The Afar People


 

• Tribe of aboriginal nomadic people who inhabit 3 corners of Ethiopia, Eritrea and Djibouti

 

• Population in all countries 3-5 million

 

• 90 % nomadic

 

• 94 % illiterate

 

• 45 year life expectancy

 

• Distinct Language  and Culture

 

• Population 10-15% (Eritrea)

 

Suffering under Eritrean Regime (Shabia)

 

They Demand

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

# Recognition of their  inherent property rights.

# Self-subsistence and self-determination.

#The right to benefit from their land, sea and resources by way of trade, fishing, salt mining and animal husbandry

#Freedom of movement within the Afar land

#Release of innocent Afar prisoners

#Promoting Afar Culture, History, Language

#The right to education

# The right to determine their relationships with neighbours in a spirit of coexistence, mutual benefit and full respect

 

• Violating basic human rights of Afar people

 

• Dispossession of their land and properties

 

• Violating Rights to Trade, Fish, Salt Mine

 

• Prevent Development and Foreign Aid

 

• Destroying  Culture , Language and History

 

•Violating freedom of movement/mobility

 

• Killing Hundreds defenceless Afar

 

• Kidnapping and Torture of Innocent Afar

 

• Hundreds are missing , Incommunicado for many years

 

• Prisoners are held in atrocious conditions 

• damp underground cells,

• sweltering shipping containers,

• secret security prisons.