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 Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt has said that the government is working to free the Swedish-Eritrean journalist Dawit Isaak, who was imprisoned without trial in Eritrea 11 years ago today. https://www.thelocal.se/20120923/43396 Sun, 23 Sep 2012 14:36:00 +0200 43396 The website of Swedish state broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) has been blocked in Ethiopia amid claims that the reason is their reporting of the case of journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye. https://www.thelocal.se/20120922/43390 Sat, 22 Sep 2012 18:49:00 +0200 43390 Relatives of freed journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye, jailed in Ethiopia on terror charges, have for the first time openly criticized the Swedish government's handling of their case. https://www.thelocal.se/20120915/43246 Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:08:00 +0200 43246 Swedish journalists Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye, home after spending the past 14 months in a prison in Ethiopia, told reporters chilling details about their ordeal during a press conference in Stockholm on Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120914/43242 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 19:15:00 +0200 43242 Reporters Johan Persson and Martin Schibbye are home again after 14 months in Ethiopian prison, telling press at Arlanda airport in Stockholm that it feels “incredibly nice” to be in a country where they could “speak freely” again. https://www.thelocal.se/20120914/43234 Fri, 14 Sep 2012 14:26:00 +0200 43234 The two Swedish journalists who were pardoned by Ethiopia on Monday have left the east African country after 14 months in prison, calling their ordeal "the biggest mistake" of their lives. https://www.thelocal.se/20120911/43144 Tue, 11 Sep 2012 09:46:00 +0200 43144 The Ethiopian authorities have released two Swedish journalists detained for the past 14 months for "supporting terrorism", the Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman said Monday. https://www.thelocal.se/20120910/43140 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 18:18:00 +0200 43140 Two Swedish journalists jailed in Ethiopia after being convicted of supporting terrorism will be pardoned, according to media agency reports. https://www.thelocal.se/20120910/43126 Mon, 10 Sep 2012 13:29:00 +0200 43126 Two Swedish reporters, sentenced to prison by an Ethiopian court in December, have chosen not to appeal their guilty verdict and instead pin their hopes of being released on the country's "tradition of pardon". https://www.thelocal.se/20120110/38432 Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:07:00 +0100 38432 Ethiopian rebels said Thursday the conviction of the two Swedish journalists on terrorism charges for supporting the group was "unjust" as they were innocent and called for their release. https://www.thelocal.se/20111223/38108 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 08:04:00 +0100 38108 The two Swedish reporters facing terrorism charges in Ethiopia pleaded not guilty when the trial resumed on Thursday, but apologised for having entered the country illegally. https://www.thelocal.se/20111020/36856 Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:15:00 +0200 36856 The trial of two Swedish journalists arrested in Ethiopia on suspicions of terror crimes will be delayed until Thursday. https://www.thelocal.se/20111018/36816 Tue, 18 Oct 2011 13:24:00 +0200 36816 Freelance reporter Martin Schibbye and photographer Johan Persson, who have been charged with terrorism in Ethiopia, will face trial on Tuesday, with human rights organisations already criticizing the process. https://www.thelocal.se/20111016/36776 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 14:15:00 +0200 36776 Two Swedish journalists are planning to go to jail of their own accord in a bid to draw attention to the plight of other writers in captivity. https://www.thelocal.se/20111001/36476 Sat, 01 Oct 2011 18:24:00 +0200 36476