On Friday, Dec. 19th, the Justice Ministry sent out a press release headlined: “New Penal code: Better protection against hateful expressions”.
In it Knut Storberget (Labor) explained that the government had finally decided to remove the blasphemy article. What didn’t get as much attention was that the government proposed to expand section 185 against hateful expressions:
“The government will therefore propose to expand article 185 on hateful expressions so that the provision attends to the need for criminal protections against qualified attack on religions and life outlooks.”
“So how did the Norwegian press respond to having freedom of speech curtailed because it can cause conflicts, and that Norwegian law should be changed because some immigrant groups don’t tolerate it like sturdy, Christian and ethnic Norwegians? With almost total silence,” writes journalist Jon Hustad in Dag og Tid in his article “fear of criticism of religion”, which was published Jan. 22. Read more ...
In it Knut Storberget (Labor) explained that the government had finally decided to remove the blasphemy article. What didn’t get as much attention was that the government proposed to expand section 185 against hateful expressions:
“The government will therefore propose to expand article 185 on hateful expressions so that the provision attends to the need for criminal protections against qualified attack on religions and life outlooks.”
“So how did the Norwegian press respond to having freedom of speech curtailed because it can cause conflicts, and that Norwegian law should be changed because some immigrant groups don’t tolerate it like sturdy, Christian and ethnic Norwegians? With almost total silence,” writes journalist Jon Hustad in Dag og Tid in his article “fear of criticism of religion”, which was published Jan. 22. Read more ...
Source: IFPS
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