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Eric M Runesson

Sami Representatives Reject the Government

Sami Representatives Reject the Government

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The Government is circumventing the law when it first made it clear that the Renmark Committee would be shut down and only afterwards invited to a consultation. This is claimed by the Swedish Sami National Association (SSR) and declines a consultation afterwards

The Inquiry Investigator: The Government Must Explain Itself

The Inquiry Investigator: The Government Must Explain Itself

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The government's decision to dissolve the Renmark Committee – which has investigated sensitive issues of hunting rights in the mountains – receives sharp criticism from the committee's chairman Eric M Runesson. "Is it fear of contact that lies behind the government's actions? Or are alternative facts needed?", he writes on DN Debatt