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In this week’s bulletin: the killing of journalist Victoria Roshchyna; plus new UN report on human rights; plus miscarriages of justice, including against Crimean Tatars; plus execution of Ukrainian POWs; plus complicity of Belarus in Russian crimes
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Another Russian ‘trial’ by Crimean Tatar family echoing Stalin era persecution (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 11th)
Russia sentences Crimean to 14 years on indictment copy-pasted from countless FSB political trials (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 10th)
Dramatic increase in sentence against two Ukrainian Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russian-occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 9th)
Iryna Navalna abducted from occupied Mariupol, tortured and sentenced in Russia to 8 years ‘because of her name’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 8th)
Denying the existence of Ukraine exacerbates calls for genocide (Crimea Human Rights Group, 7 October)
Melitopol businesswoman dead after being abducted by the Russian invaders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 7th)
Ukraine/Russia: Teachers in Russian-occupied territories coerced to teach Russian curriculum through threats and violence (Amnesty International, October 4th)
The situation at the front:
Russians execute 9 Ukrainian POWs in Kursk region (Ukrainska Pravda, October 13th)
Drones vs. Depots: Ukraine’s new strategy targets ammo caches — and Russia has no response (The Insider, October 11th)
Russia launches counterattack in Kursk region (Meduza, 11 October)
Russia’s Toretsk offensive: Another Donbas town could fall as West delays weapons talks (Kyiv Independent, October 11th)
Kherson is a living NIGHTMARE (Twitter, October 8th)
News from Ukraine – general:
Ukraine lodges war crime probe over killing of journalist Victoria Roshchyna in Russian captivity (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 11th)
Why Russian attacks on power plants are so dangerous (Greenpeace / Ukrainska Pravda, 9 October)
Ukrainska Pravda faces systematic pressure from president’s office (Ukrainska Pravda, 9 October)
Renowned Russian civic activist Ildar Dadin killed defending Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 7th)
Analysis and comment:
The Kursk Anomaly: Why Russia chooses to ignore the occupation of its own territory (The Insider, October 11th)
If Putin comes to Mexico, the country’s law enforcement agencies should arrest him. Oleksandra Matviichuk speaks at HAY Festival (Centre for Civil Liberties, October 9th)
Research of human rights abuses:
Ukrainians in Russian captivity, ‘trials’ of ‘terrorists,’ and forcibly displaced children — what the report on human rights in Russia says (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 12th)
Belarus took at least 2,219 Ukrainian children from their homes: it re-educates, militarizes and uses them in propaganda (Zmina, October 10th)
Torture and persecution of Ukrainians by Russia should be investigated as crimes against humanity – Human Rights Defenders (Zmina, October 9th)
UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances publishes findings on Morocco, Norway and Ukraine (UNHCR, October 9th)
How Belarus helps transform Ukrainian children into Russian children: ZMINA and partners presented a report at the OSCE (Zmina, October 5th)
Treatment of POWs and Update on Human Rights Situation in Ukraine (UNHCR, August 2024)
International solidarity:
Russian state targets Ukraine solidarity campaign (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, October 11th)
Support anti-war protester Vladimir Zolotaryov (Solidarity Zone, 8 October)
Upcoming event
Monday 18 November, 6.0pm: Queen Mary University, London, Centre for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies panel discussion: “Political prisoners in Russia and the Occupied Territories of Ukraine”. Register here.
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