Moroccan Rights Body Urges Russia to Spare Captured Fighter’s Life in Ukraine

The CNDH of Amina Bouayach is interested in the fate that will be reserved for the Moroccan Brahim Saadoun, enrolled in the Ukrainian army and sentenced to death with two other British combatants for mercenary activities. In its message to the Russian authorities, the CNDH calls for respect for international standards in the context of the trial, the verdict of which was the death sentence against Brahim Saadoun.

The CNDH also addressed the National Human Rights Council in Russia in order to "intervene as much as possible to protect the rights of the Moroccan citizen Brahim Saadoun," announced the president Amina Bouayach, during the eighth session of the General Assembly of the Council. "We want to protect Brahim Saadoun from the danger of the death penalty, and moreover we plead for its abolition in Morocco and internationally."

Prior to this appeal, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), seized in an emergency procedure, also pleaded with Moscow that the decision taken by the pro-Russian authorities not be carried out. The ECHR "indicated in particular to the government of the Russian Federation, in accordance with the rules of Article 39 of the Court, to ensure that the death sentence pronounced against Brahim Saadoun is not applied, to ensure that his conditions of detention are appropriate, and to provide him with any necessary medical assistance."