Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on democracies to increase pressure to obtain the release of Swedish publisher Gui Minhai, kidnapped 7 years ago in Thailand and later sentenced by the Chinese regime to ten years in prison for “intelligence” with foreign countries.
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls for an end to a smear campaign being waged against Swedish freelance journalist Rasmus Canbäck by supporters of Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, especially on Twitter. RSF also urges Swedish foreign minister Ann Linde to remind Azerbaijan’s ambassador to respect press freedom and journalistic independence.
Sweden’s Social Democratic leader Magdalena Andersson handed in her resignation as prime minister after a right-wing bloc won a narrow majority in parliament.