American student Trevor Reed. File photoWASHINGTON, Jun 13 US student Trevor Reed, released from a Russian prison in exchange for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko, has filed a complaint against the Russian government at the United Nations, Reed's spokesman Jonathan Franks said. According to information posted by Franks on Twitter , the petition has been filed with the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Arrests and requires an investigation into Reid's «illegal» treatment in Russia. U.S. and Liberian authoritiesThe petition filed requires the UN to recognize the illegality of Reed's detention in Russia and the violation of his rights. , he was subjected to in Russia, it is said that «all this was an attempt to put pressure on the United States to release properly arrested and convicted citizens of Russia.» In the summer of 2020, the Golovinsky Court sentenced a student from Texas, Reed, to nine years in prison, finding him guilty of using violence against police officers. At the end of April, an exchange of US citizen Trevor Reed, previously convicted in the Russian Federation, took place in Turkey for Russian pilot Konstantin Yaroshenko. Earlier in June, Reed's lawyers told RIA Novosti that he would continue to challenge the verdict. Yaroshenko, in turn, also announced plans to hold the authorities of Liberia and the United States accountable.
