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Early Elections: A lot of Muslims are going to become politicians?

Early Elections: A lot of Muslims are going to become politicians?

One of the most striking trends in the early parliamentary elections of Ukraine is the party lists updating by the leading political forces and establishing the new parties that aim to take the leadership in Ukrainian politics. This trend has given young people an opportunity to try themselves in...

“Crimean Tatars are Role Models in Fraternity and Endurance Under the Russian Occupation” — Said Ismagilov 12/11/2018 On 12 November Kyiv hosted a conference of the Crimean Tatar Kurultai. It was the first time since returning from Deportation that the gathering was held outside the Crimean peninsula, due to impossibility of performing free gatherings in the Russia-occupied Crimea. Overall, 200 delegates were keen...	Ilmi Umerov and Ahmet Chiygoz are free! 26/10/2017 Two Crimean Tatars who were imprisoned for opposing Russia's annexation of Crimea from Ukraine have been freed and flown to Turkey, their families and lawyers say. Ahmet Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov were released after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan personally intervened on their behalf,...
Russia Jails Crimean Dissident for Speaking Out Against Moscow's Rule 02/10/2017 A court on Wednesday found a Crimean dissident opposed to Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea guilty of separatism and sentenced him to two years in a prison colony, a punishment supporters said amounted to a death penalty for such an ill man. Ilmi Umerov was deputy head of the Crimean Tatars'...	EU calls for the release of Chiygoz and all illegally detained Ukrainians 12/09/2017 EU urged immediately to release the deputy head of the Mejlis Akhtem Chiygoz and all Ukrainians illegally detained in Crimea and Russia. As UNIAN reports, it was reported and provided in the EU External Diplomatic Service representative’s statement on Monday in Brussels. «Today (11 September, - ed...
Dzheppar Ukraine's achievements in implementation of UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 09/05/2017 First Deputy Minister of Information Policy of Ukraine Emine Dzheppar at the high-level meeting within the framework of the UN General Assembly speaks about Ukraine's achievements in the implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. She wrote this on her Facebook page. "...	Crimean Tatars: Moscow Adds Those Opposing Annexation to List of ‘Terrorists & Extremists’ 17/01/2017 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...
Crimea’s Tatars: 1944 all over again 29/05/2016 ON May 14th Crimea’s indigenous Tatars sat glued to their screens, watching as Jamala, a Ukrainian singer of Tatar descent, won the Eurovision song contest. Jamala’s song “1944” commemorated Stalin’s brutal deportation of the entire Crimean Tatar population. For Russia’s government, the song was an...	Crimean Muslim refugees feel welcome, but there’s no place like home 26/05/2016 Ukraine’s Crimean Tatar Muslims have persevered through centuries of persecution, including an alleged Soviet-sponsored genocide in 1944. With Russia’s 2014 annexation of the Crimea, the Tatars are now facing renewed persecution in the form of government crackdowns and forced exile. Special...
Crimean Tatar Leader Slams Russia's Suspension of Mejlis 18/04/2016 Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Abduldzhemil Kirimoglu has slammed Russia’s suspension of minority’s supreme executive commission. A Russia-backed prosecutor in Crimea suspended the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Wednesday to “prevent violations of the federal laws.” Addressing World Crimean Tatar...	Ukrainian Muslims root for Ukraine 16/02/2016 For centuries Muslims have been an integral part of Ukrainian society, but they also remained a quiet, little-noticed part until the momentous events of the EuroMaidan Revolution and Russia’s war against Ukraine in 2014-15. Many Muslims were active participants in the EuroMaidan Revolution, and...

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