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Crimean Tatar Leader Umerov goes on trial on separatism charge
Дата: 07.06.2017 15:35
Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov who has criticized Russia's seizure of the Black Sea peninsula from Ukraine has gone on trial on June 7. Russian authorities who control Crimea have charged with separatism Umerov, who is deputy chairman of the Crimean Tatars' self-governing body, the Mejlis, which was banned by Moscow.
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Canada calls on Russia to abolish immoral decision on Mejlis – Freeland
Дата: 19.05.2017 12:20
Canada will struggle for observance of the rights of all the residents of Crimea, Foreign Minister of Canada Chrystia Freeland said, Ukrinform reports.
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Crimean Tatar leader to face trial for separatism in Russia
Дата: 22.03.2017 16:00
Crimean Tatar leader Ilmi Umerov who has criticized Russia's seizure of the Black Sea peninsula appears likely to face trial soon on what he says are spurious charges of separatism.
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Crimean Tatar leader faces trial on Russia-controlled peninsula
Дата: 02.03.2017 16:55
A Crimean Tatar leader who has criticized Russia's annexation of the Black Sea peninsula is expected to go on trial within weeks.
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Crimean lawyer for Mejlis members arrested for ten days in extremism case
Дата: 27.01.2017 13:45
A court in Simferopol, Crimea on Thursday evening arrested for ten days lawyer Emil Kurbedinov, who is working on a number of high-profile cases involving members of the Mejlis of Crimean Tatars; he is charged with dissemination of extremist information on the Internet, his colleague Edem Semedlyayev told Interfax agency.
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Ukraine demands Russia permit activities of Crimean Tatar Mejlis
Дата: 18.01.2017 11:20
Ukraine wants Russia to stop the persecution of Crimean Tatars and to restore the activity of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people as part of its lawsuit with the International Court of Justice in The Hague (Netherlands) against Russia over acts of terrorism, and discrimination in the course of its illegal aggression against Ukraine.
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UN adopts resolution on human rights violations in Crimea
Дата: 16.11.2016 11:15
UN Member States adopted the resolution on the human rights situation in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol (Ukraine) at the meeting of the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly. The document was supported by 73 countries, Ukrinform reports.
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Leader of Crimean Tatar Mejlis confirms plans to go to ECHR
Дата: 30.09.2016 16:40
The Russian Supreme Court's decision banning the work of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis will be contested in the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), Refat Chubarov, the chairman of the Mejlis and the Ukrainian parliamentarian from the Bloc of Petro Poroshenko faction, has said.
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UK Ambassador to Ukraine concerned about Mejlis ban
Дата: 30.09.2016 15:20
British Ambassador to Ukraine Judith Gough has expressed concerns over a ruling by Russia's Supreme Court that upheld a ban on the Mejlis, the self-governing body of Crimean Tatars in Ukraine's occupied territory of Crimea.
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Freedom House condemns Russia’s Supreme Court ruling against Crimean Tatar’s Mejlis
Дата: 30.09.2016 12:05
The Freedom House international human rights organization condemns the ruling by Russia’s Supreme Court upholding a ban against the activities of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people in Russia.
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Crimean Tatar leader nominated for EU's Sakharov Prize
Дата: 14.09.2016 12:30
The European Parliament's largest political bloc will nominate Crimean Tatar politician Mustafa Dzhemilev for the 2016 Sakharov Prize, according to a report by Radio Liberty.
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UK calls for release of prominent Crimean Tatar
Дата: 01.09.2016 10:45
The United Kingdom calls on Russia to respect international standards of human rights and to immediately release Ilmi Umerov, who is forcibly held in a psychiatric hospital in the annexed Crimea.
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Mejlis Chairman: Repression in Crimea growing
Дата: 30.05.2016 14:30
The authorities of temporarily-occupied Crimea are stepping up repressive measures against Crimean Tatars, according to Refat Chubarov, chairman of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis.
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Member of local Mejlis goes missing in Crimea
Дата: 25.05.2016 11:20
Missing Crimean Tatars incidents are on the rise in the occupied Crimea. On Wednesday May 25, former deputy city council, a member of the regional Mejlis Ervin Ibrahimov was reported missing, journalist Nadzhi Femi wrote on her Facebook page.
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UN Security Council holds meeting at Ukraine's request
Дата: 28.04.2016 13:25
The UN Security Council is to hold a meeting at the request of the Ukrainian delegation on the development of the situation in the context of Russia's aggression in Ukraine on April 28. The press service of the Foreign Ministry reports.