{"id":47124,"date":"2025-05-17T03:52:10","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T03:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=47124"},"modified":"2025-05-17T03:53:43","modified_gmt":"2025-05-17T03:53:43","slug":"australia-condemns-russias-jailing-of-melbourne-man-caught-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=47124","title":{"rendered":"Australia condemns Russia’s jailing of Melbourne man caught in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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May 17 – Australia’s foreign minister on Saturday condemned a 13-year\u00a0prison sentence<\/a>\u00a0handed by a Russian court to an Australian citizen for fighting alongside Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oscar Jenkins, 33, will serve the sentence in a maximum security prison after being found guilty by a Russian court of participating in an armed conflict as a mercenary, state prosecutors in a part of eastern Ukraine controlled by Russia said on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Foreign minister Penny Wong said in a statement that Australia’s government was “appalled at the sham trial and 13-year sentence” given to Jenkins, previously a teacher in Melbourne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As a full serving member of the regular Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mr Jenkins is a prisoner of war,” said Wong, a long-time strident critic of Russia’s war against Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Australian Government has made clear to Russia that Mr Jenkins must be given the protections afforded to him as a prisoner of war. Russia is obligated to treat him in accordance with international humanitarian law, including humane treatment,” the foreign minister said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She said Australia’s government would work with Ukraine and the International Committee of the Red Cross to push for Jenkins’ welfare and release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jenkins was serving with Ukraine’s military when he was captured<\/a> by Russia last year as a prisoner of war, Australian media reported earlier this year. A video taken at the time showed him, dressed in combat uniform, being asked if he was a mercenary, reports said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australia is one of the largest non-NATO contributors to the West’s support for Ukraine and has been supplying aid, ammunition and defence equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It has banned exports of alumina and aluminium ores, including bauxite, to Russia, and has sanctioned about 1,000 Russian individuals and entities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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