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'''Dragan Klaric''', born [[1965]], is a Swedish [[blogger]] and former [[Sweden Democrats]] (SD) [[politician]] of Croatian origin. He was the head of “SD-television”, the Sweden Democrats’ own TV station, and a full-time party employee. He left the party in temper, motivating his resignation by writing, “the reason [for my resignation] is that I was ‘assfucked’ a mere month before the election as I was requested to resign from my chair at SD-television. Two years and eight months of faithful and loyal service to the party is suddenly forgotten”.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hd.se/helsingborg/2010/09/15/dragan-klaric-lamnar/ |title=Helsingborgs Dagblad, ''Dragan Klaric lämnar SD i vredesmod'' |accessdate=January 28, 2011|language=Swedish }}</ref>

Klaric has been found guilty of libel three times, in tort cases, and has been forced to pay damages in every case. In 2009, the Helsingborg district court found him guilty of libel against [[Tommy Funebo]], and once more in 2010, against [[Fredrik Jönsson]]. However, he was not found guilty of the comments somebody wrote about Jönsson on Klaric's [[blog]], which Klaric approved. The court of appeal of Skåne and Blekinge later overruled the district court, finding him guilty.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hd.se/skane/2010/04/28/sverigedemokrat-domd-for-fortal/ |title=Helsingborgs Dagblad, ''Sverigedemokrat dömd för förtal igen'' |accessdate=January 28, 2011|language=Swedish }}</ref><ref>Hovrätten över Skåne och Blekinges dom 2011-06-01 i mål nr. 1346-10</ref>

Klaric’s blog was investigated by the Swedish anti-racist newspaper Expo during its review of the atmosphere of the Sweden Democrats community on the Internet. On May 20, 2010, press ombudsman Yrsa Stenius stated that Klaric “from a press-ethical point of view was to be considered a public person”.<ref>{{cite web  |url=http://expo.se/2010/den-sverigedemokratiska-svansen-pa-natet_3107.html |title=Expo,''Den sverigedemokratiska svansen på nätet''|accessdate=January 28, 2011|language=Swedish }}</ref><ref>Pressombudsmannens svar i ärende med dnr. 157/10</ref>

On January 7, 2011, Swedish newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad reported that the party and Dragan Klaric will end their cooperation in a legal dispute since they do not agree on Klaric’s time as chair of SD-television. According to SD, the party holds the copyright to all of the material from SD-television, and, in addition, SD demands that Klaric returns all equipment he has taken from the station. Klaric refuses to comply, arguing that SD-television was his own private project, and not a part of his employment, and, thus, that he alone owns the physical as well as intellectual property of the station. The events surrounding his resignation were covered by [[Expo]].<ref>{{cite web  |url=http://hd.se/helsingborg/2011/01/07/hardare-toner-om-rattigheterna-sd/ |title=Helsingborgs Dagblad, ''Tvisten om SD Television till rätten'' |accessdate=January 28, 2011|language=Swedish }}</ref>

After leaving the party, Klaric has intensively criticized the SD leadership on his blog.

== References ==
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== Other websites ==
* [http://www.klaric.se/ Klaric's blog]

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