April 19, 2025 at 14:30 on Embassy of Russia (Rua Visconde de Santarém 71, Lisboa) there will be a 🙋 107th Weekly protest
🙋 105th Weekly protest
3 Years Since the Deoccupation of Bucha. The Largest Conscription in 14 Years. Conference on Values for Russia’s Future.
You’re watching the news from the weekly rally at the Russian Embassy in Lisbon. Today is April 5, 2:30 PM.
March 30 marks the third anniversary of Bucha’s liberation from Russian occupation. In May 2022, The New York Times published video and photo evidence of Russian soldiers executing people in Bucha.
www.nytimes.com/2022/05/19/world/europe/russia-bucha-ukraine-executions.html
In April 2022, the human rights organization Human Rights Watch released a report detailing signs of war crimes by Russian forces in Bucha: mass graves, the killings of people hiding from shelling, and booby-trapped bodies of victims.
www.hrw.org/ru/news/2022/04/25/ukraine-russian-forces-trail-death-bucha
In September 2022, a UN commission investigating events in the Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv, and Sumy regions concluded that war crimes had been committed in Ukraine.
www.ohchr.org/ru/press-releases/2022/10/un-commission-concludes-war-crimes-have-been-committed-ukraine-expresses
www.dw.com/ru/rossia-snova-udarila-po-krivomu-rogu-ne-menee-18-pogibsih/a-72146203 On March 11, Ukraine accepted the US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire.
www.bbc.com/russian/articles/cn8re2g7n18o Putin continues the war. The Verstka says the conscription that began on April 1 is the largest in the last 14 years. Human rights advocates report that draftees are being recruited for contract service.
verstka.media/putin-obyavil-o-prizyve-v-armiyu-160-tysyach-srochnikov-eto-samyj-massovyj-prizyv-za-14-let On April 3, Deutsche Welle cited NATO officials who say that since the start of the full-scale war in Ukraine, the Russian army has lost over 900,000 personnel, with 250,000 killed.
www.dw.com/ru/nato-poteri-rossii-v-ukraine-prevysili-900-tysac-celovek/a-72133066
On April 3, The Moscow Times reported that State Duma deputies are increasing penalties under the statutes used to prosecute Russians who oppose the war.
www.moscowtimes.ru/2025/04/03/perebezhchiki-iotschepentsi-gosduma-obyavila-voinu-uehavshim-rossiyanam-a160081
On the same day, Radio Liberty reported that the Prosecutor General’s Office labeled Elton John’s funds supporting HIV-infected people as “undesirable.”
www.idelreal.org/a/genprokuratura-rf-priznala-nezhelatelnymi-fondy-elton-john/33370709.html
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adrl.pt/talks/en We will discuss which values should be the foundation of society, how to build a system of self-organization and citizen participation in politics, how to bring about the dismantling of Putin’s regime, and how to cooperate with allies for a peaceful and mutually beneficial future. Send your ideas and thoughts to [email protected]—we’ll address the most compelling ones at our roundtables. Start self-organizing now and support the fundraiser for hospitals and schools in Ukraine by sharing information about the online exhibit NET VOYNE.
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