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እታ መንግስቲ ዝተጻብኣ ናይ መንግስቲ ረድዮ

በየነ ሰመረ* መሬት ኣይደሓነን ን19 ለካቲት 2009 ልክዕ ሰዓት ክልተ ድሕሪ ቀትሪ፡ ኵሎም ኣባላት ረድዮ ባና ዓመታዊ ናይ ስራሕ ገምጋም ንምግባር ኣኼባ ከም ዘሎ ካብ ዝንገር ሳልስቲ ኣቝጺሩ ነበረ። እቶም ደጋጊሞም ንስራሕ ዘይኣትዉ ኣባላት’ውን ኣብታ መዓልቲ ከይበዅሩ ከም ዝድውለሎም ተገይሩ። ገለ ኣባላት ነብሶም ግዲ ነጊሩዎም ኣብቲ ኣኼባ ክዳን ደሪቦም’ዮም መጺኦም። ኣካያዲ ኣኼባ ዳይረክተር ጀነራል ክፍሊ

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​The Eritrean “free” press: A classic example of Orwellian Newspeak

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

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A Statement from the President

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

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PEN Eritrea Advisory Council and Executive Committee

PEN Eritrea Advisory Council and Executive Committee Advisory Council Ermias Ekube, President (Painter and poet) Weini Sulieman, Member (Journalist and YouTube host) Hassan Idris Teweel, Member (Journalist and refugee advocate) Executive Committee Awet Fissehaye: Executive Director (Poet, writer and lyricist; studied English and Literature at University of Asmara) Timnet T. Gedar: Secretary (PhD candidate in

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