National Unity Is Our Central

and Democratic Objective

(23/2/2005)

In Search of a Victory Strategy

By Nharnet Team (Feb 9, 2005)

Recollections of a Prisoner:

February : Dates in Eritrean History

Nharnet Team (Feb 6, 2005)

Tough and Complex

Challenges Ahead for EDA 

The ELF-RC Information and

Cultural Office (1/2/2005)

Blocco Indipendenza

and Khartoum Meeting of the Opposition:

What Similarities?

Woldeyesus Ammar (Jan 18, 2005

A Broad Coalition, A winning Formula

Nharnet Team (Jan 15, 2005)

From the Experiences of the

Eritrean Liberation Army (ELA)

Part VIII and Final

By Nharnet Team (Jan 13, 2005)

Eritrea’s Transition Phase

From Dictatorship to Democracy

The ELF-RC Information &

Cultural Office, 13/01/2005

January : Some Dates in Eritrean History

Nharnet Team (Jan. 8, 2005)

The Eritrean Opposition:

What New Year Resolutions?

Nharnet Team (December 31, 2004)

As The Wheel Turns

Nharnet Team (December 1st, 2004)

For ELF-RC Members

And Supporters,  1^st of December Is

Eritrean Martyrs’ Day

Nharnet Team (December 1st, 2004)

Opposition Demonstration in Washington DC

The Nharnet Team (November 23, 2004)

Saleh Eyay:

Member of a Remarkable

Generation that Was

By Woldeyesus Ammar

(November 14, 2004)

Eritrea Today:

Agonizing Indices of Misery

Nharnet Editorial (November 6, 2004)

November: Dates in Eritrean History

Nharnet Team (November 4, 2004)

Let’s Not Give Room

To ‘Warlordism’ in Eritrea

From the Experiences of the ELA  (Part V)

The Nharnet Team (October 21, 2004)

The Need for Credible and Acceptable Coalition of the Opposition

18.10.2004

At  33^rd Anniversary  of

The 1971 Congress, ELF-RC

Described as ‘Dynamic Democracy’

Nharnet Team, 14 October 2004

Forging a United Patriotic Opposition

Nharnet Team, October 10, 2004

Three Years Ago Today

Nharnet Editorial (19/9/2004)

From the Experiences of the ELA (Part II)

(12/9/2004)

September 1^st Puts Public Trust to the Test

(1/9/2004)

الوحدة الوطنية الارترية ...... بين الأمس واليوم

بقلم / ابراهيم محمد علي

RC Speaker Urges Libya’s Colonel Gadafy

(30/8/2004)

لجنة الحوار الوطني

CONCLUDING STATEMENT:

ARABIC  ENGLISH       TIGRINIA

PRESS RELEASE

Terror raised to a higher level in Eritrea,

Another attack on the family.

It has recently been reported that the Eritrean regime has started detaining parents in the Southern region of the country as part of a nationwide campaign to penalize parents whose children have escaped from the dictatorial rule of the regime. Hundreds have so far been detained in Zoba Debub (formerly Seraye and Akele-Guzai provinces). This horrific action is being followed by a demand for bail payments amounting to thousands of Nakfa for their release. 

The regime knows very well that the youth are adults who are capable of deciding for themselves.  The parents have lost their ownership long time ago.  But because the regime failed to stop the fleeing of the youth to neighboring countries, it is trying to put the blame on the parents. What a twisted logic! Sadly, there is no rule of law in Eritrea and the regime has begun taking these desperate actions with impunity.

Recalling its past history PFDJ may have many goals when it took this drastic measures,

1. It wants to cover up for its failure of convincing the Eritrean youth to serve in its ill-conceived Warsay-Yikalo campaign, which is widely recognised as a campaign of slavery.

2. To go one step further in destroying the Eritrean family unit. So far the PFDJ practically owns every child in Eritrea and the family unit has been in the process of being dismantled.

3. The PFDJ is desperate for finance and will use any pretext to collect money from the population,

The regime seems to  employ harsher penalties on its innocent citizens and some of the detained parents are already resisting the unreasonable demands from the regime.

EHDR-UK calls on the Eritrean authorities to stop this unlawful and barbaric act and start respecting the very basic rights of its citizens and the values and customs of Eritrean society.

We also appeal to the Eritrean public to condemn these horrific atrocities and join the campaign to challenge and expose the unacceptable behaviour of the regime.

EHDR-UK urges the international community to raise their voice and apply any pressure on the Eritrean regime to stop its callous moves and remind it to behave in an internationally accepted decency.

Board, EHDR-UK

22 July 2005

info@ehdr.org.uk

www.ehdr.org.uk