Tedros Abraham* My memory of that day is as vivid as reality itself. Fear had never infected me, nor did I have even the slightest suspicion that the day would conclude the way it did. Here is how it happened: Tsegay Chichi walked in, dressed in his iconic black leather jacket, the waist pocket flaps
Category: behind the bars
ይርጋኣለም ፍስሃ* “ነቶም ኣብ ኤርትራ ካብ 2001 ኣትሒዞም ኣብ ትሕቲ ኣስካሕካሒ ህይወት ቤት ማእሰርቲ ዝሳቐዩ ዘለዉ ጸሓፍትን ጋዜጠኛታትን ዝዝክር፡ ኣብቲ እዋን’ቲ ንስለ መሰል ናጽነት ምግላጽ ሓሳባት ደው ምባሎምን፡ ንስለ ዝኣምንሉ መትከል ሕጂ’ውን ዝኸፍልዎ ዘለዉ ዋጋን ደጊምካ-ደጋጊምካ ክብሪ ንምሃብ ዝዓለመ ወፍሪ ምጽሓፍ ደብዳበታት፡ ግጥሚታት፡ ዓንቀጻት ወዘተ ከነካይድ ኢና” ዝብል ትሕዝቶ ቀዳማይ ሕጥበ-ጽሑፉ ገይሩ፣ ንኣበርክቶ ኵሎም ኣባላት
*ኣኸድር ኣሕመዲን . . . ብፍላይ ኣብ ዝኽሪ ቅንያት ‘ቲ ናጽነት ምግላጽ ሓሳባት ኣብ ኤርትራ ዝተዀልፈሉን፡ ተስፋ ዝተነብሮ መስርሕ ፖለቲካዊ ህንጸት ዝሓለቐሉን እዋናት. . .ስምካ እንክለዓል፡ ካብቲ ከም መሳርሕቲ፡ ከም ዓቢይ ሓው፡ ኣያን ንኡስን ኴንና ብሓባር ዝሰራሕናለን ዓመታት ምስንዳእ ጋዜጣ ጽጌናይ ነቲ ፈለማ ዝተላለናሉን መወዳእታ ዝተፈላለናሉን እዋናት እየ ዝያዳ ዝዝክር፤ ነናተን መዘክር ይነብረን! ትዝክር ኢኻ.
ይርጋኣለም ፍስሃ* ቀዳመይቲ ንግሆ “ንመተኣስርተይ ከመይ ሓደርኩም ክብል” ኣቶ ኣርኣያ ደፎጭ ኣብ ሚ/ት/ክ/ት/ን/ሚድያ (ሬድዮ ባና) ተሓዚ ንብረት ዝነበሩ ቀይሕ ቆማት ኣቦ’ዮም። ገርሂን ሕያዋይን ድማ! ምዱብ ስራሖም፡ ንሰራሕተኛታት ዘድሊ መሳርሒታት ቤት ጽሕፈት፡ ብሓለፍቲ ተፈቒዱ ምስ ተፈረመ፡ ኣብታ እንተላይ መኽዘን ዝዀነት ቤት ጽሕፈቶም ኰይኖም ቢሮ፡ መሕተምን መጽሓፍን ወረቓቕቲ፡ tab record… ዝኣመሰሉ ንገራት ንሰራሕተኛታት ምዕዳል’ዩ። ብተወሳኺ ኣብቲ ኣብ
“እቲ ብጉባኤ ሊቃውንቲ ኣርሞ ዝተብሃልካዮሲ ኣይኣረምካዮን ዲኻ?” ኢሉ ኣቶ ዩፍታሄ ንቀሺ ዶ/ር ተኽለኣብ ሓተቶ።
By Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu* Part four & final I thank God for enabling me to tell my story of despair, helplessness, torture, hope, and courage. I express my respect to all the peace-loving Eritreans who stood on the side of the oppressed. I extend my heartfelt gratitude to all those who called and sent encouraging
By Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu* Part three “You did not need three men: you could have killed me with a gun” I assume the medics of Mai-Serwa prison have handled many horrendous cases. It was common to see a young man with good health going to the interrogation room and coming out broken, bruised and bloodied
By Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu* Part One “You called for the President’s assassination” For the safety of the people discussed in the story, I will not mention names. Following a strong official notice from a day before to all employees of Radio Bana to duly come to a meeting on 19 February 2009 at 4:00 p.m.,
By Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrahtu* Part Two “I am on a period… Could you please change the date for me?” Wednesday, 20th of October 2010, just after breakfast, the guard opened my cell and called my name. “You are summoned.” I followed him. Summons to the prison head office produces conflicting feelings – hope and fear.