Mitt kalde kyniske Norge…

Taco i Uka

Vi lever i en tid hvor vi burde være mer åpne, siden i våres postkasser, i våres butikker og i våre nabolag er det mer ‘eksotisk’ og ‘utlandsk’ preg enn tidligere. Dette er ikke negativt og er egentlig positivt. Hvor mange har nå Taco-Fredag eller Taco-Lørdag? Lover deg at Taco og Nachosen ikke er særlig norsk, annet enn kanskje kjøttdeigen, agurken, tomaten (eller importert fra Spania) og så videre. Derfor vi er så kyniske!

Vi er så kalde og kyniske, leste dette idag og sukket, og dette handler om forholdet til fødestedet i passet til Norske statsborgere som ikke er født på Norsk jord:

” Er du født i et såkalt «gruppe 2-land» har norske myndigheter bestemt at du «ikke vil kunne fremlegge dokumentasjon som Folkeregisteret kan godta», og derfor skal fødestedet angis som «ukjent», ifølge Politidirektoratets egne nettsider” (…)”Politidirektoratet ble kjent med at Folkeregisteret hadde oppgitt fødested for personer i de berørte landene uten at opplysningene var verifisert. «Vi fant derfor ikke å kunne ha opplysninger i passet som ikke er verifisert», står det i e-posten, som er signert seksjonssjef i juridisk forvaltningsseksjon, Steinar Talgø (…) “Politidirektoratet ser i ettertid at den nye praksisen kan ha enkelte uheldige sider. Vi vurderer derfor om – og i tilfelle hvorledes – vi skal håndtere opplysninger om fødested i norske pass der passøkeren er født i nevnte land. Politidirektoratet har per i dag ikke truffet noen beslutning om dette” (…) ” Dette vil bero på grensekontrollen i andre land. Politidirektoratet vil ikke kunne uttale seg på vegne av andre lands myndigheter” (Bergo, 2016).

Norsk Pass

Vi er så kalde og kyniske at vi har begynt å kategorisere mennesker, at vi har systemer der vi kan slette fortiden til våres statsborgere fordi de ble født i feil land, i feil tid og etter feil lovgivning. Dette er praksis å degradere disse som ikke er født i Larvik eller Nesna, men hvis du er født i Pristina i Kosovo, New Dehli i India eller i Freetown i Sierra Leone. Disse og mange andre kan ikke ha sitt fødested, ettersom Folkeregisteret ikke verifiserer disse dokumentene. Noe som i seg selv også er degraderende. At de krav som Folkeregisteret og Politidirektoratet gjør er å sette visse mennesker i bås ettersom hvor de ble født.

La meg beskrive hvorfor dette er kynisk. Hvem av oss bestemte å bli født i NORGE? Hvem bestemte at vi trakk loddet og plutselig kom til verden på moder jord og tilfeldigvis i Norge? Det var ikke oss, jeg bestemte meg ikke for å bli Norsk, jeg ble født Norsk og oppdratt Norsk. Dette var ikke noe jeg hadde valgt eller bedt om. Jeg ble født og oppdratt her. Det samme er det med de menneskene som er født i Kosovo eller i Sierra Leone, det er ikke noe de valgte; de valgte å flytte eller emigrere fra krig, sult og intern-konflikt, eller får å komme til et bedre rike. Men, de valgte ikke å bli, det gjorde ikke jeg heller. Derfor er det degraderende og kynisk. At disse menneske som setter i gang med slik behandling bør seg selv litt i speilet, de som stemmer for lovgivning som degrader menneskene og de som setter dette gang viser hvor lite tillit det er til medmennesker.

VG Forside

Det vil være mennesker som kommer med falske dokumenter fra utlandet, vi har jo selv hatt Norske leger som jukser: ” En lege i Oslo er, sammen med to medarbeidere, tiltalt for i en treårsperiode – fra januar 2009 til desember 2011 – å ha sendt inn 2566 fiktive henvisninger til Helfo” (…) ” Legen og de to medarbeiderne er tiltalt for dokumentfalsk, «for i rettstridig hensikt å ha benyttet som ekte eller uforfalsket et ettergjort eller forfalsket dokument, ifølge tiltalen»” (Storvik, 2016). Så vi i Norge kjenner til at mennesker og Nordmenn jukser med dokumenter, hvorfor skal en person født i Halden være i orden, kanskje legen jukset der? Hvorfor er vi så usikre på sannhetsgraden på person som flyktet fra Ethiopia? Det er fordi vi er kyniske og bare tror at vi er korrekte, vi gjør ikke feil, vi Nordmenn følger alltid lovene og reglene. Selv om vi har noen her og der som jukser.

Slik som denne sakene også viser: ” I Juni i fjor avslørte VG at Liv Løberg, administrasjonssjefen i Statens Autorisasjonskontor for Helsepersonell, hadde jukset med sin CV. I april i år ble det klart at hun tiltales for bedrageri og dokumentforfalskning” (…) ” – Vi fikk melding av Øygarden kommune om at Lind var politianmeldt av Høyskolen i Bergen, sier rådmann Siri Fahlvik Pettersen” (…) ”  I dag viser det seg at ingen av vitnemålene stemmer. Tre av studiene er ikke fullført. Ved to institusjoner er Lind helt ukjent. Flere av karakterene er forfalske” (Sverdrup & Kvalvåg, 2011). Dette viser saker som både gjelder tidligere administrasjonssjef i Helsevesenet, to leger og en annen Helsesjef som hadde jukset med sine dokumenter.  Skal vi da slutte å stole på det Norske Helsevesen og disse personene anstendighet som myndige mennesker og tillits-personer, ettersom vi kan frarøve andre mennesker som tilfeldigvis ble født ti tusen mil unna Moss å ha fødestedet sitt på passet sitt? Disse sakene viser at verifikasjon og dokumentforfalskning skjer her, hvordan kan vi da stole på noen; Om våres egne leger og statsansatte jukser? Hvorfor skal disse ha sine navn i sine pass? Det ble jo bare født her ved en tilfeldighet og oppdratt her, likevel har vi problemer med byråkratier fra langt vekke, men klarer ikke en gang å sjekke våre egne!

FRP 2013

Vi lever i et kynisk Norge, hvor vi skal fortelle at andre Nasjoner og Staters dokumenter ikke kan verifiseres, derfor degraderer vi disse menneskene som har flyktet, søkt asyl og flyttet hit etter krig eller migrert av flere grunner. Fordi de trenger fred og mulighet til en ny start. Dette er de landene som er satt under «gruppe land-2».

Jeg må bare vise til en kyniske person som tilfeldigvis var født her og skal nå fortelle  sin forståelse av Groruddalen: ” De andre partiene hevder de vil være strenge, men alle vet det kun er FrP som har en troverdig innvandrings- og asylpolitikk. Det sier seg selv at det blir nærmest en umulig oppgave å integrere folk til å bli norske, når den store majoriteten som bor i lokalmiljøet er fra Afrika, Asia og Midtøsten. Innvandringen fra disse områdene bør begrenses til et absolutt minimum , sier Njåstad” (Fremskrittspartiet, 2016).  Hvorfor skal de bry seg, når du degraderer dem og forteller at de ikke vil klare å bli som oss. Det er personer som dette gjør at medmennesker blir nedgradert av Staten og gjør det vanskeligere å bli en del av storsamfunnet og det som er Norsk. Jeg kjenner selv personer som har flyttet fra Kongo, Uganda, Somalia og Fillippinene, å disse er mer Norske meg. De liker og trives mer med Norsk kultur, enn det jeg gjør. Så hva Njåstad ser og forklarer er for meg fjernt. Men det er mennesker som han, som vil degradere mennesker inn i «gruppe land-2».

Pass kontroll

Vi er så kyniske i det kalde Norge. At vi tror vi bedre enn andre på grunn av deres fødested. Vi er en suveren nasjon, som har rett og selvbestemmelse for sine borgere og grenser. Men, når man har tatt inn mennesker og gitt de statsborgerskap, derav også pass for å kunne reise som Norsk Statsborger som vil være stemplet i passet, så er det nedverdigende og motbydelig at vi ikke vil verifisere deres fødested eller fødeland. Ettersom dette ikke var bestemt fra deres perspektiv, akkurat som mitt fødested var heller ikke selvbestemt.

Det som viser hvor kyniske vi er, er at vi har ingen problem med å verifisere og kvalifisere utenlandske utdannelser gjennom NOKUT som kan verifisere studenter og utenlandske studiesteder og utdannelses-løp i utlandet. Dette vil være dokumenter og sertifikat fra utlandet som vil settes i perspektiv etter det norske utdannelsessystemet. Dette klarer vi i kyniske Norge som trenger utdannede utenlandske innvandrere til leger og sykepleiere. Men asylsøkere fra krig og konflikt vi kan ta vekk deres fødested i deres pass. Fordi ‘Andrew Obi’ fra Sierra Leone bestemte at han skulle bli født på 1980 tallet og opplevde invasjonen-styrkene fra Charles Taylor fra Liberia på begynnelsen på 1990 tallet. Deretter flyktet hit til Norge og søkt om å kunne bli statsborger. Om han var heldig så var han en kvoteflyktning som kom etter godkjennelse igjennom et FN organ og fikk rett til å bosettes her ettersom landsbygden i Sierra Leone var ramponert av geriljaen til Charles Taylor. Så Obi etter bestemmelser fra våre statsråder og de byråkratiske organ vi har som Folkeregisteret og Politidirektoratet; dette i sammen med Utenriksdepartementet (UD) og Utlendingsdirektoratet (UDI). Alle disse skal bestemme og sette krav til medmenneskene som flykter hit og flytter hit. Det er en vesensforskjell!

Så nå vil mitt kalde kyniske Norge, ikke beskrive og forklare, ikke verifisere fødested og fødeland. Dette fordi de er født i feil land og vil ikke klargjøre dette på dette i passet til vedkommende med å plassere disse i “ukjent”.

Jeg vil være så klar og kynisk som mine Norsk statsborgere å si at disse menneskene som gjør dete er ukjent med vennlighet, omtanke og rettferdighet. Dere er i all ærlighet mennesker som tror dere er spesielle siden dere født i Norge og i denne tid. Dette var tilfeldig og det samme var det for de som får “ukjent” fødested. De vil ikke lenger ha Kinshasa, Manilla eller Pristina. Dette er bare nedverdigende og begredelig at vi har sunket så lavt.

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Det som er ironisk med det hele er at vi kyniske kalde rike nordmenn degraderer andre medmennesker som flykter og flytter hit fra forferdelige kriger, noen som asylsøkere, andre som kvoteflyktninger og er partysvensker på løkka. Det som det ironiske ettersom vi gjør ting vanskeligere og vanskeligere for disse som søker seg hit og krysser våre grenser. Vi skal likevel kunne lett reise på ferie til alle land og være der når vi har lyst så lenge vi betale ‘Visa’ for å kunne få turistvisum og nyte feriedager i “Syden”. Det er fordi vi er tror vi er naturligvis «Gruppe 1» land.

Som sagt vi er kyniske og kalde, fryktelig kalde når vi har gjort det slikt og tatt vekk noe så enkelt, men det viser hvordan vi har allerede begynt å plassere og bestemme hvem som er hva, hvem som er født på rett på rette stedet og hvem som født på landet. Vi bør være stolte ettersom vi allerede har begynt å sortere og forklare hvem som er mer ‘verdt’ enn andre. Siden vi kan nå ikke verifisere eller anerkjenne andres fødesteder og fødeland. Ved å gjøre dem til annenrangs borgere som ikke kan vise at de var født og antageligvis født ettersom vi ikke kan vise til hvor det skjedde.

Vi bør være stolte av denne anerkjennelsen, og erkjenne vår kynisme, vår skanse for frihet, fred og demokrati, ettersom vi i vår frihet og demokratiske verdier ikke validerer medborgere sine fødesteder og deres dokumenter ettersom dette har skjedd i land som Politidirektoratet og Folkeregisteret ikke godkjenner, men vårt kjære NOKUT klarer å verifisere og autorisere utenlandske utdannelser, vitnemål, bachelor, master og doktorgrader til vårt utdannelsessystem. Så finner det finurlig og absurd at visse mennesker og statsborgere ikke skal kunne vise sitt fødested i passet.  Norge er ikke det samme Norge som jeg vokste opp i, eller så har jeg forandret meg og ser at vi er en del av noe større; ikke minst også noe som kalles ydmykhet og respekt for medmennesker.

Være skulle bli kaldt i Vinter, slik ble også noen av menneske tydeligvis også...
Været skulle bli kaldt i Vinter, slik ble også noen av menneske tydeligvis også…

Dette er bare kynisk og kaldt, skrekk og gru. Hva er neste ide? Hvem vil være mer motbydelig mot medmennesker som kommer fra «gruppe-land 2» … er det flere i Fremskrittspartiet, Demokratene eller andre som er redde for medmennesker og regner alle flyktninger og asylsøkere som terrorister… som har flere kyniske ideer? Dere er helt fjerne og vet ikke hva medmenneske er lengre, dere er kalde og glemt alt som handler om naboskap, enhet og solidaritet. Dette vises ved hvordan dere behandler disse som kommer hit og hvilket budskap vi gir til dem. Å personer som Njåstad i sammen med disse byråkratene gjør ikke saken bedre, ei heller våre lovgivende organ som setter dette i system.

Vår stat er så kynisk og kald. Vi fryser våre hjerter og sanser, vi tenker bare på oss selv og ikke på andre. Vi vil ha luksus, men vi vet ikke at vi egentlig er like dem i fattigdom, fordi vi ble født inn i verden ved en ‘tilfeldighet’ og en annen ‘tilfeldighet’ født i Norge. Det har gitt oss en luksus ved fred, frihet og utdannelse, muligheter til å jobbe og velferdssystemet som vi har bygd opp igjennom lange tiår. Noe som min generasjon har arvet og gjerne vil beholde, samtidig vil sånne som meg beholde det solidariske, det åpne og barmhjertige i samfunnet. Dette er begynnelsen på slutten for dette… fordi så mange tror de fortjente denne fødte retten til dette, vi fikk den ved en tilfeldighet og burde være bedre fordi vi fikk den, uten å be om den og ikke minst også uten at hadde noe å si. Vi ble bare født her og oppvokst her.

Ved denne tilfeldigheten tror noen gir dem retten til å sette krav og også retten til validere andre mennesker, som ved en annen tilfeldighet kom til verden en annen plass. Det er på grunn av dette vi har internasjonale organisasjon som skal ordne og fikse rettighetene, internasjonale lover og rettigheter, gjennom disse i sammen med ratifiserte menneskerettigheter; så skal Norge akseptere å ta i mot disse menneskene som ble født ved en tilfeldighet en annen plass enn her. Da burde man også akseptere deres fødested og fødeland. Akkurat som de medmennesker vi er og ikke minst også ikke være så kalde å putte de degradert gruppe ‘Nummer 2’. Peace.

Referanse:

Bergo, Ingri Gudmundsen – ‘Nye passregler: Norske statsborgere fra 31 land får «ukjent» fødested’ (08.06.2016) link: http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/politidirektoratet-pod/nye-passregler-norske-statsborgere-fra-31-land-faar-ukjent-foedested/a/23705929/

Fremskrittspartiet – ‘Må hindre parallelsamfunn’ (04.06.2016) link: https://www.frp.no/aktuelt/2016/06/maa-hindre-parallelsamfunn

Storvik, Anne Grete – ‘Lege tiltalt for å ha sendt 2566 falske henvisninger’ (10.05.2016) link: http://www.dagensmedisin.no/artikler/2016/05/10/oslo-lege-tiltalt-for-a-ha-sendt-2566-falske-henvisninger/

Sverdrup, Inga & Kvalvåg, Siv Helen – ‘Helsesjef anmeldes etter juks med vitnemål’ (07.05.2011) link: http://www.aftenbladet.no/nyheter/lokalt/ryfylke/Helsesjef-anmeldes-etter-juks-med-vitnemal-2806013.html

Press Release: “Yesterday’s stop of broadcasting on the SSBC because of ‘Technical Failure'” (07.06.2016)

SSBC PR 07.06.2016

Hon. Kabaziguka detained at SIU Kireka: ‘charged with alleged planning a serious conspiracy’

 

Michael Kabaziguka

“When I set out to challenge the dictatorship, I knew that I will have two homes. One that I built myself and prison”Dr. Kizza Besigye

Hon. Michael Kabaziguka have been taken from his home earlier today, as there rumors out there; that he has been charged with both “possession of a fire-arm” or a “gun”, and also that he ‘planning to assassinate’ the President of the Ugandan Republic, H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. Even some parts of it is in the same level of Besigye, as they are charging him with “Treason against the State”.  So the rumors are heavy on this one.

What could be the reason for doing it: 

They are surely doing this, as they are into doing this as they want to make his Member of Parliament status invalid and reinstate Fred Ruhindi, their loyal Attorney General of the 9th Parliament… As this is all political and Hon. Kabaziguka is not a common criminal, just a guy who actually are more popular than Fred Ruhindi and that eats the NRM Regime, therefore he has been house-arrested and tried to shut him up since the election.

That newly elected Forum for Democratic Change Member of Parliament is detained at SIU Kireka, as they are now questioning him and also detaining him there.

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Police Statement today:

“The circumstances under which they (the MP and another person) were arrested are very sensitive, and although we cannot divulge any further details at this stage for fear of jeopardizing our investigations, we can only confirm to you that the suspects are helping us with investigations, into some very serious offences that involve other suspects as well,” said Mr Enanga in a statement dated June 8 (Daily Monitor, 08.06.2016).

But as they already have had him under house-arrest for long time after the 11th of May 2016, he surely been monitored and have the intelligence they could get out of a, but certainly the allegations… that CP Enaga is a “Serious Offence” that involves other “suspects”. That means that this is a political motivated detained and alleged crime, as the UPF does what they can to take down the FDC by any means; the same they been working on with Dr. Kizza Besigye and now does with others who are connected to his leadership, as is Hon. Kabaziguka, other men of the FDC like FDC Secretary Harold Kaija been taken there and so many others. So the Political Oppression in Uganda is at all time high and continues while Mzee claims no need to be learn anything about ‘democracy’; let me say one thing.

BTW: If there were any fire-arms that was unregistered in his home, I would believe it was planted by certain Police Officers to make-up charges and reasons for detaining the opposition Politican; as he has a moral and ethical posisiton and he is not yet bought by the Musevenist in Parliament. Therefore they have to silence him by any means.

Mzee, have certainly forgotten everything the lectures he during the University in 1970s in Dar-Es-Salaam, since he knows detains right and left. As with now the men and woman who spoke ‘Defiance’ over ‘resistance’ are no getting detained, as Mzee want to set the record straight. Peace.  

Reference:

Daily Monitor – ‘MP Kabaziguruka arrested’ (08.06.2016) link: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/MP-Kabaziguruka-arrested/-/688334/3240684/-/x7rmqr/-/index.html

Attorney General Vs. Besigye & FDC – Constitutional Petetion No. 13 of 2016 (06.07.2016)

FDC Petiton 10th June AG

No. 017/GCLG/Bbo/2016: “Massacres des Populations civiles en Territoires de Beni et de Lubero” (06.06.2016)

Letter Beni June 2016 P1Letter Beni June 2016 P2Letter Beni June 2016 P3

UN report on Eritrean Gov. oppressive behavior towards its Citizens and its Systematic Evidence of Human Rights Violations!

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“Eritrea will wait three or four decades, maybe more, before it holds elections. Who knows?”President Isaias Afwerki

As you read the quotes from the UN Human Rights Council on Eritrea, the amount of paperwork and people involved in the report, there we’re alone 44,000 submissions and also interviews from the Eritrean diaspora in Europe and United States. Just as the report says: “the Commission received 44,267 submissions from 39 countries. Of these, 30,517 arrived by mail and 13,750 by email. The submissions were mostly in Tigrinya and English but a sizeable number were in Arabic” (UN HRC, P: 11, 2016). So there are lots of material and an edge to the evidence in the report, it is not hearsay when those amounts of people are describing certain situations and the state of affairs in a country. I will take out what I see as most interesting findings in this report. As I am sure I am not alone in discussing the findings.

Why the information came from the Diaspora and not inside Eritrea:

“The Commission recalls that it has repeatedly sought permission from the Government of Eritrea to visit the country. The Government of Eritrea has failed to respond despite calls by the Human Rights Council to cooperate with the Commission of Inquiry. The Commission was nonetheless able to interview Eritreans in 13 countries with significant Eritrean populations” (UN HRC, P: 13, 2016).

Financial transparency:

Eritrea is one of the least developed countries in the world, and most of the country’s economic enterprises are state controlled” (…)”As Eritrea does not publish a budget, it remains to be seen whether this substantial new income will be used to enhance implementation of social, economic and cultural rights in the country” (UN HRC, P: 17, 2016). “With respect to sources of Government income, the source added “that is a mystery. Money is deposited at the National Bank. The Ministry of Finance does not know where the money comes from. Only the President knows.” (UN HRC, P: 37, 2016). “For example, witnesses told the Commission that a bank account with 40 million USD in mining revenue had been opened in Qatar in the name of the Director of the PFDJ Economic Affairs department” (…)”Other information suggests that there may be private accounts belonging to the president or members of his inner circle in the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Cyprus, and /or China” (UN HRC, P: 38, 2016).

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Freedom of Speech and the independence of the Media:

On Freedom of Speech and Media: “…since the media is Government-owned, you clearly are not supposed to cover anti-government issues. If interviewees say something anti-governmental, you listen but do not use it in your broadcast. A lot of items you didn’t broadcast. At first the bosses told me not to use such material, and then there’s self-censorship.” (UN HCR, P: 34, 2016). “Restrictions on freedom of speech are not limited to just those physically in Eritrea. A witness in Ethiopia told the Commission that after he had participated in a demonstration in Addis Ababa in late June 2015 in support of the Commission’s first report, his mother was arrested in Eritrea” (UN HRC, P: 35, 2016).

On Religious Freedom:

Government control of authorised religious groups also persists. The Government of Eritrea continues to detain under house arrest Orthodox Patriarch Abune Antonio, who was arrested over ten years ago for calling for the release of political prisoners and failing to excommunicate church members opposed to the Government” (UN HCR, P: 30, 2016).

On future Elections:

President Isaias Afwerki has regularly expressed his disdain for what he refers to as “western-style” democracy. In a 2008 interview with Al Jazeera, for example, the President stated that “Eritrea will wait three or four decades, maybe more, before it holds elections. Who knows?” The Eritrean delegation to the 2014 Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review stated that national elections would not be held until “the threats to national security and sovereignty had been eliminated” (UN HRC, P: 19, 2016).

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Rule of Law:

“Although low level community courts exist, most Eritreans interviewed immediately dismissed any suggestion that they could file a complaint for a rights violation. There was a palpable resignation among people towards the endemic injustices in Eritrea, as well as a fear of re-victimisation. In the absence of a constitution, an independent judiciary, a national assembly, and other democratic institutions, the Commission has found no progress in establishing the rule of law” (UN HCR, P: 20, 2016). The Cost of freedom from detention: “Witnesses cited costs of avoiding imprisonment ranging from 50,000 Nakfa to 2,000, 000 Nakfa, as well as confiscation of property, including homes, suggesting that the assessment of “fines” may depend on the wealth of the family” (UN HRC; P: 40, 2016).

Military Service:

“On the issue of duration of military/national service, a witness who was conscripted in 2003 and remained in national service until he fled Eritrea in 2015 stated that: “…the national service is still for an indefinite period; in fact when I joined the national service I was never informed as to when I was going to be released from service. The Government has not announced that it will reduce the service period to 18 months; it is still indefinite and we are all very aware of this.” (UN HRC, P: 22, 2016). “According to an expert on Eritrea, those discharged from national service remain in the People’s Army or militia or “reserve army” after their discharge, and must be available at any time the Government chooses to call them. Thus, most cannot qualify for Eritrean exit visas, and those who opt to leave without such a visa remain liable for the crime of “desertion.” (UN HRC, P: 22, 2016).

Military Equipment Eritrea

Using Military Service as a Working force for the state:

“According to one witness, “the Generals receive salaries, but also receive income from agriculture [and other commodities] that is not accounted for. Production costs are low because they use free conscript labour. This income is not disclosed to the Ministry of Defence. The President knows about this but does not interfere” (UN HRC, P: 41, 2016).

““Air Force planes are outdated and there is no proper maintenance. So, the Air Force has shifted to plantation activities. For example, there was a piece of land near the airport… [The Chief of the Air Force] took that land for plantations. [He] would bring almost three quarters of Air Force conscripts to work on the plantations, and the equipment used on the plantation comes from the Air Force and Ministry of Agriculture. It was very hot on the plantations. [Conscripts] were not paid any money for this work. They were told it is part of our duties. If they refused to work there, they would be sent to the [nearby detention facility].” (UN HRC, P: 23, 2016).

Eritrea Army

Generals are handpicking woman who are on subscription to be their “Wife’s” and solitary responsibility to please the General: “One day, …a female soldier…from my unit was…assigned to General […] to prepare food and do cleaning; it was also made clear to her that she [was] supposed to please [the General] in bed whenever he wanted. […] She provided this service to [the General] for many years. [Three years after it started], she got pregnant [from] him and gave birth to a baby girl… She told me that she did not do this voluntarily but [because] she was afraid. She said she was not allowed to leave the house and sometimes she was locked up.” (UN HRC, P: 58, 2016). A former female trainee in Sawa, who described the situation of these young women stated that “[t]hey are their personal slave.” Another female military trainee reported a typical day to her friend: “Dreadful life starts in the morning: I prepare his breakfast, wash his clothes, prepare lunch, prepare coffee ceremony, prepare dinner, and then prepare to be ‘his wife’. I have had this life for the last six years.” And more from the Sawa: “We watched sexual abuses. Systematically, they forced girls to obey their instructions; to have a relationship with them. If she doesn’t obey, they find any kind of military punishment. It is commonly the [d]ivision leaders, the highest ranks who would do that. All people would go back to their [d]ivision at the end of the day. The leaders select girls personally. After six months, he would change her, take a newly arrived. The 11th grade students…have to pass their last year’s exam in Sawa. They take them. Once a woman is assigned to a General, they stay there [to] do office work, chores, etc. ‘there is no rule, no law.’ Sometimes when the girls see the car of the General approaching they hide. What if they become pregnant? […] When it happens, they make abortion traditionally. The girl doesn’t even want to let the colonel know. One of my best friends was a ‘personnel’ of the Colonel. He told me that the nick name used to get a girl is ‘goat’. Sometimes when newcomers arrive they asked assistants to bring new ones.” (UN HRC, P: 56-57).

Another said that “in 2014, there was military training. I was sick and even had papers certifying that I was sick. But they didn’t believe me and I was [detained] for six months without due process.” (UN HRC, P: 23, 2016).

What the Government says about the Military Service and their work:

“Indeed, Presidential Advisor Yemane Gebreab himself has stated that: “the challenge for us is to be able to find jobs, skills, training, and business opportunities for [conscripts] when they are released,”100 suggesting that prolonged military/national service is not, or is no longer, motivated primarily by national security concerns” (UN HRC, P: 24, 2016).

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Shoot-To-Kill Policy:

The Commission received credible evidence that a shoot-to-kill policy was issued and that it has not been rescinded. The writers denying the existence of a shoot-to-kill policy did not explain the basis on which they concluded that such a policy does not exist. Very few, for example, said that they had passed through a border without interference or without the assistance of smugglers. The Commission is aware that the policy has been implemented in a less rigorous manner in recent years” (UN HRC, P: 15, 2016). “An example of extrajudicial killing reportedly took place on 3 April 2016, as military/national service conscripts were being transported through the city centre of Asmara. When several conscripts tried to jump from the trucks, soldiers reportedly fired into the crowd, killing and injuring a considerable but unconfirmed number of conscripts and bystanders” (UN HRC, P: 32, 2016). A witness said this: ““In September 2015, the battalion commander told me if anyone attempts to cross the border to Ethiopia just shoot at them. He told us to shoot people down if we see them crossing. I couldn’t ask about this order because I would have been killed or jailed; I had to implement it. If you don’t implement it you won’t be seen again. I know 3 soldiers who spent 20 years in service. They told me I had to implement the order.” (UN HRC, P: 33, 2016).

This happen to some of fleeing Eritreans:

On May 22 2016, Sudan collectively expelled 313 Eritreans back to Eritrea. Another 129 were similarly sent back from Sudan several days earlier. According to UNHCR, the prior to the forcible returns, the Eritreans had been tried and convicted in Sudanese courts of “illegal entry” into Sudan. According to corroborated reports by unrelated witnesses, in the days prior to the expulsions, Eritrean authorities visited Eritreans in a Sudanese prison to register the identities of those to be returned. The witnesses also reported that upon arrival in Eritrea, the returnees were arrested and detained. They further indicated that those who were in the national service, prior to leaving the country, were detained at Adi Abeito prison on the outskirts of Asmara, and that those who had not yet undergone military training are currently detained elsewhere, including in Tessenei and Hashferay, apparently awaiting transfer to military training centres” (UN HRC, P: 25, 2016).

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Afterthought:

There is so much evidence that come into a 94 page UN report; this one shows so much of it, I have focused on the witness reports and their testimonies, as this is Eritrean citizens who have fled the regime in haste to Europe or America. There even some men and woman who are creating issues for their families left behind.

The Eritrean state is all controlled around the President Isaias Afwerki, as he knows all about the finances, state media and the military. The Military or the Army is both “free working force” as the extensive breaches human rights and committed to keep away the state from lawful activities, as the Generals and Army Officials are themselves skimming of the system and use woman and men, as they please. This creates unlawfulness in the militarized society of Eritrea. The witness reports are a sad sight and the totalitarian control from the President Afwerki shows the extent to how they control their citizens and uses their manpower to earn money for the Government, but not support or being there for their citizens.

And if they try to flee or desert from the military or the country, the other army command can shoot-to-kill fellow citizens, as they do not follow orders from above, as they are in the hands of the government and the army. This together with the torture of fellow citizens; they are detained without trial and kept in jail to infinite, as there are no constitution or rule of law in the nation.

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The damning evidence is clear, the Eritrean government cannot just silence this, as there are over 400,000 who has fled from the country, and 44,000 have written in to the United Nation Human Rights Council, with their experience and witness reports shows the level of system behind these actions, it is not just one rare coincidence that certain people are detained, tortured or becoming slaves for the Generals of the Military. That even the Air-Force is so depleted that the men who are assigned work on labor unites instead of becoming air-men for the Eritrean Air-Force.

That is enough for now. It is not grand state of affairs, the level of impunity and lawlessness and the attitude of how the Eritrean State are treating their fellow citizens and keeping their records only in the hand of the President Afwerki and nobody else. Peace.

Reference:

UN Human Rights Council – ‘Detailed findings of the commission of inquiry on human rights in Eritrea’ (08.06.2016) – A/HRC/32/CRP.1

Statement by His Excellency Uhuru Kenyatta on the IEBC (08.06.2016)

Kenyatta Ruto Madaraka Day 2016

Dear Kenyans, Good afternoon,

The debate around IEBC reforms has been raging for a while now. And as President, I wish to give direction regarding this matter.

Let me begin by affirming Article 1 of Chapter 1 of our Constitution, which states that “…All sovereign power belongs to the people of Kenya…” But the Article goes ahead to emphasize that this power “…shall be exercised ONLY in accordance with the constitution” Any attempts to exercise it outside the provisions of the constitution not only undermines both the spirit and letter of the constitution, but is also a recipe for confusion and anarchy.

Secondly, let me reaffirm Article 3(1) of the constitution that states; “…every person has an obligation to respect, uphold and defend this constitution” This obligation is NOT an OPTION. It is imperative, mandatory and an irreducible civic duty. As your President, I have sworn to defend it; but as citizens, you have this irreversible duty to protect it.

It is in the spirit of these constitutional provisions that today I held consultations with Religious Leaders drawn from most faiths in the country. I also invited our two speakers, Hon. Justin Muturi of the National Assembly and Hon. Ekwe Ethuro of the Senate to attend.

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At this meeting we agreed on the following steps on how to move the country forward.

FIRSTLY, Subsequent to the agreement of the Speakers, a Joint Select Committee of both houses of Parliament be set up in accordance with the standing orders of both houses. The mandate of the committee will be strictly and exclusively the matter of IEBC.

SECONDLY, As provided for in the standing orders of both houses of Parliament, and in the constitutional spirit of public participation, all stakeholders, public and private should be accorded an opportunity to make submissions to the joint select committee.

THIRDLY, We expect that other initiatives by Parliament will harmonize their work within the framework of the joint select committee.

FOURTHLY, As the leader of Jubilee, I have convened a meeting of the Parliamentary Group tomorrow morning to agree on the membership and Jubilee’s participation in the joint select committee.

Uhuru Kenyatta, CGH

President

8th June, 2016

DP Ruto: “Cord protests are not different from what Al Shabaab is doing to Kenya” (Youtube-Clip)

Abdul Nadduli says he has been waiting for cabinet appointment for long (Youtube-Clip)

“Newly appointed Minister without Portfolio Hajj Abdul Nadduli says he has been expecting this appointment. NTV caught up with the former LC5 chairman in Luweero to share his thoughts ahead of a vetting exercise at Parliament” (NTV Uganda, 2016)

Press Statement: Inaccuracy, and biased positions of Troika would not help innocents in South Kurdofan and Blue Nile (08.06.2016)

Unbroken Conflict in South Kordofan and Blue Nile

WASHINGTON D.C., United States of America, June 7, 2016 –  The Embassy of the Republic of the Sudan expresses its deep regret for the latest statement issued by the Troika  (USA – UK – Norway) on 27th of May 2016, on the situation in South Kurdofan. – The biased and unbalanced statement by the group has just repeated the old positions that don’t help bring peace to the people of the two areas, and only send the same negative signals to the rebels to continue their barbaric behavior in attacking innocent civilians without facing any consequences.

The Government of the Republic of the Sudan while confirming its commitment to the negotiations and dialogue as the only way for peace settlement in the two areas, expects clearer position from Troika towards the Road Map  by applying pressure on rebel movements who refused to sign it, sparing no efforts to impede peace process and dialogue in Sudan.
The Troika statement mentioned the Road Map but still there is a lack for strong position and firm commitment towards it.

The claims mentioned in Troika’s latest statement about the expulsion of the Head of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan  is completely inaccurate. The acting official was granted his work permission in January 2014 on the basis of transitional period, the Government has renewed his stay permit for extra period ends in June 2016 waiting for a new nomination for the position and still waiting for that.

The Government of Sudan while reiterating its keenness to work with the UN agencies in the humanitarian field has the full right to evaluate the performance of UN officials and their level of cooperation.
The Humanitarian Aid Commission in Sudan (HAC) has presented in its recent statement a brief assessment for the work period of the  UN official that witnessed tension in the relations and lack cooperation.

The official concerned was requested to be issued a provisional stay permit in his capacity as ACTING head of OCHA Mission in Sudan. Though the said status remained as is up to date, the Sudanese authorities  fully cooperated with him and secured renewals of his  tentative stay permit. However, ahead of the upcoming renewal , OCHA was advised of the situation. That step should in no way construed as rejection of the presence of this UN organ in Sudan or the appointment of a new resident head of it.