Ukraine lodges protest with Hungarian ambassador over ill-treatment of detained cash-in-transit guards

Ukraine's Overseas Ministry summoned Hungarian Ambassador Antal Heizer on 9 March and lodged a protest over Hungary's violations of its worldwide authorized obligations concerning the detention of seven Ukrainian cash-in-transit guards.

Supply: a press release by the ministry, as reported by European Pravda

Particulars: The Overseas Ministry said that Hungary violated the European Conference on Human Rights, the 1963 Vienna Conference on Consular Relations and the Ukrainian-Hungarian Consular Conference in its therapy of illegally detained Ukrainian residents who had been transporting cash and valuables between Vienna and Kyiv.

Quote: "The Hungarian facet has been knowledgeable of the place that using intimidation measures and psychological stress towards Ukrainian residents, in addition to the extreme use of power, is unacceptable."

Particulars: The ambassador was additionally instructed that regardless of an official request despatched by way of diplomatic channels, Ukrainian consular officers weren’t granted entry to the detainees, which constitutes a gross violation of the aforementioned worldwide authorized acts.

The Ukrainian facet stated it needs to obtain data concerning the legislative initiative put ahead by the top of the Fidesz parliamentary faction, significantly the topic of regulation of the initiative and the objectives of the long run legislation.

Background:

• Ukrainian Overseas Minister Andrii Sybiha said that Ukraine intends to make sure accountability for everybody concerned within the seizure of the funds and the tough therapy of the detained Ukrainian cash-in-transit guards, which went past the authorized framework.
• On 9 March, the Ukrainian Overseas Ministry reported that fighters from Hungary's Counterterrorism Centre who detained the seven cash-in-transit guards from Ukraine's state-run Oschadbank had been geared up with an armoured personnel provider, machine weapons and grenade launchers.
• The seven Ukrainian cash-in-transit guards detained along with the property in Hungary final week returned to Ukraine on the night of 6 March.

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