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 The Supreme Court of Sweden (Högsta Domstolen) will not re-open the Högsby honour killing case, the court announced on Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20110808/35416 Mon, 08 Aug 2011 13:56:00 +0200 35416 The parents of the 23-year-old man previously convicted of the murder of 20-year–old Abbas Rezai, are guilty of the crime, according to Göta Court of Appeal, sentencing them both to ten years in prison. https://www.thelocal.se/20110705/34754 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 13:26:00 +0200 34754 The drama in which family members are telling wildly different stories about the honour killing of 20-year-old Abbas Rezai in Högsby in 2005 continued on Friday in the court of appeals. https://www.thelocal.se/20110617/34426 Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:01:00 +0200 34426 The re-trial of the so called Högsby 'honour' killing continued on Thursday with testimony from a friend of the victim who warned the then 20-year-old against visiting his girlfriend's disapproving family. https://www.thelocal.se/20110616/34394 Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:27:00 +0200 34394 The re-trial of the so-called Högsby 'honour killing' continued on Wednesday with testimonies from the parents who denied claims by their 23-year-old that they made him take the blame for murdering his sister's boyfriend. https://www.thelocal.se/20110615/34374 Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:44:00 +0200 34374 The re-trial of the so-called Högsby 'honour killing' continued on Tuesday with testimony from the 23-year-old son who claims his parents made him take the blame for murdering his sister's boyfriend. https://www.thelocal.se/20110614/34348 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 17:01:00 +0200 34348 The Swedish Supreme Court has ruled to remand the parents of man convicted of a so-called "honour" killing in Högsby, southern Sweden in 2005, the first time it has issued a remand ruling since the 1980s. https://www.thelocal.se/20110510/33694 Tue, 10 May 2011 16:56:00 +0200 33694 The parents of a man convicted of a so-called honour killing in Högsby, southern Sweden in 2005, have been arrested following a decision by the Supreme Court to review the case. https://www.thelocal.se/20110509/33670 Mon, 09 May 2011 17:37:00 +0200 33670 Honour-related violence is rampant across the country, according to a new study by Sveriges Radio. https://www.thelocal.se/20080609/12306 Mon, 09 Jun 2008 09:23:00 +0200 12306 Two men arrested on suspicion of killing a 16-year-old girl at the beginning of February have been released from custody, Metro reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20080220/10046 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 09:41:00 +0100 10046 The mother of the 16-year-old Malmö girl who died a week ago Sunday after falling from a balcony says her daughter was the victim of an honour killing. https://www.thelocal.se/20080212/9958 Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:08:00 +0100 9958 A senior Stockholm politician is calling for a ban on arranged marriages and for social services to be allowed to investigate honour-related issues involving young people without first contacting their parents. https://www.thelocal.se/20070621/7668 Thu, 21 Jun 2007 10:15:00 +0200 7668 Sweden’s Supreme Court said on Wednesday it was not going to take up the case of the 18-year-old man convicted of killing 20-year-old Abbas Rezai in an alleged honour killing. https://www.thelocal.se/20060802/4496 Wed, 02 Aug 2006 13:45:00 +0200 4496