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The Greenlandic minister in charge, also running for the Danish Parliament, is under pressure to release an expert panel’s findings on possible genocide in the IUD case. The minister remains silent.

Possible political bombshell emerges in Nuuk: »It would be unfortunate if the report were brushed aside«

As Greenland’s head of government, Múte B. Egede stated in 2024 that Denmark had committed genocide in the IUD case. An expert group has since investigated the case, and its conclusions were handed in more than six weeks ago. Foto: Nicolai West
As Greenland’s head of government, Múte B. Egede stated in 2024 that Denmark had committed genocide in the IUD case. An expert group has since investigated the case, and its conclusions were handed in more than six weeks ago. Foto: Nicolai West
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For more than six weeks, the Greenlandic government has been in possession of one of the most controversial reports in the recent history of the Danish Realm.

The report concerns the IUD case and specifically whether the Danish state has committed genocide according to the criteria of the UN Genocide Convention of 1948 by implementing contraceptive measures against Greenlandic women.

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