Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration Sylvi Listhaug of the nationalist Progress Party has been criticised for claiming that the opposition Labour Party values “the rights of terrorists” above national security.
In a Facebook post last week, Listhaug wrote that Labour “thinks the rights of terrorists is more important than the nation’s security”.
The statement was posted as a graphic using an image of militants wearing face-covering black scarves.
Listhaug used the post to criticise a decision by Labour, led by Jonas Gahr Støre, to vote against a proposal enabling the Ministry of Justice to revoke the citizenship and passports of Norwegians accused of fighting for terrorist groups without any conviction being made against them.