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Sámi people. Syria. Police on Independence Day. Weather

Report on discrimination against the Sámi people

First, news about the Sámi people.

A major report on discrimination against the Sámi people was completed in Finland.

In the report, over 400 Sámi people tell how the Finnish state has discriminated against the Sámi.

The state previously wanted the Sámi to speak only Finnish.

Sámi children were sent to Finnish schools that were far away. The children were forced to move away from home, and many Sámi children forgot the Sámi language and culture. This is one example in the report of how the Sámi were discriminated against in Finland.

Prime Minister Petteri Orpo says that the Finnish state must apologize to the Sámi people.

The Sámi are an indigenous people in Finland. They have their own language and culture.

Ex-Syrian President’s Atrocities Revealed

Next news from Syria.

New details about the atrocities committed by the former Syrian president have emerged in documents released yesterday.

The documents detail how the regime of former President Bashar al-Assad killed people in prisons.

Yle found information in the documents, for example, about Turkyi Alfashtaki, who disappeared in Syria in 2011. He opposed al-Assad. The document states that Alfashtaki died in prison in 2014.

Alfashtaki’s sister Housana Alfashtaki lives in Finland. She finally learned that her brother had died. It’s important for relatives to know, says Housana Alfashtaki.

New information has emerged about the atrocities committed by the former Syrian president.

Police monitor Independence Day

Finally, news about police surveillance on Independence Day.

There will be a lot of police in Helsinki tomorrow on Independence Day.

There are a lot of police, especially near the Presidential Palace, because there is a big Independence Day celebration there.

People are also participating in marches and demonstrations in the city, police say.

The weather is rainy.

Still a weather forecast.

Tomorrow, Independence Day, it will rain in the south and west.

It snows sometimes in the north.

The temperature is 0…+7 degrees. It is colder in the north.