NEEDS CHANGE: Line Kolstad Rødseth braved the cold on Friday evening. Photo: Klaudia Lech / VG
Violation of the restraining order must have consequences, demands Line Kolstad Rødseth (37). Lonely, and in the bitter cold, she demonstrates with a placard outside the Greenland police station.
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– It is a symbolic matter for everyone who is exposed to violence. We have the right to feel safe. We have the right to have a good quality of life. And we have the right not to have to live in fear. We should not have to be afraid that it is murder that is needed for proper and real change to take place.
That’s what Line Kolstad Rødseth (37) says to VG.
She is secretary general of the National Association against Sexual Abuse (LMSO).
On Friday at 4pm, she sat down outside the police station in Greenland – she stayed until the police station closed at 11pm.
– I want to give victims of violence a face, she tells VG.
Rødseth says that she has been inspired by Gretha Thunberg. She plans to continue the campaign every Friday from now on.
DEMONSTRATING IN THE COLD: On one of the coldest days of the year, Line Kolstad Rødseth (37) began her demonstration. Photo: Klaudia Lech / VG
– I plan to be here until there are some real changes that take effect, she says.
– What real changes do you want?
– Firstly, I think that in these cases victims of violence need to be taken seriously. Their own assessments of the experiences they have need to be listened to and included in assessments about the use of violence alarms. I want there to be speed in cases concerning violence alarms in court. That it should be express cases. And then I want greater use of violence alarms.
On the night of Tuesday, Rahavy Varatharajan (30) was found dead in a car in Elverum. It is something Rødseth has noticed.
She is disappointed with the treatment Rahavy received.
– The case arouses enormous despair and a feeling of frustration, says Rødseth
Rahavy’s family has previously said that she repeatedly asked for a violence alarm and a reverse violence alarm – without receiving this.
FOUND DEAD: Rahavy Varatharajan (30) was found dead in Elverum. Photo: Private / Private
– Part of the investigation has consisted of surveying whether the conditions for alleging the imposition of a reverse violence alarm were present. This must be decided by the court, police inspector Marthe Notøy previously told VG.
In the past year, the police opened ten cases of violation of a restraining order against the 32-year-old who is accused of killing Rahavy.
The man was found badly injured next to Rahavy. He later died in hospital from gunshot wounds.
Rødseth tells VG that she herself has personal experiences with violations of the restraining order. And that it is an issue that goes back a long way.
MURDERED: The man accused of killing Rahavy Varatharajan (30) broke the restraining order several times. Photo: Petter Aamodt / Petter Aamodt
She also demands that the police get the resources they need to follow up victims of violence.
– There is no point in imposing more violence alarms without having patrols to follow it up.
During the day – including after she shared a message on Facebook about the matter – many have stopped by. Rødseth says that many people have stopped by to show support – and give hugs.
Photo: Klaudia Lech / VG / VG
Operations manager at the Oslo police district, Gjermund Stokkli, says they have a good dialogue with Rødseth, where she sits outside the police station.
– She does not disturb and is not a nuisance to anyone. She has also been allowed to come in and warm up a bit.
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Published: 05.01.24 at 23:33
2024-01-05 22:33:53
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