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On Sunday, December 10, Human Rights Day, the conference hall, located at 25 Khreshchatyk Street in Kyiv, the newsroom of Krym.Realii (a special project of Radio Liberty) presented to the public the film called Silent Deportation about how the occupation authorities in Crimea persecute activists, push Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars out of Crimea, violate the laws by persecuting activists, including citizen journalists.
The television premiere of the documentary project also took place on Human Rights Day, December 10, on Suspilne’s regional network. The film is also scheduled to be shown on the air of the Ukrainian telethon Yedyni Novyny at around 0:30, December 13. The documentary will also be released on Radio Liberty‘s YouTube channel on the evening of December 13.
The public presentation of the film Silent Deportation was attended by Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Oleksii Danilov, adviser to the head of the Presidential Office of Ukraine Mykhailo Podolyak, permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Tamila Tasheva, head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov, deputy head Ilmi Umerov, other members of the Mejlis, editor-in-chief Mariyana Drach from Ukrainian Service of Radio Liberty, board chairperson of the ZMINA Human Rights Center, journalist and human rights defender Tetiana Pechonchyk, journalists of Kyiv media, human rights defenders, public activists from Crimea, and authors of the film.
The main characters of the film, including well-known Crimean activists Mumine Saliyeva and Rinat Paralamov, activists from Crimea who, in order not to lose their freedom, temporarily settled in Turkiye, Poland, Belgium, Germany, and other countries, told their life stories. They talk about how they left Crimea, annexed by russia, what they experienced, and why they had no chance to stay, where and how they live now and whether they will be able to return to Crimea. They were arrested, tortured, persecuted, and threatened with death. They could end up in the russian army. The history of 1944 repeats itself: then the Soviet authorities forcibly deported the Crimean Tatars in freight cars, and now russia is forcing representatives of the indigenous people of Crimea to leave their homes.
This is really a “silent” deportation, say the participants of the documentary. The film uses unique footage from the private archives of its main characters. Some of which are being published for the first time.
Filming took place in Poland, Germany, Belgium, Turkiye, Ukraine, and occupied Crimea.
The authors of the film are Dmytro Dzhulai, the director and screenwriter, and Anzhelika Rudenko, the editor of the Krym.Realii TV project (Radio Liberty project) since 2017.
Dmytro Dzhulai has been on Radio Svoboda since 2013, initially as a streamer of the Revolution of Dignity. He works on various multimedia projects and investigations of russian war crimes. He is the author of projects Malevich. Ukrainian Square, Revolution on Granite, Killed by the Holodomor, Moshchun – The Battle That Saved Kyiv, Mass Executions Of Civilians In Zdvyzhivka, etc.
As earlier reported, Krym.Realii is the Crimean project of the Ukrainian service of Radio Liberty, which was launched in March 2014, immediately after the occupation and during the annexation of the Crimean peninsula by russia. Today, the Crimean team of Radio Liberty publishes three informational sites: in russian (http://ua.krymr.com), Ukrainian (http://ua.krymr.com), and Crimean Tatar languages (Qırım Aqiqat, http://ktat.krymr.com), produces TV/video and radio content. Krym.Realii is also featured on YouTube and other popular social networks. Journalists of Krym.Realii shot a number of films, including Crimea. Invincible; Crimea: Winners Are Not Judged; Khrystyna. Crimean Solo; Balukh; and others.
Despite the pressure and persecution in Crimea (the arrest and sentences of Krym.Realii freelancer Vladyslav Yesypenko, Krym.Realii authors Iryna Danylovych, Nariman Dzhelal, Asan Akhtemov, Marlen Asanov, Seyran Saliyev, and other citizen journalists of Crimean Solidarity), Krym.Realii remains one of the leaders of the Crimean information field.
“The project’s mission is to promote democratic values by providing accurate, uncensored news and conducting open discussions in countries and regions where freedom of speech is under threat and where disinformation dominates,” the project’s press release says.
NUJU Information Service
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