The Liberals' proposal – that the Royal Library should be given the task of establishing a national library for banned literature – was presented during the Book Fair in Gothenburg.
The party will now drive the proposal in the government.
It is crucial that when we see how literature and the free word are challenged around the world, there is a reaction, says the party leader, Minister of Education Simona Mohamsson.
You are presenting this proposal together with Dawit Isaak's daughters. At the same time, it was on Tuesday 24 years since he was imprisoned in Eritrea. How do you view this?
I think that for Sweden, it is an open wound. Both when it comes to Gui Minhai in China and Dawit Isaak in Eritrea. But now we are presenting a proposal that clearly shows how we want to defend freedom of expression and the free word, says Simona Mohamsson.
It is important that Sweden does everything in its power to bring Dawit Isaak and Gui Minhai home. But this is also a step in continuing the struggle.
"Means a lot"
Dawit Isaak's family is, however, still critical of how Sweden has handled his imprisonment in Eritrea – even if the daughters welcome the proposal for the new library.
On Tuesday, September 23, it had been 24 whole years since the Eritrean-Swedish journalist was arrested. Since then, he has been imprisoned without being brought to trial.
I feel betrayed that people have not done more to get our dad out, despite him being a Swedish citizen, says Danait Isaak.
It has been 24 years and I am 26. So he has missed almost my entire life and the years just keep going and going.
"Believe he is alive"
The latest information the family has received is that Dawit Isaak is still alive. But how he is doing is unknown.
We have received indications that he is alive and we believe it, says Betlehem Isaak.
But we think that this government should do more. At the same time, we also think that the previous governments have failed just as much.
