A Russian court sentenced civic journalist and Crimean Solidarity Coordinator Server Mustafayev to 14 years’ imprisonment on 16 September. His sentence and those of seven other Crimean Solidarity civic journalists and activists were read out without a single western diplomat, journalist or...
The history of the struggle for independence of Ukraine has a lot of good and bad pages. In 1918, the first time in two hundred years, Ukrainians could create their own state - Ukrainian People's Republic (UPR). But, from the first days of its existence, thousands of patriots had to defend the...
“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...
Crimea’s veiled Muslim women have been complaining over being targeted by police for security checks ahead of a visit by Russian president Vladimir Putin to the black sea peninsula later this week.
“This shows that Russian police do not trust headscarfed women and see them as a separate group in...
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has appointed Crimean Tatar leader, Ukrainian MP Mustafa Jemilev his representative on Crimean Tatar affairs.
Veteran Crimean Tatar leader and Ukrainian MP Mustafa Jemiliev has been appointed Presidential Commissioner on Crimean Tatar Affairs. The relevant...
Unknown vandals have attacked Chukurcha-Jami mosque in Crimea, drawing Nazi swastikas before setting the mosque on fire in a new provocation to Crimea’s Tatar Muslim.
The attack which occurred on Thursday, June 12, was caught on surveillance cameras video which showed men throwing Molotov cocktails...
Yesterday Poland has honored Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Jemilev with a new democracy award dedicated to the promotion of freedom and democracy across the world.
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski gave the Lech Walesa Solidarity Prize to Jemilev at a ceremony attended by U.S. Secretary of State...
Kyiv city Shevtchenko district Technic Liceum works on its students’ soundly-based education, teaching them to emphasize other people’s grief without making difference between “their people” and “our people”.
The Lyceum's administration continue...
British writer and journalist Lily Hyde will present a Ukrainian language edition of her book ‘Dream Land’ on 14 May in Kyiv.
The event is dedicated to the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people from their historic homeland, and is supported by the...
Recent events have made it clear that Russia has little sympathy for Crimean Tatars, who fear that the annexation of their homeland to Russia will once again shake their community.
“Step by step, we have led Crimeans to realize their dream of returning home to Russia,” Vladimir Konstantinov, the...
Crimean Tatar National Assembly Vice President Neriman Jalal has said that the Crimean Tatars are not satisfied with the decree signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin, which he stated was to rehabilitate minorities who suffered under Soviet regime.
Crimean Tatar National Assembly Vice President...
