Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people

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The Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People ( Crimean Qırımtatar Milliy Meclisi , Ukrainian Меджліс Кримськотатарського Народу , Russian Меджлис крымскотатарского народа ) is the central body of the executive kurultai the Krimtataren . From 1991 to 2013 Mustafa Dzhemilev was chairman of the Mejlis. In October 2013, Refat Chubarov took over the office. Since April 2016 the Mejlis has been classified as an “extremist organization” in the Russian Federation and its activities are prohibited.

history

1991 to 2013

Percentage of Crimean Tatars in Crimea in the 2001 census

The Mejlis was founded in 1991 to act as a representative body for the Crimean Tatars, which can bring complaints to the central government and international bodies.

On June 30, 1991, the Mejlis declared its sovereignty over the Crimean Tatars and adopted the Crimean Tatar national anthem and flag . At the same time, the Crimean Tatars elected 14 Crimean Tatar deputies to the Supreme Council of Crimea . These 14 MPs were the first Crimean Tatar representatives in the Crimean Parliament in over 50 years.

On April 6, 2010, several pro-Russian political leaders in Crimea called for the dismantling and prohibition of the Mejlis and all other forms of political representation for the Crimean Tatars (including the Kurultai ) on the grounds that “organized criminal groups and their activities are unconstitutional ". Crimean Tatar organizations asked President Viktor Yanukovych to “protect the indigenous people of Crimea from discrimination”.

During the parliamentary elections in Ukraine in 2012 , members of the Mejlis joined the “Fatherland” electoral list .

Since the Crimean crisis in 2014

Statement by Refat Tschubarow (Sender: QHA)

After the Russian intervention in Crimea and the Ukrainian constitution, which was accompanied by Russian military personnel, and which was at least internationally controversial, the independence referendum with the subsequent accession of Crimea to the Russian Federation was banned a month later on April 19, 2014, by the authorities of Mustafa Jemilev , a the main representative of the Crimean Tatars for five years to enter his homeland. On May 5, the new General Prosecutor of Crimea, Natalia Poklonskaya , threatened to disband the Mejlis in response to demonstrations against the entry ban.

On July 4, 2014, the Mejlis held a meeting outside of Crimea in the city of Henichesk for the first time since its establishment . One day later, on July 5, the incumbent chairman of the Mejlis Chubarov was banned from entering the country for five years. On August 9, Ismet Yuksel , head of the Crimean News Agency (QHA) and advisor to the Mejlis, received the same sentence.

From 2015, leading representatives of the Mejlis initiated a food and electricity blockade in Crimea from mainland Ukraine. According to comments, the declared truck blockade was discredited by members of volunteer units or the right-wing sector when, in individual cases, they also checked private travelers. The blown power line masts, which ensured the energy supply of the peninsula, were marked with Crimean Tatar flags. In April 2016, the Crimean Supreme Court classified the Mejlis as an “extremist organization” and banned its activity.

The deputy chairman of the Mejlis , Akhtyom Chijgos , was sentenced to eight years in prison in September 2017. The reason given by the court was that he was involved in organizing mass riots on February 26, 2014. Another leading member of the organization, the former mayor of Bakhchysarai Ilmi Umerov , was admitted to a psychiatric clinic.

See also

  • ATR , Crimean Tatar television broadcaster

Web links

Commons : Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mejilis of Crimean Tatars banned as extremist organization , TASS, April 26, 2016
  2. ↑ Waleed Ziad, Laryssa Chomiak: A lesson in stifling violent extremism . In: CS Monitor , February 20, 2007. Retrieved March 26, 2007. 
  3. ↑ a b Mubeyyin Batu Altan: Crimean Tatar Fact Sheet: Chronology . In: Euronet Internet . Archived from the original on February 4, 2007. Retrieved March 26, 2007. 
  4. ↑ rferl.org
  5. ↑ rferl.org
  6. ↑ Mustafa Dzhemiliov is number 12 on the list of the United Opposition “Fatherland” ( Memento from October 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ a b “Systematic elimination and discrimination of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis: Chronology of persecution” , STP , October 29, 2015. Retrieved on March 24, 2016.
  8. ^ André Eichhofer: Crimean Tatars fleeing their own country. In: The world . May 6, 2014.
  9. ↑ Меджліс у п'ятницю вперше збереться не в Криму. In: Ukrajinska Pravda. July 3, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2014.
  10. ↑ Crimean Tartar leader Chubarov banned entry to Crimea . dailysabah.com , July 5, 2014. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
  11. ↑ Overcoming Russia's ban on entering Crimea for Crimean citizens of Ukraine. Democratization, Human Rights and Civil Society Development Program in Ukraine (DHRP), January 30, 2015.
  12. ↑ Armed Right Sector & Azov fighters are discrediting Crimea blockade. In: Kyiv Post. October 7, 2015.
  13. ↑ Chubarov announces date of blockade of border with Crimea. In: UNIAN. 16th September 2015.
  14. ↑ Chubarov: energy blockade to force considering Crimea's de-occupation at intl level , UNIAN, November 25, 2015
  15. ↑ Russian court sentenced leaders of the Crimean Tatars. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 12th September 2017.
  16. ^ Andreas Rüesch: Siegerjustiz on the Russian-ruled Crimea. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung online, September 12, 2017.
  17. ↑ Cathrin Kahlweit: Profile: Ilmi Umerov. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. 4th September 2016.