Index and other coalition members continue to call for urgent action to be taken against SLAPPs after settlement of case against Swedish business publication
UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition welcomes end of Realtid case
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CATEGORY: Sweden
The free speech Euros: Group E
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] In celebration of one of football’s biggest international tournaments, here is Index’s guide to the free speech Euros. Who comes out on top as the nation with the worst record on free speech? It’s simple, the...
Twenty-four organisations express solidarity with the Swedish media outlet Realtid
Index among those bodies supporting journalists ahead of the first hearing in their UK defamation case
Slapp lawsuit against Swedish magazine Realtid filed in London
Index and other press freedom organisations call for an end to litigation designed to silence valuable and necessary investigative journalism
Far right steps up anti-media campaign ahead of Swedish election
Sweden baked in record temperatures this summer, matched only by the increasingly heated political climate as it gears up for an unprecedentedly bitter and divisive general election
Sweden: Mainstream populism has emboldened extremist opponents of the press
Sweden’s journalists are coming under increasing pressure from fringe groups in the country.
In the “safe” world of Swedish journalism, death threats are an everyday reality
A spectre that has haunted Swedish journalism for decades is anti-democratic extremism, a phenomenon given new impetus by the rise of mainstream nationalist politics
Mapping Media Freedom: Five incidents to watch
Each week, Index on Censorship’s Mapping Media Freedom project verifies threats, violations and limitations faced by the media throughout Europe.