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\nCan a chain with a cross be a reason for dismissal from one’s office? Apparently so, if you live in Norway and are a staff member of NRK, a state TV-and-radio broadcasting company, reports La Republica. Siv Kristin Saellmann\u2014a popular TV news anchorwoman in Norway\u2014was suspended from her job for appearing on the air with a Cross (1.4 centimetres long) on her necklace.<\/p>\n
Some viewers – mainly members of a local Muslim community – protested against this, claiming that “a necklace with a Cross insults Islam” and “this symbol does not guarantee impartiality of the TV channel”.<\/p>\n
The journalist, one of the best known and the most popular on the Norwegian public television, was suspended and prohibited from hosting her programs, “lest she should be a source of discord and crimes”. <\/p>\n
This case, as the newspaper notes, is similar to the story of Nadia Eweida, a Christian employee of British Airways, who after seven years won her legal battle. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) recognized that the lady had been discriminated against.<\/p>\n
In January 2013, the ECHR passed a judgment on the cases of four Christians from Great Britain. These dealt with violation of the article 9 of the European Convention for Protection of Human Rights, according to which, every person has a right to the free expression of his\/her own opinion, to freedom of conscience and religion.<\/p>\n
The court satisfied the claim of the former employee of the British Airways Nadia Eweida, who had been ousted for wearing a cross, and compelled British Airways to pay her 32,000 euros as compensation. But three other claims were rejected.<\/p>\n
The court ruled that the Devon and Exeter NHS Trust Hospital was right when it demanded the nurse Shirley Chaplin to take off her cross as it “posed a risk to safety and hygiene”. The plaintiff herself asserted that she had lost her job following the refusal to remove her cross.<\/p>\n
The ECHR did not satisfy the claims of Gary McFarlane and Lillian Ladele either. Gary McFarlane, a Christian, and a therapist from Bristol, refused to give counsel to homosexual couples regarding sexual relations. He was fired for that. Lillian Ladele, a registrar for the London borough of Islington, was subjected to a disciplinary punishment for refusing to register same-sex civil unions.<\/p>\n
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