> The swedish riksdag recebtly (with broad support) changed the constitution to limit the freedom of speech.
Source?
There's been a recurring theme where a Danish right wing extremist named Rasmus Paludan crosses the border every once in a while and burn's the Quran outside of various embassies for muslim-majority countries.
In 2020 there was a proposal to make it illegal on the basis of the consistent consequences of these actions (riots, damaged international relations, increased threat profile against the country ect). AFAIK, this proposal fizzled out and never lead anywhere.
> In Reporters Without Borders' (RSF) Press Freedom Index 2023, Sweden dropped one spot and ranks fourth. One reason is the new law against foreign espionage, which came into effect on January 1st of this year.
> The law, which makes it a crime to disclose information that may damage Sweden's relations with other states or organizations, has already had an impact on journalism.
> Last week, SVT chose to stop a publication for the first time citing the spy law, despite the fact that exceptions are allowed for journalistic purposes. The news concerned map images from the Pentagon Leak regarding Ukrainian energy supply.
This is incorrect: the Swedish police tried to ban Quran burning, which is mainly related to a Danish right-wing extremist, but it got quickly overturned by a court. Instead, they are trying to appease the authoritarian Erdogan with a new terrorism law so that he will let Sweden into the NATO. (From a quick overview, the law is not that bad; e.g. it mainly outlaws belonging to a terrorist group, etc.). Likewise, in Finland the local police made an absurd decision to accuse a protestor of defamation from carrying an Erdogan doll. There are no grounds whatsoever for such a decision in Finnish law.
In general, these things indicate how the much cherished and hard-fought rights can be sacrificed at the altar of geopolitics and/or security.
Source?
There's been a recurring theme where a Danish right wing extremist named Rasmus Paludan crosses the border every once in a while and burn's the Quran outside of various embassies for muslim-majority countries.
In 2020 there was a proposal to make it illegal on the basis of the consistent consequences of these actions (riots, damaged international relations, increased threat profile against the country ect). AFAIK, this proposal fizzled out and never lead anywhere.