Mariano Garcia Calatayud He left his native Valencia in 2014 and settled in the Ukraine, where he did work humanitarian until he was arrested. It was March 19, 2022. Mariano was participating in a peaceful protest against the occupation in Kherson and was arrested.

“He has remained in prison ever since under a regime of isolation and disappearance forced by the Russian authorities”, explains Carlos de las Heras, head of Amnesty International Spain for the Middle East and Europe, in laSexta. Nothing was known about the Valencian until last April, when it was learned that he is being held in a preventive detention center located in Crimea.

“We have been able to document that Mariano has been torture victim and other ill-treatment, such as electric shocks, verbal and physical threats, or guard dog bites,” alerts De las Heras.

At 75 years old, Mariano’s state of health is deteriorating. International Amnesty has launched a campaign to demand that the Russian military authorities release him. They recall that hundreds of Ukrainian civilians have been detained incommunicado and illegally by the Russian authorities.

He Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed to laSexta that the Spanish embassy is following Mariano’s situation with concern and that it is keeping in touch with his family.

On the other hand, the Spanish journalist Pablo GonzalezHe remains detained in a Polish prison. It is already more than 500 days under a solitary confinement, without direct communication with the outside. Neither have formalized charges against him nor has it been established yet. a trial date.