Human Rights Watch, Georgia: Satellite Images Show Destruction, Ethnic Attacks

Russia Should Investigate, Prosecute Crimes

(New York, August 29, 2008) – Recent satellite images released by the UN program UNOSAT confirm the widespread torching of ethnic Georgian villages inside South Ossetia, Human Rights Watch said today.

Latest News: Human Rights Watch on situation in Tskhinvali and Khetagurovo

This post will probably be in English soon. Now you can read it in Ukrainian - Українська.

Statements: Appeal to World Leaders of Office of Ombudsman of Georgia

Appeal of the Public Defender of Georgia to:

Mr. BAN KI-MOON, Secretary Secretary General of the UN, Mr. H.E. Srgjan Kerim, President of the General Assembly of the UN, Mrs. Louise Arbor, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mr. Hans-Gert PÖTTERING, President of the European Parliament, Mr. José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, Mr. Javier Solana, High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy, Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, Mr. Carl Bildt, Chairman of the Committee of Ministers and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, Mr. Thomas Hammarberg, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Council of Europe, Mr. Terry Davis, The Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Mr. Lluís Maria de Puig, President of the PACE, Mr. P. Nikiforos Diamandouros, European Ombudsman, Mr. Marc Perrin, OSCE Secretary General, Mr. Joao Soares, President of OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the Leaders of democratic countries