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Sweden | Court of Appeal for Western Sweden (Hovrätten för västra Sverige) | 2014 | Sweden / Court of Appeal for Western Sweden / Case no. B 5049-14 | Ethnic origin | EU citizens & nationals with migrant background, Third country nationals, Migrants | The Court of Appeal for Western Sweden (Hovrätten för Västra Sverige) overruled Gothenburg District Court’s (Göteborgs tingsrätt) verdict regarding the crime classification of the abuse a woman, P.A. was subjected to on a public bus. The perpetrator spat in her face and called her “Chinese whore” referring to P.A.’s Asian facial features. The District Court found the perpetrator, F.P. guilty of incitement of hatred/hate speech (hets mot folkgrupp) since his actions met the prerequisites a) the… | View more |
Sweden | Scania and Blekinge Court of Appeal (Hovrätten över Skåne och Blekinge) | 2014 | Sweden / Scania and Blekinge Court of Appeal / Case no. B 1243-14 | Religion | Muslims | Scania and Blekinge Court of Appeal (Hovrätten över Skåne och Blekinge) overruled a verdict by Malmö District Court (Malmö tingsrätt) changing the legal classification of a crime from assault to hate crime. The case concerned a man R.Å. that attacked two women with headscarves. The District Court did not find evidence of any intent to injure the women on grounds of their religious attribute, e.g. the phrase “you are ruining the country” could not be interpreted in as such intent. However, the… | View more |
Sweden | Supreme Court (Högsta domstolen) | 2014 | Sweden / Supreme Court / Case no. T 3592-13 | Religion | Muslims | The Supreme Court found a bus company guilty of discrimination of two passengers through the actions of its employee. A woman with hijab and her husband sat on the bus when the driver stopped, pushed away the woman’s knee from the stop button and shouted that they should return to “Taliban country”. The Discrimination Ombudsman pressed charges for ethnic and religious discrimination and harassment (trakasserier). The District Court found the bus company guilty of discrimination and sentenced… | View more |
Sweden | Court of Appeal for Southern Norrland (Hovrätten för nedre Norrland) | 2015 | Sweden / Court of Appeal for Southern Norrland / Case no. B 906-15 | Race | EU citizens & nationals with migrant background | The Court of Appeal of Southern Norrland (Hovrätten för nedre Norrland) found three high school boys guilty of incitement of hatred (hets mot folkgrupp) and thus overruled the Ångermanland District Court (Ångermanland tingsrätt) ruling that had freed all three boys from this charge. The boys had shouted the word “negro” in a school corridor in front of 10 other persons. While the District Court did not consider the dissemination prerequisite met since the utterances had not been disseminated to… | View more |
Sweden | Court of Appeal for Western Sweden (Hovrätten för västra Sverige) | 2015 | Sweden / Scania and Blekinge Court of Appeal / Case no. B 1697-14 | Ethnic origin | EU citizens & nationals with migrant background, Third country nationals, Migrants | The Court of Appeal for Western Sweden (Hovrätten för Västra Sverige) overruled Gothenburg District Court’s (Göteborgs tingsrätt) verdict regarding the crime classification of the abuse a woman, P.A. was subjected to on a public bus. The perpetrator spat in her face and called her “Chinese whore” referring to P.A.’s Asian facial features. The District Court found the perpetrator, F.P. guilty of incitement of hatred/hate speech (hets mot folkgrupp) since his actions met the prerequisites a) the… | View more |
Sweden | Scania and Blekinge Court of Appeal (Hovrätten över Skåne och Blekinge) | 2016 | Sweden / Scania and Blekinge Court of Appeal / Case number T 1157-15 | Religion | Muslims | A health care provider was found guilty of discrimination on the ground of religion after an incident where a doctor did not examine a Muslim woman when she did not shake his hand because of her faith. The Discrimination Ombudsman (Diskrimineringsombudsmannen) sued the employer of the doctor, a health care company, for discrimination on the grounds of religion. On the basis of the witness statements, Hässleholm District Court (Hässleholms tingsrätt) found that the company had violated the… | View more |
Sweden | Svea Court of Appeal (Svea hovrätt) | 2016 | Sweden / Svea Court of Appeal / Case no. B 4297-16 | Race | EU citizens & nationals with migrant background | Stockholm District Court (Stockholms tingsrätt) found a man guilty of insult (förolämpning) and abuse (misshandel). The offender had called two women degrading statements (e.g. ”negro” and similar words) when an argument escalated. In addition, the offender hit the women and a third person, who tried to stop the argument, with his fists. | View more |
Sweden | Svea Court of Appeal (Svea Hovrätt) | 2016 | Sweden / Svea Court of Appeal / Case no. B4509-16 | Religion | Muslims | Svea Court of Appeal (Svea hovrätt) found a man guilty of incitement of hatred in a post on a facebook page of a local branch of the Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna). The perpetrator, S.V. posted a copy of a message stating that "horny Muslims" have "sick, devilish lusts". The District Court dismissed the charges against S.V. since the post had only been available for everybody during a maximum of 14 hours. Even though the post was degrading in nature, the District… | View more |
Sweden | Labour Court (Arbetsdomstolen) | 2017 | Sweden / Labour Court / A-163-2016 | Religion | Muslims | The court found it reasonable for an employer to ban the usage of disposable sleeves at his work place, even though the decision was considered to be discriminating women who cover themselves due to their religious belief. The judgment was based on a weighing of interest, where patient safety was considered to weigh heavier than freedom of discrimination. The plaintiff (A.N), represented by the Equality Ombudsman, is a Muslim dentist who wears hijab and covers her arms at work. In order to… | View more |
Sweden | Labour Court (Arbetsdomstolen) | 2018 | Sweden / Labour Court / A-12-2017 | Religion | Muslims | The court found that a woman who worked at a school and refused to shake hands with a male colleague and as a consequence did not return to work at the school the following day was not discriminated against. The plaintiff (F.E-S) worked as a substitute teacher when she refused to shake hands with a male colleague. F.E-S claimed that she after the incident was told that she could not work at the school anymore. Thus, F.E-S maintained that she was discriminated on grounds of her religion. The… | View more |
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