On Tuesday 8th November Greenpeace arranged a press conference together with Sámi reindeer herders and the Sámi Council. Dr. Martin Scheinin, Professor of Constitutional and International Law at Åbo Akademi University stated that loggings by the state owned forestry enterprise Metsähallitus do violate human rights.
- The UN human rights committee has stated that Finland violates the The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights from 1966 by allowing logging in areas that are important grazing forests for Sámi reindeer herders, said Dr Scheinin.

The three reindeer herders that decided to sue Metsähallitus for logging in their grazing forests have been issued a guarantee sum of 1 050 000 euros to stop the logging. The sum equals - according to Metsähallitus - roughly the economical loss a long time trial would cost the enterprise. Before the sum is paid the logging will continue as normal - despite a court order to stop the logging. The company started logging in the area of Nellim in October, and has moved its operations even to the inside of the fence where the herders gather their reindeer every autumn before roundup. It is interesting to know that in Finland only wealthy people can afford a fair trial against a state owned company!