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== Positives and Negatives == | == Positives and Negatives == | ||
=== Positives === | |||
* Norway has the most humane prison system in the world at [[Bastøy Prison|Bastøy]] and [[Halden Prison|Halden]]. | |||
* In 2018, Norway suspended the sale of arms to [[Saudi Arabia]] in protest of their actions in the [[Yemeni Civil War]]. Of course, this also counts as a partial negative, as they sold guns to a country that gives weapons to ISIS and beheads gay people.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-norway-saudi-idUSKCN1NE22E</ref> | |||
=== Negatives === | === Negatives === | ||
* Norway has strong issues with violating the land rights of indigenous Sámi people. | |||
** Government authorities and NATO have built bombing-practice ranges in Sámi areas in northern Norway and Sweden. These regions have served as reindeer calving and summer grounds for thousands of years, and contain many ancient Sámi sacred sites. | |||
== Notable Norwegians == | |||
* [[Isdal Woman]] | |||
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Revision as of 00:45, 12 August 2020
Norway is a liberal, colonial, capitalist states located in Northern Europe near Sweden, Finland, Russia, Iceland, the United Kingdom and Denmark.
Positives and Negatives
Positives
- Norway has the most humane prison system in the world at Bastøy and Halden.
- In 2018, Norway suspended the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia in protest of their actions in the Yemeni Civil War. Of course, this also counts as a partial negative, as they sold guns to a country that gives weapons to ISIS and beheads gay people.[1]
Negatives
- Norway has strong issues with violating the land rights of indigenous Sámi people.
- Government authorities and NATO have built bombing-practice ranges in Sámi areas in northern Norway and Sweden. These regions have served as reindeer calving and summer grounds for thousands of years, and contain many ancient Sámi sacred sites.