Crimean Tatars face raids and arrests under Russian occupation

Detaining one of the Crimean Tatars who came to seek the whereabouts of Nariman Dzhelyal and four other men who had disappeared after being taken away by the FSB Photo Crimean Solidarity By Halya Coynash of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group “What is fear?  It is when you are afraid every day that your … Continue reading Crimean Tatars face raids and arrests under Russian occupation

Deportation, genocide, and Russia’s war against Crimean Tatars

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 place in 1944. The forced eviction was ordered by Joseph Stalin, who called it punishment for collaboration with the Nazi occupation regime during 1942–1943. This … Continue reading Deportation, genocide, and Russia’s war against Crimean Tatars

Crimean Tatars – The Nation Stalin Deported

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 700 years, after the revolution in 1917 they formed  the first democratic republic in the Islamic world , the Crimean Autonomous Socialist Soviet Republic existed until … Continue reading Crimean Tatars – The Nation Stalin Deported

In Occupied Crimea Repressions of the Tatars continue unabated

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 phase of Russian repressions against the Crimean Tatars: dozens of people are missing, some of them were found dead. May 18 is Day of Remembrance … Continue reading In Occupied Crimea Repressions of the Tatars continue unabated

Tatars block supplies to Crimea, cause shortages of food, necessities

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 Crimean Tatars there. The effects were greatly magnified when explosions on Nov. 20 and 21 cut electricity for most of Crimea’s 2 million residents. The … Continue reading Tatars block supplies to Crimea, cause shortages of food, necessities