20 years of dictatorship in Eritrea

The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR), in cooperation with Reporters Without Borders (RSF), PEN Eritrea, RWI-70 and the Fritz Bauer Forum of the BUXUS FOUNDATION, is organising a panel discussion that will focus on 20 years of dictatorship in Eritrea as a case study for the global attack on media freedom by authoritarian regimes.

The discussion will revolve around the Eritrean government’s suppression of fundamental rights and freedoms, including media freedom and the persecution of journalists in Eritrea, as well as the widespread and systematic gross human rights violations related to the case of Dawit Isaak , the world’s longest imprisoned journalist, and his colleagues.

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The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights (RWCHR), in partnership with Reporters Without Borders (RSF), PEN Eritrea, the RWI-70, and the Fritz Bauer Forum of the BUXUS FOUNDATION, is hosting a panel discussion, which will focus on 20 Years of Dictatorship in Eritrea as a case study of the global assault on media freedom by authoritarian regimes.

The discussion will revolve around the Eritrean government’s suppression of fundamental rights and freedoms, including media freedom and the persecution of journalists in Eritrea, and the widespread and systematic gross human rights violations in relation to the case of Dawit Isaak and his colleagues – the longest imprisoned journalists in the world.

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20 ans de dictature en Érythrée : une étude de cas sur l’atteinte globale à la liberté de la presse par les régimes autoritaires

Le Centre Raoul Wallenberg pour les droits de la personne, en partenariat avec Reporters sans frontières, PEN Erythrée, RWI-70 et le Fritz Bauer Forum de la FONDATION BUXUS, organisise une table ronde qui portera sur 20 ans de dictatura en Erythrée en tant qu’étude de cas de l’atteinte globale à la liberté de la presse par les régimes autoritaires.

The discussion focusses on the suppression of fundamental rights and freedoms by the Eritrean government, including media freedom and the persecution of journalists in Eritrea, and the flagrant general and systematic violations of human rights in the case of Dawit Isaak and his colleagues – the journalists who have been imprisoned for the longest time in the world.