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In this week’s bulletin: Ukraine labour relations under martial law/ Democracy uprising in the Caucasus/ ‘Swift peace deal’ questioned/ Ukraine: resisting arbitrariness from above/ Russian torture and denial of medical treatment
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Russia confirms revenge sentences against savagely tortured Crimean Tatar cousins, seized with Nariman Dzhelyal (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 20th)
Abducted Kherson activist sentenced for ‘spying for Ukraine’ while in Russian captivity denied vital medical treatment (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 19th)
Russia churns out surreal ‘terrorism’ sentences against Ukrainian POWs for defending Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 17th)
20-year-old from Mariupol sentenced to 11 years for argument opposing Russia’s war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 16th)
Human rights defenders: Ukrainian citizens under occupation need support (Zmina, December 13th)
Forced reality (Alter Pravo, October 2024)
Life Under Occupation (Alter Pravo, October 2024)
The situation at the front:
Battlefield developments: ‘Enter Pyongyang’ (Meduza, 19 December)
News from Ukraine – general:
Joint appeal of representatives of the coalition “Ukraine. Five in the Morning” and the Initiative “Tribunal for Putin” (Tribunal for Putin, December 21st)
Legal regulation of labour relations in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine (Science Open, December 20th)
When a Scalpel Becomes a Kitchen Knife: How Ukrainian Courts Skillfully Distort ECtHR Practice (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 18th)
Ukraine: Inadmissible evidence in examinations (Kharkiv Human Rights Prot’n Group, 18 December)
Do today’s HACC decisions comply with European practice? (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 18th)
Can a huge bail replace justice? (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 18th)
Impact of War on Education and Neoliberal Reforms (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, December 17th)
«We cannot allow this to happen to our children». Discussion on «No Child of Ukraine Should Be Left Alone with the Experience of War» (Center for Civil Liberties, December 16th)
Groups of Resistance: How Ukrainians Protect Their Interests from ‘Arbitrariness from Above’ (Commons.com, November 27th)
War-related news from Russia:
Russian anarchist jailed for arson commits suicide on first day of sentence (Novaya Gazeta Europe, 20 December)
St Petersburg: The Terror Scam Gig Economy (The Russian Reader, 20 December)
Duma broadens ‘treason’ charges against anybody opposing Russia’s aggression against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 18th)
LGBT+ activism in Russia: “Rainbow extremism” (Posle.Media, 18 December)
Legislators equate criticism of Russia’s war against Ukraine with ‘terrorism and extremism’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 16th)
Analysis and comment:
Uprising for democracy in the Caucasus (Tempest, December 21st)
Those Demanding a Swift ‘Peace Deal’ for Ukraine Don’t Understand How Complex This War Really Is (Byline Times, December 19th)
Russian Gas Giant Given Access to Global LNG Summit (DeSmog, December 13th)
Caucasus: Resisting local authoritarianism and multipolar imperialisms (CrimethInc, 11 December)
Research of human rights abuses:
Ukrainian children deported to Russia: ‘The development of Russian identity’ (Meduza, 20 Dec)
Kyrylo Budanov met with human rights defenders (Zmina, December 20th)
The European Parliament demands Russia immediately release ill Crimean political prisoners: resolution, proposed by ZMINA, was adopted (Zmina, December 19th)
Russia ignores the needs of Ukrainian political prisoners for medicines and medical care: ZMINA met with Henry Marsh (Zmina, December 19th)
Human rights defenders call on parliamentarians not to adopt draft laws No. 11538 and No. 11539 (Zmina, December 19th)
ZMINA at the #IBelong forum: challenges on citizenship during the war (Zmina, December 17th)
Over 16,000 Ukrainian civilians held captive in Russia – Ukraine’s ombudsman (Ukrainska Pravda, December 16th)
Upcoming events:
Saturday 18 January 2025, 12.0 midday. National March for Palestine. Assemble BBC, Portland Place, London. Unite the Struggles, Ukraine Information Group and others will march with our banner, “From Ukraine to Palestine, Occupation is a Crime”. Details of assembly point in the new year on our web site or by email.
Saturday 15 February 2025 11AM — 4PM, Conference: End the Russian invasion and occupation. National Education Union, Mabledon Place, London, WC1H 9BD. Register here.
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This is the last News from Ukraine bulletin for 2022. The next one will appear on Monday 6 January. With best wishes for 2025 to our readers
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