The Local Sweden https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Activists urge H&M to quit Uzbek cotton British rights campaigners have launched a campaign calling on Swedish retail giant H&M to take concrete action to stop using cotton harvested by forced labour in Uzbekistan. https://www.thelocal.se/20121216/45100 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:06:00 +0100 45100 Consumer group rejects Israel boycott call The Swedish Cooperative Union (Kooperativa förbundet - KF) has ruled out calls from a regional member group to stop selling goods from Israel in Coop stores. https://www.thelocal.se/20100412/26018 Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:21:00 +0200 26018 Swedish consumer group urges Israel boycott A consumer organization in western Sweden with some 350,000 members has called on the country's Coop supermarkets to stop selling all goods from Israel. https://www.thelocal.se/20100411/26010 Sun, 11 Apr 2010 12:07:00 +0200 26010 Sino-Swedes demonstrate for Beijing olympics Around 500 Chinese-Swedes demonstrated in Stockholm on Saturday in support of the Beijing Olympic games. https://www.thelocal.se/20080427/11378 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 10:45:00 +0200 11378