Published November 13,2023
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Ukraine‘s president on Monday awarded Mustafa Dzhemilev, chief of the Crimean Tatar individuals, the title of “Hero of Ukraine.”
In the capital Kyiv, Volodymyr Zelensky met with Dzhemilev and congratulated him on his eightieth birthday, the Ukrainian Presidency stated on its official web site.
Zelensky additionally awarded Dzhemilev the Order of the State for his “outstanding personal contribution to the establishment and development of an independent Ukrainian state, courage and dedication in upholding the rights of the Crimean Tatar people, and many years of fruitful political and public activity.”
Zelensky thanked Dzhemilev for standing with Ukraine in its righteous battle and wished him good well being to see Ukraine’s “just victory.”
Dzhemilev thanked the Ukrainian president for all his efforts carried out along with his assist to guard the rights of Crimean Tatars.
In February 2014, Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula was illegally taken over by Russia, in a transfer rejected by the worldwide group, together with the EU, UN General Assembly, and Türkiye. Many name it a precursor to the present Russian struggle on Ukraine, launched in February 2024.
Since the 2014 takeover, Crimea’s ethnic Tartars have confronted a “systematic oppression and intimidation campaign,” within the phrases of the Turkish Foreign Ministry, together with the banning of their consultant physique the Mejlis, raids on houses and mass detentions, and suppression of the best to meeting and protest in addition to freedom of expression.
Source: www.anews.com.tr