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Science & Technology: 28 Jan 13
Swedish reality television shows featuring hospitals and emergency services fail to protect patients' rights, according to a complaint filed on Monday that accuses public health authorities of breaking privacy law by allowing filming.
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Politics: 16 Jan 12
The government plans to launch an inquiry to study Swedish citizenship in hopes of finding ways to boost its value and use it as a tool for integration.
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National: 14 Nov 11
The National Police Board has been sued by a rights group for alleged discrimination, arguing that women have been favoured ahead of men in the recruitment process.
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National: 10 Nov 11
A Swedish firefighter who filed a discrimination lawsuit after being denied a job because he had the "wrong" gender and ethnicity has been awarded 100,000 kronor ($16,000) in compensation.
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Society: 29 Jul 11
Dozens of men have filed sexual discrimination complaints with Sweden's Equality Ombudsman (DO), after being denied admission to Sweden's National Police Academy.
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National: 8 Jul 11
A Swedish man is suing a fire department outside Stockholm for actively choosing to only hire women and people with foreign backgrounds, according to reports in Swedish media.
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Education: 22 Feb 10
Lund University in southern Sweden has agreed to pay compensation to 24 women denied admission to the university's psychology programme because of their gender.
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Education: 14 Oct 09
A group of women who are suing a Swedish university for gender discrimination have also reported Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman for refusing to take up their case.
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Education: 30 Mar 09
In a closely watched affirmative action case, a Swedish court ruled on Monday that men should not have been offered spots in a veterinary school programme ahead of women with equivalent qualifications.
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Politics: 13 Feb 09
A lawyers’ organization from Norway has submitted a petition supporting a case pending in the European Court of Human Rights which challenges Sweden’s controversial wiretapping law.
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National: 15 Jul 08
The Swedish government will have to defend the new FRA surveillance law in front of the European Court of Human Rights in a case filed by an independent law organization.
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Society: 30 Apr 07
Three women have been awarded compensation after Örebro district court found that they were discriminated against by the city's university.
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Society: 1 Apr 07
On Monday Örebro University will go to court to defend its decision to refuse the applications of three women who were better qualified for a course than four successful male applicants.
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National: 21 Dec 06
Uppsala University has been convicted of discriminating against Swedish applicants to its law course. The university had operated a quota system which gave preference to less well-qualified immigrant students.
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Society: 29 Nov 06
Two Swedish women who wanted to study law at Uppsala University had their applications rejected in favour of immigrant students with lower grades. Now the Supreme Court will decide whether the university acted unlawfully.
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