⬤ Plus more evidence of Russian torture, killing of civilians and forced migration.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Russia registers double the possible number of ‘voters for Putin’ in occupied Ukraine, while intensifying pressure at gunpoint (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 15th)
On March 15, 2014, the body of murdered Reshat Ametov was found (Crimea Platform, 15 March)
FSB violently detain renowned activist and Crimean Tatar National Assembly delegate (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 14th)
Russia’s supreme court rejects proof of innocence in favour of tortured-out ‘confession’ from Ukrainian human rights defender and POW (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 14th)
Russia uses Siberia for maximum vengeance against imprisoned Crimean Tatar journalist Remzi Bekirov and his family (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 13th)
‘It was impossible to endure here,’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 13th)
Russians with machine guns ensure occupied Ukraine ‘votes’ for Putin (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 13th)
Overview of the situation in Crimea (Crimea SOS, 12 March)
‘They could start to resist’ How the Russian authorities are working to indoctrinate and digitally surveil deported Ukrainian children (Meduza, March 11th)
‘Embittered children’ What Russia teaches potential guardians about orphans forcibly taken from Ukraine (Meduza, March 8th)
Ukrainian civilians in Russian captivity: “absence of law and international control” (Tribunal for Putin, March 6th)
News from Ukraine – general
“Otherwise, we need 100 years to release them all. Such speed does not suit us”. The Center for Civil Liberties presented its Strategy for the Release of Civilians (Centre for Civil Liberties, March 15th)
Mazepa, a new voice from the left (Ukraine Solidarity EU, March 11th)
War-related news from Russia
Oleg Orlov believed that in Russia the place of a decent person is prison (Tribunal 4 Putin, 15 March)
Who is Mikhail Lazakovich (Solidarity Zone, 15 March)
Russia will free all but political prisoners, who agree to kill Ukrainians (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 15th)
Fighting an uphill battle: Even pro-Kremlin Russians are weary of the war (The Insider, March 7th)
The Russian presidential election
People arrested at “noon against Putin” election protest (Meduza, 17 March)
Incentives for favourable results: a Russian election official’s confession (The Insider, 15 March)
Russian leftists are planning to disrupt Putin’s fake presidential election this weekend (Green Left, March 15th)
The Russian presidential election: what is to be done? (Posle.Media, 13 March)
Analysis and comment
Britain keeps selling off old military equipment – it should go to Ukraine (inews, March 15th)
No Ukraine without victory. Why any reports of defeatism among Ukrainians are off the mark (The Insider, March 14th)
Research of human rights abuses
UN Commission concerned by continuing patterns of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law (UNHCR, March 15th)
Russian torture of Ukrainian POWs ‘widespread and systematic,’ UN commission says (Kyiv Independent, March 15th)
Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner calls for investigation into activities of Russian Red Cross (Ukrainska Pravda, March 15th)
"More terrible things happen in torture chambers": Azovstal steelworks defender Nava publishes book about captivity – photo (Ukrainska Pravda, March 14th)
ZMINA raised an issue of Russia’s abuses against civilians in the occupied territories of Ukraine during the UN Human Rights Council (Zmina, March 12th)
International Criminal Court received the findings of OPORA’s and ICUV’s joint study on forced migration of Ukrainians caused by Russian shelling attacks (Opora, March 11th)
International solidarity
Ukraine medical workers’ appeal (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 15 March)
We provided a radio controller for drones (Solidarity Collectives, 14 March)
Free Boris Kagarlitsky and all Russian anti-war political prisoners! (Ukraine Solidarity EU, 11 March)
Fundraiser for medical aid: listen to the speeches (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 10 March)
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Russia registers double the possible number of ‘voters for Putin’ in occupied Ukraine, while intensifying pressure at gunpoint (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 15th)
On March 15, 2014, the body of murdered Reshat Ametov was found (Crimea Platform, 15 March)
FSB violently detain renowned activist and Crimean Tatar National Assembly delegate (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 14th)
Russia’s supreme court rejects proof of innocence in favour of tortured-out ‘confession’ from Ukrainian human rights defender and POW (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 14th)
Russia uses Siberia for maximum vengeance against imprisoned Crimean Tatar journalist Remzi Bekirov and his family (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 13th)
‘It was impossible to endure here,’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 13th)
Russians with machine guns ensure occupied Ukraine ‘votes’ for Putin (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 13th)
Overview of the situation in Crimea (Crimea SOS, 12 March)
‘They could start to resist’ How the Russian authorities are working to indoctrinate and digitally surveil deported Ukrainian children (Meduza, March 11th)
‘Embittered children’ What Russia teaches potential guardians about orphans forcibly taken from Ukraine (Meduza, March 8th)
Ukrainian civilians in Russian captivity: “absence of law and international control” (Tribunal for Putin, March 6th)
News from Ukraine – general
“Otherwise, we need 100 years to release them all. Such speed does not suit us”. The Center for Civil Liberties presented its Strategy for the Release of Civilians (Centre for Civil Liberties, March 15th)
Mazepa, a new voice from the left (Ukraine Solidarity EU, March 11th)
War-related news from Russia
Oleg Orlov believed that in Russia the place of a decent person is prison (Tribunal 4 Putin, 15 March)
Who is Mikhail Lazakovich (Solidarity Zone, 15 March)
Russia will free all but political prisoners, who agree to kill Ukrainians (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, March 15th)
Fighting an uphill battle: Even pro-Kremlin Russians are weary of the war (The Insider, March 7th)
The Russian presidential election
People arrested at “noon against Putin” election protest (Meduza, 17 March)
Incentives for favourable results: a Russian election official’s confession (The Insider, 15 March)
Russian leftists are planning to disrupt Putin’s fake presidential election this weekend (Green Left, March 15th)
The Russian presidential election: what is to be done? (Posle.Media, 13 March)
Analysis and comment
Britain keeps selling off old military equipment – it should go to Ukraine (inews, March 15th)
No Ukraine without victory. Why any reports of defeatism among Ukrainians are off the mark (The Insider, March 14th)
Research of human rights abuses
UN Commission concerned by continuing patterns of violations of human rights and international humanitarian law (UNHCR, March 15th)
Russian torture of Ukrainian POWs ‘widespread and systematic,’ UN commission says (Kyiv Independent, March 15th)
Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner calls for investigation into activities of Russian Red Cross (Ukrainska Pravda, March 15th)
"More terrible things happen in torture chambers": Azovstal steelworks defender Nava publishes book about captivity – photo (Ukrainska Pravda, March 14th)
ZMINA raised an issue of Russia’s abuses against civilians in the occupied territories of Ukraine during the UN Human Rights Council (Zmina, March 12th)
International Criminal Court received the findings of OPORA’s and ICUV’s joint study on forced migration of Ukrainians caused by Russian shelling attacks (Opora, March 11th)
International solidarity
Ukraine medical workers’ appeal (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 15 March)
We provided a radio controller for drones (Solidarity Collectives, 14 March)
Free Boris Kagarlitsky and all Russian anti-war political prisoners! (Ukraine Solidarity EU, 11 March)
Fundraiser for medical aid: listen to the speeches (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 10 March)
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