“What we are trying to do is send a message from his home county to the dictator of Russia, Russian forces, everybody, that we will campaign for Aiden, as we are campaigning for the freedom of the Ukrainian people.”
People gathered in Nottingham this weekend to call for the release of Aiden Aslin, a Newark man sentenced to death in a proxy court after his capture by Russian forces in Ukraine.
It comes after Aslin and Pinner, who are both believed to have moved to Ukraine to join the national army in 2018, long before the February 2022 invasion, were captured in Mariupol andAiden Aslin appearing on Russian state TV in April. | Photo: Twitter Protestors say that the decision to label Aslin as a mercenary is wrong, stating they have proof of him “swearing an oath” to the Ukrainian army in 2018, meaning he should be considered a prisoner of war as per the Geneva Convention.
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