US & UN ON SHOW TRIALS IN UKRAINIAN POW
US and UN on show trials in Ukrainian POW.;
Trials of Ukrainian POWs by Russian authorities could start within days, the UN Human Rights Office said, as it warned that such proceedings could amount to war crimes under international law. UN expresses concern over possible trials of Ukrainian prisoners of war. Trials of Ukrainian PoWs by Russian authorities could start within days, the UN Human Rights Office said, as it warned that such proceedings could amount to war crimes under international law. How can you defined the Prisoner of War (POW) Status?. These are Soldiers who are captured are placed into Captive or Prisoner of War (POW) status per the Geneva Convention. In particular, Captive or POW status is designated to one who, while engaged in combat under orders of their government, is captured by the armed forces of the enemy.
Once POW status is determined, the authority for payment of the Soldiers is moved from the field finance offices to the Secretary of the Treasury. And this is where we begin the full briefings of Undaunted tonight.. I am ONYEE OKPALA…And as always Star Smart is here too. Photos and videos circulating in news reports and on social media "appear to show metal cages being built in Mariupol's philharmonic hall, apparently to restrain prisoners of war during proceedings", dpa news agency quoted Ravina Shamdasani, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, as saying in a statement on Tuesday. The number of prisoners to be tried, the charges and the composition of the court were all unclear, she said. The UN has demanded the prisoners be allowed access to independent visitors.
Shamdasani said the UN Human Rights Office fears deaths sentences will handed out by what occupation authorities are falsely calling an "international tribunal" and that credible reports have been seen that suggest some of the Ukrainians being held have been tortured. "We recall that international humanitarian law prohibits the establishment of courts solely to judge prisoners of war and that wilfully depriving a prisoner of war of the rights of fair and regular trial amounts to a war crime," she said. According to the Moscow-backed separatist leader in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region, Denis Pushilin, "investigations" have been completed in 80 cases and 23 people have been arrested. The International Committee of the Red Cross said it has been able to see some POWs since the Russian attack began in February, but not all. In many cases, access has been denied or there have been no security guarantees for staff, it said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that negotiations between Ukraine and Russia will be cut off if trials in Mariupol take place. Meanwhile US condemns possible Russian trials of Ukrainian POWs in Mariupol as well as it calls it 'illegitimate'. The United States on August 24 2022 condemned any Russian attempt to hold tribunals for prisoners of war in the occupied Ukrainian city of Mariupol. According to US State Department spokesman Ned Price, Moscow is attempting to shift blame for the invasion of Ukraine.. Ned Price claimed that, in accordance with the Geneva Conventions, all members of Ukraine's armed forces, including both domestic and foreign volunteers incorporated into the armed forces, are entitled to the 'prisoner of war' status if they are taken prisoner and must be provided with the care and protections consistent with that status.
The fighters, who were apprehended while defending the once-besieged Azovstal steel plant, will be displayed in cages in Mariupol's philharmonic hall, according to reports. Captured Ukrainian combatants could be paraded on stage in cages from a public prison in Mariupol during the long-awaited "show trial" of prisoners of war. According to Ravina Shamdasani of the United Nations Human Rights Office, pro-Russian officials appear to be erecting metal cages in a Mariupol hall as part of plans to establish a "international tribunal.
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