In this week’s bulletin: Ukrainian unions’ statement on bombing of civilians and power stations; UN denounces “climate of fear” in occupied territories; analysis – food sovereignty and war; Russia’s persecution of free expression and use of torture and indoctrination of children
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9.5-year sentence minus 1 month for affirming that Crimea is Ukraine and Russia an illegal invader (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 22nd)
Russia tortures more Ukrainian POWs and sentences them en masse to 27 years for defending Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 21st)
The strategic goal of the Russian Federation is the depopulation of Ukrainian territories — research (Opora, March 21st)
Renowned Crimean Solidarity journalist convicted of ‘abusing’ freedom of mass information in Russian-occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 21st)
Russia moves to ‘revoke’ Soviet decree recognizing Crimea as part of Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 20th)
UN report details ‘climate of fear’ in occupied areas of Ukraine, as the Russian Federation moves to cement control (UNHCR, March 20th)
New textbook for occupied territory tells children that Ukraine burns all Russian books and serves ‘Blood of a russky’ cocktails (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 19th)
Russians abduct 18-year-old from occupied Nova Kakhovka and torture out ‘confession to spying’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 18th)
The Kremlin’s Occupation Playbook: Coerced Russification And Ethnic Cleansing In Occupied Ukraine (Understanding War, February 2024)
News from Ukraine – general:
Ukraine war latest: Russia hits largest hydroelectric plant (Kyiv Independent, 23 March)
Russia Launches Massive Attacks to Destroy Homes, Workplaces, Energy, and Economy of Ukraine (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 22 March)
The Maidan uprising, 2014: Inaction as a path to impunity (Tribunal for Putin,March 20th)
What does a military chaplain do, and who needs him? (Tribunal for Putin, March 19th)
Not a single house undamaged: Pytomnyk from the air (Tribunal for Putin,March 18th)
Poll: Vast majority of Ukrainians against Russian as official or state language (Kyiv Independent, March 12th)
War-related news from Russia:
On her knees: comments on Russia’s presidential election (The Russian Reader, 24 March)
Russia sentences poet Aleksandr Byvshev to 7 years for writing of its war crimes in Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 22nd)
Persecution of the anti-war movement report. Two years of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine (OVD info, February 28th)
10 years for chatting. A bank employee from St. Petersburg sentenced for attempting to join the Armed Forces of Ukraine (Mediazona, February 21st)
Analysis and comment:
Ukrainian refugees in Poland: ‘sexualised exploitation is the main risk’ (Posle.Media, 20 March)
“A meat grinder worse than Bakhmut”: Russia paid a shocking price for the ruins of Avdiivka (The Insider, March 18th)
Right to food: food sovereignty, war and the environment (Valerii Petrov on Commons.com.ua, 15 March)
Comment: Sergey Lavrov and Vulgar Anti-Imperialism (Against the Current, March 2024)
Ivan Dzyuba’s classic book republished: Internationalism or Russification: a study in the Soviet nationalities problem (Resistance Books, March 2024)
Research of human rights abuses:
Violations of children’s rights: the Meduza report complements human rights reports (Anti Discrimination Centre, 19 March)
UN report demolishes Russia’s attempts to blame Ukrainian POWs for its atrocities in Mariupol (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 18th)
How Migration Was Affected By Russia’s Targeted Shelling Of Ukraine In October 2022 – January 2023 (Ukrainian Victory, January 2024)
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