In this week’s bulletin
⬤ Ukrainian PoWs face repeat trials.
⬤ Europe’s gas purchases fuel Putin’s war.
⬤ Russian economy depends on war.
⬤ Free imprisoned journalists – parliamentarians.
News from the territories occupied by Russia
Appeal dismissed against crucial Ukrainian court ruling recognizing a single-sex couple as de facto married (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 3rd)
Young Crimean Tatar political prisoner subjected to ominous new wave of torture (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 3rd)
The face of resistance: athlete Kyrylo Baranik (Crimea Platform, 3 October)
Brutal cruelty against Crimean Tatar mother and her family in Russia’s witch hunt for ‘Ukrainian spies’ (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 2nd)
Nine years in Russian captivity after Russia’s ‘shoddiest’ show trial and no end in sight? (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, October 1st)
Weekly update on the situation in Crimea (Crimea Platform, 30 September)
Telling omissions in Russia's show trial claiming Ukraine’s use of 'chemical weapons of mass destruction' (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 30th)
“Hospitals and schools are first to suffer.” Russia destroyed water infrastructure in occupied Donbas (Meduza, 30 September)
Relentless medical torture of Crimean Tatar human rights defender in Russian prison (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 29th)
How Crimean Tatars continue their fight under occupation: the book “My Deportation” by political prisoner Osman Arifmemetov was presented at the Book Country Festival (Zmina, September 27th)
Report for August: Life Under Occupation (Alterpravo, 15 September)
News from Ukraine
Russian activist stays in Ukraine, her husband returns to Russia in prisoner swap (Meduza, 3 October)
“Our tigers are used to shelling”: How revived Kharkiv ecopark survives (The Insider, October 2nd)
UN experts warn on persecution of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (UN Human Rights Commission, 1 October)
This is our chance to protect the rights of LGBTIQ+ people: ZMINA and Hromadske Radio brought together experts to discuss Draft Law No. 13597 (Zmina, October 1st)
What is preserved in memory becomes society’s response to injustice: ZMINA presented research on the memorialisation of the war (Zmina, September 29th)
War-related news from Russia
Speeches from the dock by Russia’s political prisoners (Labour Hub, October 5th)
Introduction to ‘Voices Against Putin’s War—Protesters’ Defiant Speeches in Russian Courts’ (Ukraine Solidarity – EU, October 4th)
Putin’s war economy reaches the limit (iStories, 2 October)
Russia’s struggling companies shorten the working week (The Insider, 1 October)
Warrantless harassment: Russian security services are using a legal loophole to “inspect” the homes of suspected dissidents (The Insider, October 1st)
Bullets over bread: Russia’s economy is growing dangerously reliant on military contracts (The Insider, September 30th)
Analysis and comment
Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe: step up efforts to free Ukrainian journalists imprisoned by Russia (PACE, 5 September)
Weapons of tomorrow: the “drone revolution” rewrote the battlefield in Ukraine (Meduza, 3 October)
Research of human rights abuses
One trial after another. Ukrainian PoWs are being prosecuted again and again (Mediazona, 3 October)
Russian prison identified where Ukrainian journalist Victoria Roshchyna and Yevhen Matvieiev died after being tortured (Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group, September 29th)
International solidarity
Update from the FPV workshop (Solidarity Collectives, 4 October)
Summary of a fundraiser for cars (Solidarity Collectives, 4 October)
Major European terminal blockaded in protest against Russian LNG imports (Upstream, 2 October)
Blockade of EU gas imports from Putin and Trump (Greenpeace, 1 October)
Greenpeace report: Europe’s LNG dependence helps fuel Putin’s war (European Network for Solidarity With Ukraine, 30 September)
Ukraine solidarity resources for Green Party conference (Ukraine Solidarity Campaign, 2 October)
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