Militarization and violation of the Indigenous peoples’ rights — how to avoid military service | Anti-Discrimination Podcast Ep. 6

Anti-Discrimination Centre 'Memorial' continues its podcast series on the rights of Indigenous Peoples.The sixth episode of the podcast is about how the criminal war unleashed by Russia against Ukraine affects the situation of Indigenous peoples living on the territory of the Russian Federation, and in what ways the Russian authorities force representatives of these peoples to take part in military actions. The podcast pays special attention to the possibilities of avoiding service in the army, including in a situation when a person is already at the front.These issues are discussed by the following speakers :◾ Valentina Bazarova, analyst of the “Free Buryatia” foundation ◾ Ruslan Valiev, journalist, publisher of the media outlet “Aspekty”, Bashkortostan ◾ Artem Klyga, head of the legal department of “The Conscientious Objectors Movement” ◾ Sergey Krivenko, expert of the human rights group “Citizen. Army. Law”◾ Stefania Kulaeva, expert of ADC “Memorial”, BrusselsImportant links to support to avoid service in the army:- The Conscientious Objectors Movement - The anti-war project "Get Lost" (Idite Lesom) Episode 1  ⁠⁠on the environmental rights⁠⁠Episode 2 ⁠⁠on the right to education⁠Episode 3 ⁠⁠⁠⁠on the right to culture ⁠Episode 4 ⁠⁠⁠on the right to the native language Episode 5 on the UN protections Sound design: Ostap KukharThe following English version of this podcast was created using AI voice synthesis technology from the original Russian-language episode, with the explicit consent of the speakers.