On Sunday, February 2, in Ireland, within the framework of the event Unbroken Ukraine: The Price of Freedom, the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and the Estonian Institute for Human Rights organized an exhibition Crimean Tatars about the history of the Crimean Tatar people from the beginning of its ethnogenesis to the annexation of Crimea. In addition, an exhibition of portraits of political prisoners, missing and dead people during the occupation of the peninsula was presented. This was reported by the Head of the Board of the CTRC, a member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Eskender Bariiev via his Facebook page.
This event, which was organized by the Association of Ukrainians in Ireland, was attended by about 400 people: representatives of the Ukrainian, Georgian, Lithuanian and Polish diasporas in Ireland, Deputy Minister for Veterans, Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine Oleksandr Tereshchenko, acting Consul of Ukraine in Ireland Olena Shaloput, Ambassador of Georgia to Ireland, Irish politicians and public figures.
“As part of the event, an exhibition Crimean Tatars was organized, consisting of 12 posters, which demonstrates the history of the Crimean Tatar people from the beginning of its ethnogenesis to the occupation of Crimea in 2014. This exhibition was prepared by the Estonian Institute of Human Rights and the Crimean Tatar Resource Center. An exhibition of portraits also depicted political prisoners, missing and dead people during the occupation of Crimea”,- the message said.
Also, the event participants were given brochures with Crimean political prisoners and brochures with essays by children of political prisoners of the Kremlin My Dad Is a Hero!, prepared by the Crimean Tatar Resource Center.
“In my speech, I greeted the participants of the event on behalf of the leader of the Crimean Tatars Mustafa Dzhemilev and the chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov. I spoke about the Crimean political prisoners of the Kremlin, the persecution of the Crimean Tatar people and its representative body, the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people”,- Bariiev said.
Zarema Bariieva spoke about human rights violations in the occupied Crimea, about the children of political prisoners in Crimea, about the situation with population replacement on the peninsula and thanked everyone present for their interest in the topic of Crimea.
It is noted that the owner of the Ballymagarvey village castle, where the event was held, Vincent Callan, was presented with an Album about the wedding traditions of the Crimean Tatars, a badge with Crimean Tatar tamga from the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people and a Diploma from the Crimean Tatar Resource Center.
As part of the event, a collection of funds was organized, which the Association of Ukrainians in Ireland plans to send to Ukraine to support, among other things, the families of political prisoners of the Kremlin.
