Mehari Habte

[Sea-Watch @seawatchcrew]

A boat with 120 human beings started in Libya. The Seefuchs later found 119 people in distress. One person had fallen overboard in bad weather before Seefuchs reached them. So we dedicate the last sunrise he could see to him and his loved ones. Rest in Peace. #safepassage

[Meron Estefanos @meronina]

More info on the group https://t.co/mJXrCm7jNX @MSF_Sea

[Meron Estefanos @meronina]

The refugees are taking the threat seriously and are worried that they could kidnap them any minute. #Libya #Refugees 2/2

[Meron Estefanos @meronina]

Refugees who escaped from their captors/traffickers in Ben Walid Libya, after giving interview to an Eritrean radio on how they were held hostages for 3 years. Now the traffickers are threatening them, saying they r not safe as long as they are in Libya and will easly kidnap them

[Vanessa Tsehaye @vanessatsehaye]

thank you to @TheEconomist , @ajplus, @LaVanguardia, @vgnett and other news outlets who took the time to listen to my uncle’s and people’s story and helping me share it even further. Thank you to @OsloFF for making it possible. Learn more & get involved @ https://t.co/Dwny4p8SNm

[SaaYEritrea @saayEritrea]

The greatest thing about #Eritrea state media is the diversity of opinions. In some papers, the pic of Prez IA is right-aligned, in another, it’s centered. Hade hzbi Hanti s’eli. @Asennai

[Catharina Bu @CatharinaBu]

- I raise my voice because it is my obligation. We have no excuse to stay silent, says Vanessa Berhe fighting for her uncle and human rights in #Eritrea #OsloFF

[Bobby Ghosh @ghoshworld]

A shutdown of the press is the shutdown of democracy as a whole. — @VanessaBerhe, Eritrean human-rights activist, at @OsloFF

[Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) @OsloFF]

#Eritrea has mandatory military service for all, beginning in their last year of high school, and the term is indefinite. It has been compared to universal slavery. @VanessaBerhe of @OneDaySeyoum #FreeEritrea #OsloFF

[Craig Vachon [son of immigrants] @c_ster]

.@VanessaBerhe spoke passionately at #OsloFF about her uncle (& 9 other journalists) who has been imprisoned for 17 years in #Eritrea . The country has no independent journalism. The UN has condemned the country’s leadership with crimes against humanity.

[Mtulivu @mttulivu]

Listening to the dynamic @VanessaBerhe's powerful testimony about her uncle @OneDaySeyoum, a legendary war photographer held incommunicado in #Eritrea since 2001.

[Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) @OsloFF]

“If we don’t give them a voice, no one will.” -Seyoum Tsehaye, uncle of @VanessaBerhe #FreeEritrea #OsloFF

[One Day Seyoum @onedayseyoum]

Tune in at 10 am CET to hear @VanessaBerhe speak about Seyoum and Eritrea! https://t.co/94f3qRTrNn

[Vanessa Tsehaye @vanessatsehaye]

It was amazing meeting and being interviewed by @ASE & @jeniferfenton for @ajplus at the Oslo Freedom Forum!

[Vanessa Tsehaye @vanessatsehaye]

Unpopular truth: Eritreans in the diaspora who support the Eritrean dictator are selfish because they face absolutely none of the consequences of his politics. https://t.co/i4vcMvqXPZ

[Vanessa Tsehaye @vanessatsehaye]

FREE HIM NOW!!!!!!! https://t.co/XkQZ3qeVRh

[Mehari Habte @MehariHabte]

@ZeMike09 and what she said reverberated through Eritrean twitter because it represents how thousands of diaspora enable this brutal regime.

[Mehari Habte @MehariHabte]

#Eritrea culture of silence

[Mehari Habte @MehariHabte]

@ZeMike09 my brother, only recently you have been speaking out about #G15. check my twitter when i started. sometimes people have to learn a hard lesson.

[Mehari Habte @MehariHabte]

this is the information age, no legitimate way you can claim ignorance on the situation in #Eritrea unless you consciously take that decision.  especially for those who vacation back home every other year https://t.co/FIC1XzGZxS

[Wulad 🇪🇷 @DeqiWoldeMikel]

@MehariHabte Brother, you're no better than the PFDJ trolls.

The ones that know, are supposed to teach the ones that don't - especially diaspora youth.

Not attack the ones that actually ASK and are willing to learn.

But instead... pathetic.

[One Day Seyoum @onedayseyoum]

Pictured below is @VanessaBerhe speaking in Pennsylvania, Glasgow, and Iceland. Follow her on Twitter to stay updated and keep an eye on this page for updates from the 2018 Oslo Freedom Forum where Vanessa is due to speak!