Category: behind the bars

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

ይርጋኣለም ፍስሃ* ቀዳማይ ክፋል “ነዚ ሰብኣይ ትኸውን ሓንቲ ጥይት ድያ ተሳኢና ኢልኪ ተዛሪብኪ” ንውሕሰነት ሓያሎ ሰብ ዛንታ ክብል᎓ ኣብ ጽሑፈይ ስም ኣይክጠቅስን’የ። “19 ለካቲት 2009 ልክዕ ሰዓት 4 ድ/ቀ/ ኣገዳሲ ኣኼባ ስለዘሎ ኵሉ ኣባል ኣብ ኮረድዮ ክርከብ ንሕብር” ኣብ መስቀሊ ሓበሬታ ቤት-ጽሕፈት ሬድዮ ባና ተሰቒላ ናይ ዝሓደረትን ዝወዓለትን ወረቐት፣ ትእዛዝ ኣኽቢሩ ዝተኣኻኸበ ሰራሕተኛ᎓ ርዝነት ዘይዋሃቦም

ተስፋጊዮርጊስ ሃብተ* ካብ ዝኽሪ ዝተጻሕፈት * * * 30 ሰነ 2012 ኣብ ሓንቲ ኣብ ሃገርና ካብ ዝርከባ ብዙሓት ስሙያት መቐፈዲ ንጹሃን ዝዀና ማይ-ስርዋ ዝተባህለት ጥቡቕ ሓለዋ ዝካየደላ ወተሃደራዊ ቤት ማእሰርቲ እየ ዘለኹ። ሎሚ ቀዳም ኢዩ። ካብ ቤት ጽሕፈተይ – ሚኒስትሪ ትምህርቲ – ተወጢጠ ካብ ዝእሰር እነሆ 1,227 መዓልታት ሓሊፉ። መዓልታዊ᎓ ከም ኵላቶም ኣብዚ ዘለዉ እሱራት፤

By Tesfagiorgis Habte* A day reconstructed from memory June 30, 2012 It is an ordinary day in Mai-Serwa military prison camp, one of the most notorious higher-security military prison camps in Eritrea. Since February 19, 2009, when I was escorted from my office in the Ministry of Education, it has been 1,227 days in state

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