Wednesday, September 05, 2007

US dissatisfied with Norway's proposed anti-terror law

Norwegian Justice Minister, Knut Storberget.


US ambassador Benson Whitney.
Photo: Trygve Indrelid
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US officials are urging Norway to toughen up a proposed anti-terror law. While some politicians have reacted angrily to what they consider meddling by the Americans, most others are taking the US lobbying in stride.

Newspaper Aftenposten reported over the weekend that the US ambassador to Norway met with Norway's Justice Minister in June, to discuss the Americans' "interest in the Ministry of Justice's proposed terrorism legislation."

The meeting was followed up last month with a letter from US Ambassador Benson Whitney, to which he attached a five-page, admittedly detailed "summary of observations, comments and questions from experts in Washington who have had the chance to examine the proposed legislation."

The summary, Whitney wrote, was also "shared" with Norway's Foreign Ministry.

In it, the American experts make it clear that they don't think Norway's proposed legislation is tough enough. They criticized the Norwegian government's proposal that it won't be illegal to be a member of a terrorist organization. The Norwegians think penalties should only apply if a suspect can be linked to the planning of a specific terrorist act.

The American experts also don't think proposed rules against fund raising for terrorism are strong enough, and they raised many questions about how Norway would react to such events as hostage-taking, terrorist recruiting and threats.

Justice Minister Knut Storberget of the Labour Party says the Americans themselves took the initiative to express their views. Asked what he thought of the US' objections, he said he believes the proposed Norwegian legislation is "very good and balanced." He made it clear no changes would be made because of the American criticism.

Olav Gunnar Ballo, a member of Parliament for the Socialist Left (SV) party, didn't appreciate the Americans' input in the Norwegian legislative process. "I think Americans would have reacted as well, if Norway's ambassador in Washington had written a letter to American authorities and said they shouldn't go so far in their own terror laws," Ballo said.

Storberget, whose Labour Party shares government power with SV, said he had no problems with the US initiative. Representatives from the Center Party, the Conservatives and the Progress Party had no problems, either. Elisabeth Aspaker of the Conservatives said it was "important that we learn from those in other countries, so that the law won't be worthless before it's passed."

Aftenposten English Web Desk
Nina Berglund/NTB


Tuesday, September 04, 2007

DISASTER IN THE OFFING?


Seemingly oblivious to the ominous-looking crack developing right beneath them, a couple of pedestrians nonchalantly walk across the bridge along Sam Nujoma Road just out of Ubungo in Dar es Salaam yesterday. Picture from ThisDay, Tuesday 04.09.2007


UGONJWA MPYA : Uumbuajiasis Viongozitanzanialitis Hadharanum

Ugonjwa uliomuua Amina!

Ugonjwa huu mpya ambao aliugua Bi. Chifupa na uliosababisha mauti
yake kwa jina la kitaalamu hujulikana kama Uumbuajiasis Viongozitanzanialitis Hadharanum.Ugonjwa huu unatokana na kufuatilia mambo ya serikali na viongozi kwa karibu kiasi cha kutaka kuweka ubovu wao hadharani.

Dalili kubwa za ugonjwa huu ni hizi:
a. Kupenda nchi zaidi kuliko chama

b. Kuwa tayari kutetea mali ya Taifa na kuilinda mali hiyo

c. Kutoogopa yatakayokukuta
karibu
d. Kuanza kuweka hadharani ubovu na siri za viongozi hasa kwa jamaa yako wa karibu
e. Kutosikiliza ushauri wa kutakiwa kukaa kimya na wakubwa wako
f. Kuwa kimbelembele kuzungumza na kukemea maovu kila upatapo nafasi

g. Kuwa mtetezi wa Katiba na mkosoaji wa jamii
h. Kutolegeza msimamo hadi kifo.

Maambukizi:
Ugonjwa huu unaambukiza watu wachache kwani watu wengi wameshapatiwa kinga yake. Kwa wale wanaombukizwa wanafanya hivyo zaidi kwa kusoma habari za ufisadi, rushwa, na ubadhirifu katika serikali yao. Kwa
kupitia
mitandao, vitabu, na vyombo vya habari virusi vya ugonjwa huu vinajipenyeza katika akili za watu na kusababisha kusisimka kwa ubongo. Wale waliombukizwa ugonjwa huu hujikuta wakitafuta habari za kila namna na kushiriki mijadala yenye kutafakari mustakabali wa Taifa lao.

Kinga:
Ugonjwa huu kinga yake kubwa hujulikana kwa kitaalamu kama Mrungura. Kinga hii hutolewa kwa wale wote wenye kuanza kuonesha dalili za kukumbwa na ugonjwa huu. Kinga hii huwekwa kwenye mabenki na maofisi mbalimbali ili kuzuia viongozi wakubwa wasipatwe na virusi vya ugonjwa huu. Kinga hii pia hufanya kazi kwa wale walioanza kuonesha dalili kama kina Phillip Marmo, Chrisant Mzindakaya n.k Pindi mtu akishapatiwa kinga hii HAWEZI kuipinga serikali!

Tiba:
Hadi hivi sasa ugonjwa huu hauna tiba ya uhakika kwani wale ambao wameshaugua kwa muda mrefu hawako tayari kutibiwa kwani wanaona wanaishi vizuri tu na ugonjwa huu.

Karantini:
Pindi baadhi ya wakubwa wakiona kuna mtu ambaye amefikia hatua ya juu kabisa ya ugonjwa huu basi kwa mbinu wanazozijua wenyewewanamkarantini, na wakati mwingine anakuwa katika hali hiyo ya kutengwa hadi kifo ili asiendelee kuwaambukiza watu wengine. Jihadhari: Kwa vile ugonjwa huu ni wa hatari, watu wabadhirifu, wezi wa mali ya umma, walaghai, na mafisadi hawawezi kuustahimili. Ugonjwa huu ni kinyume kabisa na watu hawa hivyo kama hutaki kuambuzizwa hakikisha unaendelea kujikita katika katika vitendo viovu vya kuharibu mali za umma na kuivunja vunja nchi huku ukishiriki katika kumegeana hadhina ya Taifa. Kwa vile ugonjwa huu unaendelea kuambukiza taratibu, kuna kila dalili hapo
ulipo UNAISHI NA MWATHIRIKA.

Kutoka (Jumanne 04.09.2007):
darcity@yahoogroups.com


Monday, September 03, 2007



Kampuni inayochapisha magazeti ya udaku kama Ukweli na Uwazi, Amani, Ijumaa, Risasi iko mtandaoni. Bofya hapa :

http://www.globalpublisherstz.com



Sherehe Ya Arusi Yenye Tofauti! Toka kwa Maggid Mjengwa

Maggid Mjengwa ni huyo mwenye nywele fupi, anayeangaliwa na bwana na bibi harusi.













Naam! Wanakijiji wenzangu, picha zinajieleza zenyewe. Bado nina picha nyingi, hata hivyo, naona hizi zinatosha kwa sasa. Ambazo hamkuziona zitabaki kwenye maktaba ya kijiji. Natumaini, hata kama hamkuwepo harusini, mmeweza kuwa pamoja na dada yetu DaMija kupitia picha hizi. Hakika, ilikuwa ni shughuli ya mwanablogu mwenzetu, mwanakijiji mwenzetu, hivyo basi, ni shughuli ya kijiji. Na ndio maana ya kupewa upendeleo huu usio wa kawaida hapa kijijini kwetu. Kwa mara nyingine tena, kwa niaba ya wanakijiji wote, tunawatakia DaMija na mwenza wake katika maisha, shemeji David Manju, kila la kheri katika maisha yao ya ndoa. Asanteni!

Asante Ndg. Maggid Mjengwa kwa picha nzuri. Kweli ilikuwa harusi ya aina ya pekee!!!

http://mjengwa.blogspot.com/


Norwegian television goes digital.


Norway's new digital television distribution network the so-called "ground net",will open on Saturday. Rogaland is the first region to go digital.

The network, RiksTV, is operated by Norges Televisjon (NTV), which is owned by Telenor, NRK and TV 2.

To be able to receive the digital signals you need a decoder, whch is incerted between the antenna and the TV set.

If you receive your present TV signals from a cable network or satellite, you will not be affected.

The county of Rogaland will receive the digital signals from September 1st.

Oestfold, Oslo, Akershus, Buskerud, Vestfold, Telemark, Hordaland, Moere og Romsdal, Sogn og Fjordane, Hedmark, Oppland og Soer-Troendelag will all be covered by the new network by the end of this year.

In Aust-Agder, Vest-Agder, Nord-Troendelag, Nordland, Troms og Finnmark the network opens in 2008.

The old analogue network will not be closed down until six months after the new network opens in your region, ending with Finnmark in November 2009.

Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK)

Besta kwenye Fiesta ya wana wa idodomya


Msanii wa bongofleva Besta a.k.a Shakila wetu wa Bongo kama ambavyo baadhi ya wakazi wa Dodoma walivyompachika jina hilo ati kutokana na kujiachia sana mauno, alizikonga nyoyo za wana idodomya vilivyo. Kutoka http://michuzijr.blogspot.com/

Shangweka ilikuwa ya kufa mtu ndani ya ukumbi wa Jamhuri Dodoma, kila wakati mikono haikusita kuwekwa hewani mara wakunwapo na masanii yeyote aliyepanda jukwaani.


Ushindi wa Richa Miss Tanzania 2007 wapingwa


Imetolewa mara ya mwisho: 03.09.2007 1023 EAT

Na Mwandishi Wetu

USHINDI wa mnyange mwenye asili ya Kihindi, Richa Adhia aliyetwaa taji la Miss Tanzania 2007 na kurithi mikoba ya Miss Tanzania 2006, Wema Sepetu, umepingwa na wadau mbalimbali wa fani ya ulimbwende nchini.


Richa anayeshikilia taji la Miss Kinondoni 2007, aliibuka kidedea katika shindano lililofanyika Dar es Salaam juzi usiku, akiwapiga kumbo wanyange wenzake 25 waliopanda jukwaani kuwania taji hilo.

Hata hivyo, baada ya Richa kutangazwa mshindi, mashabiki wengi waliinuka vitini kwa hasira wakiguna kupinga ushindi wake huku Miss Tanzania 1999, Hoyce Temu akiporomosha kilio kutokana na kuwa na uchungu zaidi akipinga ushindi wa mrembo huyo.



Hoyce Temu akiporomosha kilio kutokana na kuwa na uchungu zaidi akipinga ushindi wa mrembo huyo. Picha kutoka gazeti "Ijumaa"
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Wadau wengi wa fani ya urembo walisikika wakipiga kelele na kulalamika kwamba 'Mhindi' huyo hastahili kuiwakilisha Tanzania katika mashindano ya Miss World 2007 yanayotarajiwa kufanyika Sanya, China Desemba Mosi mwaka huu.

Mkurugenzi wa Kamati ya Miss Tanzania, Hashimu Lundenga alipoulizwa kuhusu ushindi wa mrembo huyo kupingwa na wadau wengi wa fani ya ulimbwende, alisema ni uamuzi wa majaji na anaona wako sahihi. Jaji Mkuu alikuwa Miss World 2001, Agbani Darego kutoka Nigeria aliyemtangaza mshindi.

Katika kinyang'anyiro hicho, Lilian Abel pia kutoka Kinondoni akishika nafasi ya pili na kuambulia sh. milioni 5.5 na Queen David ambaye ni Miss Temeke 2007 aliambulia nafasi ya tatu na kuzawadiwa sh. milioni 3.5.

Wengine walioingia tano bora ni Hadija Sula kutoka Kanda ya Ziwa na Victoria Martin kutoka Kanda ya Kaskazini aliyetwaa taji la Balozi wa Redd's lililokuwa likishikiliwa na Jokate Mwegelo. Kila mmoja alipata sh. milioni 2.5.

Wanyange wengine waliotinga kumi bora ni Gladness Katega, Marietha Richard, Cecilia Charles, Latifa Warioba na Neema Khatibu ambao kila mmoja alipata sh. milioni 1.2. Ambao hawakufika hatua hiyo kila mmoja alipata kufuta jasho cha sh. 600,000.

Kwa kutwaa taji hilo, Richa alizawadiwa kitita cha sh. milioni 8 na gari aina ya Toyota RAV 4. Pia mnyange, Helga Tarimo kutoka Kanda ya Ziwa alitwaa taji la Miss Popularity.

Mashindano hayo yalianza kwa burudani iliyopambwa na wanenguaji wa bendi ya African Stars 'Twanga Pepeta Original' kucheza sebene, ikafuata 'shoo' ya warembo kisha kupita jukwaani kwa mavazi ya ufukweni na ubunifu.

Burudani pia ilipambwa na kundi la Tanzania House of Talent (THT) na mwanamuziki kutoka Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, Felix Wazekwa aliyeshindwa kukonga nyoyo za mashabiki.

Wanyange wengine waliowahi kutwaa taji la Miss Tanzania tangu mwaka 1994 ni Aina Maeda (1994), Emily Adolf (1995), Shose Sinare (1996), Said Kessy (1997), Basila Mwanukuzi (1998), Hoyce Temu (1999), Jacqueline Ntuyabaliwe (2000), Happiness Magese (2001), Angela Damas (2002), Sylvia Bahame (2003), Faraja Kotta (2004), Nancy Sumary (2005) na Wema Sepetu (2006).

Wadau mnasemaje?

Sunday, September 02, 2007


RICHA ADHIA NDIYE MISS TANZANIA 2007

Kutoka kushoto kwenda kulia: Queen David (mshindi wa pili), Miss TZ 2007 Richa Adhia na mshindi wa tatu Lilian Abel (kulia)


Miss popularity 2007 Helga Tarimo aliyebeba taji hilo na
kitita cha milioni 5 kesh. Nyuma yake wanafuata
Richa na anayebeba shela ni Lilian Abel.



Washindi wa tatu bora wa kwanza walibahatika kupata picha na Simba wa vita Mzee Rashidi Mfaume Kawawa na mkewe. Shoto ni mshindi wa pili Queen David, Miss TZ 2007 Richa Adhia na mshindi wa tatu Lilian Abel. Ikumbukwe Richa na Lilian walitokea Miss Kinondoni ambako nako walishika nafasi hizo hizo. Queen ni malkia wa Temeke.


Muhidin Issa Michuzi na Miss Tanzania 2007.
Jumamosi, Septemba Mosi, 2007


Miss world 2001 Agbani Derago ndiye aliyekuwa jaji mkuu
katika Miss TZ 2007 pamoja na
Miss TZ 2000 Jacquiline Ntuyabaliwe a.k.a K-Lynn


RICHA ADHIA NDIYE MISS TANZANIA 2007 BAADA YA KUIBUKA KIDEDEA USIKU HUU KWENYE FAINALI ZA VODACOM MISS TZ PALE LIDAZ KLABU. MSHINDI WA PILI NI LILIAN ABEL AMBAYE KAMA RICHA KATOKEA WILAYA YA KINONDONI. WA TATU NI QUEEN DAVID AMBAYE NI MISS TEMEKE. TAJI LA BALOZI WA REDDDS AMBASSADOR LIMENYAKULIWA NA VICTORIA MARTIN AMBAYE NI MISS TANGA NA MISS KANDA KASKAZINI. HII NIMARA YA KWANZA TOKA MISS TZ IFUFUKE MWAKA 1994 KWA MBONGOMWENYE ASILI YA KIASIA KUNYAKUA TAJI HILO.


Picha na habari kutoka: http://issamichuzi.blogspot.com/

Risha interview after she won Miss Kinondoni:

http://bongocelebrity.com/2007/07/12/i-am-proudly-
tanzanian-miss-kinondoni-07/#more-73



Stars yainyoa Uganda moja


Mashabiki wa timu ya taifa ya soka "Taifa Stars"


Taifa Stars


Timu ya taifa ya Uganda "The Cranes"


Patashika kati ya Taifa Stars na the Cranes


Mashabiki kibao walijaza uwanja mpya wa soka jijini Dar.



Hata watoto nao walikuwepo "Neshno Stedium"
Picha zote zimepigwa na Muhidin Issa Michuzi


Uwanja mpya wa taifa. Wadau mnasemaje ukiitwa
Ben Stadium? Kwa heshima wa Rais Mtahafu, Benjamin
William Mkapa? Kwani aliahidi kuwa angejenga uwanja
wa kisasa kabla ya kwisha uongozi wake, na alitimiza ahadi.

Picha zote na habari za juu toka:
http://issamichuzi.blogspot.com/


2007-09-02 11:00:58
By Jimmy Charles

Bao pekee liliwekwa kimiani na kiungo mshambuliaji, Abdi Kassim `Babi` jana liliitoa kimasomaso timu ya taifa ya Tanzania, Taifa Stars, katika mchezo wa kimataifa wa kirafiki dhidi ya Yosso wa Uganda, The Cranes, uliofanyika kwenye uwanja mpya na wa kisasa jijini Dar es Salaam.

Bao hilo liliwekwa kimiani na `Babi` katika dakika ya 54 katika mchezo huo wa kuiandaa Stars kupambana na Msumbiji utakaofanyika Jumamosi ijayo jijini Dar es Salaam kusaka tiketi ya kwenda Ghana mwakani kucheza fainali za Mataifa ya Afrika.

Abdi alifunga bao hilo kwa shuti kali akiwa nje ya 18 baada ya kugongeana vizuri na Said Maulid na Haruna Moshi, katika mchezo huo uliokuwa na kila aina ya burudani.

Mchezo huo mbali na kuipima Stars kabla ya kukwaana na Msumbiji, Black Mambas, pia ulikuwa maalum kwa ajili ya kuuzindua uwanja huo mpya wenye uwezo wa kuchukua watazamaji 60,000 waliokaa.

Hata hivyo, washambuliaji wa Stars kama wangekuwa makini wangeweza kuibuka na ushindi wa mabao mengi, lakini licha ya kupata nafasi nyingi walishindwa kufunga mabao kufuatia kutokuwa makini.

Stars: Ivo Mapunda, Mecky Mexime, Amir Maftah, Nadir Haroub, Salum Swed, Henry Joseph, Nizar Khafan, Shabaan Nditi, Haruna Moshi, Said Maulid na Abdi Kassim.

Uganda: Hannington Kalyesubula, Simon Masaba, Richard Malinga, Peter Makanga, Musa Doka, Johnson Bagole, Daniel Wagaluka, Patrich Ochieng, Yuda Mgalu, Hamis Kitagenda na Mike Seruma.

  • SOURCE: Lete Raha

Saturday, September 01, 2007

Huyu ni shabiki nambari one wa soka


Huyu ni shabiki nambari one wa soka nchini Tanzania.
Mzee Magoma Moto akihamasiha watu kuishangilia
timu ya taifa Taifa Stars Septembe 8
itakapochuana na Msumbiji jijini Dar es Salaam.


Neema ya Taifa Stars na Muhidin Issa Michuzi

Wadau wengi wametumia ubunifu kutengeneza mekandazi za timu ya taifa na kupata faida kubwa siku ya mechi kama ya leo. Hiyo skafu alfu tano, bendera jero na kofia tembo.

Kutoka kwenye: http://issamichuzi.blogspot.com/


Fight against grand corruption: A losing battle?

LEFT TO RIGHT: The Minister of State in the President`s Office
responsible for Good Governance, Philip Marmo;
the outgoing US ambassador to Tanzania, Michael Retzer;
and the PCCB director-general, Edward Hosea.
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-New report questions government resolve, commitment

THISDAY REPORTER, Friday 31st August 2007
Dar es Salaam

A RESPECTED international economic and business think-tank has raised serious concerns about Tanzania’s commitment and willingness to fight and remove high-level internal corruption despite recently passing new anti-graft legislation ostensibly aimed at strengthening this stated resolve.

Both the government as an institution and the state-run Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau (PCCB) were singled out for separate scything criticism over what is widely considered a disappointing performance so far in cracking down on grand corruption.

’’There are concerns about the government’s commitment to fighting corruption,’’ says the globally- esteemed, London-based Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in its latest country report for Tanzania released this month.

The EIU report continues: ’’Although measures such as the passing of the Prevention of Corruption Act give the impression that the government is taking action on this issue - an image that the president is keen to cultivate - there are doubts about the effectiveness of the legislation and the government’s true willingness to address high-level corruption.’’

And this view was echoed in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday evening by the outgoing US ambassador to Tanzania, Michael Retzer, who once again publicly expressed his reservations at the little progress made in curbing grand corruption in the country.

In farewell remarks to the local media, Retzer noted that ’’the PCCB and the public prosecutor (director of public prosecutions DPP) have so far caught a few small fish - but I would suggest to you that there are more than a few large fish, perhaps even sharks in this pond of corruption.’’

’’I would encourage the president to renew the vigour that he demonstrated as he began his term as president to tackle this corruption,’’ the outgoing envoy added, while also once again calling for the PCCB to be given full autonomy to go about its business.

Said Retzer: ’’I think the concept of the Prevention and Combating of Corruption Bureau is a good one, but only if it is a truly independent agency able to investigate corruption wherever it finds it.’’

Various critics have especially alluded to the apparent failure of the PCCB to investigate and prosecute influential people in government, both past and present, implicated in various serious allegations of corruption.

According to Retzer, the Tanzanian print media has been ’’doing an excellent job of investigating corruption.’’

He said in the US, freedom of the press protected by the country’s constitution had helped keep the government honest. ’’Certainly my country has investigated governors, senators and congressmen. Many have resigned and some have gone to jail,’’ he said, suggesting that Tanzania could take a cue from the US.

Stating that it was time for the ’’sharks of corruption to be caught and brought flopping to the scales of justice’’
, the outgoing US ambassador also urged the government to avoid the use of brokers or agents when making large procurements.

He made particular references to the media allegations regarding companies like Richmond Development and BAE (the radar manufacturer), asserting that: ’’When you are purchasing an oil pipeline, an airplane or $150m worth of power generation equipment, you do not need a broker or an agent or a company that merely acts as middleman. It is an invitation to corruption.’’

Retzer reiterated that every legitimate business, be it General Electric, Pratt Whitney, Boeing, or any other major international manufacturer, would be happy to talk with the government directly without having to use middlemen.

He said he also supported concerns raised by those in the local private sector, that ’’there are risks attached when any political party particularly the ruling party owns businesses that do business with the government or need a government licence or concession.’’

’’This is a universal truth,’’ noted Retzer, who himself once served as treasurer of the Republican Party in the US.

He said the hint of a back-door deal or special arrangement with a company owned by a major political party, much less the ruling party, could ultimately hurt not only the party but also the business climate that the party and its leadership may be trying to strengthen.

Retzer’s latest remarks alongside the EIU report come against a background of a recent declaration by PCCB director general Edward Hosea, to the effect that the government’s anti-graft watchdog will not investigate allegations against former president Benjamin Mkapa and his cabinet minister Daniel Yona because doing so would go against public statements made by President Kikwete.

Hosea made the declaration during a talk show on national radio and TV, in response to call-in questions from viewers and listeners who wanted clarification on whether or not the PCCB intended to investigate allegations of dubious dealings by Mr Mkapa and Yona in the privatisation of the Kiwira Coal Mine in 2005.

Lawyers and human rights activists have since blasted the PCCB boss for failing to launch an official probe into the detailed allegations of wrongdoing by the ex-president and minister in the Kiwira mine issue.

Founded in 1946, the Economist Intelligence Unit is widely regarded as the world leader in global business intelligence, and the most trusted and valuable resource for international companies, financial institutions, universities and government agencies.

Full speech by outgoing US Ambassador to Tanzania:

http://tanzania.usembassy.gov/sp_29082007.html


Probe blasts ambulance staff

Witnesses were shocked when an Oslo ambulance team
refused to help Ali Farah at Sofienberg Park.
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An official investigation into an ambulance team's failure to help an injured Somalian-Norwegian roundly criticizes both the ambulance service and the hospital to which it was attached, Ullevål.

Hospital officials say they're accepting the criticism and apologize profusely that Ali Farah wasn't immediately rushed to their emergency room for treatment of a severe head wound.

Friends ended up taking him to a local emergency clinic, which in turn sent him to hospital. He underwent brain surgery and remains at Ullevål in serious condition with memory lapses.

Koninoor Nordberg, who lives
with Ali is considering sueing
the ambulance personell.
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State health officials investigating his case concluded this week that Ali Farah was treated "with little respect" and "discriminatory behaviour... with racist overtones."

The ambulance personnel's failure to treat him at the scene and take him to hospital was "indefensible," wrote the investigators, who obtained transcripts of conversations between the personnel and the ambulance's central switchboard, which also indicate a lack of respect for the victim and those with him.

Newspaper VG reported Thursday that one of the ambulance drivers at the scene was involved with the neo-Nazi group "Boot Boys" in the 1990s. The report was confirmed by both the group, the driver and health officials, who said they were aware of his background but that he'd been "helped out" of neo-Nazi circles.

The driver has repeatedly denied that Ali Farah was treated poorly, and claimed he never has had a written complaint after caring for 10,000 patients in his ambulance career. He and his partner have been suspended from their jobs.

Aftenposten English Web Desk
Nina Berglund

Read full report (in Norwegian) : http://www.vg.no/pdf/ambulanserapport2.pdf

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