Wave of Arrests in the Aftermath

187 ዝዀኑ ወተሃደራትን ሲቪላውያንን ተኣሲሮም

ኢብራሂም ኢድሪስ ቶቲል፡ ብብረት ዝዓጠቑ ወተሃደራት ተወሲዱ ኣብ ዘይተፈልጠ ቦታ ተኣሲሩ ኣሎ

ኣታራጣርነት ናይቲ ድሕሪ ስርሒት ፎርቶ ኣብ ዓሰርተ መዓልቲ ዘጋጠመ ሞት ሓደ ካብ ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ሃገራዊ ድሕነት (ጸጥታ) ኮለኔል ዓብድራሕማን ማሕሙድ ጃሲር እናዓበየ ይመጽእ ከምዘሎ ዝረኸብናዮ ኣፈናዊ ሓበሬታታት የረድእ።
ዛጊት ረኺብናዮ ብዘለና ሓበሬታ መሰረት፡ ኣብ ቤትጽሕፈት ሃገራዊ ድሕነት ሓላፊ ምምሕዳርን ፋይናንስን ዝነበረ ኮለኔል ዓብድራሕማን ማሕሙድ ጃሲር፡ ብ 21 ጥሪ ኣብ ፎርቶ ምንቅስቓስ ሓይልታት ኤርትራ ድሕሪ ምግጣሙ ብስርዓት ህግደፍ ስራሕ ከይወፍር ተኣዚዙ ገዛ ድሕሪ ምቕናዩ፡ ድሕሪ 10 መዓልቲ፡ ናብ ስራሕ ክወፍር ተነጊሩዎ ኣብ ቤትጽሕፈቱ ምስ ከደ ሓሚሙ ተባሂሉ ብኡ ኣቢሉ ናብ ሆስፒታል ከምዝኸደን ስድራቤቱ ሞቱ ከምዝተረድኡን ተፈሊጡ።
ስርዓት ህግደፍ፡ ሓሚሙ ጽዑቕ ክንክን እናተገብረሉ ከምዝዓረፈ ኳ እንተገለጸ፡ ኣብ ቀረባ እዋን ናብ ማእከላይ ምብራቕ ገይሹ ሕክምናዊ መርመራ ገይሩ ከምዝነበረን ዕቱብ ጥዕናዊ ጸገማት ከምዘይነበሮን ብቐረባ ነቲ ኩነታት ብቐረባ ዝፈልጡዎ ምንጭታት ሓቢሮም።
ብዛይካ’ዚ እቶም ንስራሕ ምስ ወፈረ ሞቱ ዝተረድኡ ስድራቤቱ፡ ሬሳ ስጋኦም ክወሃቦም ኳ እንተሓተቱ፡ “መቕላስትና እዩ፡ መንግስቲ ብስነስርዓት ክቐብሮ እዩ” ብምባል፡ እቲ ስርዓት፡ ብዘይንቡር ፍጥነት፡ ካብ ዕለተ ዕረፍቱ ንጽብሓይቱ ብሃታ ሃታ ቀቢሩዎ።
ውልቀምልካዊ ስርዓት ኢሳይያስ፡ ንዘስግኡዎ ሓያለ ሓለፍቲ ብዝተፈላለየ ሜላታት ብቓጻ እናቐተለ፡ ከም ሓርበኛታት ተዋስኦ ስነስርዓት ቀብሪ ከምዘይካየደሎም ይፍለጥ።
ክቡራት ተኸታተልቲ ኣሰና፡ ዝተማልአ ሓበሬታ ኣብ ዝረኸብናሉ እዋን፡ ምዕባሌታቱ ኣብ ቀጻሊ ተወሳኺ ሓበሬታ ከነስዕበልኩም ኢና።
ንጽህና ናይቶም ብኸምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ውዲት ዝሓቁ ኤርትራውያን፡ ከምኡ ‘ውን ተንኮል ናይቲ ኣኩይ ስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ተቐቢሩ ከይነብር፡ ኣብ እዋኑ ክስነድ መታን፡ ኣብ ኣማውታ ኮለኔል ዓብድራሕማን ማሕሙድ ጃሲር ናይ ቀረባ ኣፍልጦ ዘለኩም ዜጋታት ኣብ ምስናዱን ንህዝቢ ኣብ ምዝርግሑን ግቡእ ተራኹም ክትጻወቱ ነዘኻኽር።

ገዲም ተጋዳላይ ኢብራሂም ቶቲል ብምልካዊ ስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ከምዝተኣስረ ምንጭታት ሓቢሮም።

ማእሰርቱ ምስቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ተኸሲቱ ዘሎ ናይ ዲሞክራስያዊ ለውጢ ምንቅስቓስ ዝተኣሳሰረ ምዃኑ ‘ውን እቶም ምንጭታት ኣሚቶም።
ገዲም ተጋዳላይ ኢብራሂም ቶቲል፡ ኣብ ገድሊ ሓደ ካብቶም ላዕለዎት ሓለፍቲ ተጋድሎ ሓርነት ኤርትራ ዝነበረ ኮይኑ፡ ብ 1987 ‘ዩ ኣብቲ፡ “ ሓድነታዊ ” ተባሂሉ ዝፍለጥ ጉባኤ ህዝባዊ ግንባር፡ ምስቲ ብሳግም ዝጽዋዕ ዝነበረ ንሜዳ ዝኣተወ ውድብ ናብ ህዝባዊ ግንባር ተጸንቢሩ ቃልሱ ንናጽነት ቀጺሉ።

ድሕሪ ናጽነት ሓላፊ ዞባ ሰሜናዊ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ኮይኑ ተመዚዙ ኳ እንተነበረ፡ ንሓያለ ዓመታት ብ ምልካዊ ስርዓት ኢሳይያስ ደስኪሉ ተመክሮኡን ፍልጠቱን ክባኽን ከምዝጸንሐ ይፈልጥ።

ስርዓት ህግደፍ፡ ምስቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ብሓይልታት ምክልኻል ዝተኻየደ ምንቅስቓስ ንለውጢ ብዝተኣሳሰረ ምኽንያት፡ ኣሮን ታደሰ ንዝተባህለ፡ ሓላፊ ህግደፍ ሓንቲ ካብ ዞባታት ኣስመራ ዝነበረ ተጋዳላይ ከምዝኣሰሮ ምንጭታት ሓቢሮም።

ገዲም ተጋዳላይ ኣሮን ታደሰ፡ ቅድሚ ሓላፊ ንኡስ ዞባ ህግደፍ ኣብ ኣስመራ ኮይኑ ምምዛዙ፡ ናይቲ ብኣውገት ዝፍለጥ ውሩይ ቤት መጻሕፍቲ ሓላፊ እዩ ነይሩ።

እቲ መዓልቲ ውድቀቱ ዝጽብጽብ ዘሎ ስርዓት ኢሳይያስ፡ ኣብ ምእሳር ድለይቲ ለውጢ ተዋፊሩ ኳ እንተሎ፡ ህዝብን ሰራዊትን ነቲ ዝተኸስተ ምልዕዓል ዓው ኢሉ ብኣውንታ ክዛረበሉ ጀሚሩ ከምዘሎ ተፈሊጡ።

እቲ ሰላም ዝጻንዖ፡ ቋንቋ ሓይሊ ጥራይ ዝርዳእ መላኺ ኢሳይያስ፡ ሕጂ ‘ውን ነቲ ኩነታት ብውዲትን ሓይልን ኪፈትሖ ኳ እንተፈተነ፡ እቲ ውርደት ዝበዝሖ ኣዋድቓ ቀዛፊ ከምዘይተርፎ ተገንዚቡ ኣብ ሕሱም ቀውሲ፡ depression ከምዝርከብ ምንጭታት ይሕብሩ።

The Eritrean government’s official website disclosed on Saturday that Colonel Abdurahman Mahmoud Jasser had died on February 2nd “following his recent sickness” and that he would be buried in the “Martyr’s Cemetery” on Sunday.  The government passed its condolences to “the family members and friends”.  Now, family members are saying that his death is a mystery and that the government had denied their request for an autopsy, according to Aljazeera (Arabic website).

Abdurahman Mahmoud Jasser, a veteran combatant who joined the Eritrean revolution for independence in 1975, worked for the National Security Office.   His family says that he was in good health and he had been seen publicly on January 24 in the televised celebration of Mewlid Al Nebi, which is often attended by government and party officials.

The government report does not have any details on his illness other than to say that he had been “under intensive medical care” and had been hospitalized.

While it is impossible to ascertain which version of the story is correct, the following facts are relevant:

1. The government’s decision to bury him in the “Martyr’s Cemetery” does not mean anything.  As we disclosed in the “Martyr’s Database” which we published following the 1998-2000 Eritrea-Ethiopia border war, it is very common for the government to name as “martyrs” even soldiers that it had executed.  It can also deny the honor of “martyr’s cemetery” even to Eritreans with long contribution to the revolution, as was the case with Taha Mohammed Nur, who died in prison in Eritrea.

2. There are no norms, nor consistency, in the government’s decision to disclose or fail to publicize the death of the veterans of Eritrea’s revolution.  The regime waited for days to publish the death of Ali Said Abdella, and it is yet to publish the death of Naizghi Kflu, who was buried in England after it denied burial rights to his family.

3. The announcement of the death of Colonel Abdurahman Mahmoud Jasser and the decision to bury him the next day seems highly expedited, in relationship to the death and burial of other government officials.

4. Following an uprising by members of the Eritrean Defense Force to lay seige on the Ministry of Information on January 21, the regime has arrested many government officials, including senior members of the ruling party and the government.  As part of its attempt to deny Eritreans the right to information, it is blocking Aljazeera broadcasts to Eritrea.

5. Following every “mysterious” death–or assassination attempts– the regime always promises to conduct an investigation and disclose the results–and it never does.

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The Eritrean regime has arrested Suleiman Hajj and Jaber Dere’e.

Suleiman Hajj was the mayor of the city of Mendefera, and the deputy to the regional administrator of the South Zone (“Zoba Debub”), Mustapha Nurhussein. Mustapha, along with Abdella Jaber, who was the Director of Organizational Affairs for the ruling party, PFDJ, was arrested last week.

On Sunday, the arrest of Abdella Jaber and Mustapha Nurhussein was confirmed by a representative of the pro-Isaias Afwerki Eritrean community in Okaland, California to a regime-friendly Paltalk room. He stated that he, along with other “community leaders”, had gotten the directive to do so by the Eritrean embassy in Washington, DC.

Suleiman Hajj was Eritrea’s ambassador to Saudi Arabia shortly after Eritrea’s independence. As Mayor (or “administrator”) of the city of Mendefera, he functioned as the number 2 to Mustapha Nurhussein, with whom he had a close working relationship.

Jaber Dere’e was the representative of the ruling party, PFDJ, in its embassy in Saudi Arabia.

In a related issue, Gedab News is unable to confirm the arrest of Ahmed Haj Ali, the Minister of Energy and Mines. Although anything is possible in Isaias Afwerki’s Eritrea, his arrest seems implausible for the following two reasons:

(a) In the cliquish PFDJ system, Ahmed Haj Ali has two relatively strong friends who would warn him from associating with “undesirable elements”. One is Yemane Gebremeskel, the Chief of Staff of the Office of President, who solidified his friendship with Ahmed Haj Ali from their days as fellow EPLF activists in Italy in the 1980s. The other is Simon Gebredengel, the deputy National Security director, who is a close friend from their days as students in Russia in the 1970s.

(b) He does not get into “turf wars” or “power plays.” His ministry is essentially run by others: the de-facto Minister of Mines is Hagos “Kisha”, the Director of Economics Department for the ruling party; the de-facto Minister of Energy is Col Wedi Bayru.

There is no new information on the engineers of the January 21 movement. The Eritrean regime claims that there were 5 individuals who led the siege of the Ministry of Information and that four have been arrested and one was killed in a shoot-out. Gedab News is unable to confirm this information. Our sources in Sudan say that some members of the January 21 movement have begun crossing the border to Sudan.

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