Two journalists chased by neo-Nazis
(RSF/IFEX) – On 17 September 2002, RSF condemned the harassment of two Swedish journalists investigating neo-Nazi activities and called on the authorities to take action. On 15 September, documentary filmmaker Bjoern Lockstroem and Olof Abrahamsson, a photographer with the newspaper “Kvals Posten”, were covering the Karlskrona municipal elections, in which candidates from the neo-Nazi National […]
Bomb blast injures journalist and his son
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is expressing its concern about the bomb blast targetting journalist Peter Karlsson, which occurred in Stockholm. According to RSF’s information, on 28 June 1999, Karlsson, a freelance journalist, was with his young son when he was injured by a car bomb outside his home in Nacka, Stockholm. The bomb detonated when they […]
Wei Jingsheng in Stockholm in March 1998
(WAN/IFEX) – China’s most prominent dissident, Wei Jingsheng, will be the keynote speaker at a special conference on freedom of expression to be held in Stockholm, Sweden, on 31 March 1998. Mr Wei was allowed to leave China for the United States last November for medical treatment, after serving eighteen years in prison for his […]