Secretive trial of Rico Krieger, 30, may be linked to Belarusian volunteer unit fighting alongside Ukraine against Russia
Ukrainian tank fires towards Russian artillery. Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment is one of many foreign-founded volunteer units fighting alongside Ukraine’s armyUkrainian tank fires towards Russian artillery. Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment is one of many foreign-founded volunteer units fighting alongside Ukraine’s armyof committing crimes including “terrorism” and “mercenary activity” has been sentenced to death by firing squad, according to a Belarusian rights group.
Part of the proceedings were held behind closed doors, the exact allegations against Krieger were not immediately clear and Belarus’s official news agency did not report anything about his case. According to a LinkedIn profile Viasna said belonged to Krieger, he worked as a medical worker for the German Red Cross and as an armed security officer for the US embassy in Berlin.Belarus is the only European country to actively use capital punishment, reserving it for serious crimes including murder under aggravating circumstances, terrorism and treason. Russia still has the death penalty but has a moratorium and has not carried out an execution since the mid-1990s.
Belarus is reported to have executed as many as 400 people since it gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, according to Amnesty International, but executions of foreign citizens are rare.
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