In this week’s bulletin
How deprivation of medication is being used to force Ukrainians to take Russian citizenship,
Plus more on Russian torture and forced confessions; plus more on the threatened deportation of children.
Plus Ukrainians in occupied territory forced at gunpoint to vote for fake candidates in Russia's pseudo-election and more on the sham elections.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Ukrainian political prisoner accused of ‘recruiting Russians to fight for Ukraine’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 8th)
Officers don’t work (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 8th)
Ukrainians in occupied territory refused life-saving insulin unless they take Russian citizenship (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 8th)
Inside Russia’s sham ‘election’ in occupied Ukrainian territories (Open Democracy, September 6th)
‘Investigators’ in military gear extract Ukrainian POW ‘confessions’ to Russia’s war crimes in occupied Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 6th)
Two years of open attack on Crimean Tatars, with even political prisoners' families and lawyers jailed (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 5th)
FSB in occupied Melitopol threaten to send children to Russia if parents don’t agree to their indoctrination (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 5th)
‘After the de-occupation, he collected the bodies of dead Russian soldiers’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 4th)
Ukrainians in occupied territory forced at gunpoint to vote for fake candidates in Russia's pseudo-election (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 4th)
New insane charges against Ukrainian tortured into ‘confessing’ to killings probably arranged by Russia (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 4th)
News from Ukraine – general
Will Ukraine run elections during a war? (Open Democracy, September 7th)
How volunteer doctors work with victims of Russian aggression (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 7th)
In Memory: Ihor Kozlovskyy, renowned Ukrainian religious scholar and former Russian hostage (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 6th)
‘If we don't invest in art, we can fail’ — Matvii Vaisberg (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 5th)
6 reasons not to equate corruption with high treason (Transparency International, August 28th)
Analysis and comment
Estonia’s losses on the way out of the periphery: lessons for Ukraine (Commons (Spil’ne), 8 September)
Russian army invaded Ukrainian territory to carry out organized violence (Twitter, September 8th)
Resisting Russian Imperialism: 2 Socialists—a Ukrainian and a Russian—on Ukraine’s Struggle for Self-Determination (The Nation, September 7th)
Ukrainian & Russian Activists on How Putin’s War Emboldens “Authoritarian Forces” Around the World (Democracy Now, September 7th)
Ukrainian socialist: ‘We must fight against all imperialisms and colonialisms’ (Green Left, September 2nd)
Open letter to leaders of G20: real peace and climate action means keeping Russian fossil fuels in the ground (Razom, September 2023)
Research of human rights abuses
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Ukrainian political prisoner accused of ‘recruiting Russians to fight for Ukraine’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 8th)
Officers don’t work (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 8th)
Ukrainians in occupied territory refused life-saving insulin unless they take Russian citizenship (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 8th)
Inside Russia’s sham ‘election’ in occupied Ukrainian territories (Open Democracy, September 6th)
‘Investigators’ in military gear extract Ukrainian POW ‘confessions’ to Russia’s war crimes in occupied Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 6th)
Two years of open attack on Crimean Tatars, with even political prisoners' families and lawyers jailed (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 5th)
FSB in occupied Melitopol threaten to send children to Russia if parents don’t agree to their indoctrination (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 5th)
‘After the de-occupation, he collected the bodies of dead Russian soldiers’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 4th)
Ukrainians in occupied territory forced at gunpoint to vote for fake candidates in Russia's pseudo-election (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 4th)
New insane charges against Ukrainian tortured into ‘confessing’ to killings probably arranged by Russia (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 4th)
News from Ukraine – general
Will Ukraine run elections during a war? (Open Democracy, September 7th)
How volunteer doctors work with victims of Russian aggression (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 7th)
In Memory: Ihor Kozlovskyy, renowned Ukrainian religious scholar and former Russian hostage (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 6th)
‘If we don't invest in art, we can fail’ — Matvii Vaisberg (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 5th)
6 reasons not to equate corruption with high treason (Transparency International, August 28th)
Analysis and comment
Estonia’s losses on the way out of the periphery: lessons for Ukraine (Commons (Spil’ne), 8 September)
Russian army invaded Ukrainian territory to carry out organized violence (Twitter, September 8th)
Resisting Russian Imperialism: 2 Socialists—a Ukrainian and a Russian—on Ukraine’s Struggle for Self-Determination (The Nation, September 7th)
Ukrainian & Russian Activists on How Putin’s War Emboldens “Authoritarian Forces” Around the World (Democracy Now, September 7th)
Ukrainian socialist: ‘We must fight against all imperialisms and colonialisms’ (Green Left, September 2nd)
Open letter to leaders of G20: real peace and climate action means keeping Russian fossil fuels in the ground (Razom, September 2023)
Research of human rights abuses
For all it achieved, this commission might not have been created (Tribunal for Putin, September 7th)
The Tribunal for Putin has published the first legal assessment of genocide in Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 6th)
‘The concept of genocide needs to be re-examined’, says author of submission to the International Criminal Court (Tribunal for Putin, September 6th)
Center for Civil Liberties presented a booklet with stories of civilian prisoners (Tribunal for Putin, September 4th)
War-related news from Russia
‘Man is not a consumable material for solving state tasks’, — Jan Rachinsky (Tribunal for Putin, September 9th)
Confessions of wives and mothers of prison inmates who perished in the Russia-Ukraine war (The Insider, 8 September)
When the taxi driver asked where you’re from (The Russian Reader, 7 September)
War and sovereign culture (Posle.media, 6 September)
Freedom of Speech in Russian Hands: How Russia Uses Telegram for Informational Occupation (Opora, September 6th)
International solidarity
An appeal from a life-long trade unionist and socialist to my brothers and sisters in the UK trade union movement (Labour Hub, September 9th)
The Tribunal for Putin has published the first legal assessment of genocide in Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 6th)
‘The concept of genocide needs to be re-examined’, says author of submission to the International Criminal Court (Tribunal for Putin, September 6th)
Center for Civil Liberties presented a booklet with stories of civilian prisoners (Tribunal for Putin, September 4th)
War-related news from Russia
‘Man is not a consumable material for solving state tasks’, — Jan Rachinsky (Tribunal for Putin, September 9th)
Confessions of wives and mothers of prison inmates who perished in the Russia-Ukraine war (The Insider, 8 September)
When the taxi driver asked where you’re from (The Russian Reader, 7 September)
War and sovereign culture (Posle.media, 6 September)
Freedom of Speech in Russian Hands: How Russia Uses Telegram for Informational Occupation (Opora, September 6th)
International solidarity
An appeal from a life-long trade unionist and socialist to my brothers and sisters in the UK trade union movement (Labour Hub, September 9th)
Thanks
to international solidarity aid reaches miners near the battle zones
(Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 5 September)
Monitoring
initiatives to confiscate Russian Assets for Ukraine recovery
(Dixi Group, July 2023)
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