Climate Advocacy
An update on the ongoing detention of Daria Egereva and Natalya Leongardt: the two Russian Indigenous rights advocates, arrested in December on terrorism charges, had their pretrial detention extended last month until at least June. Egereva, a Selkup climate activist, was scheduled to attend the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York next week but now faces up to 20 years in prison. The case underscores escalating repression against environmental and human rights defenders.
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Russian authorities have arrested Daria Egereva, an Indigenous Selkup woman and prominent climate advocate, on charges of participating in a terrorist organization. Observers view the detention as retaliation for her work promoting Indigenous voices at the United Nations. Egereva, from Tomsk in western Siberia, faces potential imprisonment of up to 20 years.