Crimes committed against
ELF fighters by the EPLF in the 1980s |
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In the 1980s Said Saleh, Woldedawit Temesgen, Idris Hangela, Mahmud Hasseb Haile Garza and others were also killed by the EPLF security inside Sudan. Although there is no written information about the ELF crime inside Sudan in the1980s, the ELF wasn’t innocent from committing crimes inside Sudan in the1980s | |||||||||||
Haile Garza
studied Social Work at Haile Selassie University in the late 1960s and early
1970s. He joined the EPLF from Addis Abeba in 1975. Soon he was put in one
of the prisons of Halewa Sewra. Miraculously, Haile escaped and took a couple
of his prison guards and joined the ELF. Haile soon played a key role in
the land distribution projects of the ELF. Haile
was an exceptionally intelligent person who not only played the guitar but
also spoke Tigre, Tigriyna, Amharic, Arabic and English fluently. He wrote
equally well in the three scripts (Geez, Roman and Arabic). Among other
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Haile represented the ELF as the head of its humanitarian wing, the Eritrean Red Cross & Crescent Society (ERCCS) | |||||||||||
Haile’s
untimely death in Khartoum in 1984 by the EPLF security was linked to his
position of the ERCCS. Haile united the then ERCCS of the three factions
of the ELF (Ahmed Nasir, Abdela Idris and Osman Buruj) and became their
first and last chair man. At that time, THE Scandinavian international NGOs which had been assisting the humanitarian wings of the ELF, EPLF, OLF and TPLF (namely ERCCs, ERA, ORA and REST) were mostly convinced that in Eritrea they had to help ERA only. They knew that the ELF was expelled by the joint force of the EPLF and TPLF. Norwegians Church Aid was the key among the NGOs. Haile realized that the conference in OSLO, Norway would determine the fate of his organisation ERCCS as well. Haile tried, but thanks
to the then head of ERA, was unable to get an entry visa to Norway to
attend that crucial conference. However, Haile was so resourceful that
secured a visa to Sweden and rented a boat to entry Norway. Thus, Haile
attended the conference. He illustrated to the Norwegian NGO’s that
his organization, the ERCCS was still responsible for the lives of thousands
of Eritreans who had escaped from Eritrea and were in vulnerable circumstances
in Sudan.
ካብ መፋርቕ ሰማንያታት ክሳብ 1991 ኣብ ከሰላን ከባቢኣን ኢሳይያስ ብዘዋደዶ ተንኮል ኣንጻር ተጋደልቲ ጀብሃ ነበር ይግበር ንዝነበረ ቅንጸላን ጭውያ መካይንን ነቶም ኣብቲ ስርሒት ብኢሳይያስ ዝለኣኹ ዝነበሩ ሰባት፤ /ዝርዝር ኣስማቶም ይጽናሕ/ ጸብጻባቶም ዝቕበል ዝነበርኩ፣ ነቲ ጸብጻብ ድማ ሰኒደ ናብ ዓንበርቦብ /ሳሕል/ ዝልእኮ ዝነበርኩን ሰብ ኣነ እየ። ነታ ብትእዛዝ ገበነኛ ኢሳይያስ ካብ ከሰላ ተጨውያ ናብ ኤርትራ ዝኣተወት ቀዳመይቲ ላንድ ክሩዘር /ለይላ ዑልዊ/ ናይ ዓብደል-ቃድር ጀላኒ፣ ናብ ሜጀር ጀነራል ተኽላይ ሃብተስላሰ ኣብ ከተማ ከረን ዘረከብኩዋ ኣነ እየ። ይኣክል “ኣነ’የ!” Source ትልሚ ንዘርኢ ክርዳድ ( መበል 17 ክፋል) ብ ኣለና
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Crime committed against civilians by the EPLF and ELF in the 1970s |
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