Moroccan Student Released from Death Sentence in Ukraine Returns Home

25 September 2022 – byGinette · 1 min read

Moroccan student Brahim Saadoun arrived on Saturday evening at Mohammed V International Airport via a flight from Riyadh International Airport in Saudi Arabia. Sentenced to death by the separatist authorities of Donetsk in Ukraine, he was released following negotiations led by Saudi Arabia.

Brahim Saadoun and 9 other prisoners from the United States, Great Britain, Sweden, and Croatia were released on Wednesday by the separatist authorities of Donetsk in Ukraine. The negotiations were conducted by the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia, Mohamed Ben Salman (MBS), the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Twitter.

Brahim Saadoun had been sentenced to death on June 9 by the separatist authorities of Donetsk for "mercenary activities." This former student at the Faculty of Aerodynamic and Space Technologies in Kiev had been arrested by the Russian army in April in the Donbass. He is said to have joined the Ukrainian forces in the 36th Marine Corps Brigade.

This release is a relief for the Moroccan authorities, Brahim Saadoun’s relatives, family and friends.

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