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Publication of preliminary observations by Council of Europe
Anti-Torture Committee (CPT) after visit to Sweden
in January/February 2003
Strasbourg, 12.06.2003 -
During the visit, the CPT reviewed measures taken by the Swedish authorities in
response to recommendations made after previous visits, in particular as regards
the safeguards offered to persons detained by the police, mechanisms for
handling complaints against the police and the regimes offered to remand
prisoners. The CPT also examined the situation in psychiatric institutions and
in homes providing care for young persons and substance abusers. The preliminary
observations are published today with the agreement of the Swedish authorities (more …)
