10/10/2014
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....
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07/10/2014
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...
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30/09/2014
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...
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26/09/2014
Every action containing rejection of annexation of Crimean peninsula and its connection to Russia will be persecuted very strictly according to the law. This was declared by Mr.Sergey Aksenov, the self-proclaimed Prime-Minister of Crimea, in his interview for “Kommersant” newspaper, when he was...
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25/09/2014
A new specialisation of Crimean Tatar Language and Literature has been launched at Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University this academic year. A solemn opening for the students of the new specialisation was held in early September.Eleven students started mastering the wisdom of Crimean Tatar...
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24/09/2014
Since Russia invaded and annexed Ukraine’s Crimea peninsula in March, the situation of the Crimean Tatars has significantly deteriorated. They are in an increasingly perilous position with Russia and the illegal Crimean authorities engaged in a campaign of repression, persecution and harassment....
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22/09/2014
Crimea's Russian-backed acting head, Sergei Aksyonov, says the self-governing body of the peninsula's Crimean Tatar community, the Mejlis (Assembly), does not exist.
Aksyonov's remarks come days after law enforcement authorities seized the Mejlis building in the regional capital,...
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19/09/2014
Crimean Tatar leaders, Mr. Mustafa Dzhemilev and Mr.Refat Chubarov, enter the early parliamentary elections of 2014 as candidates for MPs.This was announced by Mr.Yuri Lutsenko, leader of this political force, at the party congress. He also called upon “all the leaders of the post-Maidan parties to...
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18/09/2014
Yesterday Putin’s storm troops made a move on Crimean Tatars, a people whose claim on the peninsula predates the Russians’ by centuries.
Ever since the anschluss of the Crimea last March, the Tatars, who make up about 12 per cent of the population, have been on the receiving end of persecution.This...
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28/08/2014
Pro-Russian authorities in Crimea banned Islamic literature along with similar audio- and video-materials. List of prohibited sources contains more than 300 positions. Such authorities’ decision caused an outrage from the local Muslims, mostly Crimean Tatars (about 300,000 people).It bears...
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