Dawit Isaak
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Dawit Isaak （born 28 October 1964） is a Swedish-Eritrean playwright, journalist and writer, who has been held in prison in Eritrea since 2001 without trial and is considered a traitor by the Eritrean government.
Amnesty International considers him a prisoner of conscience and has called for his immediate and unconditional release.
For years, he was the only Swedish citizen held as a prisoner of conscience （he is now joined by the Swedish citizen and publicist Gui Minhai）.
Isaak came to Sweden in August 1987, where he settled in the west coast city of Gothenburg and became a Swedish citizen on 4 November 1992.
When Eritrea gained independence, Isaak returned to his native country, married and had children.
He began working as a reporter for the country's first independent newspaper, Setit.
Eventually, he became a part-owner of the newspaper.
Possible replica of the prison cell of Dawit Isaak, exhibited at Mediedagarna i Göteborg （on Svenska Mässan）, March 2015 On 23 September 2001, Isaak was arrested in his home in Asmara, Eritrea.
At the same time, ten other independent journalists and eleven prominent reformist politicians of the so-called G-15 were arrested, ostensibly for demanding democratic reforms in a series of letters to President Isayas Afeworki.
The independent press, including the Setit newspaper, had covered the confrontation between the president and the reformers.
In April 2002, CPJ, the Committee to Protect Journalists, reported that Isaak was hospitalized due to torture.
The Eritrean government denied that he has been tortured, but did not allow anyone to visit him.
Isaak had not been tried befo...
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