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Jailed Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak awarded rights prize

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 16:26:49 +0100

A Swedish-Eritrean journalist held incommunicado without charge in Eritrea for more than 23 years won a Swedish rights prize on Monday for his fight for freedom of expression, the jury said.

Sweden won't open criminal case against Eritrea over journalist jailing

Tue, 12 Jan 2021 16:23:42 +0100

Swedish prosecutors have said they will not pursue a case against top Eritrean officials over the 20-year imprisonment of Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak.

Swedish rights group reports Eritrea to police for 'torture and kidnapping'

Thu, 22 Oct 2020 10:41:18 +0200

Sweden's chapter of Reporters Without Borders has filed a complaint accusing Eritrea's regime of human rights abuses over the imprisonment of Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak in 2001.

Opinion: What Dawit Isaak needs right now

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 02:00:59 +0200

Today marks the 18th anniversary since Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak was arrested and put in an Eritrean prison. Sweden must take a decisive stand and demand his release, writes historian Susanne Berger.

Swedes accuse Eritrean president of torture

Tue, 01 Jul 2014 13:26:00 +0200

Three lawyers have accused Eritrea's president Isaias Afwerki of torture and human rights crimes against Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak.

Dawit Isaak 'alive despite rumours': ambassador

Wed, 29 Jan 2014 09:42:00 +0100

Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak is still alive in Eritrean jail, the country's ambassador to Israel has claimed in a conversation with a Swedish newspaper.

New plea for Dawit Isaak release after 4,500 days

Sun, 19 Jan 2014 14:40:00 +0100

Campaigners have issued a fresh plea to release the Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak who has been imprisoned in Eritrea since September 2001.

Almedalen Dispatch: Sit with Dawit lands PR prize

Fri, 05 Jul 2013 16:38:00 +0200

In the final Almedalen Dispatch of 2013, Peter Vinthagen Simpson reports on two high-profile campaigns which respectively encourage you to check your scrotum and provide the privacy of a jail cell for reflection on freedom of expression.

It's time Sweden takes Dawit Isaak seriously

Tue, 02 Jul 2013 16:36:00 +0200

With Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak still in jail after over 4,000 days, Arne Ruth and Susanne Berger argue that it's time Swedish politicians got their act together and made a move to free him.

Sweden vows to push for Dawit Isaak's release

Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:36:00 +0200

Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has said that the government is working to free the Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak, who was imprisoned without trial in Eritrea 11 years ago today.

'We don't talk to the Swedes at all': Afwerki

Sun, 20 May 2012 12:03:00 +0200

Carl Bildt’s silent diplomacy between Sweden and Eritrea is non-existent and nothing is being done to bring home imprisoned Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak, claimed Eritrea’s president Isaias Afwerki in an interview on Saturday.

Sweden hosts mystery 'terror regime' meet-up

Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:13:00 +0200

A pro-Eritrean regime youth group is hosting a large international conference somewhere in Sweden over Easter weekend in what outraged Swedes have billed as "brainwashing" for a "terror regime".

Riksdag wants to halt Eritrean exile taxes

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 07:53:00 +0100

The majority of the Riksdag is against Eritrea collecting taxes from citizens resident in Sweden and MPs from the commitee on justice say that if current Swedish law is not enough to stop it, rules need to be tightened.

Dawit Isaak 'may be dead': report

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:48:00 +0200

Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak, who has been imprisoned in Eritrea since 2001, has been moved from prison and may be dead, according to Swedish journalist Lars Adaktusson.

What would Dawit Isaak have done?

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:46:00 +0200

While the frustration expressed recently by the children of imprisoned Swedish-Eritrian journalist Dawit Isaak is understandable, it's important to consider how Isaak would handle a case such as his, argues historian Susanne Berger.

Isaak children criticize 'Free Dawit' campaign

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:24:00 +0200

The children of Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak, jailed in Eritrea since 2001, think that it is the massive Free Dawit campaign that has made the release of their father impossible.

'Sweden should ask for US help to free journalists jailed in Ethiopia'

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 14:36:00 +0200

Just as Sweden helped win the release of two American journalists captured in North Korea in 2009, the US can hopefully find a way to return the favour in Ethiopia before Sweden considers supporting US anti-terror efforts in the region, argues historian Susanne Berger.

Dawit Isaak awarded 'Golden Pen' honour

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:00:00 +0200

Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak, jailed in Eritrea for the past decade, was honoured by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA) on Thursday.

Swedish reporters plan prison protest

Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:24:00 +0200

Two Swedish journalists are planning to go to jail of their own accord in a bid to draw attention to the plight of other writers in captivity.

Nobel prize winners join Dawit Isaak demo

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:12:00 +0200

Mario Vargas Llosa and Herta Müller, Nobel prize winners in literature in 2010 and 2009 respectively, are set to take part in Friday's demonstration at the Gothenburg Book Fair in support of jailed Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak.