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Norwegian chairman of the Nobel Committee writes to UK about detention of Greenwald's husband
Thorbjørn Jagland is the Chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe
The UK is a signatory to European Convention though the conservative sleazeball to whom he addressed this letter wants to pull out of the convention because it restricts the UK's ability "to act in the national interest".
