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In this week’s bulletin: Journalists persecuted in occupied territories/ Oil refineries hit by drones/ Disaster in Tuapse, Russia/ Evidence of Ukrainian civilians tortured to death/ Investigation into crimes against humanity/ Statement: Russia exhibit at Venice Biennale
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
“Child Diplomacy” or a Propaganda Tool? How Russia Uses Children to Legitimise the Occupation of Crimea (Crimea Platform, May 8th)
Russia brings ‘extremism’ charges against 86-year-old Crimean Jehovah’s Witness after sentencing his son to 6 years (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 6th)
The Crimean Prosecutor’s Office has initiated the first proceedings concerning a crime against humanity following a submission by ZMINA (Zmina, May 5th)
Weekly update on the situation in occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, May 5th)
Two fake trials and 16-year sentence for pro-Ukrainian views in occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 5th)
5 May — Birthday of illegally imprisoned human rights defender Server Mustafaiev (Crimea Platform, May 5th)
Melitopol hostage sentenced to 26 years for supposed attempts on the life of a Russian-installed traitor (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 4th)
News from the front:
Ukraine’s ‘Frozen’ Frontlines Are Shifting Significantly (Byline Times, May 7th)
Cyberspace as Another Front of War (Tribunal for Putin, May 2nd)
News from Ukraine:
Belarussian volunteer fighting for Ukraine: Forbidden memory (Solidarity Collectives, 5 May)
(Un)safe shelter: Russia’s 2025 attack on Chornobyl (Ukrainer.net, 24 April)
War-related news from Russia:
352,000 deaths in four years: Russian casualty monitor (Mediazona, 9 May)
Geraniums in bloom: The Insider and Nordsint reveal how a large Chinese firm supplies Russian drone production (The Insider, May 8th)
A Bell Is a Cup Until It Is Struck: The Disaster in Tuapse (Russian Reader, May 7th)
Alexander Okunev burned himself alive to protest against the war. The state tried to erase his memory (iStories, 6 May)
The biker jailed after flying Ukrainian flag: Sergei Dudchenko’s speech in court (Mediazona, 6 May)
Anticolonial fraud: The Kremlin in Africa (Links, May 5th)
Analysis and comment:
Family Archives and Flowers Instead of Concrete: The Second World War in Research and Memory (Commons.com.ua, 8 May)
Statement on the absence of freedom of expression and the persecution of journalists in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine (Zmina, May 4th)
Research of human rights abuses:
Russia returns the bodies of 375 POWs and civilian hostages tortured to death or denied medical care (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 7th)
ZMINA took part in the Bring Kids Back UA Expert Day and submitted a civil society statement to the international coalition (Zmina, May 1st)
178 cases of pressure and persecution: ZMINA presented a report on the situation of human rights defenders and civil activists in 2025 (Zmina, May 1st)
Upcoming events:
Monday 11 May, 1.0pm, Hermitage Hotel, Bournemouth. Ukraine fringe meeting at Communication Workers Union conference
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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