Swedish Foreign Minister quits over Muhammed
Swedish Foreign Minister Laila Freivalds has resigned after the foreign ministry ordered the website of a far-right party to be shut down.
The site had been intending to publish the pictures at the centre of the Muhammed Cartoons Conroversy and was forced to close on 9th February after a foreign ministry official contacted the site’s hosting company.
Critics attacked this as an intrusion on free speech.
Ms Freivalds initially claimed that she had not ordered the official to contact the company, but a later report from the ministry said she was involved in the decision.
Tuesday 21 Mar 2006 | Paul | Sweden
