In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Russia’s enforced disappearances.
⬤ Civic freedoms crushed in Russia.
⬤ Ukraine miners’ unions demand action on wage arrears.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Chilling twist in Russia’s abduction of young engineer from occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 9th)
‘Nowhere but the cemetery': Russia destroys Mariupol and plunders land, leaving residents homeless (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 9th)
Crimean Tatar woman detained by Russia for alleged espionage to be tried in Moscow (Ukrainska Pravda, August 8th)
‘Russia has systematically committed enforced disappearances in the same scenario’. T4P Initiative presents new research (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 7th)
Former Crimean Tatar political prisoner slams call from freed Russian dissidents to ease sanctions against Russia (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 7th)
“Ukrainian Prisoners Forcibly Transferred to the Russian Federation: Repatriation Challenges”. (Centre for Civil Liberties, August 6th)
Ukrainian woman sentenced to 15 years with Russia claiming that support for Ukraine is ‘state treason’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 6th)
Russia sentences abducted Ukrainian Orthodox priest to 14 years for 'spying for Ukraine' (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 5th)
Breaking: RSF discovers Ukrainian creator of Telegram news channel forced into “slavery” by Russian occupiers (Reporters Sans Frontieres, 2024)
News from the front
A roll of the dice: Ukraine’s incursion into Russian territory (Meduza, 10 August)
Russian MoD videos claim “successful strikes” against Ukrainian forces in Kursk Region — but the footage is old and filmed elsewhere (The Insider, August 11th)
Russian attack on Kostiantynivka in Donetsk Oblast: death toll rises to 14, 43 more civilians injured (Ukrainska Pravda, August 9th)
Russia destroys Donbas mining cities, targeting workers (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 7 August)
News from Ukraine – general
Miners’ unions demand solution to wage arrears problems (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, 9 August)
War-related news from Russia
Ruslan Siddiqui: “I ruled out the possibility that I could take part in military action against Ukraine” (Solidarity Zone, 9 August)
Interview with Ksenia Bezdenezhnykh: “I’d really like to live in Russia” (Posle Media, 7 August)
Russia: Repressive Laws Used to Crush Civic Freedoms (Human Rights Watch, August 7th)
Dead Russians Revived. Military personnel declared dead turn up in Ukrainian PoW lists (Important Stories, 6 August)
Ten years of savage torture and isolation in Russian captivity for being Ukrainian (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 5th)
The Pianist: The Death of Pavel Kushnir (The Russian Reader, 4 August)
Research of human rights abuses
Ukrainian prisoner of war was killed in Russian prison, probably tortured to death (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, August 8th)
“Russia has systematically committed enforced disappearances in the same scenario”. T4P Initiative presents new research (Centre for Civil Liberties, August 5th)
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