The Pencil (Editorial)
Editorial Tigrgna
By ርእሰ ዓንቀጽ - ዓዋተ. ኮም - Dec 10, 2004   
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Ending Dialogue By Proxy
By Awate Team - Nov 26, 2004   
We have been calling for dialogue because we strongly believe that almost any problem is soluble if people have the willingness to solve it. We already know that it is not in PFDJs nature to negotiate peace but we strongly believe that any organized and credible Eritrean opposition group (the stronger and more unified the better) that had the courage and political maturity could have negotiated precisely the same peace initiative that is being proposed by Meles Zenawi now. This would have instantly elevated the Eritrean opposition leaders to statesmen, PFDJ alternatives, and would have rendered the Eritrean government instantly irrelevant.
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Cruel But Usual
By Awate Team - Nov 13, 2004   
Let's call things by their name: what happened at Adi Abeito may be a tragedy, it may be a heartbreaking loss, it may be a massacre, but it is not an incident. Faced with any crisis, the first and last instinct of PFDJ is to lie. It lies about what happened, it lies about why it happened, it lies about how it happened, and it lies about who is to blame. Sometimes, it even lies about where it happened.
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A Dangerous Precedent: Officials Instigating Religious Intolerance
By Awate Team - Oct 17, 2004   
But this attack against a religious group is different in one key aspect: this is the first time that the authorities are placing the leadership of the major religions and denominations (Islam, Tewahdo, Catholic and Kenisha) in a position of endorsing their persecution of religious minorities. This is a dangerous precedent that should be rejected by the faithful and, indeed, by all Eritreans regardless of whether the religious leaders actually wrote the statement or, as we believe, they were coerced into lending their name to a document authored by the PFDJ. [Editorial includes copy of"Religious Advisory Form" issued by PFDJ, Original and English translation] 
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