⬤ Plus Ukrainians dying in Russian custody after beating;
⬤ Plus
Russia’s wholesale destruction of Ukrainian literature;
⬤ Plus Amnesty International on crimes against
Ukrainian children.
Christmas/New Year Timetable
The bulletin will next appear on Thursday 28 December, and then on Monday 8 January. With season’s greetings to all our supporters.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Polygraph to attest pro-Ukrainian position: Doctor from Kherson (Tribunal for Putin December 16th)
Door-to-door terror in occupied Ukraine as Russia about to classify Ukrainians as ‘foreigners’, likely rob and deport them (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 15th)
Armed searches and surreal charges against Crimean Tatar Imam for leading prayers in Russian-occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 14th)
Russia destroys almost all Ukrainian literature in occupied Donbas, calling it ‘extremist’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 12th)
Amnesty International documents crimes against Ukrainian children in education (Ukrainska Pravda December 12th)
‘People came to get some food and were deliberately shot at’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 11th)
Silent Deportation documentary about persecution of Crimean Tatars shown in Kyiv (Zmina December 11th)
The shifting demography of the Occupied Territories (2022-2023) (Tribunal for Putin December 10th)
News from Ukraine – general
‘An old lady’s leg was torn off and her blood splashed on the granddaughter’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 16th)
‘We were driving, and they were shooting at us’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 14th)
‘Bodies were lying in the street. Neighbours covered them with blankets’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 13th)
Ukrainian human rights defender Maksym Butkevych, who is held in captivity by the Russian Federation, has won the National Human Rights Award (Centre for Civil Liberties December 13th)
‘People were buried near the hospital’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 12th)
‘Two enemy shells destroyed my house’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 10th)
Analysis and comment
The Demographic Impact of Russia's War (Commons 15 December)
What does the destruction of the Kakhovka HPP mean in terms of war crimes? (Tribunal for Putin December 15th)
How can the Ljubljana-The Hague Convention help the world and Ukraine in the fight against international crimes? (Tribunal for Putin December 11th)
Five Security Scenarios on Russian War in Ukraine for 2024-2025: Implications and Policy Recommendations to Western Partners (GlobSec, December 7th)
Why Ukraine’s counteroffensive failed (Euromaidan Press, December 7th)
Russian attacks on Ukrainian libraries (Alterpravo, December 2023)
Research of human rights abuses
Captured Ukrainian soldiers used as human shield: Prosecutor's Office investigates Russian war crime (Ukrainska Pravda December 14th)
Ukrainian prisoner dies after savage beating by prison staff and refusal to provide medical care (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 13th)
The approach of the Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group to documenting crimes and helping their victims (Tribunal for Putin December 13th)
Russia is hiding renowned Ukrainian POW & rights activist Maksym Butkevych in occupied Luhansk oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 12th)
Finland refuses to extradite Russian neo-Nazi Rusich fighter to Ukraine to face war crimes trial (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 11th)
Human Rights Day 2023: commemorating the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (Centre for Civil Liberties December 10th)
Many judgments on collaboration with enemy concern likes, shares on social networks — human rights activist (Zmina December 8th)
War-related news from Russia
These are the new criminal liabilities and steeper penalties the Russian authorities introduced in 2023 to keep the Kremlin’s wartime repressions rolling (Meduza December 15th)
22-year-old Ukrainian jailed for 3 years for writing that Russia is destroying Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 15th)
'Irritating to Authorities' How Russia's Justice Ministry decides who's a `foreign agent' (Meduza December 15th)
War against Independent Culture: a Digest of Russian Protests (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 14th)
Fears for the life of Alexei Gorinov, serving 7-year sentence for telling the truth about Russia’s war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 11th)
International solidarity
Arm Ukraine! An Open Letter From Human Rights Defenders To The Governments And Civil Societies Of Free And Democratic Nations (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group December 11th)
Upcoming action
Saturday 24 February, 12noon. Two years resisting Russia's invasion. Protest at the Russian Embassy.
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