Daniel R. Mekonnen Often times, media is described as the fourth pillar of government, the other three being the legislative, the executive and the judicial pillars. Media plays a crucial role in restraining government authority and ensuring the ideals of “checks and balances,” by shaping public opinion and by blowing the whistle when government power
Author: staff
ደሳለ በረኸት* ኣብዛ ንእሽቶ ነርወጃዊት ከተማ ‘Bø’ (ቧ) ካብ ዝቕመጥ ክልተ ዓመት ኣሕሊፈ ኣብ ዝነበርኩሉ እዋን፡ ኣብ መጸበዪ ባቡር ዘጓነፈኒ ፍጻመ’ዩ። ባቡር ክሳብ ትመጽእ መጽሓፍ ከንብብ ስለ ዝደለኹ፡ ናብታ ብዙሕ ካልእ ቀንጠ-መንጢ’ውን ሒዛ ዝነበረት ዝተጠርነቐት ቦርሳይ ኢደይ ሰደድኩ። ነታ መጽሓፍ ክግንጽላ ክብል ግን፡ ሓንቲ ኣብ መንጐ እቲ ፊልዮታት ተቐርቂራ ዝጸንሐት ስእሊ ናብ ባይታ ጥብ
A Statement from the President, Prof. Ghirmai Negash In times of abysmally worsening political and human conditions in Eritrea, it was imperative that concerned advocates of human rights initiated PEN Eritrea. Pen Eritrea is an autonomous, non-partisan organization, and strives to give voice to the plight of all jailed journalists, writers and artists in the
“ናይ ደረስቲ ናጽነት” ብዕለት 27 ሕዳር 1992 ኣብ ከበብ ሰራሕተኛታት ኣስመራ ዝተዋህበ ኣስተምህሮ ብግርማይ ነጋሽ ግርማይ ነጋሽ ንናይ ደረስቲ ናጽነት ኣመልኪቱ ኣስተምህሮ ሂቡ ነይሩ። ኣብቲ ኣብ ክበብ ሰራሕተኛታት ዝተዋህበ ኣስተምህሮ፡ ግርማይ ነጋሽ፡ እታ ሓደስ ሃገር ንመሰል ናጽነት ሓሳብካ ምግላጽ ዝለዓለ ጠመተ ክትህቦ ኣስሚሩሉ ነይሩ። ኣብ ኣፍሪቃን ካልኦት ኣብ ምምዕባል ዝርከባ ሃገራትን ዝርአ ጭቆና ናጻፕረሰን ሓሳብካ ምግላጽን ድሕሪ ምዝርዛር ድማ ነቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ገና ኣብ ውሽጢ ሓደ ዓመት ናጽነት ንዝተገንዘቦ ርድኢት ብኸምዚ ገሊጹዎ ነይሩ፤ “ብሕልፊ እኳ ደረስቲ ‘መንግስትና ከይነቐይሞ’፡ ወይ’ውን
ኣብርሃም ተስፋልኡል* ሃብቱ ነዳቓይ ትርኢቱ ብጸሓይ በሲሉ ዓይኑ ብድኻም ሰሊሉ ብስዋ ግን ተሸምጊሉ ሃብቱ … እናተመልሰ ቤቱ ወርሒ ወጽያ… ቅርኒብ ዓይኒ ተዃሒላ ዓውዲ ቀውዒ ተመሲላ ርእያቶ ርእዩዋ ስሒቑ ስሒቓ ብኡ-ብኡ ተብተብ ኢሉ ናብታ … ናብ … ናብ ጸማልያ መብራህቲ ሽሮ’ታ ድስክልቲ ሰበነ ቍንንቲ ብትንፋስ ትመውቕ ኣብታ ጸባብ ክፍሊ ሉቺ ተጸብያቶም ከም ወትሩ ብዓቕሊ ምንኻስ ኣምሲሉ
In collaboration with PEN Eritrea, PEN Sweden’s Dissident Blog devoted a special issue (16) to the state of the media in Eritrea and Ethiopia. Click here to read the following articles in The Dissident Blog 1. “The culture is in the hands of those who toe the line” by Abraham T. Zere. 2. “You can’t wake
ቅዋመይ መንቀጽ ደመይ ከመይ ከመይ? ቀሪብኪ ኔርኪ ክትኣትዊ ዓዲ ትኽ ኢልኪ ከይትኸዲ ተኣሊኺ እንዳ እቲ ወዲ ፈቲኽዮ ዲኺ ብግዲ? ደንጒኺ ኣብ መገዲ እስከ ድሃይ ስደዲ ቅዋመይ ፈውሲ ሕማመይ ከመይ ከመይ? ኣይቆቡዕ ኣይሮቡዕ ንዒ እባ ሓዳር ግበሪ ንዒ እባ ኣመሓድሪ ንዒ መስከረም ንዒ ጥሪ ብፈረንጂ ዲኺ ብሓበሻ ትቘጽሪ? ቅዋመይ መንቀጽደመይ ከመይከመይ? ዶር/ ርእሶም ሃይለ ምንጪ– ዕንክሊል (2002) « GO BACK
Haile Bizen’s poem “My Eritrea” published in Pen Sweden. Click here to read the poem in Pen Sweden. « GO BACK
Particularly, the writers will have to be alert against becoming victims of a paralyzing “self-censorship” that expresses itself in thoughts such as, “we should not offend our government,” or “maybe our government will not like this,” or “if I write this, people will think this.” One may ask the question “Why?” The answer – as