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[EN/TG] ብግጉይ መንነት ኣብ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ኢጣልያ ዝጸንሐ ኤርትራዊ/ Italy frees man wrongly extradited for people smuggling

15/07/2019
ብግጉይ መንነት ኣብ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ኢጣልያ ዝጸንሐ ኤርትራዊ መድሃኔ ተስፋማርያም ናጻ ወጺኡ።

ቤት ፍርዲ ፓለርሞ ብዓርቢ 12 ሓምለ ኣብ ዝወዓሎ መጋባእያ፣ መንእሰይ መድሃኔ ብዘይሕጋዊ ምስግጋር ደቂ ሰብ ዝተኸሰሰሉ ጉዳይ ብጌጋ መንነት ሙዃኑ ወሲኑ።
መድሃኔ ተስፋማርያም ብዕለት 24 ግንቦት 2016 ኣብ ሱዳን ኣብ ትሕቲ ቀይዲ ኣብ ዝኣተወሉ ሓይልታት ጸጥታ ሱዳንን፣ ሃገራዊ ምክልኻል ገበን ብሪጣንያን ‘ዕዉት ስርሒት’ ብዝበልዎ ብሓባር እዮም ሒዞሞ።

2016 ናብ ማዕከናት ዜና ኣብ ዘቕረቡሉ መንግስታት ኢጣልያን ብሪጣንያን፣ ንሓደ ብከቢድ ገበን ዝሕተት፣ ኣብ ዓለም ካብቶም ቀንዲ ተደለይቲ ሰባት ገይሮም እዮም ጠቂኖሞ።
ተጣበቕቲ መሰላት፣ ኣብ ወጻኢ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን፣ ወጻእተኛታት መሓዙት ኤርትራ፣ ስድራቤቱን ጠበቑኡን ንዓመታት ብዘካየዱዎ ጻዕሪ ኣማኢት መርትዖታት ክቐርብ ክኢሉ’ዩ።
እንተኾነ ብኣንጻር ኩሉ’ቲ ክቐርብ ዝጸንሐ መርትዖታት፣ ኣኽባር ሕጊ ኢጣልያ፣ ንኩሉ ጸማም እዝኒ ብምሃብ ንመድሃኔ ተስፋማርያም ናይ 14 ዓመት ማእሰርቲ ክብየነሉ’ዩ ክጽዕር ጸኒሑ።
ቤት ፍርዲ ኢጣልያ ነዚ መድሃኔ ዝተኸሰሰሉ ጉዳይ ገጺጉ፣ ብካልእ ማለት ‘ንቤተሰብካ ናብ ሊብያ ክሰግር ሓጊዝካ’ ዝብል ክሲ እኳ እንተቕረበሉ፣ መድሃኔ ድሮ ንሰለስተ ዓመታት ኣብ ቤት ማእሰርቲ ስለዝጸንሐ፣ ብቕጽበት ናጻ ክወጽእ ወሲኑሉ።
ድሕሪ’ቲ ህይወት ልዕሊ 360 ኤርትራውያን ዘህለቐ ዘስካሕክሕ ፍጻሜ ላምፔዱዛ 2013፣ ጉጅለ ኣኽበርቲ ሕጊ ኢጣልያ ኣሰጋገርቲ ደቂሰብ ንምህዳን ብዝጀመሩዎ መጽናዕቲ፣ ኣብቲ ጉዳይ ቀንዲ ተሓታቲ ዝበልዎ ንመድሃኔ ይሕደጎ መርእድ እዮም ኣብ ዒላማ ኣእትዮሞ። ምስ መድሃኔ ተስፋማርያም ግና ብዘይካ ናይ ስም ምምስሳል ካልእ ዘራኽቦም ኣይነበረን።

መድሃኔ ተስፋማርያም ሒደት ሰዓታት ኣብ ትሕቲ ቀይዲ ድሕሪ ምእታዉ ጀሚሮም ናይቲ ቀንዲ ኣሰጋጋሪ ማለት መድሃኔ ይሕደጎ ግዳያት ቃል ምስክርነቶም ብምሃብ፣ ብጌጋ ካልእ ሰብ ተታሒዙ ከምዘሎ’ዮም መስኪሮም።
ብፍሉይ ሓለዋ ኢጣልያ ኣብ ዝኣተወሉ እውን ካብ ናይ ዲ.ኤን.ኤ. ጀሚሩ ክሳብ’ቲ ኣሎ ዝበሃል ዘበናዊ ናይ ድምጺ መለለዪ መሳርሒታት ብምጥቃም ክፈልዩዎ ፈቲኖም፣ ኩሉ ከኣ ብጌጋ ከምዝተታሕዘ ዘመልክት እዩ ኔሩ።
እንተኾነ ኣኽባር ሕጊ ኢጣልያ ከም ናይ ውልቁ ፍሽለት ስለዝረኣዮ፣ ክሳብ ናይ መወዳእታ ደቒቕ ንመድሃኔ ተስፋማርያም ገበነኛ ከምስሎ ጽዒሩ።
ኣብ ወጻኢ ዝርከቡ ኤርትራውያን መንእሰይ መድሃኔ ናጻ ክወጽእ፣ ካብ ፌርማታት ምእካብ ጀሚሩ ክሳብ ኣብ በበይኑ ከተማታት ሰላማዊ ሰልፊ ብምድላው ‘ፍትሒ ንመድሃኔ’ ብምባል ቃሎም ኣስሚዖም’ዮም።

ቤተ ሰብ መድሃኔ ተስፋማርያም፣ ኣብቲ ብዓርቢ 12 ሓምለ ዝወዓለ መጋባእያ ናጻ ምውጽኡ ከምዝተሓጎሱ እኳ እንተገለጹ፣ ናይቲ ብጌጋ ዝተኣስሮ ካሕሳ ክኽፈሎ፣ ኣኽበርቲ ሕጊ ከኣ ብከቢድ ገበን ዝድለይ ውልቀሰብ ሒዝና ኢሎም ንሓደ ንጹህ ሰብ ክጥቅኑ ምፍታኖም መርመራ ክግበረሎም ሓቲቶም ኣለዉ።
ከምዝዝከር ሬድዮ ኤረና ተኸታታሊ መደባት ብምክያድ፣ ምስ ቤተሰቡን መቕርቡን ብምዝርራብ፣ ንግዳያት ናይቲ ቀንዲ ተሓታቲ መድሃኔ ይሕደጎ ብምርካብ፣ ንጉዳይ መድሃኔ ተስፋማርያም ክትከታተሎ ጸኒሓ’ያ።
በዚ ኣጋጣሚ ሬድዮ ኤረና፣ ንመድሃኔ ተስፋማርያምን ቤተሰቡን፣ ፍትሒ ብምርካብኩም እንቋዕ ሓጎሰኩም ትብል።



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Italy frees man wrongly extradited for people smuggling

An Italian court has ruled that an Eritrean man extradited to the country for people smuggling was the victim of mistaken identity. Medhanie Tesfamariam Behre was mistaken for the alleged trafficking kingpin Mered Medhanie - known as The General. He has spent the past three years in prison insisting he was not who prosecutors said he was. On Friday the court admitted its error, although it gave Behre a five-year sentence for aiding people smuggling. He was however allowed to walk free because of the time he had already spent behind bars.

"After three years finally the judge confirmed what we have been saying: we had a farmer in jail and a smuggler at large," Behre's lawyer Michele Calantropo told the Guardian. Mr Calantropo said his client would appeal against his conviction for people smuggling. He added Behre - a dairy farm worker and occasional carpenter, according to his family - had applied for asylum in Italy. British and Italian investigators had worked together to capture Behre, insisting he was at the heart of efforts to smuggle migrants from Africa to Europe.

A statement from the UK's National Crime Agency after his arrest in 2016 said it was "confident in its intelligence gathering process". But victims and relatives of the alleged trafficking criminal Mered Medhanie had told the court they did not recognise the arrested man. Prosecutors insisted they were correct despite DNA evidence and differences in their appearance. "It was a nightmare. A real nightmare," Berhe's sister Hiwett Tesfamariam told the Guardian. Mered Medhanie first came to public attention after being linked to the deaths of 359 migrants in October 2013 after their boat sank near the Italian island of Lampedusa. The General is said to have styled himself on late Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi.

(Original Source: BBC News)