A Digest of News ✊from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 3 August 2023.

In this week’s bulletin

A detailed legal analysis of Russian genocide in Ukraine;

Plus more evidence of Russian persecution of Crimean Tatars.

News from the territories occupied by Russia.

Russia is brutally torturing and may kill dangerously ill Crimean Tatar political prisoner (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 31st)

Ukrainian priest stripped, detained and persecuted for praying for Ukraine and refusing to collaborate with the Russian invaders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 31st)

Human rights defenders condemn illegal detention of free listeners and journalists in Crimea (Zmina, July 28th)

Russia increases revenge sentences against Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader Nariman Dzhelyal and two cousins (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 26th)

They covered the child’s mouth so that the Russians would not find people in the cellar (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 24th)

“I will always be a Crimean Tatar first” (Posle Media, 25 July)

Russia carries out mass arrests, including of Crimean Solidarity Coordinator and journalist Lutfiye Zudiyeva (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 26th)

Russia sees “no grounds” to obey ECHR over deportation of Crimean Tatar political prisoners (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 26th)

Mother of two abducted from Melitopol, tortured and held prisoner (Tribunal for Putin, July 25th)

UNESCO and journalist union ‘deplore death’ of a propagandist engaged in Russia’s war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 25th)

Russian FSB threatened to kill Ukrainian sportsman’s mother to extract ‘confession’ to Crimean rail sabotage (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 24th)

A murdered writer, his secret diary of the invasion of Ukraine – and the war crimes investigator determined to find it (The Guardian, July 22nd)

News from Ukraine – general

Trade union leaders hand aid to displaced people in Kyiv (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 31 July)

‘Ukrainians have a collective trauma’, — psychologist Alena Hrybanova (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 27th)

Human rights defenders and prisoners relatives demand the release of Ukrainian medics from Russian captivity (Centre for Civil Liberties, July 26th)

Medical workers union supports mobile dental surgery near front line (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 25 July)

25 architectural monuments damaged overnight in Odesa's centre that is under UNESCO protection (Ukrainska Pravda, July 23rd)

Russians destroy Palace of Culture used to provide medical assistance (Ukrainska Pravda, July 23rd)

Analysis and comment

Why Russia’s nuclear energy company has avoided sanctions (Open Democracy, 31 July)

Op-eds & Analyses (Eastern Radar, July 28th)

Civic Solidarity Platform appeals to the leaders of African countries (Zmina, July 26th)

Ecocidal corporations line up to profit from Ukraine rebuilding (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 26 Jul)

War In Ukraine Makes Just Transition On Energy More Urgent (Foreign Policy in Focus, July 24th)


Research of human rights abuses

On the Crime of Aggression, international Tribunal and amending the Rome Statute (Centre for Civil Liberties, July 28th)

UN dismisses Russia’s attempt to blame Ukraine for the deliberate killing of over 50 Ukrainian POWs at Olenivka (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 27th)

Eight days in the ice-cold cellar (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 25th)

Custodial settings have become Russia’s target for deportation as they can be easily taken out: report by human rights defenders (Zmina, July 24th)

Escalating Commission of Genocide in Ukraine: A Legal Analysis (New Lines Institute, July 2023)

War-related news from Russia

Soldiers at Russia’s main military training ground terrorise locals (The Insider, 28 July)

Solidarity needed for Russian anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky (Green Left, 27 July)

Russian Orthodox church repeats Kremlin lies about its barbaric bombing of Odesa Cathedral and city centre (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 24th)

International solidarity

Welsh unions are supporting Ukrainian workers. We need more of this solidarity (Open Democracy, 31 July)

KyivPride: Thousands march in Ukraine Pride in Liverpool (BBC, July 29th)

Solidarity Aid Delivered To Rescue Squad In Donbas (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, July 27th)

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News From Ukraine πŸ’£ Bulletin 57

A Digest of News ✊from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 3 August 2023.

In this week’s bulletin

A detailed legal analysis of Russian genocide in Ukraine;

Plus more evidence of Russian persecution of Crimean Tatars.

News from the territories occupied by Russia.

Russia is brutally torturing and may kill dangerously ill Crimean Tatar political prisoner (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 31st)

Ukrainian priest stripped, detained and persecuted for praying for Ukraine and refusing to collaborate with the Russian invaders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 31st)

Human rights defenders condemn illegal detention of free listeners and journalists in Crimea (Zmina, July 28th)

Russia increases revenge sentences against Crimean Tatar Mejlis leader Nariman Dzhelyal and two cousins (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 26th)

They covered the child’s mouth so that the Russians would not find people in the cellar (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 24th)

“I will always be a Crimean Tatar first” (Posle Media, 25 July)

Russia carries out mass arrests, including of Crimean Solidarity Coordinator and journalist Lutfiye Zudiyeva (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 26th)

Russia sees “no grounds” to obey ECHR over deportation of Crimean Tatar political prisoners (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 26th)

Mother of two abducted from Melitopol, tortured and held prisoner (Tribunal for Putin, July 25th)

UNESCO and journalist union ‘deplore death’ of a propagandist engaged in Russia’s war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 25th)

Russian FSB threatened to kill Ukrainian sportsman’s mother to extract ‘confession’ to Crimean rail sabotage (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 24th)

A murdered writer, his secret diary of the invasion of Ukraine – and the war crimes investigator determined to find it (The Guardian, July 22nd)

News from Ukraine – general

Trade union leaders hand aid to displaced people in Kyiv (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 31 July)

‘Ukrainians have a collective trauma’, — psychologist Alena Hrybanova (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 27th)

Human rights defenders and prisoners relatives demand the release of Ukrainian medics from Russian captivity (Centre for Civil Liberties, July 26th)

Medical workers union supports mobile dental surgery near front line (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 25 July)

25 architectural monuments damaged overnight in Odesa's centre that is under UNESCO protection (Ukrainska Pravda, July 23rd)

Russians destroy Palace of Culture used to provide medical assistance (Ukrainska Pravda, July 23rd)

Analysis and comment

Why Russia’s nuclear energy company has avoided sanctions (Open Democracy, 31 July)

Op-eds & Analyses (Eastern Radar, July 28th)

Civic Solidarity Platform appeals to the leaders of African countries (Zmina, July 26th)

Ecocidal corporations line up to profit from Ukraine rebuilding (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 26 Jul)

War In Ukraine Makes Just Transition On Energy More Urgent (Foreign Policy in Focus, July 24th)


Research of human rights abuses

On the Crime of Aggression, international Tribunal and amending the Rome Statute (Centre for Civil Liberties, July 28th)

UN dismisses Russia’s attempt to blame Ukraine for the deliberate killing of over 50 Ukrainian POWs at Olenivka (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 27th)

Eight days in the ice-cold cellar (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 25th)

Custodial settings have become Russia’s target for deportation as they can be easily taken out: report by human rights defenders (Zmina, July 24th)

Escalating Commission of Genocide in Ukraine: A Legal Analysis (New Lines Institute, July 2023)

War-related news from Russia

Soldiers at Russia’s main military training ground terrorise locals (The Insider, 28 July)

Solidarity needed for Russian anti-war socialist Boris Kagarlitsky (Green Left, 27 July)

Russian Orthodox church repeats Kremlin lies about its barbaric bombing of Odesa Cathedral and city centre (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 24th)

International solidarity

Welsh unions are supporting Ukrainian workers. We need more of this solidarity (Open Democracy, 31 July)

KyivPride: Thousands march in Ukraine Pride in Liverpool (BBC, July 29th)

Solidarity Aid Delivered To Rescue Squad In Donbas (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, July 27th)

πŸ”΄This bulletin is put together by labour movement activists in solidarity with Ukrainian resistance. More information at https://ukraine-solidarity.org/.

We are also on twitter. Our aim is to circulate information in English that to the best of our knowledge is reliable. If you have something you think we should include, please send it to 2022ukrainesolidarity@gmail.com.

The bulletin is also stored on line here.

To receive the bulletin regularly, send your email to 2022ukrainesolidarity@gmail.com. To stop it, please reply with the word “STOP” in the subject field.

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