She participated in the Orange Revolution and organized rallies in Crimea. She later headed the Foundation for Regional Initiatives NGO branch in Crimea.[2]
In December 2013, Tasheva took part in the Revolution of Dignity and demonstrations against Viktor Yanukovych's regime. In the winter of 2014, Tasheva, along with several other activists, created a Facebook page CrimeaSOS, which covered events leading up to the Russian annexation of Crimea. In early March, activists opened a hotline for asylum seekers in peaceful areas of the country. Soon CrimeaSOS grew into a wide volunteer network, which began to provide assistance to residents of the ATO Zone. Eventually, CrimeaSOS became a full-fledged public organization.[2][3]
Following the Russian annexation of Crimea, Tasheva gathered facts about the disappearance, abuse and violation of Crimean Tatars.[2]
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, she remained active in tracking the fate of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars remaining on the Crimean peninsula.[6][7][8]
Awards
In 2016 she receive a medal "25 years of independence of Ukraine". The medal was for her as a chairman of the board of "Crimea SOS" organization (Крим SOS).[3]
On 20 February 2019, she was awarded the Order of Princess Olgafor civic courage, selfless defence of the constitutional principles of democracy, human rights and freedoms, revealed during the Revolution of Dignity, fruitful public and volunteer activity.[2][9]
On 25 October 2019, Tamila Tasheva became the winner of the Polish Sergio Vieira di Mello Award in the "Personality" category. The award is determined annually in two equivalent categories: the individual and the non-governmental organization, whose activities are aimed at the peaceful coexistence and cooperation between societies, religions and cultures.[10][11][12]