Both enforcement bodies and school heads are being used in Russian-occupied Crimea to ‘dissuade’ children and their parents from asserting their full right to insist on education in the Crimean Tatar language. The methods, which range from pressure to downright threats, have already been used to effectively close all Ukrainian language classes in Crimea.
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Halya Coynash: Russia uses threats to drive Crimean Tatar language out of schools in Crimea
Crimean Tatars flag waves at the ceremony commemorating the victims of the 1944 deportation of the indigenous people of Crimea, the Crimean Tatars, at Sofiyivska Square in Kyiv on May 18, 2018.
