In a parliamentary resolution in January, the European Parliament expressed its "deep concern at the continuing imprisonment of Dawit Isaak, who has been in jail since his arrest in September 2001, without having been tried by a court of law" and demanded his immediate release.
Nesen pieņemtā rezolūcijā Parlaments pauda nopietnas bažas par to, ka žurnālists joprojām atrodas ieslodzījumā bez tiesas sprieduma, un prasīja viņu nekavējoties atbrīvot.