Anti-Discrimination Centre ‘Memorial’ continues its podcast series on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. The fourth episode of the podcast is dedicated to the right of peoples to preserve and learn their native languages.

The guests of the episode, Tyan Zaochnaya and Lana Pylaeva, share their personal experiences of advocating for their native languages — Itelmen and Komi.  The podcast discusses the linguistic diversity of the peoples of Eurasia, the right of every people to education in their own language, existing mechanisms for the protection of this right, the equal value of all languages and cultures, and the challenges faced by minority and Indigenous languages today.

Participants:

• Tyan Zaochnaya — Itelmen researcher of the Itelmen language; member of the Munich Group of the Society for Threatened Peoples and of the International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia
• Lana Pylaeva — Komi; Director of Komi Daily, an independent media project focused on the Komi language, culture, and history
• Olga Abramenko — expert at ADC Memorial

Sound design: Ostap Kukhar

The 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.

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The Episode 1 Violations of the environmental rights of the Indigenous peoples of Russia

The Episode 2 Violations of the indigenous peoples’ right to education

The Episode 3 Violations of Indigenous Peoples’ Right to Culture