Ukrainians in occupied territories continue to resist Russian colonisation, forced assimilation, violence and economic pillage. This page presents reliable sources of information, news and analysis, and links to solidarity campaigns.
There are campaigns trying to engage elected representatives (municipal and regional) in solidarity with their counterparts in the Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.
There are efforts to diffuse information from local human rights groups.
There are solidarity initiatives to provide practical support to prisoners and their families.
Please also check out the British initiative on the same themes: https://ukraine-solidarity.org/more-information/
ENSU and friends are organising Zoom meetings with civil society activists active in human rights protection and labour solidarity with the temporarily Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine.
At these session, our Ukrainian friends will speak about what is happening in the occupied areas, what their organisations are doing to support civil society and the labour movement there, and what we might do from other countries.
We are united in supporting the human rights of people in the occupied areas, and those who have been displaced from them, and in calling for the withdrawal of Russian troops.
NEXT EVENT: The labour movement and human rights. Thursday 14th July, 6.0pm-7.30pm UK / 9:00-20.30 Central European Time / 20:00-21:30 Kyiv. Speakers include Pavel Lisyansky and Vera Yastrebova (Eastern Human Rights Group) as well as Ukrainian trade union activists
Reliable sources of information
The following groups have a track record of accurate and truthful monitoring of human rights in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine
- Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group
- Zmina (a human rights group based in Lviv)
- Eastern Human Rights Group (please write in Russian/Ukrainian only)
- Opora civil network
- Cities4Cities (matching platform for Ukrainian and other European cities)
For a comprehensive overview, we recommend consulting the latest OSCE report on violations of international humanitarian and human rights law, war crimes and crimes against humanity 24 Feb-12 April. For information on the temporarily Russian-occupied territories see Section E.5, pages 18-25
Here is the video of our previous public event on this topic
More news (in English) on these themes compiled by our British friends, at https://ukraine-solidarity.org/more-information/