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Mass armed searches for ‘prohibited books’ and arrests in Russian-occupied Crimea

Mass armed searches for ‘prohibited books’ and arrests in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russia’s FSB have arrested six Ukrainian Muslims, five of them Crimean Tatars, after armed searches of seven homes in the early morning of 17 February 2021. The FSB and heavily armed Rosgvardia officers were clearly interested only in books, and in at least one case, claimed to find the so-called...

“Crimean Authorities” Untenant Mejlis 19/09/2014 “If the employees of Mejlis and “Crimea” Fund don’t leave the building within 24 hours, they’ll be driven from there by force. The building of the Crimean Tatars’ representative organ will be sealed anyway,” - the law enforcement officers said to the Head of “Crimea” Fund Mr.Riza Shevkiev It bears...	Whose war? 26/07/2014 The shooting down of MH17 has led to harsh words used about both the Kremlin-backed militants in eastern Ukraine and those behind them, but left terminology largely intact. With the western media still talking of ‘separatists’ and of a ‘civil war’ underway in Ukraine, it is worth noting the...
Crimean Muftiate Is Concerned About People Disappearing At The Peninsula 12/06/2014 Religious Administration of Muslims of Crimea (RAMC) expressed their deep concern about the fact that people of different religions are disappearing at the peninsula. According to this, the Muftiate appealed to the Crimean self-proclaimed authorities asking to take measures to investigating these...	Greek Muslims Still Can’t Start Building The Mosque In Athens 16/08/2013 The Muslim Community of Greece had been waiting decades to receive the Government permission for erecting a mosque in Athens, but even now, when the Government is willing to give almost 1 million Euro for the construction works, Muslims are still far from making their dream come true. At least...
“Together With the Law” on Guard of the Ukrainian Muslims’ Rights 06/06/2013 Human rights NGO “Together with the law” is now open in order to provide the Muslims in Ukraine with free legal advice and assistance in handling documents. They are Muslim-oriented, but won’t deny to provide assistance to non-Muslims as well. The NGO is open for applications regardless of the...	“Alraid” and “Dytynstvo” signing cooperation agreement 02/05/2013 It was on April 22 that the chairman of the All-Ukrainian Association of Social Organizations “Alraid” and Mrs. Tatiyana Suchkova, director of the All-Ukrainian Public Organization “Dytynstvo” (“Childhood”) signed cooperation agreement for implementing social programs and projects on creating...
PACE calls on Europe to combat all forms of discrimination based on religion 27/01/2012 The Standing Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) at the end of 2011 has adopted the Resolution 1846 (2011) and issued the Recommendation 1987 (2011) on "Combating all forms of discrimination based on religion", reports the Institute for Religious Freedom. The...	Karpatcheva Called Attack of "Israel" on Ships of Defenders Action of Sea Terrorism 04/06/2010 The representative on human rights Nina Karpatcheva is deeply revolted by application of military force by "Israel" against participants of "Freedom Flotilla", delivering to Gaza Strip humanitarian cargo, including children's food, medicines, medical equipment and building materials....
Human Rights Watch: Ukraine with Hostility Treats Refuge-Seekers and Discriminates its Citizens 30/01/2010 Despite some positive shifts, the situation with human rights in Ukraine remains unfavorable. To such a conclusion came the American human rights organization Human Rights Watch in the report published on Wednesday, on January, 20th, in New York. The main problems of Ukraine named by the observers...	In Crimea was Held Mass-Meeting in Support of Universal Declaration of Human Rights 28/12/2009 In Simferopol to recollect the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in the day of the 59th anniversary of its introducing came several hundreds of the Crimeans. On December, 10th, the Mejlis of the Crimean-Tatar people and the Crimean organisation of National Movement of Ukraine carried out a mass...

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