News from Ukraine bulletin no. 104

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In this week’s bulletin: Ukraine: self-organisation matters; plus impact of war on Ukraine’s farms; plus ECHR judgment on Crimea; plus Russia’s civilian hostages; plus torture of detainees; plus persecution of Crimean Tatar human rights defenders; Ukraine at a turning point (video).

News from the territories occupied by Russia:  

Ten years ago, Donbas (Meduza, 28 June)

Victory for Ukraine as ECHR delivers damning judgement against Russia over systematic violations in occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 28th)

The occupation “court” rendered an unlawful verdict against Emine Zekeriaieva (Crimea Platform, June 27th)

Tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian hostages are in the Russian Federation  (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 25th)

Russia uses Sheremetyevo Airport ‘filtration’ to keep out Ukrainians and steal their homes in occupied Ukraine  (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 28th)

Ukrainian abducted, tortured and sentenced in Russia to 14 years on grotesque ‘international terrorism’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 27th)

Emir-Usein Kuku and Russia’s savage persecution of Crimean Tatar human rights defenders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 27th)

Crimean students’ grades lowered for not writing ‘thank you letters’ to Russian soldiers (Tribunal for Putin, June 26th)

Tortured Ukrainian hostage sentenced to life for Russia’s killings of ‘inconvenient’ Donbas militants (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 24th)

‘No need for evidence’ in Russia’s terror trial of young Crimean Tatar woman for not denouncing another Ukrainian (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 24th)

News from Ukraine – general: 

‘They burned books, like the Nazis did 80 years ago’: Russia’s deadly attack on Ukraine’s biggest printing house (The Observer, June 30th)

Under Siege: Land, Farming, and Grain (Vitaly Atanasov, Commons.com.ua, June 26th)

War-related news from Russia:

Federal mortality data: 64,000 Russian soldiers may have died (Meduza, 28 June)

Denunciations of Russian citizens: “the state encourages it” (Meduza, 27 June)

Activism in Russia: “I’m not going to leave my neighbourhood” (Posle Media, 27 June)

“No evil lasts forever”: a letter from political prisoner Darya Kozyreva (Robert Horvath, twitter, 25 June)

Russia sentences 15-year-old schoolboy to 5 years for criticizing Putin regime and war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 25th)

Russian opposition Youtube blockbusters (The Russian Reader, 22 June)

Analysis and comment:

Ukraine at a Turning Point: Imperialism, National Liberation, and Solidarity (Ukraine Solidarity Network USA/ Haymarket books, on Youtube, June 29th)

Ukraine: the most important thing is self-organisation (European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine, 16 June)

Research of human rights abuses:

‘Graves of killed civilians in every yard’ — Yurii Liapkalo, Mariupol (Tribunal for Putin, June 30th)

International solidarity:

Time to help Ukraine win (Labour Hub, June 29th)

Appeal: 3500 euros for drones (Solidarity Collectives, 13 June)

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