Britons Aiden Aslin and Sean Pinner, as well as Moroccan Saudun Brahim were captured during the battle for Mariupol.
UN Office of Human Rights on Friday condemned the death sentence handed down to three foreign volunteers by the court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic. This is reported on the Organization's website.
“Such trials against prisoners of war are war crimes,” she said. spokeswoman for the Office of Rabbi Shamdasani.
Three British men, Aiden Aslin and Sean Pinner, as well as Moroccan Saudun Brahim, were captured during a battle for the port city of Mariupol. The incessant shelling, which has affected civilians and civilian infrastructure, is estimated to have resulted in thousands of deaths. Currently, the Ukrainian and international communities do not have free access to the city, so the scale of the humanitarian catastrophe can only be assumed.
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situations with the death penalty for foreigners in the “DPR”. “According to the military command of Ukraine, all men were members of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and if so, they should not be considered mercenaries.”
At a regular briefing in New York on the death penalty on Thursday, UN spokesman Stefan Dujarric called for international protection for detainees and treated in accordance with the Geneva Conventions for Humane Treatment in Time of War. >
It will be recalled that the men were “accused” of committing crimes by a group of people, forcible seizure of power and mercenaries, for which the Russian-controlled self-proclaimed group provides for execution.
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