Our daily jaunt around the world

🇳🇴 A group of protesters, including Greta Thunberg, blocked access to Norway’s energy ministry on Monday and Tuesday. The demonstrators were gathered there to protest against two wind farms in central Norway, which they said are imposing on the rights of the Sami Indigenous people to raise reindeer on the land. In 2021, Norway’s supreme court ruled the wind farms in question violated Sami human rights under international conventions, but the turbines remain operational 16 months later. Norwegian officials have said that while the supreme court ruled that the wind farm is invalid, the justices didn’t say anything about what should happen to it.

🌐 More countries shut down their domestic internet in 2022 than ever before. That’s according to a new report from NY-based digital rights watchdog Access Now, which found authorities across 35 countries instituted at least 187 internet shutdowns last year (up from 34 and 182 the previous year, respectively). More than half of those shutdowns occurred in India, with other repeat offenders including the Iranian government and Myanmar’s ruling military junta. Access Now said a majority of the shutdowns were triggered by protests, conflict, or allegations of human rights violations, while a smaller number coincided with school exams and elections.

🇷🇺 Vladimir Putin ordered stronger Russian border measures yesterday after drones flew into southern and western Russia, including one that came within 60 miles of Moscow. Moscow described the two drones it shot down over Russian airspace as a Ukrainian attempt to target domestic infrastructure, though Kyiv has a policy of not claiming responsibility for any attacks inside Russia. Experts say the drones were likely created by Ukrainian manufacturer Ukrjet based on images captured by Russian media. Separately, Putin officially banned all government officials from using foreign words that could otherwise be communicated in Russian.