Mr. Antonio Guterres,

Dear Sir,

We have received an urgent SOS call today, 22 June 2008, from Misreta in Libya where 700

Eritrean asylum seekers are imprisoned, that the Libyan authorities have finalized papers to send

back to Eritrea 230 of those asylum seekers anytime today or tomorrow, 23 June 2008.

You very well know, Sir, that we are talking about lives in imminent risk of torture as well as

indefinite period of imprisonment and even death to some of them upon their return back to the

cruel dictatorship in Eritrea as had happened to many of the 110 young Eritreans deported from

Libya in 2004, and those 232 asylum seekers deported from Malta in 2002.

The reported preparation of the Libyan authorities to forcefully expatriate Eritreans is, if put into

effect, another sad news to, and a repeated failure of, the international humanitarian community

to stop human rights abuses. This action by Libya is coming in the wake of recent deportation of

about half of 1,600 Eritrean asylum seekers in Egyptian prisons who were visited by UNHCR

officers earlier this months.

Sir,

We in the ELF-RC, an Eritrean opposition organization struggling for change and democratization

in Eritrea, are once more appealing to you and other international human rights organizations to

effectively intervene on behalf of Eritrean asylum seekers who are being hunted by the cruel

regime in Asmara and those who are collaborating with it in the region.

Respectfully yours,

Woldeyesus Ammar,

Chairman, ELF-RC

22 June 2008

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مطلوب اتخاذ اجراء سريع حتى لاتقوم ليبيا بترحيل 700 لاجئ ارتري  

الى السيد/ انتونيوا جوتريس:- المفوض السامي للاجئين بالأمم المتحدة:- جنيف

( GUTERRES@unhcr.org)

 المفوض المحترم:-

 اليوم 26/06/2008م وصلنا نداء عاجل من مسرتا مفاده انقذوا الارواع لان 230 من اللاجئيين الارتريين ال700 بليبيا والذين طلبوا حق اللجوء السياسي. قد اكتملت الاستعدادات لترحيلهم الى ارتريا اليوم او غدا.

انك تعلم جيدا اننا نتحدث في رسالتنا هذه عن مواطنيين اذا عادوا الى الوطن سوف يتعرضون لصنوف من التعذيب والسجون لفترات غير محدودة وكذلك القتل.  وهذه المخاطر نفسها هى التي واجهت الشباب ال110 الذين تم ترحيلهم من ليبيا في عام 2004م واللاجئين ال232 الذين تم ترحيلهم من مالطا في العام 2002م ومامن شك انك تعلم ذلك جيدا.

وهذا الترحيل الذي نتحدث عنه اليوم اذا تم تنفيذه سوف يكون فشلا ذربعا وظاهرة محزنة للمجتمع الدولي وللمداقبين عن حقوق الانسان. وهذا الحدث يتم تنفيذه في عشية اليوم الذي قررت فيه السلطات المصرية ترحيل اللاجئين الارتريين 1600 الذين طلبوا حق اللجوء وزارتهم المفوضية السامية للاجئين في الامم المتحدة.

المفوض المحترم

ان جبهة التحرير الارترية – المجلس الثوري تنظيم يناضل من اجل التحول الديمقراطي في ارتريا فهو يناشدكم وبقية المنظمات الدولية المدافعة عن حقوق الانسان لاتخاذ اجراء عاجل لانقاذ ارواح هؤلاء اللاجئين الذين يبعدون من قبل حكومات المنطقة المتعاونة مع النظام الدكتاتوري في ارتريا.

 ولكم منا كل التقدير

ولديسوس عمار

رئيس جبهة التحرير الارترية – المجلس الثوري

22/06/2008م.

صورة لكل من:-

·       الناطقة باسم السكرتير العام في نيويورك:- montas@un.org

·       المفوض السامي للاجئين في الامم المتحدة جنيف:- labour@unhcr.org

·       وزير العدل الليبي:- secretary@aladel.gov.ly

·       المفوضية السامية للامم المتحدة قسم افريقيا والشرق الاوسط:-

osmanmanar@yahoo.com

الى الدكتور/ مارتن هيل منظمة العفو الدولية:- mhill@amnesty.org

 المنظمات الحقوقية الارترية ومواقع المعلومات·

ሊብያ፡ 700 ኤርትራውያን ስደተኛታት ከይተባርር ቅልጡፍ ስጕምቲ ምውሳድ ይድለ ኣሎ

ሚስተር ኣንቶንዮ ጉተረስ

ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽነር ስደተኛታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት (UNHCR): ጀነቫ (GUTERRES@unhcr.org) 

ክቡር ኮሚሽነር 

ሎሚ፡ ዕለት 22.06.2008፡ ኣብ ሊብያ ተኣሲሮም ካብ ዝርከቡ 700 ኤርትራውያን ዑቝባ ሓተቲ 230 ናብ ሃገሮም ሎሚ ወይ ጽባሕ ክባረሩ ምድላዋት ተወዲኡ ኣሎ ዝብል ናይ ህይወት ኣድሕኑ ህጹጽ ጻውዒት ካብ ምስረታ በጺሑና። 

እዚ፡ ነመሓልልፎ ዘሎና መልእኽቲ፡ ብዛዕባ ናብ ሃገሮም ምስ ተመልሱ በቲ ኣብ ኤርትራ ዘሎ ዲክታቶርያዊ ስርዓት ንዓዛብ፡ ዘይድሩት ማእሰርትን ቅንጸላን ዝኣመሰሉ ሓደጋታት ዝቃልዑ ዜጋታት ንዛረብ ከምዘሎና ኣዐሪኻ ተፈልጥ ኢኻ። እዚ ሓደጋ’ዚ ነቶም ብ2004 ካብ ሊብያ ዝተባረሩ 110 መንእሰያት ስደተኛታትን ብ2002 ካብ ማልታ ዝተባረሩ 232 ስደተኛታት ከምዘጋጠሞም ውን ትርዳእ ኢኻ። 

እዚ ሕጂ ዝዝረበሉ ዘሎ ብሊብያውያን ሰበስልጣን ዝግበር ዘሎ ናይ ምብራር ስጕምቲ ኣብ ግብሪ እንተውዒሉ ድማ፡ ካልእ ዘጕሂ ተረኽቦን፤ ናይ ኣህጕራዊ ማሕበረ ሰብ ተጣበቕቲ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ተወሳኽን ተደጋጋምን ፍሽለት ንግህሰት ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ክኸውን ኢዩ። እዚ ናይ ሊብያ ናይ ምብራር ስጕምቲ ኣብ ጽባሕ ናይ’ቶም ኣብ ኣብያተ-ማእሰርቲ ግብጺ ዝጸንሑን ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ስደተኛታት ሕቡራት ሃገራት ዝበጽሖምን 1600 ኤርትራውያን ሓተቲ ዑቝባ ብሰበ-ስልጣን ግብጺ ኣብ’ዚ ወርሒ’ዚ ናብ ሃገሮም ምብራሮም ዝፍጸም ዘሎ ተረኽቦ ኢዩ። 

ክቡር ኮሚሽነር፡ 

ተሓኤ ሰውራዊ ባይቶ፡ ኣብ ኤርትራ ለውጥን ዲሞክራስያዊ መስርሕን ንምርግጋጽ ዝቃለስ ዘሎ ውድብ፡ እንደገና ንዓኹምን ንካልኦት ኣህጕራዊ ናይ ሰብኣዊ መሰላት ተጣበቕቲ ማሕበራትን፡ ነዞም ብስርዓት ኤርትራን ተሓባበርቲ እቲ ስርዓት ዝዀኑ መንግስታት ናይ’ቲ ዞና ዝህደኑንን ዝሳጐጉን ዘለዉ ኤርትራውያን ህይወት ዘድሕን ህጹጽ ስጕምቲ ክትወስዱ ይምሕጸነኩም። 

ምስ ሰናይ ትምኒት

ወልደሱስ ዓማር

ኣቦ መንበር ተሓኤ ሰውራዊ ባይትፕ

22.06.2008 

ቅዳሕ ናብ፡-

·       ወሃቢት ቃል ሚሸል ሞንታስ (Montas@un.org) ኣብ መደበር ሕቡራት ሃገራት፡ ኒውዮርክ፡

·       ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ሕቡራት ሃገራት (UNHCR) ጀነቫ፡ (Larbour@unhchr.org,)

·       ሚኒስተር ፍትሒ ሊብያ፡  (secretary@aladel.gov.ly).

·       ላዕለዋይ ኮሚሽን ሕቡራት ሃገራት ክፍሊ ሰሜን ኣፍሪቅ/ማእከላይ ምብራቕ፡ (Osmanmanar@yahoo.com)

·       ስለ ኣምነስቲ ኢንተርናሽናል፡ ዶክተር ማርቲን ሂል፡ (mhill@amnesty.org)

·       ኤርትራውያን ሰብኣዊ ማሕበራትን መርበብ ሓበሬታታትን

Date: 16 June 2008,

Subject: Protest against forced repatriation

of Eritrean asylum seekers from Egypt

H.E. the Egyptian Ambassador to Ethiopia and Envoy

to the African Union, and the UNECA,

Sidist Kilo, Addis Ababa

Fax: +251.11.1552722

Dear Ambassador,

At the moment of writing of this appeal, the Government of Egypt is engaged in

forced return of Eritrean asylum seekers back to Eritrea where they will face risks

to their lives. Reports had it that out of the 1,600 Eritrean asylum seekers who

were in the hands of the Egyptian authorities by 10 June 2008, almost 800 have

already been deported to Eritrea and that arrangement are reportedly underway

to return the rest to Asmara anytime these days.

This inhuman action is being taken against the repeated appeals to countries by

the UNHCR, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and other international

organizations to refrain from repatriating Eritrean asylum seekers because they

face imminent danger upon return to Eritrea as had happened to the 342 young

Eritreans who were expatriated from Malta and Libya in 2002 and 2004..

Your Excellency,

This appeal is addressed through you to all concerned highest authorities in the

Government of Arab Republic of Egypt so that they could urgently rescind the

decision of forced repatriation of about 800 Eritrean asylum seekers who are still

in Egyptian prisons. This message is also being copied to the African Union, to

the United Nations and to human rights organizations that are expected to extend

a helping hand in this urgent matter.

All concerned know that the political and human rights situation in Eritrea under

the current dictatorial regime of Isaias Afworki is appalling, and the fate of those

whom the Egyptian Government has already expatriated to Eritrea is bad news to

their families, to Eritreans everywhere as well as to the international humanitarian

community at large.

This urgent appeal by us in the ELF-RC, a mainstream opposition organization

struggling for change and democratization in Eritrea, wishes to draw the most

urgent attention of the Egyptian authorities to stop further deportation action of

Eritrean asylum seekers in Egypt until Eritrea becomes a safe home for all of its

citizens currently fleeing to escape from the abuses of the cruel one-man regime

of dictator Isaias Afworki.

Respectfully yours,

Woldeyesus Ammar,

Chairman, ELF-RC

16.06.2008

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