PEN Eritrea in Exile mourns the passing of Hege Newth, former Secretary General of PEN Norway and an Honorary Member of PEN Eritrea in Exile, whose life’s work embodied compassion, courage, and unwavering commitment to defend human dignity. Her death is a profound loss not only for her family, PEN Norway, but also for
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ተስፊት ኣብርሃም* ቅድመ ኣንደበተ ልሳኑ፡ ‘ደቂ ዓደይ ኵላትኩም ዕምባባ / ስምዑኒ ክራረይ ከዛርባ፡’ ብምባል፡ ብቕኒት ክራሩ ንኣመታዊ ባሕረ-ሓሳባቱ ከፍስስ፡ ህርድግ ዝብል ስነጥበበኛ። ኣብ ክንዲ ኣሽሓት ቃላት ናይ ፍቕራዊ ጥበራ፡ ‘… ብኣኺ ክቓኒ፡ ክራረይ ኣልዓልኩ / እደርፈልኪ ኣለኹ ፍቕረይ እናበልኩ፡’ ብውህደት ቅኒት ጣዕመ ክራሩ ክጸውየላ ሓዀት ዝብል ስነጥበበኛ። ኣብ ክንዲ ናፍቖታዊ ደብዳበ ክሰድድ ዝህቅን፡ ‘ብቕኒት ክራረይ፡
ደሳለ በረኸት* ንጋዜጠኛን ደራስን ሚኪኤል በርሀ፡ ድሕሪ ግንቦት 1991 እየ ዝያዳ ዝፈልጦ። ኣብቲ ግዜ’ቲ፡ ስሙ ኣብ ራድዮ “ድምጺ ሓፋሽ” ከይሰማዕካያ፥ ከምኡ’ውን – ገለ ካብ ጽሑፋቱ ኣብ ጋዜጣ “ሓዳስ ኤርትራ” ከየንበብካ ምቕናይ ልሙድ ኣይነበረን። ከም ሓቂ፡ ንሚኪኤል በርሀ ኣብ መወዳእታ 80ታት እውን፡ ሳሕቲ – ከም መራሒ-መድረኽ፡ ናይ ጒጅለ ባህሊ “ሂላል” እንከሎ፡ ርእየዮ እፈልጥ ነይረ’የ። ሽዕኡ፡ ሓውሲ
Biniam Simon, the 2025 PEN Eritrea Freedom Expression Award Winner, received his award on Sunday, 26th October, in Milan, Italy, in a ceremony hosted by PEN Eritrea as part of its Annual Meeting. Austrian writer and human rights defender Wolfgang Martin Roth presented Biniam with the PEN Eritrea Freedom of Expression Award trophy. Roth
PEN Eritrea in Exile conducted its Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy, from 25-26 October 2025. PEN members from around the world attended the annual meeting in person and online, where they discussed a range of topics. The Director of PEN Eritrea, Awet Fissehaye, officially commenced the meeting with opening remarks and the presentation of
Samuel Emaha Tsegai* Editor’s Note: The following review reflects the views of the author and does not necessarily represent the opinion of PEN Eritrea. Readers with different perspectives are welcome to join the conversation. “They would Love to see me dead, so they can say: He belongs to us, he is ours.” Mahmoud Darwish
ሳሙኤል ገብረሂወት (ዓካ-ዓካ) መስከረም መጸት፡ ነቶም ንዝሓለፈ 24 ዓመታት፡ ወዲ ሰብ ክነብረሉ ኣብ ዘይክእል ኮንተይነራት፡ ኣብ ከቢድ ጸቕጢ ክሊማ ብዓመጽ ዝተኣስሩ ኣርካናት መራሕተይን መሳርሕተይ ነበር ጋዜጠኛታትን እናኽዝክር፡ መሪር ቃንዛ ይስመዓኒ። እዚ ከቢድ ቃንዛን ጓህን ከኣ፡ “ጸላኢ” ንዝብሎ ዝኾነ ይኹን ወገን እውን ኣይምነየሉን’የ። እዞም ‘ንህዝቢ ዝኣተናሉ መብጽዓ ይተግበር፡ ስልጣን ናብ ህዝቢ ይረከብ፡ ሕሉፍ ጌጋታትና ይተኣረም፡ ብግዝኣተ
Biniam Simon, an exiled journalist, editor, and founding director of Radio Erena, has been awarded the PEN Eritrea Freedom of Expression Award 2025. The PEN Eritrea Freedom of Expression Award is announced every year on September 18th to commemorate the press freedom ban in Eritrea and honour writers and journalists who have been unlawfully imprisoned
ጋዜጠኛን መስራቲ ራድዮ ኤረናን ብንያም ስምኦን፡ ኣብ ናጽነት ምግላጽ ሓሳባት፡ ምህናጽ ሚድያዊ ትካል ከምኡ ድማ ባህሊ ሚዛናዊ ትሕዝቶ ዜና ብምትብባዕ፡ ሽልማት ፐን ኤርትራ 2025 ተጐናጺፉ። ኮሚተ ሽልማት ፐን ኤርትራ 2025 ትምኒት ተስፉ፣ ሄኖክ ተስፋብሩኽ ከምኡ’ውን የማነ ሃይለ፥ ብዘቕረብዎ ጸብጻብ መሰረት፡ ‘ኣፍልጦ ይግበኦም’ ተባሂሎም ብደጋፊ መረዳእታ ካብ ዝተረቚሑ ሕጹያት፡ መምዝኒ ነጥብታት ተኸቲሎም ብዝሃብዎ ድምጺ ብንያም