British citizen Sean Pinner, citizen of the Kingdom of Morocco Saadoun Brahim and British citizen Aiden Eslin in a courtroom in Donetsk. File photoWARSAW, June 15The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) condemned the death sentences in the DPR of two Britons and one Moroccan who fought on the side of Ukraine. side of the Ukrainian troops, to capital punishment — the death penalty. According to the legislation of the republic, the sentenced British Aiden Aslin and Sean Pinner, as well as the Moroccan Saadoun Brahim, will be shot. Convicts can appeal the decision within a month.The Moroccan convicted in the DPR has Ukrainian citizenship, media reported»The OSCE Bureau for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights strongly condemns their prosecution and sentencing, which took place in violation of international humanitarian law,» the ODIHR said in a statement released on Wednesday. the bureau considers convicted people to be combatants. «In accordance with international humanitarian law, combatants in enemy hands are entitled to the status of prisoners of war and cannot be prosecuted or punished solely for their active participation in hostilities, even if such participation is made a criminal offense by the parties to the armed conflict,» — says in the statement. In addition, the ODIHR «calls on the Russian Federation to guarantee the rights of prisoners of war in accordance with the Third Geneva Convention, ensuring full compliance with international humanitarian law.» The ODIHR also recalled that «the vast majority of OSCE participating States have either completely abolished the death penalty or maintain a moratorium on the death penalty as an important step towards its complete abolition».
