Category: behind the bars

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

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.

ይርጋኣለም ፍስሃ* ራብዓይን መወዳእታን ክፋል መፈጸምታ ናይቲ መጀመሪ ነቲ እናወደቕኩ እናተንሳእኩ᎓ ተስፋ እናቘረጽኩ ሓቦ እናጸፈኹ᎓ ከምኡ’ውን እናነባዕኩ ሳሕቲ ከኣ እናተተስፈኹ᎓ ዝሓለፍኩዎ ህይወት እናሰሓቕኩ ከዘንትወሉ ስለ ዝበቓዕኩ ንፈጣርየይ አመስግን። ንኵሉ ደላይ ሰላምን ደጋፊ ውጹዕን ኣኽብሮተይ እገልጽ። ናባይ ብምድዋልን ኣብ መውሃቢ ርእይቶ ሓሳብኩም ብምስፋር ኰነ ደገፍኩም ብምግላጽ ሞራል ዝሃብኩምኒ ኣንበብቲ ልባዊ ምስጋናይ አቕርብ። ኣብዚ ስለስተ ክፋላት ዘቕረብኩዎ

ይርጋኣለም ፍስሃ* ሳልሳይ ክፋል “ሰለስተ ሰብኡት ኣይመድለዩን፣ ብሽጉጥ ክትቀትሉኒ ትኽእሉ ኔርኩም” ሓሙስ 21/10/2010 ንሓካይም ቤት-ማእሰርቲ ማይ-ስርዋ᎓ ሓንቲ ካብተን ዘይጥዑማት ዕለታት ምንባራ እግምት። ቅድሚኡን ድሕሪኡን᎓ ሎሚ ክጠቕሶ ግዜኡ ዘይኣኸለ᎓ ብዙሕ ኣሰቃቒ ትርኢታት ከም ዝርኣዩ ርግጸኛ’የ። ምስ ምሉእ ጕልበቱን ጥዕናኡን ናብ መርመራ ክውሰድ ዝረኣኻዮ ጐበዝ ድሕሪ ገለ ሰዓታት᎓ ብወተሃደራት ተጸይሩ ወይ ተደጊፉ ክምለስ ምርኣይ ልሙድ’ዩ። ናተይ ከኣ

ይርጋኣለም ፍስሃ* ካልኣይ ክፋል “ወርሓዊ ጽግያት ኣለኒ… መዓልቲ’ባ ቀይረለይ በጃኻ” ረቡዕ 20/10/2010 ሰዓታት ቍርሲ ሓሊፉ። ተሓዚ መፍትሕ᎓ ሸላና እናኸፈተ᎓ ስመይ ረቝሐ። “ትጽውዒ’ለኺ።” ብድድ ኢለ ነቐልኩ። ምጽዋዕ ዝተፈላለየ ስምዒታት’ዩ ዝፈጥር–ፍርሒን ተስፋን። “እንታይ’ኮን ከምጽኡለይ’ዮም? ብኸመይ ትሓልፈለይ ትኸውን?” ዝብሉ ሕቶታት ኣናዊጾም ፍርሒ ክፈጥሩልካ ከለዉ᎓ ጕዳዮም ዘይፈለጡን ሓታቲ ዘይረኸቡን᎓ እሱራት ስለ እትፈልጥ፣ ምጽዋዕካ ከም ብልጫ ወሲድካ ትትስፎ። ኣብቲ እዋን