The Local Sweden

No rule change despite organ donor decline

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:45:00 +0200

The number of organ donors in Sweden has declined for the second consecutive year, and is now at an eight year low, new statistics from the Swedish Council for Organ and Tissue Donation show.

Swedish reporter meets hostile Israeli crowd

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:06:00 +0100

Swedish journalist Donald Boström told an angry audience in Israel on Monday that he stood by his calls for an investigation into allegations that the Israeli army harvested the organs of dead Palestinians.

Israelis protest arrival of 'organ theft' journalist

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 08:53:00 +0100

Dozens of Israeli protesters on Sunday expressed their anger at the arrival of controversial Swedish journalist Donald Boström, who accused Israeli soldiers of harvesting organs from dead Palestinians.

Organ theft article 'a perversion of journalistic standards'

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:50:00 +0100

Amid an ongoing uproar over accusations that Israel harvested the organs of dead Palestinians, Andrea Levin of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) issues a fresh plea to Aftonbladet to acknowledge and correct "the factual errors that litter the article".

Reinfeldt rejects congressmen's plea to scold Aftonbladet

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:57:00 +0200

Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt has rebuffed demands by two members of the US Congress that he publicly condemn the Aftonbladet newspaper over a story alleging Israeli soldiers harvested the organs of dead Palestinians.

Swedish tabloid cleared over Israel organ claims

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:23:00 +0200

A Swedish tabloid newspaper has been cleared of racism charges by the country's senior legal official over a story alleging that Israeli soldiers stole and sold body parts of dead Palestinians.

Swedish tabloid sued in New York

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:09:00 +0200

An Israeli lawyer in New York has sued Swedish tabloid Aftonbladet following the publication of an article forwarding allegations that the Israeli army harvested the organs of dead Palestinians.

Sweden summons Israeli ambassador

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:11:00 +0200

Israel's ambassador to Sweden, Benny Dagan, has been summoned by Sweden's foreign office to discuss the diplomatic discord following an article in a national newspaper claiming Israeli soldiers harvest the organs of dead Palestinians.

Bildt rejects Israeli call for official condemnation

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:41:00 +0200

Sweden's foreign minister Carl Bildt has rejected calls from Israel for the government to distance itself from an article in a national newspaper which claimed Israeli soldiers harvest the organs of dead Palestinians.

Israel blasts Sweden over organ harvesting report

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:29:00 +0200

Israel has announced that it intends to lodge an official protest to Sweden over its refusal to condemn an article in a national newspaper which claimed Israeli soldiers harvest the organs of dead Palestinians.