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            <title><![CDATA[Cultural leaders urge new Swedish government to step up efforts for Dawit Isaak’s release]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It has been 25 years since Swedish journalist and author Dawit Isaak was imprisoned in Eritrea. Several cultural leaders are now calling on the incoming government to step up efforts to secure his release.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2026 05:42:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Olga Tokarczuk, J.M. Coetzee urge proof of life for Dawit Isaak and detained Eritrean writers]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Nobel laureates Olga Tokarczuk and J.M. Coetzee, along with a number of other authors, have written a letter to the president of Eritrea. The demand: To provide proof that twelve imprisoned writers, including journalist Dawit Isaak, are alive.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2026 10:06:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stenergard about Isaak: "Better conditions"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[After the Foreign Minister's visit to Eritrea, she believes the conditions for continued talks have improved. The assessment is that Dawit Isaak is still alive.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 19 Dec 2025 10:16:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Kristersson: Dawit Isaak on the agenda in Eritrea]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Dawit Isaak's captivity in Eritrea is one of the topics that has been raised during Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard's (M) visit to the country, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M).]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 09:47:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Foreign Minister visits Eritrea]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard is visiting Eritrea where she met with her Eritrean counterpart Osman Saleh.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2025 21:13:50 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Liberals Propose National Library for Banned Books at Royal Library]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Liberals want to introduce a national library for banned literature. The proposal is welcomed by Dawit Isaak's family – who however continue to demand more from the government. Both the government and the parliament should do more, says the daughter Betlehem Isaak.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 09:41:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sweden Urged to Act as Journalist Joakim Medin Detained in Turkey]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has not been particularly swift and often acted too late, when it comes to Swedes being imprisoned in authoritarian regimes, writes Angela Gui in Expressen. The daughter of Gui Minahi, imprisoned in China, now hopes that it will be different for the journalist Joakim Medin, who is locked up in Turkey.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2025 18:16:49 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Bethlehem Isaak appeals: "We need your help"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Bethlehem Isak, daughter of the imprisoned journalist Dawit Isaak, appeals to the international community "to wake up" and take action.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 21 Feb 2025 07:37:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Foreign Minister is Criticized: Fails to Mention Trump]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Foreign Minister Maria Malmer Stenergard (M) is criticized for not mentioning the President of the USA in her foreign policy declaration. She avoids with precision mentioning Donald Trump, says Håkan Svenneling, foreign policy spokesperson for V, in a debate in the Riksdag.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 12 Feb 2025 08:05:21 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[The Daughter Received the Dawit Isaak Edelstam Prize]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[This year's Edelstam Prize is awarded to the imprisoned journalist Dawit Isaak. On Tuesday, his daughter Betlehem Isaak received the prize on her father's behalf.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 19 Nov 2024 19:39:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Dawit Isaak awarded for "exceptional courage"]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Dawit Isaak receives this year's Edelstam Prize. The international community is urged to act simultaneously, as both the Eritrean and Swedish governments, according to the jury, have failed to protect their citizen.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2024 10:02:56 GMT</pubDate>
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