Culture festival Eritrea In the past, there has been controversy in Scandinavia about inviting representatives of Eritrea’s authoritarian regime.
The cultural event was organized in Järva near Stockholm.
The people present, among other things, threw stones, he says public broadcasting company SVT. According to Dagens Nyheter, the police have used pepper spray and several people have been arrested.
According to the Swedish media, both the public and the police have been injured. However, the police have said on their website that no one was injured.
Those present have described the situation as chaotic.
– I can’t believe I’m in Sweden. I am ashamed. Unbelievable that something like this is happening, said the eyewitness For Aftonbladet media.
Controversy about the content of the festival
Dagens Nyheter newspaper reports that the festival has been criticized for inviting representatives of the Eritrean administration to the event.
The Eritrean Cultural Festival has been held at the same location since the 1990s. According to the Swedish media, there has been controversy about the participation of representatives of the Eritrean administration in the event before.
Eritrea is practically an autocratic dictatorship.