On Monday, filmmaker Markus Jordö was arrested at a climate action that he filmed for an SVT documentary.
It is the third case in a short time when journalists have been arrested while on duty.
In July, an SVT reporter was arrested when he filmed the police station for a television feature.
And in June, two journalists were arrested, they were also documenting a climate action.
- It is very serious.
Two similar incidents within the space of two and a half months show that the police have not learned, says Erik Halkjaer at Reporters Without Borders.
The Union of Journalists: "Enough is enough!"
The Association of Journalists is also strongly critical of the arrests of journalists.
The union's president Ulrika Hyllert writes on Facebook that:
"That's enough!
Today, the police have once again shown how poor their knowledge is about the work of journalists and the constitutionally protected source protection."
According to the police, the film crew committed sabotage by attending the climate action.
They also did not show press identification according to the police.
The Union of Journalists and Reporters Without Borders believe that the journalists did their job and were there to document, but that they were treated by the police as if they were activists and were not given a chance to identify themselves before being arrested.
"The police need to be trained"
Both the Association of Journalists and Reporters Without Borders think the police need more training in source protection, freedom of the press and what journalists' work is all about.
- Just as the police must have the opportunity to do their job, journalists must have the opportunity to do their job, says Erik Halkjaer.
- Both professions are part of our democracy, and if the police limit the work of journalists, they also limit democracy.
They limit our right to get news from independent sources or from a third party, he says.