A court in Donetsk has sentenced to death three foreign men, who served in the Ukrainian forces and fought for Kiev in the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR). British citizens Aiden Aslin and Shaun Pinner, as well as Moroccan Saadun Ibrahim, were found guilty on Thursday of acting as mercenaries and attempting to seize power by force in the DPR.
They were also accused of undergoing training in order to carry out terrorist activities on the territory of the state, which was recognised by Russia in February. Kiev, and most of the world, regards it as a breakaway province of Ukraine.
Under the laws of the DPR, the forcible seizure of power carries a penalty of between 12 and 20 years behind bars, but it can be escalated to capital punishment due to the aggravating circumstances of war time. Acting as a mercenary is punishable by a prison sentence of three to seven years.
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2/28/22
Ukraine Conflict: Ukraine appeals for foreign volunteers to join fight against Russia - by Bethan McKernan
Ukraine’s embattled president has issued a call to foreign nationals who are “friends of peace and democracy” to travel to the country to fight against the Russian invasion.
The appeal from Volodymyr Zelenskiy, published on the Ukrainian presidency’s website early on Sunday, said the Ukrainian armed forces were in the process of setting up a foreign legion unit for international volunteers.
“This is the beginning of a war against Europe, against European structures, against democracy, against basic human rights, against a global order of law, rules and peaceful coexistence,” the statement said.
Read more at: Ukraine appeals for foreign volunteers to join fight against Russia | Ukraine | The Guardian
The appeal from Volodymyr Zelenskiy, published on the Ukrainian presidency’s website early on Sunday, said the Ukrainian armed forces were in the process of setting up a foreign legion unit for international volunteers.
“This is the beginning of a war against Europe, against European structures, against democracy, against basic human rights, against a global order of law, rules and peaceful coexistence,” the statement said.
Read more at: Ukraine appeals for foreign volunteers to join fight against Russia | Ukraine | The Guardian
9/5/15
The Netherlands: More Netherlands residents providing refugee assistance - by Janene Van Jaarsveldt
More and more Dutch people are opening their hearts to refugees and
offering help where they can. The central agency for asylum seekers in
the Netherlands, the COA, have so many volunteers reporting that they
can hardly keep up.
Telephone operators at the COA are so overwhelmed that the agency has asked people to rather report via an online contact form, instead of calling, NOS reports. “The waiting time is too long”, a spokesperson said to the broadcaster. “And it would be a shame if people’s ideas just lie there and aren’t heard.”
Refugee foundation Vluchtelingenwerk currently have about 8 thousand volunteers registered with them.
That’s about as much as when the war in Yugoslavia led to a record number of volunteers in the 90’s.
When the temporary asylum centers opened in the IJsselhallen in Zwolle this summer, about 400 volunteers showed up offering, for example, to run errands or provide a meal.
Private initiatives are also popping up. A Facebook campaign called “Because We Carry” is collecting baby slings to donate to the many refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos. “Here mothers have to walk 70 kilometers with their young children to get help. That’s hard if youre already exhausted after the boat trip, but it’s even harder if you’re also carrying children in your arms.”
Another popular initiative on Facebook is the page “Ik ben een gastgezin voor een vluchteling“, or “I am a hos family for a refugee” in English. More than 15 thousand people have already reported on this page. The term “host family” in the group name does not mean that the people are taking in refugees, but instead offering support and help with the asylum application process.
Read more: More Netherlands residents providing refugee assistance - NL Times
Telephone operators at the COA are so overwhelmed that the agency has asked people to rather report via an online contact form, instead of calling, NOS reports. “The waiting time is too long”, a spokesperson said to the broadcaster. “And it would be a shame if people’s ideas just lie there and aren’t heard.”
Refugee foundation Vluchtelingenwerk currently have about 8 thousand volunteers registered with them.
That’s about as much as when the war in Yugoslavia led to a record number of volunteers in the 90’s.
When the temporary asylum centers opened in the IJsselhallen in Zwolle this summer, about 400 volunteers showed up offering, for example, to run errands or provide a meal.
Private initiatives are also popping up. A Facebook campaign called “Because We Carry” is collecting baby slings to donate to the many refugees on the Greek island of Lesbos. “Here mothers have to walk 70 kilometers with their young children to get help. That’s hard if youre already exhausted after the boat trip, but it’s even harder if you’re also carrying children in your arms.”
Another popular initiative on Facebook is the page “Ik ben een gastgezin voor een vluchteling“, or “I am a hos family for a refugee” in English. More than 15 thousand people have already reported on this page. The term “host family” in the group name does not mean that the people are taking in refugees, but instead offering support and help with the asylum application process.
Read more: More Netherlands residents providing refugee assistance - NL Times
5/1/13
Syria conflict: At least 500 Europeans fighting with Syria rebels, study finds, stoking radicalization fears
Hundreds of Europeans have joined rebel forces in Syria to fight against Bashar Assad, according to the most comprehensive study on the issue to date, and while their motivations vary from thrill-seeking to religious conviction, the European Union's counter-terrorism chief warns some of them could return home as dangerous Islamic radicals.
The EU's Gilles de Kerchove told the BBC there were at least 500 Europeans taking part in Syria's civil war, and it was "likely many of them will be radicalized" fighting alongside some of the known Muslim extremist militias in the country, and that the returning EU nationals would pose, "a serious threat" to security in European nations.
Peter Neumann, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR) at London's King's College, says he believes the number of fighters from countries including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden, Belgium( and the Netherlands) to be "at least in the mid-hundreds to high-hundreds."
Note EU-Digest: the EU organization Eurojust based in the Hague and the Dutch organization "Muslims and Government" (CMO) are concerned about the fact that in the past few months more young Dutch Muslims have left to join the fight in Syria with radical Muslim fighters, including the Jabath al-Nusra terrorist group, than in the whole past year. The major concern is that when these radicalized fighters return to their home countries in Europe they could become a danger to society.
Read more: At least 500 Europeans fighting with Syria rebels, study finds, stoking radicalization fears - CBS News
The EU's Gilles de Kerchove told the BBC there were at least 500 Europeans taking part in Syria's civil war, and it was "likely many of them will be radicalized" fighting alongside some of the known Muslim extremist militias in the country, and that the returning EU nationals would pose, "a serious threat" to security in European nations.
Peter Neumann, Director of the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization (ICSR) at London's King's College, says he believes the number of fighters from countries including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Sweden, Belgium( and the Netherlands) to be "at least in the mid-hundreds to high-hundreds."
Note EU-Digest: the EU organization Eurojust based in the Hague and the Dutch organization "Muslims and Government" (CMO) are concerned about the fact that in the past few months more young Dutch Muslims have left to join the fight in Syria with radical Muslim fighters, including the Jabath al-Nusra terrorist group, than in the whole past year. The major concern is that when these radicalized fighters return to their home countries in Europe they could become a danger to society.
Read more: At least 500 Europeans fighting with Syria rebels, study finds, stoking radicalization fears - CBS News
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