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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Defiantly principled: Breivik v Norway
A survivor of Anders Behring Breivik's mass murder supports recent court verdict that the Norwegian state has...
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Published in: HomeIn search of the spider in Anders Behring Breivik's web
For months we searched for the Norwegian terrorist’s most prominent supporter. Our hunt ended in a suburb in South...
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Published in: HomeThe new wave of counter-terrorism
The FREE Initiative aims to prevent and counter far-right extremism across Europe by creating a platform for...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?The human face
What are the human impacts of far-right extremism? Hear perspectives from a survivor of far-right violence and a...
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Published in: HomeRecovering from terror
A year on from the Anders Behring Breivik's terrorist attacks on Norway, Marte Christensen conducted a series of...
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Published in: HomeSomething rotten in the kingdom of Norway
At the end of his trial, the terrorist Anders Behring Breivik was deemed sufficiently sane to be imprisoned. But the...
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Published in: HomeTrilogy of tragedy
Three texts taken together invoke Norway’s darkest day in peacetime.
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Published in: HomeNorway’s democratic example
The process and result in the trial of Anders Breivik are a vindication of Norway’s liberal democracy and a lesson...
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Published in: openSecurityBreivik court verdict: security lessons?
Now that the legal question of Anders Breivik’s sanity has been resolved it should be possible to focus more closely...
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Published in: HomeLegal insanity - look to Norway?
The Norwegian penal law is one of the very few in the world that adheres to what is referred to as the medical...
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Published in: HomeJustice is just a word
This Friday, Norwegian terrorist Anders Behring Breivik hears his verdict. It will do little to console the wreckage...
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Published in: HomeOne year after terrorism struck Norway: taking stock
Key figures in the Norwegian media have acted on the assumption that open confrontation with right-wing bloggers and...
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Published in: HomeBreivik and the Norwegian immigration debate
There is a limit to how much you can learn about moderates by looking at extremists. And if you stop noticing the...
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Published in: openSecurityFailing to take far right violence seriously
The threat of far right terrorism and political violence ought to be taken at least as seriously as the radical...
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Published in: HomeNotes from the Editor-in-Chief
Our Editor-in-Chief launches a new front page feature. His first note reflects on Norway's past year and the need...
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Published in: HomeNorway - one year after: an open wound
Populist right-wing politicians expressing extreme views on immigration, Islam and Muslims, have in general been...
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Published in: HomeThe power of hate and the potential of Norway
Before 9/11, I hardly knew or saw anyone who wore a hijab or a long beard. Over the past decade, this has changed,...
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Published in: HomeNorway's trial, and a democratic lesson
The legal procedure in the case of Anders Behring Breivik, the perpetrator of the Norwegian massacre of July 2011,...
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Published in: HomeNorway's atrocity: a story of non-impact
The immediate reactions to the terrorist attack in Oslo in July 2011 were both politicised and inaccurate. The...
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Published in: HomeHeart Against Stone: the story of a survivor from Utøya
This excerpt is the first English translation of a remarkable account of the experience of one of the young...