On Wednesday, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, carried out a working visit to Asmara, the capital of Eritrea. The visit marked the first by a Swedish government…
“A high-level visit to one of the world’s most repressive regimes can only be justified if it delivers real results. Anything less than the release of Dawit Isaak risks legitimizing…
Photo: EU Delegation to Eritrea, May 9, 2025, including the former EU Ambassador to Eritrea, Gianluca Grippa. © EUROPEAN UNION, 2025
Foto: EU-delegation till Eritrea, 9 maj 2025, inklusive den tidigare EU-ambassadören till Eritrea Gianluca Grippa. © EUROPEAN UNION, 2025
ANALYS. Diplomater är benägna att undvika risker och nöjer sig med delvisa resultat. Men för fängslade svenskar i Iran, Kina och Eritrea är detta en katastrofal inställning, skriver Susanne Berger från Raoul Wallenberg…
ANALYSIS. Diplomats tend to avoid risks and settle for partial results. But for Swedes imprisoned in Iran, China and Eritrea, this is a disastrous approach, writes Susanne Berger from the Raoul…
September 23 marks the 24th anniversary of the unlawful detention of Mr. Dawit Isaak – a Swedish-Eritrean citizen, journalist, playwright, and the Edelstam Prize 2024 Laureate. He remains the world’s…
Article published August 27, 2025 Stockholm, Sweden by SUSANNE BERGER, on Substack READ IN APP “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter"Dr. Martin…
PRESS RELEASE During a ceremony in the Swedish Parliament today, Chile’s President Michelle Bachelet, handed over a bust of the Swedish diplomat, Harald Edelstam, thanking for his humanitarian deeds during…
Dr. Brian Palmer is a social anthropologist at Uppsala University in Sweden. Previously he held the Torgny Segerstedt Guest Professorship at Gothenburg University, and before that he taught at Harvard.…
