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Björn Tunbäck

@Tunback

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Board member Reporters without Borders/Sweden. Investigative journalist Swedish Television. RT not the same as endorsement

Joined August 2012
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@SelemawitKidane
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Sverige bosatt tsegay mehari är en vittne ,han var fängslad i 4 år i #Eritrea även skrev han böker bland på svenska som heter "min frihet" @MehariMeng53005 @Tunback @bergersus @GoteborgsPosten @martinplaut https://t.co/QFokZL2rAz
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Björn Tunbäck
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Svenska regeringar har aldrig bråttom. Även om det gäller livet - @bergersus och @Edelstam
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Susanne Berger
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Toasting the dictatorship - this is what EU human rights advocacy in #Eritrea looks like. The EU delegation celebrating EU week in Asmara, May 2025. #DawitIsaak https://t.co/j3Fo2d1Jok
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Susanne Berger
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Toasting the dictatorship - this is what EU human rights advocacy in #Eritrea looks like. The EU delegation celebrating EU week in Asmara, May 2025. #DawitIsaak https://t.co/j3Fo2d1Jok
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Svenska åklagare har utrett brott mot internationell rätt som begåtts i Iran och Syrien, men inte fängslandet av samvetsfången och svenske medborgaren #DawitIsaak. ”Det är pinsamt att se deras passivitet och ovilja”, säger RSF:s #BjörnTunbäck. Det är mycket sorgligt att 24 år i
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Susanne Berger
2 months
No justice for #DawitIsaak - Sweden gives green light for regimes to commit crimes against humanity ⁦@Tunback⁩ ⁦@FreeDawit⁩ ⁦@Edelstam⁩ ⁦@SweMFA@PENsweden⁩ ⁦@MariaStenergard⁩ ⁦@TheRWCHR⁩ ⁦⁦@MehariMeng53005
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Susanne Berger
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👇Strong words from ⁦@KurdoBaksi⁩ re ⁦@SweMFA⁩‘s disastrous mistakes in the case of #DawitIsaak 20 years ago. The problem is - the failures continue today. It‘s been two months since 🇸🇪demanded #DawitIsaak‘s release. No follow up since.
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expressen.se
I dag för 20 år sedan fanns en möjlighet för den fängslade Dawit Isaak att få komma hem till sin familj. Kurdo Baksi skriver om en skammens dag för den svenska diplomatin historia.
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@HostageAid
Hostage Aid Worldwide
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HAW Daily Brief 1/8 Marking 25 Birthdays Behind Bars for Dawit Isaak https://t.co/zuJvbBnUGg Sweden - VIA TT Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak was 36 years old when he was arrested in 2001. Today, he turns 61. He has been held incommunicado for over 24 years without charge
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Susanne Berger
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⚡️#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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@HostageAid
Hostage Aid Worldwide
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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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@HostageAid
Hostage Aid Worldwide
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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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@BurushAlex
Alexander Berhane
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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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Björn Tunbäck
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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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Björn Tunbäck
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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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Dawit Isaak RÅ Riksåklagaren
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@Voice4Justice7
Voice For Justice
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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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Susanne Berger
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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
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Susanne Berger
2 months
Frigivning av Dawit Isaak (Motion 2025/26:924 av Fredrik Lundh Sammeli och Helén Pettersson (båda S)) | Sveriges riksdag
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@Mercy4ALL82
Mercy-4ALL 🦋 🌿
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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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Susanne Berger
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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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svd.se
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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Susanne Berger
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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
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Susanne Berger
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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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@HostageAid
Hostage Aid Worldwide
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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
hostageaid.org
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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