At 02.30 on Monday night, the police began to carry out the 13 activists who since Thursday have occupied the Ministry of Oil and Energy (OED) in Oslo. They protest against the development of the wind turbines on the Fosen Peninsula, which the Supreme Court has declared unlawful. More than 500 days have now passed since the Supreme Court’s conclusion. Despite the arrests, the action outside the OED continues from 07:00 on Monday morning. Several hundred protesters are expected to be in the area outside the OED in central Oslo on Monday morning. Photo: Philippe Bedos Ulvin / news According to NTB, a couple of hundred protesters are now gathering in the area outside the ministry in Akersgata in central Oslo. news’s reporter on the spot can see a gathering of 20 people outside the entrance: At 07.00 on Monday morning, the activists are back in place outside the OED in Oslo. Greta Thunberg is there. Photo: PHILIPPE BÉDOS ULVIN / news See pictures from the night here: Acting throughout the day – The plan is still to close today, and it is about the Ministry of Oil and Energy not doing its job in a proper way, and we cannot allow them continues to do more damage, says Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen to news on Monday morning. She was one of the activists who asked to be arrested, and later released from the police station in Greenland sometime after 05:00 on Monday morning. – Now we can sit here and block with everyone else who was planning to come here anyway, says Hætta Isaksen. Here one of the activists is being carried out of the OED by the police. Around 03:00 all 13 were removed from the reception. Photo: Rodrigo Freitas / NTB – How long can you keep this up? – We’ll see. Ask how many of us there are, and if someone will come and remove us. The Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg took part in the demonstration outside last night. She was not allowed into the ministry. – There is no alternative to not listening to indigenous peoples who have their rights violated. It is absurd what is happening, that Sami youth are so desperate that they have to use such methods, Thunberg told news last night. Greta Thunberg outside the OED last night. – Then you can ask who commits the real offence. Norway’s responsibility regarding the climate crisis and human rights violations in Sapmi cannot be exaggerated, she says to news. Photo: Rodrigo Freitas / NTB Aasland: – Good for democracy Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland (Ap) says it is up to DSS to assess the security around the ministry premises. – I have always said that I think a peaceful celebration has been good for democracy. But when it comes to the events surrounding the protesters, it is DSS that handles it, Aasland told news on Monday morning. The minister spoke to the activists on Thursday last week, when the action in OED started. – So far we had a good conversation then. I understood that they wanted to present their point of view, says Aasland. Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland says he basically thinks peaceful demonstrations are good for democracy. Photo: Martin Fønnebø / news Although the Supreme Court has concluded in the case, the minister says they need more knowledge to make a new decision in the Fosen case. – We must have the formal processes we must have. We must have a new investigation, gather new knowledge, and then make a new decision on the matter. We have been keen to consult with both the reindeer husbandry and the Sámi Parliament. Aasland will meet the president of the Sámi Parliament on Thursday this week for talks about the matter, he tells news. Sami Parliament President Silje Karine Muotka visited activists demonstrating at the reception of the Ministry of Oil and Energy on Sunday Photo: Rodrigo Freitas / NTB – Isn’t the verdict from the Supreme Court quite clear? How much more do you need to know? – It says nothing about what will happen to the wind farm. Therefore, we must acquire new knowledge about reindeer husbandry in the area, look at measures, and then make a new administrative decision in line with the Supreme Court’s ruling, says Aasland. – How long will this take? – It is uncertain. My point of departure is that this should happen as quickly as possible. Everyone benefits from this case finding a good solution. Hermstad: – Disgraceful Arild Hermstad, head of MDG, was outside the OED on Monday morning to show his support for the activists. – What the government has done is shameful. They sit and train this matter. They have done that for over 500 days, and Norway cannot be familiar with that, says Hermstad to news. MDG leader Arild Hermstad met outside the OED on Monday morning. He believes the government’s handling of the case is shameful. Photo: PHILIPPE BEDOS ULVIN / news – But you’re not going to sit down with them? – We will work politically in the Storting until this matter is resolved. We have been raising it ever since the Supreme Court judgment came, and already in 2018 we asked the government not to set up these wind turbines. Naturvernforbundet: – Rough and unrefined Truls Gulowsen, leader of the Naturvernforbundet, supports the campaigners. – I and the Nature Conservancy are in complete agreement with the activists who demand that the government must follow up on the Fosen judgment. We think they have made an excellent mark over the weekend, he says to news. However, he does not think anything of the police raiding at night. – I think it is incredibly rude and rude of the police to take action in the middle of the night, says Gulowsen. news has so far not succeeded in getting a comment from the Oslo police on Monday morning. The police took action at 02.30 last night. Greta Thunberg believes that this indicates that the Fosen case cannot stand the light of day. Photo: Rodrigo Freitas / NTB Also present is Tor Gunnar Nystad, Sami parliament representative for NSR and leader of the Oslo Sami Association. – The young people here have taken on a great responsibility to both inform the general public and draw attention to the matter, Nystad tells news. “Significant obstacle” The police received a request from the Departments’ Security and Service Organization (DSS) at 10.11pm on Sunday evening to remove the activists. The police gave the activists 15 minutes to leave voluntarily. DSS believed that the demonstration was “a significant obstacle to the ministry’s operations” because the young people blocked the entrances and exits. The activists brought links to the demonstration. They were left in a box outside the OED. Photo: Philippe Bédos Ulvin / news The police say they have a duty to follow up on such a request. The building is classified as an object worthy of protection.
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