russia brings cynical new criminal charges against Crimean #Tatar political prisoner with malignant brain tumour

Tofik Abdulgaziev has been charged with ‘contempt of court’ after expressing his indignation at being forced to sign a ‘clean bill of health’, a document that his brain tumour made him unable to read

https://khpg.org/en/1608815681

russia sentences Crimean #Tatar prisoner of war to 20 years for serving in Ukraine’s Armed Forces

Seiran Asanov was accused of ‘involvement in a terrorist organization’ and of ‘treason’ for defending his own country against the russian invaders

https://khpg.org/en/1608815646

Address by President #Zelenskyy at the Presentation of Ukraine's State Awards to Representatives of the Crimean #Tatar People

https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/zvernennya-prezidenta-pid-chas-vruchennya-derzhavnih-nagorod-103725

President of #Ukraine Volodymyr #Zelenskyy signed a decree on formalizing the legal status of the #Mejlis of the Crimean #Tatar people as the representative body of this people.

This will contribute to the realization of the Crimean Tatar people’s right to sustainable development and to safeguarding guarantees of their ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious identity.

https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/prezident-pidpisav-ukaz-sho-maye-priskoriti-zakriplennya-za-103721

russian legislation used as weapon against 74-year-old historian and the truth about the Crimean #Tatar Deportation

74-year-old Enver Seitmemetov was an obvious target of repression for a regime that is increasingly using propaganda, legislation and insane prosecutions to rewrite history and white out its crimes

https://khpg.org/en/1608815617

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"قتربیه کتابی - عبدالقیوم ملا عبدالناصر اوغلی‌ننڭ تصنیفی‌در" by Kajum Nasyri

[Казань: Tipo-litografija Imperatorskago Universiteta, 1898]

http://dx.doi.org/10.25673/121215

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Crimean #Tatar political prisoner with a malignant brain tumour forced to sign a fake ‘clean bill of health’

Under pressure from the FSB, russian 'doctors' have proven willing to betray their oath and effectively ensure that Tofik Abdulgaziev dies a very painful death in a russian prison colony

https://khpg.org/en/1608815581

Volodymyr #Zelenskyy Took Part in an Iftar and Presented State Awards to Muslim Warriors

President of #Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy took part in an iftar – the evening meal held during the holy month of #Ramadan – together with Ukrainian warriors who practice Islam, leaders of the Mejlis of the Crimean #Tatar People, representatives of the #Muslim community and clergy, and heads of foreign diplomatic missions.

Read more here 📎 https://www.president.gov.ua/en/news/volodimir-zelenskij-uzyav-uchast-v-iftari-ta-vidznachiv-voyi-103189

Brutal russian roulette with the life of gravely ill Crimean #Tatar political prisoner

Results of a recent echocardiogram are alarming, yet the russian prison authorities are doing nothing to minimise the direct danger to Amet Suleimanov’s life

https://khpg.org/en/1608815557

Armed terror and planted ‘prohibited literature’ in new attack on Crimean #Tatar family

russia's FSB came for two Crimean Tatars on 12 February, leaving children deeply traumatized. Nariman Seitaliev is in custody, while Yunus Suleimanov has disappeared

https://khpg.org/en/1608815513