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Sweden must protect Sami rights and put an end to “old colonial patterns”, writes Amnesty International in its annual report. The organization believes that Sweden backs down on basic human rights issues.
According to Amnesty, the Sami’s cultural survival is threatened when pressure on Sami traditional lands increases. There are many interests in the areas, including from mining and logging, but climate change is also putting a damper on the pressure.
If the Sami’s fundamental rights to their own lands are not guaranteed, it is a Swedish failure to live up to international commitments regarding the rights of indigenous peoples, writes Amnesty.
The human rights organization also raises criticism in other areas, including that crime prevention measures risk reinforcing structural racism, that freedom of demonstration is put to the test and that vulnerable EU citizens do not receive the care they are entitled to.
