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Justitiekanslern

The following articles have been tagged with "Justitiekanslern":

Don't forget about the 'good' internet hatred

Analysis & Opinion: 13 Feb 13
As Sweden continues to discuss internet hatred, Paulina Neuding, editor of centre-right Swedish magazine Neo, argues that the left openly subjects opinion-makers who disagree with them to similarly hateful comments. READ »

'I dream that my son has been butchered'

Analysis & Opinion: 7 Feb 13
As the Swedish media examines the climate of hatred towards women in the public eye, editor and author Åsa Linderborg recounts what happened when her newspaper Aftonbladet decided to blow the lid on Sweden’s far-right websites. (WARNING: STRONG LANGUAGE). READ »

Security probe into 'one-week defence' claim

Politics: 25 Jan 13
Swedish security service Säpo is looking into whether the Armed Forces commander-in-chief endangered national security with his comment that Sweden could only defend itself for one week if it came under direct attack. READ »

Serb jailed for war crimes freed by Swedish court

National: 29 Nov 12
A 35-year-old Serbian previously convicted by a Swedish court of war crimes stemming from a massacre in Kosovo in 1999 has been ordered released by a court of appeal, according to his lawyer. READ »

Criminal probe into 'secret' Saudi arms plant

Business & Money: 22 Mar 12
Swedish prosecutors have launched a preliminary criminal investigation into suspicions that a Swedish military agency may have broken the law in connection with plans to help build a weapons plant in Saudi Arabia. READ »

Convicted killer wants to 'take a vacation'

Society: 1 Feb 12
A 31-year-old woman who is serving a life sentence for murder in a Swedish prison has demanded that she be allowed to take a holiday. READ »

Imam's on-air death threat 'not hate speech'

Society: 20 Oct 11
It was not hate speech when Swedish public service broadcaster Sveriges Radio featured a show in which a Somali imam called for all converts from Islam to be killed, the Swedish Chancellor of Justice has ruled. READ »

'Not wrong' to move aide after Islam slur: ruling

Politics: 22 Sep 11
Sweden's top legal official has given backing to the decision to reassign the integration ministry civil servant who compared Islam to totalitarian ideologies. READ »

Swedish neo-Nazi site charged with hate speech

National: 22 Jul 11
Charges have been filed against the publisher of a website affiliated with a Swedish neo-Nazi movement for allowing a reader comment containing racial slurs to remain on the site. READ »

Scania CEO reports prosecutor over 'oil-for-food' bribery claims

Business & Money: 27 Jun 11
Scania CEO Leif Östling has reported Sweden's top anti-corruption prosecutor for violating confidentiality rules in connection with his investigation into the Swedish truckmaker's alleged skirting of UN sanctions in Iraq. READ »

Swedish court: naked Muhammad pics legal

National: 16 Mar 11
A Swedish court has ruled that depicting the prophet Muhammad naked together with his nine-year-old wife naked is legal, freeing a local politician on charges of racial agitation. READ »

Politician on trial for nude Muhammad poster

National: 3 Mar 11
A Swedish politician facing charges for producing a poster depicting the Muslim prophet Muhammad naked together with his nine-year-old wife was found not guilty by a jury in Malmö on Wednesday. READ »

Swedish sex-ed film reported to police over teen sex scenes

Society: 26 Jan 11
Animated sex scenes featuring Swedish teens in a new sex education film has led to the film being reported to the police for violating laws against endangering the moral upbringing of young people. READ »

Swedish bureaucracy watchdogs 'inefficient'

Politics: 26 Dec 10
Two offices that often criticise Swedish agencies for long wait times have their own problems with efficiency. READ »

Woman wins damages after seeking mystic help

Society: 23 Dec 10
A Stockholm woman who approached a psychic medium for help to "burn away all evil" has been awarded damages after claiming fraud when results were less than satisfactory. READ »

Neo-Nazi site charged over reader comment

Society: 16 Nov 10
Charges have been filed against the publisher of a website affiliated with a Swedish neo-Nazi magazine for allowing a reader comment with racial slurs to remain on the site. READ »

'Heil Hitler' song deemed not hate speech: ruling

Society: 23 Jul 10
The Chancellor of Justice (Justitiekanslern, JK) will not bring criminal charges against a car owner who played late rockabilly singer Eddie Meduza's song "Heil Hitler" over loudspeakers to a large group of people in a parking lot. READ »

Police criticised after teen forced to strip

National: 18 May 10
Police officers at a station in southern Sweden have been criticised by the Chancellor of Justice after they forced a 16-year-old girl to strip naked. READ »

Swede teen claims damages for 'lost youth'

Society: 12 May 10
A teenager diagnosed with autism has filed a demand for damages with Sweden's highest legal official after being taken into involuntary care, a decision which was rejected as lacking legal grounds after two years. READ »

Stieg Larsson's partner reports 'racist' subsidy

National: 28 Apr 10
Eva Gabrielsson, the life partner of deceased Millennium trilogy author Stieg Larsson, has called on Sweden's highest legal official to examine the legality of a press subsidy awarded to a newspaper run by a racist political party. READ »

Rogue British bishop fined for Holocaust denial

National: 16 Apr 10
A rebel British bishop was fined €10,000 ($13,534) by a German court on Friday for denying the Holocaust in an interview with a Swedish television channel. READ »

'Parents should pay for their children's crimes'

National: 11 Feb 10
The Swedish government has announced that from September 1st parents will be made financially responsible for crimes committed by their children, in the face of stern criticism from several parties. READ »

Liberals open to Green support to block far-right

Politics: 23 Oct 09
Liberal party leader Jan Björklund has opened up the possibility of cooperating with the Green party if the far-right Sweden Democrats garnered enough votes to hold the balance of power after the 2010 election. READ »

Sweden Democrat leader reported for 'hate speech'

Politics: 20 Oct 09
An opinion piece by Sweden Democrat leader Jimmie Åkesson in which he labels Muslims a major threat has been reported to Sweden's highest legal official by the Centre Against Racism. READ »

Islam 'Sweden's biggest threat': far-right leader

Politics: 19 Oct 09
An article by the leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats claiming that Islam is the biggest threat to Sweden since World War II is tantamount to hate speech, according to legal experts. READ »

Sweden to replace top legal official

National: 8 Oct 09
Sweden’s highest legal official, Chancellor of Justice Göran Lambertz, is stepping down from his post and will be replaced by supreme court justice Anna Skarhed, the government announced on Thursday. READ »

Tax agency ordered to pay for thwarted vacation

National: 1 Aug 09
The Swedish Chancellor of the Justice has ordered the Swedish Tax Agency to pay a Swedish family 13,750 kronor ($1,950) due to an administrative error that thwarted the family's vacation plans. READ »

Overweight inmate seeks damages for svelte fatigues

Society: 25 May 09
An inmate at Karlskrona prison in southern Sweden has applied for damages after the prisons service was unable to provide adequate attire to cover his considerable frame. READ »

Politicians' text messages 'public documents': Swedish court

Science & Technology: 6 May 09
Text messages sent to or from politicians can be considered public documents, a Swedish has ruled. READ »

Germany denied help in bishop probe

National: 9 Apr 09
The Swedish Chancellor of Justice has rejected a request from German prosecutors to require an SVT journalist to testify against Catholic bishop Richard Williamson, who denied the Holocaust in a January television broadcast. READ »

State to compensate Swede for broken 'hash' pipe

Society: 4 Mar 09
Sweden’s National Police Board has been ordered to pay a man 300 kronor ($33) in compensation after police destroyed his pipe during a drug raid. READ »

New lift for Sweden's minority languages

Politics: 29 Jan 09
The Swedish government has promised to do more to preserve and promote the country’s official minority languages. READ »

Teenage girls' 'insulting' blog prompts defamation claim

Society: 28 Jan 09
Hurtful gossip about teachers and staff published on a blog by two girls from a middle school in central Sweden have led to the filing of a defamation claim with Sweden’s Chancellor of Justice. READ »

State pays for drunk driver's wine

National: 22 Jan 09
A man from northern Sweden is to receive compensation from the state after he had his box wine confiscated by police in connection with a drink driving conviction. READ »

Swedish woman turns Canadian in citizenship mix up

National: 18 Dec 08
Swedish tax authorities inadvertently took away a Stockholm woman's Swedish citizenship and made her a citizen of Canada without telling her. READ »

Damages for wrongful child rape conviction

National: 31 Oct 08
A Swedish man has received 170,498 kronor ($21,725) in compensation after being wrongfully convicted of child rape. READ »

Sahlin calls for privacy ombudsman

Politics: 3 Oct 08
The Social Democrats want to create an ombudsman to help protect individuals’ privacy in Sweden, party leader Mona Sahlin told Sveriges Radio. READ »

Sweden pays man after sex with 14-year-old

National: 1 Oct 08
A Swedish man acquitted of rape charges after he filmed himself having sex with a 14-year-old girl is set to receive 157,000 kronor ($22,500) in compensation for being wrongly accused. READ »

Justice Chancellor calls for telephone tracking law

National: 16 Aug 08
Sweden’s Chancellor of Justice (Justitiekanslern – JK) has called for changes in telecom surveillance legislation to allow for the tracking of suspects using their mobile phones. READ »

FRA reports blogger to Justice Chancellor

National: 28 Jul 08
The National Defence Radio Establishment, FRA (Försvarets radioanstalt), has filed a complaint with Sweden’s Chancellor of Justice (Justitiekanslern – JK) against a blogger for publishing a classified document from the agency. READ »

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