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[Zmeselo]

ERITREA: Where things are done by ERITREANS, for ERITREANS.

[lil kogne]

Awash wrote: ↑
23 Jan 2012, 15:26

" I couldn't agree with you more. But, we Ethiopians aren't so bad, are we? At least we're not gonna lock your people up in metal shipping containers or underground cells. You can also worship what ever religion you want to worship. And, when you come out of prison, you can still have your mental faculties intact to ppursue higher education in Ivy league college in the U.S. Best of all, you will have your culture and customs respected and preserved for generations to come.

So, considering the atrocities being committed by shabo against your people, you're better off being liberated by Ethiopians before shabo finishes you off for good.[/color] "

Those are Awetash aka Asswash's own words. So what business of this wedi [deleted] , wedi Hirkam is it what goes in Eritrea happen to be her concern ? There is only one explanation for her non stop hating and wishing bad on ERI. That is, she is a paid puppet of MLLT hired to spread hate and ill wishes about the country that she will never ever see again. Bad news for Asswash, there is news about an automobile that flipped over trying to smuggle some cash and gold from chigray to the Sudan and got apprehended by the border security. Awetash, your budget is dwindling as we speak wedi Gahba.

[Awash]

Dear Awash: International Law does not consider Conscription or National Service as Slavery or "Forced Labour" blah, blah, blah...

YOYO,
Why don't you tell that to the EU so that they can continue to fund your agame junta's slave labor system?

European Union promises to halt building Eritrean roads following criticism of “slave labour”

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020 ERITREA HUB NEWS

Eritrean human rights organization withdraws claim against EU, but remains vigilant about forced labour

Source: Kennedy van der Laan

Amsterdam, 22 September – The Foundation Human Rights for Eritreans has decided to withdraw the lawsuit filed against the European Union (EU) over 80 million euros in aid provided to Eritrea. This decision was taken in response to the ‘no more roads’ approach announced by the EU, after repeated criticism of its financial support.

“We will continue our investigation into forced labour in Eritrea and will come back to this issue if new facts come to light.” States Muluberhan Temelso, Director of the Foundation.

Legal case

The lawsuit was filed on 13 May 2020 in relation to EU funding of a project in Eritrea which uses forced labour from the Eritrean national service. This is openly acknowledged by the EU. The situation is and remains contrary to the most fundamental norms of international and European law.

In response to criticism from the media, the European Parliament, and European member states, partly as a result of this lawsuit, the EU has indicated that it will change its policy with regard to road construction projects in Eritrea. The EU has announced a ‘no more roads’ approach, whereby further funds that were earmarked for road construction on top of the 80 million euros have been diverted to Sudan and other projects in Eritrea. The EU will also evaluate the ‘dual track approach’ of diplomatic relations with Eritrea, of which the road building project was a part.

The Foundation is largely pleased with these steps, says Emiel Jurjens, the Foundation’s lawyer. “The EU has recognized that supporting a project using forced labour is unacceptable. That is why the EU has now abandoned this policy by saying “no more roads”. The goal of the Foundation has thus been achieved. This is an important victory that means alot to the Foundation and to the Eritrean people”. However, this does not change the fact that the human rights situation in Eritrea remains of great concern.

Ongoing concerns

With these new developments, which are considered as unconditional and permanent by the Foundation, the core requirements of the lawsuit have been met. However, the Foundation will continue to closely monitor the situation and continue its investigation into aid in Eritrea implemented through use of forced labour.

The Foundation remains very concerned about the way aid is organized through the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa (EUTF). From the beginning, the EU knew that forced labour would be used in the implementation of the road construction project, and the EU agreed with this. The EU argues that a national court could not review this case, but a collective claim cannot be reviewed by an EU court. “If this argument is followed, cases where the victims cannot be directly present, for example because they are still in repressive countries such as Eritrea, cannot be reviewed. This puts the EUTF in a legal vacuum,” states Jurjens.

“We remain seriously concerned about the road building project.” Says Temelso. “For example, the EU indicates that money will still end up in organizations under the control of the Eritrean regime, specifically the Red Sea Trading Corporation. It is not clear how the EU can adequately control this.”

https://eritreahub.org/european-union-p ... ave-labour

[lil kogne]

I do not know why anyone would try to respond or keep a discussion and argument with the Agame asswash, Why validate this idiot moron wedi hirkam ? Zemeslo, why waste time on this [deleted]? He is wedi Agame, wedi telamat and has no interest on Eritrean lives. he has proven him self his identity. If he cares about human lives, his dirty abaq a$$ should have said one or two things about his snotty siblings who are languishing in Yemen or The Saud prisons. So please do not give a minute of your time and don't waste your breath talking to this son of biotch scabies ridden tribe ba$tard.

[Awash]

Dozens of persecuted believers released on bail. But hundreds reportedly remain imprisoned in the “North Korea of Africa.”

JULIA BICKNELL - WORLD WATCH MONITOR

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020 08:40 AM

https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/ ... -bail.html

[Awash]

Eritrea: E.U. promises no more roads “Forced Labor”

September 27, 2020

The European Union has announced that it will no longer be funding road construction projects in Eritrea, resulting in the withdrawal of a months-long lawsuit against the bloc.

In May, the Amsterdam-based group Foundation Human Rights for Eritreans had filed a lawsuit against the E.U. for funding a construction project it openly acknowledged used forced labor.

The project, a road connecting the Ethiopian border with the port city of Massawa, was revealed in January to use National Service conscripts, meaning the participation of an unknown number of its workers was forced.

The E.U. partly financed the project by paying for heavy equipment through its Emergency Trust Fund For Africa—a notoriously opaque fund set up in 2015 as part of an effort to stem migration.

But the E.U. has now announced, partly in response to the lawsuit, that It will no longer be funding road projects in Eritrea, diverting all funds to other projects in the country and beyond.

Kennedy Van Der Laan, the law firm representing the Foundation, announced in a press release this week that it has withdrawn the lawsuit as a result of the move—but that concerns remain.

The Foundation is largely pleased with these steps, says Emiel Jurjens, the Foundation’s lawyer. “The EU has recognized that supporting a project using forced labour is unacceptable. That is why the EU has now abandoned this policy by saying “no more roads”. The goal of the Foundation has thus been achieved. This is an important victory that means alot to the Foundation and to the Eritrean people”. However, this does not change the fact that the human rights situation in Eritrea remains of great concern.

The fact that some funds are still going to Eritrea, including to its effectively non-existent judiciary system, means that the E.U. is still supporting the National Service indirectly.

International actors can help to bring an end to forced labor in the country by making it both politically and economically costly for the system to continue.

Freedom United has gathered over 10,000 signatures calling on foreign businesses and institutions to divest from the country and declare their opposition to forced conscription.

Habte Hagos, founder and chairman of Eritrea Focus, and Martin Plaut, the former editor of BBC World Service Africa and author of Understanding Eritrea, will discuss the persistence of forced labor in Eritrea and the importance of Freedom United’s divestment campaign.

https://www.geeskaafrika.com/30552/30552/

[Awash]

Dear Awash: International Law does not consider Conscription or National Service as Slavery or "Forced Labour" blah, blah, blah...

YOYO,
I'll bet you're gonna tell us this is "democracy and justice" at work.

31 Christians released from prison in Eritrea

By Kevin ZellerSeptember 25, 2020

...Many prisoners in Eritrea are held in severely overcrowded prisons where they are constantly in danger of beatings and abuse. Their shelter? Metal shipping containers that expose them to the heat in the day and cold at night. Many Christians have died under such harsh conditions, and others have fled the country to avoid them.

Musselman says only a tiny fraction of Christians have been released, but he is hopeful that more will be released in the coming days. In July, 22 Methodist prisoners were released as well.

https://www.mnnonline.org/news/christia ... n-eritrea/

[Zmeselo]

I do not know why anyone would try to respond or keep a discussion and argument with the Agame asswash, Why validate this idiot moron wedi hirkam ? Zemeslo, why waste time on this [deleted]? He is wedi Agame, wedi telamat and has no interest on Eritrean lives. he has proven him self his identity. If he cares about human lives, his dirty abaq a$$ should have said one or two things about his snotty siblings who are languishing in Yemen or The Saud prisons. So please do not give a minute of your time and don't waste your breath talking to this son of biotch scabies ridden tribe ba$tard.

I can see his end approaching brother lil kogne, so I'm not bothered at all.

I've had my back & forth with this guy for years & I know his tactics of changing the subject every time he gets cornered and I know he can't respond to brother Fed_up's call to defend himself on his claims of "Ethiopiawnet". I'm well aware, his interest is not to know what we think about issues but to bully & harass, & that he only got hate for everything Eritrean. He wants Eritrea to lose even in sports & I don't know of any Eritrean govt critic, who would go that far.

Having said all this, & as I've said it before to other brothers who advised me to let it go is that I do it, for the sake of some reader/s who might take his words as truth. Especially, when he invokes foreign powers with historical animosity towards Eritrea and a dislike of the country being a reality on the world map. This is much bigger than PIA, eventhough he tries to cover it up by continiously mentioning him. This is about eliminating Eritrea from the map, or at least render it ungovernable & in chaos.

[Awash]

YOYO,
This is a well known fact, nothing new.

Eritrea has “second highest number of people living in slave-like conditions”

https://eritrea-focus.org/eritrea-has-s ... onditions/

[Awash]

ERITREA: Where things are done by ERITREANS, for ERITREANS.

Zombie,
Are the Agame tyrants you slave for also using equipment bought by Aid money beside slave-labor? "Self-reliance", eh?

How Forced Labor in Eritrea Is Linked to E.U.-Funded Projects

As it aims to stem the flow of migrants from Africa and bring about change in a dictatorship, the European Union is spending millions on projects built by people in forced conscription.


A wooden boat used by mostly Eritrean migrants, abandoned off the Libyan coast after they were rescued in 2018.Credit...Santi Palacios/Associated Press

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff Jan. 8, 2020

BRUSSELS — The European Union spent 20 million euros last year in Eritrea, hoping to help stem an exodus from the repressive African country, which is consistently one of its biggest sources of asylum seekers.

The money, about $22 million, bought equipment and materials to build a road, a seemingly uncontroversial task. The catch? Many workers on the construction site are forced conscripts, and the European Union has no real means of monitoring the project.

The decision caused outrage in human-rights circles. But that did not stop the bloc in December from deciding to give Eritrea tens of millions more, funding a system of forced conscription that the United Nations has described as “tantamount to enslavement.”..

Read more from NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/worl ... ea-eu.html

[Awash]

Zombie and YOYO:
There is more about slavery in Eritrea. This time, it's the Canadians

Canada mining firm accused of slavery abroad can be sued at home, supreme court rules

Case brought by three Eritreans against Nevsun Resources can continue as companies operating overseas face new legal risk

AFP in Ottawa Fri 28 Feb 2020 17.14 EST

A Vancouver-based mining company can be sued in Canada for alleged human rights abuses overseas including allegations of modern slavery, Canada’s supreme court has ruled...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/ ... ts-slavery

[Awash]

People v. Zombie & YOYO:
Your wishy washy, wobbly wobblu argument denying the existence of slavery in Eritrea is debunked by the preponderance of the evidence.
Case Closed.

[Temt]

ወዲ ኣንጺፋ ቊልጭ፡ እዚ ሃተፍተፍ ናትካ፡ መኒናዮ፡ ኣሰልክዩና! LOL!

[lil kogne]

Awash wrote: ↑
16 Jun 2012, 23:53

"Why should woyanne settle for a province when it can control the entire Horn of Africa?

shabo is sequestered and quarantined like a mental patient. The only thing left for it is extermination. You have no idia how scared and petrified the shabo mafia is of their final fate. The sons of bitches know Woyanne is about to finish them off.
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=39376&p=215991&hil ... to#p215991 "

A$$wa$h who is quarantined like a mental patient , What only thing is left for it " extermination" ? Who is scared and who is the " Mafia" ? who is to finish who ? Anta wedi eza qomal Agame, wedi eza gefah mitra, wedizom Telamat. Your dirty [deleted] happen to eat your agame words one by one. You ain't seen nothing yet wedi [deleted] ! Wow just wait a couple of months your [deleted] would be shoed like a homeless dog everywhere you mother foocker. All good things must come to an end Agamino, you have to regurgitate every little thing you robbed , stole , lied and cheated back to it's very owner. You ate a sword mother foocker now you're struggling to [deleted] it out. wey nay agame the gypsies of HOA neger.

[Temt]

Awash wrote: ↑
16 Jun 2012, 23:53

"Why should woyanne settle for a province when it can control the entire Horn of Africa?

shabo is sequestered and quarantined like a mental patient. The only thing left for it is extermination. You have no idia how scared and petrified the shabo mafia is of their final fate. The sons of bitches know Woyanne is about to finish them off.
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=39376&p=215991&hil ... to#p215991 "

A$$wa$h who is quarantined like a mental patient , What only thing is left for it " extermination" ? Who is scared and who is the " Mafia" ? who is to finish who ? Anta wedi eza qomal Agame, wedi eza gefah mitra, wedizom Telamat. Your dirty [deleted] happen to eat your agame words one by one. You ain't seen nothing yet wedi [deleted] ! Wow just wait a couple of months your [deleted] would be shoed like a homeless dog everywhere you mother foocker. All good things must come to an end Agamino, you have to regurgitate every little thing you robbed , stole , lied and cheated back to it's very owner. You ate a sword mother foocker now you're struggling to [deleted] it out. wey nay agame the gypsies of HOA neger.

Bro, tell the ፋንድያ what a human waste that he is. Unfortunately there are many ዓጋመ sewar rats who reside abroad but all the same act as if their permanent residence is fognatura!

[Awash]

People v. Zombie & YOYO:
Your wishy washy, wobbly wobblu argument denying the existence of slavery in Eritrea is debunked by the preponderance of the evidence and beyond the reasonable doubt.
Case Closed.

[Awash]

Child Labor and Forced Labor Reports

Eritrea

2018 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor:

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/ilab/resou ... or/eritrea

[Awash]

Case Closed.

[Awash]

Self-reliance??? Equipment bought by E.U. aid money and slave labor at work





Read more from NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/08/worl ... ea-eu.html

[Awash]

Meanwhile, the veterans and decent Eritreans languish in gulags and underground cells