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 the fate of the Crimean Tatars. This was the message on May 18 from Yaakov Dov Bleich, Chief Rabbi of Ukraine speaking at the remembrance … Continue reading Chief Rabbi of Ukraine: The world must not ignore the suffering of the Crimean Tatars the way it once ignored ours
Russian Secret Police terrorizes Crimean Tatar school students in Crimea
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 Tatar 9th grade students on possible ‘incorrect’ thinking. School No. 15 in the village of Blyzhnye near Feodosia is a Russian-language school, but there … Continue reading Russian Secret Police terrorizes Crimean Tatar school students in Crimea
Russia Declares War on Crimean Tatars
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. Once the majority of the population Crimea, the Tatars have a long history of oppression notably the mass deportation of the entire population by Stalin … Continue reading Russia Declares War on Crimean Tatars
Russian state terror, torture against Crimean Muslims
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 details have also emerged of the four Crimean Muslims remanded in custody, though none that could possibly explain their arrest. Vadim Siruk’s wife, who is … Continue reading Russian state terror, torture against Crimean Muslims
Crimean Tatar leader arrested in new wave of repression
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 enforcement officers are reported to be not letting people in and out and behaving in an extremely aggressive manner Akhtem Chyyhoz, Deputy Head of the … Continue reading Crimean Tatar leader arrested in new wave of repression
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