Erik Ribsskog
<eribsskog@gmail.com>
Regarding help from Amnesty
Erik Ribsskog
<eribsskog@gmail.com>
Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 4:31 PM
To:
SCT@amnesty.org.uk
Cc:
amnestyis <amnestyis@amnesty.org>, EUteam@amnesty.org
Hi,
First you, (a person named John Hook at your UK-department), advice me to contact the Sivilombudsmannen.
Then you say that your knowledge is limited to UK-stuff.
Please escalate to your complaint-manager.
Erik Ribsskog
Dear Erik Ribsskog,
Thank you for your e-mail.
We are very sorry that the Sivilombudsmannen
weren’t able to help you.
Please note that while we try our best
to direct individual queries to other organisations who might be able to
help, we are unable to guarantee that they will be able to provide the
relevant assistance.
Moreover, it should be noted that Amnesty
International UK is based in the UK, our knowledge is limited to
groups in this country. As noted in previous correspondence from my colleagues,
it would be best to conduct your queries
in Norway to find the appropriate organisations.
Kind regards,
Philip Lim
Amnesty International UK
17-25 New Inn Yard
London
EC2A 3EA
Tel: 020 7033 1777
Email: sct@amnesty.org.uk
Amnesty
Hi,
you at Amnesty have adviced me to contact the Sivilombudsmannen.
But the Sivilombudsmannen isn’t doing his job.
E.g. the Norwegian Embassy in London, have stopped replying
to me, and the Sivilombudsmannen said I had to be content, since the Foreign
Ministry in Oslo, replied to me.
Also, the Sivilombudsmannen ignores that ministers like Kristin Halvorsen
in Norway, and her ministry ‘Kunnskapsdepartementet’, (Ministry of Knowledge),
ignores my correspondence, and doesn’t reply to me.
Also other ministries are involved.
The Sivilombudsmannen is useless, he doesn’t do his job at all.
You at Amnesty have adviced me to contact him.
I want to complain about this poor advice.
How can you advice people to contact useless organisations like Sivilombudsmannen?
Erik Ribsskog
On Fri, Nov 2, 2007 at 12:06 PM, <SCT@amnesty.org.uk>
wrote:
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.
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
<
eribsskog@gmail.com>
30/10/2007 00:48
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:
torture, and other forms of cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment;
“disappearances”;
and asylum seekers;
in armed conflicts;
all political 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
<
eribsskog@gmail.com>
26/10/2007 02:47
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/
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
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