Eritrea Challenges the COI: The thrill of honesty & The agony of lies.
The Sweetness of Victory, the struggle continues.
No other nation in the world could have withstood the inhumane and
illegal behavior of the United Nations towards Eritrea on several
occasions. However, with the truth on her side and a united patriotic
people, once again Eritrea has proven it is a nation that stands for
peace, made for peace, & created by peace. A nation where building
food security is a priority and building schools and clinics has been
the mantra for the 25 years since it became independent. A nation
where the basic human rights of a person are a part and parcel of its
way of life. By comparison to many other countries Eritrea’s values
and it’s commitment to human rights by far outweigh those nations that
claim to be democratic. Considering where it started as a nation and
where it is today, the fact remains that Eritrea instead of being
accused falsely, should be used as a role model for how other nations
can improve on their human rights.
At the core of the problem for Eritrea lies a very unstable and
corrupt neighbor in the TPLF lead Ethiopia that has robbed the people
of the Horn of Africa region many years of prosperity and development.
In order to understand Eritrea, one needs to accept the fact that it
was made and built by enshrining the principles of human rights in its
DNA during the struggle years. A war zone where its enemies were
better treated than its own fighters for the sake of humanity. Its own
freedom fighters stood in the face of adversity from the masses by
protecting their rivals and taking care of them with dignity. A nation
whose sons and daughters gave up their lavish lives like the many
accusers sitting at the UN, and decided to fight for their right to
exist as a people in this corrupt world we live in. Eritreans are
Unique and will forever change the course of feelings for national
pride into a new high. While we may have lost the great diplomat in
his excellency Ambassador Girma Asmerom, the fight continued. A man of
integrity in the otherwise corrupt diplomacy corridors of the UN. He
walked the walk and talked the talk. His intellectual capacity far
outsmarted those who used the UN to muzzle the voices of the Eritrean
people. He also paved the way for the small positive step that we
witnessed this week and as a result made it better for an incredibly
intelligent, eloquent and brilliant individual in Yemane Gebreab to
speak on behalf of Eritrea. It takes lots of patience to take a
beating and defend your stance. To quote Sir Winston Churchill,
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. It’s also what it
takes to sit down and listen.”
Eritrea’s unselfish leaders do all they can to make sure their people
don’t suffer anymore. The very accusations of human rights against
Eritrea, a nation that strictly adheres to the Universal Periodic
Review was being used against it. The unyielding faith in Eritreans
has always been balanced with a clear sense of reality and the people
spoke in large numbers during demonstrations or through social media.
The enemies of Eritrea tried hard to copy the real Eritreans gathering
riffraff and even their own minority regime supporters to act and be
like the real Eritreans who stand with their Government.
The audacity that the three group COI (Commission on Inquiry) had to
interview/document people that are not Eritreans and use it to
incriminate Eritrea is a huge blunder and big sin for the cause of
human rights. Add to the fact that a document used by a brutal
inhumane Derg government of Ethiopia that committed one of the worst
crimes against humanity known as “Red Terror” was used as a template
to accuse Eritrea of human rights. A shameful act for the United
Nations to entertain the idea of allowing such report to be shared
shows that the corruption in New York City is out of control and needs
an overhaul.
First and foremost let’s ask a layman’s question. What is a Special Rapporteur?
Well let’s try to answer this question. According to sources from the
UN, it is a title given to individuals working on behalf of various
regional and international organizations who bear specific mandates to
investigate, monitor and recommend solutions to specific human rights
problems. The three group Commission of Inquiry, by allowing a
specific country mandate and having the logistical support from the
enemy(TPLF’s Ethiopia) of the country being investigated the COI
created a huge hole for themselves and committed their first breach.
When entering the refugee camps infested with Tigraian locals with a
small sprinkle of Eritreans they broke another rule as they were
appointed by the Human Rights Council of the UN, to act independently
of governments and as such should have been aware of their
responsibility. Their logistical support all had been influenced by
the brutal criminal government in Addis which swayed and dictated how
they did business.
They claim that they do not receive any financial compensation for
their work that can be scrutinized by the public, but they receive
personnel and logistical support from criminal human traffickers like
Meron Estifanos, Daniel Mekonnen as well as the likes of Selam Kidane,
Elsa Chyrum and many others under a hidden wall as well as from the
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and
are often backed by charities and corporations which are loyal to
nations like Ethiopia’s minority regime. Organizations like NED
(National Endowment for Democracy) utilizing the American Tax payer
money continue to bleed the economy of the USA to appease criminals.
So indirectly they are getting money but not on paper. If Sheila
Keetharuth and Mike Smith and the Ghanian choir boy did not benefit
why would they accept such mandates that they know nothing about?
Obviously there is something in it. Based on fiction and lies the COI
report may have defamed the Character of the Eritrean nation but it
has not broken the spirit of the Eritrean people. We are fighters and
we do it peacefully, tactically, together and we don’t do it for money
but for love of country. Just look no further from the Hallways where
we lost our great Diplomat who died fighting for his country. His
excellency Ambassador Girma Asmerom and the many others alive and
martyred for a nation created based on the principles of human rights.
In Conclusion, It is very refreshing to see the presidential advisor
to Eritrea, Mr. Yemane Gebreab speak what is on every peace loving
Eritrean citizen’s mind.
He eloquently exposed the core problem of our region with one simple
sign while he intelligently shared the problems with the fake COI
report’s accusations. Its now time to continue the fight through thick
and thin. We must help remove the corrupt mandate of the Special
Rapporteur who has been dealing with criminal entities to accuse
Eritrea of criminal behavior. She must be removed once and for all and
we as Eritreans and the majority voices of the people of Eritrea need
to stand up to the United Nations and it human rights council. Let’s
be aware and smart and understand what truly is going on at the UN.
About 10 years ago the United Nations Human Rights Council, which
replaced the UN Commission on Human Rights, extended the mandates of
all Special Rapporteurs by one year to enable it to conduct a review
of the mandates and seek ways of strengthening their roles. However,
Special Rapporteurs for countries which did not approve a Special
Rapporteurs came under question and the mandates of the Special
Rapporteurs for Cuba and Belarus were not renewed. It is time to do
the same for Eritrea and send these human rights violators to the
curb.
Victory to the masses,
Glory to our martyrs,
Eritrean-American
>From the East Coast of the USA.
Received on Tue Nov 01 2016 - 12:42:58 EDT