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YIRGALEM FISSEHA, SAMSON SOLOMON, BETHLEHEM ISAAK and MERON ESTEFANOS are continuing their parents‘ and grandparents‘ decades-long fight for freedom and democracy in Eritrea. They are consciously using peaceful means to do so. We spoke to them for the Fritz Bauer Blog and continue the series after YIRGALEM FISSEHA with
Samson Solomon is the son of former Director of Telecommunications Solomon Habtom. Habtom was arrested in 2003. He spent 14 years in Carcheli prison in Asmara without charge or trial, without any contact with his family or the outside world. He died in 2017.
Samson Solomon came to Germany in 2002. He studied linguistics, political science and sociology at the University of Marburg. He now lives in Frankfurt. After the death of his father, Samson decided to continue the fight for democracy and the rule of law in Eritrea on his behalf. He is a co-founder of the YAKIL! (Enough is enough!) protest movement. He runs seminars and workshops with the aim of politically engaging the Eritrean community in exile. In 2019, he published his first book, Risti Gujle 15 (The Legacy of G-15).
Contribution and interviews: Susanne Berger (Washington D.C., USA)
Film: Jakob Gatzka (Vierkirchen, Germany)
Photo: Header image Martin Schibbye , Future of Eritrea, Students going home from school in Asmara, Eritrea