Russians fine two Crimean Tatars for national flags in Crimea

The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Dmytro Lubinets said this on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

He recalled that on the eve of the Day of the Crimean Tatar flag, Russian police in the Bilohirsk district stopped a convoy of cars with Crimean Tatar flags and detained three Crimean Tatars.

"Rustem Kurnosov, Enver (Useinov - ed.) and Ebabil Ibrahimov were heading to the foot of the White Rock to climb with national symbols. However, the Kremlin-controlled police decided that this was a massive, illegal public event. The security forces drew up reports against 73-year-old Rustem Kurnosov and 65-year-old Enver Useinov, who has a third group of disability and diabetes," Lubinets said.

According to him, the day before, the occupation Bilohirsk district court imposed fines of 20 000 rubles each on Kurnosov and Useinov, accusing them of "organizing or holding a public event without notice".

The Ombudsman is convinced that the occupying country, the Russian Federation, has once again violated the rights of the indigenous people of Ukraine.

The Ombudsman informed that on July 1, 2021, the Law "On Indigenous Peoples of Ukraine" was adopted in Ukraine, according to which, in addition to Ukrainians, such peoples in our country are: Crimean Tatars, Karaites and Krymchaks. Most of them live in the temporarily occupied Crimea.

"I demand to stop the systematic persecution of Crimean Tatars on ethnic grounds on the territory of the peninsula. I call on the international community to join the protection of the rights of the indigenous peoples of Ukraine, especially those who remain on the Crimean peninsula today. Crimea is Ukraine," he wrote.

As reported, Russian police detained three activists in Crimea while climbing the White Rock.