"The impetus for the preparation of the Chronicles was, on the one hand, the illusion of the international community that after the first year of the annexation of Crimea "everything is more or less calm," emphasized Oleksandra MATVIYCHUK, Coordinator of Euromaidan SOS. "On the other hand, the painful feeling of Crimeans, for whom "Crimea is Ukraine" motto is not just simple words, that mainland Ukraine does not pay attention to them because of the war in Donbas.

 

Although the events in Donbas look more dramatic, Krym SOS Coordinator Tamila TASHEVA calls to keep the Crimea issue at the top of the agenda. "Despite the fact that currently there are no military operations in Crimea, there is an undeclared war with the citizens of Ukraine. Therefore, the Ukrainian government and the international community should make efforts and find effective mechanisms to protect the rights of the Crimean people and the occupied territories," she said.

 

Abmezhyt SULEYMANOV, Co-coordinator of the Committee to Protect the Rights of the Crimean Tatar People, also supports this position. In his opinion, Ukraine must do something to support their citizens living in Crimea. "In its actions to Crimea, Russia is ahead of us a few steps forward," he said. "Occupation authorities of Crimea "behead" the Crimean Tatar people, trying to control the Mejlis, and make everyone follow the rules convenient for the Russian government. We need to change tactics on Crimea to be ahead, but not to fall behind."

 

A large number of the recorded cases are dedicated to prosecution of the Crimean Tatar people as self-organized community that employs a nonviolent resistance to the occupation. That is why Crimean Tatars often become victims of repression, which occurs using both legal and extralegal means.

 

"We urge the international law experts to develop a definition of "oppressed peoples" and give this status to the Crimean Tatar people. Currently, the Russian state machine creates all conditions for more new proceedings against Crimean Tatars to be opened in Crimea. Russia continues repression in this way," says Eskender BARIYEV, Co-coordinator of the Committee to Protect the Rights of the Crimean Tatar People.

 

The complete text of the report can be found here:
http://ccl.org.ua/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/hroniky_march-may_2015.pdf

 

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Source: http://ccl.org.ua/news/yevromajdan-sos-zaprovadiv-hroniku-politichnih-peresliduvan-v-krimu/