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In this week’s bulletin: Ukraine defence update/ Ukraine and Palestine/ Russia “Spring” trial/ Try Me For Treason: the film/ Russia fails to silence Crimean Tatars/ Could Belarus join war?/ Kherson torture diary/
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Russia banned the voice of the Crimean Tatars — the Mejlis — 10 years ago, but failed to silence it (Crimea Platform, April 26th)
Russian FSB tortured Kherson men and fabricated “terrorism” case against them (Meduza, 24 April)
26-year-old Ukrainian sentenced to 22 years for alleged ‘plan to kill’ a Russian occupation prison chief (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 24th)
Russian occupation court sentences 66-year-old doctor to 14 years for supporting Ukraine through war bonds (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 24th)
Mission Discusses the Situation of Women’s Rights in Temporarily Occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, April 24th)
EU Imposes Sanctions on Individuals Involved in Illegal Excavations in Crimea and the Militarisation of Ukrainian Children (Crimea Platform, April 24th)
The Face of Resistance: Crimean Tatar Activist Seyran Murtaza (Crimea Platform, April 24th)
From hell: the secret diary of a Ukrainian imprisoned and tortured by the FSB in Kherson (Mediazona, 23 April)
Russia stages fourth ‘trial’ of 67-year-old Crimean political prisoner to ensure he dies in captivity (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 23rd)
Russia abducts Crimean Tatar trying to see dying aunt and accuses her of ‘treason’ for donations to Ukrainian Army (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 22nd)
Birthday of illegally imprisoned Andrii Kuliievych (Crimea Platform, April 22nd)
Weekly Update On The Situation In Occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, April 21st)
Ukrainian ex-military man sentenced to 18 years in Russian-occupied Crimea on surreal ‘treason’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, April 21st)
Russia’s war for demographic control (Engelsberg Ideas, April 14th)
News from Ukraine:
How Ukraine solved the hardest problem in defence (Exponential View, April 24th)
Miners’ union new organisation near the front line (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 8 April)
War-related news from Russia:
Required Reading: Russia’s new mandatory history textbook offers a glimpse of the present (The Insider, April 28th)
Russian losses in the war updated (Mediazona, 24 April)
Toxic smoke and ‘oil’ pours from fire at Russian oil terminal (Meduza, 24 April)
Censorship is reshaping Russia’s publishing industry (The Insider, 24 April)
Putin restores Soviet secret police founder Dzerzhinsky’s name to FSB Academy (Ukrainska Pravda, April 22nd)
The Verdict on Spring: The Vesna Case (Russian Reader, April 21st)
Security forces raid Russia’s largest publisher and detain its CEO in ‘LGBT propaganda’ case (Novaya Gazeta, April 21st)
Analysis and comment:
Russian ministry spokeswoman in lying attack on Latvian “Nazism” (The Insider, 25 April)
Zelensky claims danger: Might Belarus join Russia in the war? (iStories, 22 April)
Some facts: Ukraine, Russia, Palestine and Israel (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 21 April)
Research of human rights abuses:
Growing up waiting for their fathers: photo exhibition on children of Crimean Tatar political prisoners opens in Berlin (Zmina, April 20th)
How to prevent torture in places of detention: ZMINA held a specialised training (Zmina, April 21st)
ZMINA joined the presentation of the Crimea Global outcomes and the discussion of plans for 2026 (Zmina, April 17th)
Upcoming events:
Sunday 17 May: premiere of Try Me For Treason, the film. In-person premiere in London: 6.30pm, Upstairs room, the Lucas Arms, 245a Grays Inn Road, London WC1X 8QY (arrive for drinks from 6.0pm). Youtube premiere at 8.0pm. Information at trymefortreason.org.
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