Amnesty International's annual report was released on Tuesday night.

The organization does not mince words when describing how the world's rich countries handled the corona pandemic.

World leaders promised a fair recovery from the pandemic - where all the countries of the world would be helped to their feet both financially and through vaccines.

But the end result in 2021 was instead, according to the human rights organization, that the pharmaceutical companies dPfizer / BioNTech and Moderna's profits increased to $ 54 billion during the year.

At the same time, not even two percent of their vaccines were delivered to low-income countries.

"At summits such as the G7, G20 and COP26, political and economic leaders delivered empty words about a policy that would lead to a paradigm shift in access to vaccines, increase investment in social safety nets and address the effects of climate change," said Agnès Callamard, Amnesty International's secretary general. , in a press release.

She continues:

- They did not take advantage of the opportunity, but instead fell back on a policy and practice that created deeper inequality.

Members of the rich men's club made promises publicly which they then backed away from privately.

Increased gun violence

But in the more than 400-page report, there is also sharp criticism of Sweden.

Amnesty International notes that gun violence has increased - especially in areas of social exclusion.

The organization also emphasizes that immigrant groups were affected to a greater extent by the corona pandemic in Sweden.

One reason for this is, according to Amnesty, a social exclusion that has led to both overcrowding and a lower vaccination rate in parts of society.

"Does not protect the rights of the Sami"

The most direct criticism of the Swedish government nevertheless concerns the treatment of Sami issues.

The organization notes that mining and wind power exploitation in northern Sweden has been allowed to continue despite opposition from the Sami.

They also highlight the new consultation scheme for Sami that was hammered out in the Riksdag this year.

They state that the new law nowhere gives the Sami a right to say no but only a right to be consulted.

- Sweden has repeatedly received international criticism and that is what we agree with. That the government does not sufficiently protect the Sami rights to influence and that the current forms of consultation that exist are not adequate, says Anna Johansson, Acting Secretary General, Amnesty Sweden to SVT Sápmi.