Crimean Tatars Face Repression After Russia Takes Over

BRUSSELS—It was traditional for Crimean Tatars, a Muslim Turkic ethnic minority, to hold a large gathering for Human Rights Day in the central square in Simferopol, Crimea’s capital, on Dec. 10.

Crimean Tatars attend a memorial ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the deportation of Tatars from Crimea, near a Mosque in Simferopol, on May 18, 2014. Max Vetrov/AFP/Getty Images

A Crimean Tatar boy lights a candle during a memorial ceremony in Kiev on May 17, 2014, held on the 70th anniversary of the deportation of Tatars from Crimea. Sergei Supinsky/AFP/Getty Images