25 February 2008
14:40
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Re: Fw: Regarding help from Amnesty
From
John.Hook@amnesty.org.uk
To
Erik Ribsskog
Sent
25 February 2008 10:36
Dear Mr Ribsskog
Thank you for your further email. I am very sorry that Amnesty International UK is unable to advise further on your situation.
I hope you are successful in finding some assistance.
John Hook
Supporter Care Team
Amnesty International UK
020-7033-1777
"Erik Ribsskog"
21/02/2008 15:40
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"John.Hook@amnesty.org.uk"
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Re: Fw: Regarding help from Amnesty
Hi,
I might have sent an answer to this e-mail earlier, but I thought I'd send an update now, due to some
problems with the Sivilombudsmannen.
The Sivilombudsmannen, was actually the right place to complain about the government ignoring e-mails and
not answering correspondence.
So I think that was very impressing, that you managed to find the right place in Norway to complain, even
if you are the British department of amnesty, and also the Norwegian department Amnesty was unable to
help me finding the right place in Norway to complain, so I think that was very impressive of the British
department of Amnesty!
But, it seems to me now, that the Sivilombudsmannen, are having some problem with some sort of
corruption there.
(I'm going to send a copy of an e-mail I sent them regarding this).
And it seems like the problems I'm having, are of an urgent nature, so I'm not sure if I have the time to
wait, untill the Sivilombudsmannen, have managed to sort the problems they are having with what
seems to be corruption or some delaying of the complain-procedure etc.
And also, I thought I'd tell you this, in case, even if it's maybe unlikly, that someone else ask you
about problems like this, that you should then maybe think twice, before you recomend the
Sivilombudsmannen again, since it seems that they are a maybe a bit temporarely, not functioning
like they should be, since it seems like they are having some problems with corruption of some sort.
To be honest, I'm not really sure exactly, what the problems really are, because noone have really
told me anything about this, so I have to try to deduct what it is, that is going on.
I'm enclosing a copy of the latest 'teory', regarding what I think could be going on, that I wrote on
You Tube yesterday, I'm going to enclose that in it's own e-mail.
And I'm also going to send a copy of the e-mail I wrote the Sivilombudsmannen today, regarding
the problems there, even if that e-mail is in Norwegian, I have unfortunatly not had the time
to translate it, but I'm sending it anyway, since I'm refering to the e-mail in this e-mail.
So I hope this is alright, and thanks again for the advice regarding who to contact in Norway.
If you have any more advice, by any chance, on who contact, regarding the problems mentioned
in the enclosure, then I think it would be very fine.
I write in the You Tube enclosure, that I hadn't really got any help from Amnesty.
Then I think of the Norwegian and EU-amensty departments.
So sorry that I forgot that I had got help from the British amnesty, regarding the Norwegian
problems.
I should have remembered that when I wrote the You Tube comment.
So sorry about this!
Hope this is alright, and thanks in advance if you by any chance have some more advice on who
to contact regarding the probelms!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
On 11/7/07, John.Hook@amnesty.org.uk <John.Hook@amnesty.org.uk> wrote:
Dear Erik,
Thank you for your further email received yesterday. I did send the following reply (on November 2nd) to your earlier enquiry, which I am now re-sending in case it did not reach you.
With kind regards
John Hook
Supporter Care Team
Amnesty International UK
020-7033-1777
----- Forwarded by John Hook/UK/Amnesty International on 07/11/2007 13:57 -----
SCT
Sent by: John Hook
02/11/2007 12:06
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"Erik Ribsskog" <eribsskog@gmail.com>
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Re: Regarding help from AmnestyLink
Dear Erik
Thank you for your further email. I am sorry that Amnesty International UK is unable to advise on your situation, although I have come up with the following link to the website of the Norwegian Ombudsman, who may be able to help.
http://www.sivilombudsmannen.no/eng/statisk/som.html
I hope you are successful in finding some assistance.
Best wishes
John Hook
Supporter Care Team
Amnesty International UK
Tel: 020 7033 1777
www.amnesty.org.uk
Amnesty International UK
The Human Rights Action Centre
17-25 New Inn Yard
London
EC2A 3EA
"Erik Ribsskog" <eribsskog@gmail.com>
30/10/2007 00:48
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"SCT@amnesty.org.uk" <SCT@amnesty.org.uk>
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Re: Regarding help from Amnesty
Hi,
thank you very much for your answer!
Are you sure that don't getting help when one are in the risk of being executed/sacrificed/tortured, isn't
under the cathegory 'cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment', like you are mentioning in your e-mail?
I also suspect that this case falls under this point: 'ending extra-judicial executions and "disappearances"'.
At least this is how it seems to me, even if these things can be difficult to document sometimes I
guess, at least before it has happened.
But not getting help from the government is a specific human rights violation.
Your Norwegian section, answered me that they can't investigate crime-cases, which was not what I
asked them for advice on at all.
So I don't understand how they could be right, since they didn't even understand the problem.
The problem was lack of help from the Government, and also harassment, probably 'set ups' from the
Government, and that they speculate, in not answering e-mails etc.
And it seem like someone have instructed my bank, not to give me a loan or an overdraft as well.
And the Government isn't informing me on what's goving on, even it's clear to me that I'm followed
by mafia, like I've heard it being said.
And also, even if the company I used to work in is/was full of criminals, I guess mafia/mob, and
the Police are only pretending that nothing is going on, and are keeping me in the dark about all
this.
So without me being an expert on human rights, I can't see it differently, than that the Government
must be breaching my human rights, and I haven't managed to get any help regarding this.
But since you are working with human rights issues, then maybe you know a bit about how to
deal with problems like this, so maybe you could give me some advice regarding who I should
contact, or how should go forward with cases like this?
I understand that you aren't working on cases were human rights are being breached by Governments(?)
And I know that I've already written an e-mail to you regarding this.
But I thought I'd try just once more, to hear if you knew about any organisations who deals with problems
involiving human rights being breached by Governments, in the way I've explained in this e-mail.
Thanks in advance for any help!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog
On 10/29/07, SCT@amnesty.org.uk <SCT@amnesty.org.uk> wrote:
Dear Erik,
Thank you for your email.
However, I'm afraid that the Norwegian Section is correct as the issue you raise does not fall within our mandate.
Amnesty International works on specific human rights violations, and our mission focuses in particular on:
campaigning to abolish the death penalty, torture, and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
ending extra-judicial executions and "disappearances";
protecting the human rights of refugees and asylum seekers;
protecting the human rights of non-combatants in armed conflicts;
working for fair and prompt trials for all political prisoners;
seeking the release of all prisoners of conscience.
Of course there are many other issues of concern around the world, but Amnesty does not have the resources to work on every issue.
The issues we work on are decided by our membership through our internal democratic decision-making processes.
I hope that you may be able to find some assistance from another organisation.
Rachel Armitage
Supporter Care Team
Amnesty International UK
Tel: 020 7033 1777
www.amnesty.org.uk
Amnesty International UK
The Human Rights Action Centre
17-25 New Inn Yard
London
EC2A 3EA
"Erik Ribsskog" <eribsskog@gmail.com>
26/10/2007 02:47
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sct@amnesty.org.uk
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Regarding help from Amnesty
Hi,
I'm a Norwegian living in Britain, and I've been in contact with the Norwegian department of Amnesty,
regarding lack of respect from the Government in connection with human rights issues.
What I've contacted them about, was that the Norwegian Government, (Politidirektoratet/justisdepartementet),
isn't answering my e-mails.
And also the 'Spesialenheten' (the Norwegian equivalent of ipcc), have been using more than six months,
and have still not decided if they are going to investigate my complaint against representatives from
the Norwegian special police 'Kripos', or not.
So it's obvious that they are delaying this.
This might not seem so important, but the point is, that this is in regards to me being followed by organised
criminals or mafia, in both Norway and Britain.
And the point is, that this can lead to people being killed/executed/tortured.
And also, if the police is aware of this, like the Norwegian police are, since I've told them, and still don't help,
maybe they have problems getting evidence against the criminals/mafia, and then hope that they will kill,
so that they will get evidence in that way. (I would call it people sacrifice).
This is how it seems to me that it must have been, or still is, for all that I know.
And I contacted the Norwegian department of Amnesty, earlier this week, but they only said that Amnesty
wasn't dealing with investigating crime.
But that's not at all what I contacted them about, I contaced them about the problem that the Government
are ignoring peoples rights, with the consequense that people can end up murdered/tortured etc.
So I think, since they are working with human-rights issues, on a daily basis, then I can't really understand,
how it could be possible for them to not understand what I was contacting them about.
So I'm a bit worried that something might be wrong in the Norwegian Amnesty department.
And this case is also linked to Britain, so I was wondering if it's right that Amensty aren't dealing with
serious breaches of human rights from Governments.
And also how I should go forward if I wanted to complain about the Norwegian of Amnesty, since it seems to
me that something must be wrong there.
And I think that this would be serious, since I've always thought that Amnesty is an important organisation,
and that you are doing valuable work around the world.
I'm also going to forward you copies of the correspondence I've been having with the Norwegian deparment
of Amnesty regarding this.
I know that they are in Norwegian, but I'm sending them anyway, just for formalitys sake.
I hope that this is alright, and I hope that you have the chance to have a look at this!
Thank you very much for your help in advance!
Yours sincerely,
Erik Ribsskog