'Seriously, Finland?' Red-faced minister deletes Instagram poll


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  • Friday, 13 Dec 2019

An Instagram post depicting Finnish Finance Minister Katri Kulmuni is seen on a phone running the Twitter app in Helsinki, Finland December 13, 2019. Lehtikuva/Jussi Nukari via REUTERS

HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's finance minister deleted an Instagram post and issued an apology on Friday after criticism by a human rights group that embarrassed the new, women-led government days after it took office.

Katri Kulmuni, who became finance minister only this week, had posted an informal poll on whether the government should allow Finnish women with links to Islamic State to return from Syria, or just their children.

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