again he would do exactly what he did in September 1, 1961, to continue the struggle. But at this time he would ask, as Seyoum Tesfaye had indicated, "The Path is the Agenda: Armed Straggle or Peaceful Transition". Though I could not answer for him about which path to chose but he would definitely call all the opposition groups, civic associations, religious leaders, the Eritrean elite… to forge a meaningful opposition camp to pave the way for liberty as he had promised to deliver forty-two years ago. Happy trails.
· All prisoners of conscience should be immediately and unconditionally released. They include:
o Haile Woldetensae, Mahmoud Ahmed Sheriffo, Petros Solomon, Aster Fissehatsion and the other G15 detainees;
o Yosuf Mohamed Ali, Mattewos Habteab, Seyoum Tesfaye, Fessahaye Yohannes, Saadia Ahmed, Semret Seyoum and all others of the 15 journalists detained in September 2001 or later without charge or trial;
o Ali Muhammed Saleh, Sunabera Mohamed Demena, Roma Gebremichael, Miriam Hagos, Idris Abaere, Tesfaye Gebreab and others detained after the September 2001 crackdown;
· Other political prisoners should be released if they are not to be promptly charged and fairly tried in accordance with international standards for fair trial;
· Amnesty International calls on the Government of Eritrea to state publicly a commitment to recognize and uphold the rights to freedom of expression, opinion and belief, including the rights of political association and the freedom of the press. The government should not order or perpetuate the detention of critics who express and publish their opinions peacefully and who do not advocate violence. Laws which place restrictions on these rights in contravention of international standards of freedom of expression should be amended;
· The government should recognize the right to conscientious objection to national military service and should provide an alternative to military service: the civil and political rights of members of the Jehovahs Witness sect which were removed on account of the sects opposition to national service should be immediately restored, in order to respect, ensure, and protect their basic human rights as citizens, including the equality before the law.
እቲ ኣባል ኣምራጺት ሽማግለ ተመሊሱ ነታ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ዝወሰድዋ መንበርና ንምምላስ ጻዕሪ ከም-ዝገበሩ ግን ከኣ ክመልሱዋ ከም ዘይከኣሉን ይሕብረና። ቀጺሉ ድማ “ኣብ ኢድና ዘላ እታ ካብ ፖለቲካውያን ሓይልታት ዝረኸብናልኩም ሓንቲ ጥራይ እያ’ሞ ቃልሲ ስለ ዝኾነ ውሰድዋ ወኪልኩም ድማ ሃቡና ይብለና። ንሕና ድማ ናብ ኣመሪካ ብድሕሪ ክልተ መዓልቲ ክንምለስ ኢና እሞ መሪሕነት EGS ወሲኑ ወኪሉ ክሕብረኩም እዩ ንብሎ። በሉ ከይደንጎኹም ሓብሩና ይብለና እሞ፡ ቅድሚ-ሕጂ ኣብ ዋዕላ’ውን ተመሳሳሊ ኣገባብ ከም ዝተጠቐምና ብድሕሪ ምሕባርና በዚ ስምምዕ እዚ ተፈላሊና። ናብ ሰሜን ኣመሪካ ምስ ተመለስና ኣብ ውሽጢ ውሑድ መዓልታት ኣኼባ ብምክያድ ወካሊና መን ምዃኑ ንኣቦ መንበር ፈጻሚት ቤት-ጽሕፈት ዶክተር ዮሱፍ ብርሃኑ ብኣቦ-መንበር EGS ሓው ስዩም ተስፋይ ብኢመይል ይሕበር። ዶክተር ዮሱፍ እውን EGS ዝወሰደቶ ሃናጺ መርገጽ ከም ዘመጎሶ ናይ ኢመይል መልእኽቲ ሰዲዱልና።
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From: yusuf ahmedin
Date: Sat, Dec 10, 2011 at 3:30 PM
Subject: Re: EGS accepts it one seat at the new assembly
To: seyoum tesfaye
Dear Seyoum Tesfaye
I appreciate the EGS's constructive stand. I wish you all the best, Thankyou.
Greetings
Yusuf Berhanu
From: seyoum tesfaye
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Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 10:43 PM
Subject: EGS accepts it one seat at the new assembly
To Mr.Tsega Yohnnes
To Dr. Yosuf Berhanu
Please allow us to extend our congratulation for being elected to the pivotal leadership position of the newly constituted ENCDC.
We wish you complete success in the successful implementation of the overwhelmingly approved program for change.
We take this opportunity to convey to you that EGS will accept the one seat assigned to it in the newly formed assembly.
Our official representative will be Mr. Teklai Abreha.
We here by kindly request that all members of the newly elected leadership be duly notified of our official response.
Thank you helping process our request.
Seyoum Tesfaye
Chairman of Eritrean Global Solidarity
XXX-XXX-4285 cell
08/01/12
Dear Mr Teklai Abraha
Ref: Membership of the Eritrean National Council for Democratic Change (ENC for Democratic Change).
Happy Eritrean Festive days, and Greetings to all members of your family. May 2012 bring peace, stability and prosperity to our people.
Following the exchange of information concerning your membership of the ENC for Democratic Change, and after establishing the relevant evidence from two members of the Council including Mr Yohannes Asmelash, the Deputy Chair of the Executive Committee, and Mr. Kahsai Gufla, member of Executive committee, now, I am pleased to inform you that your case has been successful, and your name included in the list of the members of the ENC for Democratic Change in North America and Canada.
Dr Yusuf Birhanu, who is the Chair of the Executive Committee, has also supported your case.
Members of the Leadership of the council including Mr.Maar and Freweyni Habtemariam both Deputy Chairpersons of the National Council, have also effectively coordinated their efforts to complete the process.
Thank you for your patience
Tzeggai Yohannes,
Chairman
ENC for Democratic Change
"A faded picture of a comrade, when he or she enlisted for the cause, a torn page of an unfinished diary, a line in a period song, a scratch on a side of a tree, or a pain from a lodged bullet, anywhere in the tired body, becomes the hint for unearthing a vast convoluted history." These words bring so much memory. It is in the heart of thousands upon thousands of persons.
Yes Tesfay Temnew eye opener of the year and Seyoum Tesfaye a good writer.
Seyoum Tesfaye writings are filled with optimism, humanism and are nostalgic. He quotes Santayana who said that those who cannot remember the past are destined to relive it.
Seyoum also says: “The easiest route to tyranny is to suffocate diverse opinions, control the mantel of the leadership, purge or decimate any sense of opposition and silence potential critiques.”.
The charges that Seyoum directed against the Eritrean liberation movements are correct. They are guilty as charged.
On the failures of various revolutions, it seems to me that what Hegel said is more relevant. Hegel said: “We learn from History that people learn nothing from History.”.
It is clear that no third World revolution will succeed without Maoist discipline. This means, dictatorship, murder, mayhem, betrayal and double crossing, the opposite of what Seyoum Tesfaye wishes. This is a paradox: you fight tyranny while coming under a new tyranny, justifying and tolerating it!