Tag: human rights

MP accuses China of ‘manipulation’

UPDATED: "It's clear China has manipulated us," declared a Member of Parliament to Norwegian Broadcasting (NRK) on Tuesday afternoon. MP Petter Eide was responding...

New ambassador needed in China

Just weeks after organizing a conciliatory state visit to China following a lengthy diplomatic freeze, Norway's foreign ministry needs to place a new ambassador...

State visit ‘renews’ Chinese friendship

Norway's King Harald V got some support from Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, both in the literal and figurative sense. Xi reportedly slowed...

King to speak up while in China

Norway's King Harald V was winning praise after he said he would bring up human rights concerns during a meeting with China's authoritarian president...

Minister disappoints on human rights

UPDATED: Norway's Culture Minister Linda Hofstad Helleland wound up a six-day trip to China over the weekend without mentioning a word about human rights...

Free trade deal tops Norway’s agenda

Norway's Trade Minister Monica Mæland arrived in Beijing a day ahead of her government colleagues, eager to start negotiating a new free trade agreement...

Amnesty objects to Solberg’s China trip

The human rights organization Amnesty International is strongly criticizing Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg's trip to Beijing next week, which aims to officially restore Norway's...

Legal community condemns Turkey

Norway's entire legal community, represented by professional organizations for the country's judges, legal scholars and attorneys, has sent a letter to Foreign Minister Børge...

Honduran priest wins Rafto Prize

The Bergen-based foundation that awards the annual Rafto Prize for Human Rights announced Thursday that this year's winner is the Honduran priest Ismael Moreno Coto,...

Embattled human rights group threatens to sue Norway

A human rights organization that's been charged with money laundering is demanding a public apology and threatening to sue the government of Norway and...
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