In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Russian persecution of Crimean Tatars.
⬤ Plus World organisation Against Torture alleges Russian crimes against humanity.
⬤ Plus new research on impact of war.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Russia imprisons one abducted Crimean Tatar on lawless charges, then comes back for his brothers (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 19th)
5-year sentence in Russian-occupied Berdiansk for social media posts about defenders of Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 18th)
Russia’s actions in the occupied territories may constitute crimes against humanity – a report by human rights defenders (Zmina, July 18th)
The Ombudsman presented a report on how Russia destroys the identity of Ukrainian children (Zmina, July 17th)
Crimean woman detained and charged with calls to ‘violence against Russians’ for supporting Ukraine on social media (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 17th)
63-year-old Crimean Tatar violently detained and jailed for comments in support of the Mejlis and Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 15th)
USPS launches a series of discussions on de-occupation of territories (Zmina, July 12th)
Seven years’ jail for two Jehovah’s Witnesses in Crimea (Crimea Human Rights Group, 28 June)
News from the front
Under pressure: the Russian army slowly advances (Meduza, 19 July)
News from Ukraine – general
What is known about the murder of Iryna Farion (Ukrainska Pravda, 20 July)
Families of missing persons often do not know where to turn for help and what state guarantees are available – human rights defenders (Zmina, July 16th)
How Ukraine searches for missing persons and supports their families – presentation of the report (Zmina, July 15th)
War-related news from Russia
Returning soldiers fail to adapt to civilian life: “society isn’t prepared” (Meduza, 19 July)
Russian propagandist justifies missile strike on Ukraine’s main children’s hospital because Ukrainians 'are not people' (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 19th)
A letter from Russian anti-war political prisoner Alexander Chervov (The Russian Reader / Solidarity Zone, 16 July)
Medvedev states clearly that Russia will not stop until it seizes all of Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 16th)
Russia 'sentences' OSCE Monitoring Mission official to 14 years on fake spying charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, July 15th)
Analysis and comment
Sociologist Alexander Bibkov: “Putin carried out a coup d’etat” (Posle Media, 18 July)
Hope Amidst Despair: a report based on in-depth interviews with Ukrainians who experienced Russia’s full-scale invasion (Luhansk Regional Human Rights Centre Alternative, 2024)
International solidarity
Protest on Tuesday 23 July, 17.0, London. “No to Putin’s friends in parliament” (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign)
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