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In this week’s bulletin: Interview with Palestinian-Ukrainian activist; bombardment of Ukrainian power grid; a conscript’s notes; Ukrainian media campaign against men living abroad;Russia’s persecution of Crimean Tatars; forced confessions and torture
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Russia hit new depths in its persecution of Crimean Tatar leader and Ukrainian patriot Nariman Dzhelyal (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 28th)
The death penalty in Russia. How would it threaten Ukrainians? (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 25th)
Russian court passes huge sentences against Melitopol mother of two and other Ukrainians on evidently fictitious terrorism charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 25th)
88-year-old Ukrainian fled occupied Donbas on foot rather than accept Russian citizenship (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 25th)
Viktor Ivchuk saved hundreds of lives in occupied Mariupol for which Russia has held him prisoner for over two years (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 24th)
Weekly update about the situation in occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, April 23rd)
Putin’s ‘heroes’: from inciting kids to suicide to killing Ukrainians and teaching ‘patriotism’ in Russian schools (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 23rd)
Russia begins mass ‘treason trial’ of tortured sportsman Kyrylo Barannyk and other Crimean Ukrainians (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 23rd)
Russia charges Crimean who refused to fight against Ukraine with ‘treason’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 22nd)
Crimean Solidarity journalist convicted of ‘abusing freedom of media’ in posts about Crimean Tatar political prisoners (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 22nd)
The situation at the front:
Russian and Ukrainian military mobilisation. A numbers game (Meduza, 26 April)
US aid package to Ukraine: “A watershed moment” (Meduza, 26 April)
“Division of tasks according to skills, and willingness, is the key to success” (Solidarity Collectives, 24 April)
News from Ukraine – general:
Illia Ponomarenko: The story of wartime Kyiv (Kyiv Independent, April 26th)
Russian bombardment of Ukraine’s power grid may force millions to flee (Opora, April 24th)
Kharkiv will never fall under Russian occupation (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, April 23rd)
War-related news from Russia:
Russia’s children’s rights commissioner builds “boarding house” for disabled Ukrainians, claims 75% of their pensions (The Insider, April 27th)
Arrest of Russian defence minister’s deputy may be strike by rival ‘clan’ (Reuters, April 26th)
Russian soldiers have killed over 100 people since returning from the war in Ukraine, journalists find (Meduza, April 25th)
Support the fundraiser for Maksim Chishkovsky’s appeal (Solidarity Zone, 24 April)
Notices of events. Pobrecit:a:s (The Russian Reader, 23 April)
Analysis and comment:
Initiated by the Ukrainian government, a media campaign against 18-60 y.o. men with Ukrainian citizenship living abroad (Volodia Artiukh, April 27th)
Interview with Palestinian-Ukrainian activist Adib Shaheen: “I stand on the side of the oppressed, whoever they are” (Commons.com.ua, 16 April)
Why the Donbas War Was Never “Civil” (Stockholm Centre for E European Studies, April 12th)
Valentyn Dolhochub: “Notes of the Ukrainian conscripted civilian about the painful things” (Commons.com.ua, 9 April)
Research of human rights abuses:
Destroyed Kantsedalivka images from the air (Tribunal for Putin, April 25th)
On land and sea: Planting mines in Ukraine (Tribunal for Putin, April 24th)
Destroyed Pervomaiske images from the air (Tribunal for Putin, April 23rd)
Velyki Prokhody images from the air after de-occupation (Tribunal for Putin, April 22nd)
Ukrainian human rights defenders raised the crime of the persecution of Ukrainian civilians in the occupied territories at the OSCE (Zmina, April 22nd)
Upcoming solidarity events:
Freedom for Maksym Butkevych: on line campaign event, Tuesday May 14th, 7.0pm UK time
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