The Moroccan National Council for Human Rights (CNDH) today called on the Russian authorities to guarantee a “fair trial” in the Court of Appeals of a young Moroccan man who was sentenced to death by pro-Russian separatists for fighting alongside the Ukrainian army.
Brahim Saadoun, 21, was sentenced to life in prison on June 9, along with two Britons, by the Supreme Court of the Donetsk Autonomous People’s Republic for “participating in the fighting as a mercenary”.
CNDH President Amina Bouagia has contacted the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights in Russia urging her to take the necessary steps to ensure that Saadoun has a “fair trial” in his appeal, a source told AFP. Moroccan organization.
The Russian High Commission is headed by Tatiana Moskalkova, who was appointed to this position in 2016 by Vladimir Putin. Its mission is to monitor the human rights situation and report to the Russian president.
On Tuesday, several Moroccan non-governmental organizations called on Rabat to intervene to save Brahim Saadoun, a “Moroccan citizen”. His father, Taher Saadoun, explained that the young man received Ukrainian citizenship in 2020 and “is not a mercenary” but “fell victim to manipulation”.
According to a friend of Brahim, 20-year-old Dmitry Hrabstov, the young man joined the Ukrainian stato last summer, before the war, and stated that he wanted to “die like a hero”.
The Moroccan embassy in Ukraine said Saadoun was “wearing the uniform of the Ukrainian army” when he was captured and was a member of “a naval unit”. “He is currently being held by an entity that is not recognized by either the United Nations or Morocco,” the embassy said in a statement, without elaborating.
At the UN, Morocco maintains a neutral stance on the war between Russia and Ukraine. This neutrality is intended not to alienate Russia, a member of the UN Security Council, on the issue of Western Sahara, which is a priority for Moroccan diplomacy.
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