Human Rights Service

[[File:Human Rights Service.svg|thumb|165px|"All people possess human rights, but some people possess human rights more than others."]]
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'''Human Rights Service''' (HRS) is a [[Norway|Norwegian]] far-right [[Islamophobia|Islamophobic]] and [[racism|racist]] organization, with an ironic name<ref name="Bangstad" /> founded in 2000 by Rita Karlsen. It focuses on one single issue: Muslims are evil and are [[Eurabia|plotting the overthrow of Europe]]. Its two core activists are Karlsen and [[Hege Storhaug]], but other cranks and Islamophobes such as [[Bruce Bawer]] and [[Nina Hjerpset-Østlie]] have also worked for the organization. The hate group's main activity is publishing anti-Muslim screeds on their website.

The organization regularly publishes articles by the Swedish racist "[[Julia Caesar]]," including an article which claims that immigration of Africans is a "mass import of mentally retarded people" due to the allegedly low intelligence of Africans.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150416092232/http://www.antirasistisk-senter.no/rasisme-hos-human-rights-service.5120589-112910.html Rasisme hos Human Rights Service], Antirasistisk senter</ref> Human Rights Service has promoted blog posts by the Islamophobic blogger [[Fjordman]] (who inspired [[Anders Behring Breivik]]) and praised his racist and conspiracy theorist screeds as "fantastic Fjordman essays."<ref>[http://www.dagbladet.no/2015/10/06/kultur/meninger/hovedkommentar/kommentar/storhaug/41358147/ Kritikk som fortjent], ''Dagbladet'', 6 October 2015</ref> Hege Storhaug of Human Rights Service has also accused conservative Prime Minister Erna Solberg of being a "cultural traitor" because she visited a mosque.<ref>[http://www.osloby.no/--De-stadig-sterkere-uttalelsene-er-et-tegn-pa-at-ekstremistene-taper-7915237.html - De stadig sterkere uttalelsene er et tegn på at ekstremistene taper], Osloby.no</ref> The anti-immigration and climate change-denying Norwegian political party [[Fremskrittspartiet]] has demanded that Human Rights Service be given [[Wingnut welfare|public funding]] as a condition for supporting various conservative governments.

According to anti-racist activist Tor Bach, HRS promotes conspiracy theories resembling antisemitic conspiracy theories, where the only difference is that HRS targets Muslims instead of Jews. He describes HRS as "an extremist organisation and a hate group which exclusively publishes negative material about Muslims," and considers it a "scandal" that the organisation has received public funding.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150608012524/http://www.vl.no/nyhet/storhaug-spiller-p%C3%A5-j%C3%B8dehat-lignende-konspirasjoner-1.363941 – Storhaug spiller på jødehat-lignende konspirasjoner], ''Vårt Land'', 5 June 2015</ref> The social anthropologist Sindre Bangstad describes HRS as a leading Islamophobic and far-right group which inspired Breivik.<ref name="Bangstad">Sindre Bangstad, ''Anders Breivik and the Rise of Islamophobia'', Zed Books, 2014, ISBN 9781783600083</ref>

==Affiliated people==
*[[Bruce Bawer]]
*[[Nina Hjerpset-Østlie]]

==See also==
*[[Med Israel For Fred]]
*[[Resett.no]]
*[[Selvstendighetspartiet]]
*[[SIAN]]
*[[Hege Storhaug]]

==References==
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[[Category:Hate groups]]
[[Category:Internet hate sites]]
[[Category:Islamophobia]]
[[Category:Misnomers]]
[[Category:Nationalism in Norway]]
[[Category:Racism]]

Categories: Hate groups, Internet hate sites, Islamophobia, Misnomers, Nationalism in Norway, Racism