Nightspot loses license because of racism – Dagbladet.no

The club west of Oslo is twice the past two years taken in discrimination testing performed by the City of Oslo, NRK reported Østlandssendingen.

The first time was in 2013 when three people with different ethnicity than Norwegian was rejected, and a year later the same thing happened. When lost instead license in one week.

It’s the first time a club loses its license on the basis of discrimination, and Governing Mayor of Oslo, Stian Berger Røsland (H), said that the Municipality of Oslo look at case as a matter of principle.

– It is a violation of the Alcohol Act and discrimination provisions, and of course not acceptable. When the reaction is that we revoke the license, he said.

The inspection was conducted by two groups of the same age and with the same style of clothing came to the club. One group conceded, while the other, who had another ethnicity, did not, telling Røsland.

(NTB)