Tigray should be made to apologise for the lies it spread against the Horn nations ( Ethiopia, Eritrea, Fano, Somalia, etc). The lies should be documented, catalogued, curated and put in display for generations to come.
No one has the right to forget these lies
Re: No Eritrean has the right to forget these lies
Do we Eritreans have the right to forget this?
The protest by disabled veterans
In 1994, in Mai Habar, veterans who were disabled as a consequence of war injuries sustained participating in the struggle for liberation were gathered in protest because their pleas for decent treatment and integration into the civil community were not being heard. They started making their way towards Asmara and refused to stay in the camp within which they had been living, segregated from the rest of society. When attempts to disperse them failed, owing to the veterans’ insistence on being given real solutions to their problems, the government sent soldiers who opened fire on the unarmed disabled veterans. Immediately after the war of liberation, whilst reverence for those who had risked life and limb for independence was still high, an event such as this would have caused uproar in the population. However, Isaias Afwerki’s newly formed government manipulated the way the news broke by presenting the massacre in the government run newspaper “Hadas Ertra” essentially as a small altercation which, due to misunderstanding, led to a few deaths. It would be years before the true details of the massacre emerged, by which time Isaias Afwerki’s oppressive and authoritarian intent was obvious for all to see.
Veterans repeatedly persecuted
The atrocious Mai Habar massacre was not the first instance in which Isaias Afwerki and the PFDJ (formerly EPLF: Eritrean People’s Liberation Front) manifested subversive and deadly behaviour towards the citizens of an independent Eritrea.
Re: No Eritrean has the right to forget these lies
Lies are insidious and destructive. They harm the perpetrator more than the victim. President Isaias refused to talk with the woyane because he couldn't trust them, and look at the impact this has had on the daily lives of Abay Tsehaye, Seyoum Mesfin and Sebhat Nega.
Eritreans call the iconic turns and twists of the road from the Hamasien highlands to the Senhit lowlands, Libi Tigray.
Our grandparents gave us a twisted road called Libi Tigray, the current generation owes it to future generations to build a forked road called Melhas Tigray
Re: No Eritrean has the right to forget these lies
Eduye, if you ever get the chance to visit Eritrea, provided Isaias grants you a visa since he seems to think we are one people, please do take a tour to the iconic roads of Lbi Tigray on the way to Keren and Melhas Tigray on the forked road to Mai Habar.
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