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Whose ’mass provocation’? Crimean Tatar Deportation remembrance gathering banned
Articles - 09 May 2015

Whose ’mass provocation’? Crimean Tatar Deportation remembrance gathering banned

Just hours after threats from Crimea’s ‘prosecutor’ that Ukrainian ‘nationalists and radicals’ could expect to be jailed in Russian-occupied Crimea, claims have been made of ‘mass provocation’ planned around the anniversary of the 1944 Deportation of the Crimean Tatar People on May 18

Imprisoned Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader on hunger strike
Articles - 07 May 2015

Imprisoned Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader on hunger strike

Akhtem Chiygoz, Deputy Head of the Mejlis or Crimean Tatar representative assembly has gone on hunger strike in protest at being placed in a solitary confinement punishment cell

Cameraman for Silenced Crimean Tatar TV ATR Detained in Crimea
Articles - 21 April 2015

Cameraman for Silenced Crimean Tatar TV ATR Detained in Crimea

Eskender Nebiyev, cameraman for ATR, the Crimean Tatar TV channel which Russia recently forced off air in Russian-occupied Crimea, is reported to have been detained on Monday after a search was carried out of his home

Occupation Regime proposes “Day of Joy” instead of Crimean Tatar Deportation Anniversary
Articles - 07 April 2015

Occupation Regime proposes “Day of Joy” instead of Crimean Tatar Deportation Anniversary

Top figure in Russian-occupied Crimea has proposed that the “cult” of May 18 – the anniversary of the Deportation of the entire Crimean Tatar People in 1944 should be stopped and Crimeans should instead celebrate a "day of joy"

’Ashamed’ Russian Students Ask Ukraine To ’Forgive Us’
News - 17 February 2015

’Ashamed’ Russian Students Ask Ukraine To ’Forgive Us’

In a new video, young people identifying themselves as university students in Moscow and St. Petersburg apologize for their country’s actions