Hostage Aid Worldwide
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HAW was founded by former hostages & works to support & advocate for the freedom of hostages & unlawful detainees held in foreign countries globally.
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Joined September 2020
Day 3,516 of injustice for Ahmadreza Djalali and his family. Wrongfully imprisoned in Iran since April 2016, his health has continued to deteriorate, and he remains at risk of execution. #SaveAhmadreza @SwedishPM @MariaStenergard @AmnestySverige
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A moving piece written by @mariam_claren daughter of former German-Iranian hostage Nahid Taghavi, reflecting on her public campaign to secure the release of her mother from prison. According to Claren, "without the toolbox of pressure, visibility, and public attention- without
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Every two weeks, I record a podcast episode together with my colleague Daniela Sepehri. Our podcast is called “Political Prisoners in Iran”, and since October 2022 it has shed light on the prison...
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3/3 Demonstration in London for Dawit Isaak and Imprisoned Swedes https://t.co/mv0r3c460B Sweden - Journalisten The 3 imprisoned Swedish citizens Dawit Isaak, Gui Minhai, & Ahmadreza Djalali are being honored with a “Justice Wall” outside 10 Downing Street in London. Today, on
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The three imprisoned Swedish citizens Dawit Isaak, Gui Minhai, and Ahmadreza Djalali are being honored with a “Justice Wall” outside 10 Downing Street in London.
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2/3 China: United Nations Experts Recognise Detention of Swedish Publisher Gui Minhai as Arbitrary — & Demand His Release https://t.co/BYAsFKDghy France - Reporters Without Borders In its opinion adopted during WGAD’s 103 session in August & made public on 10 Dec. 2025, the UN
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HAW Daily Brief 1/3 What Eritrea Appreciates Most is Sweden's 24 Years of Public Silence” https://t.co/vrooz6kRxv Sweden - Journalisten Now is the time for more forceful & decisive action. There are unequivocal signs that the regime is under pressure, as illustrated by the sudden
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The release last week of thirteen political prisoners in Eritrea, who have been detained for 18 years with no contact to the outside world, is an unequivocal sign that the pressure on the Eritrean...
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Nahuel, serás libre, seguirás siendo ese excelente padre, ser humano, compañero, amigo. Tu libertad vendrá acompañada de justicia, te prometo que así será. Sé fuerte, sigue manteniendo ese espíritu, nosotros estamos fuertes por ti ❤️ 367 días en Desaparición Forzada en
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#DawitIsaak's unjust imprisonment demands urgent international intervention—he's been voiceless for over two decades. Joining the #JUSTICE WALL 2025 at tomorrow's Human Rights Solidarity event is crucial for demanding justice. Let's unite our voices and push for justice now!
Human Rights Solidarity is installing the JUSTICE WALL 2025 tomorrow (10 Dec, 10:30-15:00) for #HumanRightsDay on Whitehall, opposite Downing Street. In solidarity with @Edelstam @TheRWCHR @GLALegalDefense @HostageAid @eritrea_focus. Read the full joint press release here:
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This #HumanRightsDay, we honor the courage of those who refuse to be silenced. #JimmyLai, a 78-year-old father, entrepreneur, and British citizen, has endured over 1,800 days of solitary confinement for publishing a pro-democracy newspaper, #AppleDaily. His daughter Claire, in
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Human Rights Solidarity and our partners successfully installed the JUSTICE WALL today (10 December, 10:30-15:00) on Whitehall, directly opposite 10 Downing Street, to mark #HumanRightsDay. We stood in powerful solidarity with @Edelstam, @TheRWCHR, @GLALegalDefense, @HostageAid,
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🔴 Co-hosting JUSTICE WALL - highlighting the cases of #DawitIsaak, #AhmadrezaDjalali, & #GuiMinhai, among others, Edelstam Foundation proudly stands with @SolidarityHR in London today, Human Rights Day, December 10. @TheRWCHR @GLALegalDefense @HostageAid
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Proud to be co-sponsoring the #JusticeWall in London, England. This powerful public art initiative highlights the plight of #politicalprisoners. @SolidarityHR @Edelstam @GLALegalDefense @HostageAid @eritrea_focus See the highlights below and learn more here:
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JUSTICE WALL in London today on Human rights day! Highlighting the plight of 🇸🇪 Ahmadreza Djalali, Dawit Isaak, Gui Minhai, & 🇬🇧 Jimmy Lai, among others. We proudly stand with @SolidarityHR, @Edelstam, @TheRWCHR, @GLALegalDefense, @eritrea_focus till they are all home!
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We are here — Human Rights Day, 10 December — standing opposite Downing Street to defend the universal rights promised in 1948. Yet today, countless people across the world are still silenced, imprisoned, displaced, or punished simply for speaking out, defending rights, or
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On #HumanRightsDay2025, & every day, we denounce the use of hostage diplomacy as a political tool. Innocent lives must never be used as leverage. No government or agenda has the right to strip anyone of their dignity or freedom. We stand united for justice & accountability.
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Day 3,515 of injustice for Ahmadreza Djalali and his family. He remains on death row after more than 9 years of cruel, wrongful detention. "Every moment of hesitation puts his life at risk." #BringDjalaliHome @SwedishPM @MariaStenergard @Bart_DeWever @kajakallas @AmnestySverige
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Today, Wednesday 10 December 2025 marks: 2959 days of wrongful imprisonment 2959 days of torture & abuse 2959 days of human rights breach 2959 days of injustice 2959 days of arbitrary detention 524 days of failure by the UK Government No evidence. No conviction #FreeJaggiNow
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4/4 Austin Tice's Mother Asks Israel To Share Its Intelligence On His Fate https://t.co/pLmXzEAJVX Washington D.C. - Axios The Tice family hopes Israel's intelligence services have more updated information or informants in the former Assad regime that are now in exile and can
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Debra Tice, the mother of American journalist Austin Tice who went missing in Syria thirteen years ago, is asking Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow her to review all the information...
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3/4 I Hope China Frees My Father, Jimmy Lai, Before It’s Too Late https://t.co/O5uISr8wNK Washington D.C. - Washington Post He is innocent of any crime. But even though the Chinese government disagrees, I believe that setting him free would be to the government’s advantage. He
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2/4 British Family's Joy As Grandfather's Hell in Dubai Prison - Over Debts That Were Not His - Looks Set to End After Six Years of Torture, Starvation and Abuse https://t.co/C16rwZt8lC UK - Daily Mail Albert Douglas, 63, was arrested in 2019 & spent the following years suffering
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A British family is bracing for a Christmas miracle after learning that their grandfather's six-year hell in Dubai prison over debts that were not his own finally looks set to end.
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HAW Daily Brief 1/4 Justice Wall 2025 In London: A Call For Freedom, Accountability, & Proof Of Life https://t.co/TLDLDXDKtW UK - Hostage Aid Worldwide @Edelstam, @TheRWCHR, @GLALegalDefense @eritrea_focus, & @HostageAid issue the following joint statement: “We stand with HRS in
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Human Rights Solidarity Announces Justice Wall 2025 with Edelstam Foundation, Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR), Global Liberty Alliance, Hostage Aid Worldwide, and Eritrea Focus,...
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Petition update · Prisoner 951 lessons need to be learned to bring Lindsay and Craig Foreman home · https://t.co/ngRxHYmbuW · https://t.co/ngRxHYmbuW
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If you watched the harrowing documentary Prisoner 951 a hostage story, last night, or indeed the drama series over the past two weeks, you will be seeing the many parallels with what is happening to...
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