Press Release: Stockholm, the 8^th of March 2025 –– The Swedish government’s actions for Djalali must be followed by demands for Isaak and Gui

The Edelstam Foundation, Reporters Without Borders and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights express strong support for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ latest statement on Ahmadreza Djalali, the Swedish citizen and Iranian academic who is at risk of execution and whose health condition has seriously deteriorated. We welcome the government’s resolute action to ensure Djalali’s human rights and demand his immediate release and access to medical care.

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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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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

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.