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In this week’s bulletin: Viktoriia Roshchyna’s captivity and torture/ War’s psychological impact/ Ukraine trade union statement/More evidence of Russian torture/ persecution of Crimean Tatars/ attacks on civilians
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Russia sentences Ukrainian from Melitopol to 27 years for a cake for fighter pilots (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 2nd)
Russian torturers can get a ‘confession’ to JFK’s assassination and the court will swallow it (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 1st)
Halyna Dovhopola, political prisoner, turns 70 in Russian captivity (Crimea Human Rights Group, 30 April)
Certain death warrant as six Crimean Tatar activists sentenced to 14 years ‘for refusing to be silent’ about Russian repression (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 30th)
“A River of Grief”: Six More Crimean Tatars Sentenced to Long Prison Terms by Russian Occupation Regime (Russian Reader, April 29th)
Sentences of 11 to 14 years for Crimean Tatars (Crimea Human Rights Group, 29 April)
Russian court upholds abduction, savage torture and insane sentence against Melitopol volunteer Yaroslav Zhuk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 29th)
Even Russian prison service asks to release blind and disabled Ukrainian political prisoner Oleksandr Sizikov (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 28th)
The situation at the front:
Weekly war summary (The Insider, 3 May)
Reclaiming Kursk. Moscow’s claims of control over western region disputed (Meduza, 29 April)
Putin calls murderous attack on Sumy ‘revenge’ amid massive increase in Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilians (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 28th)
News from Ukraine:
Targeted Russian attack on coal mine rescue headquarters (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 1 May)
Meeting with Representatives of Ukrainian Roma (Anti Discrimination Centre, April 30th)
ZMINA joined the OSCE Human Dimension Committee Meeting about the rights to assembly and association (Zmina, April 30th)
Lustration as a tool for overcoming the negative consequences of war: Alena Lunova took part in the discussion of the future elections in Ukraine (Zmina, April 30th)
‘Numerous signs of torture’: a Ukrainian journalist’s detention and death in Russian prison (Guardian, April 29th)
Russia’s ‘Ghost Detainees’: The Investigation That Cost Viktoriia Roshchyna Her Life (Forbidden Stories, April 28th)
100 days of new powers for the Ministry for Development: ZMINA joined the discussion on support policies for IDPs and TOT (Zmina, April 28th)
We demand a prompt investigation: statement regarding the attack on journalist Yurii Makarov (Zmina, April 18th)
Ukrainian labour leaders arrested under pressure from neoliberal parlamentarians (Europe Solidaires Sans Frontieres, April 10th)
In the ruins of war: Ukraine. Destroyed cultural assets. Looting and bombing: How Russian occupying forces are destroying Ukraine’s heritage (KulturNativ, 2025)
War-related news from Russia:
Free People of Voronezh (Russian Reader, May 3rd)
Russian foreign minister pens foreword to book challenging Lithuanian statehood (Meduza, 2 May)
Analysis and comment:
“Let’s stop feeding the bear”. Report from Latvia’s eastern border (Meduza, 5 May)
We want peace, but we are not ready to surrender our land, our cities, or our people to the enemy! (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine statement, 30 April)
Invisible scars: the psychological impact of war (Commons.com, April 30th)
The Viktoriia Project: the story of the captivity and torture endured by journalist Viktoriia Roshchyna and thousands of Ukrainians imprisoned by Russia (Ukrainska Pravda, April 29th)
Crimean Tatar freed from Russian captivity: ‘Recognizing Russia’s control of Crimea would legitimize crime’ (Kyiv Independent, April 24th)
Research of war crimes and human rights abuses:
UN Committee against Torture publishes findings on Armenia, France, Mauritius, Monaco, Turkmenistan and Ukraine (UNHCR, May 2nd)
Ukrainian prisoners of war and the crisis of international law (New Humanitarian, April 28th)
International solidarity:
Solidarity with Ukraine (and Its Opposite) (Russian Reader, April 28th)
Upcoming events:
Wednesday 7 May, 5.30pm-7.0pm, The Arrival statue, Liverpool Street Station, London. VE Day vigil for abducted children, by Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, Vsesvit and Campaign for Ukraine
Wednesday 7 May, 3 – 5pm, War and Peace in Ukraine, Clerici Building G.21, Headington Campus, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford.
Sunday 1 June, 1.0pm, Marble Arch, London, March for the children of Ukraine
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