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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

To "Erik Ribsskog" <eribsskog@gmail.com> cc Subject 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

To "SCT@amnesty.org.uk" <SCT@amnesty.org.uk> cc Subject 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

To sct@amnesty.org.uk cc Subject 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