Ukraine:Forced Russified Education under Occupation

Human Rights Watch has issued a 66 page report “Education under Occupation: Forced Russification in Occupied Ukrainian Territories” which documents violations of international by Russian authorities in formerly occupied territories of Ukraine’s Kharkivska region, and other regions which remain under Russian control.

Human Rights Watch interviewed 42 educators, school staff. and other officials in Kharkivska region after Russian forces left the area, and interviewed teachers who had been displaced or escaped from the areas of Khersonska, Zaporiska, Donetska, and Luhanska regions that are currently under occupation.

The full report from Human Rights Watch is available @ https://www.hrw.org/report/2024/06/20/education-under-occupation/forced-russification-school-system-occupied-ukrainian

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