Victims of 1944 Deportation

“What was done to you in 1944 has a name. It was genocide”
“What was done to you in 1944 has a name. It was genocide”
The words above were spoken by a great Ukrainian Petro Grigorenko when he addressed Crimean Tatars exiled in Moscow in 1968, almost 25 years after the Deportation.  Nearly 50 years later, Crimean Tatars are once again exiled or persecuted, and Grigorenko’s advice on demanding their rights and...
Ukraine resumes inquiry into 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars
12/10/2016
Ukraine resumes inquiry into 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars
The official prosecution of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, that moved to mainland Ukraine after the peninsula was annexed by Russia, has resumed the criminal investigation of the forcible deportation of Tatars from the peninsula, conducted by the Soviet Union back in 1944. This is according to...
For Crimean Tatars, it is about much more than 1944
20/05/2016
As Crimean Tatars mark the anniversary of their mass deportation, they also remember Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea. Kyiv, Ukraine - There are fewer and fewer survivors of the Crimean Tatar deportations around to tell their stories, but Tamila Tasheva and her colleagues have been able...
UNPO Recommends Ukrainian Authorities To Stop Discrimination Faced By Crimean Tatars
02/08/2013
Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization submitted an alternative report to the UN Human Rights Committee, drawing attention to the situation of the Crimean Tatars in Ukraine and the widespread discrimination they face. This report was published on July 26. The major issues the report focuses...
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