(Reuters) - Germany denounced as "revolting" on Sunday the parading of European observers held captive by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine, and said Moscow had a duty to press its separatist allies to free the prisoners.
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Reuters: Germany deplores ‘public parading’ of observers held in Ukraine
Detained OSCE observers arrive to take part in a press conference of the pro-Russian separatist leader and self-proclaimed \"people's mayor\" of the eastern Ukrainian city of Slavyansk, Vyacheslav Ponomaryov (not pictured) in Slavyansk on April 27, 2014. Ponomaryov said that the group's driver, who had been seized with them two days before, had been released, bringing the number of detainees in the OSCE military verification mission to 12: eight Europeans and four accompanying members of the Ukrainian army. \"They are prisoners of war,\" Ponomaryov repeated several times. AFP PHOTO / VASILY MAXIMOV
