Annexed since 2014, Crimea has seen a massive increase in security personnel due to its strategic and sensitive location. Crimean Tatars opposed the annexation, fearing that Russian reprisals would continue as they did during the deportation of Crimean Tatar people after WW2. Tatars have historically been painted as a fifth column by Russian nationalist discourse and . Since the annexation and subsequent...
The Russian Federation has sentenced Crimean Tatar Representative Nariman Dzhelyal to 17 years in prison for alleged sabotage. Dzhelyal is the vice-president of the Mejlis, the Crimean Tatar legislative...
Just prior to war, the UNPO published an article outlining the reprisals taken out against Crimean Tatars in Crimea and elsewhere, as a warning of what was likely to come. At the outset of the war, the...
At 6am on Thursday, a group of seven Russian soldiers raided Leila Ibragimova’s home in Melitopol in southeastern Ukraine. Ibragimova, an ethnic Crimean Tatar, is a well-known figure in...
Statement of the UNPO Presidency on the Russian invasion of Ukraine The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) was founded in 1991 during the second great wave of decolonization of the...
UNPO members are firmly committed to the idea, underlying the creation of the United Nations, that the proper implementation of the right to self-determination is critical to achieving peace and sustainable...
Below is an article published on Mr. Chubarov's request in UKRINFORM The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People has called on the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) and the UN Human Rights Monitoring...
The UNPO profoundly regrets the current military confrontation between Armenia and Azerbaijan over Nagorno-Karabakh/Republic of Artsakh, which has killed hundreds and displaced thousands, mostly women...
The tour across Crimea will be a pretext for the Russian journalists to frame the Mejlis as "an extremist organization”, as well as to claim that its leaders and leading Crimean Tatar politicians...
Below is a statement by the European Union On 16 September 2020, the Southern District Military Court in Rostov-on-Don sentenced seven individuals arrested in the Crimean peninsula on 7 July 2020,...
Below is an article published by CPJ After Russia annexed Crimea in 2014, some Crimean Tatars–the indigenous population of the Crimean peninsula–had to flee for the Kyiv-controlled...
Below is an article published by Ukrinform "The settlement of this issue is long overdue, and we must finally solve it. We can say with confidence that we will definitely celebrate this holiday...
Below is an article published by RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty A court in Russia-annexed Crimea has sentenced a local Tatar man to eight years in prison after finding him guilty of being a member of an...
Below is an article published by Ukrinform Ukraine has called on UN Secretary-General António Guterres to react to Russia's violation of international law in the temporarily occupied Crimea. “Russia...
Below is a letter by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International Dear Prosecutor General, We write to you on behalf of two international human rights organisations, to express our concern...
Below is an article by UKRINFORM Russia's political persecution of deputy director general of the ATR television channel and journalist Ayder Muzhdabaev is an abuse of anti-terrorism legislation,...
Below is an article by UKRINFORM Over the past three months in the occupied Crimea, Russian security forces have detained illegally 25 people and arrested or extended the arrest of 97 people, most of...
Below is an article from the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group A young woman who stood in silent protest against Russia’s barbaric ‘reconstruction’ of the 16th century Crimean Tatar...
Six years ago, on 16 March 2014, Moscow orchestrated a referendum to try to legitimise its occupation of Ukraine’s Crimea, an action neither the Crimean Tatars nor the international community has...
According to one statement by the Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, "Neither Turkey nor the international community recognizes the illegal annexation of the Crimean Autonomous Republic of Ukraine by...
Below is an Article published by 112 International Secretary of the National and Security Council stated that Ukraine cannot supply water to occupied Crimea as liga.net reported. According to...
Below is a statement published by the European External Action Services (EEAS): Local and regional elections were held in the Russian Federation on 8 September [2019] and in the Crimean Peninsula. The...
Below is an article published by Emerging Europe: The secretary general of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has published the international organisation’s first report investigating human rights...
The article below was published by Human Rights Watch: After several increasingly tense weeks amid swirling rumors, a much-anticipated large-scale prisoner swap has finally happened between Russia...
The article below was published by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty: A court in Ukraine's Russia-annexed Crimea has released from detention a Crimean Tatar activist, who is on trial for alleged...
The article below was published by Human Rights Watch: Russian authorities have brought unfounded terrorism charges against 24 Crimean Tatars, 20 of whom were arrested during heavily armed raids on their...
The article below was published by Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty: Ukraine's delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has walked out in protest and President Volodymyr...
The article below was published by Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty: A court in Russia has sentenced five Crimean Tatars to lengthy prison terms on extremism charges that they say are politically motivated.The...
The article below was published by The Baltic Times: The Lithuanian parliamentary voted on Thursday [June 6th, 2019] to recognize Soviet crimes against Crimean Tatars as genocide. The resolution was...
The article below was published by The Ukrainian Weekly On May 18, Ukraine marks the Day of Remembrance for the Victims of Genocide against the Crimean Tatar People. The day recalls the 1944 deportation...
Below is an article published by Ukrinform: “Commemoration of the victims of deportation of the Crimean Tatar people is essential to prevent the recurrence of such catastrophes.” Chairman...
Below is an article published by RadioFreeEurope / RadioLiberty: Unknown vandals on May 9 [2019] desecrated a memorial outside the city of Sevastopol in Ukraine's Crimea region to Crimean Tatars...
The statement below was released by EEAS A court in the Crimean peninsula, illegally annexed from Ukraine by Russia, has ruled that all 23 Crimean Tatars detained on 27 March and 28 March will be held...
The article below was published by Unian Gayana Yuksel, a member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, has said the Russian authorities may hold another "referendum" in Crimea to completely...
Article Published by NATO Allies reaffirmed NATO’s unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. They expressed concern over human rights violations in Crimea,...
The article was published by Unian The threat of persecution of an archbishop of the Crimean Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, Klyment, by Russian security services in the annexed Crimea remains...
This article was published by Radio Free Europe: OKTYABRSKE, Ukraine -- Russian-imposed authorities in Ukraine's occupied Crimea region have detained three Crimean Tatar activists, according to a Ukrainian...
The article below was published by the 112 UA: Crimean Tatar blogger Nariman Memedeminov has been moved from the ordinary cell to that with an increased security level. He still remains at the remand...
The article below was published by the 112: Russia conducts searches in a house located in a district mainly inhabited by the Crimean Tatars in Fontany, Simferopol, occupied Crimea, as Krym.Realii reported. As...
The article below was published by the Radio Free Europe: Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) says it has deported a man it it says is an agent of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU) who planned...
This article was published by UNIAN: The leader of the Crimean Tatar people, MP Mustafa Dzhemilev believes that granting of autocephaly to the local Orthodox Church of Ukraine by the Ecumenical Patriarchate...
The article below was published by The Koz Week: In Russian-occupied Crimea to destroy the legacy of Gurzuf, from commercial construction on the site of historic buildings. Changes have occurred even...
The article below was published by Radio Free Europe: Russia-imposed authorities in Crimea have detained a prominent lawyer, Emil Kurbedinov, his colleagues say. Attorney Lilya Hemedzhi told RFE/RL that...
The article below was published by BBC News: Ukraine's parliament is to decide whether to bring in martial law as anger over the capture of three of its naval vessels by Russia spilled into the streets...
USCIRF is an independent, bipartisan U.S. federal government commission created to monitor the universal right to freedom of religion abroad. The USCIF monitors and documents violations globally and makes...
The articles below were published by the Silver Post and Tass: The third Committee of the General Assembly of the United Nations approved the updated draft resolution “Situation of human rights...
The article below was published by the Kyiv Post: Since there is no way to hold democratic elections of the new Qurultay (Assembly) of the Crimean Tatar People in Russia-occupied Crimea, the powers of...
The article below was published by UKRINFORM: Turkey's position on non-recognition of the illegal annexation of Crimea by Russia remains unchanged, as well as the support for the Crimean Tatar...
The article below was published by Radio Liberty: Oleh Sentsov, a Ukrainian film director imprisoned in Russia after opposing Moscow's takeover of his native Crimea, has won the prestigious 2018 Sakharov...
The below video was published by Radio Free Europe: A Crimean Tatar woman felt she was unfairly sentenced by a Russian court to community service for "insulting a police officer" and...
After a brief introduction by the moderator of the first panel, Ms. Lucia Parrucci, UNPO Advocacy Officer, the conference was opened with remarks given by MEP Tunne Kelam from the EPP, MEP Mark Demesmaeker...
You can find the final programme here Since 2014, the Crimean Peninsula has been occupied and directly administered by the Russian Federation, an act that the EU as well as a large part of the international...
The article below was published by Belsat: The Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought is awarded every year by the European Parliament. It was established in 1988 to honour individuals and organizations...
The following article was published by 112.international: Evidence of beating of the Ukrainian political prisoner in Crimea Volodymyr Balukh will be transferred to the courts. This was...
The article below was published by Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty: A Ukrainian human rights groups says Russian-imposed authorities in Ukraine's occupied Crimea region have detained family members...
The article below was published by Unian: Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Akhtem Chiygoz has said the condition of Ukrainian activist Volodymyr Balukh, 47, who has been on hunger...
The United Nations has repeatedly expressed concern over enforced disappearances, not only by attempting to draw attention to the issue at large, but also by issuing resolutions to hold those who commit...
The below article was published by Radio Free Europe: Lech Walesa, the former Polish president and Nobel laureate, said he has nominated Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is imprisoned in Russia,...
The article below was published byUnited Nations Human Rights Office of the High Commissioner GENEVA (15 August 2018) - UN experts called on Russian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release...
For more background information, read our Crimean Tatar timeline. The article below was published by Euromaidan Press: The sacking of Bilyal Bilyalov as head of the Crimean Tatar...
In the Russian Federation, Russian is the only official state language, despite the fact that 111 different languages are spoken within the country’s present-day territory. 35 of those languages...
The article below was published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: The lawyer for Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov, who is serving a 20-year prison term in Russia and has been on a hunger strike...
The article below was published by Radio Free Europe: A driver for the wife of veteran Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev says he was tortured by officers of the Russian Federal Security Service...
On June 26 [2018], the day of the Crimean Tatar National Flag is celebrated in Ukraine. On this day in 1991, the second Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar people started its activity in Simferopol; it took...
This article was published by the Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty: A Russian court in Crimea has convicted five Crimean Tatar activists of taking part in "mass disturbances" in February 2014 and handed...
This text was originally published by the European Parliament: The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Russia, in particular its resolution...
This article has been published by Euromaidan Press: 60 Members of the European Parliament from 16 EU countries and 5 different political groups have signed an open letter calling upon EU governments...
The article below was published by The New Yorker: Hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people in Russia and in other countries are counting the number of days that Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian film director...
The article below was published by Open Democracy Oleg Sentsov, a Ukrainian film director from Simferopol and a political prisoner of the Kremlin, is on Day 16 of a hunger strike. Sentsov selected the...
The article below was published by Unian: Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, Member of Parliament of Ukraine Refat Chubarov says the Federal Security Service (FSB) of Russia attempts...
This article has been published by Ukrinform: The EU Delegation to Ukraine continues to condemn all violations of rights of Crimean Tatars and is especially concerned about the state of health...
This article below was published by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group: Vladimir Putin’s fourth presidential ‘election’ was moved back a week in order to coincide with...
Russia turned the occupied Crimea into a military base and placed nuclear weapons there, the leader of the Crimean Tatar people, the People`s Deputy of Ukraone and the Presidential Commissioner for...
The article below is published by Crimean News Agency Modern Ukraine is hard to imagine without the Crimean Tatars, which means that studying their history, Ukrainian come to know themselves. Ukrainian...
Video published by UATV English: Russian authorities are trying to crackdown on Crimean Tatar activity as their cause is becoming visable on the international stage, with the UN General Assembly...
You can read the full OSCE report here: https://osce.usmission.gov/on-russias-ongoing-violations-in-ukraine-14/ The article below was published by Radio Free Europe: The U.S. Mission to the Organization...
The article below was published by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group: How do you flesh out the ‘trial’ of a Ukrainian prosecuted by the Russian occupiers of his homeland for writing...
22 August 2018 Oleg Sentsov enters his one hundredth day of hunger strike over the issue of his imprisonment over charges relating to his vocal opposition to Russian annexation of Crimea, with his health...
Below is an article from RadioFreeEuropeRadioLiberty Exiled Crimean Tatar leaders Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov have urged the European Union to keep and expand sanctions imposed on Russia after its...
The article below was published by Human Rights in Ukraine Mustafa Dzhemilev says that the armed searches that Russia’s FSB carry out now in occupied Crimea are far worse than those of their Soviet...
The article below was published by BBC: Ukraine plans to start broadcasting news in the Crimean Tatar language to the native population of the Crimean peninsula, which Russia annexed three years...
The article below was published by MENAFN: At yesterday's [7 December 2017] OSCE Ministerial Council meeting, the delegations of twelve countries, including the United States, Canada, Sweden, the UK...
Below is an article from the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group One of the Crimea Solidarity activists arrested in Russian-occupied Crimea in October this year has been named Ukraine’s...
This article was published by : openDemocracy Crimea’s annexation continues apace. A spate of recent detentions demonstrate the Russian authorities have chosen repression over accommodation in their...
Please find below a resolution adopted and published by the European Parliament : The European Parliament, – having regard to the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive...
Below is an article published by Le Monde in French. La Russie a libéré, mercredi 25 octobre, deux importants représentants de la communauté des Tatars de Crimée, condamnés...
Below is an article published by RFERL Dozens of people have been detained in the Russia-occupied Ukrainian region of Crimea for demonstrating in defense of Crimean Tatars. Lawyer Emil Kurbedinov said...
Below is an article by Radio Free Europe: The United States has called on "Russian occupation" authorities in Crimea to release prominent Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov and vacate his conviction for separatism. The...
The article below was published by: RadioFreeEurope A court in Russian-occupied Crimea has convicted prominent Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov of separatism after a trial Human Rights Watch called "ruthless...
Below is an article published by BBC Russia is committing "grave human rights violations" in Crimea, according to a report by the United Nations. The UN human rights agency says it has documented arbitrary...
The article below was published by Reuters: A man who led protests against Russia’s plans to annex Crimea from Ukraine was jailed for eight years in the disputed territory on Monday...
The article below was published by KHPG: Server Karametov, the frail, seriously ill, and courageous pensioner whom a court in Russian-occupied Crimea jailed for peaceful protest, was released...
Below is an article published by KyivPost: Not all Ukrainians will be able to openly celebrate Independence Day on Aug. 24. After three years of Russian occupation of Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula,...
The articles below were published by Interfax-Ukraine and The Kyiv Post: The verdict to the deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Akhtem Chiygoz, who was illegally...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty A leading Tatar activist will remain under police supervision for eight years after his expected release from prison later this year. In...
The article below was published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: A court in Russia-controlled Crimea has prolonged the pre-verdict detention of Crimean Tatar activist Ahtem Chiygoz,...
This article has been published by the Crimean News Agency: May 29 [2017], at the international conference “Crimean Tatars Three Years after the Occupation of the Crimea ...”,...
Find below an article published by Ukrinform.net The action to commemorate the anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people was held at the Potsdamer Platz in the center of...
Below is an article by EUROMAIDAN PRESS: In line with our readers’ predictions, the UN International Court of Justice has recognized its prima facie jurisdiction in the case of Ukraine against Russia,...
Below is a press release published by RFE/RL: Russia is preparing to move the date of the 2018 election that is expected to hand President Vladimir Putin a new term from March 11 to March 18 --...
Below is an article published by KHPG: Suleiman Kadyrov has become the latest Ukrainian to be added to Russia’s ‘List of Terrorists and Extremists’ for openly calling Crimea...
Below is an article published by The Guardian: Lawyers and human rights activists say Russian authorities in Crimea are increasingly imprisoning human rights activists in psychiatric...
Below is an article published by RFE/RL: A Crimean Tatar leader who has criticized Russia's seizure of the Black Sea peninsula appears likely to face trial soon on what he says are spurious charges of...
“Crimea is a part of Ukraine. The United States again condemns the Russian occupation of Crimea and calls for its immediate end,” said acting US State Department spokesman Mark Toner in a statement...
Below is an article published by Vogue: Four women pose in thick caftans and embroidered fezzes with turquoise ornaments dangling from their inky black hair in a studio in Kiev, Ukraine. The women are...
The article below was published by the Ukrainian Weekly: A nation and those who care about it should know its heroes, and for Crimean Tatars, one of the greatest is Ayshe Seitmuratova, the only...
This year, the Council of the EU promises to engage in facilitating the participation of indigenous peoples’ representatives in meetings of relevant UN bodies. This certainly underpins the work that...
The article below was published by Society for Threatened Peoples: Three years after the Russian annexation of Crimea, the approximately 280,000 Crimean Tatars living on the peninsula are still suffering...
Below is an article published by The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group: Another Crimean Tatar has been charged in Russian-occupied Crimea over an innocuous social network post from 2014, with 10 other...
Below is an article published by EurActiv: Mustafa Dzhemilew is the former chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People and has been a member of the Ukrainian Parliament since 1998. He is the leader...
The following article was published by RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: The White House has said that President Donald Trump fully expects Russia to return control of Crimea to Ukraine. Spokesman...
Below is the statement published by the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum: The Steering Committee of the Eastern Partnership Civil Society Forum expresses its deep concern with regard to...
The following article was published by Daily Sabah: Russian authorities in annexed Crimea detained on Thursday a Tatar lawyer for allegedly spreading "extremist propaganda", activists...
Below is an article published by QHA: On Friday, January 27 [2017], Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Ilmi Umerov will be charged in a new version. Presumably, the linguistic...
According to the World Report’s emphasis, the most egregious human rights violations against indigenous populations in 2016 can be seen in the crackdowns on Oromo in Ethiopia, the lingering human...
The following article was published by RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Ukraine has sued Russia at the UN International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague, accusing Moscow of acts of "terrorism"...
The article below was published by Human Rights in Ukraine: Russia has added Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader Ilmi Umerov to its notoriously long list of so-called ‘Terrorists and Extremists’ for...
Below is a press release by Amnesty International UK: ‘The cases documented in this report demonstrate the ruthlessness of the Russian authorities in brooking absolutely no dissent to their rule...
Below is an article published by Radio free Europe/Radio Liberty: A court in Russian-controlled Crimea has prolonged pre-trial detention for jailed Crimean Tatar activist Ahtem Ciygoz for another three...
On international Human Rights Day, UNPO reiterates its commitment to the promotion of democracy, rule of law, and human rights everywhere. The first United Nations Forum on Human Rights, Democracy...
Below is an article published by the Kyiv Post: Leader of the Crimean Tatar people MP Mustafa Dhzemilev has said in the European Parliament that Russia has brought nuclear weapons to the occupied...
The article below is courtesy of Ukr Inform: The delegation of Ukraine led by First Deputy Information Policy Minister of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar is paying visit to Tallinn, where the delegation...
The article below is courtesy of Human Rights in Ukraine: Nedim Khalilov, a Crimean Tatar activist who in February 2016 filed a civil suit asking for the actions of the occupation regime and Russian President...
The following article was published by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group: While it is Russia’s imprisonment of Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov, Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: The European Parliament has awarded its Sakharov Prize For Freedom Of Thought to two Yazidi survivors of sexual enslavement and other...
Below is an article published by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group: Ali Asanov and Mustafa Degermendzhy are paying a high price in Russian-occupied Crimea for their commitment to Ukraine’s...
The article below was published by Sobytiya: Russian lawyer Nicholay Polozov, who defended Nadezhda Savchenko, and now is a lawyer of Deputy Chairman of the Crimean Tatar people Mejlis Ahtem Çiygoz,...
Below an article published by RadioFreeEurope Several Crimean Tatars have been detained in Ukraine's occupied Crimea region after Russian-installed security forces searched their houses in several villages. Crimean...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty Ukraine's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has protested a ruling by Russia's Supreme Court that upheld a ban on the Mejlis, the self-governing...
Below is a statement by the European Union for the United Nations Human Rights Council: UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL 33rd session Interactive Dialogue on the High Commissioner oral...
The statement below is courtesy of the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs The Ukrainian delegation took the floor to once again draw attention to the illegal and inhuman actions by the Russian...
Ilham Tohti: Scholar, Advocate, Pacifist Tohti, a Professor of Economics at Minzu University in Beijing, has been critical of state policies regarding Han Chinese settlement in East Turkestan, officially...
The article below was published in Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty: The European Parliament's largest political bloc will nominate Crimean Tatar politician Mustafa Dzhemilev for the 2016 Sakharov...
The article below is published by Ukrinform Putting Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Ilmi Umerov into a psychiatric hospital by the Russian-occupied forced must be recognized...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: A noted Crimean Tatar activist has been released from a psychiatric hospital in Russia-occupied Crimea. Ilmi Umerov, the former deputy chairman of the...
The article below is published by Radio Free Europe: International media groups have intensified efforts to support Mykola Semena, a Crimean journalist and contributor to Radio Free Europe/Radio...
Below is a statement published by Ukraine Today: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland urges Russia to release a Crimean Tatar leader, Mejlis Deputy Chairman Ilmi Umerov, and...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Watch: A Crimean Tatar activist has been involuntarily confined since August 18, 2016, in a psychiatric hospital, Human Rights Watch said today....
The article below is published by Radio Free Europe Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reassured his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko that Ankara will continue to recognize the Crimean...
Below is an article published by: Radio Free Europe A court in Russia-annexed Crimea has ruled that a noted Crimean Tatar activist, Ilmi Umerov, must be placed in a psychiatric clinic for...
The article below is published by Ukraine Today The Crimean Tatars must be protected from discrimination and persecution of Russian occupation authorities. This is according to the statement of...
Below is an article published by Euromaidan Press: The World Congress of the Crimean Tatars has declared on 31 July 2016 that 9 people were killed, 15 kidnapped, and 25 detained as political prisoners...
Below is an article published by National News Agency of Ukraine – Ukrinform Russian lawyer Mark Feygin has stated that he and his colleagues prepare the evidence of persecution of...
Below is an article published by Ukrinform The Human Rights Centre "Memorial " considers the four people who were first arrested in the Crimea in the case of" Hizb ut-Tahrir" Ruslana Zeytullayeva, Ferata...
Below is an article published by Ukrinform: NATO is the main hope of Ukraine in connection with Russian aggression in Crimea and Donbas. Ukrainian President’s Commissioner for Crimean...
Below is an article published by The Telegraph: The knock on the door came at 7.30am and the brutal interrogation lasted for almost eight hours. After being taken from his home in Crimea...
Below is an article published by Sobytiya.info Russian lawyer Mark Feygin, who advocated the Ukrainian pilot Nadezhda Savchenko in Russian courts will defend the Crimean Tatar people Mejlis Vice-Chairman...
Below is an article published by 1492 News: According to UNIAN, at a meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Interparliamentary Council in Kyiv on Wednesday [15 June 2016] Chubarov said: 'Russia has...
Below is an article from published by Voice of America Since the annexation of Crimea, numerous have been arrested for alleged extremism on suspicion of being a member of Hizbut Tahrir, an Islamic organization...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty: A prominent Tatar journalist says she was warned by Crimean prosecutors over "extremist" views for writing about the...
Below is an article published by the Russian Legal Information Agency: An appeal against the Crimean Supreme Court’s ruling over ban of Crimean Tatar Majlis has been filed with the Russian...
Below is an article published by the Ukrainian Weekly: Following is a comment on the anniversary of the Soviet deportation of Crimean Tatars that was released on May 18 [2016] by the U.S. Embassy...
Below is Press Briefing Note by OHCHR: Spokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: Rupert Colville Location: Geneva Date: 17 May 2016 Tomorrow,...
Photo courtesy of The Telegraph. Below is an article published by The Guardian: Ukraine has won the 2016 Eurovision song contest with an entry whose politically charged lyrics have caused tensions...
Over two years have passed since the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation. The situation in the peninsula has been gradually deteriorating, whilst human rights abuses have been...
Below is an article published by the Independent: There will be no Welsh dragons waving at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest after the official list of banned flags was leaked...
Below is an article published by Ukraine Today: Washington has reacted to recent mosque raid which resulted in one hundred people being captured: Russia must immediately cease oppressing and...
Below is an article by Interfax, The Mejlis, a self-governing body of the Crimean Tatars, and the Kurultai (the national assembly) from April 2016 has been working in the emergency mode, the...
Below is an article published by Ukraine and Crimea Today: The head of the Crimean Tatar people Majlis Refat Chubarov has criticized the Council of Europe’s report on human rights...
Below is an article published by the Anadolu Agency: A Russia-backed prosecutor in Crimea suspended the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, the region’s supreme executive commission, Wednesday,...
Photo courtesy of New Eastern Europe. Below is an article published by New Eastern Europe: An interview with Ayla Bakkalli, the Representative for the Crimean Tatar Mejlis in the United...
Below is an article by Videonews.us At least 22 people have gone missing in Crimea since Russia annexed the Ukrainian territory two years ago, the leader of the peninsula’s Tatar people...
Below is an article published by the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group: "They are instilling terror in people, “trying to turn them into slaves afraid of their own shadow, the...
Photo courtesy of Crimean News Agency (QHA). Below is an article published by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine: Translated version: People's deputies approved the appeal of the Verkhovna...
Below is an advocacy statement delivered to the 31st Session of the UNHRC, published by Minority Rights Group: MRG is deeply concerned about the growing number and scope of human rights violations...
Below is an article published by Interfax-Ukrane: Ukrainian MP Heorhiy Lohvynsky (People's Front Party faction) has proposed providing the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People with national...
Below is an article published by Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group: According to veteran Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemiliev, for all the repressive nature of the Soviet regime,...
Article taken by: Interfax Ukraine The Information Policy Ministry of Ukraine on Tuesday sent a letter to Sweden's SES ASTRA AB regarding the postponement of the terms to pay debt liabilities...
Below is an article by Radio Free Europe, Welcome to the world, kid -- and don't forget to report for duty in 16 years. Three newborn babies were presented with military draft notices...
Below is an article published by ABC News Elnara Asanova lives alone with her four small children because her husband, an ethnic Tatar, is in jail. Last April, when she was seven months...
This article was published by Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty. KYIV -- The leading contender to represent Ukraine in this year's Eurovision song contest is a 32-year-old Crimean Tatar with a heart-rending...
Below is an article by Radio Free Europe, The European Parliament in Strasbourg has overwhelmingly adopted a resolution condemning Russia for its treatment of the Crimean Tatar population...
Following the political unrest in Kiev in November 2013 and the ensuing invasion and annexation of the peninsula by Russia in early 2014, the minority Crimean Tatar community was left exposed to Russian...
Photo taken from Українська правда Below is consolidation of two articles published by UkrainianCrisis.net...
Photo courtesy of AFP Below is an article by: Radio Free Europe Council of Europe Secretary-General Thorbjorn Jagland has announced he is sending a delegation to Crimea to assess the human...
Below two articles published by UA Today and Interfax.com: Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in March 2014, will be eventually returned to Ukraine. These were the words of...
Below is an article published by Interfax: Within the next two weeks, Ukraine will submit lawsuits to international courts in connection with the annexation of Crimea by Russia, Ukrainian President...
Below is an article by KHPG Zair Akadyrov, a well-known Crimean Tatar journalist and blogger, was detained on Friday [15 January 2016] morning by officials from the so-called ‘Centre...
The human rights situation in Crimea is “dire” and will continue to deteriorate unless there is immediate action, was the urgent message of a series of programs in New York featuring international...
Below is an article by Radio Free Europe: As Crimea struggles with its second power outage in just over a month, the peninsula's Russian-backed authorities have issued power-saving recommendations...
In the latest escalation in tensions between Ukraine and Russia over Crimea, Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said Wednesday Kiev will suspend trade to the peninsula starting in 30 days, local...
Below is an article published by Vice News: Rustem Skibin speaks like a man who has the weight of an entire culture resting on his shoulders. In his small workspace in Kiev's artistic but slightly dilapidated...
Below is an article published by Ukraine Today MP Mustafa Dzhemilev: The release of captive Crimean Tatars among most important demands Crimeans Tatars have named the conditions for restoring power...
National leader of Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev along with the chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov have met with the EU High Commissioner for Foreign Affairs and...
Mass deportation of Crimean Tatars from their homeland in 1944 was genocide. That is according to a resolution of the Ukrainian parliament, which was supported on Thursday [12 November 2015] by 245 MPs...
Eskender Nebiyev, a cameraman for the independent Crimean Tatar TV channel ATR, has been taken into custody again on absurd charges relating to a pre-annexation demonstration in Crimea on Feb 26, 2014....
The issue of occupied Crimea was brought to attention at Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe current session in Strasbourg late Wednesday. According to Ukraine's delegation head - the Ukrainian...
The issue of occupied Crimea was brought to attention at Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe current session in Strasbourg late Wednesday. According to Ukraine's delegation head - the Ukrainian...
The below article is published by Radio Free Europe: A court in Russia's republic of Tatarstan has sentenced the chairman of the Tatar Public Centre to three years in jail. On September 15,...
When Russian President Vladimir Putin announced plans to absorb Crimea into his country in March 2014, the move was justified as protecting the peninsula’s residents. Crimea’s return...
Below is an article by Interfax- Ukraine Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, President of the World Crimean Tatar Congress, MP Refat Chubarov, has said that Crimean Tatar activists are...
Leaders of the Crimean Tatars say they are planning a protest action at the border with Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula, which was annexed by Russia in March 2014. The head of the Crimean Tatars' self-governing...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin The bodies of two of three Crimean Tatar activists who disappeard on August 21 has been found. The bodies were identified as belonging to Mehmet Selimov...
Below is an article published by BBC News: The lilac leather sofa still stands on the set of the ATR morning show in front of a wall decoration of giant paper flowers in matching tones. But the...
Below is an article published by RFE Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned minority ethnic Tatars that they should not strive for special status on the Crimean Peninsula, which Moscow annexed...
Thieves broke in and stole hard drives on which were 58 years’ worth of the archives of the Crimean Tatar newspaper, “Yany dyunya.” And while the editor has said that there was nothing...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe A world congress of Crimean Tatars has called for "all necessary measures" to be taken to return Crimea to Ukraine following Russia's takeover and annexation...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: Russian investigators have summoned Crimean Tatar leaders ahead of a major world congress scheduled for Ankara this weekend in a move that has sparked...
Below is an article published by Ukraine Today: Crimean Tatar Muslims in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian peninsula have held Eid celebrations, marking the end of Ramadan. Those who observed...
Below is the full text of the resolution: Resolution The Crimean Tatars, alongside the Karaites and Krymchaks, are the indigenous people of Crimea. Their way of life, however, was interrupted...
The irony and sadness of the fate of the Crimean Tatars runs through "Qirim," a short documentary by Ksenia Giorno, a Ukrainian director based in the United Arab Emirates. The film portrays three generations...
Below is an article published by UNIAN: Ukrainian Member of Parliament from the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko, presidential envoy for Crimean Tatar people's affairs, and Crimean Tatar community leader...
Below is an article published by Ukraine Today: Russia intervened in Crimea after the toppling of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych last year Crimean Tatars, an ethnic minority on the Russia-annexed...
Below is an article published by Ukraine Today: Tatars on the Crimean Peninsula join Muslim worshippers worldwide for prayers during Ramadan, over a year after Russia invaded the Ukrainian Black...
Below is an article published by Eurasia Review: A report by an group of Turkish human rights activists about the situation in occupied Crimea and given to Vladimir Putin by Turkish President...
Below is an article published by: Daily Sabah Turkey has finalized its report over Russia's violation of rights against Crimean Tatars urging Russia to end pressure against Crimean Tatars on all...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe – Radio Liberty: Russia will establish a Crimean Tatar broadcasting company to replace TV and radio stations shut down by the Moscow-controlled...
Below is an article published by Interfax-Ukraine: Crimean Tatar Mejlis Chairman, MP of the Petro Poroshenko Bloc Refat Chubarov, said that he hadn't been officially notified on opening of a criminal...
Below is a newsletter published by the Crimea Action Group: On the free side of Chongar (the administrative border between Crimea and Ukraine’s Kherson oblast), in Kyiv, the state and the...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday phoned the leader of Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev over the 71st anniversary of the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944. "Turkey is...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: A high-ranking member of the Crimean Tatar assembly has begun a hunger strike at the facility where he awaits trial for allegedly organizing...
Below is an article by Vestnik Kavkaza News The Crimean Tatars have celebrated the holiday of fertility Hydyrlez. Despite calls to boycott the festival, it gathered a record number of people on...
Below is an article published by Foreign Affairs “Our people survived [deportation by] Stalin,” commented a manager of ATR, which, until April 1, was the only Crimean Tatar television...
Below is an article published by The Moscow Times: An independent television station run by Crimean Tatars that was taken off air this month will be replaced by a Russian government-sponsored channel,...
Below is an article published by QHA: The Platform of Crimean Tatar Organizations in Turkey has made a decision to arrange World Congress of Crimean Tatars in Turkey on 31 July-2 August. Relevant...
Below is an article published by The Irish Times: Ukraine has pledged to re-establish Crimean-Tatar media on the country’s “mainland” after they were shut down by Russian authorities,...
Photo Courtesy of [email protected] Below is an article published by Anadolu Agency: Turkey's Foreign Minister has slammed what he said was Russian oppression of Crimean Tatar people after...
Below is an article published by Deutsche Welle Tatar-language media outlets in Crimea were forced to close on midnight Tuesday [31 March 2014], or face heavy fines and criminal prosecution,...
Below is an article published by Transitions Online: Crimea’s lone Tatar-language television station may be forced off the air on 1 April if it fails to win approval from Russian...
Below is an article published by EurActiv Like Stalin, Putin views Crimea's Tatars as a threat, and is sowing fear in the peninsula's population, to help facilitate their ethnic cleansing, Refat Chubarov...
Below is an article published by Reuters Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan offered a $50 million loan to Ukraine and called for the rights of Crimean Tatars to be protected during a trip to Kiev...
Below is an article published by Kuwait News Agency NATO Deputy Secretary General, ambassador Alexander Vershbow held Tuesday an informal meeting with Mustafa Dzamilev, Commissioner of President...
Since the annexation, in fact, the Crimean Tatars, who had mostly refused to take part in the referendum of 16 March 2014, have been forced either to accept being de facto part of Russia or to leave the...
Below is an article published by the World Bulletin: Business has come to a halt. Many people have been fired. There are no laws there and no peace,” says Adile Seyyid, a Crimean Tatar living...
Below is an article published by The Global Post: The media freedom situation in Crimea is getting ever worse with a "deeply disturbing" and at times violent crackdown on independent voices a...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty: The rights organization Freedom House has detailed rights abuses in the Crimean Peninsula since Russia "forcefully and illegally annexed"...
Below is the interview with Mustafa Dzhemilev published by Euromaidan Press: The process of Crimea’s annexation by Russia, lasting merely a month, began a year ago. This came straight after the...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin: A year after the Russian annexation of Crimea on Feb. 28, 2014, Crimean Tatars are still facing human rights abuses by Russian authorities. As...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency (QHA) Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has met with Crimean Tatar leaders in Kyiv to discuss the situation of Crimean Tatars in...
In his speech Mr Dzhemiliev described the problems facing the Crimean Tatar community under the persecution of occupying Russian forces. He outlined the increasing problem of refugees and Internally Displaced...
Below is an article published by the Crimean News Agency: Mejlis [the Crimean Tatar’s representative body] member Ilmi Umerov has called on his colleagues to stand their ground and...
Below is an article published by the Crimean News Agency: Mejlis [the Crimean Tatar’s representative body] member Ilmi Umerov has called on his colleagues to stand their ground and not negotiate...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: A court in Crimea’s capital, Simferopol, has prolonged the pretrial detention for a deputy chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis. A...
Below is an article published by the Ukrainian Embassy in the USA: After a raid on the premises of the Crimean Tatar ATR TV channel, Russian occupation authorities detained Akhtem Chiygoz, the Deputy...
Below is an article published by Blouin News: Crimean Tatars were reportedly outraged by a new statue of Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill unveiled Wednesday at Yalta’s Livadia Palace....
Below is a report published in The Daily Sabah: Çavuşoğlu's comments come after Deputy Chairman of the Crimean Tatar parliament, Ahtem Ciygoz, was taken into custody on Thursday [29 January...
Below is an article published by the Kyiv Post: Freedom in Ukraine has improved, while civil liberties are on the decline in Russia. The situation in Russian-annexed Crimea is even worse...
Below is an article published by Human Rights in Ukraine: The Crimean authorities under Russian rule have ‘deported’ a Crimean Tatar activist with Ukrainian citizenship, Crimean...
Below is a report published by Unian According to the report, the committee has adopted an appeal at a conference held in Simferopol on Saturday, despite the attempts by pro-Russian activists to disrupt...
Photo courtesy of Matt [email protected] Below is a press release by the Commissioner of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine on Human Rights: The Representative of the Commissioner for observance of rights...
The funeral of Reshat Ametov, Simferopol, March 2014. UNPO’s report “Enforced Disappearances: When Secrecy Allows Atrocity”, published on the occasion of the International Day...
Below is a report published by Human Rights in Ukraine Until Russia annexed the Crimea, it was traditional for Crimean Tatars to hold a big gathering on the central square in Simferopol and other events...
Photo courtesy of Nikolai [email protected]ickr The Crimean Tatars are a Turkic people who inhabited and governed Crimea until 1783. Subsequently part of the Russian Empire, then the Soviet Union after the...
Below is an interview published in the Daily Sabah: Daily Sabah: How do you analyze the current situation in Crimea? Qırımoğlu: The current situation in Crime is even worse...
Below is an article published in The Washington Post Russian security forces have searched the homes of leaders of the Muslim minority group for banned books. Young Tatar men have been kidnapped off Crimean...
Below is an article published by Rferl: A Crimean Tatar has been detained in connection with clashes between Russian police and Crimean Tatars. Edem Ebulisov's lawyer said his client was detained...
Below is an article published by Human Rights Watch: Russian and local authorities have severely curtailed human rights protections in Crimea since Russia began its occupation of...
Photo courtesy of thisisbossi @flickr Below are articles published by The Huffington Post, Financial Times and The Moscow Times: As an American Jewish and an American Muslim leader dedicated to the principle...
Report by the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr Nils Muiznieks, following his mission in Kyiv, Moscow and Crimea from 7 to 12 September 2014 Below is an article published by...
Below is an article compiled from: Crimean News Agency: Article 1 and Article 2 Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Jemilev, who is number five on a list of the Petro Poroshenko’s Bloc is expected...
The Crimean Field Mission on Human Rights has said that local authorities in Crimea are implementing policies aimed at the liquidation of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people. The mission stated this...
Below is an article published by AsiaNews; The authorities of Crimea (now Russian) have given Muslims three months to voluntarily surrender the literature on Islam, authorized under Ukraine but outlawed...
Below is an article published by Human Rights in Ukraine: Recent developments in Russia and the Crimea suggest that Kremlin strategists are hoping to gain dividends out of mounting fears in the West of...
Below is a statement published by the USOSCE: We urge the Russian occupying authorities to cease their harassment of religious and ethnic minority communities in Crimea In Crimea, the human rights...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin: Another Crimean Tatar has been kidnapped in the peninsula by unknown assailants, just a little over a week after two more Crimean Tatars were also bundled...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: The Council of Europe's commissioner for human rights, Nils Muiznieks, says his "biggest concern" in Ukraine is the plight of Crimean...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin: Two Crimean Tatars from the city of Belogorsk were seized on September 27 [2014] by a group of unknown men in military uniform, it has been claimed. The...
Below is an article published by Carnegie Europe: Earlier this year, in Poland’s Royal Castle, a diminutive man dressed in a suit that hung loosely over his frail frame was called to take...
Below is an article published by Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group: During a week in which Russian FSB carried out armed searches of Crimean Tatar families, mosques and schools and the Mejlis,...
On Sunday [14 September 2014], local and regional elections were held in Crimea and the district of Sevastopol, which has been under Russia’s illegal occupation since March 2014. Voters were...
This article is taken from The Moscow Times. In preparation for the change, Crimea's teachers spent the summer months attending courses on Russian teaching regulations and educational programs, Interfax...
Below is an article published by the Daily Sabah: The Soviet strategy of creating a single Russian nation is sustaining itself in light of Moscow's decision to settle ethnic Russian refugees who...
Below is a story published by Kyiv Post: A small two-story building in central Simferopol would have looked ordinary, if not for one small but highly symbolic detail: It is the last building in...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin: Some Islamic books that have been banned include the work of popular 20th century Turkish scholar Said Nursi and the famous “Fortress of the Muslim”...
Below is a story published by The United Nations News Centre A United Nations report released today documents an “alarming” deterioration of the human rights situation in eastern Ukraine,...
Below is an article published by QHA: Masked policemen together with Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) officers arrived to Crimean Tatar Musafir cafe in Bakhchisaray, to investigate “illegal...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency QHA: Ukraine plans to create Ministry on Crimea. The creation of the Ministry was discussed at the round table in Kyiv July 15 [Wednesday]. Head of...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency: Head of Mejlis of Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov will appeal against his ban to entry Crimea for 5 years. The appeal is possible not later than...
Below is an article by Deutsche Welle A grey-haired man in a suit and tie is walking along a rural street, surrounded by bodyguards who make him seem small and helpless. He doesn't make it far. Dozens...
Below is an article published by 7News: In a leafy suburb of Kiev, I go to meet Rustem Skibin. He is a leading ceramic artist from Crimea. But on this day his beautifully painted bowls and plates...
Below is an article published by The St. Petesburg Times: A Russian nationalist who was allegedly on his way to join pro-Russian insurgents in eastern Ukraine stabbed a pro-Crimean Tatar protester on...
Below is an article published by the Guardian: Defying a ban by their new Russian-backed rulers, thousands of Crimean Tatars gathered at a mosque on Sunday [18 May 2014] to commemorate the day 70...
Below is an article published by QHA: The three-day FUEN (Federal Union of European Nationalities) Congress 2014 took place in Harrislee, Germany. Representatives from over 200 minorities and around...
On 12 May 1944, the Red Army defeated Nazi troops in the Crimean peninsula, thus bringing the Crimean Offensive of the Eastern Front to an end. Resolute to punish any person suspected of having collaborated...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: The de facto public prosecutor of Crimea has threatened to dissolve the Crimean Tatar Mejlis if it advocates or engages in "extremist" activities. What...
Below is an article published by The New Yorker:“Step by step, we have led Crimeans to realize their dream of returning home to Russia,” Vladimir Konstantinov, the speaker of the breakaway...
Below is an article published by the Wall Street Journal Authorities in Crimea barred the Crimean Tatar leader from returning to the breakaway region and Russia for five years as he left Tuesday [22 April...
Below is an article published by Eurasia Review: The veteran leader of Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev, has been briefly detained by Russian border guards while entering Crimea from mainland Ukraine. Dzhemilev...
Below is an article by Anadolu Agency: The United Nations said on Tuesday [15 April 2014] that they did not find any basis for concerns about violence against the Russian-speaking...
Below is an article published by CRI English: The Crimean parliament on Friday [11 April 2014] voted unanimously in favor of adopting a new constitution that proclaims the Black Sea peninsula a...
UNPO Conference on Minority Rights in Ukraine: Political Crisis Gives New Meaning to Minority Protection and Concept of Self-Determination Brussels, 10 April 2014 - With the aim of addressing...
Below is an article published by the Council of Europe Minority rights experts have expressed their “deep concerns” about the safety of the Tartar community in Crimea. A delegation of the...
Below is an article published by Voice of America: The leader of the Crimean Tatars was in the United States this week to voice his concerns about what he sees as a problematic future for his people and...
Below is an article published by Reuters: The Crimean Tatars' assembly voted on Saturday [29 March 2014] in favor of seeking "ethnic and territorial autonomy" for the indigenous minority on the...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe Russian-language media have launched a blistering attack against Crimean Tatar businessman Lenur Islyamov, owner of the independent ATR television channel...
Below is an article published by Yahoo News:Russia's annexation of Crimea has sent hundreds of the region's ethnic Tatars fleeing the peninsula for western Ukraine out of fear of a backlash from Moscow.The...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin: Turkey does not recognize unlawful fait accompli in Crimea, says Turkey's parliament speaker. Turkey attaches a great deal of importance to the security...
Below is an article published by WORLD BULLETIN Crimean Tatar representative and former head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis (parliament) Mustafa Jemilev told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday...
Below is an article published by GMA News online: The Crimean Tatar leader promoting a boycott of Sunday's referendum (March 16th, 2014) on transferring the Ukrainian region to Russian rule is sure the...
Below is an article published by Voice of America: At first glance, the village of Fontany 5 exudes a sleepy suburban calm. But below the surface of this Crimean Tatar settlement of about 500 people,...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: With tensions escalating in Crimea, Mustafa Dzhamilev, a local Tatar leader and former Soviet dissident, spoke on March 1 [2014] to RFE/RL Russian Service's...
Below is an article published by Today’s Zaman:Tatars living in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, a peninsula located in southern Ukraine, have voiced concerns over recent anti-government protests...
Below is an article from Interfax-Ukraine: The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people is planning to hold a rally on Simferopol's central Lenin Square on Tuesday, January 28, with the request to stop bloodshed...
Below is an article published by the World Bulletin: Member of Parliament of Ukraine Mustafa Jemilev intends to inform Ukrainian authorities and international community on the disruption of the State...
Below is a press release published by the NPR: In 1944, on the orders of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin, the entire population of Tatars on the Crimean Peninsula was rounded up and sent to the deserts...
Below is an article published by ForUm: The Crimean Tatars deliberately do not exacerbate requirements for the Ukrainian government till the Vilnius summit, at which it is planned to sign the EU-Ukraine...
Below is an article by worldbulletin.net: Refat Chubarov has been named as the new head of the Mejlis for ethnic Tatars in the Ukrainian Black Sea province of Crimea. Refat Chubarov has been elected...
Below is an article by Interfax: In 2014 Crimea will hold festivities on the 700th anniversary of Uzbeg Khan Mosque and madrasah which are among the oldest religious buildings in Eastern Europe. An Interfax correspondent...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine -- Islamic leaders in Ukraine's Crimea say unknown attackers set a mosque on fire on October 15, the second such attack...
Below is an article by Worldbulletin: Haytarma, the first Crimean Tatar full-length movie about the deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944, will be released in the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival...
Brussels, 26 September 2013, In today’s meeting, the European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights (DROI) addressed the situation of the Crimean Tatars. The head of the EEAS Eastern...
Below is an article by the EU Neighbourhood Info Centre: Crimea is a region of pivotal importance for the EU's engagement in its Eastern Neighbourhood, but its great economic potential is still largely...
Below is an article published by EUObserver: Mention Ukraine at the moment, and most thoughts will turn to November’s Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius and the prospects for unfreezing the EU...
Below is an article published by the Organization for Security Cooperation of Europe: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Knut Vollebaek published a needs assessment report on 16 August...
Taking into account the unresolved problem of restoring the rights of the Crimean Tatars in Crimea for more than two decades after their return to their homeland, we believe it is necessary to seek international...
Below is an article published by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: On May 29, 2013, in the framework of the 12th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues the Ambassador Extraordinary...
Below is an article published by Ria Novosti: The Russian Foreign Ministry has admitted that recent statements by Vladimir Andreyev, the Russian consul general in Simferopol, Ukraine’s Crimea, about...
Below is an article published by the Kyiv Post: The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has said it hopes that the Russian Foreign Ministry and the Russian authorities will make a proper assessment of statements...
Below is an article published by QHA: Meetings dedicated on occasion of the 69th Anniversary of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatar nation were held in many European capitals and cities. Thus, the Belgian...
The Crimean Tatars are a Turkic ethnic group whose historical homeland is Crimean peninsula between Black Sea and Sea of Azov. After centuries of nomadic lifestyle in the area, the official Crimean Khanate...
Below is an article published by QHA Crimean Tatar youth commemorating victims of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatar nation climbed the Çatır Dağ Mountain by the tradition...
Below is an article published by the World Bulletin/ NewsDesk: For the 69th anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatar on May 18, 1944, protests will be held in front of Ukrainian embassies...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency: Chairman of the Majlis of Crimean Tatar nation Mustafa Cemil met with representatives of the Crimean Tatar diaspora and leaders of the NGOs in Europe. After...
Below is an article published by Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: On April 25, 2013 the Leader of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Jemilev visited the Senate of the Czech Parliament and met...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency: Presentation of the book “Library of the Crimean Tatar literature”. People’s creative works: tales, legends, eposes” took...
Below is an article from TRT English: Çiçek was welcomed joyfully in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Crimean Tatars were very excited to host guests from Turkey. They...
Below is an article from the Crimean News Agency: Long-awaited documentary “Son of Crimea… Struggle of One Nation” will go on the air of the Turkish TRT Channel on April...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency Initiators of this project, the Ukrainian known publishers Kapranovs brothers have thought to create a simple and understandable comic book that would...
Below is an article published by Kyiv Post: In 2008, the Russian–Georgian war over South Ossetia prompted a surge of international interest in Ukraine’s Crimean peninsula. The media found...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency: TÜRKSOY International Organization of Turkic Culture organizes the Navrez celebration around the world. TÜRKSOY has invited actors of the...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin The Ukrainian government and its representatives in Crimea have taken several new steps to undercut and divide the Crimean Tatar national movement,...
Below is an article published by Human Rights in Ukraine: Highly worrying moves afoot in the Crimea suggest that concern back in November 2011 over the President’s quite staggering promotion...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin: The Crimean Tatar language is on the brink of extinction due to a lack of schools teaching the mother tongue. There are only around 15 schools which...
Below is an article published by KyivPost: The Mejlis, or parliament, of the Crimean Tatar People has decided to create a Kyiv regional mejlis, which will unites Crimean Tatars living in Kyiv and...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency Congress of the Adalet Crimean Tatar National Party (CNP) condemned decidedly utterances of the Deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea,...
Below you can find an article published by Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: After one day of work the delegates of Qurultay of the Crimean Tatar people discussed item by item and approved...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty: Some 2,000 Crimean Tatars have gathered in Simferopol, the capital of Ukraine's Autonomous Republic of Crimea, to demand that...
More than thirty representatives of twelve UNPO Members (Afrikaner, Ahwazi, Assyria, Crimean Tatars, East Turkestan, Haratin, Hmong, Iranian Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, Khmer Krom, Ogaden, and West Balochistan)...
Below is an article published by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: On November 15, 2012 the delegation of Crimean Tatars from Romania after their participation in the round table...
Below is an article published by Business Recorder: On October 15, 2012 the Court of Appeal of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, considering the appeal of the Press Secretary of Mejlis’...
Below is an article published by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tartar People: The film-makers are the well-known directors from Turkish State TV Channel “TRT” Neshe Sarisoy Qaratay and...
Below is an article published by Xperedon Charity News: A diverse range of organizations are bringing global awareness to the plight of the Crimean Tatars, an ethnic group that originally lived in Crimea...
Below is an article published by Turkish Weekly: Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu has said his talks during a one-day stay in Ukraine mainly focused on problems Ukraine's Tatar community faced. "We...
Below is an article published by Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Official Website: On September 20, 2012 the Leader of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, MP of Ukraine Mustafa Jemilev met...
Below is an article published by the Crimean News Agency: The Polish city of Gdansk has hosted the International Conference ‘European Remembrance. First Symposium of European Institutions...
Below is an article published by Mejlis of the Crimen Tatar People: On September 13, 2012 in the afternoon the Prime Minister of the Turkish Republic came to Crimea in the framework of his official...
Below is an article published by Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: The OSCE experts are preparing the research and recommendations for the participants of the coming International Forum on restoration...
Below is an article published by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: Crimeafirst hosts the 10th International All- Turkic Congress of Social Sciences. Before this the Congress was held in Turkey,...
Below is an article published by Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people: The officials of the Museum of WWII (Gdansk, Poland) have visited Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people – Prof., chief expert...
Below is an article published by QHA: The Crimean Tatars have done much for the democratization of Ukraine, Chairman of the Crimean Association of Political Scientists Mr. Oleksandr Formanchuk has said...
Below is an article published by Mejlis of the Crimean Tartar People: We, the participants of All-Crimean meeting, timed to the European Day of remembrance for the victims of Stalinism...
Below is an article published by PanArmenian: The draft law on restoration of the rights of formerly deportees is prepared for consideration by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (VRU) at the second...
Below is an article published by The Kyiv Post: Ukrainian Communist Party leader Petro Symonenko should be called to account for his initiative to change Ukraine's state symbols, the head of the Mejlis...
Below is an article published by Ukranian News: President Viktor Yanukovych has signed the Law on the Principles of the State Language Policy providing the official use of regional languages in the work...
Below is an article published by Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: On May 20, 2012 the First Vice Chairman of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov met in Simferopol with the Second Secretary...
Below is an article published by Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: The main decisions to be made at this session of Qurultay are the changes to the Regulations on the election of the delegates of Qurultay,...
Below is an article published by Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: The Organization of Human Rights and Solidarity for Oppressed People“Mazlumder”, located in Ankara (Turkey) awarded the...
Below is an article published by ForUm: The authorities gradually solve the problem issues on resettlement of Crimean Tatars, President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych said at a meeting of the public...
Below is an article published by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: In the framework of the discussion of the question of the adoption of the draft Law of Ukraine “On the Restoration of the...
Below is an article published by Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: On June [20th] 2012 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine had courage to vote for the Draft Law of Ukraine “On the Restoration of the...
Below is an article published by The Day: Recently Crimean Tatars contradicted the old maxim “limb on water” in Yalta. After nearly 10 years of preparations National Cultural and Ethnographic...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency: Muslim families living in Crimea and Ukraine are subjected to numerous searches by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), announced a member of NGO...
Below is an article published by The Parliament: The EU has launched a €12m support programme in Crimea, it has emerged. It was launched by the EU's ambassador in Ukraine, José Manuel Pinto...
Below is an article published by Al Jazeera English: "I've already been here for 960 days, and today is the 961st," said the weather-beaten Tatar man, squinting beneath the powerful Crimean sun. Seydamet...
The article below is published by the Crimean News Agency: A decision to establish the Crimean Forum, an annual meeting to bring together the political prisoners of the Communist regime and human rights...
Below is an interview with Dr Sezai Ozcelik published by news.az: On May 18, 2012, the Crimean Tatars worldwide, including Crimean Tatar-Americans, will commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Crimean...
Below is an article published by the Kiev Post: Ukraine has been sharply criticized by Brussels in the sphere of political dialogue and reform in the European Neighbourhood Policy Country Progress Report...
The article below is published by QHA Crimean News Agency: Deputy Chief of Foreign Relations Division of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Abduraman Egiz, and Coordination Council member of the...
Photo by Cedric Favero On the occasion of the 14th Session of the United Nations Universal Periodic Review (UPR), UNPO has submitted three reports highlighting the human rights violations in Argentina,...
Below is an article published by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: The all-Crimean celebration of Crimean Tatar national festival Hidirellez, held on May 5, 2012 on a vast field next to the...
Below is a statement issued by the Presidium of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people: For a copy of the original letter click here Dear Julia Vladimirovna, We, in Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people are...
Below is an article published by the Crimean News Agency: The Board of the Central office of Turkic Culture Association Türk Ocağı (The Turkish Hearth), which marks the 100th anniversary...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency: The Chairman of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people, member of the PACE (Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe) Committee from Ukraine,...
Below is an article published by Minority Voices: Nara Narimanova of the Crimean Tatar Youth Council spoke at the recent UN Forum on Minority Issues, after having completed online advocacy training...
Below is an article published by Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Official Site: From February 8 - 9, 2012 the UN delegation, representing the Department of Political Affairs of the UNDP Bureau for...
Below is an article published by Mejlis: On January 20, 1991 the Crimean Referendum was held and the people were asked to answer the question: “Do you want to restore the Crimean Autonomous Soviet...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe – Radio Liberty: Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych officially approved Mohylyov's new appointment on November 7 [2011]. Mohylyov was named...
Below is an article published by Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Official Site. On October 5, 2011 the leaders of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people held a meeting with the heads of the diplomatic...
Below is an article published by Today’s Zaman Speaking on Turkish-Ukrainian relations in 1922, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk said: “If we take a look at the geographical location and position...
Below is an article published by the Crimean News Agency: The last day of summer was marked for pupils of the Alma Tarhan (Viline) secondary school with the Crimean Tatar language of instruction by a...
Below is an article published by QHA News Minority Rights Group International (MRG) is concerned about the fact that Crimean Tatars have few representatives in the governmental system of the autonomy,...
Below is an article published by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: On August 11, 2011 the President of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars, Fist Deputy Chairman of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar...
Below is an article published by the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People: The delegation of the Agency of Development of Northern Anatolia came with an official visit to Crimea. The delegation consisted...
UNPO has submitted an Alternative Report to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination ahead of Ukraine’s review in August 2011. This report to the Treaty Body monitoring...
Below is an article published by QHA: There is a lack of educational and patriotic objects in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, the Head of the Permanent Commission of the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea on...
Below is an article published by QHA: A delegation of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people headed by the Chairman of the Majlis, MP Mustafa Cemil, has been on an official visit to Germany [26...
Crimean Tatar Roundtable Charts Course to Justice and Lays Foundation for International Forum * * * Brussels, 29 June 2011 – The...
Below is a summary of an article published by Crimean News Agency: The delegation of the Crimean Tatar Majlis will take part in “German –...
Crimean Tatar Roundtable Charts Course to Justice and Lays Foundation for International Forum * * * Brussels, 29 June 2011 –...
UNPO Members were well represented at this year’s United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII). The Ahwazi Arabs, Chittagong Hill Tracts, Cordillera, Crimean Tatars, Degar...
Below is an article published by Kyiv Post: The Georgian parliament’s decision last week to declare the Russian repression of the Circassians 150 years ago a genocide, a decision that has infuriated...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: More than 15,000 Crimean Tatars gathered on May 18 in the center of Simferopol, the capital of Crimea, to mark the 67th anniversary of the mass...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency: The All-Crimean mourning meeting timed to the 67th anniversary of the Deportation against the Crimean Tatar people has ended with the national anthem...
Below is article published by Kyiv Post: "As long as there are many unsolved problems [of Crimean Tatars], and considering the fact that the Ukrainian authorities are not eager to tackle these...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency The official website of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people has been recently launched. The website contains latest news, announcements of activities...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency: The European Union (EU) will send EUR 5 million for the development of tourism in Crimea and Aqyar (Sevastopil). According to the Resort and Information...
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Below is an article published by: Kyiv Post.The Ukrainian government is ready to hold a dialog with the Crimean Tatars and discuss their problems, Prime Minister Mykola Azarov has said. "The government...
Below is an article published by National Radio Company of Ukraine: "This will help relieve tension and achieve inter-ethnic harmony in multi-ethnic region" - the autonomy authorities believe. Now...
Below is an article published by: Hurriyet Daily News and Economic ReviewThe ruling body of Crimea, an autonomous republic under the jurisdiction of Ukraine, has expressed support for the Simferopol city...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: The Crimean Tatar Medjlis has expressed support for the Simferopol city council's decision to allow a mosque to be built in the Ukrainian...
UNPO Presidency Declaration in Support of the Nomination of Mustafa Jemilev to the Nobel Peace Prize 2011 The Hague, 13 February 2011 The Presidency of the Unrepresented...
The insight on the everyday reality of Crimean Tatars helps a better understanding the ethnic conflict going on in Crimean peninsula in Ukraine, which, according to Mustafa Jemilev, the leader of Crimean...
Many-sided overview of Crimean Tatars movement, their repatriation and current claims is necessary for a better understanding of Mustafa Jemilev personality, the leader of Crimean Tatars, in relation to...
A critical glance on the referendum on restoration the Crimean autonomous status held in 1991, is offered by Mustafa Jemilev, the eminent Crimean Tatar leader of the Crimean Tatars, on the occasion of...
Despite the fact that Stalinism, which implemented forced expulsion of Crimean Tatars from their homeland, was demolished long ago, the land rights of this people have yet not been restored.
Their tragic history and a doubtful present reality filled with empty promises of better future force Crimean Tatars to relay only on themselves in their struggle for ethic rights.
Below an article published by Ria Novosti RIA Novosti interview with Mustafa Dzhemilev The Autonomous Republic of Crimea turned 20 on January 20, 2011. On that day in 1991, residents of the Crimean...
Below is a press release published by the Kyiv Post: The chairman of the Mejlis, the parliament of the Crimean Tatars, and MP from OU-PSD faction, Mustafa Dzhemilev, has been nominated for the Nobel...
Below is an article published by ZIK: Crimean Tatars are forced to become squatters by the refusal of local authorities to give them land sites. At present, the authorities are speaking...
Below is an article published by Star: Mine was a Ukrainian neighbourhood until its gentrification, starting in the early 1990s with the arrival of middle-aged professionals toting toddlers. Still, Bloor...
Below is an article published by Kyiv Post: A total of 21 Crimean Tatars were elected as town or district heads, and over 110 Crimean Tatar deputies were elected to district or city councils,...
Below is an article published by the Crimean News Agency: The High Commissioner of the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe on National Minorities Knut Vollebaek will assist...
Below is an article published by NRCU-Ukrainian Radio: People returning to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (southern Ukraine) after Stalin's deportations will be provided with social...
Below is an article published by QHA: Any strangers will not [be on] the party list of candidates to the Verkhovna Rada of Crimea, stated Vasyl Dzharty during his press conference yesterday,...
Below is a statement issued by the Crimean Tatar Mejlis: Resolution of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People On preparation of the International Forum on the restoration of the rights of...
The August 2010 Chatham House Briefing Paper entitled “The Mortgaging of Ukraine’s Independence”, written by James Sherr, is a welcome addition to the debate on the future direction of...
Below is an article published by Aljazeera: "I've already been here for 960 days, and today is the 961st," said the weather-beaten Tatar man, squinting beneath the powerful Crimean sun. Seydamet...
Below is an article published by ForUm: President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych gave a number of instructions aimed at solving problems he had discussed with the Crimean Tatars during his...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: A group of Crimean Tatars has boycotted a meeting with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych to protest the inclusion of some...
Below is an article published by Crimean News Agency: The Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people has established the Central Headquarters on organization and holding elections of the deputies of the Verkhovna...
Below is an article published by the Kyiv PostThe next session of the Kurultai (congress) of Crimean Tatars will be held on August 28-29, 2010. A relevant decision was taken at a meeting of the Mejlis,...
Below is an article published by Bizim Qirim: The action was dedicated to the anniversary of the tragedy in Urumchi, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China....
Below is an article published by Kiyav-Post:"We are ready to hold a dialog, and I'm planning to make a working visit to Crimea," he said at a press conference in Kyiv on Wednesday...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin:President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) Mevlut Cavusoglu said PACE would continue to undertake mediation...
Below is an article published by: World Bulletin Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu proceeded to the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on Thursday after completing his talks in Kiev, Ukraine....
Below an article published by Eurasia Review : Moscow is celebrating its Sevastopol accord with Kyiv as “a victory … over the West,” but unless it...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe:On April 27, the Russian and Ukrainian parliaments ratified an agreement to extend Russia's lease of the Crimean port of Sevastopol for its Black...
Below an article published by Kyiv Post: The permanent presidential representative in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Serhiy Kunitsyn, has told members of the president's...
Below is an article published by Eurasia Review :The anti-Crimean Tatar statements and actions of the new Ukrainian interior minister, who had served as MVD chief in Crimea prior to his elevation, raise...
In his speech Mr. Jemilev pointed to the necessity to include the Crimean Tatar issue in the agenda of the EU-Ukraine Association Agreement. He criticized the appointment of Anatoliy Mogilev as Ukraine’s...
Below is an article published by Eurasia Review:A Crimean Tatar journal for women launched this week represents the latest development in a trend that has attracted relatively little...
Below is an article published by: The Moscow TimesPrior to the rise of the Internet, many students of minority nationalities often found themselves in the position of those interested in medieval...
Below is an article published by: Radio Free Europe Radio LibertyThe issue was discussed by dozens of linguists and other language experts at a special seminar held in Simferopol, Ukraine, on February...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin: Pro-Russian media in Ukraine speculated Turkey's proposition to abolish visas with Ukraine, Crimean news agency (QHA) said. The most widespread...
Below is an article published by Kyiv PostThe rally was dedicated to the International Day of Human Rights. About 200 people took part in the rally. The rally was held under Crimean Tatar flags and posters...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe; Radio Liberty: The Crimean Tatar Kurultai (Congress) held on December 5-6 [2009] in the Ukrainian city of Simferopol debated two main...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: Mustafa Dzhemilev, the head of the Crimean Tatars' Mejlis or parliament, spoke to RFE/RL on December 4 ahead of the Kurultai, or Crimean...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin : Kerch city majlis and the Sharq (East) Muslim community are calling on the Muslims to take part on the cleaning day in the old...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin :Crimean Tatars published a 150-year old English book that offers historical heritage of Crimean peninsula, for second time during the decades, a report...
Below is an article published by the Bsanna News :The European Commission intends to open the Regional Development Agency in Crimea, a priority of its activities will include development of the resort-tourist...
Below is an article published by World Bulletin : The high OSCE commissioner visited Crimea and met with top officials of the Crimean Tatars Majlis, a report said.The senior adviser of the OSCE High...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty:A group of Crimean Tatar protesters camped out in front of the Ukrainian government building in Kyiv have been attacked by several dozen...
Some 2,000 Crimean Tatars have protested to demand the restitution of land that they lost when they or their relatives were deported more than 60 years ago, RFE/RL's Tatar-Bashkir Service reports....
On 2 July 2009, representatives of Crimean academia, politics, and business gathered together in Brussels to discuss what the future might hold for the Crimea. This is at the same time as the Black Sea...
Below is an article published by the Georgian Daily: Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko has asked prosecutors to consider opening a criminal case against those who deported the Crimean Tatars...
Below is an article published by Georgian Daily: Declaring that Kyiv’s neglect of their rights leaves them no choice, a group of Crimean Tatar activists said this week that they will “block...
Below is an article published by Georgian Daily:The nomination comes at the First World Congress of the Crimean Tatars.The First World Congress of the Crimean Tatars (WCCT) ended after the delegates...
Below is a statement issued by Bsanna News: Simferopol closed the first world congress of the Crimean Tatars, involving delegates from 162 non-governmental organizations from 12...
Below is an article published by Gather :Valentyn Nalyvaichenko, head of the State Security Service of Ukraine has announced that he is establishing a special unit to investigate Stalin-era...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe :SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine -- At least 15,000 Crimean Tatars gathered in central Simferopol to mark the 65th anniversary of their deportation and...
Below is an article published by Kyiv Post : The Crimean Tatars [rallied] opposite the building of the Ukrainian parliament on Monday [18 May 2009], on the occasion of the 65th anniversary...
Below is an article published by the World Bulletin:The Association of Crimean Tatar Villagers" will form another association for deported children, the establishment announced last week [May...
Below is an article published by: The OSCE Written by Dmitri Alechkevitch and Oleg Smirnov In the late 1980s and early 1990s, thousands of Crimean Tatars came back to their homeland in Ukraine after...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: The body representing the Crimean Tatars, the Mejlis, has called on the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) to moderate...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe: Some 2,000 repatriated Crimean Tatars gathered in front of the Crimean Supreme Council in the Ukrainian city of Simferopol to...
Below is an article published by BBC News : The row over the future of Russia's Black Sea Fleet in Crimea could become a flashpoint in the already strained relations between Kiev and Moscow, says the...
Below is an article published by BBC News:President Viktor Yushchenko has been involved in a long-running dispute with Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. The president's Our Ukraine bloc left the...
Below is an article published by Radio Free Europe:Ukrainian fighter jets swooped low over the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and tanks and armored personnel carriers rumbled along the city's main Khreschatyk...
European Commission against Racism published a report on acts of intolerance against various ethnic groups in Ukraine. Below is an Article written Agence France-Presse published by IFocus: Discrimination...
More than 200 Tatar grave stones were vandalized in what might be an attempt to stir up ethnic tension between Muslim Tatars, ethnic Ukrainians and Russians in Ukraine's Black Sea Crimea peninsula. Below...
As they face increasing Ukrainian discrimination, Crimean Tatars appeal to the OSCE High Commissioner on Human Rights concerning their situation in Ukraine and their recognition of their collective rights...
Dispute over lands between the Crimean Tatars, historically originated from Crimea, and the state have increased in the recent months as the authorities are stepping up to settle the issue of land allocation. Below...
As Crimean Tatars return from exile, they face continuous challenges concerning their rehabilitation in their homeland. Below is an excerpt from an article published by Laurence Lee for Al Jazeera: After...
Despite a 40 year-old decree ending official discrimination, many Crimean Tartars believe they have yet to achieve equal status. Below is an article by Volodymyr Prytula for Radio Free Europe/Radio...
Last Friday (18 May 2007) thousands of Crimean Tatars commemorated the 63rd anniversary of their deportation. An occasion also to voice their outstanding claims and concerns. Below is an article published...
Below is an article published by Kyiv Post: About a thousand Crimean Tatars rallied Monday on Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula to demand the return of land seized after Soviet leader Josef Stalin forced the...
Below is an excerpt from an article published by Kyiv Post: Thousands of Crimean Tatars rallied Monday on Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula to demand the return of land seized after Soviet leader Josef...
Below is an article published by ForUm: Victor Yushchenko met with Crimea’s Speaker Anatoly Hrytsenko and Prime Minister Viktor Plakyda, president's press office reported. They spoke about the...
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Borys Tarasyuk visited Crimean-Tatar congress in Crimea, where public organization “Proryv” (break through – ed.) presented him a young pig by name Tarasyonok....
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Rolf Ekeus arrived in Simferopol, Crimea, “Cabinet’s press office” reported. As Chairman of the Crimean Parliament Anatoliy Gritsenko said...
Kiev- Assailants threw an incendiary device into a building adjoining a mosque in Ukraine's Crimea province, a region heavily settled by ethnic Tartars, the Interfax news agency reported Monday. A member...
Victor Yushchenko has met with leaders of Crimean Tatars, according to the Presidents press-office. Gennadiy Moskal, the Presidents Crimea Representative, Mustafa Dzhemilev, Head of the Presidential...
Mr. Ayder Mustafayev (pictured) of Namus Organisation speaks at the 24th Session of the WGIP in Geneva under Agenda Items 4a (General debate) and 4b (Utilization of indigenous peoples land by non-indigenous...
Members of the Crimean Tatar Congress gathered in the main Crimean city Simferopol said yesterday that Ukraine's integration with the West should not go forward until Kyiv restores Tatar rights....
The president of the Foundation for the Study and Support of Native Peoples of the Crimea, Nadir Bekirov, announced at a press conference in Kiev that Ukraine is “turning into a racist state”...
Following recent events in Kyiv, Ukraine's only autonomous republic, Crimea, has dismissed its prime minister. The two events were not directly linked. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko fired...
Untitled Document KYIV, Ukraine, June 8 (UNHCR) – The Izetov family could rival any legislator, politician or lawyer in their knowledge of Ukraine's Citizenship Law and procedures,...
Untitled Document Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko met with Turkish leaders Tuesday and said the two Black Sea powers would press forward with their European aspirations. ...
Untitled Document Crimean Tatars are indignant over a recent statement by Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko that the Milli Mejlis, or Tatar National Congress, should reject its...
Untitled Document The leader of Ukrainian National Assembly (UNA), Eduard Kovalenko, being in prison, declared about his intention to stand up against seizure of land by Tatars....
Untitled Document Statement by Nadir Bekir, President of the Foundation for Research and Support of Indigenous Peoples of Crimea to Hina Jilani, UN Special Representative...
Untitled Document On 29 December 2004 Simferopol Central District Court brought in a verdict on the activist of the National Movement, member of the Board of Mejlis of Crimean Tatar...
Untitled Document On 16 May 2005 a solemn ceremony of the victims of 1944 deportation monument's opening took place in village Kolchughino of Simferopol area. The monument executed...
Untitled Document The name of Mustafa Cemilev is synonymous with the Crimean Tatars’ decades-long struggle to obtain reparations for their suffering due to the deportations...
Untitled Document Prague, 13 May 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Leaders of the Crimean Tatar community, who have for years fought for greater political representation and economic rights on the peninsula,...
Untitled Document KYIV - President Viktor Yushchenko and his wife Kateryna together with their children visited the zoo in Yalta on Thursday. In a conversation with journalists Yushchenko...
Untitled Document A monument potraying the World War II 'Big Three' - Stalin, Roosevelt and Churchill is to be unveiled in Volgograd ahead of the 60th anniversary of allied victory...
Tens of thousands of Tatars were exiled to Central Asia by Soviet authorities and they were only allowed home to the Crimea in the last years of the USSR. Many Crimean Tatars in Ukraine say they...
On February, 19 in Bakhchisaray in the building of the Bakhchsaray regional council regular 133-rd expanded session of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people with participation of the regional...
The Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Jemilev sharply critisized manpower policy of the new government of Ukraine. In his interview to the Ukraina Moloda newspaper, he...
As our Maidan correspondent was informed, the Crimean government, quietly and without fanfare, cancelled plans to place at the Livadia Palace a monument to mark the 60th anniversary of the Yalta ...
A dispute over a monument to Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin overshadowed the 60th anniversary of the Yalta Conference yesterday. Residents of Yalta, the city on the Crimean...
The joint forum of democratic organizations had taken place in Simferopol. Participants of the event claimed support the new president of Ukraine. Forum was organized upon the call from the parties...
Tatars living in the Crimean Autonomous Republic, which is dependent on Ukraine, also support Ukraine's potential European Union (EU) membership. After the pro-Western candidate's victory in the...
Untitled Document The Crimean Tatars overwhelmingly backed the Orange Revolution in Ukraine, but in the wake of that victory, they face three challenges to their national aspirations:...
Untitled Document December 10, 2004 marks the fifty-sixth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly. This historic...
Untitled Document According to the Crimean Tatar lawyers League 50 % of Belogorsk voters were deprived votes at the elections on October 31. The Crimean Tatar lawyers league "Initsium"...
Ukrainian Prime Minister Viktor Yanukovych is against setting up a national autonomy in Crimea. He said this today, on the last day of canvassing, in an address to voters at the Artem defence-sector...
Untitled Document ANALYSIS: By Mykyta Kasyanenko Den, Kiev, Ukraine, in Ukrainian 15 Sep 04 BBC Monitoring Service, UK, in English, Sun, Sep 19, 2004 The Congress of the...
Untitled Document Crimean Tatars do not understand why president vetoed the Law on restoration of the rights of persons deported on ethnic basis The First Deputy Chairman of the...
Untitled Document The Mejlis has recommended Kurultai to support the leader of Our Ukraine bloc at the upcoming presidential elections The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people...
Untitled Document The Islamic Development Bank will support projects for the development of education and health for the Muslims living in Crimea," said Dr. Said Abbas, the...
Untitled Document I would like to speak on the Indigenous Decade. I think it is a universal question that covers all the question. Some government and some agencies are proposing...
Untitled Document The problem of the conflict resolution is perhaps the most important problem for all Indigenous Peoples of the World. Because nor cultural heritage protection,...
SIMFEROPOL, June 29 - Crimean Tatars placed seven tents in front of the Crimean government’s building in downtown Simferopol on Tuesday to demand land lots in Partenit and Maly Mayak resorts...
Ukraine is to introduce a law to restore full rights to Crimean Tatars and other groups exiled by the former Soviet Union because of their ethnic origins. The new law aims to redress years of discrimination...
SIMFEROPOL. June 1 (Interfax) - The co-rapporteurs of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe's monitoring committee on Ukraine, Hanne Severinsen and Renate Vohlwend, are studying the situation...
Thousands of people have gathered in Ukraine's southern region of Crimea to mark the 60th anniversary of the mass deportation of Crimean Tatars. Some 200,000 Crimean Tatars were accused by the then...
8th-11th October 2009, Crimea UNPO visited the Crimean peninsula in the Ukraine in October 2009 to conduct a short fact finding mission into the economic, social and political situation...
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