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It started because Chris Cotter knew he had to be more than a traveler.

Growing up comfortably in Avondale, Cotter’s family owned a food distribution company, and the busy work life meant no vacations. So after graduation from Avon Grove High School, Cotter, who now lives in West Chester, was itching to see the world. “I’m sure it contributed to wanting to travel,” he said of his childhood.

Cotter’s explored at every opportunity: Asia, Europe, Central America, South America and the United States. He’s even climbed the 19,000-foot Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, about which he said with a laugh, “People aren’t meant to be that high.” When not on a world trek, Cotter owns and operates Tailor Made Media and TribeSound Records in West Chester, where he is a video and music producer.
But it was during his many travels that it became starkly clear to Cotter the disadvantages of others and that as a “First World” resident, “(I’m) super lucky to be born in this body.” And it was with this realization and humility that he began forming the idea of using his professional skills to make a documentary film, shining some light onto an untenable situation somewhere else in the world.

At first Cotter started doing research about human trafficking in Cambodia and Vietnam, but he was running into roadblocks. It was then a friend’s father – Mark Bowden, former journalist and author of books including “Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War” – suggested Cotter look into the plight of Eritrean refugees.

The State of Eritrea is a small country in the Horn of Africa that shares its border with Ethiopia in the south. Thousands of Eritreans have left their country and ended up in refugee camps in Ethiopia, on their way to hopefully receive asylum in Israel.

Cotter knew theirs was a story he wanted to tell. The refugees report overwhelming oppression committed in their country under the government of President Isaias Afwerki, Cotter said, with disappearances, torture and inhumane imprisonment not uncommon. Even if they do make it to Israel, they aren’t necessarily welcomed. Cotter wanted to follow the typical path from start to finish.

He also wanted very much to tell their story because he believed the story of their plight was underreported.

“It’s hard to find anyone who’s even heard of the country,” Cotter said, let alone the problems for the refugees.

“You find very little when you search for (information about the refugee camps),” said Joe Acchione, a director/producer at Tailor Made Media who worked on the film. Even Reporters Without Borders, the international nonprofit that champions freedoms of information and the press, didn’t have much posted on its website about the refugees, he said.

Cotter was especially interested in talking to those living in camps in the Afar region of northwest Ethiopia, which is among the hottest places on Earth.

“It was a pretty clear mission,” the filmmaker said.

So Cotter, cameraman Scott Miller and a lot of camera equipment, flew to Ethiopia. There they retained a guide, translator and driver. They had to be careful, because “If people are found talking to a journalist, they could be imprisoned or fined.”

In a film trailer, Cotter shows the audience people living in shacks in a hot, barren, dusty landscape, many of them children. In an interview clip from the film, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Anne C. Richard says Eritrea had “one of the most repressive governments on Earth.”

Richard says she had experience visiting many kinds of refugee camps all over the world, but she was “shocked at how many children there were and at about how bad the ratio was of adult supervision to children.”

In the same clip, a young boy tells Cotter, “There are so many children with so many problems. We need somebody to look after us.”

Cotter said, “We interviewed a kid 15, maybe 16, who had been in the refugee camp for three years. He walked there. His mom was disabled; his dad in the military … his brother was conscripted into the army. There just wasn’t enough money to go around.”

Another film clip has Cotter reporting that “children as young as 8” take deadly risks by making the trek, including being shot, tortured or “even having their organs harvested.”

They report on a man who hadn’t seen the sun for 2½ years, after being imprisoned underground.

During the course of the film, Cotter and his company have had critics, stating that the filmmakers are racist and the film is a Western campaign against the country. They have received emails, said Acchione, to which they have responded in thanks and invited the writer to respond. The filmmakers had heard nothing back at the time of the interview.

Editing 50 hours of film down to an hour has been difficult, but the biggest obstacle Cotter said he has faced is having enough money to complete the film. After using their own funds, and getting some help from family and friends,“it’s 80 percent done,” Cotter said. The filmmakers have turned to Kickstarter, an online donation site, which had allowed thousands to contribute toward its completion.

In the future, Cotter hopes to make more documentaries. “But the next time,” he said, smiling, “I’ll do one where they speak English.”

It’s easy to be cynical about the press. Bereft of a working business model, an array of media outlets chase clicks and aggregate snark in a survival-minded race to the bottom, while echo-chamber Internet reading habits allow for an insular insistence that one can, in fact, create one’s own facts. But while the integrity and quality of the world’s journalism must be self-policing, it is important to remember the governmental and institutional challenges that journalists face, both in the U.S. and around the world.

As this Reuters graphic shows, new rankings from Reporters Without Borders place the United States 49th of the 180 countries evaluated, just above Comoros but below Malta; slightly better than 53rd place Haiti, but not quite as good as 45th place El Salvador. Critics point to a continuing decline in press freedoms under President Obama, and the U.S. has fallen 29 places, from 20th since the report was inaugurated in 2009. “No fewer than eight whistleblowers, including Chelsea Manning, have been charged under the Espionage Act during Barack Obama’s two presidential terms, compared with just three under all the other administrations since its adoption in 1917,” the report noted. 

Of the 21 countries that comprise the top of the index with a “Good” press situation, 16 were in Europe, although the report noted concerns about the sustainability of the “European model“. Eritrea came in at 180th place, for the second straight year, just behind North Korea. Saudi Arabia, Russia and Iran, the world’s top 3 oil producers, were ranked 164th, 152nd and 173rd, respectively.

The report noted that covering demonstrations is becoming more difficult world-wide, and cited the arrest of 15 journalists during protests in Ferguson, Missouri, as part of the reason for America’s decline in the rankings. Claims of blasphemy and sacrilege continue to serve as excuses for abuse; the report cited the example of Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi, who was fined one million riyals ($266,000) and sentenced to 1000 lashes and 10 years in jail for running a discussion forum.

By Reuters: More highlights and lowlights can be found in the full report.

ጥውይዋይ ልብታት!
ረድኢ መሓሪ /ኣለና/
26 ለካቲት 2015

ቀደም ዘመን፡ ‘ለካቲት ቅጫ ኣይተርጉዲ በላ ንሰንካቲት’ ኢዩ ዝበሃል ዝነበረ ኣብዚ ወርሒ’ዚ። ሎሚ ከኣ ብሰንኪ እዚ ኣብ እንግድዓ ህዝብና ዝተኾደመ፡ ገና’ውን መኸልሒ ዘይተረኽቦ መንደዓት ህግደፍ፣ ቅጫና ካብ ዝረቅቕ እነሆ ርብዒ ዘመን ኮይኑ። ቅጫና ጥራይ እንተዝረቅቕ’ውን፡ ኣይምጉሃናን። ብሰንኪ ሓጺናዊ መስገደል ኢሳይያስ፣ መሰልና ረቂቕ፡ ባህጊና ረቂቕ፡ ጻማና ረቂቕ፡ ተስፋና ረቂቕ ኮይኑ። ንሱ ጥራይ ከይኣክ ከኣ፡ ጠባይና’ውን ከም ቋሬጣ ዘመነ- ኣካሒዳ ረቒቑ። ምስ’ዚ ከኣ ኣብ መዓልታዊ ጉዕዞና፡ ጥውጥዋይ ልብታት ኣይወሓደን ያ ጀምዓ!

ኣብ ክፍላ ወርሒ ለካቲት፡ ብቅንያቱ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ንመበል 25 ዓመታት ንስርሒት ፈንቅል /ብሩራዊ ኢዮቤልዩ/ ከብዕል ኢዩ ቀንዩ። ከምቲ ‘ንቁም በብህላወነ’ ዝበሃል፡ ኣብ ልቢ መራሕቲ ህግደፍን ኣብ ልብታት ህዝቢ ኤርትራን ዝነበረ ዝኽርታት ግን ነንበይኑ ኢዩ። መዓስ ንሱ ጥራይ! ኣብ ሃገራውያን ጉዳያትና ብዝምልከት፡ ኣብ ውሽጢ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ዝነበረን ዘሎን ልብታት’ውን ጥውጥዋይ ዝበዝሖ ኢዩ።

ህዝቢ ንጅግንነት ኤርትራውያን ኣብ ዝዝክረሉ፡ ንመዓልቲ ናጽነት ይኹን ንመዓልቲ ሰማእታት ኣብ ዘኽብረሉን እዋን፡ ዓቢ ናይ ሕልና ዝኽሪ ኣሎዎ። ናብቲ ስርሒት ዝተኻየደሉ ቦታ ክጓዓዝ እንከሎ ድማ፡ ካብ መቓብር ጀጋኑ፡ ከም ንግደት ሜካን ኢየሩሳሌምን ሕልናዊ ዕግበት ንምርካብ ኢዩ ከካብ ገዛውቱ ዝብገስ። ስርዓት ህግደፍ፡ ኣብ ነፍስ-ወከፍ ዝገብሮም ሃገራውያን በዓላት፡ ዕድመ ስልጣኑ ንምንዋሕን፡ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብዓረማ ከም እትሕለብ ላም፡ ብጅግንነት ደቁ እናኣዛናግዐ ንምህማልን ኢዩ ዝሰርሓሉ። ‘በጥ በል ሽደን፡ ብጻይና ኣይኮነን ወደያ ግብረቱ’ ከም ዝበሎ ሰብኣይ በዓል እምባደርሆ ከኣ፡ እወ! ኣንታ ህዝቢ፡ ወላ’ኳ ምሳኻ ኮይኑ እንተሳዕስዐን እንተመደረን፣ ብጻይካ ኣይኮነን ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ።

ደምበ ተቓውሞ’ኸ ብከመይ ዝኣመሰለ ኣገባብ ወይ ዝኽሪ ኢዩ ዘብዕሎ ነቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ረዚን ዋጋ ዝኸፈለሉ ዓበይቲ ውራያት። እቲ ኣብ ጉዕዞ ብረታዊ ቃልሲ፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ብውድባቱ /ተ.ሓ.ኤርትራን ህ.ግ.ሓ.ኤርትራን/ ዘመዝገቦ ዓወታት፡ ብሙሉኡ ንጉጅለ ህግደፍ እንተደኣ ተገዲፉሉ፡ ኣጸጋሚ ኢዩ። ደምበ ተቓውሞ ካብቲ ጸቢብ ኣረኣእያታት ከይተላቐቐ ምስ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ክተዓረቕን ብጋህዲ ክላለን ኣይክእልን ኢዩ። እንተደኣ ንዝኾነ ስርሒት ሰውራ ኤርትራ ናብ ቆፎ ኢሳይያስ ዘእቱ ኣረኣኣያ ኣሎ ኮይኑ፡ ኣይግድን! ስለዚ ውዕሎ ስርሒት ፈንቅል፡ ብቀንዱ ንብረት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ስለዝኾነ፡ ኩሉ ደላዪ ፍትሒ፣ ብዉዕዉዕ መንፈስ ከብዕሎን፡ ነቶም ኣብኡ ዝወደቑ ዜጋታቱ ብዕምቆት ክዝክርን ምተገብአ።

ከምቲ ውሕጅ እናሰሓቕካ ኢዩ ዝወስደካ ዝበሃል፡ ኢሳይያስን ስርዓቱን ከኣ ንህዝቢ ኤርትራ ትሪም-ሪም ብዝብል ኮቦሮታት እናኣሳዕስዐን እናኣደበለን ኢዩ ናብ ውዲት ‘ትግራይ ትግርኚ’ ንክወስዶ ኣብ ምሽብሻብ ዝርከብ ዘሎ። ‘ትግራይ ትርግኚ’ ዝብላ ቃላት፡ ብሙሉእ ርእሰ-ተኣማንነት ንብዙሕ ዓመታት ተዛሪበለንን ጽሒፈለንን እየ። ምንም ከኣ ንድሕሪት ዝምለስ ኣረኣእያ የብለይን።

ሓቂ’ዩ፡ እዘን ‘ትግራይ ትግርኚ’ ዝብላ ቃላት ሓያሎይ ሰባት ኣይፈትዉወንን ኢዮም። ስኽፍክፍ ኢሉ ከም ዝኾኹዮም ከኣ፡ ኣብ ቦታይ እንከለኹ እስመዓኒ። ገለ ሰባት’ውን ብዛዕባ’ዚ ጉዳይ’ዚ ይድውሉለይን ኢመይል ይጽሕፉለይን ኢዮም። ግን፡ እቲ መልእኽተይ ከኣ ንዕላማን መንገዲን ኢሳይያስ ኣፈወርቂ ዝገልጽ’ምበር፡ ኪንኡ ኣብ ናይ ፖለቲካ ደበንገረ ንዝተኸወሉ ሕቡኣን ዝምልከት ኣይኮነን። ‘ተሓቢአን ይጠንሳ፡ ሰብ ኣኪበን ይሓርሳ’ ከም ዝበሃል፣ ናይቶም ሕቡኣን ምልላይ ድማ፡ ግዜ ዝምልሶ ጉዳይ ኢዩ።

ስለዚ ንሕና ህዝቢ ኢና! ንውዕሎ መስተንክራዊ ጅግንነት ተጋደልቲ ኤርትራውያን ድማ፡ ብዝኽሪን ኣንክሮን፡ ብንብዓትን እህህታን ኢና እንዝክሮ። እሂናይ ደኣ’ኸ ናትና’ኳ’ዮም እቶም ሰራሕቲ ታሪኽ! ንሕና ዘይዘከርናዮም ደኣ መን ክዝክሮም? እቶም ኣብ ረግረግ ሳሊና ዝተቐብሩን፡ ከም ጥረ ካብ ብሱል ሓጻውን ሩስያ ተሰኪሞም ዝኸዱ ዘለዉ ስንኩላንን’ኮ ክሰርቁ እንከለዉ ኣይኮኑን ለሚሶም።

ንስጋለት ቀጣን ዝሰገሩ፡ እጹብ ድንቂ ታንኪታት ከም ሰብ ዛርቲ ዘሰራሰሩን ሂወቶም ዝወፈዩን እኒ ገረዝግሄር ከሰተ /ማጉላ/ እኒ የማነ ፍስሓጽዮንን /ቁፍሩላህ/ ወዲ ኣለምን ከመይ ቢልና ንርስዖም? ንሳቶም እኮ ኢዮም ሓዋርያ ስርሒት ፈንቅል!
እታ ናይ ጀጋኑ ታንኪ፡ ንስጋለት ቀጣን ከም ስርኤል ቀትሪ ኣብ ክንዲ ቋሕ-ሰም ዘይኣክል ግዜ ሰጊራስ፡ ነታ መንገዲ ዓጊታ ሰብ ዝወድአት ናይ ጸላኢ ረሽራሽ /ዙ-23/ ጽዒና ዝነበረት መኪና ኣብ ልዕሊኣ ተኾዲማ ጨፍለቐታ።

ታንኪ ተጋደልቲ ከኣ ምስ ሰባ፡ ብፋጎት ዝተባህለ ዘመናዊ ተተኳሲ ጸላኢ ነደደት። እዚስ ይእመን’ዶ? መድፍዕ፡ ሰብ ይደሊ ኢዩ። ስለዚ እኒ ጃጓር፡ ታይገርን ኮማንደርን ከኣ ሰባት ኣለልየን ኢየን ንመስተንክር ስርሒት ፈንቅል ዝተበገሳ። ስርሒት ፈንቅል ዝሰርሐን ኣብ ሳሊና ዝወዓለን፡ ወዲ ኤርትራ’ምበር ካብ መንዶበልዎ ዝነጠበ ኣይነበረን። ስለዚ፡ እቲ ሕፍሶ ዓወት ናይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ግምጃ’ምበር፡ ናይቶም ብናጽነት ኤርትራ ዝተጣዕሱ፡ መቓብር ሰማእታት ዘንቀጥቀጡን ንደምህት ዝሕብሕቡን ጠላማት ህግደፍ ኣይኮነን። ነዚ ሓቂ ብምግንዛብ፡ ጉራማይለ ልብታት ኣይመድለየን።

ስርሒት ፈንቅልን ውጽኢቱን፡ ንብረት ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኢዩ። ግርም’ዶ! እምበኣር ንብረት ህዝቢ ካብ ኮነ፡ ኣብ መስተንክር ውዕሎ ደቂ ኤርትራ፡ ኣብ ደምበ ተቓውሞ ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ክምልስዎ ዝግበኦም ሕቶታት ኣሎ። ብሓቂ ንዝቕበሎ ሰብ ወይ ጉጅለ ድማ፡ ስርሒት ፈንቅል መበገሲን መራኸቢን ክኾነና ምተገብአ። ኣብ ደምበ ተቓውሞ፡ ንተራን ክብሪን ሰውራ ኤርትራ ዘነኣእሱ ሓደስቲ ፈላስፋታት፡ ንውዕሎን ጅግንነትን ተጋደልቲ ኤርትራውያን ፍጹም ዘይቅበሉ ጎቦ-ጨረታት፡ ውሑዳት ኣይኮኑን። ንምግዳል ከም መርገም፡ ነቲ ንነፍሱ ረሲዑ ከም ባሕታዊ ገዳም ዝተጋደለ፡ ተጋዳላይ ድማ ከም ዕላማ ኣልቦ ኮብላሊ ገይሮም ዝርእዩዎ ምህላዎም ዘስደድምም ኢዩ።

ደርፊ ወዲ ትኹልን ወዲ ሸኽን ዝሰምዓ፡ ዜማታት ከድጃ ኣደም ወይ ኣብርሀት ኣንከረ ዝሰምዐ: ብስም “ደጋፊ ህግደፍ” ምኹናን ምስ ምንታይ ኢዩ ክቑጸር። ብዛዕባ ኣባልነት ህግደፍ ደኣ፡ ኣለዋ’ኮ ኣብቲ ምምዝጋብ ንኣባልነት ህግደፍ ዝነበረሉ ግዜ፡ ብመራኹስ ከይደን ዝተመዝገባ። ነይሮም’ኳ ኢዮም ናይ ክልቲኡ መራሕቲ ሃይማኖት ናይ ህግደፍ ናይ መንነት ካርድ ዝተቐበሉ። ናብ ህግደፍ ዘይተመዝገበ ዜጋ፡ ረድኤት ይኹን ጤሳ ኣይወሃቦን ኢዩ ይበሃል’ውን ነይሩ ኢዩ’ኮ።

ሓሸውየን ጥውጥዋይ ልብታትን ደምበ ተቓውሞ ብዙሕ ኢዩ። ብካልእ ወገን’ውን ገና ኣብቲ “ጀብሃ” “ሻዕብያ” ዝብል ሕንቅልሕንቅሊተይ ዝቕልሱ ምህላዎም፡ ቀንዲ ጠንቂ ምብትታን ደምበ ተቓውሞ ኮይኑ እስመዓኒ። ‘ጀብሃ’ ናትና፡ ‘ሻዕብያ’ ድማ ናትና ኢዮም። ጀብሃ ወይ ሻዕብያ ግን ሃይማኖት፡ ጃምዕ ኣልኹላፋ ኣልራሺዲን ወይ ቤተ ክርስትያን ኣይኮነን። ክሳብ ልክዕ ዕድመኻ ከም ሃይማኖት ክትኣምነሉን ከተምልኾን ምንባር ድማ፡ እነሆ ውጽኢቱ ብጋህዲ ይነግረና ኣሎ። እቶም ኣብ ክልቲኡ ውድባት ዝነበሩን ዘለዉን ዜጋታት ናትና’ዮም! ንመን ደኣ ክንህቦም?
እቶም ንውዕሎን ታሪኽን ‘ጀብሃን’ ‘ሻዕብያን’ ዝጠለሙ ከሓድቲ ህግደፋውያን ግን፡ ናትና ናይ ህዝቢ ኣይኮኑን። እንታይ ማለት’ዩ’ኸ ሎሚ ድሕሪ ፍርቂ ዘመን “ጀብሃ” “ሻዕብያ” ኢልካ ምብትታን? ብኣረኣእያ’ዞም ሰባት ምግዳል፡ ወይ ተጋዳላይ ብላሽ እንተኾይኑስ፣ ብሙሉኡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዝኸፈሎ ክብሪ፡ ዋጋ በለስ ክኸውን ኢዩ ማለት ኢዩ። መረብ ንተከዘ ሒዛ ትዕበ ከም ዝበሃል፡ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድማ ንሰውርኡን ንውዕሎ ጀጋኑ ደቁን ሒዙ ኢዩ ዝዕበ። እቲ ምንታይ፡ ኣብ ዘመነ ገድሊ፡ ዘይተጋደለ ህዝቢ ስለዘይነበረ፣ ምግዳል ሓበን ዝነበረሉ እዋን ኣይረሓቐን። ንፍረ ገድሊ ዝኾነ ናጽነት ኢዩ ድማ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ኣብ ቅድሚ ዓለም፡ ብ99.8% “እወ ንናጽነት” ኢሉ ድምጹ ዝሃበሉ። መን ደኣ ኣፍረዮ ናጽነትን ረፈረንደምን? ምግዳል ብላሽ እንተኾይኑ፡ ደም ጀጋኑና’ውን ደመ-ከልቢ ክኸውን ኢዩ። ስለዚ ኣንቱም ሰብ ጥውይዋይ ልብታት፡ ስለ እዚ ዝጠፍእ ዘሎ ዘራይ ዘይረኸበ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ፡ ንዑ ደኣ ጋእ በሉ።

ሎሚ ብሰንኪ ኢሳይያስን ውሑዳት ጭፍራኡን ግዜ ምስ ሓንገደ፡ ንኩሉ ‘ህዝባዊ ግንባር’ ‘ሻዕብያ’ ‘ህግደፍን’ ኣብ ሓደ መኹባዕቲ ኣእትዮም ዘደባለቑዎን ብኣልማማ ኩነኔ ዝተራእየን። እንደገና’ውን እዞም ሰባት፡ ከምቲ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ዘብዕሎ “በዓል ባሕቲ መስከረም” “በዓል ናጽነት” “በዓል ሰማእታት” ከብዕሉን ክእከቡን ይረኣዩ። እቲ ናጽነት ብደሙ፡ ብኣዕጽምቱን ሂወቱን ዘምጽአ፡ እቲ ንሞት ብፍሽኽታ ዝተቐበለ፡ ከም ጽምብላሊዕ እናረኣየ ናብ መግሃር ሓዊ ዝኣተወ … እወ! እቲ ኣብ ጉዕዞ ንናጽነት ዝተሰውአ’ኮ ተጋዳላይ ኢዩ ዝነበረ’ምበር ቀሺ ዓጣን ደብሪ ኣይነበረን።

ህዝቢ ኤርትራ እምባ መግዛእቲ ብኳዕናኑ እንከሎ፡ ዓለም ዘይገሰሱን ደናግልን ደቁ ኢዮም ተበጅዮም። ወዲ ሓጂን ወዲ ቀሺን፡ ምርያምን መርየምን፡ ትግረን ትግርኛን፡ ሳሆን ዓፈርን፡ ኩናማን ናራን፡ ብሌንን ሕዳርብን ኢዩ’ኮ ከፊሉ እዚ ህዝቢ። መስተንክር ጅግንነት ደቀንስትዮ ኤርትራውያን ድማ፡ ብርቂ መለክዒ ኤርትራውነት ኢዩ ዝነበረ። እሞ ንምንታይ ደኣ ልቢ ህግደፍ ጥራይ ከይኣክልሲ፡ ካልእ ጥውጥዋይ ኣድለየ? ኣብ ስርሒት ፎርቶ፡ ኣብ ውዕሎ ጅግና ወዲ ዓሊ ዝነበረ ሓዞቕዞቕ’ኳ ተማሂርናሉ ኢና። ብሳላ ግዜ፡ ከምቲ ‘ኣሎ ተካል ዕልልታ፡ ኣሎ ከኣ ርሑስ ኣውያት’ ዝበሃል፡ ንተበግሶ ገዳይም ተጋደልቲ ኣብ ፎርቶ፡ ነንበይኑ ጸሎት ኢዩ ተሰሚዑ። እዚ ከኣ ካብ ነንበይኑ ልብታት ዝመንጨወ መንጫዕጫዕታ ኢዩ ዝነበረ። ንለውጢ ዓወት ብውሽጢ ንከይመጽእ ስግኣት ዝነበሮም ሰባት’ውን ርኢና’ኮ ኢና። ‘ኣሓ ርእዮም ቃውጭ ይሕጸዩ’ ከም ዝበሃል፡ ከደት ጉዳይ ፎርቶ ምስ ተባህለት ከኣ፣ ግምጥል ኢሎም ድጉሽቶትና! ኢሎም። ሽዑ፡ ንጅግንነት ወዲ ዓሊ ማዕረ ሰማይ ሰቒሎሞ ክነሶም፡ ሎሚ ንግሆን ምሸትን ዝዛረብዎ ግን ነንበይኑ ኢዩ።

ብድሕሪ ስርሒት ፎርቶ፡ ብስነ-ፍልጠታዊ መንገዲ ድሕሪ ምግምጋም ክንደይ ርሕቀቱ መንገዲ’ኸ ተሪፉና ኣሎ ምባል ንጉዕዞኻ ዝኸውን ጫማ ንከተዳሉ ይሕግዘካ ኢዩ። ኢሳይያስ ብዙሕ ግዜ ካብ መጻወድያ ኤርትራውያን ኣምሊጡ’ኳ እንተኾነ፡ ገና ብድሕሪ ወዲ ዓሊ፡ ብሃገራዊ ፍቕሪ ናይ ዝነደዱ ደቀባት ዝተደጎለ ጓህሪ ክህሉ ከም ዝኽእልሲ ንኣምን ኢና። እቲ ምንታይ፡ ጉዳይና ጉዳይ 5 ሚልዮን ህዝቢ፡ ሰፍ ዘይብል ዋጋ ዝተኸፍሎ ስለዝኾነ።

ከምቲ ቀደም ግዜ ‘ሰስግኡ ንከልቢ እንዳ ጎይታና፣ ዓዓጽሙ ድማ ንዓና’ ዝበሃል ዝነበረ ጽውጽዋይ፤ እቲ ስለ ናጽነት ኤርትራ ጨው ዝፈረየ ተጋዳላይ /ኣብ ተ.ሓ.ኤ.ን ኣብ ህ.ግ.ሓ.ኤ.ን/ ስለ’ቲ ደርማስ ኣበርክቶኡ ሓኸለ ናጽነት’ኳ ዝግብኦ እንተነበረ፣ ኣይከም ዝተጸበዮን! ስለዚ ቃልሲ ኣንጻር ህግደፍ ኢልና ቅድሚ ምትላምና፡ ልብታትና ነወሃህድ። ንማሕበረ-ቁጠባዊን ፖለቲካዊ መዋቕርን ኤርትራ፡ ታሪኽን ውዕሎን ጀጋኑ፡ ህሉው ኩነታት ግንባር ህግደፍን ግንባር ህዝቢን ብደቂቕ ምትንታን ድማ የድሊ ኣሎ። ጥውጥዋይ ልብታት ያዕ ንበሎ!

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Best of Sweden – Sweden’s unknown superstars

Vara Concert New Artist in Residence, Andrew Young, collect stars that are icons in their home country but unknown in Sweden. An evening of intoxicating music and powerful stories with Sweden’s unknown superstars.

Naser Razzazi is the Kurdistan correspondence to Bruce Springsteen, according to the Kurdish violinist Pedram Shahlai. Widely known and popular artist of all Kurds and Persians. When he appeared in Kurdistan in memory of the victims of the genocide of Kurds in Halabja came over one hundred thousand people. His words songs

centuries of oppression, standing up for the Kurdish struggle for an independent country and culture. He has in his homeland tortured and seen their friends being executed. The situation became worse when Ayathollah Khomeini took power in Iran. He fled, and in 1984 he came to Sweden.

Osman Abdul Rahim called by his countrymen for the Eritrean Elvis Presley. In the 60s, he was a big hit with ”Love is blind” and became a well-known artist in Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan. He sings in the mother tongue Tigrinya. Swinging London in the 60’s had in the Afrika counterpart – Swinging Addis and Asmara, where a cultural life flourished during the Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassie. It was during this era Osman Abdul Rahim began his career at the Haile Selassie National Theatre in Addis Ababa and later in Asmara Theatre. In 1983 he fled to Sweden from Eritrea because of war and dictatorship. 2015 is celebrating his 50 years as an artist.

Ramy Essam was one of the Egyptian revolution, prominent figures in Tahrir Square during the Arab Spring 2011. The songs became a powerful way to attack the regime without violence, without weapons. The song is obtained, which was named the third most world-changing song in the history of Time Out, he wrote in a tent in the middle of Tahrir Square in

Cairo during the revolution. He performed it before hundreds of thousands of spectators, and it quickly spread around the world on Youtube. In 2011 he was arrested by Egyptian military and tortured. Got after a two-year music scholarship and moved to Malmö.

Safoura Safavi formed early band Abjeez with his sister. In Persian, with Western musical styles as reggae, soul and soul, singing the socially critical lyrics about taboos substances arranged marriage and that men should not cry. The songs are banned from being played in Iran, but with the help of the internet, they have been widely adopted and made their way into Iranian society that has been closed to Western culture for over 30 years. Safoura inter alia talks that song Biyaa, which was written in conjunction with the green movement began in 2009 in Iran, is a call to the masked police to unite with the people. Safoura fled like a 5 year old with his family to Ostersund from Iran.

Hosted by Alexandra Pascalidou, who works as a journalist, presenter, writer and sits on the board of the Children’s Rights in Society. She was also prominent person in the Council of Europe’s anti-racism campaign. Alexandra was born in Romania by Greek parents, but moved to Sweden during the Greek military dictatorship.

Tour

8/4 Kulturhuset Stadsteatern Stockholm

9/4 Uppsala konsert & kongress

10/4 Vara Konserthus

11/4 Stora teatern Göteborg

12/4 Spira Jönköping

Children as young as seven are leaving their homes in Africa to travel thousands of miles alone, across land and sea, to Europe.

More lone children than ever before are attempting the route, some sent by their parents who do not want them to grow up in repressive countries.

One of the busiest and most dangerous routes begins in Eritrea, where they cross the border into Sudan.

Paul Kenyon visited one of the first stepping stones on this route, Shagarab refugee camp in Sudan.

Monday 23 February, 20:30 GMT, BBC One