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Therefore, when considering extradition requests, Swedish and Finnish courts will need to respect human rights duties and the standards set by the ECtHR. The failure to mention them in the MoU does fax lists not exclude the legally binding value of human rights obligations, especially peremptory norms such as the prohibition of torture and refoulement.


More generally, its anti-terror legislation to repress dissident voices and Kurdish political opponents, and criminalise the peaceful exercise of freedom of expression. Finland and Sweden should make sure that their approach to ‘disinformation’, counter-terrorism and ‘incitement to violence’ is in line with Conventional standards on free speech. It is also worth recalling that restrictions to freedom of expression under Article 10.2 of the ECHR should be construed particularly narrowly when it comes to political speech or public interest debates (Wingrove v. United Kingdom).