| 词条 | Petros Solomon |
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| name=Petros Solomon | image= Petros_Sol.jpg | order=1st Minister of Defence of Eritrea | term_start=1993 | term_end=1994 | successor=Mesfin Hagos | order2=3rd Minister of Foreign Affairs of Eritrea | term_start2=1994 | term_end2=1997 | predecessor2=Mahmoud Ahmed Sherifo | successor2=Haile Woldense | order3=2nd Minister of Marine Resources of Eritrea | term_start3=1997 | term_end3=2001 | predecessor3=Saleh Meki | successor3=Ahmed Haj Ali | birth_date=1951 | birth_place=Asmara, Hamassien | spouse = Aster Yohannes | party=PFDJ }} Petros Solomon (born 1951; also known as Wed'Solomon, Son of Solomon) is an Eritrean politician. He was an Eritrean People's Liberation Front commander during the Eritrean War of Independence, and following independence he served in several positions in the Cabinet, including Minister of Defense and Minister of Foreign Affairs. He has been in prison, held incommunicado in an undisclosed location, since September 18, 2001 for opposing the rule of Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki. Amnesty International has named him a prisoner of conscience. His wife Aster Yohannes, who was also a freedom fighter and member of EPLF, was detained by security personnel at Asmara International Airport in the capital Asmara on December 11, 2003, when she returned after a three-year period of study at the University of Phoenix to unite with her children. She is imprisoned at Carshel in Asmara Eritrea. All four of Solomon's children live in exile. Early lifeSolomon was born in a recognized family in Asmara. He completed his early education in Asmara and Addis Ababa. He was attending the Haile Selassie University in 1972, when he joined EPLF. He is married to Aster Yohannes, who joined the front in 1982. The pair have four children, Simon, the twins Zerai and Hanna, and Meaza. The pair fought in the independence struggle with Ethiopia, in which the EPLF gained de facto independence for Eritrea in 1991[1] During the Eritrean War of IndependencePetros Solomon was a member of the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF). From 1972 until the end of the Eritrean War of Independence in 1991, he served as Chief Strategist and the head of Military Intelligence (Brigade 72) of the EPLF. He also served as a member of the executive committee (Politburo) of EPLF from 1977 to 1994. During the War of Independence, he is credited with having single-handedly organized the EPLF's intelligence section. He is also credited with having been the commander of the Nakfa, Kerkebet and Zara fronts during the war in the early 1980s. He led the battle of Massawa in 1977;[2] He also, along with Ogbe Abraha, led the battle to liberate the town of Barentu in 1987. After Eritrean Independence{{quote box| border=2px | align=left | bgcolor = | font = Times |width = 30% | title=Criticism | halign=center | quote="When confronted with criticism, it is not useful to think only in terms of digging up trenches and launching counter-offensives; criticism should be accepted with an open heart and an environment of tolerance; institutionalism is the best approach to decision-making... nobody or no institution has a monopoly on wisdom and foresight." | salign=right |source= ~ Petros Solomon, Tsigenai Newspaper, June 11, 2001 as translated by Awate.com[3] }} In 1991, as he commanded the EPLF army that besieged Asmara, taking charge of the city when it fell to his forces. In its June 16, 1991 publication, The New York Times stated that after the fall of Asmara, "Petros Solomon, was running the city until the arrival of Isaias Afewerki".[4] Following independence, Petros Solomon served in various cabinet positions. He served as the first Minister of Defense of Eritrea.[5] In mid-February 1997, he was moved from the post of Minister of Foreign Affairs to that of Minister of Marine Resources.[5] During his time as a Minister of Marine Resources, "he independently conceived of a biosaline agriculture as a way of building the economy of the country and gave enthusiastic support to Manzanar Project".[6] In September 2001 he was detained indefinitely along with other politicians who were known as the G-15, a group which opposes the rule of Eritrean president Isaias Afewerki. Solomon along with 15 other ministers were arrested by the ruling front and detained in unknown location ever since. The ministers were criticizing the border war of the then president, Isaia and signed an open letter. He was fired along with other opposing members and was detained on 18 September 2001.[7] He was considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.[8] Reaction to the Arrest{{quote box| title = UN Assembly | quote = "The tone we set here (at the UN General Assembly) collectively will have far greater influence in shaping the future of our planet than the isolated measures and endeavours we undertake in our individual countries." | source = ~ Petros Solomon, At General Assembly Session 50 meeting 28, Date 11 October 1995[9] | align = right | width = 30% | border = 2px | bgcolor = | salign = right | font = Times | halign = center }} Dan Connell made an observation that, "It was inevitable he would clash with Isaias Afewerki".[10] After Petros's detention many of his former subordinates who publicly opposed his arrest were themselves arrested as a result, including Kidane Wedi Qeshi who used to be Communications Operator for Petros Solomon, Mehari (last name unknown) who was Chauffeur for Petros Solomon, Tesfai "Gomorra" Gebreab who was a close friend of Petros Solomon.[7] Tsedal Yohannes, the sister of Petros Solomon's wife, has been fighting against the Eritrean government about the status of her sister and her husband ever since from London.[1] References1. ^1 {{cite news|title=Eritrean Tsedal Yohannes fights to free her family from indefinite sentence without trial|url=http://en.rfi.fr/middle-east/20130402-extraordinary-eritreans-Tsedal-Yohannes-fight-to-free-her-family-from-an-indefinite-sentence-without-trial|publisher=The World and all its voices|accessdate=26 November 2016|first=Rizwan|last=Syed}} 2. ^Page 17Conversations With Eritrean Political Prisoners, By Dan Connell, {{ISBN|1-56902-235-6}} 3. ^Petros Solomon, Tsigenai Newspaper, June 11, 2001 as translated by Awate.com September 18, 2004; {{cite web |url=http://www.awate.com/artman/publish/article_3629.shtml |title=The Chronology of The Reform Movement |accessdate=2008-03-11 |deadurl=bot: unknown |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090104012539/http://www.awate.com/artman/publish/article_3629.shtml |archivedate=January 4, 2009 |df= }} 4. ^{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/16/world/eritreans-fresh-from-victory-must-now-govern.html |title=Eritreans, Fresh From Victory, Must Now Govern |publisher=The New York Times |first=Jane |last=Perlez |date=16 June 1991 |accessdate=26 November 2016 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126194943/http://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/16/world/eritreans-fresh-from-victory-must-now-govern.html |archivedate=26 November 2016 |df= }} 5. ^"President quietly shuffles cabinet" {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081017085428/http://www.africa.upenn.edu/eue_web/hoa0497.htm |date=2008-10-17 }}, Indian Ocean Newsletter, 29 March 1997 (Horn of Africa Monthly Review, 21 February–28 April 1997). 6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.af-info.or.jp/eng/honor/2005lec-e.pdf |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020110318/http://www.af-info.or.jp/eng/honor/2005lec-e.pdf |archivedate=October 20, 2007 |title=2005 Blue Planet Prize Commemorative Lectures |publisher=The Asian Glass Foundation}} 7. ^1 2 {{cite book|title=Historical Dictionary of Eritrea|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=SYsgpIc3mrsC&pg=PA421&dq=Aster+Yohannes&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiB14uXr8bQAhXBLo8KHdLOD2gQ6AEIPTAI#v=onepage&q=Aster%20Yohannes&f=false|page=421|first1=Dan |last1=Connell|first2= Tom |last2=Killion|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810875050|year=2010}} 8. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/eritrea-prisoners-conscience-held-decade-must-be-released-2011-09-15|title=Eritrea: Prisoners of conscience held for a decade must be released|date=15 September 2011|accessdate=26 December 2011|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111203234143/http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/eritrea-prisoners-conscience-held-decade-must-be-released-2011-09-15|archivedate=3 December 2011|deadurl=no|publisher=Amnesty International|df=}} 9. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.undemocracy.com/generalassembly_50/meeting_28/highlight_A-50-1 |title=General Assembly Session 50 meeting 28 |publisher=UNdemocracy |accessdate=26 November 2016 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110522151327/http://www.undemocracy.com/generalassembly_50/meeting_28/highlight_A-50-1 |archivedate=22 May 2011 |df= }} 10. ^Conversations With Eritrean Political Prisoners, By Dan Connell, {{ISBN|1-56902-235-6}} External links
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