People who send the hate speech of July 22 can get prison sentences – NRK Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country

After Aftenposten magazine A wrote a few days ago about several AUFs who have been and are exposed to hate speech and death threats, the Hatkrim group seizes the Oslo police.

to AUF who survived Utøya on July 22, 2011.

– Many of these messages are very harsh and pure death threats, according to the head of the Hatkrim group, Monica Lillebakken, in the police of Oslo, in Aftenposten

– May be a prison sentence

Frode Elgesem was an assistant assistant coordinator during the trial against Anders Behring Breivik in 2012. He is happy that hate speech is followed and continued

– it is the clearest way the company can report, he writes in an email to NRK

In addition, he believes that it is important to report and deal with the extent of the problem with these issues in the light.

– It is important that those who are against

How bad is sending hate messages?

– Hat messages may be affected by multiple penalties. The severity of the punishment will depend on the severity of the problem. There may be imprisonment penalties, but these are often fines, says Elgesem

.

Many AUFs who received hate speech never reported it to the police. Because they had the general opinion that the police submits such cases, it appears in the magazine's article A.

This is also where the police reads for the first time the content of some hate messages sent to members of the AUF. survived Utøya. Now the police want to investigate whether these messages are punishable.

– It is important to emphasize the magnitude of this type of crime, "says Lillebakken in Aftenposten.

The Hatkrim group of police think that there are big black numbers It is hate crime. It's something they want to focus on and now ask to send the hate speech received by AUF members.

– The police are working to bring down the dark numbers, which we suppose are big in terms of hate crime. We want to know if there are any criminal offenses which have not been reported and which should be reported, says the head of the Hatkrim group, Monica Lillebakken in Aftenposten

Lillebakken points out that the threats, the contents discriminatory and hateful have nothing to do with freedom of expression.

Lawyer Frode Elgesem believes that it is important that he also become a beacon of what it means for a young person who has been exposed to hateful and threatening messages.

– The generation of July 22 has some very well-behaved animals but many important experiences. He must keep them with us in politics and make sure that young people are not scared off by greater political involvement, he writes.

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