Imam of Iranian Sunni Muslims condemns Russia’s persecution of Crimean Tatars
The problem of the Russian occupation of Crimea and oppression of its indigenous Crimean Tatar people has been recently raised for the first time in the mediascape of Iran, a Middle Eastern regional power traditionally...
“The highest value is the person with a sense of dignity”: letter of activist jailed for Ukrainian flag in Crimea
The Crimean farmer Volodymyr Baluch, sentenced by a Russian occupational court to three years and seven months in colony for the demonstration of his active pro-Ukrainian position, wrote a letter to Ukrainians who do not...
“I am destined to accept this verdict for the whole Crimean Tatar people” – last word of Crimean Tatar leader in political trial
The last word of Akhtem Chiygoz, the deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, in the so-called Supreme Court of the occupied Crimea, was published by his lawyer Nikolai Polozov. The trial against...
“If people forget about freedom, dignity, honor, the world will cease to exist” – man sentenced for Ukrainian flag in occupied Crimea
I won’t say anything now for the court. I’ll say it for the people, not only for those present here now, but also for those outside this building. To begin with, there is actually no...
Political prisoner Ruslan Zeytullaev: on a hunger strike for all Crimean Tatars oppressed by Russia
Ukrainian hostage of the Kremlin and political prisoner Ruslan Zeytullaev announced a hunger strike on 27 July. This day, he was unlawfully sentenced to 15 years in Russian prison. This time, the court increased his...
Letter of relatives of Kremlin’s prisoners and civic activists to EU and NATO leaders
Mr Donald Tusk President of the European Council Mr Antonio Tajani President of the European Parliament Mr Jean-Claude Junker President of the European Commission Ms Federica Mogherini High Representative of the European Union for Foreign...
Relatives of Kremlin hostages appeal to Macron on eve of Putin’s visit to France (Full text in French)
We are saddened that France and her President who recently defeated the Kremlin’s puppet in the election and is a real incarnation of hope of the new Europe, are hosting the person whose regime oppresses...
Eurovision guests in Kyiv received leaflets about the 44 Ukrainian hostages of the Kremlin
We came together in Kyiv because we can travel freely and return home after each journey. But this year, there will be no Eurovision for at least 44 Ukrainians held as political hostages of the Kremlin (Find...
#NoEurovisionFor dozens of Ukrainian hostages in Russian jails
As guests from all over the world arrive in Ukraine to attend the Eurovision Song Contest, we cannot forget the dozens of Ukrainians who can’t join in the festivities. There is #NoEurovisionFor the political prisoners,...
Appeal of Ukrainian NGOs regarding hunger strike of Ruslan Zeytullaev, prisoner of the Kremlin
Crimean Tatar activist Ruslan Zeytullaev is on his 14th day of hunger strike, protesting against the farcical trials with which the Russian occupation authorities jail the native people of the Crimea, the Crimean Tatars, on...