Crimean Tatars

Custodial term of Akhtem Chiygoz prolonged until July 22
News - 20 May 2016

Custodial term of Akhtem Chiygoz prolonged until July 22

The Russian-controlled court in Crimea has prolonged the custodial term of Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Akhtem Chiygoz until July 22

Verkhovna Rada asks international organizations to protect Crimean Tatars
News - 11 May 2016

Verkhovna Rada asks international organizations to protect Crimean Tatars

Before the vote, Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov delivered a speech from the rostrum

Number of people convicted of extremism grows threefold in Russia
News - 05 May 2016

Number of people convicted of extremism grows threefold in Russia

In 2015, the Russian courts convicted 414 persons under Article 282 of the Criminal Code (extremism); the number is three times higher than in 2011 (137 persons)

PGO launches proceeding over ban of Mejlis
News - 30 April 2016

PGO launches proceeding over ban of Mejlis

The Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea has launched criminal proceeding over illegal ban of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People in Crimea

Mejlis: We call on nobody to leave Crimea
News - 27 April 2016

Mejlis: We call on nobody to leave Crimea

The Mejlis considers that ban on the representative body of Crimean Tatars by Russia is aimed at ousting the indigenous people from the peninsula

Over 150 Crimean Tatars called up for military service, occupation authorities state
News - 07 April 2016

Over 150 Crimean Tatars called up for military service, occupation authorities state

The occupation authorities in Crimea called up more than 150 Crimean Tatars for military service last year

A hundred armed men come to demolish houses of Crimean Tatars in Sudak
News - 23 March 2016

A hundred armed men come to demolish houses of Crimean Tatars in Sudak

About a hundred armed men came to Alchak residential area in Sudak (Crimea), where they planned to demolish six houses of Crimean Tatars

Houses of Kurultai delegates in Crimea searched
News - 22 March 2016

Houses of Kurultai delegates in Crimea searched

Russian law enforcement officers searched the house of head of the Kurman regional Mejlis Uchkun Devletshaev

Another scandal in Lviv – a guy with cerebral palsy not allowed into Sport Life club because of ‘unsanitary conditions’
News - 16 February 2016

Another scandal in Lviv – a guy with cerebral palsy not allowed into Sport Life club because of ‘unsanitary conditions’

The employees of the Sport Life fitness club in Lviv refused to sell a club card to a man with cerebral palsy because he "will create unsanitary conditions"

Court of occupied Crimea takes four Crimean residents into custody
News - 12 February 2016

Court of occupied Crimea takes four Crimean residents into custody

The human rights activists believe that a new wave of reprisals against the Crimean Tatars has started in the Russian-occupied Crimea

Ahtem Chiygoz says prosecutors exert pressure on judges
News - 05 February 2016

Ahtem Chiygoz says prosecutors exert pressure on judges

He believes that in such a way the occupying power is trying to intimidate the entire Crimean Tatar people

European Parliament notes ‘unprecedented level of human rights abuses against Crimean Tatars’
News - 04 February 2016

European Parliament notes ‘unprecedented level of human rights abuses against Crimean Tatars’

The resolution again underscores unlawfulness of Crimea's occupation by Russia

Council of Europe mission visits Akhtem Chiygoz
News - 29 January 2016

Council of Europe mission visits Akhtem Chiygoz

They talked for about an hour and a half. They were assisted by an interpreter, offered by the occupying power of Crimea

Two attackers on Maidan activists sentenced in Kyiv
News - 28 January 2016

Two attackers on Maidan activists sentenced in Kyiv

January 17, 2014, the members of Oplot fight club, located in Kharkiv, blocked the Automaidan participants

CoE mission wants to attend hearing over case of February 26
News - 28 January 2016

CoE mission wants to attend hearing over case of February 26

The mission was invited to the court hearing by Nikolai Polozov

Council of Europe sends human rights mission to Crimea
News - 25 January 2016

Council of Europe sends human rights mission to Crimea

It will be headed by Swiss diplomat Gerard Stoudmann

Crimean Tatars asked to keep an eye on their relatives
News - 21 January 2016

Crimean Tatars asked to keep an eye on their relatives

The Crimean Tatars are asked to necessarily accompany their children to the place of their studies as well as to keep constant contact with them

Law enforcement agencies receive almost 140 complaints for four months of Crimea blockade
News - 15 January 2016

Law enforcement agencies receive almost 140 complaints for four months of Crimea blockade

Of this number, 15 complaints were entered in the unified register of pre-trial investigations