Allow me, in this context, to convey to Your Excellencies the indignation of the people and Government of Eritrea whose heroic history, civilized traditions and norms, and, purposeful development efforts anchored on social justice, are sullied and denigrated with gratuitous and unprecedented irresponsibility by an entity established by this assembly.

As members of civil society representing diverse groups in Eritrea, we are incensed by the outrageous and extraordinary human rights related allegations made in the 484-page report of the Commission of Inquiry on Eritrea. The most extraordinary yet least substantiated of these allegations is that of “systematic, widespread and gross human rights violations” to a degree that “constitute crimes against humanity.”

Eritreans and friends of Eritrea in Europe, outraged by the recent unwarranted attack on the state, people and government of Eritrea by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Commission of Inquiry (COI) and Special Rapporteur Report on the Human Rights situation in Eritrea, and standing for genuine human rights, are holding a mass protest rally in Geneva, Switzerland on Monday 22 June, 2015 to protest the deceitful representation of the Human Rights situation. The demonstration will be starting at 12:00 (mid-day) and finish at 17:00 o’clock.

Words cannot do justice to the magnitude of the sacrifice that we commemorate on June 20. Our martyrs committed themselves to the highest act of devotion, for a cause greater than themselves: a free and independent Eritrea. Their storied heroism will forever hold an unparalleled place in our history.

ድሙቕ ሓያል ዘይሃስስ ዝመላለስ ዝኽሪ፡ እኳ ድኣ መመሊሱ ዝሕደስ ዝኽሪ፡ ዝኽሪ ናይ’ቲ እቲ ኹሉ ዝሓለፈ ሕሰም፡ ዝኽሪ ናይ’ቲ ነዊሕ ስቓይ ግፍዒ ውርደት ሓሳረ-መከራ፡ እቲ ዝተሓላለኸን ዝተነጸረን ዝኽሪ! መመሊሱ ኣብ ኣእምሮይ እግንፍል እመላለስ፡ ፈልፋሊ ዋሕዙ ዘየቛርጽ ዝኽሪ፡ መዕለቢ ዘይብሉ፡ ስቕ ኢለ እዝክር።