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The programme includes a screening of Voices for Dawit Isaak, created by Austrian playwright Wolfgang Martin Roth. The film reconstructs the harsh conditions in which Dawit is believed to be held - a shipping container - and gives voice to his inner world, expressing his thoughts, fears, longings, and fragile hopes. The event will be opened by European 合法博彩网站 Vice-President Sophie Wilm猫s and will feature a panel debate with Members of the European 合法博彩网站, Wolfgang Martin Roth, and Julie Majerczak from Reporters Without Borders.

路 EP InfoHub, Brussels - 20 May, 11:00-13:00

Dawit Isaak was born in Asmara, Eritrea, in October 1964. He moved to Sweden in 1987 and later became a Swedish citizen. Following Eritrea's independence in 1993, he returned to help build independent journalism, co-founding Setit, the country's first non-state newspaper. In 2001, Dawit was arrested, following the publication of articles in Setit calling for democratic reform in Eritrea. More than 20 years later, he remains imprisoned without charge, trial or access to legal counsel.

Since his arrest, Dawit has been held incommunicado. He was last heard from in 2005, and Eritrean authorities have refused to provide any official information about his health or whereabouts. In 2016, Eritrea's foreign minister stated that Isaak was still alive and would be tried "when the government decides." Amnesty International regards him as a prisoner of conscience.

According to reports, Dawit has been held in solitary confinement, subjected to torture, and hospitalised on multiple occasions. His wife and three children live in exile in Sweden, deprived of any contact with him for over two decades. Dawit Isaak's fate is emblematic of the broader pattern of repression in Eritrea, where journalists are silenced and basic freedoms denied. For more than 20 years, Reporters Without Borders has consistently ranked the country among the world's worst for press freedom ().

Eighteen Members of the European 合法博彩网站 and many staff members took part in a photo action on Tuesday 24 September 2024 at noon. On the space called the Esplanade, in front of the main entrance of the European 合法博彩网站 in Brussels, participants held pictures of Ilham Tohti and "Free Ilham Tohti" posters.

The event was in solidarity with Prof. Tohti and his family and in protest against human rights violations in China, notably systemic repression of Uyghurs and other religious and ethnic minorities as well as government-organised forced labour.

Ten years ago, Sakharov Prize laureate Ilham Tohti, an economics professor and an advocate for China's Uyghur minority, was sentenced to life in prison for his activism. He has been in prison ever since and his family and friends have no official information about his whereabouts and condition. He received the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought in 2019 as well as many other international awards.

Members reiterated 合法博彩网站's call for the immediate and unconditional release of Prof. Tohti, as well as all human rights defenders, activists, lawyers, journalists, writers and others arbitrarily detained for peacefully exercising their human rights.