Press Release: Over 2000 Swedish-Eritreans demonstrate for their rights in
Stockholm.
*Stockholm, 2013-03-22 | Over 2000 Swedish-Eritreans braved the cold to
demonstrate for their rights in Sweden. The demonstration called by the
Eritrean communities and the three Swedish-Eritrean associations affected
by the recent arson of their community centers.*
The march that started from Humlegården in central Stockholm and ended at
the Swedish Parliament, reminded the Swedish MPs and politicians that, the
rule of law should also apply to the Swedes with roots in Eritrea. They
demanded constitutional rights of association and rights to be respected!
They demanded an end to the harassment of Swedish-Eritreans in Sweden.
Especially by the Swedish media!
The total silence of the municipal and parliamentary politicians is causing
concern among many of our members says a representative of the affected
Associations, Senai Haile. The children who daily use the burned premises
for their activities are astonished that no politician has stepped forward
and condemned the arson. Many more express great disappointment at the lack
of condemnation in the Swedish media.
The demonstrators were also critical of the Swedish news coverage of the
tragic incident. Instead of condemning the arsonists, the Swedish media in
an irresponsible way spread misleading and biased news. Among others, the
Social Democratic MP, Arhe Hamednaca freely ravaged his heinous and
irresponsible statements instigating that those who use the community
centers would have set fire to their own premises. To portray he victims as
scapegoats is unacceptable and should be condemned. Balanced news coverage
should have heard what the victims have to say.
Eritrean National Association would like to thank, all those who had
traveled all the way from Umeå, Gothenburg, Örebro, Uppsala,
Skara/Linköping, Malmö-Lund, Jonköping, Linköping , and many other places
outside Stockholm, to demand their rights before the Swedish Parliament. We
also want to direct our thanks to all organizations outside Sweden who sent
their solidarity messages.
For more information and pictures contact :
Biniam Almedom, 076-284 08 98
Eri.riksforbund_at_gmail.com
more info go to
http://www.raimoq.com/2013/03/23/press-release-over-2000-swedish-eritreans-demonstrate-for-their-rights-in-stockholm/
http://www.raimoq.com/2013/03/22/sweden-eritrean-communities-demonstration-22-march-2013/
http://www.alenalki.com/
http://www.eritrea-chat.com/
Received on Sun Mar 24 2013 - 12:14:05 EDT
