Content tagged with Crimea
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Citizens without a voice: Crimean IDPs unable to vote
Their home was occupied. They had to move, rebuilding their lives and careers in a city hundreds of kilometres away. They wanted to participate in the democratic process of their new city, but were denied the right to vote. Why? Because their official place of registration is in the occupied territory.
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Resource | Article | 1 Dec 2017 | By Sergei Zayets
Enforced citizenship and human rights in Crimea
Following the Russian occupation of the Crimea, the authorities have naturalised Crimeans en masse to entrench themselves in the occupied territory.
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Defending human rights in Crimea: EHRAC and Regional Centre launch new project
Since the annexation of Crimea, respect for human rights has been under increasing threat. Our project aims to protect and defend the rights of Crimeans.
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Resource | Article | 27 Jun 2017 | By Ayder Muzhdabaev
“Putin’s new ghetto has no barbed-wire fence – just surveillance and harassment”
The Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, has swiftly degenerated into the scene of the greatest repression being conducted anywhere in the entire country.
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Banned Crimean Tatar Mejlis takes case to Strasbourg Court
The Mejlis (representative body of Crimean Tatars) has submitted an application to the European Court concerning its designation as an ‘extremist’ organisation and subsequent banning by the Russian authorities.
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Resource | Interview | 14 Jul 2016 | By Graham Donnelly
Problems on the Crimean peninsula
During his recent PhD fieldtrip to Ukraine, the author met with Tamila Tasheva of KRYM SOS, one of the leading NGOs working on Crimean Tatar issues in Ukraine today, and discussed the origins and development of her organisation, and the current issues facing Crimean Tatars.
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Resource | Article | 17 Dec 2015 | By Graham Donnelly
Moscow’s approach to the Crimean Tatars
Despite the gravity of warnings, there remains a serious lack of information emanating from the peninsula and from leading international organisations.
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Resource | Article | 8 Jan 2015 | By Graham Donnelly
Crimea’s Tatars
Graham Donnelly discusses the situation faced by Crimean Tatars in light of Russia's recent annexation of the peninsula.
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Ukraine Україна
EHRAC formally started litigating in partnership in Ukraine in 2014, in response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea and the ensuing conflict in the Donbas region. We had previously litigated a series of cases concerning the independence of the judiciary, which have led to ongoing constitutional and legislative reform. We are now taking cases concerning the […]