Plus how Russia deliberately razed a city to cover its crimes; plus UN condemns Russian torture.
News from the territories occupied by Russia.
Fears for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant prompt calls for UN demilitarised zone (Green Left, September 15th)
Mariupol residents whose apartments Russia bombed left homeless as new buildings sold to Russians (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 15th)
Leniye Umerova, young Crimean Tatar savagely punished in Russia for trying to visit her ill father from mainland Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 15th)
Russia’s killing of over 50 Ukrainian POWs at Olenivka was a “show execution” – former Azov defender (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 14th)
Returning deportees and Ukrainian hostages held by Russia: Ukraine 5AM Coalition meets with Deputy PM Iryna Vereshchuk (Zmina, September 13th)
Russia upholds death sentences against two Crimean Tatar political prisoners after killing one of them (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 13th)
Young Crimean faces possible prison sentence for kicking the Russian flag because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 12th)
EU imposes sanctions over torture and persecution of Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Yesypenko, Nariman Dzhelyal and others in Russian-occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 12th)
Russian FSB detains, then terrorizes and threatens to abduct young Crimean Tatar mother (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 11th)
News from Ukraine – general
Playing Bach’s music accompanied by explosions. Accordionist Ihor Zavadskyi (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 15th)
Behind the scenes in Zelenskyi’s office just before the invasion (Open Democracy, September 15th)
Does the case against Ihor Kolomoiskyi signal the end of oligarchs in Ukraine? (Open Democracy, September 15th)
Russia destroys 280,000 tonnes of Ukrainian grain after leaving Grain Initiative (Ukrainska Pravda, September 13th)
German Foreign Affairs Minister meets with human rights defenders and victims of enforced disappearances in Kyiv (Zmina, September 12th)
How to protect Ukrainians affected by war: Human rights defenders name draft laws parliament should pay attention to (Zmina, September 5th)
We must fight for the future of Ukrainian education: interview with Priama Diia (Direct Action) student union (Commons.com.ua, 1 September)
Analysis and comment
Defending POWs and civilian prisoners: the role of the Red Cross (Tribunal for Putin, September 15th)
Foreign Fighters in Ukraine: Multiple Ideological Agendas, One Tactical Goal (Ponars Eurasia, August 28th)
Research of human rights abuses
‘I dream that my work will become unnecessary’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 14th)
One step away from death — the story of volunteer Maksym Vainer (Tribunal for Putin,September 13th)
‘It was clear that the city was simply being destroyed’ — Pavlo Ponomarenko, Mariupol (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 12th)
Sources of Russian cruelty (Tribunal for Putin, September 11th)
Russian torture of Ukrainian civilians and POWs is clearly state-endorsed policy – UN Rapporteur (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 11th)
‘I realized that I could easily be turned in’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 11th)
ZMINA, MIHR meet with UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to share data on torture committed by Russia (Zmina, September 8th)
War-related news from Russia
The internal battle between Russia’s patriots (Open Democracy, September 15th)
Putin will give me a jail sentence for opposing his war in Ukraine, but he won’t silence me (The Guardian, September 14th)
Elections wrap-up (The Russian Reader, 11 September)
International solidarity
TUC Congress: a victory for solidarity with Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 14 September)
Resolution C21 Solidarity with Ukraine (Trades Union Congress, September 2023)
What does solidarity with Ukraine’s workers look like? (The Real News, 7 September)
News from the territories occupied by Russia.
Fears for Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant prompt calls for UN demilitarised zone (Green Left, September 15th)
Mariupol residents whose apartments Russia bombed left homeless as new buildings sold to Russians (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 15th)
Leniye Umerova, young Crimean Tatar savagely punished in Russia for trying to visit her ill father from mainland Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 15th)
Russia’s killing of over 50 Ukrainian POWs at Olenivka was a “show execution” – former Azov defender (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 14th)
Returning deportees and Ukrainian hostages held by Russia: Ukraine 5AM Coalition meets with Deputy PM Iryna Vereshchuk (Zmina, September 13th)
Russia upholds death sentences against two Crimean Tatar political prisoners after killing one of them (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 13th)
Young Crimean faces possible prison sentence for kicking the Russian flag because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 12th)
EU imposes sanctions over torture and persecution of Ukrainian journalist Vladislav Yesypenko, Nariman Dzhelyal and others in Russian-occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 12th)
Russian FSB detains, then terrorizes and threatens to abduct young Crimean Tatar mother (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 11th)
News from Ukraine – general
Playing Bach’s music accompanied by explosions. Accordionist Ihor Zavadskyi (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 15th)
Behind the scenes in Zelenskyi’s office just before the invasion (Open Democracy, September 15th)
Does the case against Ihor Kolomoiskyi signal the end of oligarchs in Ukraine? (Open Democracy, September 15th)
Russia destroys 280,000 tonnes of Ukrainian grain after leaving Grain Initiative (Ukrainska Pravda, September 13th)
German Foreign Affairs Minister meets with human rights defenders and victims of enforced disappearances in Kyiv (Zmina, September 12th)
How to protect Ukrainians affected by war: Human rights defenders name draft laws parliament should pay attention to (Zmina, September 5th)
We must fight for the future of Ukrainian education: interview with Priama Diia (Direct Action) student union (Commons.com.ua, 1 September)
Analysis and comment
Defending POWs and civilian prisoners: the role of the Red Cross (Tribunal for Putin, September 15th)
Foreign Fighters in Ukraine: Multiple Ideological Agendas, One Tactical Goal (Ponars Eurasia, August 28th)
Research of human rights abuses
‘I dream that my work will become unnecessary’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 14th)
One step away from death — the story of volunteer Maksym Vainer (Tribunal for Putin,September 13th)
‘It was clear that the city was simply being destroyed’ — Pavlo Ponomarenko, Mariupol (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 12th)
Sources of Russian cruelty (Tribunal for Putin, September 11th)
Russian torture of Ukrainian civilians and POWs is clearly state-endorsed policy – UN Rapporteur (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 11th)
‘I realized that I could easily be turned in’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 11th)
ZMINA, MIHR meet with UN Special Rapporteur on Torture to share data on torture committed by Russia (Zmina, September 8th)
War-related news from Russia
The internal battle between Russia’s patriots (Open Democracy, September 15th)
Putin will give me a jail sentence for opposing his war in Ukraine, but he won’t silence me (The Guardian, September 14th)
Elections wrap-up (The Russian Reader, 11 September)
International solidarity
TUC Congress: a victory for solidarity with Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 14 September)
Resolution C21 Solidarity with Ukraine (Trades Union Congress, September 2023)
What does solidarity with Ukraine’s workers look like? (The Real News, 7 September)
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