Lawyer hopes guilty verdict in death of Inuk mother helps restore faith in Canadian justice system
A Canadian Crown prosecutor says he hopes the guilty verdict in the Montreal death of an Inuk mother, helps restore
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Sweden: Bigger prisons for more prisoners
The Prison and Probation Service wants to expand its prisons, in order to prevent security issues and other problems that
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Legal battle over hunting and fishing in Sweden’s far north
A legal battle between the Swedish state and a Sami community in the far north is heading to the Supreme
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Appeal court: Samis have ‘better right’ than Swedish state to control hunting and fishing on its land
The appeals court has given the Girjas Sami village the right to control hunting and fishing permits on its reindeer
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After budget cuts and crime spikes, Alaska prosecutors struggle to keep up
The State of Alaska does not have enough criminal attorneys, and is struggling to prosecute violent crimes, according to officials
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Swedish-speaking Finnish women launch their own #metoo campaign
Swedish-speaking women in Finland have launched a campaign against sexual harassment under the #dammenbrister hashtag (which translates roughly as ‘the
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Drone with smuggled cigarettes found on Finland-Russia frontier
Finnish Customs officials and border guards are investigating an unusual case in which a drone was found in a forested
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Sex crimes in Alaska: The most common victim is a 14-year-old girl assaulted in a home
Alaska’s sex crime victims mainly are young — just children, really. They most often are targeted in someone’s home. And
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Alaska Native groups and leaders double down on criminal justice reform
Two years ago, Greg Razo took a trip to the state prison in Nome. Razo, who is Yup’ik, was shocked
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Barents Observer Editor Thomas Nilsen’s case against FSB up in Moscow City Court
Eye on the Arctic editor’s note: The Independent Barents Observer is part of the Eye on the Arctic circumpolar news partnership.
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Swedish mining company in court over toxic waste exported to Chile in the 1980s
Some 800 people in Chile have sued the Swedish mining company Boliden for damages after a pile of toxic waste
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Several cases found of girls in Finland forced to undergo FGM
Girls in Finland are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM), according to a new study released on Friday. The
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Former Canadian police officer headed to jail for smuggling narwhal tusks to U.S.
A retired Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officer was sentenced Wednesday to 62 months in prison in Maine for smuggling
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Three Afghans arrested while trying to reach Norway from Russia
The prosecutor’s office in Murmansk informs that a criminal investigation is launched against the three young Afghan citizens that were
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Canada’s next Supreme Court Justice could come from the North
For the first time ever, Canada is including jurists from the North in its search for a new Supreme Court Justice.
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