Tag: Finland politics
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Finland's Sanna Marin apologises for lack of action on rights of indigenous Sámi people
Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin has said she’s sorry for delays in acting on new human rights legislation for indigenous Sámi people. It comes after Euronews highlighted ongoing problems with the Sámi Parliament Act, which Marin’s government had promised to pass in their current legislative programme. Four of the five parties in government are understood to support…
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Finland's indigenous Sámi politicians clear new human rights law hurdle
The Sámi Parliament in Finland has voted to approve the draft of a controversial piece of legislation that would make sure their right to self-determination is enshrined in Finnish law. The Sámi are the EU’s only recognised indigenous group, and are found in Finland and Sweden, as well as Norway and Russia. Members of Parliament in…
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Finland PM Sanna Marin 'doesn't care about human rights for Sámi people' as reforms likely to fail
Tuomas Aslak Juuso is frustrated. As president of the 21-member Sámi Parliament in Finland, the single most important piece of legislation on his desk right now — one which impacts all Sámi, the EU’s only recognised indigenous people — looks likely to fail for a third time. “It’s frustrating that Sámi human rights don’t seem to have any kind…
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Sanna Marin's government could collapse, as Sámi human rights laws stalled
Three weeks ago, nobody in the Finnish government was talking about rights for Sámi, the EU’s only recognised indigenous people. Few Finns even knew — or cared to know — there were any problems with a stalled piece of human rights legislation. But now it’s a subject that’s regularly leading news bulletins, prompting ministers to…