3 hours agoHistoric Decision: European Court calls Russia responsible for murder of civilians in Georgia
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Russia has committed a series of human rights violations in Georgia in 2008, found the European Court for Human Rights, saying Moscow was responsible for killing Georgian civilians, and robbing and burning their homes. In a historic trial, the court said the Kremlin was guilty of gathering [...]
In a historic trial, the court said the Kremlin was guilty of the gathering of ethnic Georgians and their inhuman treatment. This included the torture of prisoners of war and the expulsion of Georgian villagers from their homes in South Ossetia.
This decision comes 13 years after the violent five-day conflict between Russian forces and Georgian troops. Mikhail Saakashvili's then Georgian government had launched an attack to take control of Russia's southern Ossetian territories.
Russia had responded with a large-scale invasion, writes The Guardian, translated Periscopi.
Moreover, Russia had banned 20 thousand Georgians from returning to their homes in South Ossetia.
Georgian Justice Minister Thea Tsulukian described the verdict as the historical <x0-cypher”. /Periscope
