ESAT News (Dec. 25)–Two members of Arena Tigray, a party that aspires
to liberate Tigrians from the grip of the TPLF, have been detained in
Mekele while distributing the party’s publication. Arena said the duo
remain in custody despite informing the police that they were the
party’s members.
Arena’s Mekele branch representative Sultan
Hihshe told ESAT that Ayalew Beyene and Tekalign Tadesse were detained
under the pretext that they did not carry ID cards identifying them as
members of a legally registered political party.
Sultan also said
that another member of the party was apprehended Monday in Humera while
distributing leaflets. He noted that Arena Tigray has faced numerous
hurdles, harassment and repressive measures in order to silence its
members and obstruct its operations.
Arena Tigray was formed by
veteran members of the TPLF that splintered from the TPLF during the
height of the Ethio-Eritrean war, which the splinter group alleged that f
Meles Zenawi’s strategies and decisions were dubious as some of the key
decisions favored Eritrea.
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