In this week’s bulletin
⬤ An Arab-Ukrainian perspective.
⬤ A Lithuanian view on Russian aggression.
⬤ Persecution of Crimean Tatars/ forced abductions.
⬤ Miscarriages of justice.
⬤ Cultural genocide in Kharkiv
⬤ UN report on torture as a war crime.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Reporters without Borders demand Russia ends torment of Crimean Tatar journalist sentenced to 14 years for defending human rights (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, November 1st)
Russian FSB abduct Ukrainian from her mother’s funeral in occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 31st)
Ukrainian POW sentenced to 18 years as Russia mass produces legally nonsensical ‘terrorism trials' (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 30th)
Horrific sentences where any Ukrainian will do in Russian-occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 29th)
Russia secretly buries the bodies of the Ukrainian teenagers it murdered in occupied Berdiansk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 28th)
The situation at the front
Russia deploys 7,000 North Korean soldiers to areas bordering Ukraine (Ukrainska Pravda, November 2nd)
Russia’s cultural genocide in Kharkiv (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, October 29th)
News from Ukraine – general
Over 1,700 children missing due to war in Ukraine – Interior Ministry (Ukrainska Pravda, October 29th)
ZMINA took part in the presentation of the Shadow Report to the European Commission’s report on Ukraine (Zmina, October 29th)
Humanitarian deminers’ union join independent union confederation (Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 28 October)
Absence of extrajudicial procedure hinders access to Ukrainian documents for TOT residents – Alena Lunova (Zmina, October 26th)
Ukraine: Love+War, a Review (Turning Point, October 16th)
War-related news from Russia
Verkhneuralsk political prison (Solidarity Zone, 2 November)
“For 72 days I was electrocuted, beaten, not allowed to eat or sleep”: how Russian convicts are driven to “meat-grinder assaults” (The Insider, October 31st)
The story of Roman Nasryev and Alexei Nuriev (Solidarity Zone, 31 October)
Special Demographic Operation: how Russian authorities are restricting women’s reproductive rights (Posle.Media, 30 October)
“Human safaris” and havoc on the “home front”: How Russian soldiers kill Ukrainian civilians, fellow Russians — and even each other (The Insider, October 30th)
Analysis and comment
Serhii Guz: civil society and labour in Ukraine in the third winter of all-out war (Ukraine Information Group, 3 November)
Hanna Perekhoda: ‘Russian political elites are openly promoting a global project’ (Links, November 1st)
In the Shadow of Empires: From a ‘Hezbollah Stronghold’ to ‘Denazified’ Ukraine, the Experience of an Arab-Ukrainian (Turning Point, October 30th)
New Law Raises Religious Freedom Concerns (Human Rights Watch, October 30th)
Lithuania: ‘for us, the fear of being occupied is more real’ (People & Nature, 29 October)
Research of human rights abuses
Finland to try Russian neo-Nazi Rusich mercenary for war crimes in Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, November 1st)
Torture by Russian authorities amounts to crimes against humanity, says UN Commission of Inquiry (UNHCR, October 29th)
Ukrainian POWs tortured for ‘confessions’ to Russia's war crimes and for show trials (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 28th)
International solidarity
We have completed fundraisers for €7680 (Solidarity Zone, 2 November)
Fundraiser for scary drones (Solidarity Collectives, 30 October)
Upcoming events
Thursday 7 November, 19.0. On zoom. Emergency Forum on the US presidential election with Tanya Vyhovsky (Vermont Senator), Bohdan Ferens (SD Platform Ukraine) and Alex Sobel MP. Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. Information and registration here.
Monday 18 November, 18.0. “Political prisoners in Russia and the Occupied Territories of Ukraine”. Panel discussion with speakers from Memorial, Kharkhiv Human Rights Protection Group and others. Queen Mary University, London, Centre for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies. This is a hybrid event with in-person and on-line attendance. Register on eventbrite here.
We are also on twitter. Our aim is to circulate information in English that to the best of our knowledge is reliable. If you have something you think we should include, please send it to 2U022ukrainesolidarity@gmail.com.
We are now on Facebook and Substack! Please subscribe and tell friends. Better still, people can email us at 2022ukrainesolidarity@gmail.com, and we’ll send them the bulletin direct every Monday. The full-scale Russian assault on Ukraine is going into its third year: we’ll keep information and analysis coming, for as long as it takes.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Reporters without Borders demand Russia ends torment of Crimean Tatar journalist sentenced to 14 years for defending human rights (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, November 1st)
Russian FSB abduct Ukrainian from her mother’s funeral in occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 31st)
Ukrainian POW sentenced to 18 years as Russia mass produces legally nonsensical ‘terrorism trials' (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 30th)
Horrific sentences where any Ukrainian will do in Russian-occupied Crimea (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 29th)
Russia secretly buries the bodies of the Ukrainian teenagers it murdered in occupied Berdiansk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 28th)
The situation at the front
Russia deploys 7,000 North Korean soldiers to areas bordering Ukraine (Ukrainska Pravda, November 2nd)
Russia’s cultural genocide in Kharkiv (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, October 29th)
News from Ukraine – general
Over 1,700 children missing due to war in Ukraine – Interior Ministry (Ukrainska Pravda, October 29th)
ZMINA took part in the presentation of the Shadow Report to the European Commission’s report on Ukraine (Zmina, October 29th)
Humanitarian deminers’ union join independent union confederation (Confederation of Free Trade Unions, 28 October)
Absence of extrajudicial procedure hinders access to Ukrainian documents for TOT residents – Alena Lunova (Zmina, October 26th)
Ukraine: Love+War, a Review (Turning Point, October 16th)
War-related news from Russia
Verkhneuralsk political prison (Solidarity Zone, 2 November)
“For 72 days I was electrocuted, beaten, not allowed to eat or sleep”: how Russian convicts are driven to “meat-grinder assaults” (The Insider, October 31st)
The story of Roman Nasryev and Alexei Nuriev (Solidarity Zone, 31 October)
Special Demographic Operation: how Russian authorities are restricting women’s reproductive rights (Posle.Media, 30 October)
“Human safaris” and havoc on the “home front”: How Russian soldiers kill Ukrainian civilians, fellow Russians — and even each other (The Insider, October 30th)
Analysis and comment
Serhii Guz: civil society and labour in Ukraine in the third winter of all-out war (Ukraine Information Group, 3 November)
Hanna Perekhoda: ‘Russian political elites are openly promoting a global project’ (Links, November 1st)
In the Shadow of Empires: From a ‘Hezbollah Stronghold’ to ‘Denazified’ Ukraine, the Experience of an Arab-Ukrainian (Turning Point, October 30th)
New Law Raises Religious Freedom Concerns (Human Rights Watch, October 30th)
Lithuania: ‘for us, the fear of being occupied is more real’ (People & Nature, 29 October)
Research of human rights abuses
Finland to try Russian neo-Nazi Rusich mercenary for war crimes in Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, November 1st)
Torture by Russian authorities amounts to crimes against humanity, says UN Commission of Inquiry (UNHCR, October 29th)
Ukrainian POWs tortured for ‘confessions’ to Russia's war crimes and for show trials (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 28th)
International solidarity
We have completed fundraisers for €7680 (Solidarity Zone, 2 November)
Fundraiser for scary drones (Solidarity Collectives, 30 October)
Upcoming events
Thursday 7 November, 19.0. On zoom. Emergency Forum on the US presidential election with Tanya Vyhovsky (Vermont Senator), Bohdan Ferens (SD Platform Ukraine) and Alex Sobel MP. Ukraine Solidarity Campaign. Information and registration here.
Monday 18 November, 18.0. “Political prisoners in Russia and the Occupied Territories of Ukraine”. Panel discussion with speakers from Memorial, Kharkhiv Human Rights Protection Group and others. Queen Mary University, London, Centre for Eurasian, Russian and East European Studies. This is a hybrid event with in-person and on-line attendance. Register on eventbrite here.
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