Rally
Report
By
organizing Committee
Sweden:
Eritrean Opposition hold Rally against Dictatorial Festival
The
Eritrean political and civil society organizations in Sweden conducted a huge
whole day demonstration on Saturday 9th August in front of the
festival place under a theme, “ Popular Resistance against tyranny”
The
rally has started at 10.00 in the morning and ended at six in the evening. It
was a whole day demonstration. Demonstrators flocked to the place with their
flags waving and chanting slogans for freedom, human rights, democracy, peace,
justice and the rule of law that are absent today in Eritrea. The rally
program started by a short presentation by the coordinating committee on the
daily activities of the demonstration. Demonstrators made a long line and
started singing , Eritrea of Tomorrow”
loudly so that dictatorship festival celebrants attention was drawn to
it and they began to listen the singing demonstrators. The music and slogan
chanting has strong that the festival meetings were disturbed and could not
run their false speeches on the situation in Eritrea.
The
rally was both stationary and marching towards the gate and staying there for
20 minutes to attract by passers and distributing manifests and other letters.
The rally was guarded by police the whole day. Speeches were delivered by
individuals. The Eritrean Democratic Alliance was represented by its central
committee members, Mr. Idris Osman and Idris Nour.
A
support and encouraging letter from the Eritrean Democratic Alliance in Arabic
language was read by Mr. Idris Mohammed Osman, later translated by Mr. Zein
Shokay.
Ms
Mehret Dawit head of the Eritrean Women’s Association for Integration has
delivered a speech on human rights abuses in Eritrea. In her speech she urged
the women participating in the Festival to stop their support to the dictator
and stand on the side of the oppressed women in Eritrea.
Coordinators
appreciated the demonstrators and lauded their struggle facing dictatorship
realistically in Sweden.
The
rally concluded its demo program by singing , Eritrea of Tomorrow” and a 2
minutes silence for the memory of the martyrs in Eritrea.
Organizing
Committee