Earlier this month, the Finnish government released its Truth and Reconciliation report, which documents years of harm done to the country’s Indigenous Sámi people. Truth and Reconciliation ...

Finland must rectify injustices committed against the indigenous Sami people, a truth and reconciliation commission said on Thursday as it finalised a report after four years' work. Truth and ...

Finland has breached the political rights of its Sami population, the UN Human Rights Committee ruled Monday, charging that Helsinki had violated the indigenous people's right to "internal ...

Finnish lawmakers approved on Thursday a long-awaited legal reform of the Sami parliament that strengthens the rights of Europe's only recognised native people to decide how they are governed. The ...

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo at the press conference on Thursday to announce the commission’s final report. (Vesa Toppari / Yle) The Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s report lists 70 ...

The commission collected testimonials from nearly 400 Sami and dozens of experts to shed light on discrimination and human rights violations perpetrated by the Finnish state, including an assimilation ...