Assenna Foundation: Legal Action Funding Appeal
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Legal Action Funding Appeal
On Tuesday, 26 November 2019 at 14:30 hours, the founder and editor of Assenna Foundation, Amanuel Eyasu, was physically assaulted by 4 or 5 PFDJ thugs at Putney Bridge Station, London. This is the second attack on journalists in London in 12 months - the first was on the former BBC Africa editor and Horn of Africa expert, Martin Plaut.
In Martin Plaut’s case, the assailant was convicted, fined and received a criminal record. In our view this sentence was far too lenient. It has clearly failed to deter the assailant from committing another crime. With this in mind, and since the unprovoked attack on Amanuel, Assenna Foundation Board have been actively soliciting an international law firm in the City of London to bring together a case so that this time the severest punishment is given to the attackers, including custodial sentences. More importantly, and given the alleged threats being made by PFDJ Sympathisers in Germany and elsewhere, we wish the lawyers to establish in a court of law whether these threats and attacks are state sponsored.
Although we are asking the international law firm to take up our case on pro bono basis, it looks as if the case might be far too costly for them to do so. This means Assenna Foundation will have to fund the legal fees in full or in part, hence this appeal for ring-fenced funding.
The estimated legal fee is £15,000 (or c. US $20,000). We ask all peace loving, justice seekers and nationalist Eritreans to give generously. Every little helps not only in terms of the finances but the moral support it gives to Eritrean justice seekers all over the world. We need to remember, it was Martin first, then Amanuel and it could by anyone of us next. Isaias’ thugs are just like him and know no boundary nor justice.
As the demise of the regime in Asmara fast approaches, physical attacks on justice seekers and nationalist Eritreans are bound to increase. We need to draw a line and stop this cancerous thuggery. Together we can and we will.
I will keep you updated on progress. And at the end of the case, I will share with all donors an independently verified income and expenditure statement that shows the amount of money received with a breakdown of spend.
Keep safe and I thank you for your kind generosity.
Habte Hagos
Chairman, Assenna Foundation
30 November 2019
ንሕጋዊ መስርሕ ዝውዕል ገንዘባዊ ሓገዝ ብምኽንያት ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣማኒኤል ኢያሱ ዝወረደ ናይ ኣካል መጥቃዕቲ ብሰሉስ 26 ሕዳር 2019 ሰዓት 14:30፡ ንመስራትን ኣካያድን ኣሰና ፋውንደሽን ኣማኒኤል ኢያሱ፡ ብኣርባዕተ ወይ ድማ ሓሙሽተ ዝኾኑ ናይ ህግደፍ ልኡኻት ናይ ኣካል መጥቃዕቲ ኣጋጢምዎ ኔሩ። እዚ መጥቃዕቲ እዚ ኣብ ደቡባዊ ምዕራብ ሎንዶን፡ ኣብ ፓትኒ ብሪጅ ዝብሃል ቦታ ኢዩ ተፈጺሙ። እዚ መጥቃዕቲ እዚ ኣብ ውሽጢ 12 ወርሒ ንካልኣይ ግዜ ኢዩ ዝፍጸም ዘሎ። ናይ መጀመርታ መጥቃዕቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ማርቲን ፕላውት፡ ናይ ቢቢሲ ናይ ኣፍሪቃ ኣካያድን ናይ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ዓሚቕ ፍልጠት ዘለዎ ኪኢላን ከምእተፈጸመ ዝዝከር ኢዩ።
ኣብቲ ዘጋጠመ ናይ ማርቲን ፕላውት ናይ ፍርዲ መስርሕ ከምዝሕብሮ፡ ፈጻሚ ናይቲ መጥቃዕቲ ገበነኛ ኮይኑ ከምዝተረኽበን ናይ ገንዘብ መቕጻዕቲ ከምእተቐጽዐን ኢዩ ። ብኣጣማምታና እዚ ፍርዲ እዚ እኹል ኮይኑ ኣይረኸብናዮን። ንፈጻሚ ናይቲ ገበን ከኣ ንካልኣይ ግዜ ገበን ንኽፍጽም ኣይዓገቶን። ነዚ ኣብ ላዕሊ ዝተጠቕሰ ኣብ ግምት ብምእታውን መበገሲ ዘይብሉ መጥቃዕቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣማኒኤል ብምፍጻሙን፡ ኣካየድቲ ኣሰና ፋውንደሽን ንክልቲኡ ተረኽቦታት (ቀዳማይን ዳሕራይን) ናብ ሕጊ ንከቕርቦ ወሲኑ ኣሎ። ነዚ ንምትግባር ድማ ምስቲ ኣብ ከተማ ሎንዶን (City of London) ዝርከብ ዓለም ለኻዊ ናይ ሕጊ ትካል ነቲ ጉዳይ ክሕዞ ሓቲቱ ኣሎ። እዚ ክልተ ተርኽቦታት`ዚ ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው ድማ ፈጸምቲ ናይዚ መጥቃዕቲ እቲ ዝለዓለ ሕጊ ዝእዝዞ መቕጻቲ፡ እንተላይ ናይ ማእሰርቲ ፍርዲ፡ ክወስዱ ብንጥፈት ክሰርሕ ኢዩ። እዚ ከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ተረኽቦዚ ምስቲ ኣብ ጀርመን ብተደናገጽቲ ናይ ህግደፍ ተፈጺሙ ዝብሃል ናይ ምፍርራሕ ስጉምቲ ክርአ እንከሎ፡ እዚ ምፍርራሕን ኣካላዊ መጥቃዕትን ብመንግስቲ ዝምእከል ከይከውን ጠበቓታት ኣብ ሕጋዊ ቤት ፍርዲ ክርእይዎ ንምነ።
ሽሕኳ፡ ዓለም ለኻዊ ናይ ሕጊ ትካል፡ ነዚ ጉዳይ ብዘይ ክፍሊት ክወስዶ ንሓትት እንተለና፡ ንዕብየት ናይቲ ጉዳይ ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው ግን፡ ብዙሕ ወጻኢታት ከድሊ ከምዝኽእል ምእማት ይከኣል ኢዩ። እዚ ማለት ከኣ ኣሰና ፋውንደሽን ነቲ ሕጋዊ መስርሕ ወይ ኩሉ ወይ ድማ ብከፊል ክትከፍሎ ክትክእል ኣለዋ። ስለዚ ኢና እምበኣር ነዚ ውሱን ዕድመ ዘለዎ ወፈያ ንሓትት ዘለና።
ክፍሊት ናይዚ ሕጋዊ መስርሕ £15,000 (or c. US $20,00) ከምዝበጽሕ ይግመት። ኹሉ ፈታዊ ሰላም፡ ደላዩ ፍትሕን ኢርትራውያንን ድማ ዝከኣሎ ሓገዝ ክገብር ንሓትት። እዚ እነበርክቶ ዘሎና ንእሽቶ ሓገዝ ብገንዘባዊ መጠኑ ዘይኮነ በቲ ንሱ ዘበርክቶ ናይ ኩሉ ኣብ ዓለም ዝቕመጥ ደላዩ ፍትሒ ሞራላዊ ሓገዝ ኢዩ ዝምጠን። ኩልና ክንግንዘቦ ዝግበኣና፡ እቲ ትማሊ ንማርቲን ዘጋጠመ ሓደጋ ሎሚ ናብ ኣማኒኤል በጺሑ ኣሎ። ጽባሕ መን ከምዝኸውን ከኣ ዝፍለጥ ኣይኮነን። ልኡኻት ኢሳያስ ከም ኢሳያስ ኢዮም። ልክዕ ከምኡ ድማ ግዝኣተ ሕጊ ይኹን ዶብ የብሎምን።
ኣብዚ ምውዳቕ ናይ ስርዓት ኣስመራ ተቓሪብሉ ዘሎ እዋን፡ ኣካላዊ መጥቃዕቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ሃገራውያን ኢርትራውያንን ንክሕይል ዘለዎ ተኽእሎ ላዕሊ ኢዩ። ገና ከይሳዕረረ ድማ ነዞም ናይ ዓይኒ ብለይ ስኒ የብለይ ልኡኻት ዶብ ክንገብረሎም ይግባእ። ብሓባር ከኣ ክንገብሮ ንኽእል ኢና። ክንገብሮ ከኣ ኢና።
ዝመጽእ ምዕባለ ናይዚ ጉዳይ ኣብ ግዜኡ ሓበሬታ ከቕርብ ኢየ። ኣብ መወዳእታ ናይቲ ጉዳይ ከኣ ብነጻ ዝኾነ ሰብ ወይ ትካል ተራእዩ፡ ዝተረጋገጸ ናይ ኣታዊታትን ወጻኢታትን ጸብጻብ ንኹሎም ኣብዚ ናይ ሕጋዊ መስርሕ ሓገዝ እጃሞም ዘበርከቱ ከቕርብ ኢየ።
ኣብ ኩሉ እንገብሮ ምንቅስቓስ ጥንቓቐ ከነዘውትር ይላቦ።
ንኹሉ ኣበርክቶኹም የቐንየለይ እብል።
ሃብተ ሓጎስ
ኣቦ መንበር ኣሰና ፋውንደሽን
30 ጥቅምቲ 2019
On Tuesday, 26 November 2019 at 14:30 hours, the founder and editor of Assenna Foundation, Amanuel Eyasu, was physically assaulted by 4 or 5 PFDJ thugs at Putney Bridge Station, London. This is the second attack on journalists in London in 12 months - the first was on the former BBC Africa editor and Horn of Africa expert, Martin Plaut.
In Martin Plaut’s case, the assailant was convicted, fined and received a criminal record. In our view this sentence was far too lenient. It has clearly failed to deter the assailant from committing another crime. With this in mind, and since the unprovoked attack on Amanuel, Assenna Foundation Board have been actively soliciting an international law firm in the City of London to bring together a case so that this time the severest punishment is given to the attackers, including custodial sentences. More importantly, and given the alleged threats being made by PFDJ Sympathisers in Germany and elsewhere, we wish the lawyers to establish in a court of law whether these threats and attacks are state sponsored.
Although we are asking the international law firm to take up our case on pro bono basis, it looks as if the case might be far too costly for them to do so. This means Assenna Foundation will have to fund the legal fees in full or in part, hence this appeal for ring-fenced funding.
The estimated legal fee is £15,000 (or c. US $20,000). We ask all peace loving, justice seekers and nationalist Eritreans to give generously. Every little helps not only in terms of the finances but the moral support it gives to Eritrean justice seekers all over the world. We need to remember, it was Martin first, then Amanuel and it could by anyone of us next. Isaias’ thugs are just like him and know no boundary nor justice.
As the demise of the regime in Asmara fast approaches, physical attacks on justice seekers and nationalist Eritreans are bound to increase. We need to draw a line and stop this cancerous thuggery. Together we can and we will.
I will keep you updated on progress. And at the end of the case, I will share with all donors an independently verified income and expenditure statement that shows the amount of money received with a breakdown of spend.
Keep safe and I thank you for your kind generosity.
Habte Hagos
Chairman, Assenna Foundation
30 November 2019
ንሕጋዊ መስርሕ ዝውዕል ገንዘባዊ ሓገዝ ብምኽንያት ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣማኒኤል ኢያሱ ዝወረደ ናይ ኣካል መጥቃዕቲ ብሰሉስ 26 ሕዳር 2019 ሰዓት 14:30፡ ንመስራትን ኣካያድን ኣሰና ፋውንደሽን ኣማኒኤል ኢያሱ፡ ብኣርባዕተ ወይ ድማ ሓሙሽተ ዝኾኑ ናይ ህግደፍ ልኡኻት ናይ ኣካል መጥቃዕቲ ኣጋጢምዎ ኔሩ። እዚ መጥቃዕቲ እዚ ኣብ ደቡባዊ ምዕራብ ሎንዶን፡ ኣብ ፓትኒ ብሪጅ ዝብሃል ቦታ ኢዩ ተፈጺሙ። እዚ መጥቃዕቲ እዚ ኣብ ውሽጢ 12 ወርሒ ንካልኣይ ግዜ ኢዩ ዝፍጸም ዘሎ። ናይ መጀመርታ መጥቃዕቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ማርቲን ፕላውት፡ ናይ ቢቢሲ ናይ ኣፍሪቃ ኣካያድን ናይ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ዓሚቕ ፍልጠት ዘለዎ ኪኢላን ከምእተፈጸመ ዝዝከር ኢዩ።
ኣብቲ ዘጋጠመ ናይ ማርቲን ፕላውት ናይ ፍርዲ መስርሕ ከምዝሕብሮ፡ ፈጻሚ ናይቲ መጥቃዕቲ ገበነኛ ኮይኑ ከምዝተረኽበን ናይ ገንዘብ መቕጻዕቲ ከምእተቐጽዐን ኢዩ ። ብኣጣማምታና እዚ ፍርዲ እዚ እኹል ኮይኑ ኣይረኸብናዮን። ንፈጻሚ ናይቲ ገበን ከኣ ንካልኣይ ግዜ ገበን ንኽፍጽም ኣይዓገቶን። ነዚ ኣብ ላዕሊ ዝተጠቕሰ ኣብ ግምት ብምእታውን መበገሲ ዘይብሉ መጥቃዕቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ኣማኒኤል ብምፍጻሙን፡ ኣካየድቲ ኣሰና ፋውንደሽን ንክልቲኡ ተረኽቦታት (ቀዳማይን ዳሕራይን) ናብ ሕጊ ንከቕርቦ ወሲኑ ኣሎ። ነዚ ንምትግባር ድማ ምስቲ ኣብ ከተማ ሎንዶን (City of London) ዝርከብ ዓለም ለኻዊ ናይ ሕጊ ትካል ነቲ ጉዳይ ክሕዞ ሓቲቱ ኣሎ። እዚ ክልተ ተርኽቦታት`ዚ ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው ድማ ፈጸምቲ ናይዚ መጥቃዕቲ እቲ ዝለዓለ ሕጊ ዝእዝዞ መቕጻቲ፡ እንተላይ ናይ ማእሰርቲ ፍርዲ፡ ክወስዱ ብንጥፈት ክሰርሕ ኢዩ። እዚ ከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ተረኽቦዚ ምስቲ ኣብ ጀርመን ብተደናገጽቲ ናይ ህግደፍ ተፈጺሙ ዝብሃል ናይ ምፍርራሕ ስጉምቲ ክርአ እንከሎ፡ እዚ ምፍርራሕን ኣካላዊ መጥቃዕትን ብመንግስቲ ዝምእከል ከይከውን ጠበቓታት ኣብ ሕጋዊ ቤት ፍርዲ ክርእይዎ ንምነ።
ሽሕኳ፡ ዓለም ለኻዊ ናይ ሕጊ ትካል፡ ነዚ ጉዳይ ብዘይ ክፍሊት ክወስዶ ንሓትት እንተለና፡ ንዕብየት ናይቲ ጉዳይ ኣብ ግምት ብምእታው ግን፡ ብዙሕ ወጻኢታት ከድሊ ከምዝኽእል ምእማት ይከኣል ኢዩ። እዚ ማለት ከኣ ኣሰና ፋውንደሽን ነቲ ሕጋዊ መስርሕ ወይ ኩሉ ወይ ድማ ብከፊል ክትከፍሎ ክትክእል ኣለዋ። ስለዚ ኢና እምበኣር ነዚ ውሱን ዕድመ ዘለዎ ወፈያ ንሓትት ዘለና።
ክፍሊት ናይዚ ሕጋዊ መስርሕ £15,000 (or c. US $20,00) ከምዝበጽሕ ይግመት። ኹሉ ፈታዊ ሰላም፡ ደላዩ ፍትሕን ኢርትራውያንን ድማ ዝከኣሎ ሓገዝ ክገብር ንሓትት። እዚ እነበርክቶ ዘሎና ንእሽቶ ሓገዝ ብገንዘባዊ መጠኑ ዘይኮነ በቲ ንሱ ዘበርክቶ ናይ ኩሉ ኣብ ዓለም ዝቕመጥ ደላዩ ፍትሒ ሞራላዊ ሓገዝ ኢዩ ዝምጠን። ኩልና ክንግንዘቦ ዝግበኣና፡ እቲ ትማሊ ንማርቲን ዘጋጠመ ሓደጋ ሎሚ ናብ ኣማኒኤል በጺሑ ኣሎ። ጽባሕ መን ከምዝኸውን ከኣ ዝፍለጥ ኣይኮነን። ልኡኻት ኢሳያስ ከም ኢሳያስ ኢዮም። ልክዕ ከምኡ ድማ ግዝኣተ ሕጊ ይኹን ዶብ የብሎምን።
ኣብዚ ምውዳቕ ናይ ስርዓት ኣስመራ ተቓሪብሉ ዘሎ እዋን፡ ኣካላዊ መጥቃዕቲ ኣብ ልዕሊ ደለይቲ ፍትሕን ሃገራውያን ኢርትራውያንን ንክሕይል ዘለዎ ተኽእሎ ላዕሊ ኢዩ። ገና ከይሳዕረረ ድማ ነዞም ናይ ዓይኒ ብለይ ስኒ የብለይ ልኡኻት ዶብ ክንገብረሎም ይግባእ። ብሓባር ከኣ ክንገብሮ ንኽእል ኢና። ክንገብሮ ከኣ ኢና።
ዝመጽእ ምዕባለ ናይዚ ጉዳይ ኣብ ግዜኡ ሓበሬታ ከቕርብ ኢየ። ኣብ መወዳእታ ናይቲ ጉዳይ ከኣ ብነጻ ዝኾነ ሰብ ወይ ትካል ተራእዩ፡ ዝተረጋገጸ ናይ ኣታዊታትን ወጻኢታትን ጸብጻብ ንኹሎም ኣብዚ ናይ ሕጋዊ መስርሕ ሓገዝ እጃሞም ዘበርከቱ ከቕርብ ኢየ።
ኣብ ኩሉ እንገብሮ ምንቅስቓስ ጥንቓቐ ከነዘውትር ይላቦ።
ንኹሉ ኣበርክቶኹም የቐንየለይ እብል።
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ኣቦ መንበር ኣሰና ፋውንደሽን
30 ጥቅምቲ 2019
Fundraising team: Assenna Foundation (4)
Habtezion Godefa Hagos
Organizer
Amanuel Eyasu
Team member
Martin Plaut
Team member
Petros Tesfagherghis
Team member