A briefing was held in Kyiv on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples

On Tuesday, August 9, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience held a briefing on the occasion of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, during which the speakers spoke about the situation of the indigenous peoples of Ukraine in the context of a full-scale war.

Speakers were:

1. Eskender Bariiev – Head of the Board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, Head of the Public Council under the SEFC, member of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people
2. Olena Arabadzhy – a representative of the Karaite people, a member of the board of the public organization Melitopol National-Cultural Karaite Society Dzhamaat (online participation)
3. Syres Boliaien – iniazor of the Erzia people, head of the Erzia society in Ukraine Erzäń val (Erzia word)
4. Viacheslav Lombrozo – representative of the Krymchak people, Deputy Chairman of the International Public Organization Foundation for Research and Support of the Indigenous Peoples of Crimea (online participation)
5. Refat Chubarov – Head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people
6. Pavel Suliandziga – representative of the Udege indigenous people of Russia
7. Dmitry Berezhkov – representative of the Itelmen indigenous people of Russia
8. Tetiana Podvorniak – Communications Manager of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center

Moderator: Olena Bohdan – Head of the State Service of Ukraine for Ethnopolitics and Freedom of Conscience (SEFC)

During the event, the speakers informed about the history of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, about the situation of the indigenous peoples of Ukraine in the context of a full-scale invasion, and also presented visual and informational content prepared by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center for this day as part of the #LIBERATECRIMEA information campaign.