The Crimean Tatar Palace and other historic sites Russia is destroying in occupied Crimea
Read also: Crimea’s occupied cultural heritage Among the illegal activities in Crimea, the prosecutors mentioned the following suspected crimes:…
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We must protect Crimea’s human rights defenders
It is an unfortunate fact that many governments misuse anti-terrorism laws against human rights defenders. Yet, the extent…
Tatar political prisoner: I will continue to denounce Russia’s criminal government
Would you describe the day you left the prison? Actually, a conflict arose on the day I left…
UK journalist who wrote about Crimean Tatar political prisoners fined, expelled from Crimea
The British journalist Madeline Roache, who wrote about human rights in the post-Soviet space, especially the political abuse…
Uprooted Crimean Tatar Restaurant Finds New Home in Kyiv
“It wasn’t easy, our biggest fans at the beginning were our neighbours, who were actually very nice. Mostly…
New documentary: “A struggle for survival of the indigenous people of Crimea”
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center has released a new documentary dedicated to the history of the indigenous population…
Russian occupiers now hold at least 70 political prisoners in Crimea
To mark International Human Rights Day, the Crimean Human Rights Defense Group has released an infographic on the…
Russia aims to smear Mejlis after latest raid on Crimean Tatars which left one dead and imprisoned four
On 23 November, Russian secret police (FSB) raided two cafes and a number of houses in Crimea’s capital,…
Terrorist threat to Crimea: Russian ties to the Islamic State
Rabbi Abraham Shmulevich, president of the Institute of Eastern Partnership (Israel) evaluates the accuracy of this report and…
Ukrainians now see themselves as victors not just victims, Podolsky and Bekirova say
Ukrainians have suffered so much over the last century as a result of the crimes of others that…
Possible name change for Crimea Kyiv’s response to ethnic claims in Western Ukraine, Abdulayeva says
A draft law that would label Crimea not “the Crimean Tatar Autonomous Republic” but rather “the Crimean Tatar…
Crimean Tatar missing since 2014 found dead in occupied Crimea
The family of Lemar Aliadinov, a Crimean Tatar who went missing in occupied Crimea in 2014, was informed…
Putin’s approach to Crimean Tatar leaders like Brezhnev’s toward Soviet refuseniks, Portnikov says
Vladimir Putin’s freeing and then expulsion abroad of Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz, two leaders of the Crimean…
Imprisoned Crimean Tatar leaders Chiygoz and Umerov released by Russia, flown to Turkey
Crimean Tatar leaders Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov, who were sentenced in occupied Crimea in politically motivated trials,…
Inside occupied Crimea’s crackdown on independent journalism
Mykola Semena was accused by the Russian authorities of issuing public calls to violate Russia’s territorial integrity. In…
Four Crimean Tatars detained in new wave of religious persecution
Victims of the Russian “police of thought” On 2 October, masked Russian security officers raided the house of…
EU Parliament demands Russia release 47 Ukrainian de facto political prisoners, urges sanctions
The European Parliament (EP) urges the Russian regime to end repression against representatives of the Crimean Tatar people…
“See you in the Hague!” Last word of Crimean Tatar leader Umerov on Russian show trial
The lawyer Nikolai Polozov, who had been illegally removed from the trial, said at the press conference that…
Repression of Muslims in Crimea – a reflection of Moscow’s fear of Islam as an anti-colonial force
Zair Smedlyayev, a Crimean Tatar activist, and Said Ismagilov, the mufti of the Umma Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD)…
Serfdom lives on in Russian thinking and official practice, Kirillova says
Although serfdom was officially abolished in 1861, its underlying principles live on in Russian thinking and official practice,…