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'Show' trial of foreign fighters in Donetsk breaks with international law – and could itself be a war crime

  • Written by Robert Goldman, Professor of Law, American University
'Show' trial of foreign fighters in Donetsk breaks with international law – and could itself be a war crimeBritish citizens Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner and Moroccan Saaudun Brahim.AP Photo

The sentencing to death of three foreign fighters captured by Russian troops and handed over to authorities in a breakaway region in Ukraine presents a serious deviation from international law – one that in itself represents a war crime.

Sentencing came on June...

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