76 years ago, on 18 May 1944, the Soviet regime criminally deported the Crimean Tatar people from the territory of their historic residence - Crimea - to distant areas of Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and the Russian Federation.

Just in the first years of exile almost half of all deported Crimean Tatars died. The period of the ban on return to the homeland - to Crimea, lasted until 1989 and was accompanied by purposeful linguistic and cultural assimilation.

We honour the memory of numerous innocent victims of Stalin's deportation of the Crimean Tatar people. We express our support to the Crimean Tatar people in their struggle for their rights.