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Collective Action for a Democratic Eritrea

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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/) The Blue Revolution shows the way forward For decades, Eritreans have endured President Isaias Afwerki’s dictatorial rule, known for its repression, human rights violations, and denial of freedoms. Beyond such abuses, the regime has […]

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Brigade N’Hamedu: From Diaspora to Asmara

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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 regime’s cultural festivals– long used to fundraise, intimidate potential opposition, and serve as propaganda tools. While Brigade N’Hamedu is not Eritrea’s first diaspora-based opposition movement to challenge these notorious events, its scale

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Democracies as spaces to repress and defend human rights: the case of the Eritrean Blue Revolution Movement

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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 with the objective of exerting political and developmental influence in their countries of origin. The sociopolitical influence of refugees and diasporas in their countries of origin includes

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Eritrea Diaspora pro-democracy Blue Revolution movement: from where to where?

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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 countries against the Eritrean authoritarian regime’s repressive practices at home and in the diaspora. Most of the protests have culminated in violent confrontations with police and loyalists

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