Qoraalaha Nobel-ka helaya Tokarczuk iyo Coetzee waa kuwa ugu horreeya ee codsiga xaqiiqada ku saabsan qorayaasha Eritrea ee la burburiyay
Qoraalayaal dhowr boqol ah ayaa saxiixay qoraal ay u dirayaan madaxweynaha Eritrea Isaias Afwerki, iyagoo codsanaya in la xaqiijiyo nolol qorayaal 12 ah oo 2001-kii lagu xirey, iyadoo qoraalka uu ku beegan yahay 18-ka September, maalinta 25-aad ee xasiloonida qoraalada Eritrea.
Qoraalayaasha Nobel-ka iyo saxiixayaasha caalamiga ah
Qoraalayaal dhowr boqol ah, kuwaas oo ka mid ah Nobel-ka helaya Olga Tokarczuk iyo JM Coetzee, ayaa saxiixay qoraal ay u dirayaan madaxweynaha Eritrea Isaias Afwerki, iyagoo codsanaya in la xaqiijiyo nolol qorayaal 12 ah oo 2001-kii lagu xirey, iyadoo qoraalka uu ku beegan yahay 18-ka September, maalinta 25-aad ee xasiloonida qoraalada Eritrea.
Qoraalayaasha kale ee saxiixay qoraalka waxaa ka mid ah Andrei Kurkov, Anthony Doerr, Chloe Aridjis, Lauren Groff, Lemn Sissay, Maaza Mengiste, Madeleine Thien, Margaret Busby, Max Porter, Philippe Sands, Preti Taneja, Tice Cin iyo Viv Groskop, iyadoo qoraalka uu ku beegan yahay 18-ka September, maalinta 25-aad ee xasiloonida qoraalada Eritrea.
Qorayaasha la xirey iyo codsiga xaqiiqada
Qoraalka waxaa lagu xusay 12 qoraale oo 2001-kii lagu xirey, kuwaas oo ka mid ah Amanuel Asrat, Dawit Isaak, Dawit Habtemichael, Fessehaye 'Joshua' Yohannes, Mattewos Habteab, Medhanie Haile, Sahle 'Wedi-ltay' Tsegazeab, Said Abdelkadir, Said Idris 'Abu Are', Seyoum Tsehaye, Temesgen Ghebreyesus iyo Yousif Mohammed Ali.
Qoraalka waxaa lagu xusay 12 qoraale oo 2001-kii lagu xirey, kuwaas oo ka mid ah Amanuel Asrat, Dawit Isaak, Dawit Habtemichael, Fessehaye 'Joshua' Yohannes, Mattewos Habteab, Medhanie Haile, Sahle 'Wedi-ltay' Tsegazeab, Said Abdelkadir, Said Idris 'Abu Are', Seyoum Tsehaye, Temesgen Ghebreyesus iyo Yousif Mohammed Ali.
Codsiyada qoraalka iyo xaaladda Eritrea
Qoraalka waxaa lagu xusay 12 qoraale oo 2001-kii lagu xirey, kuwaas oo ka mid ah Amanuel Asrat, Dawit Isaak, Dawit Habtemichael, Fessehaye 'Joshua' Yohannes, Mattewos Habteab, Medhanie Haile, Sahle 'Wedi-ltay' Tsegazeab, Said Abdelkadir, Said Idris 'Abu Are', Seyoum Tsehaye, Temesgen Ghebreyesus iyo Yousif Mohammed Ali.
Qoraalka waxaa lagu xusay 12 qoraale oo 2001-kii lagu xirey, kuwaas oo ka mid ah Amanuel Asrat, Dawit Isaak, Dawit Habtemichael, Fessehaye 'Joshua' Yohannes, Mattewos Habteab, Medhanie Haile, Sahle 'Wedi-ltay' Tsegazeab, Said Abdelkadir, Said Idris 'Abu Are', Seyoum Tsehaye, Temesgen Ghebreyesus iyo Yousif Mohammed Ali.
More than 180 writers, including Nobel laureates Olga Tokarczuk and JM Coetzee, have signed a letter to Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki demanding verified proof of life for 12 authors arrested in 2001 and held incommunicado for over two decades.
A Global Literary Appeal to Eritrea's Leader
On 18 September, marking the 25th anniversary of a government crackdown on independent media, PEN International coordinated a letter addressed directly to President Afwerki. The document, signed by 188 writers worldwide, calls for immediate, verified proof of life for all arbitrarily detained Eritrean writers and critics.
The letter opens with a stark assessment of the country's media history, stating that within days of the crackdown, Eritrea's free press and independent voices were systematically crushed. It further asserts that the families of the detained writers, the Eritrean people, and the global literary community have been met with a painful and unlawful silence.
The Twelve Writers Held Since 2001
The letter names 12 writers who have been held incommunicado since 2001, including poet Amanuel Asrat and playwright and journalist Dawit Isaak. Other signatories include Dawit Habtemichael, Fessehaye 'Joshua' Yohannes, Mattewos Habteab, Medhanie Haile, Sahle 'Wedi-ltay' Tsegazeab, Said Abdelkadir, Said Idris 'Abu Are', Seyoum Tsehaye, Temesgen Ghebreyesus and Yousif Mohammed Ali.
Six of these writers were previously profiled in The Guardian in 2015. The letter declares that withholding information regarding their health, location, and survival is a violation of international law and an act of cruelty, and insists that no writer or journalist should be disappeared for peacefully expressing their views.
Solidarity and the Demand for Truth
Burhan Sönmez, president of PEN International, stated that 25 years is an unbearable length of time for any family to live without knowing whether a loved one is alive. He added that these writers have not disappeared from memory and that the organisation will continue to speak their names and demand the truth.
The letter concludes by asserting that Eritrea's future must be built with its brightest minds, not based on their suppression. It ends with a pledge of solidarity, stating that the signatories will not cease their efforts until the missing colleagues are free.
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