Crimean Tatars

Crimean Tatars to create volunteer battalion of National Guard, – Isliamov Crimean Tatars are to create a volunteer battalion named after Noman Çelebicihan (Crimean Tatar politician, lawyer, Mufti of Crimean Muslims, and writer of the early twentieth century) as part of the National Guard. 24.04.16 13:29 39 044 164 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

U.S. Department of State calls on Russia to reverse its ban of Mejlis The U.S. Department of State has asked the authorities of Russia to reverse its recent decision to designate the Crimean Tatar Mejlis as an “extremist” organization. 22.04.16 12:19 3 825 12 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Poroshenko on Mejlis' prohibition: Threshold is breached The Crimean Tatars are persecuted by the occupation Crimean authorities. 19.04.16 16:44 29 631 121 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Rada calls for urgent UN Security Council meeting over Russia's ban of Mejlis Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andrii Parubii has appealed to Ukraine's Foreign Ministry with a request to consider an urgent UN Security Council meeting regarding the ban of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people by Russia's Justice Ministry. 19.04.16 11:32 9 607 36 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russia's occupational Justice Ministry suspends Mejlis over "extremism" Russia's occupational Justice Ministry has put the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people on the list of organisations whose activity is suspended due to its extremist nature. 18.04.16 22:05 7 871 62 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Banning Mejlis is restoration of Stalin's policy, - Poroshenko President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko called the ban of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people "the restoration of Stalin's policy." 13.04.16 22:26 8 285 99 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

US will never accept Crimea's occupation, - Senator McCain U.S. Senator John McCain has stated that the U.S. will continue supporting Ukraine's territorial integrity, including Crimea. 12.04.16 12:47 20 995 71 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

22 people went missing in Crimea since occupation, mostly Сrimean Tatars, - Dzhemilev Russia's FSB often threatens with abduction of children or relatives during interrogations. 06.04.16 16:20 1 850 15 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Sanctions against Russia may be stiffened if Mejlis banned, - Chubarov The Mejlis will come out with proposal to stiffen sanctions against Russia in case of its ban by the Russian invaders. Every second address of 41 delivered at the UN Council on Human Rights session in Geneva was devoted to discussion of the situation with the Mejlis. 06.04.16 15:49 4 594 20 Previously in trend: Sanctions against Russia Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russia conducts powerful militarization of occupied Crimea, seeks to deploy nuclear weapons, - Poroshenko The Russian Federation intends to deploy nuclear weapons in the territory of temporarily Russian-occupied Crimea. 31.03.16 10:02 22 542 57 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Mock trial on Mejlis prohibition contrary to international law, - Chubarov The case to ban the activities of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people heard by the Kremlin-controlled court in Crimea is contrary to international law. 19.03.16 00:02 4 344 24 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Russia breeds fear and repression in Crimea. International partners should sustain constant pressure on Kremlin, - Human Rights Watch Russian authorities have created a pervasive climate of fear and repression in Crimea in the two years since it has occupied the peninsula, Human Rights Watch said today. It is crucial for key international actors to keep Crimea’s drastically deteriorating human rights situation high on their agendas. 18.03.16 15:35 5 919 20 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

EU concerned about Mejlis ban request and violation of human rights in occupied Crimea, - Mogherini High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini is concerned about the ongoing violations of human rights and attempts to ban the activities of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars in the Russian-occupied Crimea. 18.03.16 13:45 3 268 41 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Occupied Crimea became area of human rights catastrophe, - US Ambassador to Ukraine The Russian annexation of Crimea and repression of the Crimean Tatars keep being among the diplomatic concerns of the United States. 14.03.16 17:13 10 371 60 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Eurovision has no objections to Jamala's "1944" song A song by Ukrainian Crimean Tatar singer Jamala, who will represent Ukraine at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016, has been examined by the organizers and does not cause any objections. 09.03.16 23:36 29 837 115 Ukrainian Politics

Ukraine's President urges Turkey to recognize deportation of Crimean Tatars in 1944 genocide. PHOTOS President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko started his two-day official visit to Turkey. 09.03.16 14:54 32 603 124 Ukrainian Politics

Public activists banned from trial on Mejlis prohibition in occupied Crimea, - human rights activists The Crimean Human Rights Group says its activists failed to get into the court room in Simferopol, where a meeting is held today at a motion of Kremlin's puppets in occupied Crimea to ban the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People in the peninsula. 03.03.16 10:47 1 878 6 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Klimkin urges UNHRC to persuade Russia to grant access for international organizations to Crimea Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin calls on the United Nations Human Rights Council to persuade Russia to grant access to Russia-annexed Crimea for international human rights organizations to monitor the observance of human rights there. 01.03.16 21:20 4 102 27 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Crimea became area of disaster in human rights field, – Pyatt The human rights situation is catastrophic in Crimea. 28.02.16 17:46 9 778 72 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

"Crimean prosecutor" Poklonskaya orders to ban Mejlis The so-called "prosecutor" of Crimea Natalia Poklonskaya has served Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Nariman Dzhelialov a copy of the lawsuit to ban the organization. 15.02.16 18:58 15 125 73 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Poroshenko urged EU to protect Crimean Tatars President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko urged the EU to actively protect the Crimean Tatars on the occupied peninsula. 13.02.16 17:46 3 059 29 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

European Parliament to examine repressions against Tatars in occupied Crimea, – Schultz The European Parliament will carefully consider the situation with the violation of rights of the Crimean Tatars in the peninsula occupied by Russia. 13.02.16 16:00 4 321 39 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Court in Russian-occupied Crimea took four Crimean Tatars into custody until April 8, - MP Chubarov The court in Crimea occupied by Russia ruled to take four Crimean Tatars, allegedly arrested on suspicion of terrorism yesterday, into custody until April 8 as a pre-trial restriction. 12.02.16 16:45 2 506 20 Previously in trend: Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

"Move back! Make two steps back!" - Russian invaders arrest Crimean Tatars. VIDEO A video of recent arrests of Crimean Tatars in the occupied peninsula was published yesterday. 12.02.16 11:49 43 460 91 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Eight Crimean Tatar activists seized as FSB conducts rude searches of their homes. PHOTOS During a number of searches that took place in early hours on Feb. 11 in the occupied Crimea, eight people were apprehended. 11.02.16 17:36 16 901 78 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas Reprisals in Russian-occupied Crimea

Turkish volunteers delivered 120 pieces of uniforms for Krym Battalion, - Isliamov. PHOTOS The Crimean Tatar Krym (Crimea) Battalion has received 120 pieces of military uniforms as assistance of volunteers from Turkey. 03.02.16 21:30 38 640 99 Previously in trend: Blockade of Crimea

Poroshenko met with NB8 delegation on working visit to Ukraine Petro Poroshenko informed speakers of Parliaments of Sweden, Norway, Iceland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania on the situation in the Donbas. 02.02.16 23:21 3 495 62 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Crimea to be eventually liberated and returned to Ukraine, Russian opposition party leader assures Dzhemilev In Strasbourg, Commissioner of the President of Ukraine on the Affairs of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev met with the leader of the Russian opposition People's Freedom Party Mikhail Kasyanov, who assured the national leader of the Crimean Tatars that Ukraine would regain control over Russian-annexed Crimea. 28.01.16 09:34 67 134 197 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Russian "authorities" in Crimea putting down dissent: occupation opponents either arrested or excluded, - Freedom House In 2015, the international human rights organization Freedom House has found an overall drop in freedom in the world which has been observed for the ninth consecutive year. 27.01.16 11:06 9 119 57 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Mejlis ready to provide CE human rights monitoring mission in Crimea with information about violations, - Deputy Chairman Umerov The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people is ready to provide the Council of Europe's human rights monitoring mission in the Russian-annexed Crimea with information on violations in this area. 25.01.16 19:40 2 282 8 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Occupation authorities of Crimea launched criminal investigation into creation of Crimean Tatar battalion in Ukraine The Russian FSB has filed a criminal case regarding the creation of the Crimean Tatar battalion in Ukraine. 21.01.16 22:07 27 223 215 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

250 soldiers recruited to Crimea battalion, – coordinator of Crimea blockade Isliamov The Crimea battalion, which will patrol checkpoints at the entrance to the occupied Crimea, has recruited about 250 people. 17.01.16 16:04 15 655 148 Previously in trend: Blockade of Crimea

Crimean Tatar journalist Zair Kadyrov apprehended in Russian-occupied Crimea Crimean journalist Zair Kadyrov, attendee of the hearing of the case regarding “mass riots of Feb. 26”, was detained by the Center for Counteraction of Extremism outside the building of the Supreme Court of Crimea in the Russian-occupied Crimea. 15.01.16 13:14 2 627 4 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Another Tatar, Ernest Abliazimov, went missing in occupied Crimea One more Crimean Tatar, Ernest Abliazimov, born 1971, went missing in the occupied Crimea. 07.01.16 18:06 10 849 122 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

"We create Crimean battalion to purge peninsula of secessionists," Isliamov on new format of Crimea's blockade Chief of staff of Crimea's civil blockade Lenur Isliamov elaborated on the new format of the campaign, including the formation of a Crimean battalion on the basis of the National Guard to help the military and security forces ensure the protection of the administrative border with the peninsula. 06.01.16 14:00 79 004 444 Previously in trend: Blockade of Crimea

Sea blockade of Crimea not possible, only NATO can do that, - Dzhemilev National leader of the Crimean Tatars, one of initiators of the civil blockade of Russia-annexed Crimea Mustafa Dzhemilev believes that the sea blockade of the entire Crimea, earlier announced by the event's coordinator Lenur Isliamov, is not possible. 02.01.16 16:01 36 946 203 Previously in trend: Blockade of Crimea

New Year’s blackout in occupied Sevastopol: idle trolleybuses and streetlights planned to be switched off after 10 p.m. The trolleybuses stand idle in the occupied Sevastopol as of Thursday, Dec. 31 due to the lack of energy supplies. 31.12.15 16:15 25 929 124 Previously in trend: Power blockade of Crimea

Crimea's blockade format to be changed, - Mejlis Chairman Chubarov The blockade of the Russian-occupied Crimea will give up some of the functions as no longer necessary. 30.12.15 19:50 32 573 102 Previously in trend: Blockade of Crimea

Pupil’s parents summoned to school in Crimea to talk on “discipline” as he painted Ukrainian flag and tamga. PHOTO The administration of one of schools located in the Simferopol district of Crimea has summoned parents of a pupil to talk on his “discipline”. 30.12.15 12:17 39 902 113 Previously in trend: Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Crimean Tatar homes in occupied Crimea raided, - Mejlis Today, about 25 so-called "Crimean Cossacks" led by "ataman" Yakovlev and his deputy Rokhman raided homes of the Crimean Tatars in Dolinka village, the Krasnoperekopsk district of Crimea. 28.12.15 22:30 20 030 107 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Blockade of occupied Crimea caused by oppression of Crimean Tatars, UN monitoring mission deputy head says The blockade of the occupied Crimea and destruction of power transmission lines were caused by the facts of oppression of the Crimean Tatars that took place earlier. 28.12.15 15:38 8 665 64 Previously in trend: Blockade of Crimea

Mock trial of Ahtem Chiygoz and two other Crimean Tatar activists to be held in Russian-occupied Crimea, - Chubarov The mock trial of Ahtem Chiygoz, Ali Asanov, and Mustafa Degermendzhy set in motion in occupied Crimea today is a cynical affront to the international law and the international community. 28.12.15 12:04 9 536 51 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea Occupied territories - Crimea and Donbas

Isliamov announces launch of naval blockade of Crimea in early 2016: "Let’s make occupiers’ living on peninsula as uncomfortable as possible" Coordinator of the civil action to block Crimea, Vice President of the World Congress of Crimean Tatars Lenur Isliamov expects the start of naval blockade of Crimea in late 2015 - early 2016. 16.12.15 09:54 87 723 462 Previously in trend: Blockade of Crimea

Kakhovska-Tytan line limited to 200 mW while it can power entire peninsula, - Ukrenerho At the moment, Kakhovska-Tytan power line supplies 132 mW to the occupied Crimea. 08.12.15 16:32 60 946 365 Previously in trend: Power blockade of Crimea

Kakhovska-Tytan power line back to service, - Kherson Regional State Administration The supply of electricity via Kakhovska-Tytan power line has been resumed. 08.12.15 11:10 31 461 252 Previously in trend: Power blockade of Crimea

Dzhemilev suggested creating working group on situation in Crimea including countries of Budapest Memorandum Presidential envoy on the Crimean Tatar matters, Petro Poroshenko Bloc MP Mustafa Dzhemilev visited the XXII session of the OSCE Ministerial Council held in Belgrade (Serbia). 06.12.15 11:26 14 753 153 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea

Crimea blockade coordinator Isliamov announces soonest "naval and other blockades" of the peninsula Coordinator of the civil action to block Crimea, former Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Lenur Isliamov states that information about a new blockade of the peninsula will be released soon. 04.12.15 16:28 146 224 767 Previously in trend: Occupation of Crimea Blockade of Crimea

There is more than enough energy in Crimea but occupation authorities use it for needs of war but not for people, - MP Chubarov The energy generated in Crimea is more than enough to supply facilities critical for people. 04.12.15 14:38 36 872 151 Previously in trend: Power blockade of Crimea