Tag: human rights

Man unlawfully held in isolation

A man who was twice held in police isolation cells for days longer than the legal 48-hour period successfully sued the state on Monday,...

Bergen politicians thrown out of Africa

Four Norwegian Labour Party (Arbeiderpartiet, Ap) politicians on a human rights reporting mission were thrown out of the disputed territory of Western Sahara by...

China lets the politicians squirm

NEWS ANALYSIS: Chinese officials who've been angry with Norway since a Nobel Peace Prize humiliated them in Oslo in 2010 have been able to...

‘Coward’ politicians avoid Dalai Lama

Half of all Norwegians think it's cowardly for Parliamentary President Olemic Thommessen to refuse a meeting with the Dalai Lama when he arrives in...

Veteran politician blasts the church

Per-Kristian Foss, Norway's Auditor General and a former longtime Member of Parliament for the Conservative Party, has called the Norwegian Church's refusal to marry...

Parliament chief avoids Dalai Lama

The Dalai Lama will travel to Oslo next month to mark 25 years since he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. On Wednesday the...

Church refuses to marry gay couples

UPDATED: The Norwegian Church's (Den norske kirke) highest governing body voted against allowing homosexual couples to marry in a religious ceremony on Tuesday. However,...

Breivik claims isolation is torture

Convicted Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik wants to petition the courts to have his ongoing isolation deemed unlawful, after 33 months in solitary confinement,...

Royals’ whirlwind Vietnam visit

Norway's Crown Prince and Princess led a large trade delegation to Vietnam this week to pave the way for more business between the two...

Ministry faces new aid dilemmas

Norway's Foreign Ministry was facing tough questions on Wednesday over its  extension of financial aid to more than a dozen countries in Africa that...
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