{"id":171004,"date":"2026-05-25T14:07:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T12:07:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/?p=171004"},"modified":"2026-05-25T23:39:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T21:39:41","slug":"hor-samtalet-darfor-tiger-media-om-polisattacken-i-helsingborg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frihetsnytt.se\/en\/hor-samtalet-darfor-tiger-media-om-polisattacken-i-helsingborg\/","title":{"rendered":"LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATION! Why the media is silent about the police attack in Helsingborg"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Two journalists were attacked and taken away by police and prevented from filming during the NATO meeting in Helsingborg. At the same time, the mainstream media chose to remain almost completely silent about the incident - something that is now attracting strong criticism.<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the NATO meeting in Helsingborg, Freedom News reporters Tor-Bj\u00f6rn and Tyr \u00c4nglasj\u00f6 were subjected to a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dBFlmG3vkoY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">aggressive police intervention<\/a><\/strong> while they were monitoring the meeting and demonstrations in the public space. The incident was documented on video, showing them being stopped, pushed to the ground and taken away despite being outside the cordon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The recordings also show how police officers refer to Freedom News in connection with the intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>- You can't leave because you're from the organization you come from<\/em>, the police say after referring verbatim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both were then wrestled to the ground and Tor-Bj\u00f6rn was injured in the face and one arm. When they went to document a demonstration against NATO the next day, several aggressive police officers appeared and threatened to take further action if they did not leave. They were also prevented from going to a medical center to document their injuries after the intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Called up Helsingborgs Dagblad<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the incident, the commentator reacted <strong>\u00d6ystein R\u00f6nne<\/strong> the failure of the mainstream media to report on the police intervention against the journalists. In a published <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qOdHNCEYxGw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recording <\/a><\/strong>he contacted Helsingborgs Dagblad and asked why the newspaper had not highlighted the incident even though it occurred in the midst of one of Sweden's largest security operations in many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2013 <em>We usually react to this when it happens abroad in Congo Kinshasa, for example, and similarly when journalists are attacked - here it happens in Sweden<\/em>, R\u00f6nne said during the call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also questioned why the newspaper did not prioritize the incident despite the fact that it concerned journalists who were wrestled down by police while working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>- Normally in journalism, this is usually the highest priority. That's when journalists themselves are attacked by police officers, among others.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"qOdHNCEYxGw\"><iframe title=\"# 1839 - The Swedish police state was exposed in Helsingborg.\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qOdHNCEYxGw?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A staff member at Helsingborgs Dagblad replied that the editorial office had been informed of the incident but was still working on checking it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>- We are currently monitoring the meeting and all the events surrounding it.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When R\u00f6nne continued to press the newspaper about why the event had not yet been published, the journalist replied that several different reports were circulating about the NATO days in Helsingborg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>- There is a lot of information circulating about various events and we are working through them in turn.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The conversation has since been widely circulated among anti-NATO and alternative media, where criticism of both the police's actions and the silence of the mainstream media has grown after the events in Helsingborg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">- <em>I didn't expect much, as we know how the mainstream media works, but this was shocking. What makes journalists rage about other countries can now happen in the open right where the \u201ddemocratic\u201d defenders of the West meet without a peep<\/em>, says R\u00f6nninge to Frihetsnytt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Legal proceedings pending<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The actions of the police represent a serious attack on press freedom, when two journalists from a licensed newspaper are denied the right to report in a public place and are treated so harshly by the police. Therefore, Frihetsnytt is preparing a lawsuit against the police officers involved, showing that this cannot be accepted in an open and democratic society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want to support the collection, you can do so via this <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/buy.stripe.com\/fZu8wObpV2czcPN0PG6sw01\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/strong>. All support is of enormous importance to fight against restrictions on our rights and freedoms.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two journalists were attacked by police during the NATO meeting in Helsingborg. 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