The United Nations has declared 2022 the start of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, aiming to raise awareness of the ongoing global loss of Indigenous languages.

Ongoing attacks on human rights defenders and restrictions on civil society are critically challenging the effectiveness of these efforts.

Read Indigenous Language Rights and the Politics of Fear in Asia - Issue 7 of The La Trobe Asia Brief.

Dr Gerald Roche (Senior Research Fellow in Politics at La Trobe University, La Trobe Asia fellow).

Recorded 29 September 2022.