Petter Eide
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Petter Eide is a Norwegian activist.
He is known to the Norwegian public as Secretary General of the Norwegian branch of Amnesty International
from 2000 to 2007, the Norwegian branch of Care International to 2008 and Norsk Folkehjelp
from 2008 to 2010. He left the organisation with immediate effect 10 December 2010. According to the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, his resignation was due to a dispute with the board on future priorities of the organisation.
With a teacher's education from 1983 he started his career in the school system. From 1986 to 1991 he worked as political secretary for the Socialist Left Party
, and from 1992 to 1994 in Nei til EU
. In 1994 he also took the cand.polit.
degree at the University of Oslo
. He worked in Geelmuyden.Kiese from 1997 to 2000.
In January 2006 he criticized the government of Norway for not following the example of the new German Chancellor Angela Merkel in opposing the Guantanamo Bay policy decision of the United States.
In August 2009 he was strongly critizied in Norwegian papers for firing a Palestinian local employee of his organisation. The staff member was fired for having been on sick leave for nine months after having, allegedly, been subjected to torture by Israeli forces. Mohammed Omer was fired while being treated in a Dutch hospital for the effects of torture.
The organisation Norwegian People's Aid is the aid agency of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
.
He is known to the Norwegian public as Secretary General of the Norwegian branch of Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
from 2000 to 2007, the Norwegian branch of Care International to 2008 and Norsk Folkehjelp
Norsk Folkehjelp
Norwegian People's Aid is a non-governmental organization, founded in 1939 as the Norwegian Labour Movement's humanitarian organisation for solidarity.NPA’s vision is: Solidarity in Action...
from 2008 to 2010. He left the organisation with immediate effect 10 December 2010. According to the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten, his resignation was due to a dispute with the board on future priorities of the organisation.
With a teacher's education from 1983 he started his career in the school system. From 1986 to 1991 he worked as political secretary for the Socialist Left Party
Socialist Left Party (Norway)
The Socialist Left Party or SV, is a Norwegian left-wing political party. At one point one of the smallest parties in Parliament, it became the fourth-largest political party in Norway for the first time in the 2001 parliamentary election, and has been so ever since...
, and from 1992 to 1994 in Nei til EU
Nei til EU
Nei til EU is the main Norwegian interest group opposing a future Norwegian accession to the European Union . It began informally in 1988 and became a full organization in 1990.-Criticism:...
. In 1994 he also took the cand.polit.
Cand.polit.
Candidatus rerum politicarum , Candidata rerum politicarum , abbreviated cand.polit., is an academic degree within the fields of social sciences issued under the old education system in Denmark and Norway.-Denmark:...
degree at the University of Oslo
University of Oslo
The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...
. He worked in Geelmuyden.Kiese from 1997 to 2000.
In January 2006 he criticized the government of Norway for not following the example of the new German Chancellor Angela Merkel in opposing the Guantanamo Bay policy decision of the United States.
In August 2009 he was strongly critizied in Norwegian papers for firing a Palestinian local employee of his organisation. The staff member was fired for having been on sick leave for nine months after having, allegedly, been subjected to torture by Israeli forces. Mohammed Omer was fired while being treated in a Dutch hospital for the effects of torture.
The organisation Norwegian People's Aid is the aid agency of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions
The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have more than 850,000 members of a Norwegian population of 4.8 million...
.