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In this week’s bulletin: Ukrainian solidarity with Palestine/ Russia’s beatings and mock executions of detainees/ Theft of Ukrainian property and persecution of Crimean Tatars/ Torture, sexual abuse,targeting of children and forced Russification
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
‘They were striking me on the head, putting a gun to the back of my head, and pretending to pull the triggerʼ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 20th)
The Face of Resistance: The Crimean Tatar Activist Memet Belyalov (Crimea Platform, Dec 19th)
Russia passes huge sentences against 65-year-old Melitopol pensioner and two other Ukrainians for their patriotism (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 19th)
Putin approves expropriation of Ukrainians’ homes (Kharkiv Human Rights Prot’n Group, Dec 19th)
Two Ukrainian women could face 6-year sentences for their faith as Jehovah’s Witnesses in Russian-occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 18th)
Russia sentences disabled Crimean Tatar from occupied Kherson oblast to 8 years for opposing its occupation of Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 17th)
“It’s godless.” Retired teacher jailed for supposed plot in occupied Donetsk (Mediazona, 16 Dec)
Occupiers in Crimea Announce “Nationalization” of Property of Oleksandr Usyk and 84 Others (Crimea Platform, December 16th)
Weekly Update On The Situation In Occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, December 16th)
65-year-old Donetsk teacher sentenced to 12 years because Russia couldn’t imprison its real target (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 16th)
The Woman Who Didn’t Break. Part One. (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 16th)
Monstrous sentence against Yehor Kuch, a young Ukrainian accused by Russian invaders of ‘spying’ for his own country (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 15th)
Life Under Occupation (Alter Pravo, November 2025)
News from Ukraine:
Palestine solidarity in Ukraine is all about shared experiences (Waging Nonviolence, December 19th)
75% of Ukrainians oppose “peace plan” with withdrawal from Donbas (Ukrainska Pravda, Dec 15th)
War does not justify silence on human rights violations – presentation of a study on journalists’ self-censorship (Zmina, December 15th)
Only 9% of Ukrainians want elections before ceasefire (Ukrainska Pravda, December 15th)
«Civil Society is the Backbone of Democratic Resilience». Center for Civil Liberties at the OSCE Civil Society Parallel Conference (Centre for Civil Liberties, December 15th)
Security Audit of Select Hromadas: Consolidated Findings (Opora, December 11th)
News from the front and ‘peace’ talks:
Pressure on Ukraine’s defences: gains in Kupyansk, crisis on other fronts (Meduza, 19 December)
War-related news from Russia:
Russian losses count updated (Mediazona, 19 December)
Not Only Dr Evil: Medical Care behind Russian Bars (Kharkiv Human Rights Prot’n Group, Dec 19th)
Delete all phone messages before going to Russia: the treason case against Mikhail Loshchinin (The Russian Reader, 18 December)
The Arctic: “we need to change our view of it as a frontier” (Posle.Media, 17 December)
Publishing the “Russian world”: Kremlin’s sanctioned ideologues in European book stores (Ukrainer.net, 17 December)
A Documentary Film about Pavel Kushnir (The Russian Reader, December 16th)
Anti-war resistance in Russia and anarchists (Youtube, December 15th)
Russia ‘issues machine guns to maniacs’ in return for killing Ukrainians (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 15th)
Analysis and comment:
‘I was a British PoW tortured by Russia; this is how Ukraine and the West can win this war’ (Independent, December 20th)
The EU blinks: capital’s inviolability trumps geopolitical necessity (Anticapitalist musings, 19 Dec)
Not worth the paper it’s written on: Why any “land for peace” deal in Ukraine would be legally void (The Insider, December 18th)
Lithuanians demonstrate against threat to state broadcaster (Meduza, 18 December)
Congressional security guarantees for Ukraine are progress (Al Nskyi on Facebook, December 16th)
Let’s close the discussion about “NATO’s eastward expansion” once and for all (Andrei Movtxan on Facebook, December 16th)
Frozen Assets, Hot Claims: how Russian oligarchs & other investors sue over sanctions (Friends of the Earth, December 9th)
Research of human rights abuses:
“They forced me to cook, clean, and fulfil their sexual whims”: Testimony of a Ukrainian woman enslaved by Russian soldiers (The Insider, December 18th)
Statement by Ukrainian survivor groups regarding the International Compensation Mechanism for victims of Russian aggression and its temporal scope (Zmina, December 16th)
International solidarity:
Interview with US socialist politician Tanya Vyhovsky: Why socialists must support Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, December 13th)
Upcoming events:
Thursday 5th February, at 6.30pm. Try Me For Treason: readings from speeches by anti-war protesters in Russian courts, and discussion. Clore Lecture Theatre, Birkbeck College Clore Management Centre, Torrington Square, London WC1E 7JL. Details here.
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