FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12.02.2026

Daria Egereva Will Remain in Detention until March 15 After Court Decision

On December 17, 2025, Russian special services arrested Daria Egereva, a member of the Selkup Indigenous Peoples from the Tomsk region of Russia, on charges of “terrorism.” The next day, the court decided to detain her in custody for two months. Her next hearing is scheduled for the end of February and could deprive her of her freedom for up to 20 years. Egereva is a prominent Indigenous human rights defender and climate activist.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
20 December 2025


According to Indigenous organizations in Russia, Indigenous leaders and UN-engaged human rights defenders are being arrested, searched, and interrogated on fabricated charges of "terrorism" and "extremism" for their peaceful human rights work and cooperation with UN mechanisms.

By CS Staff

By CS Staff

Since 1974, a network of biosphere reserves has been established on Earth within the framework of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere Program. These lands are a tool for biodiversity conservation and scientific testing grounds for studying and finding solutions for a balanced interaction between nature and humans.

Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
17th session 8-12 July 2024

Item 5:  United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: Interactive dialogue with UNPFII, the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples and members of the United Nations Treaty Bodies

Oral intervention by Yana Tannagasheva, International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia (ICIPR)

In April 2023, Cultural Survival submitted a joint stakeholder report with partner organizations IWGIA, Society for Threatened Peoples (STP), and International Committee of Indigenous Peoples of Russia (ICIPR) on the state of Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the Russian Federation for the 44th Universal Periodic Review.

The following is an appeal sent by various anti-war movements of Indigenous Peoples of Siberia and Indigenous activists to the United Nations in October 2022. The signees address the Russian Federation’s current mobilization order and its impact on Indigenous communities in the Sakha Republic. They call on the UN for assistance with Indigenous draftees needing asylum and seek solidarity and support from the international community. They make known their fervent denouncement of the violence and destabilization Russia has wrecked upon Ukraine in its unjust war on the sovereign nation.

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