Crimean Tatars

The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech condemned the pressure on journalists in Crimea following the detention of Lenora Dyulber
News - 04 December 2025

The Verkhovna Rada Committee on Freedom of Speech condemned the pressure on journalists in Crimea following the detention of Lenora Dyulber

The committee's statement notes that the persecution of journalists violates international law and is aimed at suppressing any independent information about the situation under occupation

Ranking illegitimate “judges” in Crimea who illegally force the local population to serve in the Russian army
Articles - 27 November 2025

Ranking illegitimate “judges” in Crimea who illegally force the local population to serve in the Russian army

This ZMINA article examines the most active illegitimate judges who ensure "successful" conscription campaigns for the Russian armed forces in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

Russia has illegally drafted 46 thousand Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories, most of them in Crimea
News - 18 November 2025

Russia has illegally drafted 46 thousand Ukrainians in the temporarily occupied territories, most of them in Crimea

Russian occupying authorities illegally mobilized 5,368 Ukrainians in the occupied Donetsk Oblast, 4,650 in the Luhansk region, 560 in the Zaporizhzhia region, and 478 in the Kherson region. Additionally, 35,272 individuals were mobilized in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, and 5,368 in Sevastopol

Ukraine invites nations across Africa, South America, and Asia to join a global justice alliance
Columns - 17 November 2025

Ukraine invites nations across Africa, South America, and Asia to join a global justice alliance

At the Crimea Global forum in Kyiv, Iryna Mudra appealed to states of the Global South to join the Special Tribunal on the Crime of Aggression, arguing that justice for Crimea and Ukraine is inseparable from the safety and sovereignty of countries worldwide.

In Russia, parents of illegally arrested Crimean Tatars were detained five times on their way to the ombudsman
News - 31 October 2025

In Russia, parents of illegally arrested Crimean Tatars were detained five times on their way to the ombudsman

All the detentions occurred over two incomplete days

Children of Crimean political prisoners need mental rehabilitation and recognition — Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People
News - 24 October 2025

Children of Crimean political prisoners need mental rehabilitation and recognition — Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People

he exhibition will run for two weeks, until November 5, at the Museum of Outstanding Figures of Ukrainian Culture, located at 93 Saksahanskoho Street, Kyiv (the building of the L. Ukrainka Museum). Admission is free

Russia detains four Crimean Tatar women after mass raids in occupied Crimea
News - 15 October 2025

Russia detains four Crimean Tatar women after mass raids in occupied Crimea

Russian security forces raided the homes of Crimean Tatars and detained four women in temporarily occupied Crimea on the morning of October 15, 2025, Refat Chubarov, chair of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, stated

Crimean political prisoner Lenur Khalilov, who was released from a Russian penal colony due to his health condition, has been taken into custody again
News - 14 October 2025

Crimean political prisoner Lenur Khalilov, who was released from a Russian penal colony due to his health condition, has been taken into custody again

The Crimean Muslim had been diagnosed with several illnesses, including primary liver cancer with metastases to the lymph nodes, chronic hepatitis C, Stage II hypertension, small liver cysts, a cyst on the left kidney, and kidney stones

Russia conducts 22nd illegal conscription campaign in occupied Crimea, violating the Fourth Geneva Convention
News - 14 October 2025

Russia conducts 22nd illegal conscription campaign in occupied Crimea, violating the Fourth Geneva Convention

Russia has significantly expanded its conscription apparatus since 2023 through legislative changes that digitalize military registration. These include creating a "unified register of conscripts" and introducing electronic summons that became operational in occupied Crimea in May 2025. The system allows conscription without physically delivering summons to individuals

Crimean political prisoner Emil Ziyadinov has been held in AdSeg of a Russian colony for a year
News - 13 October 2025

Crimean political prisoner Emil Ziyadinov has been held in AdSeg of a Russian colony for a year

Crimean Tatar activist and children's coach Emil Ziyadinov, who was illegally sentenced by the occupying authorities to 17 years in prison, has been held for one year in administrative segregation (AdSeg) at correctional colony No. 5 in Koryazhma, Arkhangelsk region, the Russian Federation

Russian occupiers hold 220 Crimean political prisoners, issue 12,000 illegitimate ‘court decisions’ on deportation from peninsula – the Mission of the President of Ukraine in Crimea
News - 12 October 2025

Russian occupiers hold 220 Crimean political prisoners, issue 12,000 illegitimate ‘court decisions’ on deportation from peninsula – the Mission of the President of Ukraine in Crimea

The Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea is currently aware of 220 political prisoners from the peninsula being held by Russia. Separately, the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol has statistical data on 12,000 "court decisions" by the occupying authorities ordering the deportation of civilians from Crimea

Russia tortures Crimean Tatar prisoner Mamut Belyalov again – human rights defenders
News - 04 October 2025

Russia tortures Crimean Tatar prisoner Mamut Belyalov again – human rights defenders

26-year-old Mamut Belyalov, who is already serving a 12-year sentence on fabricated charges, has been brought back to occupied Crimea and subjected to so-called ‘interrogation’ in the form of savage beatings, without a lawyer present

Crimean Muslim political prisoner endures harsh conditions for over three years in Russia’s Bashkortostan colony
News - 01 October 2025

Crimean Muslim political prisoner endures harsh conditions for over three years in Russia’s Bashkortostan colony

One reason cited was that he did not interrupt his prayers when the colony chief entered the cell. Aliyev sent a complaint about his placement in solitary confinement to the Salavat City Court, but the situation did not change

Crimea liberation is question of survival for Crimean Tatars
Columns - 25 September 2025

Crimea liberation is question of survival for Crimean Tatars

His speech, delivered through translation by Crimean Tatar diaspora patriarch Mübeyin Batu Altan

Force cannot define international borders
Columns - 25 September 2025

Force cannot define international borders

Taoiseach reaffirmed Ireland’s steadfast support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, stressing that justice must underpin any lasting peace. Concluding, he pledged that Ireland and the EU will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes

During Crimea Platform Summit at the UN, Zelensky urges world to resist normalizing Russian occupation
News - 25 September 2025

During Crimea Platform Summit at the UN, Zelensky urges world to resist normalizing Russian occupation

Ukrainian President called for continued sanctions coordination among partners. He also thanked participants for maintaining sanctions and urged the international community not to allow killings and occupation to become something "the world can simply turn a blind eye to."

Mother of the youngest political prisoner of the Russian Federation, Crimean Tatar Appaz Kurtamet, petitioned the European Parliament
News - 17 July 2025

Mother of the youngest political prisoner of the Russian Federation, Crimean Tatar Appaz Kurtamet, petitioned the European Parliament

She, along with other Crimean Tatar activists, is demanding an international response to the Russian Federation's mass repressions against Crimean Tatars

Russians kill 3, wound 7 in drone and artillery attacks on civilians in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts
News - 13 June 2025

Russians kill 3, wound 7 in drone and artillery attacks on civilians in Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk Oblasts

Fedorov reported that Russian forces killed a 60-year-old man, while hospitals treated two men aged 65 and 62 and a 58-year-old woman. The strike destroyed houses, and fire broke out in one of them