カテゴリー: Sweden
Some nations have managed to maintain surprisingly low death rates – even without imposing draconian measures on peopleCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageHarrowing images of emergency workers struggling to cope with the onslaug…
Swedish citizen who disappeared in 2015 is sentenced in Ningbo for ‘providing intelligence’ overseasA Chinese court has sentenced Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai to 10 years in prison for “providing intelligence” overseas, in a case that has highlighted …
Media body says journalists are denied visas, while editors receive stream of threatening emails and phone callsSweden’s leading newspapers and broadcasters have together called on their government to take stronger action against China for its “unaccep…
Business trips called off after Swedish culture minister awards rights prize to detained dissidentChina has called off two business delegation visits to Sweden after Stockholm presented a rights prize to dissident Gui Minhai in defiance of Beijing’s th…
Anna Lindstedt accused of brokering unauthorised meeting over fate of Gui MinhaiSweden’s former ambassador to Beijing is to go on trial for overstepping her duties by trying to negotiate the release of a Chinese-Swedish dissident held in China.Anna Lin…
Uighurs living in Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, and France have complained of intimidation by Beijing Two days after Abdujelil Emet sat in the public gallery of Germany’s parliament during a hearing on human rights, he received a phone cal…