For the Swedish politician born 1965, see Cecilia Wikström

Cecilia Wikström

Cecilia Wikström is a Swedish Liberal People's Party politician. Wikström is currently a member of the European Parliament. She is also a vicar in the Church of Sweden and the author of several books.Cecilia Wikström got her Master of theology at the Department of Theology at Uppsala University in...

Cecilia Wigström, born 1971, is a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 Liberal People's Party

Liberal People's Party (Sweden)

The Liberal People's Party is a political party in Sweden. The party advocates social liberalism and is part of the governing centre-right coalition The Alliance, which achieved a majority in the general election of 17 September 2006...

 politician

Politician

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. She has been a member of the Riksdag

Parliament of Sweden

The Riksdag is the national legislative assembly of Sweden. The riksdag is a unicameral assembly with 349 members , who are elected on a proportional basis to serve fixed terms of four years...

 since 2002. Wigström was re-elected in October 2006, attracting 6,3% of the People's Party's votes in Göteborg. Wigström, a deeply Christian widowess, is generally perceived to have very high moral standards.

She has often highlighted the plight of Dawit Isaak

Dawit Isaak

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, a journalist imprisoned by the Eritrea

Eritrea

Eritrea , officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa. Eritrea derives it's name from the Greek word Erethria, meaning 'red land'. The capital is Asmara. It is bordered by Sudan in the west, Ethiopia in the south, and Djibouti in the southeast...

n government without trial, after demanding democratic reforms.

Wigström was one of the strong voices supporting the controversial FRA law

FRA law

The FRA law is a Swedish legislative package that authorizes the state to warrantlessly wiretap all telephone and Internet traffic that crosses Sweden's borders...

 in Sweden in 2008.

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