Geneva, April 27, 2026 (AFP) - UN watchdog rebukes Sweden for deporting disabled child

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2026-04-27

The UN Human Rights Committee on Monday said Sweden had violated the right to life of a child with severe disabilities by deporting him twice to Albania. The committee reviewed a complaint referring to E. B., an Albanian now aged 21, who was diagnosed with autism, grave mental developmental disorder, spastic diplegic cerebral palsy, hydrocephalus and epilepsy. He and his family arrived in Sweden in 2012 seeking protection and medical care, but af......

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