On 28 Sep, 06:57, simple.language.ya...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>
source:http://tundratabloid.blogspot.com/2008/09/tundra-tabloid-exclusive=
..html
>
> The Swedish Migration Board is in court pursuing a claim against an
> employee charged with being a Conservative who also wrote favourable
> comments on his private website about the US and Israel as pillars of
> democracy. The Swedish Migration Board feels that Conservatives and
> people who express themselves favourably about these two countries are
> not fit to hold a unit management position.
>
> Lennart Eriksson, 52, has worked at the Swedish Migration Board,
> G=F6teborg, Sweden in various capacities for more than 20 years. In
> October 2007 he was ousted from his job as unit manager. The reasons
> are twofold: because he ran a website on the Internet in which he gave
> his opinions on various issues, and because he is a Conservative in
> his personal political affiliations.
>
> Political views dictated to employees
>
> On his website, which his employers knew about for many years,
> Eriksson voiced appreciation of the US and Israel as examples of
> thriving democracies. He also praised US general George Patton as a
> hero of World War Two. Eriksson has never spent work-time on his
> website and he has never used his work computers for this purpose.
> Neither do his employers contend that he ever did so.
>
> Lennart Eriksson sued the Swedish Migration Board in M=F6lndal county
> court, G=F6teborg. He maintains he has in effect been fired from his job
> as asylum *****sment unit manager, camouflaged in the form of a
> demotion or transfer. Lennart Eriksson feels that whatever the
> terminology, there is no legal or justifiable cause for the move. The
> Migration Board confirms that Lennart Eriksson has been transferred as
> a result of the opinions he expressed on his private website.
>
> Trial venue and dates
>
> The main hearing will take place on Friday October 10 and Monday
> October 13, 2008, starting at 09:00 on both days. The court=92s address
> is: M=F6lndals tingsr=E4tt, S=F6dra V=E4gen 25, G=F6teborg, Sweden.
>
> The case is of fundamental im****tance in a country that is nominally a
> democracy. The right to freely express opinions on political, cultural
> and social issues without risk of reprisal is the very foundation of a
> democratic society. The opinions that Lennart Eriks=ADson expresses are
> based on a strong democratic foundation whose cornerstone is the
> unassailable affirmation of every individual=92s equal human value. In
> the political perspective, Lennart Eriksson=92s opinions are
> traditionally Conservative.
>
> Political persecution
>
> Political persecution is unfamiliar in a country where generations of
> citizens have been told that this sort of thing cannot occur at home.
> The Swedish Migration Board fulfils a vital social function.
> Protecting human rights and offering asylum to victims of persecution
> are among the Board=92s central roles. However, with the Swedish
> Migration Board revealing that it will not hesitate to victimise its
> own employees for political beliefs that are at odds with those of its
> managers, its credibility and the public=92s confidence in its
> operations risk irreversible erosion.
>
> On trial: freedom of expression in Sweden
>
> This trial follows hard on the heels of another high-profile case in
> which a Swedish intern working at a Swedish embassy abroad was
> summarily fired and sent home when his political affiliations were
> discovered. That case was taken up by Sweden=92s Chancellor of Justice
> who ordered the Foreign Ministry to pay the sacked intern compensation
> for wrongful dismissal. The verdict against the embassy was remarkable
> for its particularly brusque wording.
>
> That case bore an uncanny resemblance to the situation in which
> Lennart Eriksson finds himself: the freedom to have political beliefs
> and to express them privately resulting in a state-run institution
> terminating an employee=92s tenure.
Strange, the only real news outlet here carrying the news is Dagen, a
strongly religious paper. Not even Svenska Dagbladet, known to be
su****ting Israel and USA have a story about it. Seams a bit fishy when
only blogers care. Would not surprise me if the guy have dun more then
just giving praise to Israel and USA. It have happen before that
personnel at Migrationsverket have been removed for xenophobia, racial
prejudice or extrema political views, when it is believed it could get
in the way of there work. However if the guy are a member of the union
I would guess they would have dragged the issue to court if they
believed they could win the case.
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