Terrorism in Sweden

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Terrorism in Sweden has not been a serious threat to the security of the state since the 1970s when Communist militants staged several high-profile attacks. The Swedish government openly and secretly supported militant organizations in Southern Africa and West Asia from the 1960s to the 1980s while Olof Palme served as Prime Minister.[1]

The Swedish government supported the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola, Mozambican Liberation Front, South-West Africa People's Organization in Namibia, Zimbabwe African National Union and Zimbabwe African People's Union, and the African National Congress in South Africa.[2]

Human Rights Watch criticized the Swedish government after police in Stockholm arrested Uzbek political opposition leader Muhammad Salih on May 18, 2006. Holly Cartner, HRW Executive Director for Europe and Central Asia, said the "fact that President Karimov can travel freely to Europe while Mohammad Solih remains subject to an Interpol warrant is plainly absurd."[3]

[edit] Zimbabwe

The Swedish government's ties to militant Marxist Zimbabweans, established in the mid-1960s, were strengthened when in June 1969 Sweden's Consultative Committee on Humanitarian Affairs recommended giving aid to ZANU. The Swedish government began giving direct aid to ZANU in February 1973. ZANU leader Nathan Shamuyarira told author Tor Sellstr̀eom in 1995 that in the 1970s funding from the Swedish government comprised 40% of ZANU's budget. According to ZANU movement leader Joshua Nkomo, "Sweden, especially through its official agency SIDA, was the most generous of all donors."[4]

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  1. ^ Sellstr̀eom, Tor. Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa. Nordic Africa Institute, 1999.
  2. ^ Summary Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa
  3. ^ Ministers should expand sanctions on Uzbekistan Human Rights Watch
  4. ^ Pages 153-154 Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa