Caroline Edelstam, President of the Edelstam Foundation Susanne Berger, Senior Research Fellow, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights International attention and diplomatic protests alone are not enough to secure the…
PRESS RELEASE SEPTEMBER 22, 2026 September 23 marks 25 years since Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak was forcibly disappeared and arbitrarily detained by Eritrean authorities. Arrested alongside several fellow journalists in September 2001,…
One Swedish prisoner has sat in an Eritrean cell for 25 years, while Europe continues its dialogue that has proved wholly ineffective. A guest dispatch in Poblete Dispatches by Susanne…
Debattartikel i Global Bar Magazine av Susanne Berger och Caroline Edelstam, 29 juli, 2026 EU omprövar nu sin politik mot Kuba och hotar med att säga upp det så kallade…
Free Dawit Isaak Now September 23, 2026 marks 25 years since the enforced disappearance and arbitrary detention of Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak in Eritrea. For a quarter of a century,…
It is with deep sadness that we share that our board member and dear colleague Lennart Aspegren has passed away. Lennart was an extraordinary person whose work left a lasting…
“The clearest example is that no action has been taken several months after the Foreign Minister’s official demand for Dawit Isaak’s immediate release, despite Eritrea’s continued refusal to comply. Appeasing…
Varför kräver Sverige och EU inte mer kraftfullt frigivningen av Dawit Isaak, en svensk och EU-medborgare, friges? Svaret ligger i EU:s officiella politiska hållning gentemot Eritrea. Enligt interna EU-rapporter från…
Today the Edelstam Foundation announces the opening of their Call for Nominations for the Edelstam Prize 2026. The nomination is open and candidates may be submitted by anyone. The Edelstam Prize…
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…