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In this week’s bulletin: Call for action on occupied territories/ Protest Seapeak sanction-busters/ Crimea land seizures/ Russia uses chemical warfare/ Russia losses count updated/ Evidence of Russian torture and persecution of local authorities/ Ukraine labour reforms
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Crimea: Russian occupiers accelerate forced land seizures (Crimea Platform, 4 July)
Akim Bekirov, the face of resistance (Crimea Platform, 4 July)
No mercy to the end in Russia’s brutal reprisals against Ivan Yatskin and his family in occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 4th)
Ukrainian hostage from occupied Luhansk oblast found in Russian prison after four years of torture (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 1st)
‘Mariupol is diseased’: Residents deny Russian claims occupied city returning to normal (BBC, June 29th)
The Russian Federation systematically persecuted local authorities in the occupied territories to establish control: ZMINA presented a new report (Zmina, June 27th)
Torture of civilians by Russians in temporarily occupied territory is a crime against humanity (Tribunal for Putin, June 27th)
Russia offers cash to teachers to Russify occupied Ukraine, report says (Kyiv Independent, June 27th)
News from the front:
Russia uses banned chemical weapons in Ukraine (The Insider, 4 July)
Russian forces breach Ukrainian defences in Dnipropetrovsk region (Meduza, 3 July)
News from Ukraine:
“Hope is the understanding that all our efforts have meaning,” — Oleksandra Matviichuk, during her visit to the Council of Europe (Centre for Civil Liberties, July 3rd)
July 14-18 — Ukrainian International Criminal Justice Week. Events Calendar (Centre for Civil Liberties, July 2nd)
Human rights defenders discussed the role of civil society in the negotiation process with the EU (Zmina, July 2nd)
A pre-premiere screening of the film People of Freedom’s Color took place in Kyiv: ZMINA joined the discussion about resistance in the occupation (Zmina, July 1st)
Kalush hromada: housing needs and prospects for social housing (Cedos, June 2025)
Ukraine’s Labour Reforms Are Bad for Workers (Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, June 2025)
War-related news from Russia:
Russian losses in the war in Ukraine: count updated (Mediazona, 4 July)
Ukrainian POW sentenced to 23 years for ‘‘British training in sabotage’ and attack on effective Russian military base (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 4th)
Huge revenge sentences for elimination of Russian commander suspected of killing 59 civilians at Hroza funeral wake (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 2nd)
Fabric of Resistance: Women’s Activism in Times of War (Posle, June 2nd)
Analysis and comment:
Take into account the needs of Ukrainians in occupied territories: statement to Ukraine recovery conference by human rights organisations (Crimea Human Rights Group, 1 July)
What prevents the ending of war? (Ukraine Solidarity EU, July 2025)
Is the Agreement on Mineral Resources beneficial for Ukraine? (Ukraine Solidarity EU, June 26th)
How the EU is ruining Ukraine’s economy (Ukraine Solidarity EU, June 23rd)
Research of human rights abuses:
Russia reacts with threats, lies and fake ‘tribunal’ to pivotal move on accountability for its war of aggression against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 1st)
A tribunal in waiting, to prosecute Russia’s crimes of aggression (The Insider, 1 July)
‘Basically impossible to get them back’: Russia’s mass abduction of Ukrainian children is a war crime, say experts (The Guardian, June 27th)
International solidarity:
Unite Ukraine Solidarity Group leaflet for union policy conference (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 4 July)
Upcoming events:
Stop Seapeak’s fossil-fuel sanctions busting. Wednesday 9 July, 12 noon: GLASGOW: protest at Seapeak headquarters at 144 Elliot Street, Glasgow G3 8EX. LONDON: protest at Seapeak’s insurers Skuld at The Gherkin, 30 St Mary Axe, EC3A 8EP. Details here. Background: Why are British companies still involved in the transport and sale of Russian energy? (Labour Hub, June 24th)
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