The Russian government has put Ilmi Umerov, leader of the democratically elected Crimean Tatar Mejlis, on a list of people it deems ‘Terrorists and Extremists’ – simply for holding the opinion that Russia should cease its illegal occupation of Crimea. Umerov has already spent three weeks being...
This spring, on March 13, the Ukrainian Parliament finally acknowledged Crimean tatars as the indigenous people of Ukraine. 283 Deputies gave their votes for this. The joy, however, had been too early to celebrate: after Russian Federation annexed the Crimean peninsula, implementing that act became...
Matter of integrating the Crimean tatars to Russian Islamic Society is one of the problems Russia is to face in the nearest future. Mr.Refat Chubarov, Head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, spoke about the consecution and perspectives of that process.Mr.Chubarov voiced his concerns about the possibility...
Twitter users from Ukraine started sharing the hashtag #StopCrimeanTatarsGenocide in order to support the Crimean Tatars after the latter found themselves on the edge of a new genocide...
Crimean Tatar Mejlis and Charitable organisation “Fund Crimea” were forced out of their own building in Simferopol at a demand of Central District court of the city. Russian officer receivers also arrested the Fund’s property and accounts, as reported by the member of Mejlis and executive director...
The very existence of the Crimean indigenous people is under threat, the Crimean Tatar leaders assured the delegates of UN World Conference on Indigenous Peoples held on September 22-23 in New York.On their part, Ukrainian authorities also reported flagrant violation of the Crimean Tatars’ rights....
Andrew Bennett’s one-week, fact-finding mission begins Monday in Kiev, where he meets religious leaders and government officials, among others. He is also expected to announce a package of Canadian government assistance aimed at promoting religious freedom, democratic development and inter-faith...
Mr.Tanay Cholkhanov, who appeared in Crimea after the “Referendun” in March and and at once proclaimed himself a “Crimean Tatar public and religious figure” intended to create a battle squad in Luhank, as reported by “InterFax” Agency with likns to Mr.Cholkhanov himself.
According to the newly-...
A plane with Ukrainian Muslims willing to perform one of the greatest ceremonies of Islam — Hajj — took off from “Boryspil” International Airport on September 27. 84 Ukrainian Muslims left for the pilgrimage this year within Ukrainian quota, while 150 Crimean Muslims went within the Quota of...
This year is the first time when Ukrainian Muslims leave for performing Hajj within the quotas of two countries at once, namely Ukraine and Russian Federation. Such situation occurred due to the fact that the Crimean Muslims are to perform hajj within the quota provided for Russia.
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Fate of the two young men kidnapped two days ago in the Belogorsk suburb still remains unknown despite the authorities’ promised to “return the missing young men before the next morning.” Father of one of them, Mr.Abdureshit Jepparov, left for Simferopol to meet the “Head of Crimea” Mr.Sergei...
