The Left Party is reporting the ministers for foreign affairs and justice to the Committee on the Constitution (the parliamentary oversight committee) over their handling of the trial of journalist Joakim Medin.
Swedish politicsThe trial in Turkey against Swedish journalist Joakim Medin has been postponed for the fourth time. The court in Istanbul announced this, Dagens ETC writes. The proceedings have been widely condemned by press freedom organizations - and the EU Parliament has demanded that the prosecution be dropped. "It's not fun. I want an end to it," Joakim Medin told SVT.
Swedish politicsThe book fair has been reported to the police for the second year in a row over a programme item at the Sweden-Israel Friendship Association. This year, the fair is updating its code of conduct for the exhibitor area.
EntertainmentSinger Marcus Öhrn fronts the dance band "Åkezzonz" and tours with the Sweden Democrats. At the same time, he sells anti-Semitic white power music through his record label, reports Dagens ETC. "A huge hypocrisy from a party that claims to have come to terms with its Nazi past," writes the Social Democrats' party secretary Tobias Baudin to TT.
SwedenJoakim Medin is "damn tired" but "indescribably happy". He says in his first interview after landing in Sweden after 51 days in prison. The tiny cell and isolation have been tough", he says to Dagens ETC.
SwedenThe journalist Joakim Medin has landed on Swedish soil after 51 days in Turkish prison, writes Dagens ETC. Very tired, he says himself to the Foreign Minister after he landed.
Swedish politicsThe Editor-in-Chief of Dagens ETC is cautiously relieved over the news that Joakim Medin receives a conditional sentence in Turkey. It is a success in terms of Joakim being able to come home as soon as possible, says Andreas Gustavsson.
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