Crimean Tatars
Rally in support of Crimean Muslims held in Kyiv
Investigation has no evidence pointing to the preparation of acts of terrorism or other violent actions by the suspects in the case
Ukrainian Justice Minister: 1,800 judges to be dismissed after judicial reform
1,800 Ukrainian judges will be dismissed after the constitutional amendments related to judiciary are passed. Competition will be announced for vacant positions
Russian security officers questioning Crimean Tatar children at school
Officers of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) are questioning the students of 9th grade of school No.15 in the village of Blyzhne, which is part of Feodosia town
31 Ukrainian citizens more held in Russia – human rights activist
At least 31 Ukrainians, including 16 Crimean Tatars, have been still held in Russian prisons
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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’
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
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
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’
The resolution again underscores unlawfulness of Crimea's occupation by Russia
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
January 17, 2014, the members of Oplot fight club, located in Kharkiv, blocked the Automaidan participants
Columns
“I hear your anger, your dreams, and your hope”: a letter to a peer under occupation from a 10th grader from the Kherson region
No one should ever be allowed to violate the rights of Indigenous peoples
What does just peace mean for Ukraine and why does Crimea remain a fundamental issue?
“The number is not answering, but I can hear you”: A letter to a peer in occupation from a 10th grade student
