NEWS | SHRL

Christian converts in the Swedish asylum process

Nov 6, 2019

Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers is co-hosting a seminar with the current theme: Christian converts in the Swedish asylum process.

Victims of human trafficking receive residence permits after the UN stopped their deportation

Sep 23, 2019

Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers represent Joy, who survived human trafficking for sexual purposes, and her little son. After several lengthy legal proceedings, the Migration Board has now found that the family belongs to a particularly vulnerable group..

Swedish women’s clinics apply employment contracts violating human rights

Jul 17, 2019

In an interview with Swedish Radio P4 Blekinge, Marianne Gertzell, head of the women’s clinic in Karlskrona, states that since January this year, the clinic requires that person’s seeking employment state whether they agree to participate in abortions, in their employment contract.

The UN Committee against Torture stops expulsion of family

Jul 4, 2019

Scandinavian Human Rights lawyers represent a family of six people, citizens of Afghanistan, who fled to Sweden because of honor-related persecution. In Sweden, the family has converted from Islam to Christianity, but all family members have been denied a residence permit in Sweden…

Pro Victims Justice Conference in Bucharest

Jun 12, 2019

Our cooperating lawyer and partner Henrietta is participating in an EU-conference

Their father drowned in the Mediterranean – now the family is facing severe persecution in Sweden

Jun 12, 2019

Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers will appeal their case

Report about the Asylum Processes of Religious Converts in Sweden

Mar 20, 2019

Report about the Asylum Processes of Religious Converts in Sweden.

Expulsion of trafficking victim is stopped by the UN Committee Against Torture

Mar 18, 2019

Scandinavian Human Rights lawyers represent Joy, who survived human trafficking for sexual purposes, and her little son. The family’s application for asylum was rejected in Sweden and the Swedish Migration Board has decided on expulsion.

Expulsion of Christian convert stopped by the UN Committee against Torture

Mar 15, 2019

After Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers filed a complaint with the UN Torture Committee, the Committee has decided to request that the Swedish Government stop the expulsion Abolfazl and that his case should be examined by the Committee.

International Women’s Day: A story about Joy, a victim of human trafficking

Mar 8, 2019

Scandinavian Human Rights Lawyers have for several years represented the victim of human trafficking, Joy, * and her three year old son, in their asylum process. After a long struggle, they have been granted permanent residence permits in Sweden and can begin a new life and feel hope for the future again.