By Malu Cursino & Christy Cooney BBC News Image source, Itar – Tass News Agency Image caption, Aiden Aslin, Shaun Pinner, and Moroccan nationwide Saaudun Brahim were sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court The households of 2 Britons sentenced to death for battling Russian forces in Ukraine have stated they requirement immediate gainaccessto to medical and legal assistance. Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner were caught battling with the Ukrainian army and attempted as mercenaries by a Russian proxy court. Both the UK federalgovernment and Ukraine’s top districtattorney have stated the sentences breach the Geneva Conventions. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss spoke to her Ukrainian equivalent on Friday. Ms Truss stated she and Dmytro Kuleba goneover “efforts to safeandsecure the release of detainees of war held by Russian proxies”, including that “the judgement versus them is an outright breach of the Geneva Convention”. Mr Aslin, 28, from Newark, in Nottinghamshire, and Mr Pinner, 48, from Bedfordshire, who were both currently living in Ukraine at the time of the Russian intrusion, were recorded in April while safeguarding the besieged city of Mariupol. They were sentenced alongwith a 3rd guy, Moroccan nationwide Saaudun Brahim, by a Russian proxy court in the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, a pro-Russian breakaway area in eastern Ukraine. Mr Brahim’s daddy informed Moroccan media outlet Madar21 that his child was not a mercenary however a trainee in Ukraine when Russia introduced its intrusion. All 3 males were charged with being mercenaries, the violent seizure of power and goingthrough training to bring out terrorist activities, according to Russia state news company RIA Novosti. The males’s attorney stated they all wanted to appeal versus the sentence, Russia’s Tass news company reported. Richard Fuller, MP for North Bedford, stated he had spoken to Mr Pinner’s mom and stepfather who “clearly are extremely extremely nervous”. He stated the concern for Mr Pinner’s mom is that her boy and Mr Aslin have “access to correct health services and the Red Cross” and gainaccessto to independent legal suggestions. “This is a humanitarian concern. This is about the rights of people under
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