for freedom of Expression
ፍቕረይ የማን* ኣብ መጋቢት 2019 ብኣሕታሚ እምኵሉ ተሓቲማ ንዕዳጋ ዝተዘርግሐት መጽሓፍ እኵብ ግጥምታት እንቶሽ ብቀሺ ዮናስ ወልደሩፋኤል፡ ደራሲ ኣብ መንጎ 1998ን ብቐንዱ ከኣ ድሕሪ ኣብ 2009 ንስደት ድሕሪ ምምራሑ ዝጸሓፎም 102 ግምጥታት ዝሓዘት’ያ። ግጥምታት እዛ መጽሓፍ፡ ነቲ ዝገልጽዎን ዝግለጽሉን ባህሊ በርቢሮም፣ እቲ ባህሊ መንነቱ ዝገልጸሎም ኣበሃህላታት፡ ምሳሌታትን ላዛታቶምን ኣለልዮም፡ ዳግማይ ከሺኖም ናብቲ ዝገልጽዎ ባህሊ፡ ስምዒትን
From the last week of June until mid-July, PEN Eritrea has been collaborating with artist and activist Gianluca Costantini to highlight the cases of forgotten Eritrean journalists. In his Human Rights in Eritrea series, the artist has produced 15 illustrations of the jailed journalists. A faculty of Bologna School of Fine Arts and this year’s
Yirgalem Fisseha Mebrhatu is a household name in Eritrea. Arguably one of Eritrea’s finest women poets, a radio presenter, and short story writer, she also suffered six years of arbitrary arrest in the country’s most notorious military prison, a fate many Eritrean writers share because of their profession. In February 2009, the educational radio station,
Eritrea’s iconic photojournalist, former freedom fighter and first director of the state TV, Eri-TV, Seyoum Tsehaye is one the 16 journalists languishing in Eritrea’s infamous detention centers. Seyoum had solo photograph exhibition in 1997 in Asmara. Following the exhibition, Arts Lens magazine (now out of print) interviewed him. JJ Noalwi from Asmara has sent us
One of Eritrea’s best contemporary Artists, Ermias Ekube speaks with PEN Eritrea’s Mogos O. Berhane about his work, philosophy in art and exile. By Mogos O. Berhane Ermias Ekube was born in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He studied art at the Addis Ababa University- Alle School of Fine Arts and Design (ASFAD). He joined the School
እዛ እትስዕብ ቃለ-መሕተት ስነ-ጥበበኛ ኤፍሬም ካሕሳይ (ወዲ-ዃዳ) ምስ ገጣሚን ጋዜጠኛን ኣማኑኤል ኣስራት (ካብ መስከረም 2001 ክሳብ ሎሚ ብዘይ ደሃይ ተሸሪቡ ዘሎ) ኣብ ናይ 17 መስከረም 1999 ሕታም ጋዜጣ ሰቲት ዘካየዶ ኢያ። እዛ ምልልስ ብብዙሕ መምዘኒታት–ርጡብነት ሕቶታታትን ዘየዳግም መልስታትን–ኣዝያ ብልጽቲ ኰይና ነዚ ክሳብ ሎሚ ኣብ ተመሳሳሊ ዓውዲ መኸዴ ዝመላለስ ዘሎ ኣምር ግጥሚ ብልጽቲ መወከሲት ክትከውን እትኽእል’ያ።
Culture Trip’s article with journalist and fiction writer and PEN Eritrea executive director about the situation in Eritrea how is working to remedy it. Fiction pales in comparison to the reality of present day Eritrea. There are over 360 prison facilities (majority underground detention centers run/owned by military commanders who extort money for plea bargains)