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The causes taken up by the organization have a strong pro-Russian bias. Aside from their opposition to cooperation between Sweden and NATO, they have compared the violent clashes in [[2014 Odessa clashes|Odessa]] that led to the deaths of 46 pro-Russian activists to the [[Reichstag fire]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://swedhr.org/odessa-massacre-of-2-may-2014/|title=Odessa 2 May 2014 – Swedish Doctors for Human Rights|website=swedhr.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref>. They also came to the defense of pianist [[Valentina Lisitsa|Valentina Lisista]], whose online remarks disparaging the [[Government of Ukraine|Ukrainian government]] led to the cancellation of a planned concert at the [[Toronto Symphony Orchestra]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://swedhr.org/we-defend-valentina-lisitsas-freedom-of-speech-on-ukraines-hr-violations/|title=We defend Valentina Lisitsa’s freedom of speech denouncing Ukraine’s HR violations – Swedish Doctors for Human Rights|website=swedhr.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-05-04}}</ref>. Their sister publication ''The Indicter'' has previously claimed that [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 17|Malaysian Airlines flight MH17]] was shot down by the Ukrainian army, and not by pro-Russian rebels.

Dr. Ferrada de Noli was interviewed by Russian media<ref name=":0" /> about his view that the [[Khan Shaykhun chemical attack]] of April 4, 2017 was possibly caused by the [[List of armed groups in the Syrian Civil War|opposition groups]] and not the [[Council of Ministers (Syria)|Syrian government]].<ref name="dn" /> This was also referenced by [[Maria Zakharova]], the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, at a press conference where she criticized the awarding of the [[Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject)|Oscar for Best Documentary]]<nowiki/> to ''[[The White Helmets (film)|The White Helmets]]''<ref name=":2" />. An examination of the video cited in the article as evidence revealed that it was actually a video of a [[Sarmin chemical attack|chemical attack in Sarmin]] from March 2015. A group of medical specialists in the US and UK examined the video and stated that it was impossible to conclude that the video had been staged<ref name=":1" />.

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