05/20/2026, 22:14
I have shortened the content due to character limitation. I have added evidence of the claim with links, translation plus timestamp of the video content. I have also corrected the spelling of the movement's leader's name, changed the petition's End of Collection date, and added the movemen's leader's criminal past history to highlight his true character.
New justification:
OperatingAn underEritrean thediaspora-based, directionultra-nationalist of the ultra-far-right Tigrinya nationalist organizationmovement known as the Agazian Brotherhood,Brotherhood thishas been airing extremely dangerous, fabricated news to foment sectarian violence in Eritrea over the last few months. Their TV channel is ledcurrently by Tesfazion Gebresellasie (formerly known as Eyob Berhe). This platform utilizes European satellite infrastructure tobeing broadcast a systematic campaign of fabricated news, psychological warfare, and unhinged genocidal rhetoric.The existential threat posed by this movement is neither new nor isolated. For over ten years, Tesfazion Gebresellasie and his followers weaponized digital platforms—most notably generating vitriolic, highly radicalized YouTube content—to build an ideological foundation centered on the demonizationEutelsat ofplatform. specificThis demographics.Thehate-mongering transitiongroup ofwas theactive Agazianon BrotherhoodYouTube, fromFacebook, onlineand video-sharingTikTok for about ten years before shifting to asatellite dedicated,television transnationalbroadcasting. TVTheir broadcastingdehumanizing, networkgenocidal onrhetoric Eutelsat represents a catastrophic escalation. It elevates a decade-long digitaland hate campaignspeech intotoward aMuslim, highly sophisticated, mass-media weapon capable of mobilizing real-world atrocities.The core and most dangerous focus of Hagere Hamasien TV remains its relentless, unhinged genocidal language directed against minority Muslim ethnic groups in Eritrea. Mirroring the historical propaganda frameworks of Radio Rwanda, the channel relies almost exclusively on entirely fictional, concocted news reports. These fabrications are engineered to paint the Muslim population as an existential threat, systematically stripping them of their humanity to lower the psychological barrier to mass violence.Monitoring of recent broadcasts reveals that the Agazian Brotherhood has expanded its targets to enforce a rigid, ultra-nationalist purity test. In addition to targeting Muslims, the channel directs severe dehumanizing rhetoric toward:Regional Tigrinya Populations (Seraye and Akele Guzay): In a deliberate attempt to fracture the social fabric of the Eritrean people, the channel targets Tigrinya-speaking populations from the Seraye and Akele Guzay regions, explicitly labeling them as "unwanted peripheral Tigrinya" who do not belong in their envisioned society.Christian Religious Minorities: The network’s vitriol has similarly expanded to target Eritrea’s minority CatholicCatholic, and Protestant communities,minority framingcommunities themcarry asgrave hostile,consequences. alienIf elementsthis thatsatellite threatenTV theirchannel radicalizedcontinues ethno-nationalistto vision. Liabilityoperate, andit Compliancewill Risksundoubtedly forignite Eutelsatsectarian andbloodshed in the EUProviding satellite infrastructure to an entity broadcasting explicit genocidal intent directly breaches the Format of the EU Code of Conduct on Countering Illegal Hate Speech and the EU Audiovisual Media Services Directive (AVMSD).Corporate stakeholders face ethical liability by allowing their commercial technology to serve as the primary megaphone for a well-documented extremist movement.The Horn of Africa is a highly volatile region. Allowing a group with a history of radicalization to broadcast unchecked threat narratives directly undermines international peace and security.The Petitioners' Demandscountry.
As Concernedconcerned Eritreans witnessing the dangerous amplification of hate speech against our communities, we call upon Eutelsat Stakeholders and the EU Cyber Hate Speech Monitoring Body to take immediate, decisive action:Immediateaction. EmergencyWe Suspension:demand Issuethat anEutelsat immediateimmediately cease-and-desistsuspend, orderinvestigate, and de-platform this extremely dangerous TV channel before it causes a tragedy similar to temporarilythe removeRwandan genocide in Eritrea.
The leader of this hate-mongering, violence-preaching, ultra-nationalist movement, Tesfazion Berhe Gerhelase (formerly known as Eyob Ghebre Sellassie), is a person of ill repute both in Eritrea and in England, where he currently resides. In 2014, a jury at the Old Bailey found Sellassie guilty of two counts of fraud by false representation for a £100,000 Gift Aid tax scam. Below is a link providing further insight into his criminal history.
www.thirdsector.co.uk/african-aids-action-founder-eyob-sellassie-found-guilty-100000-gift-aid-scam/finance/article/1312608
Evidence of the Threat
Here, I provide links to his YouTube videos broadcast on their Hagere Hamasien TV. Tesfazion and his followers have disseminated hateful messages through their online platforms for exactly ten years. Below, I have tried to highlight the type of hate-mongering speech aired on their Hager Hamasien TV fromchannel Eutelsatwithin airwavesthe whilelast itsmonth broadcastalone. logsTheir content has the potential to ignite grave sectarian violence in Eritrea.
1.https://youtu.be/XzXayrNqlbk?si=X1-5ATROxLj_ZPL9May 19, 2026
Starts at 3:50 This news segment alleges that Muslims are formallyscheming audited.Comprehensiveto Investigation:dominate Launchand adestroy formalthe reviewidentity and livelihoods of the Tigrinya-languageTigrinya broadcasts,people. documentingIt claims that Muslim landlords are evicting Christian tenants and further asserts that Muslims are not native citizens, with no history in the channel'scountry historyprior to the 1940s.
2.https://youtu.be/zyDptdcgg4o?si=VI_NTWzgc82XUVRVMay 18, 2026Timestamp: 1:24 - 3:26
This video claims that Muslims have grown in numbers and will soon declare Sharia law and slaughter Christian Tigrinya in the streets.
3.https://youtu.be/IqybXbSFiow?si=qHuCcXgRvcFGlR26May 15, 2026Timestamp: 5:16 - 6:38
In this video, the presenter reads fabricated news alleging that a minority Muslim community called the Saho is invading and plundering Christian homes in the Akele Guzay region of incitementEritrea.
4.https://youtu.be/ANpgLp93LM0?si=Z1yXidwz7mR_pWIZ May against14, 2016 Timestamp: 3:21 - 5:46
The news presenter claims that Muslim religious leaders are offering rewards to individuals who rape Christian women in Eritrea.
5.https://youtu.be/bmgwfUGKTqg?si=MkytoBIVB3JWOEI7 May 14, 2026Timestamp: 3:40 - 4:39
This video dehumanizes Eritrean Muslims, thecharacterizing peoplethem as uncivilized, lawless, and without history, even falsely claiming they hunt snakes for food. It also asserts that Muslims are parasites whose survival depends on Tigrinya taxpayers.
6.https://youtu.be/EjloPLwTImY?si=tVANDFPxyRx3CFUaMay 11, 2026 Timestamp: 3:55 - 5:15
The news presenter states that Catholics and Protestants are unclean, asserting they are worthy of Serayesocial isolation alongside Muslims.
7.https://youtu.be/EuXd7Qkfhyw?si=55Aql8D9QPh0n7aVMay 8, 2026Timestamp: 4:20 - 6:07
The presenter claims that Muslims have driven Christians to extinction and Akelehave Guzay,now Catholics,brought the country entirely under their control.
8.https://youtu.be/2FLpkPNUNL4?si=8u14GBiMU_uprkZu May 06, 2026Timestamp: 1:15 - 2:49
The presenter reads another false report about the minority Saho Muslim population invading and Protestants.Permanentplundering De-platforming:Christian Terminate all currentvillages and futuretowns infrastructurein contractsAkele withGuzay.
9.https://youtu.be/5KLfJDoCBts?si=xXgdWE3eIKrXTC6y May 05, 2026Timestamp: 1:20 - 5:09
The presenter delivers a dehumanizing speech directed at the Agazianminority BrotherhoodMuslim community in the Akria neighborhood of Asmara, accusing them of scheming to control the city and Tesfaziondeclare GebresellasieSharia (Eyob Berhe), ensuring European technology is never used as a vehicle for incubating genocide.law.
History demonstrates that when media networks openly broadcast genocidal intent, physical violence is rarely far behind. We refuse to wait for history to repeat itself!
New deadline: 07/31/2026
Signatures at the time of the change: 27
