PACE adopted most of the amendments to the resolution on the Crimean Tatars

June 23, 2021

On Wednesday, June 23, the PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination adopted most of the amendments to the resolution on the Crimean Tatars from the Ukrainian delegation. This was reported by the member of the permanent delegation to PACE Yevheniia Kravchuk.

“The PACE Committee on Equality and Non-Discrimination has just adopted most of the amendments to the resolution on the Crimean Tatars from the Ukrainian delegation, which I defended, as well as fellow PACE members from Latvia. These amendments make the resolution even tougher, emphasize the political reasons for the persecution by the Russian occupation authorities, pay attention to the persecution for religious views”,- the message said.

In addition, after the vote, the name of the resolution will be changed from neutral The situation with the Crimean Tatars to the more severe "Violations of human rights committed against the Crimean Tatars in Crimea.