The Norwegian government has been criticized by the European Council's European Commission Against Racism and Intolerance, the United Nation's Convention Against All Forms of Racial Discrimination Commission, and the Norwegian Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud for a lack of sustained efforts against hate speech.[16] The first ever sentence against a Norwegian citizen for hate speech targeting a Muslim was in October 2014.[17] Norwegian Muslims interviewed for a newspaper report about this issue in August 2015 asserted that "Muslims do not report hate crimes" since they had "no confidence in the police taking it seriously."[18]