Sweden

Who is filing the lawsuit against the state – Civil Rights Defenders or the people in the register? We act as legal representatives to 11 of the 4700 individuals who were registered by the police. Who...

Racism and discrimination continues to be some of the most significant human rights problems in Sweden, which became clear after the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) reviewed Sweden on Janu...

On 3 October, Varberg District Court announced that the police officer who shot a young man to death on the streets of Varberg in July 2013 be acquitted on all counts, despite substantial evidence to ...

On 30 August Civil Rights Defenders wrote an Op-Ed about the right-wing extremist Nazi-party, Svenskarnas Parti, demonstration in Stockholm that occurred the same day. The Op-Ed was published in the S...

We are yet again delighted that the Postcode Lottery has chosen to support Civil Rights Defenders and the National Association for Social and Mental Health’s (RSMH) three-year effort “Locked up – but ...

The following text is a reply from Civil Rights Defenders to the Equality Ombudsman Agneta Broberg and was published on 18 July in the Swedish Newspaper DN: Civil Rights Defenders agrees with the Equa...

Since 2010 three men have been seeking compensation after they were wrongly suspected of planning a bomb attack in Gothenburg. On 13 June the Ombudsman’s decision directed strong criticism of actions ...

The Attorney General recently ruled that the Roma who were illegally registered by the Skåne Police should receive 5,000 SEK in damages from the state as a result. The Attorney Generals’ decision is b...

On 22 and 23 August a hearing was held with the Swedish government in the UN Racial Discrimination Committee due to previous criticism from the committee. Before the hearing, Civil Rights Defenders, a...

Between 30 September and 6 October a Pride festival will again be organised in the Serbian capital Belgrade. Swedish Minister for EU-affairs Birgitta Ohlsson is one of the opening speakers. “Pri...