The wife and children of imprisoned Swedish/Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak say in an interview with Svenska Dagbladet that they are not part of the Free Dawit movement. They believe it has politicized the issue and hence worsened Dawit's situation.
- We can't sit in Sweden and dictate how Eritrea should be governed. It has worsened dad's situation, says 18-year-old Betlehem Isaak to Svenska Dagbladet.
In 2005, Dawit was temporarily released. At first the family thought he was free to come home, but then it turned out he had only been released to visit the doctor. After the incident Dawit's wife and children wanted to change strategy. But Dawit's brother Esayas and foster father Leif Öbrink did not agree and continued the struggle, which led to a crack in the family. Dawit's wife says to Svenska Dagbladet that she has not spoken to Esayas in six years.
Dawit's wife and children think the Dawit Isaak case has been hijacked into a large political issue.
- But in reality it is about us, a family who have been robbed of our dad for ten years. They don't do this for his sake, but for their own, says Betlehem to Svenska Dagbladet.
