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Putin's conscripts can end up at Ukraine's largest POW camp. They can only hope for a trade

The ABC is given a rare look inside Ukraine's central prisoner of war camp, where Russia's hapless soldiers are stuck in an eerie half-world between the war's living and its dead.

ABC News

POW Requiem premieres in Canberra to honour Australian World War II prisoners

The POW Requiem, featuring 24 movements, was performed over the weekend for the first time, in honour of Australia's thousands of World War II prisoners.

ABC News

Trump and white America's death wish

Donald Trump's superpower: He understands white America's impulse toward self-destruction — and mainlines it

Salon

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Former Ukraine POWs recall fainting from hunger in Russian captivity

Alina Panina, a Ukrainian prisoner of war freed last week, recalls women fainting from hunger as they took the 15 minutes of permitted daily exercise during their months-long detention by Russian forces.

Reuters

Can Bitcoin Hard Fork To Proof-Of-Stake Consensus? What It Would Mean For The Apex Crypto

The pioneering cryptocurrency Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), which still dominates the market today, has encountered several difficulties along the road, with the most pertaining to its proof-of-work (PoW) mining consensus and the

Benzinga

Songs of survival: Inside the lost music of WWII POWs

It is inconsistent with the idea of what life for a prisoner of war was like. Still these music concerts were a brief relief from life in places such as Changi.

The Canberra Times

Ukrainian POW heard inmates screaming 'please shoot me' as they were tortured by Russians

Svyatoslav Yermonov lost nearly five stone while being held in the notorious Olenivka prison before being released as a POW swap - but is determined to rejoin the frontline

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Ukraine war: prisoner swaps have been going on for centuries – here's how they work

Russia recently released ten foreign fighters – among them five British citizens – being held as prisoners of war (PoWs) from the fighting in Ukraine. The decision to repatriate these men provides a timely reminder of the resurgence of the international law rules surrounding PoW status and treatment.

The Conversation

Roman Abramovich negotiated release of British POWs jailed by Russian separatists in Ukraine

The freed men revealed the news to Co Down man, Alec Pettet on a London-bound flight from Saudi Arabia

Belfast Live

Ethereum Set For Bellatrix Update Ahead Of This Month's Highly Anticipated Merge

The much-anticipated transition to Ethereum 2.0 is set to start on the Ethereum blockchain.

Benzinga

Activists stage protest against remission of convicts in Bilkis Bano case

POW State General Secretary B. Padma demanded that the convicts’ remission be repealed and that they be sent back to jail

The Hindu

Fourteen Ukrainian service personnel returned in fresh POW exchange

Fourteen Ukrainian service personnel have been returned to Ukraine in a new prisoner exchange, Ukraine's POW co-ordination centre said on Friday.

Reuters

Footage appears to show fresh atrocity against Ukrainian PoW

Russians accused of barbaric behaviour apparently seen in videos and photos from captured city of Popasna

The Guardian - UK

Relatives of POWs call on Red Cross to help find loved ones

Relatives of prisoners of war taken captive by Russia after the fall of Azovstal steel plant are calling for answers a week on from a prison attack in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine that reportedly killed dozens

The Independent UK

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The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: POW demands release of Teesta Setalvad in Gujarat riots case

‘People questioning those in power being put behind bars’

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Farmers cannot remain complacent, says BKU leader

BJP will try to bring back repealed farm laws if it regains power: Harinder Kaur ‘Bindu’

The Hindu

Andhra Pradesh: Two-day POW State conference begins in Ongole on June 25

It will chalk out an action plan to fight against atrocities of various kinds

The Guardian - AU

Neither citizens nor foreigners: Hongkongers struggle to adapt to life in Taiwan

Language and cultural differences confronting refugees are compounded by an administrative limbo and lack of support in their new home

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The Conversation

'Show' trial of foreign fighters in Donetsk breaks with international law – and could itself be a war crime

The sentencing to death of three foreign fighters captured by Russian troops and handed over to authorities in a breakaway region in Ukraine presents a serious deviation from international law – one that in itself represents a war crime.

The Conversation

Ukraine conflict: how both sides are breaking the law on prisoners of war

As in any war between two sovereign countries, the Ukraine conflict has resulted in thousands of soldiers on both sides being taken captive. Both sides appear to be using prisoners of war (POWs) in ways that break international law.

Wales Online

Sentencing British POWs to death is a war crime, says law professor

Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner have rights enshrined in international law

The Conversation

Ukraine: British POWs sentenced to death after 'show trial' which appears to violate Geneva Conventions

Two Britons captured while fighting in Ukraine’s armed forces have been sentenced to death after what has been condemned as a “show trial”. Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, who surrendered to Russian forces during the siege of the Azovstal steelworks in Mariupol, were convicted on the charge of “being a…

Benzinga

Ethereum To Test Merge With Ropsten By The End Of Tomorrow: But What Does It Even Mean?

Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) — the blockchain that introduced Turing-complete smart contracts to the world — is about to take yet another step towards its transition to the proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus protocol as part of Ethereum 2.0 development.

Benzinga

New York Imposes Two-Year Moratorium on Crypto Mining Firms

In a bid to address environmental concerns over proof of work (PoW) mining, The New York State Senate has passed a Bill, that imposes a two-year moratorium on new crypto mining firms that use non-renewable power.

The Independent UK

Is this the best road trip music?

The power of music and tailoring your soundtrack is rooted in science, a cognitive neuroscientist says

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