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London — Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine have given relatives permission to speak with Moroccan citizens sentenced to death in the fight against Ukrainian troops, the RIA Novosti agency reported on Monday. I quoted a high-ranking official of self-proclaimed Donetsk. People's Republic (DPR).
This month, a court of withdrawal DPR, approved only by Russia, sentenced Brahim Sadung, 21, and two Britons to death for accusing Western politicians of a show trial. ..
All men served under a contract with the Ukrainian army to fight the Russian invasion, as both DNR and Moscow consider them mercenaries. , Not covered by the protection of the Geneva Convention. Execution of prisoners of war is prohibited.
Unlike Russia, DNR, which says Moscow wants to "liberate" from Ukrainian rule, imposes the death penalty on its statutory book.
"Relatives contacted the lawyer provided to the gentleman ... in particular, there was a request to provide communication and their own lawyer," RIA Novosti is the Foreign Minister of DNR. I quoted Natalya Nikonorova. I'm saying "As far as I know, this request has been granted."
DPR officials were given by Saadoun and Britons Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner after a speedy trial in a separatist republic. He said he had less than two weeks left to appeal the ruling. (Report by Reuters, edited by Kevin Riffy and Allison Williams)
