Tag: human rights

Norway to review all aid to Uganda

UPDATED: Foreign Minister Børge Brende, who "deeply regrets" a new law in Uganda that can send homosexuals to prison for life, announced Monday that...

Solberg ‘direct’ with Russian PM

Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg said she was "not the most diplomatic" when she met with the Russian Prime Minister Dimitrij Medvedev on Friday...

Royals’ contested visit ‘important’

Norway’s King Harald and Queen Sonja arrived in the Turkish capital Ankara this week to begin a controversial three-day state visit. The royals are...

Rafto winner credits ‘unnamed heroes’

Maryam al-Khawaja, acting president of the Bahrain Center for Human Rights, accepted the Rafto Prize in Bergen on Sunday on behalf of the center,...

Royals urged to drop trip to Turkey

The leader of Norway's foremost promoter of free speech, Norsk PEN, has asked King Harald and Queen Sonja to postpone a long-planned state visit...

Rafto Prize highlights abuse in Bahrain

The Bergen-based Rafto Foundation announced Thursday that its Rafto Prize for 2013 will go to the Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, for its "long...

Support grows for fugitive Snowden

Support is growing in Norway for fugitive American Edward Snowden, who set off an international controversy after releasing information about the US' global surveillance...

The EU wins the Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year's Nobel Peace Prize to the currently deeply troubled European Union (EU), citing the crucial role it has...

Human rights group awards its Sakharov prize

The Norwegian Helsinki Committee has awarded its annual Andrei Sakaharov Freedom Award to Association GOLOS of Russia, for what the Oslo-based human rights group...

Tooji ready for action at Eurovision

Norway's entry at the annual Eurovision Song Contest was hoping to make both the finals and a difference during the annual, much-hyped event that's...
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