DAWIT ISAAK’S DAUGHTER, BETLEHEM ISAAK, ADRESSED THE U.N. OPENING FOR THE UN GENEVA SUMMIT 2025
Betlehem Isaak, Swedish-Eritrean writer, and daughter of journalist Dawit Isaak who has been detained in Eritrean prison without trial for 24 years, addressed the U.N. Opening for the 17th Annual Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy on February 17th, 2025.
PRESS RELEASE FEBRUARY 6, 2025: WASHINGTON – THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB DEMANDS THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF JOURNALIST DAWIT ISAAK
The National Press Club in Washington has issued a statement demanding the immediate release of journalist Mr. Dawit Isaak, a prisoner of conscience and the world’s longest arbitrarily detained journalist. Mr. Dawit Isaak, the 2024 Edelstam Prize Laureate, has been unlawfully imprisoned since 2001 without trial. He has not been charged with a crime, nor has he been allowed to speak with his lawyer. Read the full press release here
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World’s Longest Arbitrarily Detained Journalist Receives the Edelstam Prize
The Edelstam Prize 2024 was awarded to Mr. Dawit Isaak for his outstanding contributions and exceptional courage in standing up for freedom of expression, one’s beliefs, and in the defence of Human Rights. The prize was awarded during a ceremony at the House of Nobility in Stockholm, Sweden, on 19th November 2024. Read more…
FEBRUARY 3, 2025, INTERVIEW WITH CAROLINE EDELSTAM; PRESIDENT OF THE EDELSTAM FOUNDATION; BY HENOK TEKL, ERIPM (Eritrean Public Media)
VIDEOS FROM THE PRIZE AWARDS CEREMONY & SEMINAR, NOVEMBER 19-20, 2024
Edelstam Prize Award Ceremony
19 November 2024
Edelstam Prize Seminar
20 November 2024
Press Conference
11 November 2024
PHOTOS FROM THE PRIZE AWARD CEREMONY
SCREENING OF THE MOVIE “NORMA – A QUEST FOR JUSTICE”
On November 14, Norma – A Quest for Justice was screened in Geneva, sharing the story of Norma Andrade, a 2022 Edelstam Prize laureate. The documentary follows Norma’s 23-year struggle for justice after her daughter, Alejandra, was murdered in Ciudad Juárez—a city marked by ongoing violence against women.
Norma’s case, now before the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, could become only the second feminicide case ruled on by the court. The event featured welcome remarks from representatives of the Kofi Annan Foundation, the Belgian Mission to the UN, and the film’s director, followed by a panel discussion with Norma Andrade, her lawyer, and experts from UN Women and the Geneva Graduate Institute.
The screening was organised in partnership with UN Women, FILMAR en América Latina, The Edelstam Foundation, and others.
This week, Ms. Caroline Edelstam, President of the Edelstam Foundation, had the opportunity to exchange a few words with Sweden’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mrs. Maria Malmer Stenergard, regarding the Eritrean-Swedish citizen, Mr. Dawit Isaak, the Edelstam Prize 2024 Laureate. Mr. Isaak is the world’s longest arbitrary detained journalist, imprisoned in Eritrea since 2001.
Ms. Betlehem Isaak, daughter of Mr. Dawit Isaak, the longest arbitrarily detained journalist in the world, at the UN Opening – 17th Annua Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy.
