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The Responsibility to Protect – Article published on the organization Hostage Aid Worldwide, Washington D.C.

Post author:The Edelstam Foundation
Post published:August 4, 2025
Post category:Advocacy High-level Initiatives Policy Statements

USA 4 August 2025 In a debate article first published on Hostage Aid Worldwide, Susanne Berger, Senior Fellow with the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR), and Caroline Edelstam,…

Read more about the article USA: Durbin, Coons, Schiff Introduce Resolution Recognizing Decaded-Long Human Rights Abuses In Eritrea – Resolution calls for basic political freedoms and release of political prisoners

USA: Durbin, Coons, Schiff Introduce Resolution Recognizing Decaded-Long Human Rights Abuses In Eritrea – Resolution calls for basic political freedoms and release of political prisoners

Post author:The Edelstam Foundation
Post published:July 31, 2025
Post category:High-level Initiatives High-level Meetings Policy Statements

USA July 31, 2025 WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) along with U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-DE) and Adam Schiff (D-CA) today introduced a resolution recognizing decades-long…

Read more about the article Debate Article in Dagens Nyheter Debatt: Why Is the Regime in Eritrea Allowed to Violate Human Rights Without Consequences?

Debate Article in Dagens Nyheter Debatt: Why Is the Regime in Eritrea Allowed to Violate Human Rights Without Consequences?

Post author:The Edelstam Foundation
Post published:June 17, 2025
Post category:Advocacy High-level Initiatives

SWEDEN 17 June 2025 The article was signed by Caroline Edelstam, President of the Edelstam Foundation. The debate article was published in Swedish. For the article English, please klick here!…

EU Parliament Holds Film Screening and Panel Discussion in Honour of Imprisoned Eritrean Journalist Dawit Isaak

Post author:The Edelstam Foundation
Post published:May 27, 2025
Post category:Documentary High-level Initiatives High-level Meetings

EU PARLIAMENT 27 May, 2025 BRUSSELS | 27 May 2025 (IDN) — The European Parliament paid tribute to Dawit Isaak, a Swedish-Eritrean journalist and 2009 and 2017 Sakharov Prize finalist…

Read more about the article World Press Freedom Day – Public demonstration in London in front of the Guardian’s HQ in London featuring a “Justice Wall” honoring 11 imprisoned journalists

World Press Freedom Day – Public demonstration in London in front of the Guardian’s HQ in London featuring a “Justice Wall” honoring 11 imprisoned journalists

Post author:The Edelstam Foundation
Post published:April 30, 2025
Post category:Advocacy Art and Exhibitions High-level Initiatives

UNITED KINGDOM 30 April, 2025 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…

Swedish Parliament Seminar Amplifies Urgent Call for Action in the Case of Dawit Isaak

Post author:The Edelstam Foundation
Post published:April 23, 2025
Post category:Advocacy High-level Initiatives High-level Meetings Seminars

SWEDEN 23 April, 2025 As part of the ongoing high-level advocacy efforts surrounding the case of Mr. Dawit Isaak, recipient of the 2024 Edelstam Prize, a Parliamentary Seminar on Eritrea…

Read more about the article Debate article in Sweden’s largest daily, mentioning Dawit Isaak, Gui Minhai, Ahmadreza Djalali and Joakim Melin, urging the Government ot react

Debate article in Sweden’s largest daily, mentioning Dawit Isaak, Gui Minhai, Ahmadreza Djalali and Joakim Melin, urging the Government ot react

Post author:The Edelstam Foundation
Post published:April 5, 2025
Post category:Advocacy High-level Initiatives

SWEDEN 5 April, 2025 Debate article in Dagens Nyheter, Sweden's largest daily newspaper, with more than 880,000 readers of the online edition and 470,000 readers in the print edition, with…

Read more about the article Sweden Must Apply Equal Pressure for All Imprisoned Citizens, Say Human Rights Advocates, in debate article in Journalisten

Sweden Must Apply Equal Pressure for All Imprisoned Citizens, Say Human Rights Advocates, in debate article in Journalisten

Post author:The Edelstam Foundation
Post published:March 12, 2025
Post category:Advocacy High-level Initiatives

SWEDEN 12 March 2025 Sweden Must Apply Equal Pressure for All Imprisoned Citizens, Say Human Rights Advocates, in debate article in Journalisten (12 March 2025) The debate article titled “Ställ…

Read more about the article PRESS RELEASE: The Swedish Government’s Actions for Djalali must be followed by Demands for Isaak and Gui –STOCKHOLM, March 8, 2025

PRESS RELEASE: The Swedish Government’s Actions for Djalali must be followed by Demands for Isaak and Gui –STOCKHOLM, March 8, 2025

Post author:The Edelstam Foundation
Post published:March 8, 2025
Post category:Advocacy High-level Initiatives

SWEDEN 8 March 2025 Joint press release by The Edelstam Foundation, Reporters Without Borders and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights following the actions of the Swedish Government in…

Read more about the article Statement of Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, at the 58th Session of the Human Rights Council, Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Eritrea

Statement of Dr. Mohamed Abdelsalam Babiker, UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Eritrea, at the 58th Session of the Human Rights Council, Enhanced Interactive Dialogue on Eritrea

Post author:The Edelstam Foundation
Post published:February 27, 2025
Post category:High-level Initiatives High-level Meetings Policy Statements

UNITED NATIONS 27 February 2025 Mr. President, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen; it is my honour to address you in my capacity as Special Rapporteur during this enhanced interactive dialogue on…