Article: Russia/Georgia: All Parties in August/South Ossetia Conflict Violated Laws of War

Human Rights Watch issued the following news release:

Georgian, Russian and South Ossetian forces committed numerous violations of the laws of war in the conflict in August 2008 over South Ossetia and its aftermath, causing many civilian deaths and injuries and widespread destruction of civilian property, Human Rights Watch said in a comprehensive report released today.

The 200-page report, "Up in Flames: Humanitarian Law Violations in the Conflict Over South Ossetia," details indiscriminate and disproportionate attacks by both Georgian and Russian forces, and the South Ossetian forces' campaign of deliberate and systematic destruction of certain ethnic Georgian villages in South Ossetia. ...

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