Aster Fissehatsion

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Aster Fissehatsion , also Astier Fesehazion (* 1951 in Abyssinia ) is an Eritrean politician of the Popular Front for Democracy and Justice . Fissehatsion has been imprisoned since 2001, human rights organizations and European states see her as political prisoners and have been demanding her release for years.

Life

Aster Fissehatsion was born in 1951 in the Abyssinian Empire . In 1974 she joined the Eritrean People's Liberation Front , which demanded Eritrea's independence from Ethiopia. Fissehatsion rose quickly within the liberation front. She later married her companion and comrade in the People's Liberation Front, Mahmoud Ahmed Sherifo . She gave birth to a child during the Civil War.

After Eritrea's independence in 1993, she took on various higher positions in the country, including a member of the central council of the Popular Front for Democracy and Justice party, which emerged from the Eritrean People's Liberation Front. She was also temporarily a member of the Eritrean National Assembly and headed the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.

In 1996 Fissehatsion criticized the government under Isayas Afewerki and was dismissed from all positions for this, but three later reassigned. In May 2001, she and 14 other high-ranking party officials published an open letter to President Afewerki, calling on the country to democratize, comply with the constitution, advance judicial reform and conduct a “peaceful and democratic dialogue”. On September 18, 2001, the entire group of 15 officials - also known as the "G-15" - was arrested and detained.

Fissehatsion has been in custody since then. Unconfirmed reports said she died of gastric ulcer on April 14, 2003, although this has not been confirmed by the Eritrean authorities. Human rights organizations such as Amnesty International, Human Right Watch as well as European countries and the EU are calling for the political prisoners to be released.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c LETTERS AGAINST FORGETTING ERITREA - ASTER FISSEHATSION. Amnesty International Germany, May 2015, accessed on November 13, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Ibrahim Mahmoud Ahmed Sherifo: Aster & Sherifo: My Parents Who Have Disappeared for 13 Years. In: Awate.com. September 14, 2014, accessed November 13, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Glenys Kinnock: It could have been me. In: New Statesman. February 28, 2008, accessed November 13, 2016 .
  4. ^ All but two of the 11 former senior government officials of Eritrea confirmed dead. (PDF) In: Assena.com. August 4, 2009, accessed November 13, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b Answer given by High Representative / Vice-President Ashton on behalf of the Commission. European Parliament, July 14, 2011, accessed November 13, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Eritrea urged to free dissident Aster Fissehatsion. BBC, September 16, 2011, accessed November 13, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Fissehatsion, Aster
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fesehazion, Astier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Eritrean politician
DATE OF BIRTH 1951
PLACE OF BIRTH Empire of Abyssinia