Sweden refuses to extradite Danish Nazi-music distributor to Germany
Sweden will not comply with Germany’s demands to extradite a Danish citizen, who has been accomplice to selling Nazi music to Germany, according to Justice Minister Göran Lambertz. The case is closely connected with the similar Danish case which went to court in Elsinore in October.
Freedom of speech protected by Swedish Constitution
Consequently, Sweden does not extradite a Dane who, according to the Germans sent music with hateful and discriminatory texts to neo-Nazis in Germany.
This was announced by a representative of the Swedish Ministry of Justice, according to the newspaper Sydsvenskan.
Danish extradition appeal to the High Court
The man is demanded extradited by the Germans, in the same case as that of the alleged Nazi-music distributors in Denmark.
In contrast to the Swedes, the Danish authorities are prepared to extradite the two men. The court in Elsinore decided that the two will be handed over to the German authorities south of the border, where they can be punished for publishing banned music.
The decision was appealed to the High Court, which has not yet taken a position on whether the two should be extradited.
Nothing illegal in Sweden
In the German case, the prosecutor’s office in Frankfurt investigated sales of CDs with xenophobic content and after three years of investigations the Germans demanded that Denmark, Finland and Sweden arrests and extradites suspects.
But according to the Swedish Ministry of Justice has no basis to comply with the German demands.
According to Swedish law the actions, the man is accused of, are not illegal in Sweden.
According to the Swedish daily Sydsvenskan there are no regulations concerning prohibited symbols and denying the extermination of Jews is not punishable.
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