Two Britons and one Moroccan, who were fighting for the Ukrainian army, were sentenced to death by a pro-Russian court of the self-proclaimed republic of Donetsk

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Thursday a court of a Russian-controlled territory in the self-proclaimed republic of Donetsk he condemned three people were killed – two British citizens, Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, and a Moroccan citizen, Brahim Saaudun – who fought against Russia together with the Ukrainian army. Aslin and Pinner were arrested last April in Mariupol during the battle for control of the city, while Saaudun was arrested last March in eastern Ukraine. They have been accused, and therefore convicted, of being mercenaries and guilty of various crimes, including terrorism. The three instead claim to be regular soldiers of the Ukrainian army, and therefore protected by the Geneva Convention, which prevents states from prosecuting prisoners of war for participating in the conflict.

The trial that concerns them – held by an internationally unrecognized court – lasted days and was probably conceived as a response to the war crimes trials against Russian soldiers that are taking place in Ukraine. It cannot be ruled out that the sentence is a way of putting pressure on the UK and trying to get concessions of some kind. In the meantime, Aslin, Pinner and Saaudun have a month to appeal against the sentence: if he is accepted, instead of being sentenced to death they could be sentenced to life imprisonment or 25 years in prison.

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