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May 27, 2012
Discrimination_ombudsman
The following articles have been tagged with "Discrimination_ombudsman":
Rail operator refused to stop for disabled boy
National: 19 Nov 10
A 14-year-old wheelchair-bound boy wanted to take the train from Sundsvall to Uppsala to visit his sister, but he was told he would be unable to get off the train as it "would take too long".
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Man says Ladies Night 'not all right'
Society: 27 Sep 10
Ladies Night, a popular cabaret show which has just celebrated its fifth year in Sweden, has been reported to the Discrimination Ombudsman by a man denied tickets on the grounds of his gender.
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Let teachers ban face veils - Liberals
Politics: 4 Aug 10
Sweden’s schools and universities should be allowed to ban students and teachers from wearing face veils, education minister and Liberal Party leader Jan Björklund has said.
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Government urges commission on Roma
Politics: 30 Jul 10
A truth commission is one of the proposals the Delegation for Romani Affairs delivered to cabinet minister Nyamko Sabuni on Friday.
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School refuses to enroll student with Arabic name
Education: 26 Jul 10
A 13-year-old female student has submitted a complaint to the Discrimination Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen, DO), charging that a school refused to enroll her because of her Arabic-sounding name.
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Bank tells lesbian couple to live apart
Society: 22 Jul 10
A Swedish lesbian couple who wanted a mortgage were told by a bank clerk that they should change their lifestyle and think about living apart.
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Hotel fined for guest slur at discrimination seminar
National: 21 May 10
A Swedish appeals court has ruled that a Norrköping hotel was guilty of discriminating against a guest who was participating at a conference on ethnic discrimination at the time.
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Jehovah's Witness claims she was fired for beliefs
Society: 12 May 10
A care assistant from northern Sweden has reported her employers after they allegedly fired her for her religious beliefs.
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Rail worker panned for 'negro ball' gaffe
Society: 9 May 10
Train passengers were left reeling on Thursday by an announcer's use of the antiquated term 'negro balls' to describe a type chocolate treat on sale in the bistro carriage.
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Dyslexic Irishman denied SFI assistance
Education: 21 Apr 10
When Irishman Alan Newsome moved to Stockholm five years ago he signed up for a Swedish for Immigrants language course, only to find that as a dyslexic he was denied support and was forced to quit.
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Court awards damages after genital mutilation test
Society: 21 Apr 10
Uppsala Municipality has been ordered to pay 60,000 kronor ($8,400) to the family of a girl of Somali origin who was forced to undergo an examination to check whether she had been circumcised.
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Girl raped and rejected by Swedish community
National: 26 Mar 10
A storm of outrage has met revelations that a 14-year-old girl from a small Swedish community was raped at her school only to be rejected by her friends and adult society when she reported the attack.
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Job agency accepts 'Muslim handshake' fine
Society: 3 Mar 10
Sweden’s National Public Employment Agency (Arbetsförmedlingen) has decided not to appeal its fine for discriminating against a Muslim man who had his benefits withdrawn after refusing to shake the hand of a female CEO.
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Driver reported for kicking gay man off bus
Society: 2 Mar 10
The discrimination ombudsman (DO) has asked Stockholm local transport authority, SL, to adequately compensate a gay man after a bus driver ordered him to leave the bus.
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Nightclub ordered to pay for ethnic discrimination
Society: 23 Feb 10
The Court of Appeal has ordered Elite Hotels to pay compensation to six men after finding that they were denied entry to a Stockholm nightclub due to their ethnicity.
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Job agency fined for religious discrimination
Society: 8 Feb 10
Sweden’s National Public Employment Agency has been fined for discriminating against a Muslim man who had his benefits withdrawn after refusing to shake the hand of a female CEO.
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Ahmad and James on Swedish bank's blacklist
Society: 26 Aug 08
Swedish bank Skandiabanken has come under fire for a blacklist that prevents customers with Arabic-sounding names from using routine banking services.
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Sweden to get tougher on discrimination
Politics: 13 Mar 08
Sweden's government has presented a proposal for a new discrimination law.
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Muslim mum discrimination case headed to Supreme Court
National: 27 Feb 08
The City of Gothenburg has appealed to Sweden’s highest court to avoid paying damages to two Muslim women who accuse the city of discrimination.
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Polish sign reported for discrimination
Society: 25 Jan 08
A camera store owner has been reported to Sweden's ethnic discrimination ombudsman (DO) for displaying a sign in Polish.
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Probe into Swedish-only workplace idea
National: 22 Dec 07
Whip out those dictionaries just in case Swedish becomes compulsory at work.
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Girl tested for circumcision 'because she was Somalian'
Society: 3 Sep 07
A girl was forced by Swedish social workers to undergo a gynaecological examination simply because her parents were Somalian, Sweden's Discrimination Ombudsman has ruled.
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Swedish landlords "avoid letting to immigrants"
Society: 18 Mar 07
Eight out of ten Swedish landlords systematically avoid letting their properties to tenants with Arabic names. The discrimination is especially widespread in towns outside the country's large cities.
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Insurance blow for transsexual driver
National: 1 Mar 07
When becoming a woman at the end of last year, Carina Bladh did not reckon with being charged extra for her car insurance.
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Officials ordered to solve ID problem
Politics: 23 Feb 07
Ministers have ordered top civil servants from three government departments to investigate the problem that immigrants to Sweden are being barred from getting Swedish ID cards.
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Muslims snubbed by landlords
Society: 5 Feb 07
A new study has shown that Muslims are often discriminated against on the Swedish housing market. "Alarming and illegal," says ombudsman.
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Religious holidays may become optional
Society: 2 Feb 07
Employer organisation Almega has proposed scrapping 10 public holidays based on the Christian faith. Workers should instead be free to choose their own public holidays, it says.
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Swedish education agency rejects veil ban
Society: 23 Jan 07
Last spring a school in northern Sweden tried to ban the wearing of all headgear, prompting one Muslim pupil to leave. 'Discrimination', says the National Agency for Education
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Fun park turns down headscarf woman
Society: 7 Jul 06
A Gothenburg woman was denied a job at the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg because she wore a headscarf. "It really hurt," said Duaa Daebes, who reported the park to the discrimination ombudsman.
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Boy reports Gothenburg council for discrimination
Society: 26 Oct 05
Gothenburg council creates a discount card to encourage girls to do more sports and lesiure activities - only to be reported for gender discrimination by a 14 year old boy who was refused a card. To be filed under 'Only in Sweden'.
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Ice cream giant slammed for "racist" ads
National: 13 Apr 05
Sweden's biggest ice cream maker, GB Glace, is accused of "reinforcing the racist structure of society" with its new ice cream - the unfortunately-named 'Nogger Black'.
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Minister proposes ethnic registration
Society: 28 Jan 05
In the fight against discrimination, Jens Orback says Sweden could begin recording people's ethnic origin and Stockholm council tells suppliers they could lose their contracts if they discriminate. But Göteborgs-Posten worries that teachers don't know how to deal with the Holocaust in lessons.
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University's ethnic quotas declared unlawful
Society: 15 Jan 05
Uppsala University is forced to pay 75,000 crowns to two students who were refused places on the law programme because of their ethnicity. Both have parents who were born in Sweden.
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6 out of 10 Swedes back gay church marriage
Society: 15 Sep 04
Nothing brings people together quite like a wedding. Unless, of course, it happens to be between people of the same sex - in which case there's apparently nothing more divisive.
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If your name's not Svensson, you're not coming in
Society: 9 Jul 04
Immigrants and wheelchair users are being denied the pleasures of Sweden's nightlife. Can restaurants and bars afford to turn away customers?
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