In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Unions’ joint statement on Russian bombing.
⬤ Putin helps Ukrainian far right,
⬤ Freedom of speech needs parliament support. ⬤ More evidence of Russian torture and crimes against humanity.
⬤ War crimes in Kherson.
⬤ Persecution of journalists in Crimea.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Crimean abducted by Russian FSB after returning to see her dying mother sentenced to 17 years for a donation (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 6th)
Woman arrested at mother’s funeral sentenced to 17 years for treason (Crimea Human Rights Group, 6 June)
Weekly update on the situation in Crimea (Crimea Platform, 3 June)
Rest in peace, Aishe Seitmuratova, Crimean Tatar human rights defender (Crimea Platform, 1 June)
Which civilians were released during the significant exchange? (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 30th)
Russian court prohibits memes comparing Putin with Hitler in condemning the war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 6th)
Repression against the population of Crimea shall not be a state policy of the russian federation (Crimea SOS, May 29th)
Go to the enemy for credentials? Civilians who went through Russian torture chambers demand justice (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 29th)
Russia sentences Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant driver to 25 years on grotesque ‘international terrorism’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 6th)
Captivity, death sentence, and six Russian drone attacks. The story of a volunteer who saves civilians in the Donetsk region (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 29th)
Melitopol family sentenced to life, 20 years over attacks on traitors and railway lines used for Russia's war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 4th)
60-year-old from Russian-occupied Donbas sentenced to 13 years for donations to Ukraine’s defenders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 2nd)
When silence becomes a weapon of fear: enforced disappearances of women in Crimea (Crimea SOS, May 1st)
News from the front and ‘peace talks’
Russia loses up to 20 bombers and retaliates: weekly war summary (The Insider, 7 June)
Our name is not Legion: Why so few foreign volunteers are fighting for Ukraine (The Insider, 7 June)
News from Ukraine
On Saturday, the funeral of our comrade Sergii ‘Pukh’ Apukhtin took place (Solidarity Collectives, June 5th)
“For me, the basis of fair and free elections is genuine political competition and access to the truth for voters”, — Aivazovska (Opora, June 5th)
War-related news from Russia
TV vs. Refrigerator: Officials claim inflation in Russia is under control, but staple food prices tell a different story (The Insider, June 6th)
Pro-war Russian bloggers: “this is not yet payback” (Meduza, 6 June)
Ukraine’s drone attack. The impact of ‘Spiderweb’ (Meduza, 3 June)
Analysis and comment
Forced Deportation of Ukrainian Children condemned by London Assembly (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, June 7th)
Ukrainian trade unions’ Joint Statement on Russian bombing (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, June 6th)
Ukrainian activist Andrei Movchan: ‘No one has strengthened the Ukrainian far right more than Putin’ (Links web site, 1 June)
Research of war crimes and human rights abuses
ZMINA spoke about the persecution of journalists in Crimea at a meeting of UNESCO and the Office of the Crimean Platform (Zmina, June 6th)
Lustration as a response to post-deoccupation and post-war challenges: ZMINA presented an analytical note (Zmina, June 5th)
Russia Using Drones to Attack Civilians (Human Rights Watch, June 3rd)
Russia’s drone attacks against civilians in Kherson oblast are coordinated state policy and a crime against humanity - UN Commission (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 2nd)
ZMINA highlights threats to Ukrainian civil society amid Russian aggression at the OSCE SHDM pre-event (Zmina, June 2nd)
International solidarity
International Protests for Ukrainian Children on June 1, Children’s Day (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, June 4th)
UK trade union movement shifts further towards Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, June 3rd)
Stories of 16 political prisoners: the book “The Free Voices of Crimea” was presented at the Book Arsenal (Zmina, May 30th)
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Crimean abducted by Russian FSB after returning to see her dying mother sentenced to 17 years for a donation (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 6th)
Woman arrested at mother’s funeral sentenced to 17 years for treason (Crimea Human Rights Group, 6 June)
Weekly update on the situation in Crimea (Crimea Platform, 3 June)
Rest in peace, Aishe Seitmuratova, Crimean Tatar human rights defender (Crimea Platform, 1 June)
Which civilians were released during the significant exchange? (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 30th)
Russian court prohibits memes comparing Putin with Hitler in condemning the war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 6th)
Repression against the population of Crimea shall not be a state policy of the russian federation (Crimea SOS, May 29th)
Go to the enemy for credentials? Civilians who went through Russian torture chambers demand justice (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 29th)
Russia sentences Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant driver to 25 years on grotesque ‘international terrorism’ charges (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 6th)
Captivity, death sentence, and six Russian drone attacks. The story of a volunteer who saves civilians in the Donetsk region (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, May 29th)
Melitopol family sentenced to life, 20 years over attacks on traitors and railway lines used for Russia's war against Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 4th)
60-year-old from Russian-occupied Donbas sentenced to 13 years for donations to Ukraine’s defenders (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 2nd)
When silence becomes a weapon of fear: enforced disappearances of women in Crimea (Crimea SOS, May 1st)
News from the front and ‘peace talks’
Russia loses up to 20 bombers and retaliates: weekly war summary (The Insider, 7 June)
Our name is not Legion: Why so few foreign volunteers are fighting for Ukraine (The Insider, 7 June)
News from Ukraine
On Saturday, the funeral of our comrade Sergii ‘Pukh’ Apukhtin took place (Solidarity Collectives, June 5th)
“For me, the basis of fair and free elections is genuine political competition and access to the truth for voters”, — Aivazovska (Opora, June 5th)
War-related news from Russia
TV vs. Refrigerator: Officials claim inflation in Russia is under control, but staple food prices tell a different story (The Insider, June 6th)
Pro-war Russian bloggers: “this is not yet payback” (Meduza, 6 June)
Ukraine’s drone attack. The impact of ‘Spiderweb’ (Meduza, 3 June)
Analysis and comment
Forced Deportation of Ukrainian Children condemned by London Assembly (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, June 7th)
Ukrainian trade unions’ Joint Statement on Russian bombing (Confederation of Free Trade Unions of Ukraine, June 6th)
Ukrainian activist Andrei Movchan: ‘No one has strengthened the Ukrainian far right more than Putin’ (Links web site, 1 June)
Research of war crimes and human rights abuses
ZMINA spoke about the persecution of journalists in Crimea at a meeting of UNESCO and the Office of the Crimean Platform (Zmina, June 6th)
Lustration as a response to post-deoccupation and post-war challenges: ZMINA presented an analytical note (Zmina, June 5th)
Russia Using Drones to Attack Civilians (Human Rights Watch, June 3rd)
Russia’s drone attacks against civilians in Kherson oblast are coordinated state policy and a crime against humanity - UN Commission (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, June 2nd)
ZMINA highlights threats to Ukrainian civil society amid Russian aggression at the OSCE SHDM pre-event (Zmina, June 2nd)
International solidarity
International Protests for Ukrainian Children on June 1, Children’s Day (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, June 4th)
UK trade union movement shifts further towards Ukraine (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, June 3rd)
Stories of 16 political prisoners: the book “The Free Voices of Crimea” was presented at the Book Arsenal (Zmina, May 30th)
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