Iver Ørstavik
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Iver Ørstavik
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Senior Adviser at Rafto Foundation for Human Rights, Bergen, Norway. Philosopher by education. Opinions sometimes my own, never someone else's.
EUROPE AFTER AMERICA

The US is cutting off all aid and intelligence assistance Ukraine in order to pressure Ukrainians and other Europeans in general to accept an agreement on Russian and American terms. 1
March 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
ON THE EDGE

The ongoing moves suggest destruction of US constitutional democracy is the main plan.

Without executive officials loyal to the Constitution and the courts, there is nothing the latter can do.

Words a heartbeat or the ever lower hurdle of the 25th Amendment away from the President:
January 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
This is a fellow citizen you should listen to. Keep your X account if only to follow @rumeliobserver
December 22, 2024 at 12:09 AM
The brutal force applied to suppress democratic dissent in Georgia must stop immediately!
humanrightshouse.org/statements/g...
December 5, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Safely beyond the reach of any conceiveable Russian conquest, Olaf Scholz campaigns on the pledge that he will coldly watch his neighbor being crushed before he assumes any risk on behalf of Germany?
December 1, 2024 at 4:22 PM
And Norway is probably the only country in Europe with access to substantial funds without sacrifizing welfare or investments? A fundamental failure as the bells are tolling for us.
November 24, 2024 at 11:12 AM
Kashmiri human rights defender #KhurramParvez have wrongfully incarcerated for three years. His arrest is a deliberate act of reprisal for his work documenting severe human rights violations in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
fidh.org/en/region/asia…#FreeKhurramParvezez
@fidh_en
November 22, 2024 at 6:27 PM
Vladimir Kara-Murza is still alive & speaks truth to power from Prison Colony No. 7 "[I]n our Orwellian reality, the law enforcement and judicial system is not interested in those who commit war crimes but in those who speak out about them, who try to stop them." washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/…
April 3, 2024 at 8:46 PM
I know people will intuitively dismiss me when I recommend them to doubt their intuition. (I said it but I think he could have.)
March 28, 2024 at 12:40 PM