CRIMEA SPEAKS

Crimean Tatars | Autochthonous Nation | Russian Occupation | Human Rights | International Law

Crimea Speaks is the Documentary Lab of Crimean Tatar Foundation USA — documenting the history, rights, and living experience of the Crimean Tatar autochthonous nation under Russian occupation.

Crimean Tatars are not an "indigenous minority" — they are the autochthonous nation with 346 years of sovereign statehoods (Crimean Khanate, 1441–1783 and Crimean Nation's Republic, 1917-1921). This legal distinction matters: it opens access to the Genocide Convention (1948) and the Rome Statute.

What we document:
— The Genocide of 1944 (Sürgün): what Russia still calls "deportation"
— Russian occupation of Crimea since 2014: arrests, disappearances, autochthonocide
— Testimonies from occupied Crimea
— Advocacy at the UN and US Congress
— Autochthonous nation rights and self-determination under international law

Subtitles: English | Ukrainian | Russian | Crimean Tatar

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