The Latvian Parliament recognized the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944 as genocide. In addition, the authorities condemned the current annexation of the Crimea by the Russian Federation, Delfi reports.
Saeima stated that the Soviet authorities carried out genocide against many peoples and ethnic groups, in particular, against the Crimean Tatars, by forcing them “to leave their homeland.”
In addition, the parliament recalled that five years ago Russia annexed the Crimea. At the same time, it noted that “those Crimean Tatars who refuse to take Russian citizenship and do not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea face discrimination.”
“They are not allowed access to education, medical services; they forbidden to use their native language, to maintain traditions and culture. It is inconceivable that the Crimean Tatars are for the second time in 75 years forcibly oppressed and persecuted. History repeats itself,” said the head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Saeima, Richards Coles.
As The Journalist reported, Russian security forces in occupied Crimea conducted new searches in homes of Crimean Tatars.
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