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| Deep concern about verdicts against NGO employees in Egypt |
| [Norwaynews] [14.06.2013, 11:16pm, Fri. GMT] |
| “I am deeply concerned about the severe sentences handed down against local and international representatives of NGOs in Egypt, including one Norwegian,” said Minister of Foreign Affairs Espen Barth Eide. “The sentences and the trial show a very worrying trend for civil society in Egypt. Civil society is playing an essential role in the process of democratisation in Egypt,” said the Foreign Minister. |
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| Norwegian parliament concludes debate on Kashmir: India, Pakistan urged to resolve issue |
| [Norwaynews] [25.05.2013, 06:10pm, Sat. GMT] |
The Norwegian Parliament has conducted an important debate for the second time in a year addressing the Kashmir conflict. An earlier debate was held in 2010 and again in September 2012 when the Norwegian parliament raised the issue of existence of unidentified mass graves in occupied Kashmir. The interpolation entitled “Kashmir on the backdrop of withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan in 2014” was submitted for a debate by the Chairman of the Norwegian parliamentary Kashmir Committee and Christian Democrat (KrF) Party leader Mr. Knut Arild Hareide.
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| | | | The Accidental Prime Minister of Tibet |
| [Norway] [15.05.2013, 03:53pm, Wed. GMT] |
| In a way, Lobsang Sangay ended up overseeing of one of the world's longest-running political conflicts largely by accident. A Tibetan legal expert born to refugee parents in India, he was working at Harvard University when, on a lark, he ran for Tibet's top government job as sikyong, or prime minister, in 2011. Sangay never actually lived in Tibet, but his connection to the region's decades-long struggle for autonomy is generations deep. His father was a monk who fled Tibet in 1959, the same year as the Dalai Lama. |
| | | | Norwegian looks to enter Danish banking market |
| [Norwaynews] [14.05.2013, 06:10pm, Tue. GMT] |
| SAS's top competitor, Norwegian, decided to establish its banking network in Sweden last week and has suggested that Denmark could be next. Sweden was chosen over Denmark as the primary market choice for Norwegian’s banking ambitions, Bank Norwegian, because it is easier to rate customers' credit in Sweden than it is in other Scandinavian countries, according to Erik Jensen, the deputy head of Norwegian. |
| | | | Falsely Convicted Blogger Ali Abdulemam Escapes from Bahrain; Will speak at Oslo Freedom Forum |
| [Norwaynews] [10.05.2013, 03:35pm, Fri. GMT] |
After being forced into hiding for more than two years, Bahraini blogger and free speech advocate Ali Abdulemam will speak at the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) on May 15th at 9:45am Oslo time. This will be his first public appearance since 2011, and will be live streamed at www.oslofreedomforum.com. A pivotal and heavily persecuted architect of Bahrain’s political blogosphere, Abdulemam disappeared on March 15, 2011, in the midst of massive protests against the monarchy’s crackdown on dissent. Three days later, his house was thoroughly ransacked by state police. He then disappeared.
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| | | | The 2013 Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent Awarded to Ali Ferzat, Park Sang Hak, and the Ladies in White |
| [Norwaynews] [04.05.2013, 05:36pm, Sat. GMT] |
| The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) today announced the recipients of the Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent. The 2013 laureates are: Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat, North Korean democracy activist Park Sang Hak, and Cuban civil society group the Ladies in White—represented by their leader Berta Soler. They will be honored at a ceremony during the 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway on May 15. |
| | | | The LGBT conference in Oslo: - A historic event |
| [Norway] [16.04.2013, 06:49pm, Tue. GMT] |
We are very pleased that such a broad range of participants have been able to join us in Oslo for this historic event, said the Conference Co-chairs, Mr. Jerry Matjila of South Africa and Ms. Bente Angell-Hansen of Norway after the conference. 15 and 16 April, South Africa and Norway co-chaired an international conference on Human Rights, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Oslo, Norway. The Conference gathered more than 200 participants from 84 countries of all regions of the world, representing UN Member States, UN staff, national and regional human rights experts as well as participants from civil society.
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| | | | International energy conference in Oslo |
| [Norwaynews] [12.04.2013, 04:54pm, Fri. GMT] |
| Norway hosted an international high-level meeting on energy and the post-2015 development agenda, which opened in Oslo Tuesday. The meeting was opened by Crown Prince Haakon and chaired by Norwegian Minister of International Development Heikki Eidsvoll Holmås, Mexican Minister of Energy Pedro Joaquin Coldwell and Tanzanian Minister of Energy Sospeter Muhongo. Mr Holmås commented, “1.3 billion people do not have access to electricity. Access to clean energy is crucial for global development. This high-level meeting is an important step towards ensuring that the issue of energy is addressed as effectively as possible in the future.” |
| | | | Nuclear weapons are devastating humanitarian impact - Rashid khalikov |
| [Norwaynews] [09.03.2013, 07:33pm, Sat. GMT] |
Nuclear weapons also indiscriminate within their zone of blast, and will almost always have a catastrophic and devastating humanitarian impact because of their destructive power. Depending on its size, the detonation of a single nuclear weapon in an urban area could cause hundreds of thousands of casualties, massive physical destruction and have far reaching social and economic consequences, Director of the OCHA, Rashid khalikov said at the Opening address on International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, Oslo this week.
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| | | | Oslo conference on Nuclear weapons opens |
| [Norwaynews] [04.03.2013, 07:51am, Mon. GMT] |
A two-day international conference on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons, hosted by the Norwegian government, opens in Oslo today, Monday. The conference, with more than 120 nations represented, will be opened by Espen Barth Eide, Norway's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and Antonio Guterres, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). |
| | | | Norwegian Sail Trainer 'Prolific' Arrives in Dublin Bay for Irish Sea Expeditions |
| [Norwaynews] [24.02.2013, 12:36pm, Sun. GMT] |
| A Norwegian Tall Ship built in 2005 to pay homage to the old cutters that fished herring along the Norwegian coast and in Skagerrak in the 1800s has arrived in Dublin Bay for sail training expeditions in the Irish Sea. Regular visitor to the Irish east coast 'Prolific' arrived in to Dun Laoghaire harbour this morning just as the DBSC racing fleet were departing for its Spring Chicken Race. The British Registered Prolific is 26 metres long and six and a half metres wide, with a total sail area of 527 m2. She has 26 berths and for this voyage is crewed by a mix of crew and trainees from Hiimsmoen, Norway. |
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| Iraqi Embassy address problems facing Iraqis in Norway |
| [Norwaynews] [23.05.2013, 05:32pm, Thu. GMT] |
| The Embassy of the Republic of Iraq in Oslo organized an extended seminar to the Iraqi community in Norway to discuss and put forward their problems and address the obstacles they face, such as issuance of residency permits and acquiring Norwegian citizenship and other outstanding issues. A statement by the Iraqi Foreign Ministry received by Iraqi News today that “The Ambassador of Iraq to Norway, Sondos Omar Ali, listened to many views and problems facing the people of the Iraqi community there, where the seminar was attended by senior officials in the Ministry of Children and Equality and the Norwegian Departments of Immigration and Citizenship,” noting that “The attendees addressed the issue of duplication of asylum and the non match of the names and job opportunities.” |
| | | | Egyptian activist address Oslo Freedom Forum |
| [Norwaynews] [14.05.2013, 06:14pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Soraya Bahgat, founder of anti-sexual harassment organisation Tahrir Bodyguard, spoke at the Oslo Freedom Forum on Tuesday on the role of women in Egypt in the revolution and their status since former president Hosni Mubarak’s resignation. “Women are an integral part of the Egyptian revolution and are credited with bringing down the Mubarak regime,” Bahgat said. She described the courage that women showed in protesting alongside men in January 2011 and denounced the attacks and harassment they have faced since then. |
| | | | 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum Opens in Norway, Celebrating Five Years of “Challenging Power” |
| [Norwaynews] [14.05.2013, 03:15pm, Tue. GMT] |
The 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) opens today in Norway, bringing an unprecedented gathering of courageous rights defenders, artists, innovators, authors, entrepreneurs, journalists, and policymakers from across the globe. They unite in Oslo to exchange ideas on how best to challenge repression and promote human rights. “Freedom is in decline around the world. There are more countries considered ‘not free’ or only ‘partly free’ than there were ten years ago. For the last five years, OFF has provided a platform for survivors of some of the worst abuses and grown to become an incubator for effective action against tyranny and injustice,” said OFF founder Thor Halvorssen.
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| | | | International Conference on Right-wing Extremism and Hate Crime in Europe and Beyond |
| [Norwaynews] [07.05.2013, 03:18pm, Tue. GMT] |
| On 14 May, international experts and stakeholders will gather in Oslo for a two-day conference on right-wing extremism and hate crime directed towards minorities in Europe and beyond. Despite a large number of legal instruments and implementation mechanisms, recent years have shown a marked increase in right-wing extremism and hate crime directed towards minorities. This goes against the very ideas on which post-war Europe was founded. |
| | | | Combating hate speech online |
| [Norway] [16.04.2013, 06:52pm, Tue. GMT] |
| Norway is mobilising against hate speech in Europe. Through the EEA and Norway Grants we have entered into a strategic partnership with the Council of Europe’s youth project on combating hate speech online launched this week. During the last few years we have registered continued and renewed violations of fundamental rights, including physical and verbal attacks on minority groups, migrants, and on organisations defending human rights in Europe. |
| | | | 2013 Oslo Freedom Forum: Five Years of Challenging Power |
| [Norwaynews] [13.04.2013, 02:53pm, Sat. GMT] |
| OSLO, Norway (April 12, 2013)—The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) will hold the fifth annual Oslo Freedom Forum on May 13, 14, and 15. Hundreds of the world’s most influential dissidents, innovators, journalists, philanthropists, and policymakers will unite in the Norwegian capital for a three-day summit exploring how best to challenge authoritarianism and promote free and open societies. This year’s forum is themed Challenging Power, a reflection of the growing OFF community that—by inspiring action and defending freedom—reveals the contributions that can be made when individuals confront arbitrary power. |
| | | | Nuclear weapons never again used - Peter Maurer |
| [Norwaynews] [09.03.2013, 08:05pm, Sat. GMT] |
The ICRC warmly welcomes the Norwegian Government’s initiative to convene this conference on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons. Although nuclear weapons have been debated in military, technical and geopolitical terms for decades, it is astounding that States have never before come together to address their humanitarian consequences, ICRC President Peter Maurer said at the Opening address on International Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons, Oslo this week.
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| | | | Historic Global Conference on Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons Prepares Ground for New Initiative Towards Ban Treaty |
| [Norwaynews] [05.03.2013, 08:35pm, Tue. GMT] |
| The historic Oslo Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons has concluded with the announcement of a follow-up meeting to be hosted by Mexico. A wide range of states and organisations agreed that an understanding of the global humanitarian consequences of nuclear detonations should be the starting point for urgent action to ban and eliminate nuclear weapons. |
| | | | ATOM Project presented at the ICAN Civil Society Forum in Oslo |
| [Norwaynews] [04.03.2013, 06:55am, Mon. GMT] |
Nearly 500 campaigners from 70 countries gathered in Oslo, Norway, from 2 to 3 March 2013 for the Civil Society Forum of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), with the aim of ramping up efforts to get negotiations started on a treaty banning nuclear weapons. The two-day forum included presentations by international policy and military experts, the Red Cross and UN representatives. |
| | | | Kingdom of the ice bear |
| [Norwaynews] [18.02.2013, 06:12pm, Mon. GMT] |
| Head north aboard an ice-breaking ship to Norway’s Svalbard — Europe’s largest wilderness — where blue whales bob among icebergs and polar bears swim serenely along its coastline. Please don’t even think about leaving town without a rifle, warns my guide, Anneka, as we head towards Longyearbyen, the capital of the Norwegian Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, with a population of 2,000. |
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