The annexation of Crimea in 2014 marked the beginning of merciless repressions against the inhabitants of the peninsula who disagreed with the new government, primarily the Crimean Tatars. Criminal cases, kidnappings, tortures, and long prison terms have become a grim…
The Ukrainian media Suspіlne published an article “To go against your brothers?” about the unwillingness of the Crimean Tatars to fight on the side of Russia against Ukraine and their mass departure from Crimea after the start of forced mobilization…
“According to preliminary data, about 90% of conscription notices in Crimea were received by Crimean Tatars. At the same time, Crimean Tatars make up 13-15% of the population of the peninsula. Such a scale of mobilization can lead to a…
The Crimean Human Rights Group and Крим.Реалії report that on September 2, 2022, the Russian-controlled Kievskiy District Court of Simferopol sentenced Crimean Tatars Ruslan Ablurakhmanov and Ayder Umerovaya to 5 years in a strict regime colony for participation in the…
On April 4, 2022, the Graty news agency reported the arrest of Rustem Gugurik, a Crimean Tatar from the Kherson region. The FSB accuses him of participating in the Crimean Tatar volunteer battalion, which has long been gone. On the…
In 2017 the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination acknowledged the facts of discrimination of the Crimean Tatars on ethnic grounds, and expressed their concerns regarding violation of rights of the Crimean Tatars in the annexed Crimea. Ban…
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