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'Gomorrah' author wins 2011 Olof Palme Prize

Society: 23 Jan 12
Roberto Saviano, author of Italian mafia exposé 'Gomorrah', and Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho were named the 2011 recipients of the Olof Palme Memorial Prize in Stockholm on Monday. READ »

Swedish journos jailed for 11 years in Ethiopia

National: 27 Dec 11
Swedish journalists Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson were sentenced to 11 years in prison on Tuesday by an Ethiopian court for supporting terrorism and entering the country illegally. READ »

Rights groups criticize upcoming Ethiopia trial

Politics: 16 Oct 11
The two Swedish reporters Martin Schibbye and Johan Persson, charged with terrorism in Ethiopia, will face trial on Tuesday, with human rights organisations already criticizing the process. READ »

Sweden warns Syria over dissident harrassment

Politics: 4 Oct 11
Sweden and France on Tuesday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime against attacking or intimidating Syrian opposition in exile, amid reports of assaults and threats in several European capitals. READ »

Swedish reporters plan prison protest

National: 1 Oct 11
Two Swedish journalists are planning to go to jail of their own accord in a bid to draw attention to the plight of other writers in captivity. READ »

Örebro man jailed for Togo coup attempt

National: 16 Sep 11
A naturalised Swedish citizen from Togo in western Africa, has been convicted of staging a coup against the regime there, leaving his family back in Örebro in central Sweden devastated with the surprise verdict. READ »

'Set Dawit Isaak free'

Analysis & Opinion: 4 Jul 11
As Swedish citizen Dawit Isaak endures his tenth year in Eritrean captivity, publicist Arne Ruth and historian Susanne Berger explain why the Swedish government should give its full backing to a new legal initiative aimed at securing his release. READ »

Swedish activist gets life sentence in Bahrain

National: 22 Jun 11
A Swedish citizen and democracy activist was sentenced to life imprisonment in Bahrain on Wednesday after being convicted of "terrorist activity", according to Bahrain-based human rights group. READ »

Protesters arrested after Iraq expulsion demo

National: 16 Feb 11
Swedish police arrested 16 protesters on Tuesday night outside the Swedish Migration Board's asylum seeker detention centre in Kållered outside Gothenburg demonstrating against the expulsion of a group of Iraqis. READ »

Police chief fed up over 'jailed' asylum seekers

National: 25 Jan 11
The increasing number of rejected asylum seekers being housed in a local jail has prompted the chief of police in Gothenburg to consider reporting himself to Sweden’s Parliamentary Ombudsman. READ »

Sweden deports Iraqi refugees amid protests

National: 20 Jan 11
Despite widespread protests, Sweden deported 20 people back to Iraq on Wednesday after they had been denied asylum, police said. READ »

Police release most Iraqi deportee protesters

National: 19 Jan 11
Swedish police said they have released 24 of the 25 people who had protested outside an asylum seeker detention centre Stockholm early Wednesday, where they were reportedly trying to stop a mass deportation to Iraq. READ »

UN slams Sweden over Iraqi deportations

Politics: 18 Jan 11
The United Nations refugee agency on Tuesday criticised Sweden’s decision to deport 25 Iraqis back to their home country despite warnings about unsafe conditions there. READ »

70 protesters against Iraqi expulsions arrested

National: 18 Jan 11
Police have arrested about 70 demonstrators who gathered outside the Swedish National Migration Board's (Migrationsverket) offices south of Gothenburg to prevent a group of Iraqis from being deported on Wednesday. READ »

Swede appointed to head UN police force

National: 9 Mar 10
Swedish police officer Ann-Marie Orler has been appointed as the United Nation's top cop, the world body's secretary-general Ban Ki-Moon confirmed on Monday. READ »

Stockholm pram march marks Women's Day

Society: 8 Mar 10
Stockholm will on Monday host the largest ever march of the prams as part of the city's celebration of the 100th International Women's Day. The pram march hopes to bring focus on the problem of maternal mortality. READ »

Sweden slammed over sexual violence inaction

Society: 8 Mar 10
Sweden and its Nordic neighbours have been slammed by human rights group Amnesty International for failing to combat sexual violence, a new report shows. READ »

Amnesty: 'Sweden party to torture' in Afghanistan

National: 27 Aug 09
Human rights group Amnesty International has argued that Sweden is taking part in torture after the country handed over its first prisoner in Afghanistan to local authorities. READ »

Sweden refuses asylum to gay Iraqis

National: 18 Aug 09
A Swedish gay rights organisation has called on the government not to deport any homosexual Iraqi asylum seekers in the light of a shocking new report categorising an extermination campaign against gay men in the Middle Eastern country. READ »

Sweden to extradite genocide suspect

National: 9 Jul 09
Sweden will soon extradite a Rwandan man accused of participating in the 1994 genocide to his home country, the Swedish government announced on Thursday. READ »

Amnesty slams Sweden over refugee policies

National: 28 May 09
Shortcomings in Sweden’s refugee policies and the country’s dismal record at bringing reported rapes to trial have come in for criticism by Amnesty International in its 2008 annual report. READ »

Swedish court okays extradition of Rwandan genocide suspect

National: 27 May 09
Sweden’s Supreme Court has ruled that a Rwandan national accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide can be extradited from Sweden to Rwanda to stand trial. READ »

Is rape rampant in gender-equal Sweden?

Analysis & Opinion: 11 May 09
A recent European Commission report identifying Sweden as the rape capital of Europe should be treated with a healthy dose of scepticism, argues sociologist Laura Agustín. READ »

Swedish rapists ‘enjoy impunity’: Amnesty International

Analysis & Opinion: 28 Apr 09
Sweden needs to do much more to clamp down on rapists, according to reports from Amnesty International and the United Nations. Jennifer Heape examines the disparity between the country's high incidence of rape and its low conviction rate. READ »

Prosecutor urges genocide suspect's extradition to Rwanda

Politics: 11 Mar 09
Sweden’s top prosecutor has said she sees no reason to stop the extradition of a man suspected of having a role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. READ »

Amnesty: 'Sweden lax on war criminals'

National: 3 Feb 09
Sweden has been strongly criticized by Amnesty International in a new report released on Tuesday. Amnesty has called on Sweden to end impunity from war crimes and review current legislation. READ »

Palestinians from Iraq granted shelter in Sweden and Iceland

Society: 5 Aug 08
Palestinian refugees stranded for two years on the Iraq-Syria border will be resettled in Iceland and Sweden in the coming weeks, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. READ »

Amnesty rights report won't stop minister's Olympic travel

Politics: 31 Jul 08
The Swedish culture minister Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth (left) plans to travel to the Olympic opening ceremony despite a new report from Amnesty damning China's human rights record. READ »

Sweden sets sights on new snoop law

Analysis & Opinion: 11 Jun 08
As Sweden's parliament prepares to pass a controversial new surveillance law, Faisal Enayat Khan takes a closer look at the development of a far-reaching tapping scheme. READ »

Study: 'rape victims often at fault'

National: 29 Apr 08
One in five Swedes thinks that a woman who is raped only has herself to blame if she dresses provocatively, doesn’t fight back, or is drunk at the time of the attack. READ »

Sweden shutting door on refugees: critics

Society: 18 Apr 08
Recent decisions by Sweden to send refugees back to Baghdad and other war-ravaged areas have tarnished its reputation for welcoming victims of conflict, critics say. READ »

Reinfeldt pushes China over political prisoners

Politics: 13 Apr 08
Swedish prime minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has appealed to China's president Hu Jintao to release the human rights activist Hu Jia. A list of 13 political prisoners was handed over with an appeal for their release. READ »

Palme Prize winner barred from leaving Iran

National: 3 Mar 08
Iranian feminist and journalist Parvin Ardalan said she was prevented from leaving the country. READ »

Palme Prize to Iranian feminist Ardalan

National: 14 Feb 08
Parvin Ardalan is honoured for her work editing the first online newsletter on Iranian women's rights. READ »

Rowdy deportee stalls return to Eritrea

National: 23 Jan 08
A deportee's rowdy behaviour blocked Sweden's controversial attempt to send him back to Eritrea. READ »

Sweden to deport man to Eritrea

National: 23 Jan 08
Sweden is to send a 23-year-old asylum seeker back to Eritrea despite warnings from the UN and Amnesty International that nobody should be forced to return there. READ »

Saab slammed over arms to Burma

National: 16 Jul 07
A Saab subsidiary has been criticized by Amnesty International, which has said it could indirectly be supplying Burma's military junta with arms. READ »

Amnesty criticizes Reinfeldt

Politics: 15 Jun 07
Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has come in for criticism from Amnesty International for his failure to point out specific human rights abuses when meeting foreign leaders. READ »

Chinese president welcomed by Swedish royals

National: 9 Jun 07
Chinese President Hu Jintao visited the Royal Palace in Stockholm on Saturday morning, kicking off the first ever Chinese state visit to Sweden. But despite the pleasantries, the president can expect protests on his trip. READ »

Amnesty criticizes Baghdad deportation

Society: 18 May 07
Amnesty International has levelled criticism at Sweden following the forced deportation to Baghdad of an Iraqi citizen. READ »

UN urges Sweden to improve protection of women

National: 8 Mar 07
A new United Nations report points to a number of shortcomings in how Sweden tackles violence against women. Local councils especially have much room for improvement. READ »

Terror suspect 'will be tortured' if deported

National: 22 Feb 07
A terror suspect who says he could be tortured if sent back to Jordan is embarking a last-ditch attempt to stay in Sweden. Hassan Assad tells The Local he has no links with terrorist groups, and has simply given aid to refugees. READ »

Swedish companies develop a conscience

Business & Money: 1 Feb 07
Swedish multinationals are becoming ever more aware of their human rights responsibilities abroad, according to a new report by Amnesty International. READ »

Profile: Nyamko Sabuni

Analysis & Opinion: 1 Nov 06
She's Sweden's first African minister, and her proposals to tackle 'honour culture' have led some critics to call her an Islamophobe. But Nyamko Sabuni insists that immigrants to Sweden have a duty to integrate. READ »

Swedish groups urge Mid-East peace

National: 9 Jul 06
Swedish politicians and non-governmental organizations have called on Israelis and Palestinians to respect international law and end violence. READ »

Swedish journalist killed in Somalia

National: 23 Jun 06
A Swedish journalist reporting for Aftonbladet has been shot in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu. Martin Adler was a writer and a prized photographer, the paper confirms. READ »

Amnesty slams Swedish deportations

Politics: 23 May 06
A number of deportations from Sweden have been slammed by Amnesty in its annual report. Among them were a Bangladeshi woman raped by a policeman and a Syrian man condemned to death. READ »

Swedish prize for Aung San Suu Kyi

Smörgåsbord: 31 Jan 06
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Swede gets top Euro role

National: 11 Oct 05
Thomas Hammarberg has been made head of a major European human rights watchdog, joining a long and distinguished line of Swedes who have led international organizations. READ »

Nobel descendant slams Economics prize

National: 28 Sep 05
A week before this year's Nobel laureates are annonunced, the great great nephew of Alfred Nobel reiterates his criticism of the Nobel Economics Prize, calling it "a PR coup by economists to improve their reputation". READ »

ID clampdown on asylum seekers slammed

Politics: 4 Aug 05
Asylum seekers who do not help authorities prove their identity will be blacklisted and prevented from returning to Sweden or the rest of the EU, the Swedish government has said. Amnesty International has criticized the decision. READ »

Swedish gay campaigners slam Latvian PM

Society: 1 Aug 05
Organisers of this week's Stockholm Pride festival leave a letter of protest at the Latvian Embassy, objecting to "grossly homophobic" comments from Prime Minister Aigars Kalvitis. The Latvian leader had criticized a planned gay pride march. READ »

World worthies gather in Sweden to debate global issues

Politics: 29 Jul 05
Where better to solve the world's problems than the picturesque lakeside town of Tällberg, 270km north of Stockholm? That's where 450 politicians, artists and business leaders from around the world are gathering to discuss today's big issues. READ »

Sweden "must stop sending homosexuals back to Iran"

National: 23 Jul 05
The Swedish gay rights group RFSL calls for a halt to all deportations of homosexuals to Iran, saying two young men were hanged there this week for committing a "homosexual act". READ »

TeliaSonera growing in police states

National: 15 Jun 05
Swedish telecoms giant TeliaSonera has seen income from some of the world’s dodgier countries grow substantially in the past year. But does investing help regimes or foster democracy? READ »

Sweden reconsiders Uzbekistan base

Politics: 13 Jun 05
Sweden must remove Uzbekistan military base - Amnesty
After scathing criticism from Amnesty, Sweden's defence minister agrees to "find alternatives" to stationing troops in Uzbekistan, whose recent record on human rights is suspect. READ »

Sweden must remove Uzbekistan military base - Amnesty

Politics: 12 Jun 05
Human rights watchdog Amnesty International called on Sweden to remove its military base from Uzbekistan, a country charged with violating its citizens' right to protest, the Swedish press reported on Sunday. READ »

Ringholm's club faces tax probe

Politics: 26 Oct 04
Enskede IK football club faces a tax investigation, embarrassing club chairman (and Sweden's finance minister) Bosse Ringholm. And former Christian Democrat leader Alf Svensson is under fire for accepting hospitality from a North African dictator. READ »

20 things to know before moving to Sweden

As diverse as Sweden is, there are a few societal norms that are distinctly Swedish. Understanding a handful of them will hopefully prepare you culturally before you relocate. When you're invited home to a Swede, you better be on time and take your shoes off, writes expat Lola Akinmade-Åkerström. Read more »

How far can English take you in Sweden?

Sweden is a country where almost everyone can speak English. So why bother to learn Swedish? Edina Varnagy from Hungary managed with English for a whole year but then found that Swedish could open doors – to a job, a social life and greater understanding. Read more »

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