The sentences handed down by a Russian military court to the Ukrainian director Oleg Sentsov and activist Alexander Kolchenko have provoked a wave of international protest.
In a statement following the announcement of yesterday’s verdict in Rostov-on-Don, when Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years in jail and Kolchenko to 10, the EU’s high representative and vp Federica Mogherini declared that “Russian courts are not competent to judge acts committed outside the internationally-recognised territory of Russia. The EU considers the case to be in breach of international law and elementary standards of justice.”
“The EU continues to call on the Russian Federation to immediately release Mr Sentsov and Mr Kolchenko and to guarantee their safe return to Ukraine,” Mogherini added.
Anne Brasseur, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Pace), added in a communique that the sentence appeared “to be manifestly excessive and raises concerns about respect for the standards of the European Convention on Human...
In a statement following the announcement of yesterday’s verdict in Rostov-on-Don, when Sentsov was sentenced to 20 years in jail and Kolchenko to 10, the EU’s high representative and vp Federica Mogherini declared that “Russian courts are not competent to judge acts committed outside the internationally-recognised territory of Russia. The EU considers the case to be in breach of international law and elementary standards of justice.”
“The EU continues to call on the Russian Federation to immediately release Mr Sentsov and Mr Kolchenko and to guarantee their safe return to Ukraine,” Mogherini added.
Anne Brasseur, president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (Pace), added in a communique that the sentence appeared “to be manifestly excessive and raises concerns about respect for the standards of the European Convention on Human...
- 8/26/2015
- by screen.berlin@googlemail.com (Martin Blaney)
- ScreenDaily
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