{"id":33711,"date":"2024-11-07T13:45:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T10:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dmitriya-generalyuka\/"},"modified":"2025-02-23T16:29:21","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T13:29:21","slug":"my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dmitriya-generalyuka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/memopzk.org\/en\/news\/my-schitaem-politzaklyuchyonnym-dmitriya-generalyuka\/","title":{"rendered":"Dmytro Heneraliuk is a political prisoner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Ukrainian soldier has been charged with involvement in a terrorist group<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u2018Political Prisoners. Memorial\u2019 human rights project, in accordance with<\/strong> <\/strong>international standards<\/strong><\/a>, considers Dmytro Heneraliuk a political prisoner. Heneraliuk is being prosecuted on a charge of participating in a terrorist group for alleged service in Ukraine\u2019s Donbas Battalion. Heneraliuk\u2019s criminal prosecution violates his right to fair trial, as well as rights and freedoms guaranteed by the Geneva Convention on the Treatment of Prisoners of War. We demand that all criminal proceedings against Dmytro Heneraliuk be terminated and that his treatment be compliant with the norms of international law.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What are the charges against Dmytro Heneraliuk?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In May 2021, Dmytro Heneraliuk, a Ukrainian from the town of Starokostiantyniv in Khmelnytskyi region, was conscripted into the army. In November 2022, he signed a contract with the military. He initially served in the National Guard in Kyiv, before being deployed to the front lines, where he was captured on 8 February 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heneraliuk is accused of participating in a terrorist group (Article 205.4, Part 2 of the Russian Criminal Code) for allegedly enlisting in the Donbas Battalion, a special forces group, in January 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since August 2024, Heneraliuk\u2019s trial has been ongoing in a military court in Rostov-on-Don. He faces up to 15 years\u2019 imprisonment if convicted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why do we consider Heneraliuk a political prisoner?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heneraliuk is not being prosecuted for any specific criminal actions but solely for his alleged military service. We do not know which particular unit of the National Guard or Ukrainian armed forces is being referred to by the so-called \u2018Prosecutor\u2019s Office of the Luhansk People\u2019s Republic,\u2019 or whether Heneraliuk actually served there. Regardless, the charge against him is unlawful. The decisions by the \u2018Luhansk People\u2019s Republic,\u2019 the \u2018Donetsk People\u2019s Republic,\u2019 or Russia to label certain Ukrainian military units as terrorist groups or organisations constitute a form of collective punishment of Ukrainian soldiers for fulfilling their military duties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When such cases are considered in Russian courts, the defendant\u2019s intention to participate in terrorist activities is never proven. The mere fact of serving in a unit is treated as participation in a terrorist group. Such \u2018trials\u2019 are held by the Russian authorities to create a false impression of the criminal nature of Ukraine\u2019s efforts to defend its territorial integrity against Russian aggression. The politically motivated prosecution of Dmytro Heneraliuk is part of a propaganda campaign aimed at discrediting Ukraine and justifying the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heneraliuk\u2019s criminal prosecution violates the provisions of the Geneva Conventions on the Treatment of Prisoners of War, which prohibit the prosecution of military personnel for their participation in hostilities during armed conflict. Both the investigative authorities and the court have grossly ignored these provisions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A more detailed description of Dmytro Heneraliuk\u2019s case and of our position is available on our website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recognition of an individual as a political prisoner does not imply the \u2018Political Prisoners. Memorial\u2019 human rights project agrees with, or approves, their views, statements, or actions.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How can you help?<\/strong>You can donate<\/a> to help all political prisoners in Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23954,"template":"","class_list":["post-33711","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-rostov-oblast","regions-ukraine","news-type-nashi-novosti-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nDmytro Heneraliuk is a political prisoner - Political prisoners support. 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