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In this week’s bulletin: Ukraine’s war economy/How Crimea human rights movement began/Xenophobia inRussian schools/ Russia’s deadly torture/ Execution of POWs/ UN expert urges medical care for Crimean prisoners
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Toddlers in occupied Ukraine forced to draw ‘thank you’ cards to Russian invaders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 14th)
Russia sentences Ukrainian to 8.5 years for donation as a teenager to Ukraine’s Azov Regiment (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 14th)
“Letters to Free Crimea” campaign will continue until all political prisoners are released: results of the campaign summarised in Kyiv (Zmina, February 12th)
From savage Russian repression to Crimean Solidarity (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 11th)
Ukrainian seized in Crimea and sentenced to 12 years for donations to Ukraine’s defenders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 10th)
Son of ousted president Yanukovich makes millions on coal from occupied territories (iStories, 4 February)
The situation at the front, and peace talks:
“Has Trump made the first move in Ukraine end game”, The Observer, 16 February 2025
Weekly war summary: Ukraine counter-attacks near Pokrovsk (The Insider, 15 February)
News from Ukraine – general:
Statement by human rights organizations on sanctions against Poroshenko, Zhevago, Kolomoisky and Bogolyubov (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 14th)
Ukraine’s Constitution in question as believers sentenced to three years for refusing to fight (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 13th)
Killed by Russia: a project to commemorate deceased cultural figures has been launched in Ukraine (Zmina, February 11th)
The Home Front: Ukraine’s War Economy and the Spirit of Defiance (Europe’s Futures, 18 December)
Documenting Environmental Changes Caused by the Destruction of the Kakhovka Reservoir (Documenting Ukraine, January 31st)
War-related news from Russia:
Drafted soldiers coerced to sign as contractors (Meduza, 13 February)
Russia: Xenophobia and schools (Posle.Media, 12 February)
The talk show producer who avoids sanctions (The Insider, 11 February)
Solidarity Zone proclaimed to be a “foreign agent“. (Facebook, February 11th)
‘Some people leave the country, others turn to explosives’ In letters from jail, a Russian-Italian anarchist recounts how he turned to sabotage to combat the Kremlin’s war (Meduza, February 10th)
Russian accused by Ukraine of torture and killings in Bucha given high-ranking post in Russia (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 10th)
Russian courts flooded with 20,000 missing or dead claims in 2024. A huge portion of them filed by military commanders (Mediazona, February 4th)
“They call me a scumbag, but they haven’t seen the film”. Russian teacher who filmed his school’s descent into propaganda showing the film at Sundance (Mediazona, January 30th)
Analysis and comment:
With Munich hitting the headlines, we renew our calls for Russian troops to leave Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign , February 15th)
The Betrayal (Russian Reader, February 15th)
UN torture expert calls for urgent medical care for Crimean prisoners (UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, February 10th)
Putin has ground down Soviet military stockpiles (The Insider, 3 February)
Parliamentary Early Day motion: British companies and the transportation of Russian liquefied natural gas (17 January 2025)
Research of human rights abuses:
Tortured to death by Russian invaders, sentenced to 10 years or abducted, whereabouts unknown (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, February 12th)
Alarming Rise in Executions of Captured Ukrainian Military Personnel (UN High Commissioner for Human RIghts, February 3rd)
Treatment of POWs (UN High Commissioner for Human RIghts, June – August 2024)
Upcoming events:
Tuesday 18 February, 12.0 Kyiv time. “Unmasking Russian propagandists” – a Youtube livestream from Kyiv, by human rights defenders
Saturday 22 February, 12.00 , Demonstrate at the Russian embassy. Assemble 12 noon – St Volodymyr statue, W11 3QY Rally 1pm – Russian embassy, W8 4QP. Flyers are available for distribution – email info@ukrainesolidaritycampaign.org and ask for them.
Wednesday-Thursday 26-27 March. Left solidarity with Ukraine conference in Brussels, supported by the European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine
Monday 24 February – Monday 3 March. Call for a week of action by Solidarity Collectives
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