This is the opinion of Ragnar Adalsteinsson, Supreme Court lawyer.
He thinks that the “Information access committee” (the committee that decides whether information is to be given or not), has reached the same conclusion.
As people know, Channel 2 sued the Ministry of Justice's decision to deny Channel 2 news program access to letters that the ministry sent to Flugleidir, the company that was asked to assist the government in hindering Falun Gong practitioners getting to Iceland.
The “Information access committee” ruled that the letters should be given to Channel 2 news program, but not the lists of Falun Gong practitioners, the same lists that the Ministry of Justice had sent to Flugleidir with the letters.
The “Information access committee” says that the news program will not be allowed to see the lists of people, since the freedom of religion and freedom of belief and opinion are constitutional rights and in accordance with those rights these kind of information should be kept secret, unless the person at stake gives his or her permission.
This, of course, makes us wonder whether the Ministry of Justice itself did not violate constitutional law, by gathering those lists together and sending them to a private company in town.
Ragnar Adalsteinsson (the Icelandic number one Human Rights defender and Supreme Court lawyer):
“It seems pretty obvious that this is indeed the opinion of the committee, since these lists were sent to a private company that then distributed those lists all over the world. This is an extremely vicious act, and it is not initiated by the company itself but by the government.”
Journalist: “What is your opinion? Do you think that the laws of the Constitution were violated in this case?”
Ragnar Adalsteinsson: “There is no doubt about that in my mind”
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