It was SV who made the comment that the wording in the criminal code section 184 must be changed, and the proposal has now received support of the majority in the justice committee in the Norwegian Parliament.
the Majority agrees that the provision in the criminal code is problematic set up against freedom of expression. The committee has therefore been set on a decision where the Parliament asks the government propose to remove the provision that’s about to act fornærmelig to a representative of a foreign state..
I don’t see a single reason to have a separate law against insulting the representatives of a foreign state. There is a difference between violence, hate speech and racism, which always is and should be prohibited, and that to offend anyone, said the socialist left Bård Vegar Solhjell when the bill was promoted in the spring.
Poems led to a diplomatic crisis
the Issue became topical after the German comedian Jan Böhmermann in addition to a satiredikt on TV aimed towards Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Turkey took the matter very seriously, and the poem sparked a diplomatic crisis between the two countries that ended with the German ministry of foreign affairs received a diplomatic note. Turkey demanded that the samfunnsrefsende satirist was to be punished for having violated the president. There was also the opportunity to according to the German criminal code.
In the aftermath of this case had also Spectator of a competition where the goal was to offend Erdogan. In fact, it was Boris Johnson, who is now foreign minister in the Uk who won the competition with the following poem:
“There was a young fellow from Ankara, Who was a terrific wankerer. Till he sowed his wild oats, With the help of a goat, But he didn’t even stop two thankera”.
Also, the Norwegian legislation has so far had a similar provision. According to the law, one could be punished with imprisonment of up to one year by acting “fornærmelig” to a representative of a foreign state.
Should not be protected against insults
Thus, it is in theory possible for Norwegian comedians to be punished for harselere with representatives of other countries, has ytringsfrihetsekspert Anine Kierulf pointed out.
the Paragraph was passed, when the new criminal code entered into force in the last year. Now get A green light for it to away.
– that someone representing a foreign state, commit ourselves in various ways, as a nation, but it should not provide a special protection against abusive statements, called in the bill.
Need via Government
Even though the SV has got the rest of the party with him on this, it will take some time before the provision to be changed. The reason is that the majority of the committee, including the coalition parties, want the case to be by the Government first.
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