activist Greta Thunberg arrested this Wednesday, along with dozens of people during a new day of demonstrations in front of the headquarters of various ministries in Oslo, Norway, in defense of the rights of the Sami community protesting against the presence of two wind farms in their territories.

In recent days, activists have blocked the entrances to the ministries of finance and oil and energy. This Wednesday the headquarters doors Climate & Environment & Industry they were also peacefully occupied, according to the Swedish newspaper Verdens Gang.

Thunberg, who had already been evicted from the doors of the Treasury headquarters in previous days, is now The Norwegian police were arrested.

“This is an international disgrace that concerns not only Norway. There is a global struggle for the rights of indigenous peoples around the world. (…) We cannot fight climate change at the expense of the rights of indigenous peoples.”condemned Thunberg in statements to the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten.

Several government buildings in the capital have also been the subject of protests by activists who denounce the presence of two wind farms that were built in the Trondelag district in infringement of the rights of the Saami community and their pastures, according to the Supreme Court.

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The protests that began last Thursday forced Petroleum and Energy Minister Terje Ausland to cancel an official visit to the UK, where he was supposed to take part in an event with Prince William of England.

In October 2021, the Supreme Court ruled in favor of lawsuit filed against two wind farms – one of them is Storheya, the largest in Norway – in the Fosen district, in Trøndelag, believing that it endangers reindeer husbandry and thereby violates the right of the Sami community to practice their traditions.