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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Norway imprisons children from fifteen years old. They mostly serve their time in prison in cells together with grown up hard core criminals. According to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Children, children are not to share a prison cell with grown up's. Story availible trought journalist Charlotte Bergløff. Photos: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Heavily armed police guards a public school in the outskirts of the Pattani province. The situation changed dramatically for the pepole when the militants started targeting the children. Thailand is struggling to keep up appearances as the land of smiles has to face up to its troubled south. Since 2004 more than 3500 people have been killed and 4000 wounded in a war we never hear about. In the early hours of January 4th 2004 more than 50 armed men stormed a army weapons depot in Narathiwat taking assault rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers, pistols, rocket-propelled grenades and other ammunition. Arsonists simultaneously attacked 20 schools and three police posts elsewhere in Narathiwat. The raid marked the start of the deadliest period of armed conflict in the century-long insurgency. Despite some 30,000 Thai troops being deployed in the region, the shootings, grenade attacks and car bombings happen almost daily, with 90 per cent of those killed being civilians. 24.09.07. Photo: Christopher Olssøn
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  • Heavily armed police guards outside the remainings of the Datoa school. The children are sitting outside under the trees because the school building has been burned down by the militia just two weeks before. Thailand is struggling to keep up appearances as the land of smiles has to face up to its troubled south. Since 2004 more than 3500 people have been killed and 4000 wounded in a war we never hear about. In the early hours of January 4th 2004 more than 50 armed men stormed a army weapons depot in Narathiwat taking assault rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers, pistols, rocket-propelled grenades and other ammunition. Arsonists simultaneously attacked 20 schools and three police posts elsewhere in Narathiwat. The raid marked the start of the deadliest period of armed conflict in the century-long insurgency. Despite some 30,000 Thai troops being deployed in the region, the shootings, grenade attacks and car bombings happen almost daily, with 90 per cent of those killed being civilians. 24.09.07. Photo: Christopher Olssøn
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  • Children playing football in a parkinglot in Baktapur, a former maoist stronghold and the homecity of the maoist leader Prachanda. April 10th 2008 the historic Consistuent assembly elections took place in Nepal, putting an end to a centuries of monarchy. The assembly will form a new constitution and abolish the monarchy and King Gyanendras rule. The big question remains if the new maoist led government will be a positive or a negative factor in a country that recently emerged from a decade of civilwar. Photo: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Ada Sophie Austergaard, mother of Stine Sofie who was brutally raped and killed by to teenagers in Baneheia nearby Kristiansand in Norway may 19th 2000. Photo: Christopher Olssøn/littleimagebank
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  • Ada Sophie Austergaard, mother of Stine Sofie who was brutally raped and killed by to teenagers in Baneheia nearby Kristiansand in Norway may 19th 2000. Photo: Christopher Olssøn/littleimagebank
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  • Ada Sophie Austergaard, mother of Stine Sofie who was brutally raped and killed by to teenagers in Baneheia nearby Kristiansand in Norway may 19th 2000. Photo: Christopher Olssøn/littleimagebank
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  • Ada Sophie Austergaard, mother of Stine Sofie who was brutally raped and killed by to teenagers in Baneheia nearby Kristiansand in Norway may 19th 2000. Photo: Christopher Olssøn/littleimagebank
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  • Ada Sophie Austergaard, mother of Stine Sofie who was brutally raped and killed by to teenagers in Baneheia nearby Kristiansand in Norway may 19th 2000. Photo: Christopher Olssøn/littleimagebank
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  • Ada Sophie Austergaard, mother of Stine Sofie who was brutally raped and killed by to teenagers in Baneheia nearby Kristiansand in Norway may 19th 2000. Photo: Christopher Olssøn/littleimagebank
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  • Ada Sophie Austergaard, mother of Stine Sofie who was brutally raped and killed by to teenagers in Baneheia nearby Kristiansand in Norway may 19th 2000. Photo: Christopher Olssøn/littleimagebank
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  • Ada Sophie Austergaard, mother of Stine Sofie who was brutally raped and killed by to teenagers in Baneheia nearby Kristiansand in Norway may 19th 2000. Photo: Christopher Olssøn/littleimagebank
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  • Life goes as usual in Kathmandu during the elections. The policeforces geared up for massive riots, but none erupted. April 10th 2008 the historic Consistuent assembly elections took place in Nepal, putting an end to a centuries of monarchy. The assembly will form a new constitution and abolish the monarchy and King Gyanendras rule. The big question remains if the new maoist led government will be a positive or a negative factor in a country that recently emerged from a decade of civilwar. Photo: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Ada Sophie Austergaard, mother of Stine Sofie who was brutally raped and killed by to teenagers in Baneheia nearby Kristiansand in Norway may 19th 2000. Photo: Christopher Olssøn/littleimagebank
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  • Ada Sophie Austergaard, mother of Stine Sofie who was brutally raped and killed by to teenagers in Baneheia nearby Kristiansand in Norway may 19th 2000. Photo: Christopher Olssøn/littleimagebank
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  • Inmates grow empaty and the feeling of reponsibillity threw the care of animals. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • Lunsch break for the prioson guards. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • Nico is originally from Kosovo. He has been living in Norway for quite a few years. He has adopted the extremely norwegian sport of ice bathing, the water is not warmer than 2-4 celcius during the long winter in Norway. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • The fishing vessel used by the detainees. Up to four detainees work on the boat. They occasionally return to the island loaded with crabs and lobsters. Normally they get various kinds of fish. Up to a maximal of 80 kg in total. Each detainee earns about 50 norwegian crowns (Equal to 7 euros) Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • One of the houses where the detainees lives. They have their own kitchens and washing rooms, bathroom with a heating system in the floor, etc. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • Most of the detainees comes from closed prisons in other parts of the country. In these places bodybuilding is very popular, as there is not much else to do. At Bastøy there is a gym, but there are no weights, only ball games etc. As there is more than enough to do outside of physical work. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • The detainees works in the forest mainly with horses, to avoid the destruction of the nature on the island.The farm area is housing a great load of various animals. The detainees are fully responsible for the care of the animals. Each detainee earns about 50 norwegian crowns (Equal to 7 euros) Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • The norwegian flag is rises high over to vessel Foldinferga. It is the ferry transporting the detainees and the workers to Horten city. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • Thorwald has been working in norwegain prisons for ten years, but there is no place like Bastøy. The summer is better than the winter though. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • It is not allowed to have a cellphone on the island, this is one of the very few restictions the detainees has. There is although possible to call from the public phones. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • Children and armed police in the remainings of the Datoa school. It was recently heavily damaged in an arson attack. Thailand is struggling to keep up appearances as the land of smiles has to face up to its troubled south. Since 2004 more than 3500 people have been killed and 4000 wounded in a war we never hear about. In the early hours of January 4th 2004 more than 50 armed men stormed a army weapons depot in Narathiwat taking assault rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers, pistols, rocket-propelled grenades and other ammunition. Arsonists simultaneously attacked 20 schools and three police posts elsewhere in Narathiwat. The raid marked the start of the deadliest period of armed conflict in the century-long insurgency. Despite some 30,000 Thai troops being deployed in the region, the shootings, grenade attacks and car bombings happen almost daily, with 90 per cent of those killed being civilians. 24.09.07. Photo: Christopher Olssøn
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  • Children outside the Norwegian parliament taking photographs of Obamas motorcade passing by. Barack H. Obama recieves the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo. Photo: Christopher Olssøn. 10.12.09.
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  • The inmates at the boathouse are building a new balcony for the summer. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • The farm area is housing a great load of various animals. The detainees are fully responsible for the care of the animals. Each detainee earns about 50 norwegian crowns (Equal to 7 euros) Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • The guards are not many compared to detainees. In some situations the guards are just four. During the night for instance. Sundays the guards and detainees also has lunch and dinner together. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • A child rides a bicycle on the way from school in Datoa village. After the RKK started targeting school children the situation changed dramatically for the population. Thailand is struggling to keep up appearances as the land of smiles has to face up to its troubled south. Since 2004 more than 3500 people have been killed and 4000 wounded in a war we never hear about. In the early hours of January 4th 2004 more than 50 armed men stormed a army weapons depot in Narathiwat taking assault rifles, machine guns, rocket launchers, pistols, rocket-propelled grenades and other ammunition. Arsonists simultaneously attacked 20 schools and three police posts elsewhere in Narathiwat. The raid marked the start of the deadliest period of armed conflict in the century-long insurgency. Despite some 30,000 Thai troops being deployed in the region, the shootings, grenade attacks and car bombings happen almost daily, with 90 per cent of those killed being civilians. 24.09.07. Photo: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • The view from a window in one of the houses where the detainees lives. They have their own kitchens and washing rooms, bathroom with a heating system in the floor, etc. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • The farm area is housing a great load of various animals. The detainees are fully responsible for the care of the animals. Each detainee earns about 50 norwegian crowns (Equal to 7 euros). Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • Life is not too hectic on the small island, but sometimes there are just four guards on the whole facility. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • One of the guards in the prison looks at an instruction for the use of the toilet brush. Bastøy prison is a low security facility situated in the Oslo fjord just about one hour from Oslo. The prison is located on a small island with lots of history. The compound was originally constructed for the service as an orfanage/school for bad kids, the point was to learn the children how to behave. Unfortunately they where abused and some tortured. A dark part of the Norwegian history. .Today it is one of the most cozy prison facilities in the country. .Each detainee is assigned to a job. They work from 08-15, they can choose between working in the kitchen, the carpenter department, the horses department, cows, cleaning, fishing, working with the forest, or the ferry going to Horten (the closest city). During the summer the prison also produce vegetables and fruit in the farm. The detainees even goes to Horten market to sell their salads and tomatoes. All sorts of detainees can come to Bastøy, you meet all kinds of people. Rapists, murderers, bank robbers, financial criminals. Norways most notorious serial killer Arnfinn Nesset, also served here, convicted of murdering 22 elderly people when he was manager of a nursing home in the 1970s. Today it is a prison that is extremely popular among the detainees and the guards.
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  • Flint, Michigan, USA. A crossing guard awaits school children in a residential area in Flint. The state of Michigan once was concidered a promised land, in the era of the american automobile industry adventure. Due to the financial crisis, the state is on the brink of economic and social colapse. Fifty years ago, the city of Detroit was home of two million residents. In 2012 only 700.000 residents remain, and 87 percent of the remaining residents are African Americans. The gap between rich and poor in Detroit are as great as in the Philipines. Photo: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Flint, Michigan, USA. A crossing guard awaits school children in a residential area in Flint. The state of Michigan once was concidered a promised land, in the era of the american automobile industry adventure. Due to the financial crisis, the state is on the brink of economic and social colapse. Fifty years ago, the city of Detroit was home of two million residents. In 2012 only 700.000 residents remain, and 87 percent of the remaining residents are African Americans. The gap between rich and poor in Detroit are as great as in the Philipines. Photo: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad (b 07.07.1956) also known as Mullah Krekar is a Kurd who came to Norway as a refugee from northern Iraq in 1991. <br />
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His wife and four children have Norwegian citizenship, but not Krekar himself. He speaks Kurdish, Arabic, Norwegian and English.<br />
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Krekar was the original leader of the Islamist armed group Ansar al-Islam, which was set up and commanded operations in Kurdistan while he had refugee status in Norway. Krekar claims, however, not to have had knowledge of the various terrorist attacks performed by the group he was leading. <br />
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Since February 2003 he has an expulsion order against him, which is suspended pending Iraqi government guarantees that he will not face torture or execution. Norway is committed to international treaties which prohibit the expulsion of an individual without such a guarantee.<br />
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Authorities in the Kurdish Regional Government have repeatedly asked for him to be extradited from Norway. The death penalty remains on the books in the Kurdistan region. Most death sentences have been changed into life sentences since the Kurdish authorities took power in 1992, the exception being that eleven alleged members of Ansar al-Islam were hanged in the regional capital of Arbil in October 2006. Krekar has as of 8 December 2006 been on the UN terror list, and as of 8 November 2007 been judged by the High Court of Norway as a "danger to national security". Photo: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad (b 07.07.1956) also known as Mullah Krekar is a Kurd who came to Norway as a refugee from northern Iraq in 1991. <br />
<br />
His wife and four children have Norwegian citizenship, but not Krekar himself. He speaks Kurdish, Arabic, Norwegian and English.<br />
<br />
Krekar was the original leader of the Islamist armed group Ansar al-Islam, which was set up and commanded operations in Kurdistan while he had refugee status in Norway. Krekar claims, however, not to have had knowledge of the various terrorist attacks performed by the group he was leading. <br />
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Since February 2003 he has an expulsion order against him, which is suspended pending Iraqi government guarantees that he will not face torture or execution. Norway is committed to international treaties which prohibit the expulsion of an individual without such a guarantee.<br />
<br />
Authorities in the Kurdish Regional Government have repeatedly asked for him to be extradited from Norway. The death penalty remains on the books in the Kurdistan region. Most death sentences have been changed into life sentences since the Kurdish authorities took power in 1992, the exception being that eleven alleged members of Ansar al-Islam were hanged in the regional capital of Arbil in October 2006. Krekar has as of 8 December 2006 been on the UN terror list, and as of 8 November 2007 been judged by the High Court of Norway as a "danger to national security". Photo: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad (b 07.07.1956) also known as Mullah Krekar is a Kurd who came to Norway as a refugee from northern Iraq in 1991. <br />
<br />
His wife and four children have Norwegian citizenship, but not Krekar himself. He speaks Kurdish, Arabic, Norwegian and English.<br />
<br />
Krekar was the original leader of the Islamist armed group Ansar al-Islam, which was set up and commanded operations in Kurdistan while he had refugee status in Norway. Krekar claims, however, not to have had knowledge of the various terrorist attacks performed by the group he was leading. <br />
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Since February 2003 he has an expulsion order against him, which is suspended pending Iraqi government guarantees that he will not face torture or execution. Norway is committed to international treaties which prohibit the expulsion of an individual without such a guarantee.<br />
<br />
Authorities in the Kurdish Regional Government have repeatedly asked for him to be extradited from Norway. The death penalty remains on the books in the Kurdistan region. Most death sentences have been changed into life sentences since the Kurdish authorities took power in 1992, the exception being that eleven alleged members of Ansar al-Islam were hanged in the regional capital of Arbil in October 2006. Krekar has as of 8 December 2006 been on the UN terror list, and as of 8 November 2007 been judged by the High Court of Norway as a "danger to national security". Photo: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad (b 07.07.1956) also known as Mullah Krekar is a Kurd who came to Norway as a refugee from northern Iraq in 1991. <br />
<br />
His wife and four children have Norwegian citizenship, but not Krekar himself. He speaks Kurdish, Arabic, Norwegian and English.<br />
<br />
Krekar was the original leader of the Islamist armed group Ansar al-Islam, which was set up and commanded operations in Kurdistan while he had refugee status in Norway. Krekar claims, however, not to have had knowledge of the various terrorist attacks performed by the group he was leading. <br />
<br />
Since February 2003 he has an expulsion order against him, which is suspended pending Iraqi government guarantees that he will not face torture or execution. Norway is committed to international treaties which prohibit the expulsion of an individual without such a guarantee.<br />
<br />
Authorities in the Kurdish Regional Government have repeatedly asked for him to be extradited from Norway. The death penalty remains on the books in the Kurdistan region. Most death sentences have been changed into life sentences since the Kurdish authorities took power in 1992, the exception being that eleven alleged members of Ansar al-Islam were hanged in the regional capital of Arbil in October 2006. Krekar has as of 8 December 2006 been on the UN terror list, and as of 8 November 2007 been judged by the High Court of Norway as a "danger to national security". Photo: Christopher Olssøn.
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  • Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad (b 07.07.1956) also known as Mullah Krekar is a Kurd who came to Norway as a refugee from northern Iraq in 1991. <br />
<br />
His wife and four children have Norwegian citizenship, but not Krekar himself. He speaks Kurdish, Arabic, Norwegian and English.<br />
<br />
Krekar was the original leader of the Islamist armed group Ansar al-Islam, which was set up and commanded operations in Kurdistan while he had refugee status in Norway. Krekar claims, however, not to have had knowledge of the various terrorist attacks performed by the group he was leading. <br />
<br />
Since February 2003 he has an expulsion order against him, which is suspended pending Iraqi government guarantees that he will not face torture or execution. Norway is committed to international treaties which prohibit the expulsion of an individual without such a guarantee.<br />
<br />
Authorities in the Kurdish Regional Government have repeatedly asked for him to be extradited from Norway. The death penalty remains on the books in the Kurdistan region. Most death sentences have been changed into life sentences since the Kurdish authorities took power in 1992, the exception being that eleven alleged members of Ansar al-Islam were hanged in the regional capital of Arbil in October 2006. Krekar has as of 8 December 2006 been on the UN terror list, and as of 8 November 2007 been judged by the High Court of Norway as a "danger to national security". Photo: Christopher Olssøn.
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