US condemns arrest of Crimean Tatars, demands their immediate release from Russia

By Interfax-Ukraine.

Published Sept. 6, 2021 at 10:40 am

People sign the national anthem of the Crimean Tatars during the celebration of Crimean Tatar Flag Day in Kyiv on June 26, 2021.

Photo by Kostyantyn Chernichkin

The United States has condemned the arrest of the Crimean Tatars and demanded that the Russian Federation release them immediately, the press service of the Ukrainian Embassy in the United States reported.

“We condemn yesterday’s arrest of Nariman Jelal and other Crimean Tatar activists by Russia’s Federal Security Service. Russia must immediately release these activists and all Ukrainian political prisoners it holds and end its political persecutions in Ukraine. #CrimeaisUkraine,” the Embassy said on Twitter.