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Barney Davis

Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner: European court tells Russia to ensure two Brit soldiers escape firing squad

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has issued an order to Russia to ensure two Britons captured after fighting for Ukraine do not face a firing squad after being sentenced to death by a Russian proxy court.

Aiden Aslin, 28, originally from Newark in Nottinghamshire, and Shaun Pinner, 48, from Bedfordshire, have been treated as foreign “mercenaries” by pro-Russian authorities in the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR).

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