A Digest of News ✊ from Ukrainian Sources ⚔ 15-January-2024.
In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Ukrainian letter of solidarity with the Palestinian people, as a PDF flyer.
⬤ Teachers’ union interview.
⬤ Trade unions on social charter.
⬤ More evidence of Russia’s abuse of children.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Russians demanded ransom from 18-year-old Ukrainian POW’s mother as ‘reason’ to not kill him (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 12th)
Children illegally taken from Russian-occupied Ukraine to ‘train’ with army in Belarus (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 11th)
‘The rocket killed my father. This will never be erased from my memory or heart’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 8th)
SOS! Foreign diplomats in Russia can help Crimean Tatar and other Ukrainian political prisoners! (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 9th)
Russia uses fake ‘court’ in occupied Kherson oblast for lawless ‘trial’ of Crimean Tatar (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 9th)
Putin signs decree simplifying Russia’s criminal abduction of children from occupied Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 8th)
Crimea: 560 cases on “discrediting the Russian army” (Crimea SOS, 4 January)
News from Ukraine – general
Russian soldier sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia for shooting 2 Ukrainian civilians in back – video (Ukrainska Pravda, January 12th)
Ukraine’s Trade Unions Face Russian Invasion and Homegrown Attacks on Labor Rights (Znet, January 12th)
Federation of Trade Unions president: “Full ratification of the European Social Charter is our demand” (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, January 12th)
“Our union lost many members during the war” (International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggle, January 8th)
Analysis and comment
New year, same pattern: a report on the combat situation (Meduza, 11 January)
Research of human rights abuses
How does the European network help Ukrainian prisoners? (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 13th)
The case against Mikhail Babintsev, photographer and “terrorist” (The Russian Reader, 12 January)
Assistance to civilian victims: Referral network. Design and functioning (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 11th)
American Volunteer at Bucha Morgue (Tribunal for Putin January 9th)
The way home: wives of the mobilised (The Russian Reader, 7 January)
War-related news from Russia
The evolution of Russia’s combat recruitment (Meduza, 13 January)
Appeal from Solidarity Zone, supporting anti-war prisoners in Russia (Facebook, 12 January)
Putin grants Russian citizenship to suspected Bosnian Serb war criminal, pardons serial killer to fight against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 12th)
Russia: New Heights on Repression (Human Rights Watch, January 11th)
Russia sentences soldier for admitting to war crimes in Ukraine and now prosecutes journalist who reported them (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 10th)
International solidarity
The “Ukrainian letter of solidarity with the Palestinian people”, signed by more than 400 Ukrainian researchers, artists, political and labour activists and others, is now available as a flyer – here. You are invited to print it out and distribute it. The original is here, on the Commons journal site.
A conversation with Solidarity Collectives (Syg.ma, 4 January)
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
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Russians demanded ransom from 18-year-old Ukrainian POW’s mother as ‘reason’ to not kill him (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 12th)
Children illegally taken from Russian-occupied Ukraine to ‘train’ with army in Belarus (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 11th)
‘The rocket killed my father. This will never be erased from my memory or heart’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 8th)
SOS! Foreign diplomats in Russia can help Crimean Tatar and other Ukrainian political prisoners! (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 9th)
Russia uses fake ‘court’ in occupied Kherson oblast for lawless ‘trial’ of Crimean Tatar (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 9th)
Putin signs decree simplifying Russia’s criminal abduction of children from occupied Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 8th)
Crimea: 560 cases on “discrediting the Russian army” (Crimea SOS, 4 January)
News from Ukraine – general
Russian soldier sentenced to life imprisonment in absentia for shooting 2 Ukrainian civilians in back – video (Ukrainska Pravda, January 12th)
Ukraine’s Trade Unions Face Russian Invasion and Homegrown Attacks on Labor Rights (Znet, January 12th)
Federation of Trade Unions president: “Full ratification of the European Social Charter is our demand” (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, January 12th)
“Our union lost many members during the war” (International Labour Network of Solidarity and Struggle, January 8th)
Analysis and comment
New year, same pattern: a report on the combat situation (Meduza, 11 January)
Research of human rights abuses
How does the European network help Ukrainian prisoners? (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 13th)
The case against Mikhail Babintsev, photographer and “terrorist” (The Russian Reader, 12 January)
Assistance to civilian victims: Referral network. Design and functioning (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 11th)
American Volunteer at Bucha Morgue (Tribunal for Putin January 9th)
The way home: wives of the mobilised (The Russian Reader, 7 January)
War-related news from Russia
The evolution of Russia’s combat recruitment (Meduza, 13 January)
Appeal from Solidarity Zone, supporting anti-war prisoners in Russia (Facebook, 12 January)
Putin grants Russian citizenship to suspected Bosnian Serb war criminal, pardons serial killer to fight against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 12th)
Russia: New Heights on Repression (Human Rights Watch, January 11th)
Russia sentences soldier for admitting to war crimes in Ukraine and now prosecutes journalist who reported them (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, January 10th)
International solidarity
The “Ukrainian letter of solidarity with the Palestinian people”, signed by more than 400 Ukrainian researchers, artists, political and labour activists and others, is now available as a flyer – here. You are invited to print it out and distribute it. The original is here, on the Commons journal site.
A conversation with Solidarity Collectives (Syg.ma, 4 January)
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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