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Australian journo. 
on justice and war crimes in Ukraine. Doc: 'The Year That Never Ended' : shorturl.at/fwAEK Write me 
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on justice and war crimes in Ukraine. Doc: 'The Year That Never Ended' : shorturl.at/fwAEK Write me for Signal or Tele.Berlin/Kyiv/Sydney Joined May 2008
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On May 26, the Russian army launched a missile attack on a polyclinic in Dnipro. One person died, 15 were injured. The rescue operation continues. Firefighters are still putting out the fire.
#RussiaisATerroristState
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The EU Parliament set to prevent Hungary to hold the presidency of the Council, given its well established departure from the EU foundational values and ‘rules of the game’
#euco #RuleOfLaw
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This is an absolutely horrific case.
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URGENT Russia accuses Ukrainian children of sabotage. They face 10 to 20 years in prison.
Please share mipl.org.ua/en/urgent-russ2
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Update on that controversial visit:
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The United States is “deeply concerned" that a senior UN diplomat met with Maria Lvova-Belova, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for an alleged scheme to deport Ukrainian children to Russia, the State Department said Wednesday.
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Poutine : “L'Ukraine n’est qu’une création artificielle de Lenine”.
Voltaire en 1731 : “L'Ukraine a toujours aspiré à être libre".
Et d’ailleurs c’est seulement à cette époque que la Moscovie change son nom à la “Russie” (volé à la Rus’ de Kyiv).
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However, without a full list of the Ukrainian children in Russian custody, it will remain difficult for international orgs. or Kyiv to return the children. Gamba doesn’t seem to have secured that in Moscow. Casting into doubt why she went /fin
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Analysis: Notably, L’vova-Belova’s office has not made any references to new groups of children being fostered since she was indicted by the ICC in March.
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The UN statement seems to indicate that Ms Gamba secured concessions on the return of children. However, the Russian readout from L’vova Belova’s office does not mention any agreement whatsoever:
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ICYMI: UN Special Rep on Children and Armed Conflict Virginia Gamba met Russian commissioner for children and indicted ICC suspect Maria L’vova Belova—despite some member-nations and calling for her to stay away. Here’s some of the UN readout:
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(I would be interested to know if the journalists involved in this investigative team tried to verify/query sources’ statements.)
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Tagesschau is back with more leaks from German prosecutors about the Andromeda/Nord Stream blasts. The story begs ?s: Could a pleasure boat have really pulled it off? And why do they assume that Russian navy vessels nearby had no explosives on board?
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More than trolling: For months, border settlements in neighboring Sumy region have been shelled for little reason, terrorizing inhabitants. I sense payback here. twitter.com/olliecarroll/s
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Cannot remember ABC staff walking out over racism—and management’s perceived failure to defend Indigenous staff from abuse—in my lifetime.
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ABC staff have walked out of their offices in a show of support for veteran Indigenous journalist Stan Grant, who last week announced he would step away from media commitments due to racial abuse.
abc.net.au/news/2023-05-2
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Thread on a planned meeting between ICC-indicted Russian commissioner for children Maria L’vova Belova and the top UN official tasked with protecting children’s rights. : Can you confirm this meeting went ahead, despite some member-states objecting? (Via )
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Worrying news from @james_t_quinn: Senior UN Official Plans Meeting with #Russia/n Official Wanted for War Crimes
@hrw's @balkeesjarrah: "Ukrainian victims deserve to see Lvova-Belova behind bars in the Hague, not meeting with high-level UN officials." nationalreview.com/corner/senior-Show this thread
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Historians say it took until 1967 for the Red Army to begin recruiting *former* criminals—due to the shortage of men caused by World War II. In Putin’s Russia, convicted murderers were sent into battle within the first year of its Ukrainian invasion. (Via )
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Yury Gavrishov (left) was convicted for murdering Ksenia Podkorytova (right) before joining the Russian mercenary group Wagner to fight in Ukraine.
He now lies in a Wagner cemetery hundreds of miles from his hometown.
occrp.org/en/37-ccblog/c
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This is #Bakhmut, #Donetsk region, east #Ukraine. The invading #Russia|n forces are reportedly using incendiary munitions to shell the city:
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During World War Two, Stalin set up filtration camps run by the NKVD for Soviet prisoners of war and forced laborers returning from Germany.
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Russian soldiers who surrender in Ukraine without grave injuries can be jailed, according to the country's supreme court. Even when completely surrounded
Should be good for morale
moscowtimes.ru/2023/05/19/ver
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It’s long been known that — despite Western sanctions — the Russian military is supplying itself with foreign technology through third countries.
But how do these supply chains actually work? We investigated.
occrp.org/en/investigati
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Film festivals are the academic journals of the cultural world: Pay to play.
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Only cause it’s Friday, and everyone needs a laugh now and then 🤡
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Head of Russia Today Margarita Simonyan published how got spooked, she thought she got sent a bomb, but it's a "bullet vibrator".
Ian Matveev jokes, quoting Prigozhin: "Shoigu, Gerasimov, you bitches, where is the ammunition?" twitter.com/ian_matveev/st…
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The full report can be downloaded as a PDF here:
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I won’t gloss the full report, which found that Amnesty’s press release was too strongly phrased (an interpretation was presented as fact). Here, however, is the summary of the findings on whether Amnesty’s original claim that Ukraine violated IHL was accurate:
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Weeks after it was leaked to The New York Times and Guardian, Amnesty has published a review report on accusations its Crisis Team unfairly criticized the Ukrainian army. But a local employee who quit over the affair says other damning charges weren’t addressed in the findings.
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Yesterday @amnesty has finally published its report on the 4 Aug 2022 press release in which the organisation accused Ukraine of employing military tactics that endanger civilians.
As a former member of Amnesty Ukraine, I have something to say. THREAD 
amnesty.org/en/documents/o
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Check out Instagram page “@Wallevidence” for a collection of messages scrawled on Ukrainian surfaces by the Russians. Shocking but unsurprising reading. (H/t )
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Perhaps the Germans could also kick in any remaining money from and Gazprom’s “Climate Change” NordStream II fund.
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Ukraine's "fight on two fronts" is melding into one:
Anti-graft agencies say they sent more than $17 million this year from settlements in corruption cases to fund hundreds of drones for the military. twitter.com/zer0corruption…
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This succinct thread by the Nobel laureate is worth reading:
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May 18 marks the tragic memorial day of the mass deportation of the Crimean Tatars. The ethnic cleansing of the peninsula was carried out by the order of Stalin. More than 46% of the deportees died of the inhuman transportation conditions and the poverty of the first years. 1/6
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Remembering the mass deportations of Crimean Tatars in 1944, and the continuing persecution of them today.
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May 18, 1944. This is a very personal story. This is the tragedy of my family.
This story left a deep mark on my life and work.
I will always remember her and tell my children. When we know our history, we know ourselves.
We remember.
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Hey 🏳️🌈
To mark #IDAHOBIT2023 I printed my A3 poster with a Ukrainian soldier wearing unicorn insignia (which actual soldiers wear to identify as LGBTIQ+).
I want to send it to whoever makes the biggest donation bid to in the comments by 18:00 (Kyiv time) 18 May.
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No casualties from this Russian strike on Ternopil but here is video today from aid group of the destruction.
Targeted because the Ukrainian contestants at Eurovision come from Ternopil. The fury of the Kremlin at a song contest.
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The russist entry to the Eurovision song contest was to destroy stocks of Aid and denazify these civil warehouses and businesses.
Totally all civilian infrastructure and businesses here with no military objectives no tank shells from the UK as the russist claim.
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A reminder: Sanctions evasion is a crime.
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Any comment on this, ? Looks like a way to dodge sanctions. With your apparent participation.
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To avoid the sanctions, #Russia has bought an airport in the small border town of Uralsk in #Kazakhstan in 2023. It's "just" an 8h drive from #Kazan.
Of course, the first European airport offering direct flights to Uralsk is now #Frankfurt 
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Musk accusing Bellingcat of “psy ops” (whatever that means) is no different than mobsters accusing investigative journalists of being tools of CIA, Mossad, you name it. These people live in a conspiracy and cannot understand how much work goes into investigative reporting.
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Also, saw ’s report, presumably citing sources on the Russian side, that one Knizhal was downed at the very last second, but no damage was done.
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I'd be careful with these claims a Patriot system was "damaged" last night. More and more Ukrainian sources saying there was not something to write home about. Kirby now appears to confirm.
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Question: Have any psychologist readers heard of ethnopsychology, either in a Russian context or elsewhere? And is it considered junk science by the mainstream in the profession?
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Lula’s representative appears to deny the Bucha Massacre—even after a visit to the town.
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Yes, THAT Bucha. Lula's representative, Celso Amorim, went to Kyiv last week on his visit to meet Zelensky and was taken to Bucha. On his return to Brazil he told a Brazilian reporter that he'd seen the massacre photos and remained unconvinced by what he'd seen.
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This news, and not Musk’s antisemitic tweets, deserves to be shared.
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