Reporters Without Borders, Sweden: Neo-Nazis attack journalist's home, 22 May 2002, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/57bc1fc39.html [accessed 22 May 2023]
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May 22, 2002
Reporters Without Borders called today on Swedish justice minister Thomas Bodstroem to crack down on neo-Nazi threats against the media after five extreme-rightists smashed the windows of journalist Bjoern Lockstroem's house in Motala (245 kms southwest of Stockholm) on 19 May. The attackers were arrested at a police roadblock soon afterwards, carrying clubs and teargas grenades.
"Lockstroem is known for his probes into illegal behaviour by neo-Nazi groups and has been threatened several times," said the organisation's secretary-general, Robert Ménard in a letter to the minister. "We urge you to see that those responsible for such actions are punished and that threats and attacks against the media stop."
