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Last update - 20:26 11/11/2008
Sweden court: Civil servant unlawfully demoted for pro-Israel views
By Cnaan Liphshiz, Haaretz Correspondent

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According to the verdict delivered by the Molndal District Court, the demotion was an illegal and discriminatory attempt to unjustly dismiss Eriksson. The court ordered the Board to pay Eriksson the equivalent of roughly $30,000 in damages and legal expenses.

According to Eriksson, Palmer told him he had seen Eriksson's Web site and that Eriksson's views were both "unusual and controversial." Palmer told him he was being demoted because of the Web site, and that running it was inappropriate for a senior Board official.

"I will continue to work at the Migration Board," Eriksson told Haarertz following the verdict. He added that he has received congratulation calls and emails from about a dozen of his coworkers at the board.

Swedish media has so far expressed a partial interest in the case. Eriksson has been interviewed for a few local papers, but no national circulation medium has shown interest in the verdict.

At the final hearing last month, Staffan Opitz, representing the Migration Board, said Hamas should be considered a 'liberation movement," adding that its slain spiritual leader, Sheikh Yassin, was a "Palestinian freedom-fighter," according to Eriksson and witnesses present at the courthouse.

Christian Democrat MP Annelie Enochson has subsequently queried her foreign minister, Carl Bildt, about the matter, noting that the statements ? made by a government representative ? conflict with Sweden's official position, which views Hamas a terror organization.

The Swedish Foreign Ministry has not replied to the query so far. Its Tel Aviv embassy declined to comment on this issue when contacted by Haaretz.

"Unfortunately, this case is probably not indicative of any change in the prevalent attitudes in government toward Israel or the conservative school of thought," said Ilya Mayer, vice chair of the Sweden-Israel Friendship Society, who launched a public campaign to raise awareness to Eriksson's case. "It's merely a case of arrogance and abysmal performance on the part of the defense."
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  1.   jewish or not? 12:15  |  jake 11/11/08
  2.   shame on sweeden 12:43  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 11/11/08
  3.   Clickfool, Natallie, Swiss (Dino): will you defend him? 12:46  |  Israeli citizen 11/11/08
  4.   Show Your Thanks To Mr. Eriksson 12:53  |  Yishai Kohen 11/11/08
  5.   Arab lobby rides Sweden 13:05  |  Baruch A. 11/11/08
  6.   iron ore to the nazis 11939-45 this is minor 13:07  |  victor hardman 11/11/08
  7.   Everybody has the right of a hobby, collecting stamps, 13:23  |  Andreas 11/11/08
  8.   # 3 Israeli citizen Defend whom....???? 13:25  |  Swiss (Dino) 11/11/08
  9.   Call it by its name!!! 13:30  |  El_Justiciero 11/11/08
  10.   No hatred, jake 13:32  |  Torbjorn Karfunkel 11/11/08
  11.   #1 - jake 13:37  |  Kobi 11/11/08
  12.   A brave man of principle in a field of leftist sheep 13:41  |  PETER SM 11/11/08
  13.   #1 Jake from London 14:11  |  MR 11/11/08
  14.   Yishai Cohen 14:11  |  Avi 11/11/08
  15.   Freedom of Speech - It`s Sacred People 14:36  |  B`Galil 11/11/08
  16.   Celebrate this rare victory for justice 14:45  |  Realist 11/11/08
  17.   jake .... clueless or not? 14:50  |  x-ray 11/11/08
  18.   Avi 15:03  |  Yishai Kohen 11/11/08
  19.   This is a victory to the Swedish Justice system 15:19  |  Alicia 11/11/08
  20.   what an idiot 15:28  |  berny 11/11/08
  21.   A new museum 15:30  |  Schmidlap 11/11/08
  22.   #20 benny 15:54  |  Torbjorn Karfunkel 11/11/08
  23.   Correct: Hamas Leader Terrorists/Hamas Members Victims 16:25  |  NoToMadJournalists 11/11/08
  24.   Swedish proud 16:44  |  Peter 11/11/08
  25.   To B`Galil 16:46  |  ProFreedom 11/11/08
  26.   ProFreedom doesn`t understand the concept at all 17:13  |  ChanahS 11/11/08
  27.   Baruch A. #5 17:52  |  Gee 11/11/08
  28.   Jake 18:58  |  Brad 11/11/08
  29.   Hamas? A liberation movement? 19:07  |  Lou Medel 11/11/08
  30.   Dino #8 19:09  |  JoJo 11/11/08
  31.   I`ll defend him 19:34  |  W 11/11/08
  32.   Hamas is a liberation movement 19:35  |  Mike 11/11/08
  33.   ChanaS # 26 idiotic laws 19:41  |  American in NY 11/11/08
  34.   #2 Cipollata Cone 19:49  |  Sven Blustrum 11/11/08
  35.   Questionable article title 19:57  |  Frederico 11/11/08
  36.   Mike #32 20:17  |  Pinchas 11/11/08
  37.   #32 Pinchas 20:55  |  Suspiciuos 11/11/08
  38.   #35 Frederico 21:09  |  Torbjorn Karfunkel 11/11/08
  39.   Muzzling of opinions 21:55  |  Berkeley Student 11/11/08
  40.   One mans opinion is as good as anothers 22:32  |  Natallie Durson 11/11/08
  41.   Sweden is the most hard-core pro-immigration state in Europe.... 23:18  |  Matt C 11/11/08
  42.   NATALIE then why punish him? for disputing leftist 23:30  |  PETER SM 11/11/08
  43.   Behind the Humanitarian Mask: The Nordic Countries 23:53  |  Ruben Misrahi 11/11/08
  44.   ...but not their own facts 23:59  |  Berkeley Student 11/11/08
  45.   The Dhimmi State of Sweden 00:05  |  Simha 12/11/08
  46.   Muzzling the pro-Israel voice 00:26  |  Itzik 12/11/08
  47.   durson 40 got any more.... 00:33  |  strange 12/11/08
  48.   durson 40 got any more.... 00:33  |  strange 12/11/08
  49.   #36 Pinchas you`re not truthful. Mike is. 00:43  |  Lou Medel 12/11/08
  50.   #36 Pinchas, stop hallucinating 00:48  |  mike 12/11/08
  51.   mike 32 keep reading.... 00:50  |  strange 12/11/08
  52.   Swedish court works, Mr. Eriksson unlawfully kicked from work 01:36  |  Johnny 12/11/08
  53.   Ruben, number 43, where can I find the book? 02:05  |  Swede 12/11/08
  54.   Natallie Durson #40 02:14  |  Gary 12/11/08
  55.   #51, The book we`ve missed 02:27  |  Johnny 12/11/08
  56.   misleading title 02:42  |  a jew 12/11/08
  57.   MIKE THE British mandate owned most of the land and gave most of 02:48  |  PETER SM 12/11/08
  58.   L.MEDEL @ 39 care to factually rebut.Adjectives are not 02:51  |  PETER SM 12/11/08
  59.   berkeley student 03:01  |  strange 12/11/08
  60.   Hamas is indeed.. 08:30  |  EU United 12/11/08
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