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THE EUROPEAN COURT of Human Rights (ECHR) has intervened in the case of a Moroccan man sentenced to death alongside two Britons for allegedly fighting Russian forces.
The Strasbourg-based court will indicate to the Russian government that it should ensure the death penalty imposed on Brahim Saadoune is not carried out.
Saadoune was sentenced to death on the same day as Shaun Pinner, 48, from Bedfordshire, and Aiden Aslin, 28, originally from Newark in Nottinghamshire.
It is not known whether Pinner and Aslin have made requests to the ECHR.
European Court grants urgent measures in case of prisoner of war sentenced to death in the so-called “Donetsk People’s Republic”https://t.co/iJzVoZn8Uo#ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress pic.twitter.com/rJmkqBfEg4
— ECHR CEDH (@ECHR_CEDH) June 16, 2022
The men were convicted of taking action towards violent seizure of power, at a court in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic.
Britain argues that Aslin and Pinner are legitimate members of the Ukrainian army and should be treated as prisoners of war.
The three men were accused of being mercenaries after fighting with Ukrainian troops.
Interfax, a Russian news agency, claimed they would be able to appeal against their convictions.
Aslin and Pinner were members of regular Ukrainian military units fighting in Mariupol, the southern port city which was the scene of some of the heaviest fighting since Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
The ECHR said Saadoune is a Moroccan citizen who was born in 2000 and moved to Ukraine in 2019 to study in Kyiv.
It added that in November 2021, he left Kyiv to undergo military training and was subsequently deployed to join the 36th detached marine brigade of the armed forces of Ukraine in Mariupol.
The ECHR said he was sentenced to death by a “DPR court” on 9 June, adding that two British nationals were also sentenced to death on the same day.
On 14 June, Saadoune’s representative made a request to the European court under Rule 39 to ensure his convention rights.
The court has requested the Russian government provide information in two weeks to show what actions and measures have been taken to ensure respect for the convention rights of Saadoune.
After its exclusion from the Council of Europe on 16 March, the Russian Federation remains bound by the European Convention on Human Rights with regard to acts or omissions taking place up until 16 September, according to a spokesman for the Council of Europe.
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Should also take the credit for the increase in the amount of people including children who are homeless too
The blueshirt’s commitment to family home evictions is unquestionable.
@Billy Mooney: the ff/fg lust for power puts trump in the shade when it comes to porkies
I’m one of the next in the list for eviction. I tried dealing for four years with the bank and eventually reached an agreement and they took my case off the lists for the court. I have lived by the agreement but they lodged a motion to put my case into the courts again last week. The government have let it’s people down big time. If I lose my home, I’ll be another one less mortgage in arrears .
@jimmy bray..there must be some amount of responsibility on some of those that found themselves homeless. Over borrowing and having children when they can’t afford it, I’d be a lot more worried about hospital waiting lists.
Contact The Hub
@sparky:
There is no spark without a fire. I hope you never lose your job, income, home and family.
Well said it is appalling that in Ireland in 2016 so many people are homeless. It is one of the Government’s biggest failings.
@sparky because the highly paid professional money managers ignored their own internal risk departments to lend 10 times a salary over 35 years as well to the developer. Make no bones about it – the banks are primary reason.
@sparky I hope when you do fall ill and have to visit the hospital you have to take some responsibility for your life choices that put you there
“Verdict: Mostly FALSE” Well colour me surprised….
@Kerry Blake:
False barstadds.
Fine Gael and lies, well i never
Christ, it’s at the stage now where we just have to see ‘factcheck’ and ‘fine gael’ in the same headline and we can pretty much always know the verdict before we click.
Or Noonan and Fact Hunt
@For Connolly: it also got to the stage where most stories re ff/fg government are permanently skewed to make the reader think they are two separate parties, and get this one of them is in opposition, which one, is at best a guess
@For Connolly:
They don’t even bother fact-checking the Shinners because they and we already know the answer.
@Fred Johnson: Are you still up Fred? Go on up now, you need your rest
@Fred Johnson:
Blame anybody but yourselves. SF have never been in government. You have no shame. You deserve the ire of the voter.
Will FG also claim credit for the number of homeless children trebling over the past 2 years?
@Andrew Corcoran: An equal share between Alan Kelly and Phil Hogan
who the hell is friends with or follows fg’s twitter account? or demands a fact check on anything they say at this stage?? hugh?
do some fact check on vulture funds cashing in their chips after todays central bank news
The banks rule government, not the other way around!
It’s actually the frontline staff in the banks on the ground who have reduced mortgage arrears. Incredibly arrogant claim by Fine Gael.
Most people that got into arrears are hard working who got caught in boom house prices and lost their jobs in the crash. They are willing to pay their way so are engaging with the banks if they fall behind and as employment is on the up they are paying back what they owe.
The Tory spin continues unabated.
See what happens when you mix politics and facts?
That 42% better sell them quick before this new bubble bursts again.
Herself cooked a fine stew tonight..if FG could claim credit for that they would….and find some roundabout way of justifying it ” aaaa…? we provided the economic atmosphere to produce the goods that made that fine stew…mmmmmm…????.If it was a FF stew, they would have dropped the plate and if SF were in power you would have no stew…..they would eat it on you ! ” so thank FG for all you have (snore zzzzzzzzz)….. I wouldn’t credit FG or FF with very much over the past 10 years, only the fact that they both BAN-JACKED the country and left all us poor buggers in the s*** !
They helped by giving banks power to repossessions , family’s thrown out.
Is the ‘Journal’ feeling ok???
Oh, right Ted…
No sign of journal reporting of #pedoFiles #pizzagate the biggest news story that has broke this year involving the elite and pedo rings…unbelievable but I’m not suprised given the journals liberal agenda
@Patrick: Could it be The Journal and other media outlets are not reporting on #PizzaGate, for the same reasons they’re not reporting on the nuclear explosion in Glendalough, or Switzerland invading Iran yesterday? Or maybe Donald Trump being tipped as the successor to Gerry Adams and leading Sinn Féin into the next General Election? Do you think, maybe, the same reasons apply?
I can’t believe I have to do this, sigh, anyway, Reddit (which is not part of the liberal agenda or mainstream media Alt-Right Freaks like to harp on about) have deleted the thread on this made up conspiracy theory. And Snopes.com have 100% discredited it, with proof and evidence, here http://www.snopes.com/pizzagate-conspiracy/
Now Patrick, you were saying you’re willing to buy some used toilet roll from me for €500,000 a sheet.
@Joey Westland:
You must have run out of bog roll to want to charge so much. Try the washable or the reversible brands. Will help reduce your overheads and result in a reduction of your bullshoite.
Very misleading it’s down if there’s any down turn to the work of mabs .helping them restructuring and helping them action plans to keep a roof over there heads.fg want to create another property bubble .90percent mortgages no social housing 35percent in people sleeping ruff .increase on this time last yr.crazy .people Need to wake up to the lies the are beginning fed by this government
FG is wrong and false and intentionally and cynically so.
There’s only 1 answer to these types of questions! The question at this stage should be, “how much are they bulls#/ting?
The fact check doesn’t take account of the fact that FG have presided over two governments that have seen a massive reduction in unemployment and a gradual raising of average income. The amount of money people earn is the primary thing that effects their ability to repay any loan not policies and task forces which are designed to work with the toughest of cases only.
I thought they said the central. And was independent
The arrears support units of banks and MABs are to thank. They’re the ones that worked their butts off to close the gap.
Yes of course they should , they back the banks in evicting people from their homes , thus not alone cutting arrears but getting shut of the arrears altogether !
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