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Article: Georgia/Russia: Do Not Attack Civilians in South Ossetia
- Article from:
- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- August 9, 2008
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Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:
Georgia and Russia should not under any circumstances target civilians as the current hostilities intensify in South Ossetia, Human Rights Watch said today. Human Rights Watch, concerned by reports of attacks targeting civilians, called on all sides to respect the absolute ban against targeting civilians or carrying out attacks that indiscriminately harm civilians.
"All sides must remember that attacks on civilians, or acts intended to terrorize civilians, clearly violate international humanitarian law, and may constitute war crimes," said Holly Cartner, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "This would be true even if ...