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▶️Remembering z late Adhanom Gebremariam👇
Remembering #Eritrea|s Conscience Prisoners is also about #Eritrea|s exiled political leaders – alive & dead, people (& their remains) who remain separated from their families, people & nation b/c of their dissenting political views.
Remembering #Eritrea|s Conscience Prisoners is also about #Eritrea|s exiled political leaders – alive & dead, people (& their remains) who remain separated from their families, people & nation b/c of their dissenting political views.
Continued, on Biography of Adhanom:
1972 – 1991: Covered with scars - large & small, Adhanom's body bear witness to z many skirmishes, battles & wars that he participated in or directed as rank & file fighter, platoon leader, battalion & brigade commander, all z way up to
1972 – 1991: Covered with scars - large & small, Adhanom's body bear witness to z many skirmishes, battles & wars that he participated in or directed as rank & file fighter, platoon leader, battalion & brigade commander, all z way up to
heading, in z mid-to-late 1980s, EPLF’s first military divisions. Elected to z central committee at its 2nd congress (1988), in 1989 he was recalled from z frontlines, where he served for almost 26 yrs, & assigned to head z front’s trade department.
▶️Remembering 48 young men & women massacred at #AdiAbeto in 4 Nov 2004..👇
A thread on #AdiAbetoMassacre..
Remembering is also about few days in #Eritrea|s contemporary history, days that witnessed a barbarity that’s too horrific to imagine - almost beyond human imagination,
A thread on #AdiAbetoMassacre..
Remembering is also about few days in #Eritrea|s contemporary history, days that witnessed a barbarity that’s too horrific to imagine - almost beyond human imagination,
something that’s too painful to contemplate &, thus, self-serving to deny & forget. And, this is exactly why we must make a deliberate & conscious effort to remember z 4th of Nov 2004!
At z end of z 1998-2000 border war, #Eritrea|s 18-months National Service program mutated
At z end of z 1998-2000 border war, #Eritrea|s 18-months National Service program mutated
into an indefinite mobilization of z population into "military" service, ostensibly in readiness for a potential #Ethiopia'n invasion. In reality, while some conscripts did serve within z army, most were either assigned to work on so-called “national development projects”, or
