In this week’s bulletin
⬤ More evidence of Russian torture.
⬤ banning of Ukrainian language.
⬤ deliberate targeting of civilians.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
`As long as there is resistance there is hope’: In occupied Crimea drivers are risking arrest to cover up Russian flags on their licence plates (Meduza, June 27th)
Oksana Fedorova sentenced to over 10 years for ‘endangering Russian security’ on occupied Ukrainian territory (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group June 27th)
Prosecution witness confirms lack of any grounds for Russia’s 'terrorism' charges against Crimean Tatar civic activists (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group June 27th)
`The geo-political situation has changed’: Russian authorities move to fully ban Ukrainian language from schools in occupied territories (Meduza, June 26th)
June 26 – Crimean Tatar activist Emir-Usein Kuku marks his ninth birthday in captivity (Crimea Platform, June 26th)
Russia is to remove Ukrainian language from curriculum in occupied Ukraine (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group June 25th)
Interview with Karina Chmeliuk: Crimea `The Russians haven't completely won’ (Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières June 24th)
Vladyslav Yesypenko, the journalist, is freed (Crimea Human Rights Group, June 23rd)
News from the front
Over 20,000 Russians prosecuted for refusing to fight in Ukraine. Russia sees a wave of military refusal, with Ukraine not far behind (Mediazona, Jun 26th)
Russia kills rescue squad commander (USC, June 25th)
All shades of pain: the never-ending battle for the injured Ukrainian soldiers (18+) (The Eastern Frontier Initiative, June 24th)
News from Ukraine
Zelensky signs decree to withdraw Ukraine from anti-personnel mine treaty (Ukrainska Pravda, June 29th)
A town without a town: how Vasylivka exists in exile (The Ukrainer, June 24th)
Trade Union House – rally in defence of labour rights and trade union rights (Ukraine Solidarity EU, June 15th)
War-related news from Russia
Frozen accounts, fake parts, failed deliveries: Russian courts reveal the impact sanctions are having on the Kremlin’s defense industry (The Insider, June 25th)
Russia jails nearly 200 Ukrainian POWs on terror charges over Kursk offensive (Mediazona, June 25th)
“My goal isn’t to be free – it’s to remain a human being”. The closing statement of volunteer Nadine Geisler, sentenced to 22 years in prison (Mediazona, June 24th)
Adding insult to injury: Russia is fabricating new cases against political prisoners (The Insider, June 24th)
Abducted and tortured Ukrainian sentenced to 13 years for fictitious plan to kill Russian-installed Crimean leader (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group June 24th)
‘I got caught in your meat grinder’ — the appeals court in the Russian Federation upheld Ukrainian Ivan Zabavsky behind bars (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group June 23rd)
What Russian soldiers seize is ours, Putin claims, quoting Hitler (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group June 23rd)
20-year sentence on copy-pasted charges against Ukrainian abducted from Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia oblast (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group June 23rd)
Analysis and comment
Review. A Socialist Activist in Industrial Workplaces under Ukrainian bourgeois democracy 1998-2003 (Commons, June 26th)
‘You can’t fight fascism with flowers’ (Ukraine Solidarity EU, June 26th)
Raising a Soldier: The Militarization of Russian Childhood (Posle, June 25th)
The two main problems preventing the Ukraine war from ending (USC, June 23rd)
Vitaliy Dudin’s speech to the founding conference of the European Left Alliance (Ukraine Solidarity EU, June 21st)
All of Ukraine Belongs to Ukraine (Russian Reader, June 21st)
Research of human rights abuses
Russia deliberately targets civilians with drones – UN report (Ukrainska Pravda June 27th)
Torture of civilians by Russians in temporarily occupied territory is a crime against humanity (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group June 26th)
Ukraine and the Council of Europe Sign Agreement on Establishing a Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression (Opora June 26th)
Onysiia Syniuk from ZMINA discussed Ukraine’s path to accountability during the event in Kraków (Zmina June 18th)
International solidarity
Osman Arifmemetov’s book was presented at the Crimean stage “The Land of Dreams” where more than 120 letters were written to political prisoners (Zmina June 23rd)
Upcoming events
Stop Seapeak’s fossil-fuel sanctions busting
Demonstrate Wednesday 9 July, 12 Noon: Glasgow: protest at Seapeak headquarters at 144 Elliot Street, Glasgow G3 8EX. LONDON: protest at Seapeak’s insurers Skuld at The Gherkin, 30 St Mary Axe, EC3A 8EP. Background: Why are British companies still involved in the transport and sale of Russian energy? (Labour Hub, June 24th)
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