I am delighted that the UN Security Council has approved and adopted my suggestion to [“establish a mechanism”] about the Human Right Violation in Eritrea,
Dear Mike Smith, Chairperson
Commutation of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea
Copy:
Dear Secretary-General,
Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
Dear Secretary-General,
HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION IN ERITREA
I am writing my concern about the gross violation of human rights in Eritrea and the UN’s failure to fulfill its moral and legal responsibility to protect Civilians in Eritrea and failing to intervene the humanitarian crisis in Eritrea.
Eritrea is a failed nation in the horn of Africa which has been led by a self-appointed dictator for the last 25 years. People live in constant fear and even those who are victims of torture by the regime scare to talk about the cruel and inhuman treatment they have faced.
A United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea concluded in 2015 that the Eritrean government engages in “Systematic, widespread and gross human right violations” carried out in a “context of a total lack of rule of law.” Common pattern of abuse include torture, forced labour during conscription, arbitrary arrests, detentions, enforced disappearance. Eritrea’s dismal human right situations, exacerbated by indefinite military conscription, has led thousands of Eritreans to flee every month.
To try to undermine the commission’s credible, impartial, legitimate and professional report, the self-appointed president Isayas Afeworki has been planning to collect 300,000 signatures from Eritreans in Diaspora to present to the UN. Collection of signatures is by systematically threatening them to sign. Refusal to sign will result denial of entry to Eritrea whenever they want to visit Eritrea and denial of Eritrean passport for those Eritreans in Diaspora who are still using Eritrean passport specially those who live in Saudi Arab.
According to Genocide Watch’s’ 8 stages of genocide the situation in Eritrea is at stage 5, polarization, with mounting tensions between the people and the oppressive government.
In the international court of law there is appellant and respondent. The commission of inquiry interviewed Eritrean torture survivors. The case about the commission of inquiry is between appellant who have been held incommunicado in Eritrean prison for almost two decades without trial, those victims who have been beaten and tortured to death in the hands of the regime and the respondent, the regime who is accused of committing crimes against humanity. Collecting false signatures (petition) by the dictator aimed to silence the voices of the victims will not stop him from facing the justice system for the crimes he has committed.
I call on the UN to establish a mechanism that enforces the Eritrean dictator to face the International Criminal Court for the atrocities he has committed against his own people so that the Eritrean people will restore their believe in justice. This also restores their dignity and brings the truth to light.
Desalegn November 6, 2016
I am delighted that the UN Security Council has approved and adopted my suggestion to [“establish a mechanism”] about the Human Right Violation in Eritrea,
Here are my comments and suggestion: .
HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION IN ERITREA
From: Desalegn
To: coieritrea@ohchr.org
4 Jun at 2:01 AM
Dear Mike Smith, Chairperson
Commutation of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea
Copy:
Dear Secretary-General,
Mr. Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General
United Nations
New York, NY 10017
Dear Secretary-General,
HUMAN RIGHT VIOLATION IN ERITREA
I am writing my concern about the gross violation of human rights in Eritrea and the UN’s failure to fulfill its moral and legal responsibility to protect Civilians in Eritrea and failing to intervene the humanitarian crisis in Eritrea.
Eritrea is a failed nation in the horn of Africa which has been led by a self-appointed dictator for the last 25 years. People live in constant fear and even those who are victims of torture by the regime scare to talk about the cruel and inhuman treatment they have faced.
A United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea concluded in 2015 that the Eritrean government engages in “Systematic, widespread and gross human right violations” carried out in a “context of a total lack of rule of law.” Common pattern of abuse include torture, forced labour during conscription, arbitrary arrests, detentions, enforced disappearance. Eritrea’s dismal human right situations, exacerbated by indefinite military conscription, has led thousands of Eritreans to flee every month.
To try to undermine the commission’s credible, impartial, legitimate and professional report, the self-appointed president Isayas Afeworki has been planning to collect 300,000 signatures from Eritreans in Diaspora to present to the UN. Collection of signatures is by systematically threatening them to sign. Refusal to sign will result denial of entry to Eritrea whenever they want to visit Eritrea and denial of Eritrean passport for those Eritreans in Diaspora who are still using Eritrean passport specially those who live in Saudi Arab.
According to Genocide Watch’s’ 8 stages of genocide the situation in Eritrea is at stage 5, polarization, with mounting tensions between the people and the oppressive government.
In the international court of law there is appellant and respondent. The commission of inquiry interviewed Eritrean torture survivors. The case about the commission of inquiry is between appellant who have been held incommunicado in Eritrean prison for almost two decades without trial, those victims who have been beaten and tortured to death in the hands of the regime and the respondent, the regime who is accused of committing crimes against humanity. Collecting false signatures (petition) by the dictator aimed to silence the voices of the victims will not stop him from facing the justice system for the crimes he has committed.
I call on the UN to establish a mechanism that enforces the Eritrean dictator to face the International Criminal Court for the atrocities he has committed against his own people so that the Eritrean people will restore their believe in justice. This also restores their dignity and brings the truth to light.
Engineer: Desalegn Berhe