February 14, 2012
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Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak is being held in a tough high-security prison near the Eritrean capital, according to a former guard at the jail quoted in a Swedish newspaper on Wednesday.
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Democratic election (not rigged election) and the right of people to get rid of their leaders at any time of their choice will bring peace to that part of the world. EU should stop providing weapons and resources to governments that have not come to power through a popular mandate (fair election). Given this condition people like Dawit Isaak, who number in tens of thousands, will be free.
He moved back to Eritrea in 2001.
He has dual nationality of Eritrean-Swedish nationality.
Also as he is a Swedish citizen, who came to Sweden as a refugee in 1987, then getting citizenship in 1992, before going back to Eritrea, what the hell did he move back to Eritrea for in 2001?
Regarding the critism of the Swedish government for not doing enough. Who was in power when he went to jail?
If the situation was reversed, but say that we replace Eritrea with Australia, do you think that the Australian government would care much if a Swedish-born dual Swedish/Australian citizen ended up in jail in Sweden if he'd spent a similar amount of time in Australia in total? I bet they'd consider it to be a case of a Swedish man in a Swedish jail.
With that said, I do respect his work in helping trying to establish a free press in Eritrea.
Also worth noting is that Swedish leftists are not without guilt here. Among those who supported the communist guerrilla Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front (current Eritrean government), you will find people such as Stieg Larsson. To the world he is best known as the author of the Millennium Trilogy. In Sweden he is perhaps best known for founding the "anti-nazy/anti-racist" (fascist) organistation EXPO. As a Trotskyist, he took it as his mission to support any freedom fighting organization. Atleast if it was of the communist kind. He trained the EPLF figheters in the use of weapons (artillery) as well as bringing money from Sweden.
Eritrea is not the only case. Leading Swedish socialists, including leading Social democrats, made a habit of supporting the scum of the earth as long as they were red scum. Leading Swedish socialists (including Soc. Dem) were chummy with Pol Pot of the Khmer Rouge, Castro in Cuba, Kim Ill Sung in North Korea, etc, etc.
People that will end up in government if the left wins this falls election in Sweden still belong to that group. The Social democrats limit themselves to such groups as Hezbollah, Fatah, etc now. I think the Left Party prefers Hamas over Fatah. The Left Party isn't choosy though. As long as your "anti-imperialist", you're alright.