According to the European Court of Human Rights, these conditions violate the third article of the Convention on Human Rights, according to which no one may be tortured, treated or punished in an inhuman or degrading manner, Helsingin Sanomat reports.
The European Court of Human Rights particularly considered overcrowding and various material deficiencies in Ukrainian prisons to be problematic.
According to the opinion of the Finnish Supreme Court, Torden would be threatened with inhuman treatment if he were extradited to Ukraine.
At the end of October, the Swedish Supreme Court also made a similar decision regarding the extradition of a person to Ukraine, referring to reports describing the human rights situation in Ukraine.
Torden was arrested in Finland on July 20, as he was about to board a flight to Nice, France.
Ukraine has asked Finland to extradite Torden for trial on August 15. Torden’s name was Jan Petrovski.
According to the Finnish Supreme Court’s decision there is no longer any reason to detain Torden and the court has ordered his release.
Torden was released from Vantaa prison today, but took the Finnish border guard with him.
Torden is banned from entering the Schengen area designated by Norway and the Czech Republic.
Torden’s lawyer Heikki Lampela told reporters present that Torden will be released from prison, but will take the border guard with him, after which two border guard cars drove out of the prison gate.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine reported that Torden had been persecuted by Ukrainian intelligence services since 2016 and was declared wanted in 2017.
According to the Luhansk District Prosecutor’s Office, in 2014 Torden participated in military clashes with members of the terrorist organization on the territory of Ukraine as a member of the Russich group. According to the Ukrainian prosecutor’s office, Russich is engaged in sabotage and intelligence activities.
Torden was a member and deputy commander of Russich. Russich is considered a neo-Nazi group and has been fighting on the side of Russian-backed separatists in Ukraine since 2014. The group also has ties to Wagner’s private military company.
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