Since 2014, almost 30,000 Crimean Tatars have left Crimea

What happened? Since the beginning of the russian aggression in Ukraine in 2014, about 30,000 Crimean Tatars had to flee from Crimea.

Source. The head of the prosecutor's office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol Igor Ponochovny told about that on his Facebook page.

Details. In May 2022, the Prosecutor's Office together with public organizations sent to the Prosecutor's Office of the International Criminal Court the 12th package of evidence of russia's crimes against humanity on the territory of the occupied peninsula.

In a recent report, the Prosecutor's Office provided evidence of the systematic persecution of Crimean Tatars on political, ethnic and religious grounds on the peninsula during the occupation.

Thus, according to the Prosecutor's Office, during the occupation of the Crimea:

• 22 activists abducted or missing;

• at least 18 Crimean Tatars were tortured;

• more than 200 people are persecuted for political reasons;

• at least 136 people are being held as political prisoners;

• 75% of searches carried out by the occupiers in Crimea are applied to the Crimean Tatars;

• almost 83% of all detainees are Crimean Tatars.

According to Ponochovny, by suppressing the rights of the indigenous people of Crimea, russia suppresses the resistance of Ukrainian citizens who disagree with the occupation and reminds disloyal groups of the population of the consequences of opposing russia's occupation policy.