[dehai-news] Colorful May Celebration for our Independence Day in UK


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From: Solomon Zerai (zerai_s@yahoo.co.uk)
Date: Fri May 08 2009 - 07:49:26 EDT


Colorful May Celebration for our
Independence Day in UK
By  Zerai Solomon
zerai_s@yahoo.co.uk

May 24 is a day that has forever changed the lives of the Eritrean people.  And to this end Eritreans throughout celebrate Independence Day with excitement and zeal.

Since May24, 1991 all Eritreans at home and in the diaspora celebrate the Independence Day colorfully for the commitments and sacrifices to realize this magnificent day was tremendous; the oppression and pains sustained upon the Eritrean people was great. More importantly, however, unlike in most African countries, Eritrea independence was not granted to them in a golden plate rather, a high price was paid for it.

For instance, in the western lowland, Adi-Ebrahim and its environ (now Gash Barka zone) 62 villages, in Hazemo( Souther zone) 33 villages, in Senhit (Anseba zone) around 30 villages and many more villages in Semhar (Northern red sea) were completely destroyed. Over 300 people in Adi-Ebrahim and it’s environ and over 260 peoples in Hazemo were brutally killed.

In the last months the international media's reported that; “The people of Palestine, Irak,  Somalia and Darfur are being killed, raped, tortured; looted, entire neighborhoods being destroyed; increased incidence of gang rape; people get slaughtered like animals, people killed in their houses and their bodies rotting for days." etc. This report might have shocked and surprised the world but for Eritreans it is ordinary news for such crime against humanity were committed almost throughout the years of the struggle. What is different now is that all the human right abuses that were committed by the successive Ethiopian regimes against Civil Eritreans were not covered and reported by human right groups or international media. The current regime in Ethiopia, may shamelessly attempt to deny its misdeeds in Somalia or Eritrea. However these days nothing could be concealed; we are in the information era.

However, their barbaric act was revealed more when they desecrated martyrs’ cemetery. Such a barbaric act has never happened through out our history.
An army which retaliates by destroying graves!

 As a person who had the opportunity to attend most of the Independence celebration  in London UK and Asmara Eritrea, I feel honored to say that 18th Eritrean Independence Anniversary celebration will be held in different parts of UK.

09 May 2009 Eritrean Professional Forum, London UK17 May 2009 Children Program at Finsbury Park, London UK23 May 2009 Independence Celebration at TROXY, London UK23 May 2009 Independence Celebration in Sheffield UK30 May 2009 Independence Celebration in Scotland UKIndependence celebration in Manchester 
Independence celebration in LeedsIndependence celebration in Birmingham

Zerai Solomon,
London UK
zerai_s@yahoo.co.uk

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