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Sweden Court of Appeal of Southern Norrland (Hovrätten över nedre Norrland) 2019 Sweden / Court of Appeal for Southern Norrland (Hovrätten för Nedre Norrland) / Case number: B 1520-18 Religion Muslims The case was appealed from the District Court by the prosecutor. The defendant was prosecuted for agitation against an ethnic or national group for having written a Facebook group comment. The comment commented on an article about a man with foreign background who had been convicted for rape based on honour motives. The defendant’s comment was ”disgusting Muslim bastard” (äckliga muslimjävel). The District Court freed the defendant of charges as it did not consider the message in question… View more
Sweden Förvaltningsrätten i Linköping (Administrative Court of Linköping) 2019 Sweden / Administrative Court of Linköping (Förvaltningsrätten i Linköping) / Case number: 7960-18 Religion Muslims A woman was assigned a work placement at the Swedish Forest Agency (Skogsstyrelsen), and accepted it, as part of the so-called job and development guarantee programme – a labour market measure introduced for persons who have been unemployed for a long period of time. The work included the use of chainsaws and brush saws along nature trails and railways. For religious reasons, the intern refused to work in trousers (or without wearing a skirt). Consequently, she refused to use the protective… View more
Sweden Labour Court (Arbetsdomstolen) 2018 Sweden / Labour Court/ A-46-2017 Religion Muslims The court found it unlawful to end a recruiting process with a woman because the fact that she did not want to shake hands with a male manager. The proportional penalty was to economically compensate the plaintiff for the discrimination. The plaintiff, F.A represented, by the Equality Ombudsman, applied for an opening as interpreter. During an recruiting interview, F.A did not shake hands with a male representative of the company, with referral to her religious beliefs. As a result, the… 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
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 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 Svea Court of Appeal (Svea hovrätt) 2016 Sweden / Svea Court of Appeal / Case no. B 4297-16 Race/Ethnicity 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 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 Court of Appeal for Western Sweden (Hovrätten för västra Sverige) 2015 Sweden / Scania and Blekinge Court of Appeal / Case no. B 1697-14 Race/Ethnicity 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 Court of Appeal for Southern Norrland (Hovrätten för nedre Norrland) 2015 Sweden / Court of Appeal for Southern Norrland / Case no. B 906-15 Race/Ethnicity 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
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