The head of the regional national-cultural autonomy of Crimean Tatars Eyvaz Umerov said that the Crimean Tatar people were ready to show the UN mission their way of life in Russian Crimea and called on international organizations to stop speculating about human rights violations in the region.
Earlier, it was reported that UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres prepared a report on human rights violations in Crimea, with the document relying on information collected remotely from the territory of Ukraine. The document speaks about the alleged bias of the Russian judiciary on the territory of the peninsula, the torture of prisoners, the infringement of freedom of the Crimean Tatar community. The report covers the period from July 1, 2020, to June 30, 2021.
"We, Crimean Tatars, once again call on the international community to stop speculating on the topic of human rights and listening to the destructive forces in Ukraine, and to better listen to Crimean Tatars living on the peninsula. The only way to form an objective opinion is to visit Russian Crimea. Just now thousands of Crimean Tatar children have gone to school, and the vast majority will be educated in their native language. Only by immersing yourself in the atmosphere of Russian Crimea can you understand how harmoniously a multinational community lives," Umerov told RIA Novosti.
According to him, the UN report consists exclusively of subjective and remotely collected materials from the Ukrainian side.
"Some UN members stubbornly do not want to accept reality and are ready to accept with closed eyes blatantly false information and, relying on it, build relations with Russia. Such an approach by England, the US, Turkey, and most NATO countries only leads to a widening chasm in international relations and the strengthening of another phase of confrontation, which can lead to the destabilization of the fragile world," Umerov believes.
Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014 following a coup d'état in Ukraine. Ukraine still considers Crimea its own, but temporarily occupied territory. The Russian leadership has repeatedly stated that the residents of Crimea voted democratically, in full compliance with international law and the UN Charter, to reunite with Russia. According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, the issue of Crimea is "closed for good".
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Based on materials from RIA Novosti