“Baajh vaeride årrodh”, “Let the mountain live” was chanted deftly in the square in the center of Alta on Wednesday at 12 o’clock.
60-70 people gathered outside the government building in Oslo for a demonstration in support of the displaced Fosen activists.
It is no coincidence that today the Alta Sami Sangh meets precisely in Alta. It was at Stilla i Alta that the battle for the Alta-Kautokein waterway took place 40 years ago.
Then, the protesters lost the battle for the river under construction. But the battle for Sami interests really came to the fore.
More than 60 people turned up in Alta to show support for the campaigners in Oslo.
– We are gathered in Alta because it started 40 years ago. What we see today is a relic of the past, says Ann Henriette Nilud.
He is the head of the Alta Sami Association and has demonstrated for the Fosen case from Oslo.
Looking at the Fossen case, Niluth believes Sami rights are not applicable in practice, where he believes the authorities ignored indigenous rights.
– Niluth says what the authorities have done here is very arrogant.
Among those in attendance was a former Alta partner
Kjell Derås sits on the Nature Conservancy’s board. He was a member of the chain gang during the 1981 police operation in Stilla and is today a co-organizer in Alta.
– It is destroying the rights of tribal people. “We got away from it in 1981 and we’re getting away from it now,” says Teras.
Kjell Teras was among those who came to Alta to show their support for the Fosen campaigners. He was involved in the Alta operation 40 years ago.
Photo: Hanne Larsen / NRK
At the same time, demand for electricity is a big issue in Finland. Many Finnmark politicians have said that if they don’t get more power, Finnmark will struggle.
Mayor Aina Porch (AP) spoke in Borshankar VG If Fossen’s opponents win, business development in Finnmark will be halted.
But Teras does not share the vision of developing more power to promote business and prevent displacement.
– We should invest in nature based tourism and fishing rather than green, brown fairy castles that require a lot of electricity. Most people in Finland have plenty of electricity.
They have demanded the demolition of the wind turbines in Fosen
Last Thursday marks 500 days since the Supreme Court ruled that wind turbines at Fosson were preventing the people of Rainsam from practicing their culture.
Since then, activities have continued in the Government Quarter in Oslo.
– Vice President says that disobedience is always a last resort, but here it is important Ingwilt m in nature. Torgerson and Harstad Young.
Tonight they are organizing a demonstration of support for the activists in Oslo on the square in Harstad. Politicians and organizations are expected to hold appeals there.
– For us, it is incredibly important to show support and solidarity to tribal people and their struggle, he says. Norah M. Kildal Granås, Harstad Nature and Youth Chair.
Norah M. Kildal Granås.
Photo: Mathis Ira / NRK
Oil and Energy Minister Terje Åsland Fossen has canceled his planned trip to Great Britain due to the case.
The youth have clear expectations from the minister.
– All we demand is to demolish the windmills in Fossen and hand the land back to the reindeer herder Sami, says Gildall Granas.
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