In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Appeal by Ukrainian trade union confederation; Russia’s use of medical terrorism.
⬤ Russia’s enlistment of children from occupied Ukraine into paramilitary forces.
⬤ other crimes against children.
⬤ Russia’s killing of Ukrainian prisoners of war in cold blood
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Medical terrorism: Russia blocks access to healthcare to foist its citizenship and overcome resistance in occupied Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 5th)
Ukraine sentences ‘chief butcher’ of Russian-controlled Izolyatsia secret torture prison to 15 years (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 4th)
Mariupol schoolchildren to be shown Putin's speeches as part of "educational activities" (Ukrainska Pravda, January 3rd)
Russia ‘retries’ Ukrainian doctor abducted, tortured and imprisoned for six years in occupied Donbas (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 2nd)
Children from occupied Ukraine enlisted in paramilitary ‘Youth Army’ to learn to ‘fight for Russia’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 2nd)
Russia refuses to return bodies of Ukrainian teenagers it killed in occupied Berdiansk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 29th)
Sentenced to die in agony, for writing about Russia’s war crimes against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 29th)
Russians vaccinate children in occupied territories and transport them in trains in terrible conditions (Ukrainska Pravda, December 29th)
News from Ukraine – general
Russians killed 11 people, including 5 children, in strikes in Pokrovsk district – photo (Ukrainska Pravda, January 6th)
Large-scale Russian attack on 29 December: death toll rises to 26 (Ukrainska Pravda, December 29th)
How Ukrainian animals ended up on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood (Tribunal for Putin, December 28th)
Analysis and comment
EU Unity and Defending Freedom in Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 28th)
The Liquid Imperialism that engulfed Syria (Yassin al-haj Saleh in New Lines, September 2023)
Research of human rights abuses
Ukraine asks International Criminal Court to consider Putin's decree on Ukrainian children (Ukrainska Pravda, January 6th)
Transferring children to Russia is an Act of Genocide: Q& A (Tribunal for Putin, January 4th)
The Year 2023 for Upgraded OPORA (Opora, December 29th)
New evidence of Russia killing Ukrainian prisoners of war in cold blood (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, December 29th)
Report on the Human Rights Situation in Ukraine, August-November 2023 (UN Office for Human Rights, 12 December)
War-related news from Russia
New Year under shelling (Meduza, 5 January)
Convicted killers that Putin pardoned and glorifies for fighting Russia’s war against Ukraine teach children about ‘courage’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 3rd)
Kevin Rothrock’s list of the best investigative reporting on Russia in 2023 (Meduza, 30 December)
International solidarity
Appeal by the Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine (CFTU, 3 January)
The desperate effort to get Ukraine’s captured civilians back from Russia (Open Democracy, December 22nd)
The War in Ukraine: Agenda for the Left (Ukraine Solidarity EU, December 21st)
In memory of Marcy (Ukraine Solidarity EU, December 18th)
Upcoming solidarity actions in the UK
Saturday 24 February, 12.0 noon. Two years resisting Russia's invasion. Protest at the Russian Embassy, London. Organised by the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign – more details soon
Thursday 7 March - Evening - Fundraiser Showing of 20 Days in Mariupol - for medical aid appeal for at Novovlynysnk Central Hospital at The Garden Cinema, London
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