On Monday, August 23, the inagural summit of the Crimean Platform was held in Kyiv. The event was attended by 46 delegations from around the world and representatives of international organizations.
The international movement for the de-occupation of Crimea and solidarity with the Crimean Tatar people #LIBERATECRIMEA within the framework of the international campaign Atalık (Godfather) launches the campaign “MP, help the Crimean political prisoners!” and calls on Ukrainian parliamentarians to take patronage over the Crimeans who were arrested or persecuted by the Russian occupants. The online presentation of the campaign, timed to coincide with the International Human Rights Day, will take place on Friday, December 11 from 17:00 to 18:00, via the ZOOM platform at the link: https://cutt.ly/PhE8h8H. We invite everyone to join the event and express solidarity with our compatriots who are illegally detained in jails and prisons in Crimea and Russia.
On Wednesday, February 3 at 12:00, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center held a press conference on the topic “Modern challenges of assessing the actions of collaborationists and sanctions policy”, during which it presented a methodology for assessing the feasibility of introducing personal sanctions against persons who cooperate with the occupation authorities.
On Friday, December 11, activists of the international movement for the de-occupation of Crimea and solidarity with the Crimean Tatar people #LIBERATECRIMEA held an online presentation of the campaign “MP, help the prisoners of the Kremlin!”. The event was joined by the former political prisoners, MPs of Ukraine, representatives of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, human rights defenders, activists and journalists.
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center presents an exhibition of posters of the international movement for the de-occupation of Crimea and solidarity with the Crimean Tatar people #LIBERATECRIMEA on resistance to Russian aggression in Ukraine.
Nadezhda and Valery Ivannikov, representatives of the Association of Ukrainians of Ireland, transferred 2,000 euros to the Head of the Board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, a member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Eskender Bariiev that will be distributed among five families of victims of repression in the occupied Crimea. Each family identified by the Association of Ukrainians of Ireland will receive 400 euros. The donation was collected during the event “Enduring Ukraine: the price of freedom”, organized by the Association of Ukrainians of Ireland in February 2020.
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center launched the campaign “Unutylmagan kabirler”, aimed at collecting and systematizing information about the burial sites of our ancestors in the places of deportation. Zarema Bariieva, manager of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, urges Crimean Tatars to join this campaign and provide information about the burial places of their ancestors at the places of deportation.
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center launched the campaign “Unutylmagan kabirler”, aimed at collecting and systematizing information about the burial sites of our ancestors in the places of deportation. Elvir Sagirman, the communication manager of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, urges Crimean Tatars to join this campaign and provide information about the burial places of their ancestors at the places of deportation.
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center launched the campaign “Unutylmagan kabirler”, aimed at collecting and systematizing information about the burial sites of our ancestors in the places of deportation. Liudmyla Korotkykh, manager of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, urges Crimean Tatars to join this campaign and provide information about the burial places of their ancestors at the places of deportation.
On Thursday, February 27, the second annual music festival “Songs for Freedom” in support of the children of political prisoners of Crimea was held in Kyiv's Monte Ray concert hall. Young Ukrainian artists performed at the event and performed original songs and covers of popular compositions about freedom. All the organizers represented by the Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine and the Crimean Tatar Resource Center will donate the proceeds from the event to the children of political prisoners of Crimea.
On Wednesday, February 26, in Kyiv, in front of the embassy of the Russian Federation, the international movement #LIBERATECRIMEA, Capitulation Resistance Movement, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people held a rally “6 years of the occupation of Crimea - 6 demands to the aggressor”, dedicated to the Day of Crimean Resistance. The international campaign “No Normandy without Crimea”, dedicated to the sixth anniversary of the occupation of Crimea consists of three stages: 1) 6 demands to the aggressor - the Russian Federation in February, started with this event 2) 6 requirements to the authorities of Ukraine in mid-March; 3) 6 requirements to the international community at the end of March.
On Thursday, December 5, marking the anniversary of the Budapest memorandum, activists of the international movement #LIBERATECRIMEA, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people rallied in front of the embassies of the countries that signed the memorandum.
On Monday, the 3rd of June, in the Ukrainian Crisis Media Center, activists of the international civil society movement for de-occupation of Crimea and solidarity with the Crimean Tatar people #LIBERATECRIMEA presented the results of the “#European Parliament: candidates, tell: who does Crimea belong to?” campaign. According to the them, the election results are quite optimistic for Ukraine and the participants of the campaign “#European Parliament: candidate, tell: who does Crimea belong to?”. Moreover, activists announced a new campaign - "Ukrainian parliamentary candidate, tell: who does Crimea belong to?".
On Monday, March 11 in Ukrainian Crisis Media Center representatives of the Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine and the Crimean Tatar Resource Center stated that the Ukrainian youth expressed solidarity with the political prisoners of Crimea and the Crimean Tatar people at the song festival “Songs for Freedom” held earlier by the organizations and gathered 10000 hryvnias for children who remained on the peninsula without breadwinners. In addition, it was decided to hold a festival “Songs for Freedom” annually.
On Tuesday, February 20, a press conference "The fourth anniversary of the occupation of Crimea" was held in Kiev. Speakers presented a nationwide communication campaign of the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine, the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and several other human rights and public organizations.
