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EWS IN BRIEF
Department of Information
and Culture
Eritrean People’s Party
June 26, 2009
Eritrean Armed Forces killed Two Eritrean Teenage Boys
On Friday, June 12, 2009, the Eritrean
armed forces killed two teenage boys at the Sudanese-Eritrean border.
The victims, Ephrem Andai from Teseney and Tesfalem Teclai were between
the ages of 15 and 17. Their dead bodies were left at the border
unburied to be eaten by wild animals, sources of Eritrean People’s Party
added. Death has been a symbol of Eritrean teenage population who seek
freedom and democracy. In December 31, 2008, Eritrean government forces
shot and killed four innocent teenage boys along the border of
Eritrea-Ethiopia.
http://www.nharnet.com/February_2009/EPP_News_109E_Feb1309.htm
Forced Relocation of Citizens
During the past two weeks (June 13-21,
2009), nearly 3000 Eritrean citizens were forcibly relocated from their
villages to Sebelnkit. The newly relocated citizens are the first batch
of the 10,000 that the PFDJ regime is planning to relocate from the
Southern regions of Seraye and Akel Guzai to the Western region of
Eritrea. The remaining citizens are expected to be relocated to Arbata
el Alasher, a small town that borders with Sudan.
The new settlers, after they were
transported to Sebelnkit, said the regime did nothing to provide food,
water, and other basic services to them. To date, the regime has not
responded to the lack of food, water, and shelter that the new settlers
are facing, sources of Eritrean People’s Party reported. Although the
regime has promised the settlers a small plot of land as yet no land has
been distributed to them. The forced relocation policy of the regime is
putting a lot pressure on the existing resources of the local
population, as well as resentment against the incoming settlers.
Sebelnkit is located in the vicinity of Teseney town, in the Western
region of Eritrea.
Eritrean Regime’s Intelligence Units
Goes Ambushing unarmed Citizens
Eritrean security intelligence units
ambushed a bus along the border of Sudan, killing and wounding scores of
Eritrean citizens onboard the vehicle. The intelligence units claim that
the bus was involved in transporting Eritrean youth and other seasonal
agriculture workers to Sudan. Some of the wounded passengers are
believed to be Sudanese nationals, reports Eritrean People’s Party
source. The bus, taken after the intelligence units carried out the
ambush, is still in possession of the government.
14 Eritreans Fled the country
14 Eritreans entered Northern Ethiopia
following their escape from Eritrea over the last two weeks, between 18
and 23 June 2009. The new arrivals comprise 7 civilians and 7 Eritrean
army personnel. Two of the soldiers belong to the 525th army division,
two to the 48th army division, and three to the 22nd army division.
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