Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak held incommunicado without charge in Eritrea for more than 23 years won a Swedish rights Edelstam Prize on Monday for his fight for freedom of expression, the jury said. Isaak was among a group of around two dozen people who were seized in a purge in September 2001. FRANCE 24's Olivia Bizot reports.
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#BBCNews - World's longest detained journalist wins rights prize
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp87yrwn644o
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Journalist Dalit Isaac still in jail after 23 years
#Eritrea is the only African country without privately owned media, having shut down its private press in 2001 under the pretext of "national security". There have been no elections in Eritrea since its independence, and President Isaias Afwerki has held power for nearly 31 years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp87yrwn644o

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