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Justitieombudsmannen

The following articles have been tagged with "Justitieombudsmannen":

Prisoner reports jail after waiting for loo roll

National: 14 Feb 12
A man held in custody in Gothenburg, in western Sweden, has reported the detention centre to authorities after it took two hours for toilet paper to be delivered to his cell. READ »

Principal stopped kids from getting marks that were 'too low'

Education: 27 Jan 12
The principal of a school in western Sweden is under investigation for unilaterally scrapping the marks given to a class of eighth graders because they were too low in comparison to other schools in the area. READ »

Sweden deports man to wrong country

National: 16 Nov 11
Swedish police were given orders to deport a man to Iran, but instead sent him to Iraq, where he now risks 15 years in prison for claiming to be a citizen in the country. READ »

'Missing' Swedish teen was held by police

National: 15 Nov 11
A mother had to wait five days to find out that Swedish police had arrested her 18-year-old son, by which time she had already reported him as a missing person. READ »

Court slows EU prostitute deportation efforts

National: 11 Oct 11
A Swedish court has ruled that prostitutes from other European Union countries are free to operate in Sweden for at least three months, much to the dismay of the police. READ »

Wrong of guards to stop inmate's sex act

Society: 4 Oct 11
Staff at a Swedish prison had no right to interrupt an inmate and his girlfriend while they were having sex simply because the couple's infant daughter was also in the visiting room, Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman 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 »

Parents hit back over child abuse suspicions

National: 4 Sep 11
A five year-old girl was picked up from her pre-school by police officers and underwent a medical exam without the knowledge of her parents, who have reported the matter to the ombudsman. READ »

'Wrong to demand job applications in English'

Education: 1 Sep 11
Several Swedish universities and colleges have been rebuked by the Ombudsman for Justice for demanding that applications for employment be submitted in English. READ »

Swedish police backtrack on 'ethnic' profiling

National: 29 Jun 11
Police in Stockholm have been forced to apologize after singling out three nationalities in a letter to a local neighbourhood watch group warning them against organised crime. READ »

Migration Board 'violates human rights': report

National: 23 May 11
Sweden's top watchdog has slammed the country's Migration Board for human rights violations stemming from the agency's detention practices for people awaiting deportation. 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 »

Complaint filed over 'Tattoo' traffic snarl

Society: 7 Oct 10
With actor Daniel Craig in Sweden for the filming of the Hollywood remake of Stieg Larsson's "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", a Stockholm resident has lodged a complaint due to restricted access on her street. READ »

Amnesty accuses police over Roma 'dumping'

National: 29 Sep 10
Human rights group Amnesty has reported the Swedish border police to the Parliamentary Ombudsman over the deportation in February of 30 Roma, who were deposited on the Öresund Bridge. READ »

Social Democrats call for market prices on public asset sales

Politics: 11 Sep 10
The Social Democrats have called for new legislation to prevent local governments from selling public assets at below-market prices. READ »

Ombudsman backs police on pepper spray at refugee wedding

National: 12 Mar 10
The Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsman has ruled that there is no case to answer for the police officers who interrupted a wedding to arrest a 24-year-old groom at Malmö city hall, using pepper spray on him in the process. READ »

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. READ »

Social Insurance Agency 'too slow': report

Business & Money: 29 Jan 10
Sweden's justice ombudsman (JO) has levelled heavy criticism at the Social Insurance Agency for a string of perceived shortcomings. READ »

Swedish funding bodies: 'Apply in English'

Business & Money: 23 Dec 09
A number of Swedish organizations that provide research funding have petitioned the Swedish government to require potential recipients to submit their applications in English. READ »

Migration Board firing of pro- Israel blogger 'violated constitution'

National: 28 Sep 09
Sweden's Parliamentary Ombudsman has rapped the Migration Board over its controversial reassignment of Lennart Eriksson, an employee who had voiced pro-Israeli opinions on his personal blog. 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 »


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Blog Update: Julie's Nordic Island

12 February 21:30

The consciousness of one »

"The ice dripped in the winter sun. It was the first day when the light had been intense enough to cause dripping in the sunlight. To hear it was an extraordinary wakeup call. The cycle was happening again as it always does, always will (or so we think). I imagined that on my summer island, the bees..." READ »

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Swedish word of the day

fin

adjective

Fin means anyhting from sweet to proper. When someone says, Du är så fin it's quite a compliment.


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