US Secretary of State Pompeo urges Moscow to free US marine facing espionage charges, says the man was denied necessary medical treatment
In this file photograph taken on October 24, 2019, US-British Paul Whelan, a former US Marine accused of espionage and arrested in Russia in December 2018, holds a message as he stands inside a defendants' cage before a hearing to decide to extend his detention at the Lefortovo Court in Moscow.
Fifty-year-old Paul Whelan had emergency hernia surgery late on Thursday after suffering "severe abdominal pain," his brother David Whelan said in a statement on Friday. He insists he was framed while in Moscow for a friend's wedding when he took a USB drive from an acquaintance, thinking it contained holiday photos.
It is unacceptable that Paul Whelan has been denied necessary medical treatment until his condition became dire. We demand Paul’s release.Whelan's case is being heard behind closed doors at a Moscow court, ostensibly due to the case involving state secrets. Prosecutors on Monday asked the judge to sentence Whelan to 18 years in a strict regime penal colony. The judge is to deliver a verdict June 15.
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