(ANSA) – LONDON, JUN 09 – The government of Boris Johnson is “deeply concerned” by the death sentence imposed by a court of the self-proclaimed pro-Russian republic of Donetsk on the two British “mercenaries” Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and a Moroccan fellow soldier . “We have repeatedly said that they are prisoners of war, that they should not be exploited for political purposes and that they are entitled to immunity under the Geneva Convention,” commented a spokesman for Downing Street. Not without adding that London continues to “work with the Ukrainian authorities to ensure prisoner-of-war treatment for every British citizen” enlisted in the Kiev forces. The families of the two former British soldiers denounced the trial as a show conducted “in violation of the Geneva Convention” on prisoners of war. The Guardian reports it. While the former Tory minister Robert Jenrick, a deputy from the college of one of the two, accused “the Russian authorities” of having exploited his capture “in a completely shameful way” and of “insulting international law”. But he still hopes that “in the near future” they may be the subject of a prisoner swap.
The head of the Foreign Office, Liz Truss, expressed “total condemnation” for the death sentence imposed on the two.
“They are prisoners of war, accused in a sham trial that has absolutely no legitimacy”, insisted the foreign minister of the government of Boris Johnson: “My thoughts are for them and their families, we will continue to do whatever. we can to support them “. (HANDLE).
Source: Ansa
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