Please find press materials below regarding the Edelstam Prize Laureate 2024. The press materials are first sorted by language below, and then in chronological order.
CONTENTS
- MEDIA INQUIRIES
- PRESS RELEASES
- JUSTICE WALL” IN LONDON CALLS ON THE WORLD TO SAY HIS NAME: DAWIT ISAAK
- THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT'S ACTIONS FOR DJALALI MUST BE FOLLOWED BY DEMANDS FOR ISAAK AND GUI
- THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF JOURNALIST DAWIT ISAAK
- PRESS PHOTOS
- Press Conference
- Seminar 20 November
For an overview of the extensive media attention that the Edelstam Prize and Laureate Dawit Isaak has received since 11 November, please visit our International Publicity page. The page is updated daily.
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MEDIA INQUIRIES
For media inquiries and press passes to the award ceremony, please contact press@edelstamprize.org
للاستفسارات الإعلامية وتصاريح الصحافة لحضور حفل توزيع الجوائز، يُرجى التواصل مع press@edelstamprize.org
Pour les demandes des médias et les accréditations presse pour la cérémonie de remise des prix, veuillez contacter press@edelstamprize.org
Für Medienanfragen und Presseausweise zur Preisverleihung wenden Sie sich bitte an press@edelstamprize.org
Per richieste media e accrediti stampa per la cerimonia di premiazione, si prega di contattare press@edelstamprize.org
Para consultas de medios y pases de prensa para la ceremonia de premiación, por favor contacte a press@edelstamprize.org
ንሕቶታት ሚድያን ናብ ስነ-ስርዓት ሽልማት ዝወስድ ናይ ፕረስ ፓስታትን ንምርካብ : በዚ ተወከሱ press@edelstamprize.org
PRESS RELEASES
PRESS RELEASE, the 30th of April 2025 –– LONDON
World’s Longest-Imprisoned Journalist Honored on the Eve of World Press Freedom Day
“JUSTICE WALL” IN LONDON CALLS ON THE WORLD TO SAY HIS NAME: DAWIT ISAAK
On the eve of World Press Freedom Day, Human Rights Solidarity, a London- based organization committed to defending civil liberties and free expression, will host a public demonstration on Friday, 2 May, from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM outside The Guardian headquarters at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU. The event, open to media, NGOs, rights groups, and the public, will spotlight one of the gravest injustices in modern media history: the prolonged imprisonment of Mr. Dawit Isaak — a Swedish-Eritrean journalist, playwright, and father who has been held incommunicado in Eritrea for 24 years, without charge, trial, or access to a lawyer
The initiative is co-sponsored by the Edelstam Foundation, the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR), Eritrea Focus, and the International Bar Association’s Human Rights Institute (IBAHRI).
The event is published on UNESCO’s list of celebrations around the world:
https://www.unesco.org/en/days/press-freedom-2025/around-world
Read the full press release here
Download the press release below
From the Wall of Justice campaign: “Free Media cannot be silenced”. Press photo of one of the many jailed journalists: Dawit Isaak (Eritrean-Swedish citizen jailed in Eritrea)
PRESS RELEASE – March 8, 2025, STOCKHOLM
THE SWEDISH GOVERNMENT’S ACTIONS FOR DJALALI MUST BE FOLLOWED BY DEMANDS FOR ISAAK AND GUI
The Edelstam Foundation, Reporters Without Borders and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights express strong support for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ latest statement on Ahmadreza Djalali, the Swedish citizen and Iranian academic who is at risk of execution and whose health condition has seriously deteriorated. We welcome the government’s resolute action to ensure Djalali’s human rights and demand his immediate release and access to medical care.
Link to the government’s statement in full
Press Release February 6, 2025: WASHINGTON
THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF JOURNALIST DAWIT ISAAK
Read the release here
Press release 19th of November 2024 –– STOCKHOLM
Mr. Dawit Isaak Awarded the Edelstam Prize at Ceremony in Stockholm
Press Release November 11 2024 –– STOCKHOLM
WORLD’S LONGEST ARBITRARILY DETAINED JOURNALIST RECEIVES THE EDELSTAM PRIZE
The Edelstam Prize 2024 is awarded to Mr. Dawit Isaak for his outstanding contributions and exceptional courage in standing up for freedom of expression, one’s beliefs, and in the defence of Human Rights. The prize will be awarded during a ceremony at the House of Nobility in Stockholm, Sweden, on 19th November 2024. As Dawit Isaak is a prisoner of conscience and the longest held detained journalist in the world, he cannot be present. His daughter, Betlehem Isaak, will receive the prize on his behalf.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION, November 11, 2024 –– STOCKHOLM
Background information on Mr. Dawit Isaak
PRESS INVITATION, November 11, 2024 –– STOCKHOLM
Press invitation to press meeting announcing the Edelstam Prize Laureate 2024
ARABIC
بیان صحفي
ستوكھولم، ٦ فبرایر ٢٠٢٥
مؤسسة إیدیلستام | جائزة إیدیلستام
واشنطن – النادي الوطني للصحافة یطالب بالإفراج الفوري عن الصحفي داود إسحاق
Press Release November 19 2024
Press release in Arabic November 11, 2024
FRENCH
Communiqué de presse, Stockholm, le 7 février 2025 –– WASHINGTON – LE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB DEMANDE LA LIBÉRATION IMMÉDIATE DU JOURNALISTE DAWIT ISAAK
Press Release November 19, 2024
CONTEXTE GÉNÉRALE SUR LE LAURÉAT DU PRIX EDELSTAM 2024 : DAWIT ISAAK
GERMAN
PRESSEMITTEILUNG 8. Februar 2025 –– WASHINGTON – DER NATIONAL PRESS CLUB FORDERT DIE SOFORTIGE FREILASSUNG DES JOURNALISTEN DAWIT ISAAK
PRESSEMITTEILUNG November 19, 2024
HINTERGRUNDINFORMATIONEN ÜBER DEN EDELSTAM-PREISTRÄGER 2024: DAWIT ISAAK
ITALIAN
COMUNICATO STAMPA, Stoccolma, 6 Febbraio 2025 –– WASHINGTON – IL NATIONAL PRESS CLUB RICHIEDE IL RILASCIO IMMEDIATO DEL GIORNALISTA DAWIT ISAAK
SPANISH
Pressrelease, November 19, 2024
INFORMACIÓN SOBRE EL GALARDONADO CON EL PREMIO EDELSTAM 2024: DAWIT ISAAKSWEDISH
Pressrelease den 8 mars 2025: REGERINGENS AGERANDE FÖR DJALALI MÅSTE FÖLJAS AV KRAV FÖÄR ISAAK OCH GUI
Edelstam Foundation, Reportrar utan gränser och Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights uttrycker starkt stöd för Utrikesdepartementets senaste uttalande om den iranske akademikern och svenske medborgaren Ahmadreza Djalali, som riskerar att avrättas och vars hälsotillstånd kraftigt försämrats. Vi välkomnar regeringens resoluta agerande för att säkerställa Djalalis mänskliga rättigheter och kräver hans omedelbara frigivning och tillgång till vård.
Länk till Regeringens uttalande i sin helhet.
Pressrelease den 6 februari, 2025: WASHINGTON – THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB KRÄVER OMEDELBAR FRIGIVNING AV JOURNALISTEN DAWIT ISAAK
PRESSRELEASE DEN 19 NOVEMBER 2024: DAWIT ISAAK TILLDELAS EDELSTAMPRISET UNDER EN CEREMONI I STOCKHOLM
VÄRLDENS LÄNGST GODTYCKLIGT FRIHETSBERÖVADE JOURNALIST FÅR EDELSTAMPRISET – 11 NOVEMBER 2024
Background information (In English)
TIGRINYA
Press Release November 19, 2024
Press release from 19 November 2024
Background information (in Tigrinya)
Press release and Background information above from 11 November 2024
PRESS PHOTOS
Prize Ceremony November 19, 2024
Caption: As Mr. Isaak remains imprisoned and unable to attend, his daughter, Betlehem Isaak, received the prize on Mr, Isaak’s behalf: a diploma and a piece of art, from Caroline Edelstam, President of the Edelstam Foundation, at a prize ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden, November 19, 2024.
Photo cred: Photo cred on all images below if nothing else is stated: Arne Hyckenberg / The Edelstam Foundation.
For Hi-Res Images please go to our Dropbox
Caption: Yirgalem Fisscha Mebrahtu, an Eritrean poet, writer, and journalist, shared her experience of being imprisoned in an Eritrean container prison for six years without charges, trial, or contact with the outside world.
Betlehem Isaak, daughter of Dawit Isaak
Caroline Edelstam, President of tHe Edelstam Foundation
Caption: Candlelight ceremony for Dawit Isaak, outside the House of Nobility in Stockholm, Sweden, November 19, 2024, after the Edelstam Prize Ceremony.
Press photos of Davit Isaak
Caption: Dawit Isaak, Edelstam Prize Laureate 2024
Photo cred: This press photo is free to use for journalistic purposes. Please credit as follows: “Photo: private / Edelstam Foundation”
Caption: Dawit Isaak, Edelstam Prize Laureate 2024
Photo cred: This press photo below is free to use for journalistic purposes. Please credit as follows: “Photo: Kalle Ahlsén / Journalistförbundet”
Press photos of Caroline Edelstam
Press photo: Caroline Edelstam, President of the Edelstam Foundation. Photo: Benjamin Falk.
Press Conference
Video from press conference 11 November 2024
Seminar 20 November
The seminar program can be found on this link
