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,…
“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…
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…
We are happy to share that @vanessatsehaye is the winner of the 2025 Magnitsky Award for “Outstanding Human Rights Activist,” recognising her courageous advocacy for Eritrean political prisoners, including her…
Betlehem Isaak, daughter of Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak, calls on Sweden to commit to justice PRESS RELEASE –– STOCKHOLM, 6th of OCTOBER 2025 Dawit Isaak – Swedish-Eritrean journalist, playwright, and…
World’s Longest-Imprisoned Journalist Honored on the Eve of World Press Freedom Day PRESS RELEASE – London, the 30th of April 2025 On the eve of World Press Freedom Day, Human Rights…