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(Reuters) - Three Eritrean military officers have asked for political asylum in Saudi Arabiaafter Saudi air force jets forced their aircraft to land in the southern part of the kingdom, the local news website Sabq reported

(Reuters) – Three Eritrean military officers have asked for political asylum in Saudi Arabiaafter Saudi air force jets forced their aircraft to land in the southern part of the kingdom, the local news website Sabq reported on Tuesday.

Sabq quoted Yassin bin Ahmed al-Qassem, a spokesman for the Jazan Emirate, as saying that F-15 planes were deployed when the Eritrean aircraft entered Saudi airspace without permission.

“The aircraft forced to land in the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz airport was carrying three Eritrean officers seeking political asylum,” Sabq quoted Yassin as saying.

The Eritraen aircraft were military but used to carry equipment and not fighters, Yassin added.

Eritrea, which split from Ethiopia in 1991, is one of Africa’s most secretive states and dissent is dealt with harshly.

Located on the opposite side of the Red Sea to Saudi Arabia, it has long been at odds with the United States and is accused of human rights abuses by international monitors.

In January, dissident soldiers backed by tanks briefly took over the Information Ministry in Asmara, demanding all political prisoners be freed. Calm soon returned to the capital but Eritrean opposition activists in neighboring Ethiopia cite growing dissent within the army over economic hardships.

With a population of about 5.5 million, mass defections have become more common in recent years.

In February, 18 Eritreans who disappeared from their hotel during a football tournament in Kampala were granted political asylum by Uganda.

In April, Saudi media said an Eritrean military pilot sent by Asmara to reclaim a jet stolen by two fellow officers when sought asylum in the kingdom had herself defected.

The U.N. refugee agency says more than 250,000 Eritrean refugees and nearly 15,000 asylum seekers live across the Horn of Africa.

(Reporting by Sami Aboudi; Editing by Angus MacSwan)

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36 COMMENTS
  • Motbinore November 12, 2013

    Well this is not a good news at all if all the braves & hero left the country who is going to stop DIA from destroying Eritrean people? our brothers & sisters are dying everywhere lets get together no matter our difference is & stop DIA & Demhit what ever their name is. No country is going to respect our rights except in our country & we sacrifice a lot to get it so before it is too late let’s act soon.
    I always wonder why the refugee from Eritrean cry for human right in other countries do you think the UNHCR will welcome you in RED CARPET when you cross the border do you think Libya, Italy or Ethiopia will respect your human right when your own country refuse to respect you human right is not a gift you have to get it yourself and die for it. We are dying in Sudan, Ethiopia, Libya, Egypt,Italy etc if this is the case why are we afraid to die in our country how come one person inflict so much misery to us. You know what the people with money are not the one who are dying they pay $5000 US to the government to reach Sudan pay another $10.000 to get to South Africa & to USA the one who is dying in Sahara are the poor people looking for better life.
    The refuge who immigrate from Ethiopia in the name of Eritreans 75% are from Tigray I know a lot of them.
    PS Good luck to those brave brothers who cross to Saudi

    • Tamrat Tamrat November 13, 2013

      and 25% amhara! so are you tigre or amhara?

  • Keren November 12, 2013

    Poor Eritrea, it is dying a slow death while its most young and productive are leaving in thousands a month and dying in the Arab passage and in Ghedli gulags.
    bQedemu endo tEbit aybezHen:: Hji gna zaHzaH atyuna ab feqed’u metsaweti Areb gieromuna:: “natsa awtsi’nakum” ilom ngedel wetifomuna: kemey ngedel ywetfom::
    bselam ms gorebabtna keynnebr Hawi agwidomulna: Hawi y’tewom:: geli’om nebsom ztsel’u mennetom zeyfetwu qanqa’om zend’du deqi eray mray:

    • Hazhaz November 12, 2013

      ከረን፣ እነሆ ብፊደልና ተይበልካ።
      ብቐደሙ እንዶ ትዕቢት ኣይበዝሐን። ሕጂ ግና ዛሕዛሕ ኣትዩና ኣብ ፈቐድ’ኡ መጻወቲ ዓረብ ጌሮሙና። “ናጻ ኣውጺእናኩም” ኢሎም ንገደል ወቲፎሙና፥ ከመይ ንገደል ይወትፎም።
      ብሰላም ምስ ጎረባብትና ከይንነብር ሓዊ ኣጒዶሙልና፥ ሓዊ ይእተዎም። ገሊኦም ነብሶም ዝጽልኡ መንነቶም ዘይፈትዉ ቋንቋኦም ዘንድዱ ደቂ እራይ ምራይ።

    • Sorobeti November 13, 2013

      Keren

      Are you still dreaming of Mama Ethiopia, my dear, when the multinational groups of Ethiopia become equal in every aspect and Ethiopia becomes a prosperous democratic nation, then come and cry.

      • i and i November 13, 2013

        sorobeti
        it’s not up to u eritreans to dream of Mama Ethiopia any more. u need to give it up associating eritrea with ethiopia, we r just neighbors like somali or sudan.

  • Yerhiwo November 12, 2013

    DIA and his HGDEF is dying slowly!!!! Dictator Isaias Afwerki, the blood of innocent eritreans are raising from the grave. You killed many innocent Eritrean fighters, veterans, educated eritreans, brave eritreans..you killed their kids, you wiped out 2 generartions.

    Thanks god…your time is up. The rope is on your neck…you will not see 2014. Wake up my people..clean up the killers!

  • Yerhiwo November 12, 2013

    DIA and his HGDEF is dying slowly!!!! Dictator Isaias Afwerki, the blood of innocent eritreans are raising from the grave. You killed many innocent Eritrean fighters, veterans, educated eritreans, brave eritreans..you killed their kids, you wiped out 2 generations.

    Thanks god…your time is up. The rope is on your neck…you will not see 2014. Wake up my people..clean up the killers!

  • Hazhaz November 12, 2013

    Is this the slow death of Eritrea? No money and no electric power to publish its flagship newspaper?
    On the other hand, there is no regular water supply nor any electric power available for one of Africa’s oldest and at one time advanced municipality of Ketema Asmara. Poor Ketema Asmara, under kentiba Haregot Abay of Arbate Asmera used to be managed like a clock work.
    Under Kentiba Haregot Asmara’s beautiful and clean buses used to run on time, the city used to be washed by fresh water every week, its streets were cleaned everyday spot free except on Sundays, garbage was collected twice a week by garbage tracks, even stray dogs had their own track.
    Our municipal water was managed by the ministry of heath and the city. It was very clean therefore no need for bottled water of Dongolo or Aquamarinaio. Our streets were free from potholes, and Fagnaturas were always covered. These days many older people, blind and young drunks die in the many big holes and unprotected fagnaturas for lack of regular maintenance.
    Then in 1991, we received many shiftas who boasted they were better and smarter than their parents named tegadelti led by Shifta Issaias. Poor shifta Issias can not even manage the affairs of Ketema Asmera after 22 years let alone to run the affairs of a nation-state, its police, courts, diplomacy, economics and businesses.
    The old Asmara of Kentiba Haregot that used to be a model of many cities as far as Brazil is dying but the good people of Asmara still fondly remember Kentiba Haregot. To this day, there is street or a library named after the good kentiba Haregot but the good people of Asmara remember his good name forever. the shiftas have not only soiled our pretty ketema Asmara but also stole its history. The more they try to tarnish our dear history, the more ugly shifta they look because they are fake.
    One older Eritrean was so tired seeing the video of tegadelti entering Asmara and all the euphoria on Eri Tv, he told his daughter: “would you please show me once while they are leaving my city?”

    It is coming soon.

    • Hazhaz November 12, 2013

      correction, please read as:
      To this day, there is no street or a library named after the good kentiba Haregot but the good people of Asmara remember in their hearts his good name forever. The shiftas have not only soiled our pretty ketema Asmara but also stole its history. The more they try to tarnish our dear history, the more ugly shifta they look because they are fake.

      • slam November 13, 2013

        hazhaz,
        stop this HArgot nencenss, milion of eritrans died to free eritrea but got nothing.
        bc of some bastards agame and some worthless eritreans……like.. WECHU, PHLIPOSE, SBHAT etc…
        live in z prsent….

    • slum November 13, 2013

      who is Hargot? isnt he the one who sell out eritrea at early age?

  • dekibat November 12, 2013

    For how long are we going to be news readers and news anticipators ? Why cannot we be part of the news ourselves? Every day we are talking someone from military defected and abandoned HGDEF. These soldiers and young people are running away out of desperation not from HGDEF but from our inaction. They waited ,waited and waited in case some people will start the fight so they can join us to demolish the vampire dictator but they see us only chatting and talking so they have to go to exile. Do not blame the government blame ourselves because we are not helping them. We all know how hard is to talk even to you family about abandoning Eritrea but these pilots and other young people took collective decisions shows us that they are saying they are ready to march with their tanks to words the dictator only they need motivation and initiation from us to fire the first freedom bullet. So lets start collective the civilian unrest or do the military fighting or targeted killing inside Eritrea the rest will take about four weeks to escalate into full free ertitra and the dictator already has a boat to take him to Saudi Arabia. I am sure Majority EDF will join us to rescue our people so let’s start organizing.

  • Fesshaye November 12, 2013

    Isaiyas, your days are numbered and you want spend sleepless nights for long. But you
    will pay dearly for dehumanizing the gallant people of Eritrea.

  • Truly truly i say to you November 12, 2013

    I 100% agree with Motbinore view, “This is not a good news at all if all the braves & hero left the country who is going to stop DIA from destroying Eritrean people? ”
    you people you have to awake and see all matters in other perspective as well. As you may know Isayas appointed his academically very retarded brain son as the commander of the Eritrean air force, despite his poor academical note doesn´t allow him and to engage the position he has. So who knows Isayas as always doing to whom doesn´t trust as killing, imprisoning and systematically inforcing to immigrate, weather these brave Pilots also systematically was be inforced by him because could be suspected a threat for his son and power?

  • Truly truly i say to you November 12, 2013

    You may know this experience from those systematically inforced to flee higher Authorities; as there are ambassadors and Ministers amongst, like Mesfin Hagos Adhanom, Ali Abdu and alike. If such people mean they are honestly are opposing and fighting against Isays regime, specially Mesfin Hagos as former minister of defense and as person who has knowhow about military and knows many of the officers in Eritrea; instead hiding himself like rat, he should to organize and plan tactic, how to eliminate the evil dictator on earth. The one from his comfort area couldn´t have any idea how to kill one single person, don´t tell me he is the lion of Nakfa, Nadew or what ever you call. Actually in this regard was our expectation the help we need from them, not to be a leader of us with their poor academical background and knowledge.

  • Truly truly i say to you November 12, 2013

    For your surprise there is a rummer Isayas as have direct hand for 365 perished Eritreans in Lampadusa by sending one of his trained agents inside the board, because Isayas knows their were all real Eritreans origin citizens. But some suspect as it is done by other Eritrean enemy forces. For me the suspected captured Somalian guy it is ridicule and mockery. Alone from his Red cord we seen at the upper part of his plover it symbolizes us the person as innocent is. But i never suspect or blame anybody, except Isayas, He is the cause and responsible for all committing crime against helpless poor Eritreans. The bible says, ” My people are doomed because of luck of knowledge, and they do not acknowledge me. (Hosea 4; 6)

    • Eyob November 12, 2013

      You’re an idiot.

      • This country is going Somalia way! November 13, 2013

        It is funny the most coward people on earth the HIGDEF are on the verge of collapse. I think they will be history soon. Eritrea GDP is 2 billion. Opra wifrey has more money than the tiny shit Eritrea who only have crap in their plate. I think More HIT by the Tigrean on this people is on the way.

        When Bitweded Abreha was impresioned – they dance

        when G-15 they dance

        when 350 people died – they dance

        when 10,000 people massacred – they dance!!1

        what kind of garbage people are this so called Eritrea’s. I hate being an Eritrea.

        One man – a coward man.

        Halayat – deki halayat! Finish this bastard who is killing the people! He is one man! How can one man make pee 5 million in their pants.

        The only brave Eritrean are Amanuel Eyasu and wedi vacaro!

        • Eritreawit November 13, 2013

          DON’T CALL YOUR SELF ERITREAN OK, IT’S YOUR FAULT AND YOU KNOW IT, HIDING YOUR IDENTITY AND HURTING PEOPLE. CHOOSE ONE BE TIGRYAN/ETHIOPIAN OR ERITREAN. STOP THE HATE. IT IS NOT THE INNOCENT PEOPLE’S FAULT IF YOU HAVE IDENTITY CRISES.

    • Teckle November 13, 2013

      Grow up

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