Plus more evidence of Russian torture and mistreatment of prisoners.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Russia admits it doesn’t plan to rebuild the cities in Ukraine it destroyed in order to annex (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 8th)
Russians put civilians in occupied territories under pressure and rob them (Ukrainska Pravda, October 8th)
Volunteer Mykola Petrovsky, abducted in Kherson: case history and ‘conviction’ (Centre for Civil Liberties, October 6th)
Russians threaten to withhold medical help from Ukrainians without Russian passports (Ukrainska Pravda, October 6th)
Death toll at 52 after Russia bombs Kharkiv village funeral wake and a hospital in Kherson oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 6th)
‘I was shot by a tank machine gun’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 4th)
Crimean Tatar political prisoner: Russia’s 19-year sentence will not silence me, nor will such persecution break others (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 5th)
Russia abducts two priests from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in occupied Donetsk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 4th)
Russia tries to eliminate Ukrainian language from schools in occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 3rd)
22 Russian criminals who do not treat Ukrainian prisoners (Zmina, October 2nd)
Russia passes insane sentences for ‘spying for Ukraine’ against Ukrainians it abducted from occupied Kherson and tortured (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 2nd)
Move to criminalize protest over political and religious persecution in Russia and occupied Ukraine as ‘justification of extremism’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 2nd)
Nariman Dzhelyal illegally taken to Russia in revenge for Crimean Tatar affirmation that Crimea is Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 2nd)
‘At checkpoints, the Russians undressed and examined even girls’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 30th)
Illusion of Democracy: how Russia Promoted Pseudo Elections in TOTs on the Telegram (Opora, September 28th)
How Life Is Coming Back to the Liberated Snihurivka (Opora, September 28th)
News from Ukraine – general
"I'd like to cry, not hiding it": Story of actor who serves as combat medic (Ukrainska Pravda, Oct 8th)
“This is my city this morning” (Twitter, October 5th)
Ukraine Is Already Working on Its Next Election (Opora, October 5th)
Kherson on the Verge of Ruin as Russia’s Scorched Earth Offensive Rages On (Byline Times, Oct 4th)
Two sisters capture the beauty of Ukraine’s villages before it’s gone (Kyiv Independent, October 4th)
Ukraine’s labour movement defiant – and in need of our solidarity (Eric Lee, October 4th)
‘There is nowhere to retreat; we must fight for our life’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Pr Group, Oct 2nd)
On the criminal prosecution of the former Governor of the National Bank (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 30th)
Unions denounce legitimisation of lockout in new Ukrainian labour law (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 26 September)
The Demographic Situation in Ukraine: Survey Findings (Opora, September 25th)
Analysis and comment
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment (Institute for the Study of War, October 7th)
How will Russia’s war in Ukraine develop as we near winter? (Open Democracy, October 6th)
Ukraine: Insights and implications (Forced Migration Review, September 2023)
Václav Havel and Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 4th)
West ‘closed door’ on Ukraine after nuclear disarmament, says key negotiator (Open Democracy, October 4th)
Who is Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s new defence minister? (Open Democracy, October 2nd)
On Ukraine and Europe with Hanna Shelest (Europe’s Futures, September 28th)
The anti-social ferocity of Ukrainian neo-liberals (Commons.com.ua, 28 September)
Research of human rights abuses
‘I instantly knew my husband had been killed’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 6th)
Torments, Torture Chambers, Executions: T4P Initiative Presents Two Submissions to the International Criminal Court (Tribunal for Putin, September 29th)
Conference Room Paper of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (UN Human Rights Council, August 29th)
War-related news from Russia and Belarus
Putin’s ‘Bizarre’ Speech About Wagner, Cocaine and ‘Building a New World’ (Kyiv Post, October 6th)
Anti-war voices in Russia (Posle Media, 28 September)
And “Telega” is still there: how Telegram-channels push pro-Russian narratives to the West (Opora, September 25th)
Mass dismissals for political reasons take place at Hrodna thermal power plant (Salidarnast, September 25th)
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Russia admits it doesn’t plan to rebuild the cities in Ukraine it destroyed in order to annex (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 8th)
Russians put civilians in occupied territories under pressure and rob them (Ukrainska Pravda, October 8th)
Volunteer Mykola Petrovsky, abducted in Kherson: case history and ‘conviction’ (Centre for Civil Liberties, October 6th)
Russians threaten to withhold medical help from Ukrainians without Russian passports (Ukrainska Pravda, October 6th)
Death toll at 52 after Russia bombs Kharkiv village funeral wake and a hospital in Kherson oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 6th)
‘I was shot by a tank machine gun’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 4th)
Crimean Tatar political prisoner: Russia’s 19-year sentence will not silence me, nor will such persecution break others (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 5th)
Russia abducts two priests from the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in occupied Donetsk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 4th)
Russia tries to eliminate Ukrainian language from schools in occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 3rd)
22 Russian criminals who do not treat Ukrainian prisoners (Zmina, October 2nd)
Russia passes insane sentences for ‘spying for Ukraine’ against Ukrainians it abducted from occupied Kherson and tortured (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 2nd)
Move to criminalize protest over political and religious persecution in Russia and occupied Ukraine as ‘justification of extremism’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 2nd)
Nariman Dzhelyal illegally taken to Russia in revenge for Crimean Tatar affirmation that Crimea is Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 2nd)
‘At checkpoints, the Russians undressed and examined even girls’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 30th)
Illusion of Democracy: how Russia Promoted Pseudo Elections in TOTs on the Telegram (Opora, September 28th)
How Life Is Coming Back to the Liberated Snihurivka (Opora, September 28th)
News from Ukraine – general
"I'd like to cry, not hiding it": Story of actor who serves as combat medic (Ukrainska Pravda, Oct 8th)
“This is my city this morning” (Twitter, October 5th)
Ukraine Is Already Working on Its Next Election (Opora, October 5th)
Kherson on the Verge of Ruin as Russia’s Scorched Earth Offensive Rages On (Byline Times, Oct 4th)
Two sisters capture the beauty of Ukraine’s villages before it’s gone (Kyiv Independent, October 4th)
Ukraine’s labour movement defiant – and in need of our solidarity (Eric Lee, October 4th)
‘There is nowhere to retreat; we must fight for our life’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Pr Group, Oct 2nd)
On the criminal prosecution of the former Governor of the National Bank (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 30th)
Unions denounce legitimisation of lockout in new Ukrainian labour law (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 26 September)
The Demographic Situation in Ukraine: Survey Findings (Opora, September 25th)
Analysis and comment
Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment (Institute for the Study of War, October 7th)
How will Russia’s war in Ukraine develop as we near winter? (Open Democracy, October 6th)
Ukraine: Insights and implications (Forced Migration Review, September 2023)
Václav Havel and Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 4th)
West ‘closed door’ on Ukraine after nuclear disarmament, says key negotiator (Open Democracy, October 4th)
Who is Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s new defence minister? (Open Democracy, October 2nd)
On Ukraine and Europe with Hanna Shelest (Europe’s Futures, September 28th)
The anti-social ferocity of Ukrainian neo-liberals (Commons.com.ua, 28 September)
Research of human rights abuses
‘I instantly knew my husband had been killed’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 6th)
Torments, Torture Chambers, Executions: T4P Initiative Presents Two Submissions to the International Criminal Court (Tribunal for Putin, September 29th)
Conference Room Paper of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (UN Human Rights Council, August 29th)
War-related news from Russia and Belarus
Putin’s ‘Bizarre’ Speech About Wagner, Cocaine and ‘Building a New World’ (Kyiv Post, October 6th)
Anti-war voices in Russia (Posle Media, 28 September)
And “Telega” is still there: how Telegram-channels push pro-Russian narratives to the West (Opora, September 25th)
Mass dismissals for political reasons take place at Hrodna thermal power plant (Salidarnast, September 25th)
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