Prohibition on Participation in Violent Organizations

The party programme explicitly establishes that the party opposes politically motivated organizational bans, rejects special terrorism legislation and means that violent crimes shall be prosecuted within ordinary legal frameworks. The counter-proposal demands precisely a new criminalization of participation in and involvement with violence-embracing organizations, beyond the coming bans. Freedom of association is moreover pointed out as one of political democracy's most important foundations.

• opposition to organizational bansdecisive»politiskt motiverade organisationsförbud« (party programme ↗)“politically motivated organizational bans.”
• rejects special legislation»avvisar en särskild terroristlagstiftning« (party programme ↗)“rejects special terrorism legislation.”
• ordinary legal frameworks»lagföras inom ordinarie rättsramar« (party programme ↗)“prosecuted within ordinary legal frameworks.”
• freedom of association»föreningsfriheten, yttrande- och tryckfriheten, offentlighetsprincipen« (party programme ↗)“freedom of association, freedom of expression and of the press, the public access principle.”

The election manifesto explicitly wants to toughen penalties for those who support organized crime and crack down hard on organized crime's financing and organization, and states that the fight against crime shall be uncompromising. The party programme rejects all forms of organized violence. To criminalize participation in and association with violence-condoning organizations is a direct application of these commitments.

• penalties for associationdecisive»Vi vill skärpa straffen bland annat för gängrelaterad brottslighet, för den som begår upprepade och allvarliga brott och för den som understödjer organiserad kriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We want to toughen penalties among others for gang-related crime, for those who commit repeated and serious crimes and for those who support organized crime.”
• crack down on crime's organization»Slå hårt mot den organiserade brottslighetens finansiering och organisation.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Crack down hard on organized crime's financing and organization.”
• uncompromising crime prevention»Kampen mot kriminaliteten ska vara kompromisslös.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“The fight against crime shall be uncompromising.”
• reject organized violence»Varje form av terrorhandling, liksom organiserat våld riktat« (party programme ↗)“Every form of terrorist act, as well as organized violence directed”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan's path toward organized crime and extremism goes through prevention work, more police and agency cooperation, not through new criminalization of participation in organizations. The party programme establishes that democracy must be defended with democratic means and that crime and terrorism prevention must not occur at the expense of human rights, which speaks against broad criminalization of association. The conclusion is derived and uncertain since the plan does not address organizational bans.

• democratic meansdecisive»Demokratin måste försvaras med demokratiska medel.« (party programme ↗)“Democracy must be defended with democratic means.”
• human rights limit for terrorism prevention»Brotts- och terrorbekämpning är viktigt men ska inte ske på bekostnad av mänskliga rättigheter.« (party programme ↗)“Crime and terrorism prevention is important but shall not occur at the expense of human rights.”
• prevention as main path»storsatsa på det förebyggande arbetet i socioekonomiskt eftersatta områden.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“make a major effort on prevention work in socioeconomically disadvantaged areas.”
• prevention before criminalization»Det brottsförebyggande arbetet är grunden för ett tryggt samhälle med låg kriminalitet.« (party programme ↗)“Crime prevention work is the foundation for a safe society with low criminality.”

The plan holds freedom of association as an immutable principle and explicitly says no to collective punishment and other shortcuts to the rule of law in crime prevention. Criminalizing participation in and association with organizations as such penalizes people for their affiliation rather than for their own crimes. The plan instead wants to meet violence-promoting environments with preventive initiatives, resources for the justice system and stricter penalties for actual crimes.

• freedom of association immutabledecisive»Yttrandefrihet, religionsfrihet och föreningsfrihet är därför orubbliga« (party programme ↗)“Freedom of expression, freedom of religion and freedom of association are therefore immutable”
• no to collective punishment»Vi säger därför nej till visitationszoner, kollektiv bestraffning, omvänd bevisbörda, anonyma vittnen, preventiv avlyssning och inskränkningar av religionsfriheten.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“We therefore say no to stop-and-search zones, collective punishment, reversed burden of proof, anonymous witnesses, preventive eavesdropping and restrictions on freedom of religion.”
• constitutional rights»Konstitutionella fri-, och rättigheter är i detta sammanhang medborgarnas viktigaste« (party programme ↗)“Constitutional freedoms and rights are in this context the citizen's most important”
• harder action against violence-promoting environments»Samhället ska inte vika sig för gängen. För att besegra dem krävs bättre insatser som förebygger nyrekrytering, mer resurser till polis, åklagare, domstolar och kriminalvården och strängare straff.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Society must not give in to gangs. To defeat them requires better initiatives that prevent recruitment, more resources for police, prosecutors, courts and prisons and stricter penalties.”

The party programme demands that the penalty system be changed so that participation in organized crime brings harsher penalties, and the election manifesto wants to give police coercive powers against organized gang members even without concrete suspicion of crime. Criminalizing participation in organizations whose primary purpose or means is criminal aligns with that line, since it is the criminality and not the opinion that is targeted. The plan's protection of freedom of association at the same time sets the limit at precisely this criterion.

• penalty for organized crimedecisive»Påföljdssystemet ska förändras så att återfall och upprepad brottslighet ger strängare straff, liksom medverkan« (party programme ↗)“The penalty system shall be changed so that relapse and repeated crime bring harsher penalties, as well as participation”
• tools against gang members»Avlyssning och andra hemliga tvångsmedel ska kunna användas både vid misstanke om fler brott än i dag och efter domstolsbeslut mot organiserade gängmedlemmar även utan konkret brottsmisstanke.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Wiretapping and other secret coercive measures can be used both for suspicion of more crimes than today and after court decision against organized gang members even without concrete suspicion of crime.”
• violent extremism threatens democracy»Den våldsbejakande autonoma vänstern, högerextremismen och den islamistiska« (party programme ↗)“The violently embracing autonomous left, right extremism and the Islamist”
• freedom of association as limit»Tryck- och yttrandefrihet, föreningsfrihet, mötes- och demonstrationsfrihet är nödvändiga« (party programme ↗)“Freedom of the press and expression, freedom of association, freedom of assembly and demonstration are necessary”

The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The plan identifies both Islamist extremist environments and gang crime environments as direct threats to society and wants to combat the role models that recruit young people into crime. Criminalizing participation in and association with violence-promoting organizations follows from the plan's requirement that the law be upheld firmly. The plan's strong protection of freedom of association at the same time sets limits on how such a prohibition can be designed.

• counteract extremist environmentsdecisive»Det finns också områden där islamistiska extremister har en avgörande påverkan på samhällslivet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“There are also areas where Islamist extremists have a decisive influence on community life.”
• break criminal recruitment»Beslagta kriminellas statussymboler och bekämpa på så sätt negativa förebilder som rekryterar unga in i gängkriminalitet.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Seize criminals' status symbols and in this way combat negative role models that recruit young people into gang crime.”
• the law upheld firmly»Respekten för lagarna ska därför upprätthållas« (party programme ↗)“Respect for the law shall therefore be upheld”
• protection of freedom of association»samt anonymitetsskyddet, liksom för mötes- och före- ningsfriheten, är av stor vikt för en levande demokrati.« (party programme ↗)“and anonymity protection, as well as freedom of assembly and association, are of great importance for a living democracy.”

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The plan takes no explicit position on what the committee actually decided — often because the committee's reason was procedural. The stance is derived and fully cited, but it does not show the party broke a commitment.

The election manifesto explicitly promises to prohibit participation in organizations with violent activities and to make it criminal to be part of a criminal gang. That is precisely what the counter-proposal requires, and the plan does not limit the commitment to terrorist organizations. The party programme points in the same direction: tolerance does not extend to enemies of the open society or to violent ideologies.

• prohibition on participationdecisive»Förbjuda deltagande i organisationer med våldsbejakande verksamhet samt förbjuda deltagande i kriminella gäng« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prohibit participation in organizations with violent activities and prohibit participation in criminal gangs”
• criminalize gang membership»Göra det straffbart att vara med i ett kriminellt gäng« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Make it criminal to be part of a criminal gang”
• limits of tolerance»Den kan inte utsträckas till det öppna samhällets fiender.« (party programme ↗)“It cannot be extended to enemies of the open society.”
• struggle against violent ideologies»kampen mot fascismen, kommunismen, nazismen« (party programme ↗)“the struggle against fascism, communism, Nazism”

The stance rests on the quoted commitment in the party's own documents; the actual vote deviated. Click the quote to verify it in the document.

The plan explicitly requires that participation in and association with terrorist organizations be prohibited and that it must not be permitted to participate in or support such organizations or spread their propaganda. The counter-proposal's requirement to criminalize participation in violence-embracing organizations is the same type of measure, applied more broadly. The plan also establishes that few measures are too far-reaching when gangs are to be pushed back.

• prohibition on participationdecisive»Förbjuda deltagande i, och samröre med, terrororganisationer.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Prohibit participation in and association with terrorist organizations.”
• prohibit support and propaganda»Det kan inte vara tillåtet att delta i, eller stödja, terrororganisationer. Det måste förbjudas att sprida dess propaganda.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“It cannot be permitted to participate in or support terrorist organizations. It must be prohibited to spread their propaganda.”
• uncompromising approach to gangs»Sverigedemokraterna anser att få politiska åtgärder är för långtgående när det kommer till att pressa tillbaka både de kriminella gängen och den kultur som gör att de får fäste.« (2022 manifesto ↗)“Sweden Democrats believe that few political measures are too far-reaching when it comes to pushing back both criminal gangs and the culture that allows them to take root.”
• against anti-democratic movements»Vi bekämpar alla rörelser och idéer som vilar på antidemokratisk grund« (party programme ↗)“We combat all movements and ideas based on anti-democratic foundations”