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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rob Merrick

Ministers demand release of Britons sentenced to death in ‘Soviet-era show trial’ after fighting for Ukraine

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Ministers have demanded the release of two Britons sentenced to death on Thursday by pro-Russia separatists in what has been condemned as a “Soviet-era show trial”.

Moscow was accused of breaching the Geneva Convention over the treatment of Aiden Aslin, 28, and Shaun Pinner, 48, who were captured while fighting with Ukrainian forces.

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