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A Digest of News from Ukrainian sources – also attached as a PDF
In this week’s bulletin: report – “Life under occupation”; plus confessions of “meat grinder” veterans; plus Russian abduction of public officials; plus Russian terrorism charges against Ukraine’s regular soldiers; plus Russian threats against new-borns; plus “Unite the Struggles” bloc on national Palestine demo
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Life Under Occupation (Alternative Human Rights Centre, March-April 2024)
64-year-old pensioner jailed in Russian-occupied Crimea for social media posts of a Ukrainian Trident and thanking Ukraine’s defenders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 10th)
‘Inconvenient’ Kherson oblast Mayor held hostage for over 2 years for refusing to collaborate with Russian invaders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 10th)
Human rights defenders expressed their position on the seizure of property of Ukrainian citizens by the occupation authorities of the Russian Federation (Zmina, May 9th)
Russia steps up harassment of Crimean Tatar human rights activists and lawyers before 80th anniversary of 1944 Deportation (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 8th)
Ukrainian political prisoner moved to harshest Russian prison for ‘discrediting’ Russian army (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 8th)
Russia sentences 18-year-old Ukrainian POW to 18 years (Kharkiv Human Rights Prt’n Group, 7 May)
Invaders in occupied Luhansk oblast threaten to take newborn babies away if parents don’t get Russian citizenship (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 7th)
News from Ukraine – general:
The front near Kharkiv: “The Russians simply walked in” (BBC, 12 May)
‘My fingers can’t feel the trigger but no one cares’ How Ukraine’s ‘partially fit’ soldiers ended up in ‘purgatory’ (Meduza, May 9th)
‘The price is unimaginably high’ A dispatch from Kyiv, where Ukrainians are coming to terms with the third year of all-out war with Russia (Meduza, May 8th)
«Ukrainians are fighting because they want to preserve the value of freedom and human rights». Ivanna Malchevska and Mariia Khaliuk at the LibertyCon youth conference in Tbilisi (Centre for Civil Liberties, May 2nd)
War-related news from Russia:
“Shreds of bodies hung from the branches”: Confessions of “meat grinder” assault veterans (The Insider, May 8th)
The making of a myth How Russian media uses a 2014 fire in Odesa to justify the war on Ukraine (Meduza, May 8th)
Behind bars for a “like”: the dissenting opinion of Judge Arkadii Bushchenko (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 6th)
Research of human rights abuses:
‘I see no path to reconciliation until evil is called evil’ (Tribunal for Putin, May 9th)
Upcoming solidarity events:
Tuesday 14 May, 7.0pm UK time: Freedom for Maksym Butkevych: on line campaign event
Thursday 16 May, 7.0pm UK time: “No to the Russian law”: Georgia in revolt – on-line forum (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign)
Saturday 18 May: “Unite the Struggles” bloc, marching under the slogan “From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime”, on UK national Palestine demonstration. Meet from11.30 am, at the corner of Cavendish Square and Margaret Street, London W1G 0LD – details here
Tuesday 11 June, 7.0pm: Discussion meeting: “From Ukraine to Palestine, occupation is a crime”. Marchmont Community Centre, 62 Marchmont Street, London WC1N 1AB. Organised by the Ukraine Information Group
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