Also, it was not approved by neither a legislative nor an executive entity—Eritrea did not have a constitution. What the people are demanding is a Constitution, without The definite article—and that has conditions, principles: this means there are factors that cannot be available under a dictatorship; and I have not read that the new Party supports the buried document! The friend said: “But they gather and challenge us?” I did not understand his purpose specifically, but I went with him to end of the road. I said to him: "And what prevents you from gathering and uniting to challenge whoever wishes you ill?”

...the relations between Tehran and Asmara strengthened. And that led to shifts in the Eritrean positions towards many issues—there appeared a critical tone in regards to Israel, and [Eritrea] began to stand by the side of the Palestinian people, in particular, clearly with the Hamas movement; and in following that, the national television began to periodically air scenes from the Israeli massacres, which had previously been a taboo, and the talking about fundamentalist groups began to change, Isaias Afewerki became a progressive man, a champion of Muslims and the Mujahideen in Mogadishu!

To do otherwise and actually participate in raising funds that will go into the hands of the PFDJ is to indirectly finance terrorism. Until the PFDJ admits its mistakes and completely disassociates itself from the likes of Abu Mansour and Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, especially Eritrean-Americans should seriously think about their actions. The experts are saying that America will likely be attacked by terror groups based in Somalia or the Arab Peninsula. Now would be the time for Isaias to wash his hands off clean; and for well meaning patriots to stay away from his contaminated hands.

in a group of people who do not see the current set up as a problem but are really fed up of the ineptness of the people in Addis who do not see the need to do anything but try engage a cohort of digital citizens of their choosing whilst if possible choreographing a series of inconsequential fire exchanges… and of course the latter form the third group who want things kept exactly the same… and their strategy seems to be to keep everyone else as polarised as possible recreating the very context that brought them to power in the first place! Remember EDA: block 1 – block 2

...we find him carrying out his transgressions to finally come to us with what he called "embracing unity in diversity"— his own Editorial of the paper prepared by Ustaz Hassan Salman, "National Harmony and The Question of Government and Religion". I was not able to read Ustaz Hassan Salman’s speech in the original Arabic version, but Ustaz Hassan Salman is a responsible person and it is unimaginable; I bet that that such utter mediocrity that Michael Abraha presented would not come from Ustaz Hassen...

Every civilized constitution provides for uncrippled rights of self-expression; but what is the use of rights if there is no corresponding constitutional duties. No audience, no right. The right to be heard, read and seen implies constitutional duty to hear, read, and see. I will try to illustrate: Ali Salim has a constitutional right to write what he wants to write (probably it is the American constitution). He has the full right to generalize, exaggerate, agitate, twist, shock, insult etc.

...a friend who graduated from the college of agriculture and was assigned to Afhimbol plantation. He spent his time counting the gabbias (crates)　of tomatoes and onions before they are loaded to big trucks for sales in the towns. This is just one example. Indeed, there are many graduates who are assigned in different ministries and they waste their time carrying files from one office to another, or spend the entire day making photocopies of papers that the PFDJ bureaucracy produces―running like illiterate messengers for illiterate managers.

…one day I will write a story But I won’t write it in ink … It fades… And I will not write it on paper … It rots… When I finally write this story… It will not be in black… or bleak… Or bright… in blindness My story of you… for you… Are colours of unparalleled gallantry And celebrations of the free… Betrayal unimagined Spelling out pain untold

sanctioned governments have long since learned and devised ways to deflect the suffocating effects squarely to the civilian population. I don’t harbour illusions that the Eritrean regime will easily ride off the storm. The sanctions against Eritrea will pose serious challenges to the state’s capabilities in the different realms of governance. It may or may not signal the downfall of the government ultimately.

He gasps for air. He prays, like he had never done before, “God, please make this a nightmare I can wake up from.” As far as he is concerned and can remember, this is the first time he has ever prayed for a nightmare. He changes his mind right away, though. He thinks he should pray for a miracle instead. He shuts off his intellect that is saying to him: a miracle is just a splinter of the human imagination; it is a fantasy; it does not exist. He tells himself, ‘now is not the time to rationalize. I need a miracle, and I don’t care how it forms or works.’

For mutually exclusive options, democracy is the most accepted way of domination: it is a race to attain that magical majority. And, be wise not to frame options in a mutually exclusive relationship: head or tail. Prejudiced democrats resort to head or tail type of democracy and the ballot box is the arbiter. In a world that tolerates dictators, such democrats who win at the ballot box are, of course, celebrated.

Do we believe that the Eritrea they visualize following the removal of PFDJ is one that will be at peace with itself, with others, and one that is democratic and just?” asks Saleh Younis in his latest as usual masterful article and faultless arguments. This he says is the “WHAT” of Eritrean politics today. The answer, I believe, lies in what we do not want to admit: that LAND is the MOTHER of ALL RIGHTS. Deal with it and the rest of our promise will follow – evade it and the curse of our destiny will flow! Take your pick!

By now, without doubt, the dictator comprehends that the International Criminal Court is awaiting him impatiently. It is the aspirations of the Eritrean people to see the dictator sentenced at Aleksandr Pushkin Public Square in Asmara, and the regime disposed and thrown in the dustbin of history before the next move of the international community.

Among other things, it has created absentee landlords in the diaspora with land it has illegally expropriated from poor peasants. The absentee landlords in turn are the “Rat Servers” of the regime.