Contents tagged with Crimean Tartars
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US accuses Russia of human rights violations in the Crimea
The USA accused Russia of suppressing dissent and the oppression of the Crimean Tatars and pro-Ukrainian activists in annexed Crimea as was stated in the Annual Report on Human Rights Standards, published on the website of the US State Department on Wednesday, 13 April.
Russian authorities have deprived Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars "the ability to express support for their nationality and ethnic origin" and "have systematically suppressed and discriminated against them," as stated by the US …
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Erdoğan calls on leaders of Islamic countries to show solidarity with Ukraine and the Crimean Tatars
While speaking at the 13th Session of the Islamic Summit Conference in Istanbul, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan called on the Organization of Islamic Cooperation to show solidarity with Ukraine and the Crimean Tatar people.
This was reported by the press service of the Presidential Commissioner for Affairs of the Crimean Tatar people, Mustafa Dzhemilev, on Facebook on Thursday, April 14.
"The address by the President of Turkey, the country that chairs the summit, has ended. President …
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EU condemns ban of Crimean Tatar Mejlis
The European External Action Service called the decision of the "prosecutoress" of Crimea an "attack on the rights of the Crimean Tatars."
The European External Action Service condemned the decision made by Natalia Poklonskaya on the suspension of the Mejlis activities, as stated on the official website of the Service on Thursday. Particularly, it was stated that the decision of Poklonskaya "constitutes a grave attack on the rights of the Crimean Tatars. The decision, taken in the context of …
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Poroshenko issues appeal to world community over the ban of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, addressed the international community in connection with the decision of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Crimea, Natalia Poklonskaya, who was appointed by the Kremlin, on the suspension of the activity of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People. The head of the State wrote on his Facebook page that the timely de-occupation of the Crimean peninsula is the only way to stop this anarchy, Krym.Realii reported.
“I appeal to the international …
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UNESCO to implement monitoring mechanisms in the Crimea
The Programme and External Relations Commission of the 199th session of the UNESCO Executive Board considered the report and made a decision on "Monitoring the situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (Ukraine)," the Ukrainian delegation to UNESCO reported on Facebook.
"The decision assumes that during the next (200th) session of the UNESCO Executive Board, the Director-General should submit a progress report on the implementation of previous decisions. In particular, on establishing the …
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John McCain: The US will never recognize the annexation of the Crimea
US Senator John McCain said the United States will continue to support the territorial integrity of Ukraine and Crimea as part of it. He said this in a video which was broadcasted in the Seimas of Lithuania on the occasion of the World Congress of the Crimean Tatars.
This was reported by the press service of the Presidential Commissioner on the Crimean Tatar Affairs, Mustafa Dzhemilev, on April 11th.
"I wish I was able to be there with you today and express gratitude for the efforts on …
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Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas: The annexation of Crimea violated the peaceful life of the Crimean Tatars
After the Russian annexation of the Crimean peninsula, "peaceful life of the Crimean Tatars in their homeland has been violated," the Speaker of the Lithuanian Seimas, Loreta Graužinienė, said during the meeting of the Coordination Council of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars, which started on April 11 in Vilnius (Lithuania), Krym.Realii reported, with reference to the press service of the Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on the Crimean Tatar Affairs, Mustafa Dzhemilev.
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Dzhemilev suggests creating Crimean Tatar batallion to strengthen Ukrainian presence along administrative border
In the Kherson region, near the border of annexed Crimea, the process of creating a battalion of the Crimean Tatars continues. The leader of the Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev, said that it will "strengthen the Ukrainian presence" in the region at a press conference in Kiev on April 6th, as reported by Krym.Realii.
"We are now forming an armed unit near the border with Crimea. The main goal of this battalion, of course, will not be armed resistance... They will guard the border and …
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Hearing on ban of Crimean Tatar Mejlis postponed until April 15th
The so-called Supreme Court of the Russian Crimea held a session on Friday regarding the prohibition of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People on the occupied peninsula. As Krym.Realii reported, the session lasted a mere 10 minutes and resulted in a postponement of the hearing.
The next session is scheduled for April 15th.
Crimean Prosecutor Natalia Poklonskaya initiated proceedings to ban the Mejlis, accusing the representative body of engaging in extremist activity.
On Friday, …
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Dzhemilev: The de-occupation of Crimea must be discussed during negotiations on Ukraine
The leader of the Crimean Tatars, Mustafa Dzhemilev, believes that the issue of the de-occupation of Crimea cannot be of less importance then other topics during the international negotiations on the situation in Ukraine. The politician said this at a press conference in Kyiv on April 6, Krym.Realii reported.
"The Minsk Agreements don't say a word about the aggressor withdrawing completely from the occupied territories. So the de-occupation of Crimea is omitted from these agreements. From our …