CONFIDENTIAL
SWEDEN
Report by HM Embassy, Stockholm.
General Observations
Certain blemishes which Swedes themselves see in the human rights aspects of their own legislation and govern- ment practices are ignored in the following assessment on the grounds that they are insignificant on a global scale. Examples are certain vestiges of a paternalistic regime in relation to nomadic Lapps: laws comparable to vagrancy laws in Britain which permit the police to take suspicious loiterers in for questioning: rights of tax inspectors to exercise limited powers of entry and arrest.
Right No.
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(i)
There is no imprisonment without trial.
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(ii)
Torture is not used.
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(iii) Slavery does not exist.
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(iv)
There are no restrictions on freedom of speech, of the press, television and radio.
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(v)
(vi)
The judiciary enjoys complete independence.
Trade union freedom is complete.
(vii) Freedom to emigrate is complete.
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