Crimean Tatars

Security forces raid Muslim cultural center in Crimea
News - 06 September 2016

Security forces raid Muslim cultural center in Crimea

The representatives of Russian law enforcement agencies and regulatory authorities in Crimea came to make a search at the Muslim cultural center

No breakthrough in case over murder of Pavel Sheremet – Head of Ukraine’s National Police
News - 02 September 2016

No breakthrough in case over murder of Pavel Sheremet – Head of Ukraine’s National Police

Khatia Dekanoidze promised to tell about the results of the investigation as soon as they appear

Security forces burst into journalist’s house in Simferopol
News - 02 September 2016

Security forces burst into journalist’s house in Simferopol

Having not showed their documents and not explained the reasons

Some victims in Chiygoz case know nothing about his role in ‘crime’ – lawyer
News - 31 August 2016

Some victims in Chiygoz case know nothing about his role in ‘crime’ – lawyer

Nikolai Polozov, the lawyer of Chiygoz, said this to Crimea.Realities portal, commenting on the hearing of the Russian-controlled Supreme Court of the annexed Crimea on August 30

Human Rights Watch calls on Russian Federation to cancel ‘punitive psychiatry’ and free activist Ilmi Umerov
News - 26 August 2016

Human Rights Watch calls on Russian Federation to cancel ‘punitive psychiatry’ and free activist Ilmi Umerov

Human Rights Watch has called on the Russian authorities to immediately release Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Ilmi Umerov

Akhtem Chiygoz not Allowed into Courtroom
News - 19 August 2016

Akhtem Chiygoz not Allowed into Courtroom

Judges do not even consider these petitions. They believe that they have decided this issue once and for all

Hromadske Radio website blocked in Russia because of article about Hizb ut-Tahrir
News - 12 August 2016

Hromadske Radio website blocked in Russia because of article about Hizb ut-Tahrir

Roskomnadzor shall restore the access to website after the article is removed

Crimean Tatars being searched in Crimea
News - 12 August 2016

Crimean Tatars being searched in Crimea

Man was taken to the Bakhchisarai police station without explanations

Medium-security ward for pro-Ukrainian views: Convicts ask to return them to Ukraine
News - 10 August 2016

Medium-security ward for pro-Ukrainian views: Convicts ask to return them to Ukraine

Ukrainian citizens, serving sentences at the Penal Colony No. 9 in Shakhty town, Rostov region, Russian Federation, are under pressure from administration

Muslims in Crimea may be banned from performing rites at home
News - 08 August 2016

Muslims in Crimea may be banned from performing rites at home

Such gatherings were not prohibited even in the Soviet Union

FSB tries to break into office of lawyers who defend Crimean Tatars
News - 04 August 2016

FSB tries to break into office of lawyers who defend Crimean Tatars

In the occupied Crimea, in Simferopol city, the unknown were trying to break into the bar association office

Crimean court keeps Chiygoz in custody until October 8
News - 03 August 2016

Crimean court keeps Chiygoz in custody until October 8

The court hearing on Akhtem Chiygoz’s complaint about custody was very quickly

Crimean court refuses to accept complaint of Akhtem Chiygoz about video conference
News - 02 August 2016

Crimean court refuses to accept complaint of Akhtem Chiygoz about video conference

The ruling on rejection of complaint was issued before the court hearing on August 2

Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People: Sixteen persons gone missing, eleven considered dead in occupied Crimea
News - 29 July 2016

Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People: Sixteen persons gone missing, eleven considered dead in occupied Crimea

Sixteen persons have gone missing and eleven are considered to be dead for the period of occupation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

Every fifth call to ATO national hotline relates to domestic violence
News - 27 July 2016

Every fifth call to ATO national hotline relates to domestic violence

At first glance, it seems to be not too big figure, but the problem is much deeper

Ukraine’s High Council of Justice approves dismissal of Maidan judge Volokitina
News - 21 July 2016

Ukraine’s High Council of Justice approves dismissal of Maidan judge Volokitina

The judge works at the Shevchenkivsky District Court in Kyiv

‘Memorial’ human rights centre recognizes four Crimean Tatars as political prisoners
News - 19 July 2016

‘Memorial’ human rights centre recognizes four Crimean Tatars as political prisoners

Memorial points to the lack of evidence of commission or preparation of terrorist attacks by the participants in this organization anywhere in the world

Legal trap or justification of crimes: Experts comment on trials of Ukrainian volunteer soldiers
News - 06 July 2016

Legal trap or justification of crimes: Experts comment on trials of Ukrainian volunteer soldiers

"People, who justify killing, rape and torture of the local population by military action, have probably forgotten what we fought on Maidan for..."