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https://www.justiceinfo.net/wp-content/uploads/Ukraine-Russia_Donetsk-trial-Aiden-Aslin-Shaun-Pinner-Brahim-Saadoun_@Konstantin-Mihalchevskiy-Sputnik-AFP.jpg1200786The treatment of prisoners of war (POW) in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is a growing issue. Both sides have been accused of violations of the Geneva Conventions that protect combatants when they are no longer able to fight. The recent trial and death sentence in Eastern Ukraine against three foreign combatants captured by the Russian army is the latest controversy. It’s a violation in itself, says British Law professor Lawrence Hill-Cawthorne.