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Published more: 2017-04-28 11:47 | SR - SVERIGES RADIO

Sweden ordered to pay Roma over police registry

lawyer John Stauffer (right) hugs Roma plaintiff Fred Taikon after the ruling was announced.

Lyssna: Lawyer: We have had a resounding victory

Sweden's government has been ordered to pay out SEK 30,000 in compensation to eleven Roma put on a controversial police register in southern Sweden.

Sweden's Svea Court of Appeal backed an earlier ruling from a Malmö court in Malmö, which had been appealed by Sweden's Chancellor of Justice.

"We have had a resounding victory," said John Stauffer, lead lawyer for Civil Rights Defenders, who represented the eleven Roma in their case against Sweden's government.

"This is a big...