On Saturday, November 25, a meeting was held at the Crimean Platform Office with representatives of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.
The meeting was attended by: Chairman of the Senate Milos Vistrcil, Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies Marketa Pekarova Adamova, other representatives of both chambers of the Czech Parliament, as well as Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Tamila Tasheva, leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev, Chairman of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov, members of the Eskender Bariiev and Riza Shevkiiev.
Head of the Board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center, member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Exender Bariiev, in his speech, thanked the parliamentarians of the Czech Republic for recognizing the Holodomor as an act of genocide.
Speaking about this topic, Bariiev recalled that the 80th anniversary of the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people is approaching and it is very important that the Czech Parliament recognize the deportation of the Crimean Tatars as an act of genocide. Chairman of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov and the leader of the Crimean Tatar people Mustafa Dzhemilev also spoke about this.
Also, the Head of the Board of the CTRC noted that the Parliament of the Czech Republic adopted a law similar to the Magnitsky Act.
“Thus, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people are actively in contact with the Czech Embassy so that later they can submit documents to impose sanctions against those criminals who violate human rights in the territory of occupied Crimea”,- he emphasized.
Eskender Bariiev drew attention to the fact that since the Czech Republic plays a fairly active role in supporting Ukraine, it is therefore very important that it plays a huge role in putting pressure on the Russian Federation in regional international organizations such as the OSCE, because today the Russian Federation is completely discrediting this organization with its presence.
“The Czech Republic could also influence the work of the Red Cross, because this organization is now one of the main ones that can provide assistance in the exchange and release of political prisoners, and in the exchange of prisoners of war, and in providing humanitarian assistance, including in the occupied territories”,– he added.
In addition, Bariiev called on parliamentarians of the Czech Republic to support the campaign of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Atalık (Godfather), so that they take patronage over political prisoners and can provide more psychological and political support to political prisoners who are now in prison lack of freedom.
Photo: Mission of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol