Loga sámegillii. Many campaigners have already turned up outside the Storting. They have “renamed” Karl Johans gate to Elsa Laula geaidnu, and are setting up lavvoer. – We’ve moved into Elsa Laula’s geaidnu, and we’re not moving, says Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen. New demonstrations against the Government’s handling of the wind power plant at Fosen in Trøndelag will start on Wednesday. Many campaigners have already turned up outside the Storting. Photo: Javad Parsa / NTB Two years since the verdict was handed down – Young Sami’s trust in the state is at breaking point, Natur og Ungdom writes in a press release. In 2021, the Supreme Court ruled that the permission for development was invalid, because it violates the Sami’s rights. When in February 500 days had passed since the verdict, demonstrations were held in Oslo for over a week. It has also been demonstrated at 600 and 700 days. – It has now been almost two years, or 730 days, since the Fosen judgment was handed down. There is still no solution in sight, writes Nature and Youth in the press release. Large demonstrations have been announced in the center of Oslo on Wednesday. Photo: Dragan Cubrilo / news Buses have been set up from Bodø, Trondheim and Bergen, so that people from several places in the country can join. Greta Thunberg is also coming to take part in the campaign together with Swedish activists from the Fridays for Future climate movement. – We support the fight that the activists are waging to keep up the pressure to make visible that there is an ongoing violation of human rights in Norway, which has lasted for two years, says Leif Arne Jåmå, head of the Sør-Fosen site. Mediation between the parties is underway In March, Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre admitted that human rights violations are ongoing at Fosen, and the campaigners held out hope that progress could be made in the matter. The reindeer herders in the area and the developer of the facility started negotiations led by the National Ombudsman in May with the hope of reaching an amicable solution. These negotiations are still ongoing, and it is unclear how things are going. – Otherwise, the responsible ministry and the government have sat completely still without even taking a single immediate or long-term measure to follow up on the Supreme Court’s verdict, writes Nature and Youth in the press release. In February this year, activists closed the entrance to the Ministry of Oil and Energy in Oslo. The demonstrations went on for several days. Photo: Dragan Cubrilo / news Oil and Energy Minister Terje Aasland says that it would be best if the parties involved reach a solution together. – We still have hope that the mediation process will be able to lead to an amicable solution to the matter. It will be the best for all parties, he told news earlier this week. Riksmekler Mats Ruland says that there are grounds for continuing the mediation. There have been several meetings and new ones are planned. – There are very difficult questions to resolve, and interests that are of great importance to all parties, says Ruland. Mihkkal Hætta and Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen stand outside the Storting in September. Hätta set up a lavvo outside, which he has slept in since. Photo: news – Going too slowly Mihkkal Hætta was one of those who demonstrated at the Ministry of Oil and Energy in February. He believes that the Sami have been patient long enough, and that the work on the case is going too slowly. – I hope that they make a decision that the violation of human rights cannot continue any longer, and that they choose to demolish the wind turbines at Fosen. I hope for progress in the matter. Now it’s going too slowly, he told news in September. The Norwegian Institute for Human Rights (Nim) believes that the fact that the Government has taken so long may be a new violation of human rights. – Not repairing a violation of human rights can mean a violation in itself, says director Adele Matheson Mestad in a press release.
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Two years since the Supreme Court verdict on wind power at Fosen – new demonstrations outside the Storting – news Trøndelag – Local news, TV and radio
