The Norwegian government has apologized to reindeer herders after activists spent a week protesting a wind farm that they say hinders the rights of the Indigenous Sami people in Norway. The country's oil and energy minister made the apology on Thursday after meeting with the speaker of the Sami Parliament. She says receiving an apology had been “a wish from my side” and “It is important that we now have a common perception that we are dealing with a human rights violation.” At the center of the dispute are 151 turbines in Europe’s largest onshore wind farm. The activists say they violate the rights of the Sami to use the land for reindeer
Norwegian police have removed activists from the entrance to two government offices as campaigners continued their protest against a wind farm that they say hinders the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer in Arctic Norway
Police removed Sami indigenous rights protestors from the entrances of buildings in Norway during protests. The activists were blocking government building entrances
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