DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sami" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sami</span></a> activist sets up camp outside <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Norway" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Norway</span></a> parliament to protest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WindTurbines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WindTurbines</span></a></p><p>By Gwladys Fouche</p><p>September 11, 2023</p><p>OSLO, Sept 11 (Reuters) - “An Indigenous Sami activist set up camp outside the Norwegian parliament on Monday to protest against wind turbines built on land traditionally used by Sami <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reindeer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reindeer</span></a> herders, saying he will stay there as long as the turbines remain in place.</p><p>“Norway's supreme court in October 2021 ruled that two wind farms built at Fosen in central Norway, part of Europe's largest onshore wind farm, violated Sami rights under international conventions. But the turbines remain in operation today.</p><p>“The Fosen case is one of many conflicts that Norway has yet to resolve, with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateChange</span></a> and technology enabling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MineralExtraction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MineralExtraction</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnergyProduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnergyProduction</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tourism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tourism</span></a> while also threatening <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalWays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalWays</span></a> of life.</p><p>“The government has said that the supreme court, while ruling that the licenses of the two farms were illegal, did not give instructions on what to do next and that the conflict should be resolved through talks.</p><p>“‘It has been 700 days of human rights abuse and the Norwegian state has not done anything to stop it. So I have chosen to come here and set up camp until the human rights abuse stops,' Sami activist <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MihkkalHaetta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MihkkalHaetta</span></a>, 22, told Reuters, dressed in a traditional gakti outfit worn inside out as a sign of protest.</p><p>“‘I believe that there is only one solution and that is to tear down the wind turbines at Fosen.'</p><p>“In February <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousProtesters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousProtesters</span></a> including Haetta occupied the lobby of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/oil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oil</span></a> and energy ministry before police removed them.</p><p>“They later occupied the entrances of 10 ministries and were joined by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Greta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greta</span></a> Thunberg, who said <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> had to go hand-in-hand with <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateProtection</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateAction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateAction</span></a>.</p><p>“Since the protests, the government and the reindeer-herding families affected by the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FosenWindFarm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FosenWindFarm</span></a> have been involved in mediation to resolve the conflict but no concrete measures have been announced yet.</p><p>“The reindeer herders have said the only solution to the conflict is that the turbines be torn down.</p><p>'We still hope that the mediation process will be able to lead to an amicable solution to the matter. It would be the best for all parties,' Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland told Reuters in an emailed statement.</p><p>“’It is too early to say anything concrete about when a solution might be in place, but I am focused that the mediation track can be followed as long as there is hope for a solution.'</p><p>“About Monday's protest, Aasland said 'the right to free expression is a founding democratic right I have great respect for’.”</p><p><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/sami-activist-sets-up-camp-outside-norway-parliament-protest-wind-turbines-2023-09-11/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/europe/sami-</span><span class="invisible">activist-sets-up-camp-outside-norway-parliament-protest-wind-turbines-2023-09-11/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CulturalGenocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalGenocide</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/IndigenousActivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IndigenousActivism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnvironmentalRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnvironmentalRacism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SamiPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SamiPeople</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TraditionalLifestyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TraditionalLifestyle</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EndangeredSpecies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EndangeredSpecies</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigEnergy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ClimateJustice</span></a></p>