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“If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.”
- Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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Collective Action for a Democratic Eritrea
Main Image: Protest by members of the UK chapter of Brigade N’Hamedu at the Netherlands Embassy in London on 1 March 2024. Source: Ethiopia Insight (https://www.ethiopia-insight.com/2025/02/26/collective-action-for-a-democratic-eritrea/)...
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Brigade N’Hamedu: From Diaspora to Asmara
Source: SAHAN The Ethiopian Cable (https://sahan.global/issues/ec-issue-269) Since its inception, Brigade N’Hamedu, also known as the ‘Blue Revolution,’ has focused on targeting the pro-Eritrean...
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Democracies as spaces to repress and defend human rights: the case of the Eritrean Blue Revolution Movement
By Aron Hagos Tesfai How do diasporas engage in the politics of their countries? Following their migration to democratic nations, refugees and immigrants organize themselves into social movement organizations...
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Eritrea Diaspora pro-democracy Blue Revolution movement: from where to where?
By Dr Aron Hagos Tesfai  Since mid-2022, transnationally connected Eritrean refugees and second-generation diaspora youth have been mobilizing coordinated waves of protests in the major cities of Western...
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Biniam Girmay, the rising star from a cycling-mad and notoriously oppressive country
A young Eritrean refugee, TikToker, made a video this week; he was smiling and super cheerful. He appears to be in his early 20s, if not a teenager. He says to his followers: ‘If you ask me, where...
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