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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.” ⚡️

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October 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
One Standard, Every Hostage or Wrongfully Detained Person
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One Standard, Every Hostage or Wrongfully Detained Person
I’m uneasy writing this because the public conversation keeps nudging us toward a false choice: hostage versus hostage.
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September 25, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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Hostage Diplomacy With Chinese Characteristics
Yet America's official human rights report say very little to nothing of consequence about it
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September 5, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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For the three current Swedish citizens languishing in foreign prisons, no hero has come to the rescue.” #DawitIsaak #AhmadrezaDjalali #GuiMinhai
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August 26, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Det har gått tio år sedan Dawit Isaaks fall blev ett ärende för det svenska rättsväsendet. Men hittills har Sverige vägrat utreda brott mot mänskligheten. Björn Tunbäck i Reportrar utan gränsers styrelse skriver om detta i Dagens Nyheter.
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Björn Tunbäck: Varför utreds inte Dawit Isaaks fångenskap som ett brott mot mänskliga rättigheter?
Björn Tunbäck skriver om varför Sverige borde utreda Dawit Isaaks fångenskap i Eritrea som ett brott mot mänskliga rättigheter.
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July 11, 2024 at 6:01 PM
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Reportrar utan gränsers styrelseledamot Björn Tunbäck:
August 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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The Responsibility to Protect
Swedish diplomat Harald Edelstam’s civic courage during the 1973 military coup in Chile points the way for the international community to get serious about arbitrary detention and hostage taking.
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August 4, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Why is Eritrea permitted to commit human rights violations without consequence?
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Regional challenges and the EU’s enhanced focus on curbing irregular African migration has led to a growing reluctance to press Eritrea on serious human rights violations.

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Policy Changes in the EU Complicate Sweden’s Efforts to Rescue Dawit Isaak
Regional challenges and the EU’s enhanced focus on curbing irregular African migration has led to a growing reluctance to press Eritrea on serious human rights violations.
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June 18, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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Important report from RWI-70 (@bergersus.bsky.social) that identifies systemic problems in Sweden’s approach to citizens arbitrarily detained or missing abroad and proposes several solutions. Sweden should, e.g., support the creation of an EU wide/international mechanism >
The Raoul Wallenberg Research Initiative RWI-70
January 17, 2025
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March 7, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Nothing will ever trickle down.
March 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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Ep65. Ambassador Rolf Sohlman and his ”Academic Friend” - Part 2
Spionpodden · Episode
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February 22, 2025 at 2:24 AM
⚡️There is now an hour-long podcast episode available on Spotify - please have a listen! ⚡️

SPIONPODDEN Episode 64

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Ep64. 'Ambassador Rolf Sohlman and his ”Academic Friend”' - Part One
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February 8, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Report - How to Enhance Swedish Advocacy Measures For Citizens Arbitrarily Detained or Missing Abroad
February 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Eritrea Must Free Journalist Dawit Isaak, Detained 23 Years
WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 – The following is a statement from Mike Balsamo, president of the National Press Club, on the ongoing detention of journalist Dawit Isaak in Eritrea: “The National Press Club deman...
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February 5, 2025 at 9:29 AM
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Deficiencies in International Human Rights Advocacy Mechanisms

Four case studies - Raoul Wallenberg Dawit Isaak Gui Minhai Ahmadreza Djalali

Seminar Presentation
November 19, 2024

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University
Deficiencies in International Human Rights Advocacy Mechanisms
Four case studies - Raoul Wallenberg Dawit Isaak Gui Minhai Ahmadreza Djalali
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January 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Swedish Holocaust hero #RaoulWallenberg showed that humanistic values can prevail - if we are willing to fight for them.

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August 4, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Swedish Holocaust hero #RaoulWallenberg showed that humanistic ideals can prevail - if we are ready to fight for them pressreader.com/israel/jerusal…
July 26, 2024 at 6:23 PM
⚡️Now in English⚡️The @SweMFA’s has a serious communication problem when it comes to dealing with families of 🇸🇪citizens imprisoned abroad. I propose five simple steps for a more humane interaction that will reduce tensions and benefit both sides.

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The Swedish government has a serious communication problem
For decades, the relatives of Swedish citizens unlawfully imprisoned abroad have complained about the insensitive treatment they receive from Swedish officials. Adopting a few relatively simple mea…
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July 6, 2024 at 12:53 PM
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March 10, 2024 at 9:54 PM
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The long serving Swedish Ambassador to Moscow Rolf SOHLMAN was feared to have a close association with Colonel Panteleymon Ivanovich TAKHCHIANOV (codename “Hasan”), one of the KGB’s most notorious and experienced counterintelligence officers.
February 20, 2024 at 4:52 PM