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Five things to know about Sweden's pioneering free press act

Fri, 02 Dec 2016 12:48:25 +0100

May 3rd is World Press Freedom Day, and Sweden's own Freedom of the Press Act is over 250 years old. Here are five things you should know about the groundbreaking document.

'Sweden needs more free speech, not less'

Tue, 05 Jan 2016 11:09:32 +0100

In turbulent times, it is more important than ever to protect freedom of speech, writes Jonathan Lundqvist, president of Reporters Without Borders in Sweden.

Swedish street artist reported to Danish police

Tue, 20 Oct 2015 11:57:21 +0200

UPDATED: After Danish police determined that there were no grounds to charge controversial Swedish street artist Dan Park, he will get off with a fine for his flyers comparing refugees to terrorists.

Artist avoids jail for 'negro slave taunt'

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:58:00 +0100

Malmö street artist Dan Park was handed a fine and a suspended sentence after being convicted on Thursday of defamation and racial agitation in connection with posters he made after students staged a "slave auction" at Lund University.

Holding the hate at bay - defending free speech in the internet age

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 12:13:00 +0200

As Swedish news outlets reassess their policies regarding online comments amid an ongoing debate about "internet hate", The Local's Peter Vinthagen Simpson argues that free speech is too important to be left to fend for itself in an online Wild West.

Swedish film crew to return from Azerbaijan

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:47:00 +0200

A Swedish film team arrested in Azerbaijan at the weekend while working on a documentary about freedom of speech are set to return to Sweden, the foreign ministry has confirmed.

Swedish film crew arrested in Azerbaijan

Mon, 18 Apr 2011 10:36:00 +0200

A Swedish film team was arrested in Azerbaijan at the weekend while working on a documentary about freedom of speech.

FRA reports blogger to Justice Chancellor

Mon, 28 Jul 2008 17:22:00 +0200

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 said to prove that the agency was spying on individual Swedes back in 1996.