Russia tried to break the Crimean Tatars. Their non-violent resistance only grew stronger.
Since the beginning of the occupation of Crimea, it were the Crimean Tatars who suffered the brunt of…
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Ukraine recognizes three Crimean peoples as indigenous, infuriating Russia
The definition of the term indigenous people in the new legislation goes as follows, “An indigenous people is…
Seven years of occupation of Crimea: human rights activists systematise human rights violations on peninsula
Despite this, as the authors of the report note, the movement of resistance to the occupation of Crimea…
Win for Ukraine as PACE adopts strong resolution in support of Crimean Tatars persecuted by Russia
1. To begin with, a PACE resolution focusing on the issue of Russia-occupied Crimea and the rights of…
“I do not want my children to live in a country of terror.” Four inspiring letters from Crimean Tatar political prisoners not broken by Russia
Since the annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Russian occupation authorities have established a highly repressive regime on…
Russia’s vile attempts to discredit the Crimean Tatars must not be kept silent
After the occupation of Crimea in 2014, Russian authorities launched a wave of raids and searches in Crimean…
Russian prison system is a ticking time bomb for health of a Crimean Tatar
On 12 October 2016, Kamenka and Strohanovka districts of Simferopol city in Crimea saw arbitrary mass searches in…
Crimean Tatars’ return from deportation documented by project on Ukraine’s wild 90’s | WATCH ONLINE
The long way home: deportation and return of Crimean Tatars to their Homeland The documentary, aired by Ukraine's…
Putin repeating Stalin’s deportation of Crimean Tatars in slow motion
But on this anniversary, the first since the easing of the pandemic, Crimean Tatars both in the homeland…
Being yourself is not a crime: look into the eyes of kids of Crimean Tatar political prisoners jailed by Russia
Childhood is a time of brightest memories, which you remember for the rest of your life. The childhoods…
Photo project spotlights Crimean Tatar kids born after their fathers’ unlawful arrests by Russian occupation authorities
2021 marked the seventh anniversary of the Russian occupation of the part of sovereign Ukrainian territory, the Crimean…
(No) right to a fair trial, or a manual to Russia’s conveyor of repressions in Crimea
Seven years ago, Russian Special Operations Forces with no badges yet equipped with Russian weapons took over a…
Indigenous leader accuses Russia of ethnocide at UN Forum
For the first time in history, an official UN event heard an address delivered in the Erzya language.…
Russia comes for Crimean Tatars in occupied Crimea once again
During the search. Photos: Crimean Solidarity Six Crimean Tatars arrested in raids committed by Russian law enforcement in…
Ukraine’s evidence in ECtHR: proof of Russia’s occupation of Crimea, human rights violations
The full description as well as references and supporting facts were included in the description of the court…
The myth of “historically Russian Crimea”: colonialism, deconstructed
On 23 June 1978, a Soviet police officer came to the house of a Crimean Tatar Musa Mamut…
Crimean Tatars in the crosshairs of Russia’s war on Muslims
On 16 September, seven more Crimean Tatars from the Crimean peninsula which Russia occupied in 2014 were predictably…
‘Crimean Tatar tragedy of 1944 being repeated’ and with more damaging effect, Dzhemilev says
Seventy-six years ago on May 18, Stalin ordered the deportation of the Crimean Tatars from their homelands to…
Apakay – a song for the Crimean Tatars deported by Stalin
On 18 May 1944, Stalin deported all the indigenous population of Crimea, more than 230,000 Crimean Tatars, from…
76 years after deportation, Crimean Tatars are again being erased from history in Crimea
Only in 1989 did the USSR condemn the deportation, after which the indigenous people of Crimea started returning…