Ukraine Information Group

A Digest of News from Ukrainian Sources – DOWNLOAD HERE AS A PDF

News from the territories occupied by Russia:

Russia tortures Crimean Tatar political prisoner Dzhemil Gafarov to death (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 13th)

Statement by human rights organizations regarding the death of Ukrainian prisoners of the Kremlin Kostiantyn Shyring and Dzhemil Hafarov in Russian prisons (Zmina, February 10th)

Illegally imprisoned by the occupiers (Crimea Platform, February 10th)

Death sentence for reporting on Russian repression in occupied Crimea and chilling repeat of Stalin-era persecution (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 10th)

Abducted and tortured Ukrainian political prisoner faces additional prosecution for calling Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a war (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 10th)

Russians take children from occupied territories to cadet corps (Ukrainska Pravda, February 9th)

Ukrainian political prisoner dies in Russian captivity (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 8th)

Occupiers force Ukrainians in Melitopol to renounce their citizenship (Ukrainska Pravda, February 7th)

Disabled Kherson volunteer tortured by Russian invaders for insane propaganda confession to ‘spying for Ukraine’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 6th)

Crimean journalist prosecuted and declared a ‘foreign agent’ for opposing Russia’s war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 6th)

News from Ukraine – general:

Ukraine to leave European Ombudsman in protest over Ukrainian children being sent from Austria to Russia (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 9th)

Long sentences passed on ‘Redut’ mercenaries fighting Russia’s war against Ukraine with Finnish citizen’s funding (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 7th)

Analysis and comment:

The Far Right in Ukraine (interview with Taras Bilous, New Politics, February 8th)

Yuliya Yurchenko: From Ukraine’s Independence to Russia’s invasion (ZNet, February 6th)

Could Putin commit Russia to a never-ending war in Ukraine? (Open Democracy, February 4th)

Research of human rights abuses:

International Crimes committed in the Kharkiv Region, 24 February to 20 November 2022 (Tribunal for Putin, February 9th)

Group analysis of interviews conducted by the Center for Assisting War Crimes Documentation (Opora, February 3rd)

International solidarity:

Two railway partisans sentenced in Belarus to 22 years for obstructing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 13th)

20-26 February global week of action (European Network for Solidarity With Ukraine, February)

Support trade union aid to Ukrainian workers! (European Network for Solidarity With Ukraine, February)

Solidarity events in the UK

■ Public meeting: Tuesday 21 February, 6.30pm: Labour movement stands with Ukraine. Portcullis House, Boothroyd Room, Victoria Embankment, London SW1A 2LW Details and registration here

■ One day conference: Saturday 11 March, 10.00-18.30 GMT. SOLIDARITY WITH UKRAINE Building a New Internationalism. LSE Centre Building (CBG) Houghton Street London WC2A 2AE. Details and registration here

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