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In this week’s bulletin: Torture of imprisoned journalist/ Russia’s humanitarian blockade/ Execution of POWs/ UN highlights Russia’s sexual violence/ What children suffer under Occupation/ Russia’s human trafficking/ Summary of Occupation in August
News from the territories occupied by Russia:
Disabled 69-year-old pensioner sentenced to 12 years for donations for Ukraine’s defence (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 18th)
Russia seeks 17-year sentence for Crimean Solidarity in unrelenting persecution of entire Crimean Tatar family (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 18th)
Russian prosecutor demands 22-year sentence for political prisoner, 77 (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 17th)
Abducted journalist Iryna Levchenko describes torture in a Russian secret prison with slain journalist Victoria Roshchyna & Olha Kapralova (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 16th)
When a house is “abandoned”: how Russia seizes Ukrainians’ houses (Tribunal for Putin, Sept 16th)
Humanitarian situation in occupied Crimea (Crimea Human Rights Group, 16 September)
Weekly update on the situation in occupied Crimea (Crimea Platform, September 16th)
Trapped Oleshky residents face starvation in Russian-made humanitarian blockade (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 15th)
‘The most frightening moment is when you are left on your own’: How Crimean Solidarity supported people for 10 years (Zmina, September 15th)
Crimea women accused of ‘treason’: families persecuted (Crimea Human Rights Group, 15 Sept)
Oleksandra Strilets’ infant daughter dies in occupied Crimea after Russia imprisons her mother for supposed ‘treason’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 14th)
Russian fighters execute two Ukrainian prisoners of war in Donetsk oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 14th)
‘I just want to live here’: What children leaving occupied territories go through (Zmina, August 28th)
Life Under Occupation (Alter Pravo, August 2026)
Progress of the war:
Largest Ukrainian drone attack on Moscow (Meduza, 20 September)
Russian forces pushed back at Lyman; troops massing for battles farther south (Meduza, 18 Sept)
News from Ukraine:
The 2027 budget: a colossus with feet of air (ZN.ua, 18 September)
Ukraine needs a prosecutor general chosen for merit, not loyalty (Kyiv Independent, 18 September)
Practical Guide on Labour and Social Rights for Veterans and Families published (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 16 September)
From defending students’ rights to an ‘informal chat’ with the Security Service of Ukraine – all it takes is one protest: What is happening to Priama Diia? (Zmina, September 14th)
War-related news from Russia:
How to vote safely (The Russian Reader, 19 September)
Mobilisation 2.0: is it inevitable, what can it achieve? (The Insider, 18 September)
What remains of ‘Yabloko’ (Posle.Media, 16 September)
Ukraine War Environmental Consequences Group “undesirable” in Russia (UWEC, 16 September)
Truckers caught in Ukraine’s drone op released, but charges loom (Mediazona, 16 September)
Celebrated food historian sentenced to six years for anti-war posts (Mediazona, 15 September)
“Fairly disciplined workers”: Russia’s prison service is replacing penal colonies with forced labor centers — and making money from it (The Insider, September 14th)
Jailed anti-war partisan Ruslan Siddiqi faces treason charges (People and Nature, September 14th)
Comment and analysis:
A Response From A Donetsk Resident And Ukrainian Leftist: Who Speaks For Eastern Ukraine? (Aontacht media, 18 September)
John-Paul Himka: “The politics of history is a disease shared by all post-communist countries” (Commons.com.ua, 18 September)
What Will We Be When We Emerge from War? (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, Sept 11th)
Research of human rights abuses:
Shocking sexual violence amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine (UN Human Rights, September 18th)
Torture of Ukrainian prisoners of war in Mordovia: Number of victims in Russian medic’s case increases (Zmina, September 13th)
Recruitment of foreign nationals to fight in Ukraine amounts to human trafficking (Amnesty International, September 10th)
International solidarity:
Build the International Solidarity Convoy to Ukraine (International Network for Solidarity with Ukraine). A call for the convoy downloadable here
The Scottish Green Party supports Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 20 September)
International Solidarity Convoy to Ukraine launches €100,000 fund appeal for generators and stoves (Labour Hub, September 19th)
Bulletin for the TUC Congress 2026 (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 15 September)
Also not to be missed:
Something I Learned Today: Drones, Diesel, and Don Jr.’s Bankroller (The Russian Reader, 14 Sept)
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