Documenting repression against Crimean Tatars
2025-10-20
Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea marked the beginning of a systematic campaign of repression against the indigenous Crimean Tatar minority. ECMI researchers Elmira Muratova and Felix Schulte introduce the first comprehensive and geo-coded dataset documenting state repression targeting Crimean Tatars in Crimea. The dataset records almost 700 repression events affecting more than 2,000 individuals in the period 2014 to 2024 and provides detailed information, including the type and severity of repression events.
