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October 14, 2021 Dispatches

Sweden Should Press China to Release Swedish Book Publisher

Fresh Action Needed Six Years After Gui Minhai’s Kidnapping

Protesters stick photos of Gui Minhai, left, and other missing booksellers outside the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Hong Kong on January 3, 2016.
August 9, 2021 News Release

Sweden: Iran War Crimes Trial Opens

Universal Jurisdiction Provides Opening for Justice for Long-Ignored Crimes

A human rights exhibition on Iran during the international campaign to demand justice for the victims of the 1988 massacre, held near the French National Assembly in Paris, November 14, 2017.
May 26, 2021 News Release

Nordic Countries: Repatriate Nationals from Northeast Syria

Potential Complicity in Unlawful Detention of ISIS Suspects, Children

Children fly a kite at al-Hol camp in northeast Syria. 
February 22, 2021 Dispatches

Sweden To Investigate Illegal Intercountry Adoptions

Follows Netherlands Government’s Decision to Halt Adoptions

Vy över Sveriges parlament (riksdag) i Stockholm den 9 april 2006.
February 19, 2021 Commentary

Sweden Should Impose Sanctions on the Burmese Military

Mandalay University graduates bow their heads as they hold posters of Mya Thwet Thwet Khine, a 19-year-old woman fatally shot by police on February 9 in Naypyidaw, during an anti-coup protest in Mandalay, Myanmar, February 14, 2021. 
February 2, 2021 Commentary

What Sweden Needs to Say About Democracy and Human Rights in Russia

Foreign Minister Should Raise Issue of Attacks on Civil Society

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, meets with Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde in Moscow, February 2, 2021.
July 10, 2020 Dispatches

A Nordic Comeback on Human Rights

Encouraging Signs They Are Set to Take More Leading Role

An Icelandic flag hangs outside a shop in Reykjavik, October 27, 2016.
April 22, 2020 Letter

NGOs Urge Swedish Minister of Justice and Migration Morgan Johanson to Welcome Unaccompanied Children from Greece

April 6, 2020 Dispatches

Abused and Shunned – Being of Asian Descent in Sweden During COVID-19

European governments should do more to stop COVID-19 related racist abuse

Sweden COVID-19
January 25, 2019 Commentary

The Test for Sweden’s New Government

Rights-Based Policies Needed to Combat Drivers of Support for Populists

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February 18, 2018 Dispatches

What Sweden Should Say about China’s Detention of its National

Foreign Minister Missed Opportunity to Press China for Gui Minhai’s Release

Members from the pro-democracy Civic Party carry a portrait of Gui Minhai (L) and Lee Bo during a protest outside the Chinese Liaison Office in Hong Kong, China January 19, 2016.
September 15, 2017 Dispatches

A Move to Restore Dignity to Syria’s Victims

Small Case in Sweden a Worthy Start

Stockholm District Court, where most of Sweden’s war crimes cases are adjudicated.
September 14, 2017 Commentary

Prevent a Lost Generation of Syrian Children

Syrian children and schools in Turkey, Lebanon, and Jordan.
July 11, 2017 Letter

Letter from HRW to Swedish Director-General for International Development Cooperation Johannes Oljelund

Re: Family Planning 2020 Summit in London

June 26, 2017 Commentary

Bring Home Gui Minhai: Sweden’s China Visit Checklist

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