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EU Accuses Russia Of Launching 'Conscription Campaign' In Crimea
The European Union has accused Moscow of launching a "conscription campaign" in the Russia-controlled Ukrainian region of Crimea, in a move that the bloc said violated international law.
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4/2/21
The European Union has accused Moscow of launching a "conscription campaign" in the Russia-controlled Ukrainian region of Crimea, in a move that the bloc said violated international law. The EU's strongly worded statement came as Ukraine accused Russia of massing troops near their shared border, an accusation rejected by the Kremlin. "Today, the Russian Federation has launched yet another conscription campaign in the illegally-annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol to draft residents of the peninsula in the Russian Federation Armed Forces," the EU said in a statement on April 1. Observers noted that Russia has in the past conducted military call-ups in the springtime. The bloc said the Russian military conscription drive in Crimea was "another violation of international humanitarian law." It stressed that "the Russian Federation is bound by international law, and obliged to ensure the protection of human rights on the peninsula" and reiterated "the EU does not and will not recognize the illegal annexation" of Crimea.
It is a violation of international law and the Geneva Conventions for an occupying power to conscript an occupied population into its military forces.
The United Nations considers the Ukraine territory of Crimea to be under a Russian military occupation.
RSF Concerned Torture Was Used To Obtain Jailed Crimean Journalist's 'Confession'
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) says it fears that a detained Crimean journalist’s televised “confession” to spying on behalf of Ukraine was obtained under torture and has called for his immediate release and the withdrawal of the charges against him.
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