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Green light for mining project met with disappointment

The Supreme Administrative Court approves the government's controversial decision to permit the mining plans in Kallak in Jokkmokk municipality. The verdict is met with disappointment in several quarters.

Green light for mining project met with disappointment

Norlin, Lundin and Jinder Perform for Amnesty

Your eyes will be opened when Amnesty hosts a concert evening at Cirkus in Stockholm on 17 September. Among the guest artists performing together with the band are, among others, Annika Norlin & Jonas Teglund, Erik Lundin, and Little Jinder.

Norlin, Lundin and Jinder Perform for Amnesty

"North Korea is very self-assured right now"

Gigantic loudspeakers, K-pop music on USB drives and flyers. Balloons filled with cigarette butts, rubbish and faeces.

"North Korea is very self-assured right now"

Anger over Noury's release

The news that lifer Hamid Noury has been released sparks outrage. We think it's bloody ridiculous, says lawyer Kenneth Lewis, who was a plaintiff's assistant during the trial against Hamid Noury.

Anger over Noury's release

UN Outrage over Greek Laxity following Migrant Tragedy

Greece is being criticised by the UN's migration agency IOM and refugee agency UNCHR for failing to investigate one of the worst drowning disasters involving migrants in recent years. Over 600 people drowned when a migrant boat sank en route from Libya to Italy.

UN Outrage over Greek Laxity following Migrant Tragedy

Warning of AI surveillance during the European Championship: "Problematic"

France is stepping up the use of AI surveillance during the European Championship in Paris. Now critics are warning that it opens up for more extensive control.

Warning of AI surveillance during the European Championship: "Problematic"

Five years' imprisonment for Chinese MeToo activist

The journalist Huang Xueqin has been sentenced to five years' imprisonment for inciting subversive activities by a court in Chinese Canton (Guangzhou). She was one of the driving forces when the Chinese #MeToo movement took off at the beginning of 2018.

Five years' imprisonment for Chinese MeToo activist

Amnesty critical of hijab ban during the Olympic Games

Under OS, it will be forbidden for French athletes to wear hijab. Something that human rights organisation Amnesty is strongly critical of.

Amnesty critical of hijab ban during the Olympic Games

Sat in the "death committee" – can become president

He was one of four men who decided who would live and who would die when thousands of political prisoners were executed in Iran in 1988 – an event that was tried in a Swedish court. Now Mostafa Pourmohammadi has been cleared to stand in the Iranian presidential election.

Sat in the "death committee" – can become president

Report: Israel is using white phosphorus in Lebanon

Human Rights Watch accuses Israel of using white phosphorus in attacks in southern Lebanon. It causes damage to both civilians and the environment, according to the human rights organization.

Report: Israel is using white phosphorus in Lebanon

Security zone in Norrköping – the country's first

The Police will set up a security zone in Norrköping tomorrow after yesterday's double murder. It is the first time this has happened in the country.

Security zone in Norrköping – the country's first