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Denying prisoner of war status to fighters in Ukraine on the grounds that they are ‘mercenaries’ violates international law.
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Denying prisoner of war status to fighters in Ukraine on the grounds that they are ‘mercenaries’ violates international law.
Russia handed over the men captured while they were fighting in Mariupol to a court of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.
"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."
The prosecution and death sentences handed out to two British and one Moroccan national fighting alongside Ukrainian troops contravenes the Geneva Conventions.
The prosecution and death sentences handed out to two British and one Moroccan national fighting alongside Ukrainian troops contravenes the Geneva Conventions.