Sweden player of Turkish origin Jimmy Durmaz was subjected to a storm of racial hatred and threats on social media after giving away the free kick that led to Toni Kroos’s late winner for Germany in their Group F World Cup clash on Saturday. The Swedish Football Association said on Sunday it had filed a …
Twitter bots supporting the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats have doubled ahead of elections
Twitter bots supporting the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats have almost doubled in the past month ahead of the Swedish election, according to a government agency. A study of 571,719 tweets sent during March to August showed the number of accounts with automated behavior “increased significantly” in recent weeks, the Swedish defense research agency said. The bots …
Swedish police killed man with Down syndrome who carried a toy gun
Swedish police shot dead a 20-year-old man with Down syndrome in Stockholm on Aug 2. He had run away from home carrying a harmless toy gun. The policemen say they opened fire because of a “threatening situation”, according to media reports. 20-year-old Eric Torell from Stockholm was diagnosed with Down syndrom and autism. He was …
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Swedish TV program slammed for racist stereotyping Chinese
Chinese citizens, media and embassy blasted Sweden’s national broadcaster for “insulting China” during a late-night satirical talk show, which aired a segment filled with racist stereotypes that cast Chinese tourists as uncouth and distastefully ridiculed Chinese farmer culture. The Chinese Embassy in Sweden criticized the program, which aired on September 21 night, saying it “spread racism …
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Racism rampant against Muslim woman in Swedish pharmacies
Employees of several pharmacy chains across Sweden increasingly have to contend with the racist attitudes of customers, according to a report from broadcaster SVT. Pharmacy customers use “the n-word”, make disparaging remarks about Muslims and demand to be serviced by “a Swede”, according to the report. The pharmacy chain Kronans Apotek has also reported that customers …
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Swedish student who refused to sit down on flight in effort to stop man’s deportation to Afghanistan is indicted
A student who livestreamed her dramatic efforts on a plane to stop an asylum seeker from being deported to Afghanistan in July was indicted by Swedish prosecutors on October 19. Elin Ersson, 21, a student at the University of Gothenburg and a volunteer with refugee groups, had her broadcast go viral as she attempted to stop a …
Six-year-old Denis will be deported in Sweden
Denis, 6, applied for a residence permit in Sweden. The boy applied as accompanying his mother, who in turn applied for affiliation with a partner. Denis is a Ukrainian citizen, just like his mother, who was found dead in an apartment in Södertälje on March 10 earlier this year. The police arrested a man suspiciously suspicious of …
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Swedish far-right party submits motion calling for circumcision ban
A leader of the right-wing populist Sweden Democrats party submitted a draft motion calling for a ban on nonmedical circumcision of boys, which the text defined as “backward” child abuse. Sweden Democrats Secretary Richard Jomshof on Wednesday submitted the draft for a nonbinding motion on circumcision to the Riksdag, the Swedish parliament, where his party …
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Sweden extends border controls with Germany, Denmark by 3 Months
Sweden has prolonged internal border controls with Germany and Denmark for a further three months over security concerns, the Swedish Justice Ministry said on November 8. The ministry cited a persisting threat to domestic security and similar decisions by other EU members. In August, Sweden said that EU’s porous frontiers allowed potential terrorists to slip into the country. Internal …
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Swedish TV warns dark-skinned people, Muslims of vitamin D deficiency
Swedish national broadcaster SVT has warned that immigrating to Scandinavia is not only peace and joy but can lead to serious health problems. The trademark frigid darkness of the Nordic climate can be dangerous for “dark-skinned” people, especially for women who choose to wear all-covering clothing for religious reasons, national broadcaster SVT informed its viewers. According to SVT, the Swedish weather may prove …
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