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In this week’s bulletin: Fighting for least unjust peace/ Ukraine’s fortress belt/ Persecution of Crimean Tatars/ Trade sanctions/ Seizure of Ukrainian assets/ Torture of POWs/
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Chillingly lawless armed raid on Crimean Tatar lawyers defending victims of Russian repression (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 12th)
Poland detains Russian archaeologist wanted in Ukraine for illegal excavations in occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 12th)
The Prosecutor’s Office of Crimea has summed up five years of work: hundreds of indictments and court verdicts (Zmina, December 12th)
A Mother in Captivity: Snizhana Kozlova (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 11th)
Human Rights Violations in Occupied Crimea Discussed in Sweden (Crimea Platform, December 11th)
Botox, drones, 250-kilo bombs: eyewitness in the Donbass (El Mundo America, December 10th)
Human Rights: A Perfect Storm (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 10th)
Russia sentences 61-year-old Ukrainian to 12. 5 years for donation to Ukraine’s defenders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 10th)
Crimean Occupation “Court” Sentences Mother of Two, Niyara Ersmambetova, to 15 Years in Prison (Crimea Platform, December 9th)
Weekly update on the situation in occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, December 9th)
Abducted Crimean Tatar mother of two sentenced to 15 years on Russia’s cynical ‘treason’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 9th)
Crimean Tatar political prisoner Tofik Abdulgaziev diagnosed with a brain tumour (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 8th)
Russian legislators formalize mass plunder of Ukrainians’ homes on occupied territory (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 8th)
Ceasefire: life in the temporarily occupied territories (Solidarity Collectives, 3 December)
News from Ukraine:
Cedos experts presented a report on housing rental in Ukraine (Cedos, December 10th)
The Bloodiest Attack in Western Ukraine (Tribunal for Putin, December 9th)
‘I have a question for the Russian authorities: why did you kill our children?’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 9th)
Waves of Terror (Tribunal for Putin, December 8th)
Culture as Security: Ukrainian Experts Brief International Partners on Cultural Challenges and Reforms During the War (Tribunal for Putin, December 8th)
News from the front and ‘peace’ talks:
Kremlin officials are reportedly demanding that Ukraine cede to Russia strategically vital unoccupied territory in Donetsk Oblast (Hanna Perekhoda, Facebook, December 11th)
The Importance of Ukraine’s Fortress Belt in Donetsk (Institute for the Study of War, August 12th)
War-related news from Russia:
Hackers paralysed Russia’s military draft database (Meduza, 12 December)
Feminist search for alternatives (Posle.Media, 10 December)
Analysis and comment:
Interview with US socialist politician Tanya Vyhovsky: Why socialists must support Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, December 13th)
FREE SNIZHANA! Free Ukrainian civilian hostages! (Tribunal for Putin, December 11th)
Fighting for the Least Unjust Peace (Oleksandr Kyselov, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, December 10th)
The Forgotten Detainees of the Russian Aggression in Ukraine (Tribunal for Putin, December 10th)
The first Chechen of German nationalism (iStories, 9 December)
Stop the War’s Ukraine Betrayal: When ‘Anti-Imperialism’ Becomes Apologetics for Empire (Ecosocialist, December 8th)
General Valerii Zaluzhnyi: Ukraine’s path to victory (New Statesman, November 19th)
Research of human rights abuses:
Russia’s Systematic Torture of Ukrainian POWs (Human Rights Watch, December 11th)
Ukrainian human rights defenders called for strengthening support for the International Criminal Court amid political pressure (Zmina, December 11th)
Consequences of the Russian occupation for children and the civilian population: ZMINA co-organised an event at the UN Headquarters (Zmina, December 4th)
International solidarity:
Trade sanctions (Bank of Finland Institute of Emerging Economies, December 11th)
Standing firm for Ukraine: USC AGM unites against authoritarianism and fascism (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, December 7th)
Upcoming events:
Various dates and places: make those frozen assets available now (European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine, December)
Wednesday 17 December: London protests: Make Russia Pay, Send the Assets to Ukraine. 5.30pm: Europe House (EU building), 32 Smith Square, SW1P 3EU. 6.30pm: Opposite Parliament, at statue of George V, Abingdon Street, SW1P 3JY
Try Me For Treason: readings from anti-war protesters’ speeches in Russian courts
□ A film of Try Me For Treason on Youtube here: readings filmed at the book launch event for Voices Against Putin’s War: Protesters’ Defiant Speeches in Russian Courts, in London on 20 November. To buy the book, or download a free PDF that is now available, go here.
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