Forced to marry at age 15, a child. Arrested for the murder of the forcibly imposed "husband" in 2014 when she was 19 years old; had two children the oldest 7 years and the youngest six months old when imprisoned nearly 10 years ago. Samira Sabzian is scheduled for courts-ordered State-murder tomorrow, December 13 and "only strong international reactions can save her life". https://iranhr.net/en/articles/6391/ Opinion: not a marriage, but rape-slavery.
Police nabbed a graffiti artist attempting to flee the scene of committing this (picture) adorable art in the harbor of Visby, Gotland, the large island just outside southeastern mainland Sweden. The 27-year-old was prosecuted for vandalism, with the prosecutor demanding a fine.
Police's interrogation records said e.g. that "His intention is to offer free art to passersby." and... the District Court of Gotland... agreed.
The court's ruling states that no harm has been proven and that the artist "on a gray and cracked concrete façade which is the short end of a loading dock, has depicted a lamb.", that "The way in which X has illustrated the lamb testifies to an artistic work carried out with a certain amount of artistic and technical skill." then finally "According to the District Court's opinion, the beauty value of the cracked concrete façade - in purely objective terms - has increased through X's painting." so the 27-year old artist was acquitted by the court, which also ruled that the police had must return the spray cans they had confiscated.
Greta left the protest at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in Oslo... to one hour later be at the Public Service broadcaster NRK's evening news, commenting that: "This is a very clear example of so-called 'green colonialism', that we pretend as if we're going to 'save the planet' so to speak, at the same time as we are violating human rights and completely ignore indigenous peoples' persective, because that's... that's done. A no is a no."
Elle Nystad of Norwegian Sámi Association-Youth at same evening news. -What's at stake? -What's at stake is our right to existence. And this, that we're being considered as having illegally occupied [the Ministry], I don't understand, because we have demonstrated peacefully and we have not broken any laws when we were inside... and this struggle is about our existence as a people and not just the existence of reindeer herding.
Minister of Petroleum and Energy joins and blah blahs a bit, then Elle Nystad responds: "The wind turbines must be demolished and the land returned to Fosen-Sápmi, but not just that. This is green colonialism. It can not be thus that, that our sustainable livelihood and primary sustenance and foundations for life has to go to the cost of capital".
The host then asks Greta -Why is this a demo you're in? -But that's obvious. This shows a very, very clear example. It is human rights being violated. It is very, very serious and it is happening in a part of the world where we say we are leading, progressive and fight for human rights... that this is happening, is entirely unacceptable. So obviously we who can must speak out about this and show our support to those Sámi and activists that have lead this struggle for very, very long.
Another major thing that Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen has been a major part of, by the way, is a dramatized documentary "Ellos eatnu – Let the Rivers Flow" feature length movie about the Alta Conflict (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_conflict) between the Sámi people and the State of Norway, which is considered the start of the "environmental movement" in Norway. That was one of the buttons on Ella Marie during the recent award ceremony. I don't know that it has been subtitled to English yet, even though it obviously should, but here https://vimeo.com/810888406 is a trailer with Swedish language subtitles.
Farther back you should also watch the documentary of the latest indigenous Sámi people's major uprising in "The Kautokeino Rebellion", for example https://tube.xy-space.de/w/bs8ZfqsFsHNsY3W5Xty22W here, if you care about indigenous any peoples struggles, that is.
Prime Minister's office blockaded and several hundred activists in demo outside the Royal Palace yesterday in Oslo while the government met the king, as it today is 600 days since the Supreme Court ruled the wind turbines at Fosen violate the human rights of the indigenous Sámi people, 100 days passed since the mass-blockades of Ministries ended after government promises to end the human rights violations but nothing has happened.
"We were promised change, we were promised that our human rights would be respected. Nevertheless nothing has happened. Now we are here to show that as long as the human rights violation is ongoing, it never gets quiet", said Elle Nystad, leader of Norwegian Sámi Association-Youth.
The Prime Minister of the human rights violating government claimed to Elle that "We are working with this matter. It is not standing still" presenting no evidence for that claim.
The human rights and environmental activists brought sleeping bags and chains, saying they would continue the blockade (at least) until today even if told by police to move, whilst police commented they expect the activists to follow Norway's laws (like the government... isn't).
I translated a statement regarding the indigenous rights violations by the State of Norway at Fosen-Sápmi, published today by the Board of the Sámi parliament of Sweden. It's too long for a toot, so you get it as a picture instead. I didn't want to remove parts of it to fit the character limit. Sorry.
For more on the referenced "situation at Alta", a major conflict between the indigenous Sámi and the State of Norway, which is considered to be the start of mainstream environmentalism in Norway, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alta_conflict.
The Sámi parliament of Sweden is a State Agency of the State of Sweden. The representatives, elected by the Sámi, can not do legislation nor taxation. The "Board" is similar to what would be a "Government", if the parliament had been granted the power to self-govern by the occupying State of Sweden.
The indigenous Sámi people will resume the mass-blockading of the government of Norway on Wednesday (Oct 11, 2023) as it will then be two whole years of the State continuing to violate the Supreme Court's ruling that the wind farm on indigenous land at Fosen violates intl law, human rights and is illegal.
Here's a video with Greta on this, from the Norwegian Sámi Association-Youth (NSR Nuorat) with English subtitiles:
Minister Terje Aasland of Blah-Blah ("of Petroleum and Energy") came to the protesters.
Minister of Blah-Blah: …blah, blah…new decision, which Supreme Court…
Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen: Now I must protect my fellow activists, sitting here for the 5th day. We're exhausted and I can not tolerate that you're sitting here talking the same empty words over us as you've been for 505 days. It ends NOW. It ends now immediately.
Minister of Blah-Blah: It's not empty words.
Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen: We can't start talking about the future before you recognize the past and recognize the CURRENT human rights violations, ongoing RIGHT NOW. It MUST END. We can not tolerate this any longer. It's over now. Now it's enough.
Minister of Blah-Blah: But I've said very clearly I respect your opinion and I respect indigenous rights, we will try… Elle Nystad: No you don't.
Minister of Blah-Blah: [blah, blah] Don't you think reindeer herding benefits from…
Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen: If anyone shouldn't talk reindeer herding, it's YOU Terje Aasland. Nobody is less suitable to talk about it and you haven't been a little bit interested for 505 days[…]
Minister of Blah-Blah: [blah blah] *silence* Minister: *leaves*
The people: INDIGENOUS RIGHTS IS NOT OPTIONAL! THE WIND TURBINES MUST BE DEMOLISHED NOW!
Oslo police once again chose to aid the one breaking the law against the victim of the violation, carrying away indigenous Sámi protesting the continuation of wind farm on their culture-essential reindeer herding land over two years after the Supreme Court ruled that the permit was invalid, illegal, in violation of indigenous basic human rights, but even after the PM admitted that it was a human rights violation, they keep doing it.
Video from the Norwegian Sámi Association-Youth, 12 minutes ago:
The police defended the criminal violations of human rights by forcibly removing the violated Sámi people's protesters from Parliament of Norway yesterday, when it was on the day two years since the Supreme Court ruled that the wind farm on their land had been permitted illegally.
After the police chose to aid the continuation of criminal human rights violations against the indigenous Sámi people by forcibly ending their protest in Parliament, they and many other people that support human rights instead blockaded the Karl Johans gate (largest street of Oslo, gate means street), setting up traditional Sámi tents on it and outside Parliament.
One of the campaigners said they would "close down the state, ministry by ministry" for as long as necessary. "The state has let the Sami people down," Ella Marie Haetta Isaksen told Reuters.
Pic: "Campaigners from Nature and Youth and the Norwegian Samirs Riksforbund Nuorat block the entrances to the Ministry of Oil and Energy with Greta Thunberg in Oslo, Norway, February 27, 2023." Ole Berg-Rusten/NTB via Reuters (latter probably responsible for misspelling of "Samers"="Samirs", which should have been translated to "Norwegian Sámi Association-Youth" anyway)
The "Nature and Youth" ("Natur og Ungdom", https://www.nu.no) association has collected $72500 so far, according to major newspaper VG, for expected fines, lawyers and food for the indigenous rights protest at the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in Oslo where they also participate directly since the start. They have announced that for international donations one can use: IBAN - NO7550100587154
Today the same Sámi-rights activists have continued the protest from yesterday by going to blockade the "State Power" (Statkraft) State-owned electricity. They were reportedly initially 60-70 but more were arriving.
Also Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen, today. "Today we're not just shutting the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, the other Ministries sharing building with them and the Ministry of Agriculture... ...today we shut the State." *cheers* "[???] We have shut a new Ministry, the Ministry of Finance. We will shut the State, Ministry by Ministry, until the wind turbines at Fosen are demolished and returned."
Journalist asks for explanation about the escalation plans. Ella Marie Hætta Isaksen: "Yes, for us it has become more and more clear, throughout this action, that it is the State of Norway that has betrayed the Sámi people, so today we have decided that we will shut Ministry after Ministry, and shut the entire State."
Of course Greta upheld the promise to show up again for the new invitation from the Sámi activists, alongside whom Greta participated in shutting down the State of Norway the previous time.
Greta: "It should not have to happen, that young Sámi activists shall feel forced to do this, to occupy buildings to protest against that the State is violating human rights. So, there is no excuse for that. The colonization of Sápmi and this resistance has been ongoing for centuries. We can not accept that it is allowed to continue happening. Therefore everyone that can be here and support should do so. It is therefore I and other activists are here in support the Sámi activists and the Sámi at Fosen [where the illegal wind farm is] who are affected directly by these wind turbines"
Sámi indigenous rights activist Hætta Isaksen at the blockades in Oslo earlier today, paraphrased for brevity. "Today I only have good news to bring. Today we haven't only shut the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, Ministry of Agriculture aaaand the Ministry of Finance, today we also aaalso shut the Ministry of Environment and the Ministry of Industry and Fisheries!
Another highlight today, even though it of course is painful to see my brothers and sisters get trampled on, it's moving to see so many stand up, to see Greta Thunberg arrested TWICE for standing for indigenous rights."
Then announces they will get their things back from the previous nighttime eviction, then that there will be a solidarity demo on Friday and then, "that means of course we continue the blockade and 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝘀𝗵𝘂𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗿𝗼𝘄!"
Then chants of abbreviation for "show Sámi spirit", as popularized during the Alta-conflict.
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