Violation of Constitutional Guarantees: Blackmail and Hate Speech Amid a Failure of Accountability
How Did a Seat on the Fredrikstad Municipal Council Turn into a Platform for Cross-Border Hacking, Blackmail, and Ethnic and Religious Abuse?
The Shield of Values and Ethical Principles of These Norwegian Institutions
In Norwegian political culture, the Socialist Left Party (SV) is widely regarded as one of the strongest advocates for human rights, the fight against racism, the protection of minorities, and social equality. Therefore, the emergence of a candidate from this established party whose conduct stands in complete contradiction to these principles represents a severe blow to its political and ethical credibility.
The Fredrikstad Municipal Council (Bystyret) represents the highest local political authority responsible for managing public affairs and budgets with integrity. Its members are bound by a strict Code of Ethics (Etiske retningslinjer) that imposes an absolute commitment to four fundamental pillars: safeguarding public trust, combating racial and religious discrimination, preventing abuse of power and conflicts of interest, and prohibiting intimidation and harassment (Trakassering).
Any regression by a political actor toward hate speech or digital blackmail does not merely constitute a violation of criminal law; it represents a complete structural destruction of that person's representative legitimacy and a blatant transgression of the ethical principles upon which the municipality was founded to protect the dignity of its citizens and preserve civil peace.
Official dialogue forums in Norway are established to serve as a protective shield safeguarding social harmony. Their responsibilities are summarized as follows:
Combating racism and hate speech: monitoring and rejecting all forms of racial, sectarian, or ethnic discrimination.
Promoting integration and interfaith dialogue: bridging relationships between minorities and society while building mutual trust.
Providing moral leadership: the law and the forum's internal regulations require its members to embody the values of tolerance and exemplary humane conduct in both their public and private lives.
The Scandalous Paradox of Three Crumbling Bastions
The striking and shocking paradox lies in the convergence of these three pillars as platforms of influence for a single candidate who practices the exact opposite of everything they advocate:
The Dialogue Forum (Dialogforum): intended to build bridges between communities and reject hatred and discrimination.
The Fredrikstad Municipal Council (Bystyret): bound by strict ethical codes of conduct and the protection of citizens' dignity.
The Socialist Left Party (SV): whose declared mission is to combat racism and defend human rights.
The presence of a candidate who practices blackmail and intimidation, who spews blatant racial contempt ("Gypsies, thieves, rootless"), and who attacks religious sects, seated at the table of this humanitarian forum, within the halls of the Fredrikstad Municipal Council as an elected representative, and under the banner of the long-established SV party, constitutes a complete and horrifying destruction of the very essence of the mission of these three institutions.
Such a presence represents a blatant transformation of the values of tolerance and codes of honor into nothing more than a paper farce and political masks exploited to shield malicious practices and conceal digital crimes.
The Fall of the Masks and the Return of the Claws of Cross-Border Bullying
It was not merely a slip of the tongue, nor a passing mistake behind the screen of a social media account on the X platform in a moment of anger; rather, we are facing a systematic digital intimidation campaign, the details of which were recorded in more than 120 posts and statements, emanating the stench of defamation, blackmail, threats, and sexual, racial, sectarian, and religious degradation.
In the ideology of the (SV) party candidate, the principles of democracy were nothing more than a mask a fragile cover hiding behind it a professional practitioner of malicious acts, and an operator of networks of defamation and falsification, carrying a dark history of systematic blackmail, embezzlement, smuggling, and the deliberate infliction of harm and damage upon innocent people.
This cover completely collapsed and fell at the first investigative confrontation, revealing his true claws in the practice of "cross-border bullying." When his strongholds collapsed and he became unable to confront the pen of free journalism, the mask fell entirely, leading him to resort to the lowest defensive methods, which are only used by those morally bankrupt.
The honor of families did not escape the flames of his hatred, nor did the sanctity of graves, as he reached the point of violating the sanctity of the dead and insulting their departed memories with cold blood. He also insisted on dragging innocent people into conflicts in which they had no involvement, threatening to violate their honor and invade their privacy, using cheap digital surveillance methods and account hacking amid silence and disregard from complicit elements within the police, leaving behind speeches filled with primitive street language that takes human awareness back to the ages of ignorance, where an individual is attacked because of his origin, his clan, his sect, and his honor.
Among this overwhelming flood of more than one hundred and twenty documents of moral collapse, we present samples as clear as daylight, written by the candidate himself before public opinion:
The First Post (Exporting the Poisons of Sectarian and Tribal Contempt):
"The Ameli clan of Jabal Amel are a group of [insulting term] gypsies from India to Iran to Lebanon, a bunch of thieves who lived in the mountain because no one wanted them to live near them, and then they were named after this mountain because they had no clan or religion. Then they went to Najaf because there was good money in studying religion, and they are all [insulting term]."
Documents of Dishonor: Selected Statements from a Record of Digital Cyberbullying
Among more than 120 public statements intercepted across the public accounts of the candidate, who serves as a deputy member of the Fredrikstad Municipal Council and a member of the Dialogue Forum (Dialogforum Østfold) representing the Socialist Left Party (SV) statements that vary from blackmail, threats, cyber-piracy, and sexual harassment targeting individuals and families, to flagrant ethnic and sectarian degradation we present this public post to the audience as a documented sample. This post reflects the nature of the continuous conduct, which has notably received questionable protections and administrative facilitation from local police elements, providing him with a shield to evade accountability:
The text of the post as broadcast publicly on platform (X):
"Jabal Amel or the mountain of shit, a bunch of thieving gypsies and scumbags from India to Iran to Lebanon. They settled in the mountain because no one likes to live near them, and were named after it because they have no tribe or religion. Then they went to Najaf because there is good money in studying religion, and they are all crooks and losers."
In this post, the candidate who to this day retains his membership in the Fredrikstad Municipal Council, the (SV) party, and the Dialogue Forum in Østfold explicitly targets the (Amili) - (Amle) sect and clans of both Iraq and Lebanon with severe hate speech, converting his political positioning into a platform to broadcast cross-border malice and vilification under the very eyes of local authorities.
The Second Post (Hollow Racial Narcissism to Intimidate Opponents):
"Hey Ba'arour, you louse... you fart-maker, look at my great-grandfather Sahl bin Saad Al-Sa'idi, the authentic Arab who lived during the time of the Prophet and Hussein. You are of unknown origin, and if you had an origin they would not have named you after a mountain. Gypsies who came from India, then to Iran, then to Lebanon, and then to Najaf. While we are from Mecca to Medina to great Iraq."
From the perspective of Forensic Linguistics and Sociopolitical Analysis, this public comment published via the handle of the candidate, a deputy municipal council member, and a representative in the Dialogue Forum (Dialogforum) for the Socialist Left Party (SV) serves as definitive evidence of systemic hate speech.
The text can be deconstructed into the following critical dimensions:
The Legal & Forensic Dimension (Hate Speech and Discrimination)
From a legal standpoint, and specifically in reference to Section 185 of the Norwegian Penal Code (Straffeloven § 185) concerning hate speech, this text falls squarely within criminal thresholds for several reasons:
Ethnic Vilification Based on National Origin: Utilizing the term "gypsies" as a derogatory tool for ethnic denial, and systematically stripping an entire population of their geographic and national identity by fabricating an migratory trajectory of displacement ("from India to Iran to Lebanon to Najaf"), is a textbook attempt to dehumanize individuals based on their perceived lineage.
Incitement to Group Hatred: The text does not merely assault an individual in a private dispute; rather, it broadens into an attack on entire social, cultural, and geographic hubs (Jabal Amel and Najaf). This elevates the conduct from personal defamation to public, collective incitement against specific ethnic and sectarian demographics.
The Psycho-Social Dimension (Ethnocentrism and Tribal Narcissism)
The text exposes a deeply rooted cognitive framework of Ethnocentrism and primitive social tribalism:
The Hierarchy of Ancestry and Lineage: The writer relies on a defensive mechanism of "ancestral supremacy," weaponizing historical associations ("my great grandfather Sahal bin Saad Al-Saadi", and linking himself to Mecca, Medina, and Great Iraq) as a tool to establish biological and human superiority over the victim, who is labeled as having "unknown origins."
Direct Contradiction with Socialist Ideology: This rhetoric represents an absolute moral and ideological betrayal. While the writer represents a Norwegian leftist party (SV) whose foundational platform fights against classism, racism, and ethnocentrism, the comment proves that the writer harbors a rigid, tribal consciousness that evaluates human worth based on family trees and geography, rather than citizenship and human dignity.
The Institutional & Political Dimension (Breach of Public Trust)
Given his role as a member of the official Dialogue Forum (Dialogforum Østfold), whose core mandate is to counter hate speech and promote social cohesion:
Undermining Social Order: The resort to street-level, vulgar profanity (" بعرور قملة / louse-ridden dropping", "يالضارطي / you flatulent one") by a public dialogue official marks a severe degradation of public discourse. It provides objective proof of his utter disqualification from facilitating community integration or social dialogue.
The Illusion of Immunity: Broadcasting such severe, documented racism openly on a global platform like (X) reflects a dangerous sense of impunity. It demonstrates that the writer operates under the assumption that his local political positioning or procedural networks with certain local police elements shield him from the legal and political consequences of his actions, thereby inducing a severe shock to the community that entrusted him with public office.
Article 185 Under the Microscope of Complicity: Who Grants the Candidate Immunity?
Before these lines loaded with primitive racism, Norwegian law stands firmly against them; Article 185 of the Norwegian Penal Code (Straffeloven § 185), which concerns "hate speech and discrimination," clearly criminalizes any public statement that contains an insult (forhåne) or promotes contempt and degradation (ringeakt) against any individual or group based on their race, national origin, religion, or beliefs, with penalties reaching up to 3 years of imprisonment.
Since the perpetrator here is a political candidate, Article 77 (paragraph j) requires the punishment to be aggravated to the maximum extent due to a breach of special trust and the shock caused to society (brudd på en særlig tillit).
However, the greatest shock and the blatant flaw do not lie in his personal conduct, but rather in the strange security umbrella that was secretly woven around him to exempt him from punishment by parties within the police apparatus!
Linda Tengesdal’s Leap Over the Law: When Hate Speech Becomes "Mere Linguistic Analysis
Here, the true face of administrative and legal negligence within the Eastern Police District (Fredrikstad politidistrikt ) emerges. In the decision issued on 30 June 2026 under case number 17229053, the police prosecutor and legal counsel "Linda Tengesdal" (Linda Tengesdal) coldly bypassed the provisions of the law in order to close the case under the justification of the absence of "sufficient reason to initiate an investigation" pursuant to Section 224 of the Criminal Procedure Act!
In her reply memorandum dated 2 July 2026, Tengesdal justified her disregard for the blatant evidence by stating:
"It is difficult to follow up on the victim's report... much of the content appears to be merely personal linguistic analyses! The content is also not of a nature that would constitute threats punishable by law!"
How did the eye of the law, through prosecutor Tengesdal, fail to see clear statements that insulted honor and accused an entire sect of theft, inferiority, and ignorance? How did explicit hate speech criminalized under Article 185 become merely "personal linguistic analyses" in the mind of the police prosecutor?!
The matter did not stop there; rather, the documents revealed a suspicious security loophole inside the Fredrikstad Police Station. When the journalist proved that the candidate had hacked his accounts, as the accused himself had admitted, Tengesdal defended him coldly, stating:
"The accused was granted access to the case file (Saksinnsyn), and personally attended Fredrikstad Police Station on 1 July 2026 to read the file, and from there he became aware of the speech!"
This admission proves that the police apparatus itself provided the accused with rapid facilitation; while the journalist was under the pressure of digital threats and blackmail, the police corridors were opened for the alleged blackmailer to access the victim's files and security-related actions, before he fled again to continue his threats!
Preserving Integrity and Protecting Society: Journalism Will Not Submit to Bargaining
This series of successive security decisions places profound questions before the people of Fredrikstad, its citizens, and voters: How can the Eastern Police District grant unwritten immunity to a person who publicly expresses some of the most degrading forms of sectarian racism and racial contempt? And has Article 185 of the Penal Code become frozen and filed away under the category of "linguistic analyses" when it concerns a person benefiting from questionable institutional facilitation?
Fredrikstad Municipality, as a public institution governed by values of integrity and responsibility, must not be left as a shield behind which those who borrow street language to blackmail and defame others can hide. Exposing the legal complicity of the Eastern Police District, its police lawyer "Linda Tengesdal", and the police officer complicit with her is not merely a defense of a victim; rather, it is a necessary step to protect the public sphere and preserve the integrity of public service and municipal institutions from the poisons of blackmail and verbal bullying.
Throughout life, a person repeatedly stands before tests that do not only measure his ability to endure, but also reveal the true nature of his principles. Faces skilled in blackmail may cross his path, others who practice fraud, and a third group that sees the law merely as a tool used when it serves its interests and disabled when it restricts its desires. In such decisive moments, people divide between those who surrender to fear and lose their freedom, and those who make steadfastness their position and truth their weapon, causing conspiracies to collapse before their patience and faith.
As for me, my profession in investigative journalism has placed me in confrontation with complex files and networks of influence, and has required me to engage in legal and ethical battles that were not easy. Throughout that journey, I was subjected to repeated attempts to damage my reputation, pressure me, and distort my work through various means. However, the allegations raised against me did not withstand the measure of fair justice, and the law, whenever it was allowed to operate independently, remained the decisive factor that dispelled claims and restored rights to those entitled to them.
Ignoring a blackmailer may, in some circumstances, be more powerful than entering into an argument with him that grants him the attention he seeks. But the matter goes beyond the limits of a personal dispute when serious questions arise about the performance of institutions that are supposed to protect the law, or when public status, political position, or complicit administrative and security influence are used as tools to pressure those who hold opinions or to undermine the independence of journalism.
At this point, the discussion is no longer related to a personal disagreement, but becomes a public matter affecting the essence of the rule of law. Trust in public institutions is not preserved through slogans, but through transparency, accountability, and equality before the law. The exploitation of any public position to influence freedom of expression or intimidate journalistic work does not harm individuals alone; rather, it threatens the trust upon which the entire social contract is built.
Throughout this journey, I have faced attempts that I considered violations of my rights and the independence of my position, and all forms of cheap bargaining were rejected, because journalism, in its essence, is not a profession managed through the logic of deals, but rather a mission built upon independence, integrity, and commitment to the truth. Therefore, I stand today holding firmly to my right to tell the facts as they are, free in the face of every attempt at intimidation, and to demand accountability wherever its grounds exist, believing that a word supported by evidence remains stronger than influence, and that the truth, no matter how long it is concealed or how much those complicit attempt to bury it, ultimately finds its way into the light.
"An official correspondence from Fredrikstad Municipality confirms that Salah Hassan Al-Saadi remains a deputy member of the Fredrikstad Municipal Council (Bystyret) for the 2023–2027 term, and also serves as a deputy member of both the Health Committee (Helseutvalget) and the Planning Committee (Planutvalget). The municipality confirms that this status remains valid as of today."
Hello!
We can confirm that Salah Hassan Al-Saadi was elected as a deputy member of the Fredrikstad Municipal Council (Bystyret) for the period 2023–2027.
He is also a deputy member of the Health Committee (Helseutvalget) and the Planning Committee (Planutvalget).
This status remains valid today.
Furthermore, we have no further comments regarding this matter.
Kind regards,
Atle Kjøge Jansson
Communications Advisor
Fredrikstad Municipality
Open Press Statement: The Statements of Fredrikstad Municipal Council and an SV Member Represent a Serious Insult to Clans and Families and a True Test of Accountability
This open press statement is addressed directly to the leadership of the Socialist Left Party (SV), the Presidency of the Fredrikstad Municipal Council, and the administration of the official Dialogue Forum (Dialogforum Østfold).
The continued holding of official and representative positions within your institutions by SV member Salah Al-Saadi, despite the monitoring and documentation of more than 120 public statements and posts containing content related to blackmail, degradation, and personal attacks, places the ethical credibility of these institutions before a genuine test.
The recent posts published by this member, which included deliberate insults, defamation, and attacks on the dignity of the historic Amili clans in Iraq and Lebanon, and which described innocent families and individuals with expressions that undermine human dignity, cannot be reduced to a mere slip of the tongue. Rather, they raise serious concerns regarding rhetoric carrying racist and sectarian dimensions, reproducing primitive forms of hate speech against broad social and community groups.
What further deepens concern in the course of this case is the existence of serious indications and questions regarding whether the individual benefited from his relationships or position to influence the course of procedures, or whether institutional failures occurred within certain elements of the local police apparatus, potentially contributing to delayed effective accountability and allowing these practices to continue without clear deterrence.
As the voice of a free press, we place these bodies before their responsibilities:
To the Socialist Left Party (SV):
How does your declared commitment to human rights and combating discrimination align with the continued public dissemination of statements with ethnic and sectarian dimensions by one of your members, without decisive party action?
To the Official Dialogue Forum (Dialogforum Østfold):
How can a forum established specifically to promote coexistence, reject racism, and build bridges between cultures accept the continued presence of a member whose statements raise concerns about division, target the origins of social and religious communities, and offend entire families?
To the Fredrikstad Municipal Council regarding its position before law enforcement authorities:
The ethical guidelines of your institutions strictly prohibit intimidation and harassment (Trakassering). The continued presence of this individual in office, alongside questions surrounding how certain individuals within the local security apparatus have handled this matter, sends a serious message to the public in Norway and beyond: that public service institutions could become a shield for practices of "digital bullying" and the targeting of the origins and families of innocent individuals.
The dignity of the clans and families subjected to these insults is not a matter for compromise or administrative neglect. Through our professional journalistic role, we will continue to shed light on this file, follow these matters before Norwegian and international public opinion, and call for an independent judicial review into how the relevant authorities have handled this case, until full legal and political accountability is achieved and this deeply concerning landscape of insufficient deterrence and accountability is brought to an end.
FilesSOSZainab Abdulkarim
