Amnesty published its report on the demography of Crimea
Amnesty International has published a report on the demographic situation in the peninsula on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of Russia's occupation of Crimea. According to the organization, Russian authorities have tried to destroy Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar identity over the past decade through numerous restrictions in areas such as education, religion, the media and the judiciary.
Amnesty International said on Monday that Russia has been trying to suppress Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar identities in Crimea since it officially annexed the peninsula on March 18, 2014. According to the international organization, the same policy applies to other annexed territories of Ukraine.
"During the 10-year occupation, Russia has used every opportunity to deprive Ukraine of its sovereignty over Crimea," the report says. The organization described Moscow's policy as aimed at "changing the ethnic composition" of the peninsula.
"This policy undoubtedly reflects Russia's plan to act in other areas of Ukraine that it has occupied," the statement said.
According to the organization, Russian authorities have tried to destroy Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar identity over the past decade through numerous restrictions in areas such as education, religion, the media and the judiciary.
"Curriculum changes and the near-total elimination of education in Ukrainian are aimed at ensuring that the younger generation does not have the knowledge and understanding to counter Russian interpretations of Crimean history," the report said.
"This is reinforced by stifling all independent media, suppressing religious minorities and their traditions, and banning them from holding cultural festivals," the human rights organization reported.
According to the report, during the population census conducted by Ukraine in 2001, the number of people living on the peninsula was more than 2.4 million. Among the 125 ethnic groups, Russians made up the largest group at 60%, followed by Ukrainians (24%) and Crimean Tatars (12%). Following Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014, the Russian government conducted a census in September of that year, which reported an overall decline in the population, but a 65 percent increase in Russians, and a 15 percent and 10 percent decline in Ukrainian and Crimean Tatars, respectively.
For information, Crimea was officially occupied by the Russian military on March 18, 2014. Until then, confrontations between supporters of the new government of Ukraine and pro-Russian activists were observed on the peninsula, 2 people were killed and more than 30 people were injured.
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