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PODCAST: What is Sweden doing to combat Russian propaganda?

A weekly, behind-the-scenes look at the biggest news stories in Sweden with the journalists who know them best. Every Saturday with The Local Sweden.

Published: 7 May 2022 09:00 CEST
PODCAST: What is Sweden doing to combat Russian propaganda?

In the latest episode of our Sweden in Focus podcast, host Paul O’Mahony is joined by The Local’s James Savage, Becky Waterton and Richard Orange. We also have an interview with James Pamment from Lund University about how Sweden tackles Russian propaganda.  

In this edition we also discuss: 

For our main topic this week we look at what Sweden is doing to combat Russian disinformation in the wake of a poster campaign in Moscow this week that sparked strong reactions in Sweden. 

We discuss how how much of a challenge it is for the media to report on influence campaigns like this without amplifying the Kremlin’s message out of proportion. We also take a closer look at two of the iconic Swedes named in the campaign, children’s book author Astrid Lindgren and film director Ingmar Bergman.

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Sweden’s new stop-and-search zones ‘will result in ethnic profiling’

In this week's Sweden in Focus Extra, we speak to John Stauffer from Civil Rights Defenders to see what Sweden can do to improve the rule of law after a new report showed that the country is regressing.

Published: 17 April 2024 08:55 CEST
Sweden's new stop-and-search zones 'will result in ethnic profiling'

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Host Paul O’Mahony is joined by John Stauffer, legal director for the human rights organization Civil Rights Defenders. 

They talk about a new rule of law report (PDF) released by the Civil Liberties Union of Europe which shows Sweden regressing in multiple areas.

We had the same guest on the podcast shortly after the 2022 election to talk about the Tidö agreement, a policy programme signed by the government and the Sweden Democrats that he said undermined the rule of law and democracy.

Since then the government has been rolling out some of the controversial policies laid out in the agreement. This month for example will see police given the right to implement stop-and-search zones in vulnerable areas, allowing them to search people and vehicles without concrete suspicion that a crime has been committed.

In this week’s Sweden in Focus Extra we take a closer look at the rule of law report, why Sweden is regressing and what it can do to get back on track. 

 
 
 
 
 
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