{"id":37583,"date":"2026-03-04T12:34:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T09:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/?p=37583"},"modified":"2026-03-17T17:59:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T14:59:43","slug":"representatives-of-indigenous-movements-spoke-at-the-european-parliament-about-persecution-by-russian-authorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adcmemorial.org\/en\/news\/breaking-news\/representatives-of-indigenous-movements-spoke-at-the-european-parliament-about-persecution-by-russian-authorities\/","title":{"rendered":"Representatives of Indigenous movements spoke at the European Parliament about persecution by Russian authorities"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo credits by EPP group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Discussion titled \u201cVoices of Indigenous Peoples against Russia\u2019s Repression\u201d took place 3 March,\u00a0 in the European Parliament in Brussels. The event<\/a> was organized the Anti-Discrimination Centre Memorial\u2013Brussels together with\u00a0the MEP (Lithuania) Rasa Juknevi\u010dien\u0117<\/span>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Representatives of indigenous movements were speaking<\/a> about repressions and persecutions by Russian authorities, the speakers were human rights defender and Chair of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center (Kyiv) Eskender Bariev<\/strong>, the activist of S\u00e1mi Indigenous People and member of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) Valentina Sovkina<\/strong> and \u00a0journalist from Bashkortostan Ruslan Valiev.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In recent years \u2014 since the beginning of Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine and the occupation of Crimea \u2014 the Russian Federation has moved from systemic oppression of Indigenous peoples to widespread repression of activists and all those who raise their voices against violations of the rights to identity, religion, territory, environment, and freedom of expression.<\/p>\n

A video of the discussion<\/strong> (with simultaneous interpretation into English)<\/p>\n