​Dawit Isaak is a Swedish-Eritrean journalist arbitrarily detained in Eritrea since September 23, 2001; he has been held without charge or trial for nearly twenty-five years. He is widely recognized as the longest-detained journalist in the world.

The Global Liberty Alliance (GLA) today announced the U.S.-Cuba Claims Archive, a free, searchable resource documenting the certified U.S. property claims against the Cuban government adjudicated by the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission (FCSC).

​These certified claims, the product of formal federal adjudication, represent the recognized and espoused universe of American losses from Cuba's confiscations; yet for decades the record of them has been difficult for claimants, researchers, and the public to access in any organized form.

​The U.S.-Cuba Claims Archive consolidates that record into a single searchable place, so that claimant families, scholars, journalists, and policymakers can find what the Commission actually certified.

For twenty-one months, Nicaragua told the world nothing about Steadman Fagoth Müller. Nicaragua has ignored family pleas and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which, in October 2024, found that his life and personal integrity were at serious risk and ordered Managua to disclose his whereabouts and condition. It met the appeals of his daughter, a United States citizen, with silence. It met the inquiries of the United States and other international stakeholders with silence.

Dawit Isaak, a Swedish and European Union citizen, has been unlawfully imprisoned in Eritrea for twenty-four years. His only offense was journalism. For nearly a quarter century, his family has waited; and for too long, Sweden and the EU have treated his freedom as a diplomatic inconvenience rather than the obligation it is.  That should change now.

(Alexandria, Virginia)  The Global Liberty Alliance (GLA) today reaffirmed its commitment to helping secure the immediate release of Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak, who turns 61 after more than 24 years held incommunicado in Eritrea. 

​Today, Global Liberty Alliance joined partners in a joint press release urging decisive action for Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak, held incommunicado since September 2001 and now marking 24 years without due process or family contact. Dawit’s case embodies core principles we defend: the rule of law, due process, freedom of expression, and the dignity of the human person.  The press release and US Congressional Record sources are embedded at the end of this post.

​Originally published in the Swedish daily newspaper Sydsvenskan on August 14, 2025, this op-ed by Jason Poblete is presented here in English. Sydsvenskan is one of Sweden’s leading newspapers, founded in 1870, with a large national and regional readership. Mr. Poblete is an international human rights lawyer and president of the Global Liberty Alliance, a legal defense fund.

Global Liberty Alliance (GLA) welcomes Opinion No. 27/2025 by the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (WGAD) concluding that Iranian authorities arbitrarily deprived U.S. lawful permanent resident and Virginian, Mr. Shahab Dalili of his liberty and urging his immediate release, compensation, and accountability measures.

This past week in Berlin, a memorial was held for Jamshid (“Jimmy”) Sharmahd, a U.S. Legal Resident and German citizen who was unjustly imprisoned, tortured, and ultimately killed by the Islamic Regime of Iran. His daughter Gazelle and son Shayan (pictured), alongside family and allies from around the world, gathered not only to mourn his loss—but to renew the call for justice.