Ukrainians hiding in the Czech Republic: “What dilemma? They are breaking the law, we have a duty to extradite them.”

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, thousands of Ukrainians fear that the army will call them to the front. More and more often, information is appearing about their attempts to escape from the country and resisting bribe payments.

According to estimates alone, there are approximately 650,000 Ukrainians in the countries of the European Union that the Ukrainian army needs.

Although Ukraine wants fighting-capable Ukrainians to return, Brussels refuses to extradite people with refugee status. Retired general Jiří Šedivý also called it a mistake not long ago.

According to publicist Michal Schmarcz, it is precisely these men who are able to fight who should return to their homeland and go to fight on the front against the Russians. “I think that taking Ukrainians to the front is actually not a dilemma. We cooperate with Ukraine in criminal matters. If a Ukrainian violates the mobilization law and the Ukrainian side requests extradition, we are obliged to do so. Except that there would be a threat of violation of his human rights, which is not the case,” X wrote on the social network.

Other network users expressed the opinion that, on the contrary, Ukrainians should be given the option of renouncing Ukrainian citizenship. “If they do not identify with Ukraine enough to want to defend it, it is not fair to force them to do so, especially when injuries with lifelong consequences or even death are relatively likely,” said Jan Průha.

“Fair, unfair, he can give up his citizenship and thereby escape the jurisdiction of his state. But that will no longer be our problem, that is, it is out of status,” Schmarcz subsequently stated in his reaction.

Schmarcz was also warned by the panelists that sending someone to die is definitely a violation of their human rights. Therefore, he subsequently cited Article 6 (Right to Life) from the Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms, which states, among other things, that “it is not a violation of rights under this article if someone has been deprived of life in connection with an act that is not criminal under the law.”

According to Schmarcz’s opponents, this is a bizarre attitude. “Quite bizarre, we give asylum here to climate and economic migrants and benefit tourists, but we don’t give asylum to those who know they are going to almost certain death. It’s probably not such a serious injury when someone dies,” complained commenter Petr.

“I can imagine that some activist judge or progressive activist will fight – and eventually succeed – for the ‘right’ to not fulfill their civic duty. Yes, that would be another ‘bizarre’. But that’s another debate. I’m writing about the legal side of things, not about the existence of woke magors,” the publicist subsequently commented.

“I agree with you on a lot of things. Absolutely not here. We have no right to send Ukrainians to war if we do not do so with all men from all wars,” Libor Ščerba also sent a message to Schmarcz.

“What do you mean ‘right’? I’m talking about the right in the legal sense of the word – and we have that duty in short (just like we extradite other criminals). Only an activist judge could rid us of her. Which I do not rule out in the EU,” answered Schmarcz.

“This is about mobilization. Yes, Ukraine has the right to mobilize for defense against aggression, and in this case it is not a violation of the rights of its citizens, and whoever disobeys is breaking the law. How to enforce its fulfillment is a question of a lower order,” Schmarcz repeated.

He expressed his dismay at the attitude of people to the defense of their country if it is attacked by an enemy. “In the discussion under this post, I discovered that many people have no idea that in the event of a war, they have an obligation to fight… Oh my God!” wrote Martin Schmarcz.

SPD MP Jaroslav Foldyna also spoke out this week against sending fighting-capable Ukrainians to their homeland. He was reacting to an article informing that there are almost a quarter of a million Ukrainians in Poland alone who do not want to go home to fight. “And does anyone wonder about them? Let those who pay for and want the war go there to fight,” he wrote on the Facebook social network. On the contrary, he pondered why Prime Minister Petr Fiala, Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský and diplomat Petr Kolář have not been fighting for a long time.

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