Racism in Norway

The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded the consideration of the seventh periodic report of Norway its implementation of the provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. …

Researchers are working to understand why Norway’s child protective services sometimes resort to the dramatic step of taking a child from its mother right after birth.   Several thousand activists …

Women in Norway who were beaten by their husbands should not count on help from authorities, but they even risk that if Norwegian child care authorities will hear about it, …

Barnevernet, Norway’s child protection services, is notorious for its high-handed practices and its role in countless cases of child confiscation, serving as a brutal reminder of our history’s worst nightmares. …

The leader of a local Sunni Muslim organization in Norway has refused to shake hands with the country’s female minister of migration at the start of their TV debate. Fahad …

“The hatred that was displayed toward some empty bus seats really shows how much prejudices trump wisdom.” Talk about blind hatred. A Norwegian anti-immigration group uploaded a picture of a …

A number of Muslim MPs and organizations have joined Norway’s culture minister in criticism of the Islamic Council of Norway (IRN) after the group appointed a woman who wears the …

A new report from HSI looks at the violent past and present of the Nordic neo-Nazi organization calling itself the Nordic Resistance Movement. The self-declared Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) is …

Eight Norwegian child welfare cases have been heard by the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg over the past 15 months in what a long-time human rights lawyer …

Norway’s public broadcaster apologized for referencing Nazi death camps and the Jewish genocide in a satirical cartoon about the financial situation of university students. “This cartoon should not have spoofed …

A fine of 10,000 kroner (around 1.000 €) plus 5,000 additional to pay for the courts’ costs. This was the amount imposed by a Norwegian court against a hairdresser who …

Romanian Marius Bodnariu and his Norwegian wife Ruth Bodnariu will reunite with their children after nearly seven months, as the Naustdal Municipality in Norway has agreed to return all of …

Czech mother Eva Michalakova is ready to fight Norwegian authorities until she wins her two sons back, she said during the court proceedings that started dealing with her appeal against …

A letter was written to the Norwegian Prime Minister, Erna Solberg, by more than 100 attorneys from the United States, abroad, and members of the European Parliament addressing the government’s …

Norway’s act of separating the Bodnariu children from their Christian parents to prevent them from being “indoctrinated” has been called out by more than a hundred lawyers from the United …

Several mosques in Norway receive threats that are full of hatred against Muslims including the mosque Nehmat Ali Shah was an imam in. According to The Islamic Council, Norwegian mosques …

Merete Hodne, who owns the hairdresser salon ‘Comeback Hårdesign’ in the town of Bryne in Norway, plain out refused two hijab-wearing women entrance to her hair salon, according to the …

Saudi Arabia has criticized Norway’s human rights record, accusing the country of failing to protect its Muslim citizens and not doing enough to counter criticism of the prophet Mohammed. The …

An Islamist football referee in Norway has been convicted of hate speech after apparently threatening to shoot Jews for complaining about anti-Semitism, a prominent English language news outlet in the …

Facebooks stopped the sharing function after the Norwegian mainstream newspaper Nettavisen posted an interview with Halvor Fosli, an author who is critical of Islam. Incomprehensible what would be inappropriate, says …

Norwegian appeals court has upheld a ruling that the former chief of Russian telecoms provider Vimpelcom, Jo Lunder, should be released from custody during an ongoing police investigation into allegations …