Freedom of Religion and Belief
SWEDEN: Following Quran burnings, will Sweden stumble into anti-blasphemy laws? By Paul Marshall and Jacob Rudenstrand Religion Unplugged (19.02.2025) – On Jan. 29, Salwan Momika was shot to death in the city of Södertälje, Sweden. He had been investigated by...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
SWEDEN: Financing of religion: Jehovah’s Witnesses in the crosshairs By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (04.29.2024) – The government of Sweden is drafting new legislation revising the Act on State Grants to Religious Communities....
Freedom of Religion and Belief
SWEDEN: Persecution of the Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light By Willy Fautré, director of Human Rights Without Frontiers HRWF (26.04.2024) – During the years spanning 2019 to 2022, a group of 170 believers in the religious minority, the Ahmadi Religion of Peace...
Freedom of Religion and Belief
SWEDEN: Quran-burning Iraqi man faces an expulsion order He plans to seek asylum in Norway AP News (27.03.2024) — An Iraqi man who carried out several Quran burnings in Sweden told a newspaper on Wednesday that he would seek asylum in neighboring Norway in the wake of...
Human Rights in the World
A court confirms life sentence for Iran ex-prison official France24 (19.12.2023) – Swedish appeals court on Tuesday confirmed the conviction of a former Iranian prison official handed a life sentence for crimes committed during a 1988 purge of dissidents. The...