Crimean Tatars Deportation, genocide, and Russia’s war against Crimean Tatars 18 May 201918 May 2019 Deportation of the Crimean Tatars. A painting by Crimean Tatar artist Rustem Eminov On May 18, Ukraine marks the anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea that took…
Crimean Tatars… Crimean Tatars – The Nation Stalin Deported 9 Aug 20179 Aug 2017 The Crimean Tatars faced deportation from the peninsula under Stalin in 1944. Today, they are facing a new policy of persecution. The Crimean Tatars have existed as a community for over…
Crimean Tatars… Chief Rabbi of Ukraine: The world must not ignore the suffering of the Crimean Tatars the way it once ignored ours 30 May 2016 Our cry must be heard, so that the horror of the past is not repeated here and now. Our words must ring out because the world is now silent about…
Crimea… Russia’s Conveyor Belt of Repression in Occupied Crimea 30 May 2016 There is no evidence of any terrorist activities in Crimea, yet Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov and 3 other opponents of annexation are serving huge sentences for supposed terrorism, and the…
Crimean Tatars… Russian Secret Police terrorizes Crimean Tatar school students in Crimea 30 May 2016 Halya Coynash They look for ‘dissidents’ early in Russian-occupied Crimea. On May 27, the day before an exam, FSB officers turned up at a school in Feodosia to grill…
Crimean Tatars… In Occupied Crimea Repressions of the Tatars continue unabated 21 May 2016 The Tatars are the Palestinians Of Europe Exclusive interview by Ukrainian social activist Ilmi Umerov with Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis (Tatar self-governing councils) Ilmi Umerov told about a new…
Crimean Tatars… Russia Declares War on Crimean Tatars 20 Mar 201620 Mar 2016 Republished below is an personal article by Halya Coynash of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group on the ongoing oppression of the Crimean Tatars since the Russian annexation of Crimea.…
Crimean Tatars… Russian state terror, torture against Crimean Muslims 24 Feb 201624 Feb 2016 By | Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group Search on Feb 11 Armed searches are continuing in Russian-occupied Crimea with torture methods used against at least one Crimean Tatar. More…
Crimean Tatars… Tatars block supplies to Crimea, cause shortages of food, necessities 15 Dec 2015 BY NAOMI CRAINE Working people in Moscow-occupied Crimea have faced growing shortages of food and other necessities from a blockade on the Ukrainian side of the peninsula’s border initiated by…
Crimea… Crimean Tatar leader arrested in new wave of repression 22 Feb 2015 Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group UPDATE A search by men in masks carrying machine guns began at around 7 a.m. on Friday morning, and is still underway. The…