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Russia confirms plans to annex occupied parts of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts

Russia is ploughing ahead with grotesque plans to stage pseudo ‘referendums’ in the parts of the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson oblasts currently under the control of the Russian military

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Mock executions used to fabricate Russia's revenge ‘trial’ of Crimean Tatar leader Nariman Dzhelyal

The internationally condemned ‘trial’ of Nariman Dzhelyal, renowned human rights defender, journalist and Deputy Chair of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, is drawing to its almost certainly predetermined conclusion

Russian invaders strip Ukrainians of their property rights in occupied Mariupol

After causing massive destruction to Mariupol, Russia, via its puppet ‘Donetsk republic’, is now allocating remaining accommodation to those who collaborate and denying others their property rights

60-year-old Kherson village head tortured ‘for pleasure’ by Russian invaders

Viktor Maruniak, Village Head of Stara Zubrivka in Kherson oblast was tortured for three weeks, with the torture something that the Russian invaders seemed to “somehow get pleasure from”

Russia is waging a bloody war against Ukrainian children

Russia is killing and maiming Ukrainian children each day, as well as committing horrific crimes against them

• Voices of war • Interview

“I Gave the Dogs Vodka to Keep Their Hearts Going” (Mariupol Resident)

A businesswoman from Mariupol, Valeria Kaminska got out of the city and went to live in Lviv (West Ukraine). She was interviewed by Volodymyr Noskov and Denys Volokha.

• Freedom of conscience and religion • Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Effective death sentence against veteran Crimean Tatar activist for opposing repression in Russian-occupied Crimea

A court in Russia has sentenced Azamat Eyupov to 17 years in the harshest of Russian prisons, without any crime and in the full knowledge that this is an effective death sentence.

Three nuclear safety officials abducted from Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant which Russia is using to fire missiles at Ukrainian targets

The abductions come just days after the head of Enerhoatom warned that the Russians are cynically using the largest nuclear power plant in Europe for storing weapons and for launching missiles used to shell Nikopol and other targets. (Updated)

Kremlin propagandist proposes to 'share' plundered Ukrainian harvest only with countries who ‘behave’ and support Russia

The Kremlin’s chief propaganda mouthpiece, Margarita Simonyan, has openly proposed using plundered Ukrainian harvest as a weapon, ‘sharing’ what it has stolen only with those countries that “behave properly”.

“Do You Still Want This War?” Anti-War Activities in Russia, 3-9 July 2022

A major event of the past week was the Moscow trial of Alexei Gorinov. Accused of circulating “fake news” about the Russian military, he was sentenced on 8 July to seven years imprisonment.

Necessary conditions

Speech by Oleksandr Cherkasov, chairman of the board of the Memorial Human Rights Center, at a conference organized by the Committee of Mathematicians and Memorial in support of Azat Miftakhov.

• Human Rights Abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea

Tortured Crimean Tatar political prisoner forced to memorize and rehearse fake sabotage ‘confession’

Asan Akhtemov has told a Russian occupation court about the torture used to force him to give false testimony against himself, his cousin Aziz, and Nariman Dzhelyal, journalist, human rights defender and leader of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people

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