In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Ukraine raw materials.
⬤ Neoliberal “law of the jungle”.
⬤ UN independent inquiry.
⬤ “No excuse” for Ukraine attack on unions.
⬤ Crimea & European security.
⬤ Russia’s imperial present.
⬤ Escalating attacks on civilians.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Visually impaired Crimean political prisoner Oleksandr Sizikov released (Crimea Platform, 26 May)
“Security threat”: Deportation from the occupation (iStories, 23 May)
Abducted, tortured and sentenced to 13 years in Russian captivity for letters to Ukrainian defender husband (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 23rd)
They let you talk to a prisoner and then blackmail you into committing sabotage (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 23rd)
Server Mustafayev, renowned Crimean Tatar political prisoner, receives Freedom House award for exemplary courage (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 23rd)
Crimea has effectively become prison for residents (Crimea Human Rights Group, 23 May)
10-year sentence in torture-based ‘Ukrainian saboteur plot’ for Russian propaganda (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 22nd)
"They didn't step outside": children returned from occupied territories (Ukrainska Pravda, May 22nd)
Accused in Aksionov attempted assassination case in court (Crimea Human Rights Group, 22 May)
Yevhen Zakharov: Ukrainians are tortured in Russian captivity to break them physically and morally (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 21st)
Russia escalates ‘mobilization terror’ on occupied territory to get Ukrainians to fight its war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 21st)
“My deportation. Reports of a Crimean journalist written in detention” published (Zmina, May 21st)
Ukrainian abducted from Kherson sentenced to 17 years for attack on Russia collaborator (May 20th)
Russia escalates persecution, labelling renowned Crimean Tatar journalist and human rights defender a ‘foreign agent’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 19th)
Three Russian ‘courts’ call defending Ukraine and obstructing invaders ‘international terrorism’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 19th)
“Soft power” and repression as tools of occupation: Alena Lunova at roundtable (Zmina, May 17th)
Evacuation, education, adaptation: human rights defenders and international partners discussed support for Ukrainian children under occupation (Zmina, May 16th)
The fifth day of Crimea Week in Brussels: experts discussed youth under occupation and children of political prisoners (Zmina, May 16th)
Russia rubberstamps 15-year ‘treason’ sentence against 58-year-old Crimean activist Oksana Senedzhuk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 16th)
Ukrainian preschoolers turned into ‘Russia’s little soldiers’ in occupied Luhansk (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 16th)
Ukrainians sentenced to 24 and 17 years for alleged 'terrorist' plot against Russian invaders in 2022 (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 15th)
Russian invaders erect monument to Soviet dictator Stalin in occupied Melitopol (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 13th)
Russia threatens Crimean Tatar political prisoners with deportation to Uzbekistan (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 12th)
Bohdan Ziza: Politically Motivated Persecution (Crimea Platform, May 2025)
Life Under Occupation (Alterpravo, April 2025)
News from the front
Nazar Malik, who gave his life fighting Russian invaders (Crimea Platform, 26 May)
Weekly war summary (The Insider, 24 May)
On the move again: Russian forces break through Ukrainian defences in Donbas (Meduza, 22 May)
Why so many Nepalis are fighting in Ukraine (Eastern Frontier Initiative, 13 May)
News from Ukraine
3 Years Into War, Ukrainian Leftists Fight for Labor Rights Under Martial Law (TruthOut, May 16th)
‘Russia’s war no excuse for attacks on trade unions’ (Green Left, May 9th)
War-related news from Russia
Anti-war protester Andrei Trofimov: “Try me for treason” (The Russian Reader, 23 May)
Anarchist Ruslan Siddiqi’s statement in court: “Electric shock torture and beating someone tied up is utterly despicable”. (Mediazona, 23 May)
Support the fundraiser for Alexei Rozhkov’s legal defence (Solidarity Zone, 23 May)
Girl, 18, forced to sing Russian national anthem under scorching hot sun: how Ukrainian teenagers become Russia's hostages (Ukrainska Pravda, May 20th)
All work and low pay: Russia’s labour-starved military economy (The Insider, 15 May)
“The teacher said we invaded to cleanse them of Nazis”: Inside Russia’s classroom campaign against Ukraine (The Insider, May 14th)
Analysis and comment
Ukraine: Escalating Russian Attacks on Civilians (Human Rights Watch, May 22nd)
Russia’s imperial present in the context of war: “Life for the Empire” (Posle.Media, 21 May)
Without Crimea’s liberation, no European security (Crimea Human Rights Group, 16 May)
“For Neofascists, the Law of the Jungle is the Only One That Makes Sense” (Posle.Media, May 14th)
“Drill, Baby, Drill”: How the Extraction and Export of Critical Raw Materials Can Exacerbate Ukraine’s Resource Trap (Commons.com.ua, May 14th)
Russia’s aggressive colonial war with elements of genocide (Crimea Human Rights Group, 14 May)
Research of war crimes and human rights abuses
Press conference by the UN Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine (UN Commissioner for Human Rights, May 23rd)
Concluding observations of the UN Committee against Torture on Ukraine’s seventh periodic report (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 20th)
Russia ruled responsible for the downing of MH17 over occupied Ukraine and killing of 298 passengers and crew (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 14th)
Creation of Special Tribunal over Russia’s aggression against Ukraine leaves Putin frustratingly out of reach (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 12th)
International solidarity
Children of Kharkiv: support the march for Ukraine’s children (Youtube, 26 May)
Meath-based Ukraine support group passes milestone of 100 vehicles delivered (Tomás Ó Flatharta, May 16th)
Upcoming events
Friday 30 May, 18.0 Central European Time, Zoom meeting on abducted Ukrainian children. Organised by European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine
Sunday 1 June, 1.0pm, Marble Arch, London. March for the children of Ukraine
Sunday 1 June: Actions and meetings for Ukraine’s stolen children in London, Brussels, Oslo, Dublin and elsewhere. From the European Network for Solidarity with Ukraine
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