Please find press materials below regarding this year’s laureate and prize.

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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

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

Arabic

Press Release November 19 2024

Press release in Arabic November 11, 2024

Laureate 2024 – Arabic

English

Press Release November 19, 2024

Press Release November 11 2024

Background information

French

Press Release November 19, 2024

LE JOURNALISTE DÉTENU ARBITRAIREMENT LE PLUS LONGTEMPS AU MONDE REÇOIT LE PRIX EDELSTAM – NOVEMBRE 11, 2024

CONTEXTE GÉNÉRALE SUR LE LAURÉAT DU PRIX EDELSTAM 2024 : DAWIT ISAAK

German

Press release November 19, 2024

DER AM LÄNGSTEN WILLKÜRLICH INHAFTIERTE JOURNALIST DER WELT ERHÄLT DEN EDELSTAM-PREIS NOVEMBER 11, 2024

HINTERGRUNDINFORMATIONEN ÜBER DEN EDELSTAM-PREISTRÄGER 2024: DAWIT ISAAK

Spanish

Pressrelease, November 19, 2024

EL PERIODISTA ENCARCELADO ARBITRARIAMENTE DURANTE MAS TIEMPO EN EL MUNDO RECIBE EL PREMIO EDELSTAM – Noviembre 11, 2024

INFORMACIÓN SOBRE EL GALARDONADO CON EL PREMIO EDELSTAM 2024: DAWIT ISAAK

Swedish

PRESSRELEASE DEN 19 NOVEMBER 2024

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”

Dawit Isaac Edelstam Prize Laureate 2024 Photo private

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