Call for Arctic Council to include Russian Indigenous groups in exile in working groups
May 12 marks the end of Norway’s two-year chairship of the Arctic Council. A closed virtual meeting between all eight
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Russia removes critical voices ahead of Arctic Council chairmanship, claims Indigenous peoples expert
Russia highlights the Arctic as territory of dialogue, but a recent court order in Moscow might indicate that not everyone
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Russia shuts down Arctic Indigenous rights group
Director of the group, Rodion Sulyandziga, says Russia’s goal with the shutdown is to keep indigenous peoples outside any international,
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Ottawa tells court First Nation child welfare compensation order could cost $8 billion
A senior federal official says a human rights tribunal ruling ordering Ottawa to compensate First Nation children apprehended through the
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Ottawa seeks judicial review in decision to compensate First Nations kids
Canada’s Liberal government led by Justin Trudeau is challenging a landmark human rights ruling to compensate apprehended First Nations children
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Ottawa must compensate First Nations children impacted by on-reserve welfare system, tribunal rules
Ottawa must pay tens of thousands of dollars to every First Nations child who was placed in the on-reserve child
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Indigenous participation key to Arctic development, Inuit activist tells Economic Forum of the Americas
Full Inuit participation will be key to long-term sustainable development in the Arctic as well as helping the world confront
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Finnish president makes state visit to China
Monday’s meeting is the third rendezvous between President Sauli Niinistö and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Niinistö opened a climate seminar
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Finland takes thousands off streets by giving homes to homeless
About ten years ago Finland decided that every person in the country deserves to have a home. Housing minister Jan
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Russia lashes out at Norwegian NGO over “russophobic” World Cup handbook
A guidebook for journalists issued by the Norwegian Helsinki Committee in connection with the upcoming Football World Cup is a
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Norwegian editor banned from Russia takes FSB to court
Eye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer is part of the Eye on the Arctic circumpolar news
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Indigenous Peoples activist detained in Moscow
Police searched Rodion Sulyandziga’s apartment Sunday morning and prevented him from leading a seminar. Well-known Rodion Sulyandziga runs the Moscow-based
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Indigenous Peoples’ knowledge can help us prevent climate changes says Ban Ki-moon
The UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urges governments to ensure that Indigenous Peoples’ rights and contributions remain central when ways to
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Human rights fighters on foreign agent list, for second time
The Russian Ministry of Justice has put the international human rights society Memorial on its list of foreign agents. The
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Sami win case for rights to hunt, fish in Sweden
The Gällivare District Court has awarded the Girjas Sami association in Norrbotten County the right to control hunting and fishing permits on
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