Natur og Ungdom reports this in a press release. Earlier this autumn, the police asked not to prosecute, but the state attorney has chosen to fine the campaigners. – It is crushing that young Sami campaigners are punished, while the state, which has committed human rights violations for over two years, still goes free. That’s what artist and actress Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen says. She is among those who have now received a fine for not removing themselves when the police asked her to. – The state chose to downplay our protest rather than take responsibility for stopping the violation of human rights. I refuse to accept a fine for this, says Isaken. Marked 500 days It was in connection with the fact that 500 days had passed since the Supreme Court ruled that two of the wind power plants at Fosen in Trøndelag conflict with the rights of indigenous people. The wind turbines are located in an area that has been used by the reindeer herding industry in the area. Ida Helene Benonisen refuses to pay the fine she has received from the public prosecutor in Oslo. Photo: Marie Sjøvold / Buskerud Art Center The government has since the judgment came down to find a solution on how to comply with the judgment without having to demolish the turbines at a cost of several billion kroner. The protesters sat inside the Ministry of Oil and Energy (OED) for almost four days before they were carried out by the police. – We entered the OED because the state has failed the Fosen Sámi. It is strange that the state can violate human rights without having any consequences for it, while we who speak out are punished. I therefore do not accept the fine, says Ida Helene Benonisen. Several hundreds of thousands of kroner have been collected for a fund that will pay for fines and legal help the shareholders may need. – At least I’m not going to withdraw money from this fund to pay my fine because I’m not going to pay it, says Benonisen. In addition Photo: Rasmus Berg Ønska failure to prosecute The public prosecutor in Oslo does not want to disclose how large the fines they have given the shareholders are. They also do not want to say how many people have been fined. In October, the police asked that the 28 activists they removed from the ministry in February not have to be fined. – We have assessed the reaction pattern differently. We believe there is a basis for issuing a fine, says State Attorney Irlen Irgens at the Oslo State Prosecutor’s Office. She will not be surprised if many of the activists do not accept the fines they have now received. – Then it will be the court that gets to decide on this eventually, says Irgens.
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