Russia holds 117 Crimean Tatar political prisoners in prisons - a representative of the Majlis (video)

He stressed that representatives of the indigenous people cannot be persecuted in a democratic society. And even more so, when it comes to the representative body - such as the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people, which Russia declared an "extremist" organization. "Due to the position of the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people in 2014, it was just on the part of the" democratic "state, aggressor countries, persecution.

In 2016, Russian" democratic "courts made a decision to ban the Majlis, declared it an" extremist "organization. This is the organization to which representatives were elected in a democratic way, in direct elections, "he said. According to him, the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people continues to work today - both internationally and in the territory of mainland Ukraine.

He also commented on the decision of the so -called "administration" of the temporarily occupied Crimea on the ban on raising the Crimean Tatar flag together with the flags of Russia and the "Republic of Crimea" on lines in the schools of the peninsula. "They will not be able to ban the flag, although they tried more than once. For example, they tried to ban the use of the symbols of the Crimean Tatar people in 2016-2017.

Then there were cases where the children were forced to dress T-shirts because they were depicted the coat of arms- Tamga. But at the same time, they will not be banned because it is in the heart of every Crimean Tatar. And it is clear that these are symbols of identity, " - recalled Bariev. According to the Majlis representative, 101 detentions were recorded only in 2023 in 2023, of which 66 were relatively indigenous. "There were 37 searches, of which 29 were in the houses of the Crimean Tatars.

We recorded 140 cases of arrests. Of these, 93 regarding the Crimean Tatar people. The occupiers conducted 106 interrogations, 73 were about Crimean Tatars," - said a member of the Crimean Tatar Majlis. " He told. Also, in his words, human rights activists recorded 156 cases of human rights violations in a just court in half a year, of which 103 were about Crimean Tatars. "When we talk about human rights violations, 29 cases were recorded - Concerning the Crimean Tatars.

In addition, two deaths were recorded in half a year in the places of freedom: Konstantin Shiring and Dzhemil Gafarov. Although we have repeatedly addressed and said that their health was desired to be better and it is necessary to carry out treatment, " - he said. Bariyev reported that 294 cases of prosecution in criminal cases of citizens of Ukraine were recorded in Crimea, 196 - regarding representatives of the Crimean Tatar people .

"There are now 175 people and political prisoners in places of freedom. Of these, 117 are representatives of the Crimean Tatar people. This is the occupants of "democracy", - he added. According to Bariyev, every year in the Russian Federation invent more and more tools to harass people.

"Until 2022, they illegally applied their legislation on the ban on the organization" Hizb Ut-Tahrir "or Jehovah's Witnesses, and already in 2022 a new instrument appeared: the court of the Russian Federation made a decision to recognize the battalion named Noman Chelebidzhang a terrorist organization", " He summarized. It is noted that new articles have emerged - for discrediting the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, both in the Administrative Code and in the Criminal Code.

"And there are already cases where people are persecuted in accordance with the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation under this article. Hundreds of people are persecuted under the Administrative Code, they are fined, arrested for several days, forced to apologize publicly. There are lists of prohibited literature, prohibited songs. Russian invaders brought such "democracy" to the Crimea, "Bariyev summed up.

It should be reminded that on July 27 in the Crimea detained the journalist of the Ukrainian edition of "Grata" Lutphie Zudiyev, who was to cover the court hearing in the Supreme Court of the temporarily occupied Crimea in the case of Crimean Tatars, whom the Russian authorities accused of diversion. Earlier, on May 18, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky proposed to create a memorial to commemorate the victims of the genocide of the Crimean Tatar people.