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June 14, 2022
Mr. Steven C. Walker
Chief of Mission
U.S. Embassy, Asmara, Eritrea
Re: Message of
appreciation – June 11, 2022,
Presentation on Erisat
Dear Mr. Steven Walker,
As members of Global
Yiakl Eritrean Movement (GYEM) and
Eritrean justice and freedom activists
in diaspora, we wish to thank you for
taking the time from your busy schedule
to participate in the historic symposium
on Press Freedom, organized by ERISAT.
Your speech was highly
anticipated by Eritreans inside and
outside the country and it exceeded all
expectations. By boldly and
unequivocally calling out the Eritrean
regime for its disinformation and false
narrative, you have set the record
straight and presented the true US
policy towards Eritrea. We keenly follow
you on the U.S. Embassy’s Facebook page
and are grateful for your frequent
updates on issues that matter to
Eritreans and your constant rebuttal to
the disinformation of the Eritrean
Ministry of Information.
Moreover, we express our
gratitude for your unwavering commitment
to human rights, peace, and goodwill
toward the Eritrean people. There is no
doubt that you are the epitome of
American values for showing your clear
stand against repression, injustice and
human rights violation perpetuated by
PFDJ regime.
Dear Mr. Walker,
It was immensely touching
and heartwarming, when you called
imprisoned Eritrean journalists by name
and mentioned the numerous political
prisoners, including G-15 who have been
held incommunicado detention for over 20
years. Eritrean prisons are crammed with
tens of thousands of Eritreans – the
elderly, children and women. On June 13,
2022, UN Special Rapporteur has
presented his findings to the UN-HRC of
gross human rights violations in Eritrea
which duly confirms your claims about
the PFDJ regime’s atrocities.
You also condemned the
destabilizing role Eritrea is playing in
the conflict in Northern Ethiopia.
Moreover, you also mentioned Eritrea’s
cynical support for the blatant Russian
aggression against Ukraine. It has
openly invited Russia and China to be
its geo-political strategic partners. By
flouting the rules-based international
order, the Eritrean regime proved it is
diametrically opposed to the interests
of the US and the West.
Finally, we want to
highlight that Eritreans are decent and
hopeful people with lots of aspirations
who deserve liberty, peace and
prosperity. Thus, we ask the US
government to support the Eritrean
people in fulfilling its aspirations.
On behalf of the
voiceless Eritreans and members of
Global Yiakl Eritrean Movement we thank
you for your courageous and historic
efforts.
The Eritrean people thank
you deeply.
Yours sincerely,
Global Yiakl Eritrean
Movement (GYEM)
and
Eritrean justice and freedom activists
in diaspora
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