PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT – Swedish PEN presents the 2009 Tucholsky Award to author and journalist Dawit Isaak

 

“The name Dawit Isaak has become, for the whole Swedish people, synonymous with the struggle for freedom of speech and liberty of the press. His fate is a clear example of how oppressors fear free speech. The prize goes to him for his firmness of principle in working for an open democratic society in journalism and drama.”