Last week marked the 7 year anniversary of the set-up referendum Russia held within newly invaded and occupied Crimea. Since then, those who speak out against the Russian regime or show support for Ukraine are immediately silenced and jailed. 

The Kyiv Post recently released the documentary “Crimean Solidarity: The fight for freedom in Russian-occupied Crimea,” where we followed the families of political prisoners since January 2020 and documented their lives in occupied Crimea.

After a screening of the Crimean Solidarity film, Lutfiye Zudiyeva, a human rights defender with Crimean Solidarity and main character of the documentary, Emine Dzhaparova, the First Deputy Foreign Minister of Ukraine, and Nariman Dzhelyalov, the Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of Crimean Tatar People spoke at an online event hosted by the US-Ukraine Foundation included in the podcast. 

Full transcript available on kyivpost.com