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Board member Reporters without Borders/Sweden. Investigative journalist Swedish Television. RT not the same as endorsement
Joined August 2012
⚡️#DawitIsaak is not a symbol; he is a man. If our century’s human rights edifice cannot deliver justice, accountability, or, at a minimum, resolution here, it licenses tyrants everywhere.” ⚡️ https://t.co/vWdwWXhtcL
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12/13 Sweden Must Act: Demand Justice For Dawit Isaak And Hold Eritrea Accountable https://t.co/2mhb9w0bfR Sweden - Edelstam Foundation The decision by the Swedish Prosecutor General (Riksåklagare, RÅ) Katarina Johansson not to open a criminal investigation against members of the
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6/13 International Criticism Of The Dawit Decision https://t.co/eOLTTHJZNv Sweden - Reporters Without Borders The Swedish Prosecutor-General (RÅ) has decided not to pursue the complaint of crimes against humanity that was submitted last year on behalf of Dawit Isaak, with the
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Dawit Isaak – Swedish-Eritrean journalist, playwright, and the 2024 Edelstam Prize Laureate – has been arbitrarily detained, incommunicado in Eritrea for 24 years, without trial, legal representation, or contact with his family. He is the world’s longest-detained journalist. The
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Sweden's Prosecutor-general gives green light to continued violations of international law in #Eritrea and decides not investigate crimes against humanity in detained journo #DawitIsaak 's case. @IrwinCotler & @TheRWCHR :Sweden should pursue justice.
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Riksåklagaren säger nej till att utreda anklagelserna om brott mot mänskligheten i fallet Dawit Isaak och visar därmed att den eritreanska regimen fritt kan fortsätta med sitt förtryck, skriver Björn...
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Internationell kritik mot RÅs beslut om #Dawit. "Det underminerar rättssäkerheten” skriver Kanadas fd justitieminister @IrwinCotler o Judith Abitan från @TheRWCHR De uppmanar @aklagareSE att ompröva sin inställning. @RSF_RUG @journalistforb @Utgivarna
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#Eritrea At the UN Human Rights Council’s 60th Session, Habteab Yemane Oguubazghi, former Eritrean appellate court judge. @h_habteab We call upon the international community: do not remain silent. Silence is complicity. The world must raise its voice for those who have been
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Riksåklagaren ger #Eritrea grönt ljus att fortsätta hålla svensk-eritreanske journalisten #DawitIsaak fängslad utan dom och isolerad från omvärlden. @RSF_RUG @Edelstam @journalistforb @PK_Stockholm @FreeDawit @Utgivarna @Utrikesdep @OlssonKarin @AB_Karin
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Riksåklagaren säger nej till att utreda anklagelserna om brott mot mänskligheten i fallet Dawit Isaak och visar därmed att den eritreanska regimen fritt kan fortsätta med sitt förtryck, skriver Björn...
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👇Motion in the Swedish Parliament👇 Seeking the release of Swedish journalist #DawitIsaak, unlawfully imprisoned in Eritrea for #24years. @SweMFA @Rosencrantz_J @MariaStenergard @PENsweden @TheRWCHR @Edelstam @Tunback @FreeDawit @KurdoBaksi @Ladaktusson @BietelhemI
Frigivning av Dawit Isaak (Motion 2025/26:924 av Fredrik Lundh Sammeli och Helén Pettersson (båda S)) | Sveriges riksdag
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@bergersus @Edelstam @TheRWCHR @BietelhemI @HostageAid @RSF_RUG @Tunback @SweMFA @MehariMeng53005 @CPJAfrica @Europarl_EN Such ashame how #Swedish gov. is neglecting Dawit Isaak & his family. We expect this from the #Eritrean regime but never from a democratic leader. We hope you act in good faith & diplomatic oath to #FreeDawitIsaak. So many innocents have suffered & families left hopeless. @UN
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”Investigate the crimes committed against Dawit Isaak” - demand #ElisabethLöfgren and @KurdoBaksi @FreeDawit @Edelstam @TheRWCHR @AmnestySverige @HostageAid @LantosFndn @SweMFA
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Sverige måste med kraft stå upp för Dawit Isaak som suttit fängslad i 24 år, skriver Elisabeth Löfgren och Kurdo Baksi.
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”Sverige måste stå upp, med kraft, för en frihetsberövad svensk.” ”Sweden must stand up, forcefully, on behalf of a detained Swede.” #FreeDawitIsask #24years @FreeDawit @KurdoBaksi @BietelhemI @Tunback @Edelstam @PenEritrea @SweMFA @CPJAfrica @LantosFndn @TheRWCHR @RSF_en
”Investigate the crimes committed against Dawit Isaak” - demand #ElisabethLöfgren and @KurdoBaksi @FreeDawit @Edelstam @TheRWCHR @AmnestySverige @HostageAid @LantosFndn @SweMFA
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HAW Daily Brief 1/7 Embarrassing Passivity By Swedish Prosecutors In The Dawit Isaak Case https://t.co/XkgNwajWP5 Sweden - Journalisten Today, journalist & prisoner of conscience Dawit Isaak has been held in prison by Eritrea for 24 years without trial. Tunbäck points out that
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Swedish prosecutors have examined international crimes committed in Iran and Syria, but not the imprisonment of prisoner of conscience and Swedish citizen Dawit Isaak.
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#FreeDawitIssak #BlueRevolution @Sverigesriksdag @SwedenUN @SwedeninEU @Aftonbladet @svtnyheter
@svt @DrChTouati @BietelhemI @AmnestySverige @hrw @SolidarityHR @EUparliament @MariaStenergard
Svenska åklagare har prövat folkrättsbrott begångna i Iran och Syrien, men inte fängslandet av samvetsfången och svenska medborgaren #DawitIsaak. – Det är pinsamt att se deras passivitet och ovilja, säger RSF Björn Tunbäck #FreeDawitIssak @Sverigesriksdag
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#BetlehemIsaak calls on Sweden and the #EU to act decisively on her father #DawitIsaak’s behalf. After #24years, ” Ovisshet måste få ett slut. Om min pappa lever måste han räddas nu.” @SwedishPM @SweMFA
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På tisdagen är det 24 år sedan Dawit Isaak fängslades av den eritreanska regimen. Betlehem Isaak kräver att Sveriges regering börjar arbeta för hans frigivning.
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It’s time to raise our voices for Dawit Isaak, the longest-imprisoned journalist in the world, who has been unjustly detained for 24 years in Eritrea. His case is a stark reminder of the ongoing suppression of press freedom and human rights in the country. On this somber
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What I never hear from Swedish officials is - ”This situation is unacceptable. #DawitIsaak is ours and we want him back.” The same for #AhmadrezaDjalali and #GuiMinhai. @FreeDawit @Free_Djalali @angelagui_ @TheRWCHR @Edelstam @PENsweden @Tunback @KurdoBaksi @SwedishPM
I dag är det 24 år sedan journalisten Dawit Isaak fängslades utan rättegång i Eritrea. Sverige kommer fortsatt att framföra våra krav till Eritrea, att Dawit Isaak ska friges och återförenas med sin familj. Regeringens arbete för att nå dit fortsätter med oförminskad kraft.
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Today marks 24 years since Eritrean-Swedish journalist Dawit Isaak was arrested in Eritrea. 24 years—the longest any journalist has been held in the world. @SwedishPM @MariaStenergard, we demand proof of life! After 24 years of Swedish diplomacy, if you still cannot #FreeDawit,
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THE EDELSTAM PRIZE 2024 LAUREATE The clock is ticking – 🇸🇪Act now!! #DawitIsaak 24 years in prison in Eritrea. Eritrea must immediately release Isaak + colleagues. @MariaStenergard @SwedishPM @SweMFA @bergersus @HostageAid @JasonPoblete @Tunback @TheRWCHR @HostageAid @BietelhemI
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"Regeringens arbete för att nå dit fortsätter med oförminskad kraft," — Swedish FM on the 24th anniversary of Dawit Isaak’s imprisonment. (Translation: The government’s efforts to press Eritrea for Dawit Isaak’s release continue with unabated force.) 24 years. And still Sweden
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