Home
Refugees accuse Russia of ethnic cleansing
China News.Net
Thursday 28th August, 2008
Russian-backed paramilitaries are ethnically cleansing villages on Georgian soil, The Times has quoted refugees and officials, as saying.
According to eyewitness reports, South Ossetian militiamen have torched houses, beaten elderly people and even murdered civilians in the lawless buffer zone set up by the Russian Army just north of Gori.
The violence, close to the border with the breakaway republic recognized by Russia this week as independent, has prompted a new wave of refugees into Gori, 40 miles north of Tbilisi.
People who had started to return to their villages in the area are now fleeing for a second time, joined by many elderly people who had refused to leave their homes when the Russians invaded two weeks ago.
Most gathered yesterday at the feet of a giant statue of Josef Stalin, Gori's infamous native son, to register with the local authorities and the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR, for emergency supplies and accommodation in three tent cities being built near a football stadium.
Other refugees were clustered in the shabby city hall, trying to glean news of relatives still inside the buffer zone.
The UNHCR has voiced its concern about reports of "new forcible displacement caused by marauding militias north of Gori near the boundary with South Ossetia".
 Email this story to a friend
Comments on this story
Anonymous
08-28-08, 07:35 AM |
Refugees accuse Russia of ethnic cleansing
Here we go again. Before the real war, foot soldiers now come out to spread lies to gain the moral highground. Disgusting.
|
Anonymous
08-28-08, 11:29 AM |
The latest
Here is contradicting story from the ground, so please read it and make your own decisions about the truth:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20080825/wl_csm/otour
|
Have your say on this story
|
 |
 |
- Strong start for Gangjee at Hong Kong Open golf
Hong Kong, Nov 20 (IANS) Indian golfer Rahil Gangjee, desperately needing a good finish to secure his 2009 Asian Tour card, opened with a two-under 68 that placed him at tied 16th on the first day of the UBS Hong Kong Open here Thursday. [read story]
- Loans for India to buy Russian equipment: Putin
Moscow, Nov 20 (RIA Novosti) Russia would advance loans to India and China for purchase of Russian equipment that would generate more jobs in the country as part of the government's strategy to tackle the economic slowdown and market crisis. [read story]
- Gong Li renounces Chinese citizenship to become Singapore's citizen
New York, Nov 20 : Chinese actress Gong Li has made headlines after she renounced her Chinese citizenship to become a citizen of Singapore. [read story]
- Nepal seeks China's help to fix border dispute with India
Kathmandu, Nov 20 (IANS) Nepal is seeking the help of its giant northern neighbour China to resolve border disputes with its other giant neighbour in the south, India. [read story]
- China job situation grim, unrest top concern
Beijing, Nov 20 (Xinhua) China Thursday described the country's employment situation as grim, warning that the global financial crisis and economic slowdown could make it even worse. [read story]
|
|
 |
 |
|
|
