Dawit Isaak Who?

The world’s longest-imprisoned journalist remains virtually unknown and strangely invisible

May 3, 2023 WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

(Upper left) Playwright and author Dawit Isaak with two of his children. Courtesy of Betlehem Isaak. ©Brombergs, 2020; (upper right) www.freedawit.com; (lower left) Amanuel Asrat, a noted poet and editor-in-chief of the newspaper Zemen; (lower right) Seyoum Tsehaye, photographer and prominent broadcast journalist. Dawit Isaak and his colleagues have remained illegally imprisoned without charge or trial since 2001.

By now, broad awareness should exist of the horrendous crimes committed by the Eritrean regime against Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak. Instead, the man who is one of the longest-imprisoned journalists in the world remains virtually unknown and strangely invisible, both at home and abroad. The same is true for his fellow imprisoned journalists and thousands of other Eritreans.

This needs to change.

It is time to hold Eritrean officials accountable for their crimes. 

The Eritrean government needs to

• establish Dawit Isaak's current location and physical condition. 

• provide consular access to Mr. Isaak and grant him proper medical care 

• affect Mr. Isaak’s immediate release and a resolution of his case

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