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 Uighurs and other Muslim minorities who flee from China to Sweden will more easily be able to get a residence permit following a new decision from the Swedish Migration Agency. https://www.thelocal.se/20190320/swedish-migration-agency-to-grant-chinas-uighurs-refugee-status Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:42:04 +0100 swedish-migration-agency-to-grant-chinas-uighurs-refugee-status Swedish authorities said they had temporarily halted the deportation of Muslim minority Uighurs to China due to concerns over the situation there. https://www.thelocal.se/20180924/sweden-interrupts-uighur-deportations-to-china Mon, 24 Sep 2018 17:21:00 +0200 sweden-interrupts-uighur-deportations-to-china A Uighur previously convicted of passing information to China about other members of Sweden’s Uighur community had his sentence prolonged by a Swedish appeals court Friday. https://www.thelocal.se/20100918/29088 Sat, 18 Sep 2010 11:21:00 +0200 29088 Uighur activits on Sunday urged Sweden to push China on minority rights as Vice President Xi Jinping visited the Nordic country. https://www.thelocal.se/20100329/25786 Mon, 29 Mar 2010 09:21:00 +0200 25786 China has strongly denied allegations that it illegally gathered information on members of the Uighur community after a Swedish court jailed a man for spying. https://www.thelocal.se/20100309/25428 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:02:00 +0100 25428 A 62-year-old Uighur living in Sweden as a political refugee since 1997 has been found guilty of spying for China on Uighur expatriates and sentenced to a year and four months in jail. https://www.thelocal.se/20100308/25410 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:35:00 +0100 25410 A 61-year-old pensioner has been indicted in Stockholm on charges of spying on behalf of the Chinese government. https://www.thelocal.se/20091215/23864 Tue, 15 Dec 2009 16:37:00 +0100 23864